Two-time Carif­ta gold medal­list Ta­fari Wal­dron pre­vailed at the in­au­gur­al Mag­dale­na Grand To­ba­go Mid­night 10K run in Low­lands, To­ba­go, over the week­end (Oc­to­ber 18-19).

Wal­dron, who won the Carif­ta Boys Un­der-20 5,000 me­tres ti­tle in 2022 and 2023, crossed the line in 31 min­utes and 47.8 sec­onds (31:47.8). The South East Port-of-Spain/Queen's Roy­al Col­lege grad­u­ate fin­ished ahead of Christo­pher Mitchell (32:41.4) and home run­ner Elvis Turn­er (35:12.0) of Whim, To­ba­go.

The 2024 Carif­ta Boys U-17 3,000m bronze medal­list, Isa­iah Alder, was fourth (36:40.5) with Je­di­al Wal­ters (41:51.6), Dami­an Joseph (42:02.4), Is­rael Fran­cois (42:27.2) and Jean-Luc Wor­rell (42:34.0), fol­low­ing be­hind, re­spec­tive­ly.

Alex­is Joseph was an im­pres­sive win­ner of the women's race in 40:21.5, leav­ing April Fran­cis (44:10.6) and Oni­ka Marie Br­ere­ton (49:18.1) to take the re­spec­tive mi­nor places on the podi­um.

Claire For­tune (53:43.3), Kasheanne Fran­cis (54:35.5), Ale­sha Bar­ber (55:25.6) and Heqpera Khafra (56:59.6) were the next top fin­ish­ers.

Held for the first time, the Mag­dale­na Grand To­ba­go Mid­night 10K at­tract­ed 334 ath­letes.

Race or­gan­is­er, Nigel Bel­lamy of Bafas­ports, was elat­ed with the run out, say­ing that all went well and praised the To­ba­go pub­lic for the en­thu­si­as­tic sup­port. Bel­lamy told Guardian Me­dia Sport he is look­ing for­ward to the next edi­tion of the race.

Re­sults

Men

1 Ta­fari Wal­dron 31:47.8

2 Christo­pher Mitchell 32:41.4

3 Elvis Turn­er 35:12.0

4 Isa­iah Alder 36:40.5

5 Je­di­ael Wal­ters 41:51.6

6 Dami­an Joseph 42:02.4

7 Is­rael Fran­cois 42:27.2

8 Jean-Luc Wor­rell 42:34.0

Women

1 Alex­is Joseph 40:21.5

2 April Fran­cis 44:10.6

3 Oni­ka Marie Br­ere­ton 49:18.1

4 Claire For­tune 53:43.3

5 Kasheanne Fran­cis 54:35.5

6 Ale­sha Bar­ber 55:25.6

7 Heqpera Khafra 56:59.6