Maurice Kambukwe
WINDHOEK- Runners Salomon David and Risa Dreyer won the male and female Veteran U/40-49 and Elite U/40 categories of this year’s Standard Bank Xtrail Run.
The competition took place in the capital over the weekend.
A total of 532 runners took part in this year’s event, which was held at Avis in Windhoek on Sunday. The runners participated in the U/11, U/15, Elite Under/40 years, Veteran 40/49 years and the Masters (Over 50 years) categories, covering the 7km and 15.5km distances.
David, who competed as a Veteran was the first across the line in the 15.5 km category, which he finished in one hour, three minutes and 26 seconds (1:03:26) to be crowned winner of the Veteran U/40-49 event.
In a second place was Eric Bernard who ran a time of 01:23:40, followed by Andrew Rowles who clocked 01:24:04 to take third place.
Risa Dreyer won the women’s Elite U/40 category when she finished the 15.5km distance in 01:29:09. In second place was Stephanie Roland who clocked 01:30:41 and Henriette Crouse who registered a time of 01:34:09 to finish in third place.