Forde is Courts 10K winner

Participants pose with the various trophies after the presentation ceremony yesterday. (Orlando Charles photo)

—Alika Morgan beaten by Euleen Josiah-Tanner

Guyana’s distance champion Cleveland Forde won his second straight 10K road race for the 2012 offseason after crossing the finish line of the Courts 10k and Walk Race in front of the furniture store’s head office on Main Street in first place yesterday.

While Dennis Horatio tried to keep pace with Forde (also known as ‘Little Kenyan’) the methodical change of speeds by Forde coming closer to the end of the race was too much for Horatio and allowed Forde to cross the finish line in 31:10s to become $100,000 richer.

Horatio, who challenged Forde for most of the race simply could not keep up in the latter half and ended in second place in 32:56s. Cleveland Thomas, who came third last weekend, ended in the