GIAAC Liberation Day Race
Rousse to St Peter Port 7 mile road race
9 May 2002

Alan Rowe chalked up a predicted victory in the GIAAC's 7 Mile Liberation Day Road race but was pushed all the way by a resurgent Francis Kehoe.

After leading the 86 strong field from the Rousse start line Rowe dropped last years race winner, Nick Despres, within the opening two miles and by the second Mile mark, at L'Ancresse, appeared to be heading for a comfortable victory.

Kehoe, however, had not read the script and, after dropping Paul Ingrouille and Despres in the run towards Bordeaux, was soon eating into Rowe¹s lead and as the runners passed South Side was a mere 10 seconds behind the long striding leader with Ingrouille a further 15 seconds behind.

Rowe reacted to the challenge and after edging further clear through Bulwer Avenue gradually increased his lead to cross the finish line 22 seconds clear in 38 minutes 15 seconds With Kehoe faltering over the final mile it was his turn to come under pressure as Ingrouille closed to within 9 seconds.

There was strength in depth through the field with one of the most notable runs coming from Mark Elliott After picking up medals at the recent Masters swimming championships Elliott proved he is no slouch out of the water and was one of five runners below 40 minutes.

Over the last three months fitness specialist Gail Merrien has put a string of good running performances together and as well as leading the women home in a time of 48 minutes 21 seconds had the pleasure of leading fellow fitness instructor Andy Walker across the line in 29th place.

Pos Athlete Time
1 Alan Rowe 38.15
2 Francis Kehoe 38.37
3 Paul Ingrouille 38.46
4 Nick Despres 39.47
5 Mark Elliott 39.58
6 Jason Le Ray 41.18
7 Mike Doyle 41.21
8 Pete Wickens 41.45
9 Colin Ozanne 41.54
10 Gordon Mercier 41.58
11 Tim Johns 42.14
12 Brian Holden 42.50
13 John Addy 44.22
14 J P Macé 44.35
15 Dave Richardson 44.41
16 Mark Naftel 44.49
17 Dave Dyke 45.01
18= Nick Marley 45.35
18= Barry Marley 45.35
18= Chris O'Neill 45.35
21 Ian Ozanne 46.18
22 Paul Davies 46.24
23 Bob the Builder 46.25
24 John Dedman 46.27
25 Phil Guilbert 47.25
26 Pat Down 47.35
27 Toby Grice 48.06
28 Roger Naftel 48.08
29 Gail Merrien 48.21
30 Andy Walker 48.29
31 Graham Chester 48.33
32 Pete Wilson 48.48
33= Bryan O¹Meara 49.22
33= Chris Jackson 49.22
35 Ashley Spencer 49.30
36 Bryan Johnson 49.31
37 Michael Way 49.48
38 Paul Vaudin 50.12
39 Chris de la Mare 50.26
40 Rachel Goodman 50.38
41 Simon Graham 50.49
42 Lisa Hervé 50.54
43 Shanine Wray 51.10
44 Andrew Dimelow 51.22
45 Chris Williams 51.33
46 Caroline Wickham 51.48
47 John Legg 51.49
48 Colin Levine 52.00
49 Ian Garnham 52.15
50 Ian Bloese 52.25
51 Linda Cockburn 52.55
52 Mark Bousfield 53.15
53 Dave Mahy 53.31
54 Chris Tostevin-Hall 54.22
55 Sally Kail 54.22
56 Robert Dicks 54.35
57 Terry Greening 54.46
58 Erica Lamb 54.49
59 Kevin Le Noury 55.12
60 Malcolm Campbell 55.28
61 Juliet Godwin 55.33
62 Bob Beebe 55.49
63 John Bartlett 56.09
64 Martin Le Huray 56.20
65 Jo Winburg 56.22
66 Paul Gallienne 56.22
67 Jenny Lowe 56.22
68 Anne Setters 56.27
69 Paul Devonshire 56.38
70 Millie White 57.02
71 Graham Le Poidevin 57.05
72 Theresa Matthews 57.13
73 Janine Tolcher 57.35
74 Peter McGovern 57.36
75 Terry Harnden 58.18
76 Trisha Langlois 59.06
77 Bill Landers 59.29
78 Andrew Ozanne 59.31
79 Teresa Vivieras 60.24
80 Jane Walpole 60.32
81 Paul Bisson 61.09
82 Colleen Le Cloarec 61.10
83 Julie Jones 61.13
84 Ian Langlois 61.19
85 Katie Wyser 61.55
86 Tony Gallienne 62.12

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