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Classic winner Clive Hamilâ€" ton (above) was just 11 seconds off recordâ€"setting pace. Bernadette Hugli (right) was the women‘s winner. Richard O‘Brien photos T One spectator wifiw a cam;rfarbfnd another with an umbrella watch the start of .the ninth annual Waterloo 10â€"Kilometre Classic road race with the smoke from the starter‘s cannon behind them. W t Clive Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff Clive could have used a push, Ron could have used a pull and Bernadette could have used a club but all three were winners in the ninth annual Athlete‘s Foot sponsored Waterloo 10K Classic road race Sunday morning. Let‘s take them one at a time. Athlete‘s Foot Track Club member Clive Hamilâ€" ton won the race in 29 minutes, 57 seconds, just 11 seconds over the course record of 29: 46 set by Paul Lockhart of Toronto one year earlier. #) V s Hamilton had to run the last nine kilometres or so without a challenge and that lack of a push may have put him under recordâ€"setting pace. â€" ‘"‘That was a really good run for him," said Grinbergs. ‘"‘The way he pushed over the last three kilometres was really amazing. He‘s getting tougher emotionally." "I was going for it," said Hamilton. "I was told the second guy was 150 metres back so 1 had to work the whole race myself." â€" _ Pete Grinbergs, Hamilton‘s coach, saw signs of his runner‘s continuing improvement. _ â€" The Classic was the last 10K race for Hamilton for awhile. He is going to concentrate on the 5,000 and also run some 1,500‘s. h Winner among the wheelichair athletes for the third time was Ron Van Elswyk of Kitchener, but his winning time was about four minutes slower than his time of 28: 20 in the Ontario championships a week ago in Toronto. The 26â€"yearâ€"old Van Elswyk explained that he too was alone in front of his group and couldn‘t take advantage of a strategy used by wheelchair athletes as well as cyclists and auto racers. "In a chair you can use the drafting effect," said Long distance runner finds it‘s lonely being a leader Van Elswyk, referring to the technique of riding close behind somebody and keeping out of the wind while getting pulled along to an extent. . Bernadette Hugli, the women‘s winner in 36:55, won the Ontario university women‘s 3,000 in 1985 while running for Queen‘s and was third nationally, but since moving to Toronto to attend chiropracâ€" tor‘s college she‘s found it harder to train competitively and is looking for a club to join. ‘"*You get to relax a bit and get your energy back and then change places." o "I find it hard outside university because there are no people to run with,"" said Hugli, who would prefer to train with other women rather than her husband Allen, who was second to Hamilton in 30:; 31. "I never feel competitive running with a man because I know he can beat me if he‘s a competitive runner.‘"‘ s Peter Self won the men‘s 19 and under division in 32: 41 and he was followed by his brother Paul 17 seconds behind him. Hamilton and Allen Hugli both ran in the men‘s 20â€"29 group. Ted Walraven was best among men 30â€"39 in 32: 18 and he was followed by Winfield Haines in 33:29. The men‘s 40â€"49 winner was Ken Inglis (32:50) and Dave Wallace (35:30) was best among men 50 and over. Corinne Fischer won in the women‘s 19 and under class in 40:30. Gisele Miller was second behind Bernadette Hugli in both the women‘s overall and 20â€"29 groupings in 37:40 and Kathy Roberts was third, just two seconds behind. Mary McCall won the 30â€"39 division in 41: 58 and Dagmar Lehner was best in the 40â€"49 grouping in 40: 44. Audrey McCabe‘s time of 40:57 was best among women 50 and over.