Teenager Juma Mouchette stormed to victory in the 'Sir' Stanley Burgess 5K Road Race and followed up by stating his intention to claim victory in next week's May 24 Junior Classic road race over two miles.

The current junior national cross-country champion opened up a big gap between himself and the rest of the runners in the fast downhill section along Frog Lane shortly after the start of yesterday's race.

Berkeley Institute student Mouchette, 15, then kept up the pace with Richard Exon, Geoff Blee and top woman Victoria Fiddick strung out further behind.

Blee moved into second place around the one-mile point and then slowly reeled in Mouchette, finally edging ahead after a water station at Blackwatch Pass.

But Mouchette wasn't finished. He dug in and re-took the lead as the pair neared Devonshire Rec before unleashing a finishing kick on the final lap of the sports field to leave no doubt about who was the winner. Mouchette's winning time was 17 minutes and 58 seconds.

"I wanted to go out fast and get a comfortable lead and then relax," he explained. "The other guy was chasing and then he passed me. I decided not to let him go. I was a little hot out there, but I feel good."

In this year's Carifta Games, Mouchette won a 1,500m bronze medal.

He is a former Front Street Mile age group winner and was second in the May 24 Junior classic two-mile race in 2008. Last year he was fourth in the junior race, but he intends to win next Monday in what will be his last chance to so before he becomes ineligible due to the upper-level age restriction.

Runner-up Blee was satisfied with his Sunday morning workout in warm and humid conditions. He crossed the finish line in 18.09.

"I went past him (Mouchette) and then he overtook me again. I started to get closer to him near the end but once he got on the field he cruised away. I got a good tune up for May 24. I did not know how I was going to do as I haven't raced since the Cornerstone 10 (in March)," said Blee.

He is aiming for a top 15 finish in next week's May 24 Half-Marathon and is once again running as part of Team Hope, raising funds for the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy.

Last year he clinched a bonus $500 in sponsorship after beating two pre-race objectives of finishing in the top ten and breaking one hour 25 minutes for the course; he did so by finishing ninth in a time of 1.24.59.

First woman, and third overall, was current May 24 women's champion Victoria Fiddick.

She admitted she is still feeling the effects of last month's More Fitness Magazine Half-Marathon in New York City, where she came third overall in the women-only event.

Yesterday, she stopped the clock at 18.59 and afterwards said: "I needed to get out and have a race and test myself in the heat. I wasn't looking at running any particular time, but just having a race. I was trying to keep up with Geoff (Blee). In the end I ran around 6.20 for each of the miles."

Looking ahead to the May 24 race, she added: "I will do my best and try hard. With Ashley (Estwanik) running it is going to be hard, and I'm going to have to look out for the girls coming up behind me too."

Richard Exon was the next finisher in 19.31, followed by second woman Andrea Banks (20.16) and first over-50 Cal Steede (21.28).