435 take part in Ecofit and Road Trail Challenge 1.0
BINTULU: A total of 435 runners from all walks of life turned up for the Ecofit and Road Trail Challenge 1.0 event at Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu campus ( UPMKB) yesterday.
There were 148 participants in the 12km run and 287 in the 5km run for both men and women categories including international participants from South Africa, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei and Japan.
The youngest runners were aged 8 ( 5km) and 13 (12km) while a 62year- old man and a 60-year- old woman were the oldest runners.
The top five winners in the 12km run and top three in the 5km run received medals and cash prizes.
Each participant who completed their runs also received medals ( 5km run) and finisher’s T-shirts (12km).
In the men’s 5km category, first place went to Wallace Galleh Tambi who clocked 25 minutes and 5 seconds followed by Abdul Rahman Ramlan ( 25:11) and Goliath Valeran Sill (25: 24).
Veronica Fidelin Demong clocked 35: 41 to seal her spot as the winner in the women’s 5km category. Second and third places went to Allyvia Jinah Philips (35: 44) and Selipia Enna Mathew Ngadan (37: 09) respectively.
Meanwhile, Chong Yen Boon who clocked 1: 05: 54 won the men’s 12km category. Second to fifth place went to Ling Tai Ming (1: 05: 55); Abdul Razak Jusoh (1:11: 55); Zulkarnine Saring (1:12: 23) and Lau Heng Yioung (1:12: 36) respectively.
In the women’s 12km category, first to fifth place winners were Chai Shian Fung (1:12: 57); Vivian Ngu Yen (1: 34: 40); Salmah Hasan (1: 34:45); Jocelyn Hii Ling (1: 38: 31) and Tang Hung Sien (1: 42: 36) respectively.
The flag- off and prize- giving ceremony was officiated at by UPMKB Agriculture and Food Sciences dean Dr Zamri Rosli.