An imperious Lamont Marshall triumphed in the local adult male section of the Front Street Mile by smashing the one-year-old record by over two seconds.

The young Bermudian dominated the race from the very start and, roared on by a healthy crowd, sprinted across the line in an impressive time of four minutes and 23.07 seconds, beating the 4:25.53 set last year by South African triathlon specialist Evan Naude.

Over 12 seconds behind Marshall came Gary Raynor in a time of 4:35.43, while claiming the third position on the winners' podium was Craig Rothwell in 4:52.10.

Afterwards a tired but nonetheless elated-looking Marshall said he had always felt the record was within his grasp given the favourable conditions.

“My priority was to win the race first and foremost but I had it in the back of my head that I could get close to the record because the weather was so calm,” he said.

“I've run this race a few times now and I can honestly say I have never run in better conditions. There is always some rain or wind about which makes it more difficult but tonight there was nothing and I really went for it.

“I've been training hard since August last year and even though it was hard maintaining my schedule over the holidays I felt in pretty good shape coming into the race.”

The local adult women's race witnessed a spectacularly close finish, with race debutante Chantal MacIsaac edging out an exhausted Joanna Shillington by only a quarter of a second.

MacIsaac recorded a time of five minutes, 33.74 seconds while Shillington finished in 5:33.99.

Last Saturday's Fairmont to Fairmont road race winner Victoria Fiddick was third in 5:39.30.

Canadian physio Tara Oakhem was the fastest at the start and narrowly led at the quarter-mile mark.

But she was unable to maintain that early pace and her minuscule lead was soon eaten up by MacIsaac and Shillington, who fought stride for stride down the finishing straight - the pain etched across both of their faces.

At the end MacIsaac had just a little too much for Shillington, who collapsed in a heap on the finish line and had to be heaved to her feet by one of the race volunteers.

MacIsaac said afterwards she was “honoured” to have won against such a field at the first time of asking.

“Maybe we should put it down to beginners' luck,” she joked.

“I cannot believe I won. I think I'm as shocked as everybody else here.”

1 Lamont Marshall Bermuda 4:23.07R

2 Gary Raynor Bermuda 4:35.43

3 Craig Rothwell Bermuda 4:52.10

4 Andrew Couper Bermuda 5:03.65

5 Christopher Page Bermuda 5:06.38

6 Simon Ashby Bermuda 5:09.32

7 Peter Mills Bermuda 5:09.95

8 Michael Neville Bermuda 5:11.73

9 Richard Exon Bermuda 5:12.33

10 Otis Robinson Bermuda 5:14.11

11 Timothy Goodyear Bermuda 5:19.02

12 Gareth Tavares Bermuda 5:20.81

13 Steve Baker Bermuda 5:22.01

14 Jason Olynyk Bermuda 5:22.79

15 Mark Albouy Bermuda 5:26.99

16 Calvin Steede Bermuda 5:42.97