Reign­ing cross-coun­try women's 6K sil­ver medal­list, Tonya Nero, is heav­i­ly favoured to take the women's 6k ti­tle, as the lo­cal cross coun­try sea­son be­gins to­day at Sevil­la Golf Course, Cou­va, from 2 pm. The first race is the Open Un­der-15 2km, to be fol­lowed by the Ju­nior 4K at 2.30pm. The Open 6K starts at 3.15 pm. In last year's race Je­lani Braith­waite and Ker­misha Ser­a­pio took the boys and girls 2K events re­spec­tive­ly while Akeem Mar­shall took the ju­nior 6K con­test. Shane Bar­ran (Men's 8K) and Donicia An­toine (Women's 4K) were the oth­er win­ners. All are ex­pect­ed to be in ac­tion to­day. Braith­waite will be step­ping up to the ju­nior 6K cat­e­go­ry and will face Mar­shall.

Dou­ble Carif­ta gold medal­list Mark Lon­don will start as favourite should he make the trip from To­ba­go. Ser­a­pio will be go­ing for an­oth­er girls 2K ti­tle while Bar­ran and An­toine will be aim­ing at con­sec­u­tive wins on the Cou­va course. Reg­is­tra­tion is free. In­ter­est­ed per­sons can con­tact NAAA's chair­man of the Road Run­ning, Cross Coun­try and Race Walk­ing Com­mit­tee, Durly Lu­cas at 685-0820 or durly­lu­cas@hot­mail.com. The sec­ond leg will be staged on No­vem­ber 10, at Mt Irvine Golf Course, To­ba­go. The Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onships are set for No­vem­ber 25, at the Queen's Park Sa­van­nah.