15 Yr Old Mouchette Wins Stanley Burgess Race
The Sir Stanley Burgess 5K Race this morning saw one of Bermuda’s young stars win what is believed to be his first win in an adult event. 15 year old Juma Mouchette, who recently won a bronze medal in the 1,500 metres at the 2010 Carifta Games, crossed the line first, saying he pushed hard through the course.
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In a win that most projected as soon as the lineup was visible, veteran runner Victoria Fiddick was the first female across the line. Ms Fiddick, the defending champion, is expected to battle Ashley Estwanik for the female title at the soon to be held May 24th Marathon Derby.
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The race is named after legendary runner Stanley Burgess, a multiple time winner of the May 24th Marathon in the 1940s and 50s. His 1951 win came at age 49, making him the oldest runner to win the race.
He competed in the race for a staggering sixty years, from 1921 to 1983 running well into his 80s. A perennial crowd favourite, in later years the crowd was well known not to leave until the elderly Mr. Burgess finished the race.
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Full Results
3k Runners
- Dage Minors 10.40
- Nakeno Creighton 11.56
- Hassan Somner 21.29
5K Runners
- Juma Mouchette [17.58]
- Geoffrey Blee [18.09]
- Victoria Fiddick [18.59]
- Richard Exon
- Andrea Banks
- Calvin Steede
- Frank Ming
- Eddie Fisher
- Tamika Williams
- Terry Wine
- Kevin Cross
- Zina Jones
- Mayberline Black
- Shahidah Shamsid-Deen
- Clinton Curtis
- Flo Sharpe-Trott
- Christine Joell
- Judith Howe Tucker
- Jenny Simon
- Edwina Arorash
- Susan Cross
- Elaine Hodgson
- Peter Furbert
- Betty Lambert
- Donna Mae Smith
5k Walkers
- Sheena Young [34.00]
- Lauretta Stoneham [37.01]
- Donna Harvey [46.47]
- Andre Smith
- Karen Ming
- Beverley Tavares
It was quite fitting for Juma to win this race back in 2010 as he is a relative of Stanley Burgess.