Boehmer, Whyte claim 5-km crowns
Fresh off a medal performance at the Jack Brow Memorial track meet in Kelowna, B.C., Logan Boehmer kept up his strong pace at the 5-km Road Race Championships held last week in Whitehorse.
Fresh off a medal performance at the Jack Brow Memorial track meet in Kelowna, B.C., Logan Boehmer kept up his strong pace at the 5-km Road Race Championships held last week in Whitehorse.
The race, which saw runners take on the familiar Millennium Trail, began and ended at F.H. Collins Secondary School in Riverdale.
Boehmer was the overall winner of the race with a time of 16:58 鈥� a pace that is beyond comprehension for almost all 5-km runners. Boehmer is a strong runner, who continues to train to represent the territory at the Canada Summer Games next month in Sherbrooke, Que.
Hot on his heels, 17-year-old Kieran Halliday finished second overall with a quick 17:25.
In third place came Rodney Hulstein, formerly a 麻豆社区cross-country runner with Brock University.
Having just returned from university, Hulstein ran at a relaxed pace to finish in 18:48.
Other notable men's times included Don White, Dave Kalles and Owen Monroe.
The 62-year-old White ran a personal best 20:36, and put the local Hall of Famer first in the Masters 60-69 category.
Not to be outdone, 75-year-old Kalles ran a 28:26.
Monroe, a gifted cross-country skier, runner and Special Olympian, ran an impressive 27:15.
Lauren Whyte, a former track and cross-country runner at McGill University, took home the women's title with a quick 19:26.
Last Tuesday, Whyte blasted off from the starting line with determination all over her face. Within the first kilometre, she had caught Maura Sullivan, her main competitor. By the halfway point, Whyte had taken the lead.
She would finish with her best time since last summer to claim the female 5-km title for the second year in a row.
Sullivan, a former varsity runner at Trent University, recently won the women's side of the half marathon in the Skagway. She finished second among women in 19:49.
Masters runner Sue Bogle was third among women with a time of 21:12, good for 10th overall.
In the walking category, two of the territory's most successful athletes, Bonnie Love and Tanya Astika, went head-to-head once again with Astika (34:15) edging out Love (34:17) by a mere two seconds in a sprint to the finish line.
Both race walkers are preparing for next month's race walking events at the World Masters Games in Italy.
鈥� Tom Ullyett of Athletics Yukon contributed to this report
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