Tutor shines in 1st Phoenix Run

THE COMEBACKING Christy Sevellino-Tutor emerged on top yesterday in the first-ever Phoenix Run that finished at the Ayala Center Cebu’s The Terraces.

Tutor won the women’s 10-kilometer crown while Kenyan Josphat Kiptanui topped the men’s side.

Tutor finished with a time of 43 minutes and 02 seconds while Kiptanui breezed through the finish line in 34 minutes and 16 seconds.

Second to Tutor was Madelyn Carter, who clocked 43:52 while Marichu Luterte claimed third place with a time of 45:29 seconds.

Bonifacio Monjas, on the other hand, trailed Kiptanui in second place with a time of 34 minutes and 33 seconds. Kenyan Douglas Mwiti rounded off the top three 10k male runners with a time of 34 minutes and 34 seconds.

Kenyan Abraham Missous and Lovely Fe Andrin dominated the 5k open category.

Missous easily won the 5k men’s side with a time of 16:44 while Andrin finished in 21:15.

Aldren Agang and Crizel Diongson, meanwhile, topped the 3k open category.

Agang clocked 08:46 while Diongson finished in 10:46.

The event is organized by the Sacred Heart School-Hijas De Jesus Student Council and the SHS-HDJ Foundation in line with the centennial celebration of St. Candida Maria de Jesus and her congregation’s missionary works. Highlighting the race was the the launching of the school’s mascot named the Phoenix. /CORRESPONDENT DALE G. ROSAL