Rosa Cruz and Emiliano Tlacalel Win 9K Races at Cancún’s Cumbres Run for Firefighters

Cancún, Quintana Roo — About 800 runners turned out on Sunday morning for the 11th edition of the Cumbres Run, a charity race benefiting the Benito Juárez municipality’s fire department.

Held in the Residencial Altai development, the event offered 9-, 6- and 3-kilometer races along with children’s runs of one kilometer and 400 meters. It also served as a warm-up for the Cancún International Night Marathon later this year.

Rosa Cruz and Emiliano Tlacalel take the 9K titles

In the featured 9-kilometer race, Rosa Cruz claimed the women’s overall title in 37 minutes, 32 seconds, a result that also earned her first place in the 30-to-39 Submáster category.

Emiliano Tlacalel Martínez Ambriz won the men’s race in 29 minutes, 14 seconds and also topped the 20-to-29 Libre division.

Over 6 kilometers, Luis Alejandro Díaz de la Cruz won the men’s Libre category in 20:33, while Alison Paz León took the women’s Juvenil race in 26:08.

In the 3-kilometer race, Daniel Tomás Mendoza Moreno finished first among the men in 10:04 and Radel Morales Romero led the women in 11:20.

The morning closed with a medal ceremony for the top three finishers in each category, led by Eduardo Martínez, general director of Grupo Cumbres. He was joined by Gabriel Aguiñaga, coordinator of federated sport at the Benito Juárez Institute of Physical Culture and Sport, and Armando Macías, the race’s technical director.