Dutch athlete Jorrit Van der Raadt won this year's edition of Fastest5, a 5km race organised by Raptorz Running Club around the roads of Birkirkara and St. Venera, with a very fast and flat route that meant a Personal Best for many established and occasional runners. Indeed, five athletes completed the race in less than 16 minutes.

Van der Raadt won the race in 15 min 37 seconds, in a thrilling finish, just pipping Luke Micallef (Pembroke Athleta) by less than a second. Andrew Grech (Mellieħa AC) finished third merely three seconds later.

Lisa Marie Bezzina (Pembroke A.) confirmed her superiority in the female category (17.44), with Maria Gerada (As Libertas) and Denise Borda (Mellieħa AC) finishing second and third respectively.

Other awards in the Fastest5 race, which took place on Sunday morning, attracting a record of more than 300 partecipants, were:

Carina Suda (F-U23) Joanna Camilleri (F 35-39) Caroline Ciappara (F 40-44), Carmen Vella (F 45-49), Mary Grace Demicoli (F 50-54).

Dillon Cassar (M - U23) Mario Grech (M 35-39) Jason Mizzi (M 40-44), Matthew Cutajar (M 45-49), Michael Camilleri (M 55-59) and Wally Ghiller (M 60-64).

Mellieħa AC won the team event for both male and female categories.

The successful organisation of this race was also thanks to the support from main sponsors Teamsport, Project Technik, Jesmond Mizzi Financial Services, Garmin Malta and Diadora. Raptorz RC would also like to thank the Police Corps and Local Guardians for guaranteeing road safety and security, Alpha Medical Ambulance Service as well as Zebbug Scout Group for providing marshalls for this race.