GIAAC 7 Mile Road/Bridle Path Race
Sylvans
Sunday 2nd December 2001

Nick Despres held off the fast improving Steve Dawes to win the event but in making a 5 minute improvement on his time of last season Dawes demonstrated how much the gap has closed between himself and the islands top flight runners.

The hilly Seven mile race held over the road, lanes and bridle paths of St. Peters and Torteval was initially headed by Brian Holden and Jonathan Robbins before Despres took control.

Dawes remained in contention until the final two miles but could not match Despres' strength on the hilly run-in. Despres pulled out a 200 metre margin to cross the finish line in 41 minutes 32 seconds.

In an eyeballs-out sprint Gordon Mercier narrowly held off Mark Naftel to claim third place. Holden held on to fifth but was nearly caught by Sara Queripel who had another superb run to finish nearly 5 minutes clear of the next woman.

Pos Athlete Cat Time
1 Nick Despres 41.32
2 Steve Dawes 42.14
3 Gordon Mercier VM 44.17
4 Mark Naftel 44.19
5 Brian Holden SVM 46.29
6 Sara Queripel W 46.39
7 Ian Ozanne 46.49
8 John Dedman 47.07
9 Colin Ozanne 47.55
10 John Addy 48.37
11 Patrick Down V 48.41
12 Pete Le Feuvre VM 48.50
13 Phil Guilbert VM 48.57
14 Jean-Pierre Macé VM 49.49
15 Brian Aplin V 50.11
16 Tracey Queripel W 51.19
17 Jeremy Mew 51.19
18 Eric Le Breton SVM 51.26
19 Chris De La Mare SVW 52.21
20 David Mahy VM 52.54
21 Robert Burns SVM 53.08
22 Brian Johnson 53.18
23 Peter Touzeau VM 53.38
24 Helen Tucker VW 54.06
25 Chris Tostevin-Hall 56.12
26 Alison Jefferies W 56.13
27 Ian Bloese SVM 56.26
28 Sally Kail VW 57.26
29 Rick Le Lievre SVM 57.50
30 Rob Ferguson VM 58.27
31 Graham Le Poidevin SVM 58.42
32 Chris Greening SVW 62.10
33 Winkle De La Mare SVM 62.39
34 Andrew Ozanne VM 67.23
35 Noel Jouhning SVM 69.59

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