Athletics: Seychelles-India Day Eco-Friendly Marathon |17 October 2019
Big turnout for annual friendly marathon
A big crowd of running enthusiasts, including active athletes and all those interested in running gathered at Persévérance during the weekend to take part in the annual Seychelles-India Day Eco-friendly marathon to celebrate friendship between the two countries.
The event, hosted by the Seychelles-India Day's executive was this year sponsored by Dr Murthy's Medical and Gastro Clinic and gathered runners who competed in four races which were divided into 13 categories.
Saturday’s event started with 500m races for girls and boys under 6 years old, followed by 1km race for children under 10 years old. There were two more races, precisely 5km and 10km.
From the start, runners ran towards Anse Etoile on the new road and upon covering 2.5km, those running 5km turned and ran back to finish where they began, while those running the 10km kept running until the 5km mark which was at the Kreolfleurage Parfums at North East Point.
From there, they ran back to Persévérance where the race started.
The following are the top five finishers in each category.
500m girls U6
1. Hamsini Senthil 1:46
2. Sanaya Khan 2:09
3. Kaavya Sharma 3:26
500m boys U6
1. Christian Didon 1:32
2. Aswin Ragupathy 1:37
3 Thurarakesh Sekar 1:47
4. Maghadesh Murugan 1:50
5. Varun Srinivasan 2:02
1km girls U10
1. Esther Roucou
2. 7506 Zoe Francois
3. Thushitha Mohan
4. Sabhikasri Murugan
5. Anita Madeleine
1km boys U10
1. Hopkins Wharfala
2. Kartik Sharma
3. Matthew Baker
4. Bruno Mathiot
5. Huseyma Belmont
5km girls U14
1. Noemi Anacourra 22:00
2. Emily Etienne 37:37
3. Keirashiya Kannan 41:56
4. Harshhilta Raja 43:36
5. Kelcy Bonte 44:14
5km boys U14
1. Makhan Bristol 18:37
2. Nathan Parkash 20:24
3 Kim Mathiot 20:42
4. Jordan Baker 21:47
5. Ron Dufrene 22:15
5km girls U18
1. Ecciezia Etienne 37:35
2. Pooja Pillay 41:19
5km boys U18
1. Sedgwick Bernard 18:18
2. Sean Magnan 20:09
3. Laurent Radegonde 22:14
4. Brunel Mathiot 22:16
5. Greg Jean 39:04
5km female senior
1. Mapula Colin 25:48
2. Stephanie Andersen 26:40
3. Domingue 33:29
4. Pedronela Lafortune 33:34
5. Piyawan Kunduang 34:56
5km male senior
1. Kelvin Nganga 18:26
2. Darius Benjamin 19:32
3. Teerapat Tangsomboon 24:39
4. Ari Prasath Parasuraman 25:08
5. Ragul Pillay 27:48
5km female master
1. Jenifer Abdulhafeez 31:19
2. Bilha Wharfala 31:21
3. Anick Charles 32:55
4. Akansha Bajpa 33:36
5. Ronna Pillay 34:41
5km male master
1. Hilaire Jaomaro 18:54
2. Amir Thapa 19:34
3. Bharat Bahadur Bogati 24:04
4. Andrew Paul 27:01
5. Ishan Pande 28:36
5km female master 50+
1. Jeanna Valentin 24:29
2. Brenda Larue Barbarons 26:16
3. Lucy Barrois 31:30
4. Yao Yuan 34:55
5. Celeste Nourrice 34:58
5km male master 50+
1. Roy Colin 25:30
2. Jean-Claude Volcere 29:36
3. Selwyn Medor 30:44
4. Selvakumar Natarajan 32:07
5. Murugesh Kumar 38:16
10km female senior
1. Anita Amasogno 54:25
2. Tracey Monthy 1h16:22
3. Bettina Estro 1h20:05
10km male senior
1. Andry Randrianarijaona 36:14
2. Iven Moïse 44:21
3. Elvine Bonne 45:51
4. Nagarajan Gnana Pragasam 52:07
5. Harbir Singh 54:49
10km female master 1
1. Kathie Sanderson 53:20
2. Najoie Philoe 55:39
3. Natalya Lazarenko 57:55
4. Erica Charles 58:34
5. Carol Palmyre 1h01:47
10km male master 1
1. Simon Labiche 38:54
2. Gerald Jaomaro 43:43
3. Rudra Ral Chhatkuli 44:22
4. Maksym Sereda 47:16
5. KKSS Kumara Deevas 47:52
10km female master 2
1. Florise Ernesta 54:06
2. Vivienne Vadivelo 58:50
3. Maggy Harray 1h07:21
10km male master 2
1. Marco Rivolta 57:58
2. Alan Hall 1h29:38
