Roberts, Cottreau discuss their motivation in running the Dunk River Road Race

BEDEQUE, P.E.I. — A coach, household and a world-record efficiency offered the inspiration for the storylines authored by Jack Roberts and Sandra Cottreau within the forty fifth operating of the Callbeck’s Dwelling {Hardware} Dunk River Street Race on July 30.

Roberts received the general title in his debut within the 11.6-kilometre occasion, and Cottreau continued a household custom.

Cottreau completed second general and received prime feminine honours with a time of 49 minutes 5 seconds (49:05).

“My dad and mom (Brooke and Dorothy Gregory) each ran this race many, a few years in the past; I assume over 30 years in the past, and my sister (Carrie Gregory) was in it (this yr),” Cottreau instructed SaltWire Community in a post-race interview.

Cottreau, a 29-year-old dietician from Charlottetown, grew to become a second-generation winner of the Dunk River occasion. Her mom received the feminine title in 1986 with a time of fifty:02.

Cottreau credit her dad and mom for introducing her and her sister to operating.

Carrie completed second within the general feminine class in 52:46. Cottreau stated she and Carrie practice collectively lots and push one another.

Cottreau, who final ran the Dunk River Street Race a few years in the past, stated she was pleased along with her time and entered the race with a objective of ending underneath the 50-minute mark.

Race winner

Roberts, from Charlottetown, had a time of 40:43.

The 20-year-old is a member of the cross-country and indoor monitor and area groups at UPEI, the place he research English.

“My (UPEI) coach, Mike Peterson, received the (Dunk River) race three or 4 instances, together with final yr, and I used to be tremendous motivated by watching Michael Bergeron break the 10K (world) joggling file (not too long ago),” stated Roberts. “Once I got here house (from Bergeron’s record-setting efficiency), I stated, ‘I’m tremendous motivated, and I’ve to see the place I’m at?’”

Roberts ran the primary 5K in entrance of Bergeron throughout the world-record efficiency at UPEI.

This marked the primary time Roberts ran within the Dunk River occasion, the longest-continuous street race on P.E.I.

General, a complete of 39 runners registered for the race and 36 completed and three didn’t begin. The race begins and finishes by the Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge on the Dunk River Street, simply off Rte. 1A.

Roberts stated the course featured a number of elevation achieve, and a few good regular downhills.

“It felt actually good,” stated Roberts, who hoped to common 3:40 for a kilometre and ended up averaging 3:30. “I’ve been logging lots of miles currently coaching for the cross-country season. I wasn’t certain the way it was going to pan out. I’m happy with the end result.”

Outcomes

Full outcomes of the Dunk River Street Race on July 31:

Male

1. Jack Roberts, 40:43;
2. Alex Bain, 49:07;
3. Brennan Murphy, 49:56;
4. Kevin MacIsaac, 53:57;
5. Dan Bradley, 56:45;
6. Chris Buote, 56:48;
7. Kipp Preston, 58:31;
8. Peter Walker, 59:25;
9. Matt Vaughan, 59:34;
10. Martyn Clark, 1:00:40;
11. Jonathan Waugh, 1:02:24;
12. Martin Morris, 1:05:50;
13. Duane Olsen, 1:07:49;
14. Paul Burnley, 1:10:14;
15. Jeff Hannam, 1:11:07;
16. Wojtek Zawada, 1:11:49;
17. Wade Candy, 1:13:06;
18. Richard Scanlan, 1:16:50;
19. Martin Paddison, 1:21:56;
20. Donnie Walsh, 1:22:32;
21. Christopher Arsenault, 1:51:45.

Feminine

1. Sandra Cottreau, 49:05;
2. Carrie Gregory, 52:46;
3. Sarah Waugh, 59:59;
4. Beverley Walsh, 1:01:35;
5. Shanice MacDonald, 1:01:48;
6. Kelly MacKenzie, 1:03:08;
7. Trisha Reed, 1:05:00;
8. Marisa McNeill, 1:09:15;
9. Giana Baldassarra, 1:11:49;
10. Carol Yampolsky, 1:12:03;
11. Shannan Hill, 1:12:16;
12. Cathy McCarville, 1:13: 59;
13. Dianne Watts, 1:16:17;
14. Jamie Berry, 1:21:23;
15. Amir Zuccolo, 1:21:23.

Jason Simmonds is a sports activities editor with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. He could be reached by e mail at [email protected] and adopted on Twitter @JpsportsJason.