Good organization on the part of the hosts, CA Sense Pressa from El Verger, in the sixth qualifying round of the Circuit a Peu held on Sunday, in which almost 1.000 runners took the start and had to deal with the strong heat that prevailed as that the morning was advancing.
Juanra Pous Pérez crossed the finish line first, breaking the pace in the final stretch to stop the clock at 32:34; behind the Corremundos athlete José David Moruno 32:42; Third again, as he did in 2023, was the C Ondara Tri-Esport athlete, Jorge Llacer 32:46.
María Isabel Ferrer, 34:58, repeated her victory by winning again as she did in 2023, she flew to the finish line. Second was the Cametes de Pedreguer athlete Marta Pérez Sapena who entered with a time of 36:59 and third was Cristina Roselló Prats, from Publidom, with a time of 38:05.
The rest of the classifications can be consulted in the Circuit a Peu Marina Alta web pages and also on the page Somesport.
local podiums
The local women's podium, in this edition, was completed by the athletes Nina Ivankiv, 44:47, from CA Publidom, followed by María Sánchez Martínez, 45:30, climbing to the third step Reme Briones Mengual, 48:48, both last from CA Sense Pressa El Verger.
Joaquim Domenech Guillem, (CA Sense Pressa El Verger), 39:41, topped the local men's podium; Pedro Puigcerver Collado from CA Denia Corre was the second local with a time of 40:17, accompanied by the independent runner, Sergio Brogniez Malonda with 41:40.
Baleària raffle prize
Toni Domenech Martí, from Ondara Tri-Esport, was the winner, winning the trip to the Balearic Islands for two people from the Baleària prize.
children's races
The children's events were held at noon after the queen race, with the participation of more than two hundred boys and girls. The smallest ones, the barrufets and prebenjamines, tests that are not scored in the Circuit, gave way to the benjamines.
In the Benjamin category, Ernest Garcés Francés (CA Bernia) was once again the fastest to cover this time, a distance of 500 meters with a time of 01:46, followed by Nicolau Montava Fenollar (C Esportiva El Corriol), with 01 :50, and third Daniel Fullana Padilla (CE Llebeig Xàbia), 01:51.
The fastest girls on this occasion were Lara Fornés Catalá (CA Llebeig Xàbia), 01:49; second Ariadna Sojo Pimentel (CA Dianium), 01:51, third being Carla Fuster Moreira (Independent), with 01:54.
The best to complete the 1.000 meters of the Alevín category were Leopoldo Batles Llacer (CA La Nucia), 03:26, followed by the C Ginestar Atletisme Benissa twins Jaume Blas De Gea 03:30, and Adolfo Blas De Gea a second later than his brother, 03:31.
In girls, Marina Cózar Sellés (CE Llebeig Xàbia) ran the thousand meters in 03:43, beating Laia Mestre Sastre (CE Dorsal 19 Pego), 03:46, and third with a time of 03:54 was Gemma Francés Vila.
The Infantiles completed a 1.500 meter route, where Joan Alemany Pons (CE Dorsal 19 Pego) once again imposed his law to win, registering a time of 05:12, followed by his brother, Angel Alemany Pons, 05:14, and completed Didac Chesa Cervera podium (C Orba Multiesport), 05:17.
Aitana Tor Perea (CA La Nucia), 05:45, was the first; followed by Carla Fuertes Garrigues (C Ginestar Atketisme Benissa), 05:49. Completing the female podium, Anna Savall Mengual (CA Llebeig Xàbia) with 05:53.
The last two tests belonging to the Cadets and Youth, closed the children's tests, with a joint start, 2.000 meters for the first, where there was total supremacy of the CA Dianium Baleària with the first place for Joan Buigues García, 06:25, who won to his teammate Ricard Pérez Miró Martínez, 06:43, with the athlete from the Escola Atletisme Pedreguer being third. Joan García Milvaques, 06:50.
In women, Silvia Díaz Berenguer (CA La Nucia), 07:18, was the fastest, taking thirty seconds, María Devesa Buigues del (CA Dianium), 07:48, and Ana Caravaca Sala (CE Dorsal 19 Pego), 07: 58.