Festival of Speed Part III - 1500m Road Race (Part Two)

The final youth heats of the 1500m Road Race brought the Festival of Speed to a close, with fourteen young athletes racing over two heats on a relocated course.

First up were the female youth athletes, setting off to complete three laps of the circuit before finishing the race back at the starting line. Senglim was first across the line followed by Sreypich, the athletes securing second and third place respectively in the overall race result behind Sreyleap who recorded the best time of 6:51.56 in the previous week's race. All athletes completed the course within 12 minutes.

The second heat featured a mix of youth and senior male and female athletes, including event winners Sreyleap and Piseth. Senghong was first across the line in 7:06.52, short of Piseth's previous effort of 6:28.45, and all athletes completed the race under 10 minutes.

Final standings after 3 of 3 events

In the final points table for the youth competition, Sreyleap and Piseth's three wins meant they both scored the maximum 60 points and claimed a Festival of Speed gold medal. In the female youth category Sreypich took silver with 49 points after two 2nd placed finishes in the 3km and 5km road races and 3rd place in the 1500m. Senglim was awarded the bronze medal after scoring 45 points from her 3rd, 4th and 2nd place performances in the three races.

We'd like to congratulate all the athletes who took part, and especially well done to the ten runners who completed all three events of the Festival of Speed. The 1500m, 3km and 5km road races are important middle and long distance events in athletics and not to be taken lightly, so to complete all three as part of this competition represents a notable achievement for those who took part of which they can be very proud.
In addition to the great work of the PPAC volunteers we'd like to thank Elaine for her dedicated support for this group of young athletes, encouraging them to continue to train and helping instill the determination and commitment required to turn out and compete in such a challenging event!

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