CLARK GLOBAL CITY—A welcome break from scorching summer temperatures helped Mark Malolot of DeRosa-Corsa and Jennifer Soto of Team TriDelta emerge as the fastest male and female finishers, respectively, of the Clark Global City Duathlon on May 6.
The top three men registered blistering times of under 2 hours and 30 minutes in the grueling long-distance 6km run-60km bike-4 km run.
Malolot crossed the finish in 2 hours, 22 minutes and 32 seconds to be named first overall male and the 18-24 age-group champion.
Team Podium BF Baguio’s Edison Morales was 2nd fastest overall and 1st place in the 40-44 age group at 2:25:58. Sante Barley’s Don Velasco rounded up the top three overall and bagged 1st place in the 30-34 category with 2:28:31.
Jennifer Soto was the only female to beat the three-hour mark, clocking in at 2:59:31 to win 1st place in the female 40-44 age group. Fellow age-grouper Paynet-Amigo Tri’s Camilla Brooks-Chua was second fastest female with 3:02:04. Century Tri Hard’s Tiffany Batilo clocked in at 3:03:36 and placed first in the female 35-39 category.
In the Bike King-organized event supported by Clark Global City, Udenna Group, Phoenix Pulse Technology, NLEX-SCTEx Metro Pacific Tollways, Standard Insurance, Oh So Healthy, Gatorade, On Shoes, Nescafe Dolce Gusto, Gardenia, Royce Hotel & Casino, TIMEX, and media partner Philippine Star, team DeCorsa-Rosa celebrities Gerald Anderson and Jake Cuenca proved their mettle in the sprint distance consisting of a 3 km run—30 km bike—2 km run.
Anderson won 1st place in the male 20-29 category. Cuenca came in 5th in the 30-39 age group which was won by Mark Jester Cajucom.
Other champions in the long-distance duathlon which kicked off on the grounds of the Clark Global City in Pampanga and made its way through well-paved roads of the SCTex before returning to Clark, were Oscar Miguel Mapalo and Kimberly Li (25-29), Grace Laurenciana (30-34), Bryan Lucas (35-39), Leoniza Gusilatar and Edward Luna (45-49), Eduardo Pertierra (50-54), Rune Stroem (55-59), and Melchior Chofong (60-above).
Team Sante Barley took home the top team honors with a combined fastest finish time of 14:07:39.In the relay division, New Orleans Tri won the family relay title, ELYU PNP claimed the all-male relay title, FUEGO dominated the all-female relay, and Tri-top Hummer won the mixed relay.
The roster of sprint distance age-group champions includes Samantha Nalo and Aldrin Elagio (15-19), Kim Kilgroe (20-29), Marychiel Morales (30-39), Marie Rachella Ng and George Vilog (40-49), Nancy Reyes (50-above), Efren Rosales (50-59), and June Donato (male 60-above).