Morris walks for the Blind Society at Everyone’s A Winner Run/Walk
Professor Floyd Morris, senator, led a contingent of blind walkers in The Best Dressed Chicken/Everyone’s A Winner Run/Walk 5K walk held at Hope Gardens on Father’s Day, much to the admiration of the hundreds of other participants. Proceeds of this year’s event are earmarked to benefit the scholarship fund of the Jamaica Society for the Blind’s Vision Centre and Latoya Butler, 21-year-old daughter of a long-serving employee of The Best Dressed Chicken, battling leukaemia.
It was a day full of fun, food, and games, with individuals, corporate teams, and father and child duos participating in the 11th staging of the event.
Overall winners in the 5K Run Female category were Michka-Mae Hyde, first, with a time of 18:17.00 minutes; in second place was Sabrina McDonald of Papine High School, with 21:59.00; and Tonya Busse, Pacers Running Club, third, who came in at 22:24.00.
In the 5K Run Male category, the winners were Noel-Jonathan Ellis, Team Link Up, first place, with a time of 16:32.00; Kemar Leslie, Rainforest Caribbean, came in second at 16:34.00; while third place went to Jomo-Rhys Gilman, Rainforest Caribbean, at 17:19.00.
Overall first place in the 3K Run Female category was Ariel Dyche with a time of 14:30.00; second place went to Kaelyn Lawes, JN Group, who came in at 17:11.00; and Shadae Green, JN Group, third place winner, with a time of 18:23.00.
In the 3K Run Male section, the overall winner was Royale Gordon of UCT Steppas, at 11:47.00; second place went to Royon Davis with a time of 12:51.00; and Oral Anderson of The Gleaner Company was third at the finish line with 13:19.00.
The first-place winners in the 5K Run Top Father and Child category were Eugent Dawes and Kendal Dawes of Legends Running Club, while Dominic Mullings and David Mullings of Mullo Running Club came in second. Third place went to Stephen Royes and Abigail Royes of Pacers Running Club.
The Roy Thomas Award for the Top Champion Team went to Rainforest Caribbean, while the largest participating team was Restaurants of Jamaica with 135 finishers.
