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GOING OUT EARLY – Jeff Larsen, centre, broke early in Tuesday’s fun run and finished more than three minutes ahead of the field.

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LEAVING MOM BEHIND – Silvie Sandiford sprints to the finish ahead of her mother Deb Higgins in the Tuesday evening fun run.

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LEAVING MOM BEHIND – Silvie Sandiford sprints to the finish ahead of her mother Deb Higgins in the Tuesday evening fun run.

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Photo by Vince Fedoroff

Larsen dominates field in Tuesday evening’s five-kilometre fun run

Jeff Larsen dominated the field of six male runners in Tuesday evening’s Sports Experts 5km Fun Run/Walk series.

By Whitehorse Star on September 5, 2018

Jeff Larsen dominated the field of six male runners in Tuesday evening’s Sports Experts 5km Fun Run/Walk series.

While Selena Boothroyd wasn’t as dominant among the five female runners, she did finish over a minute ahead of second-place Sylvie Sandiford.

Larsen finished in a time of 19 minutes and 33 seconds, or three minutes and 13 seconds faster than Ben Harper and Yves Paradis, both finishing with a second-place time of 22:46.

Chris Locke was the fourth runner across in a time of 22:58, followed by Scott Williams in 26:42 and Jason Kiao in 29:46.

Boothroyd clocked in at 26:42 while Sandiford finished in 28:09.

Deb Higgins was third in a time of 28:11 followed by Jen Meurer in 29:59 and Karin Keeley-Eriksson o 32:34.

The only male walker, John Storms covered the five kilometres in 28:28. The only female walker, Bonnie Love finished in 36:21.

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