The race and a dinner-dance afterward raised $20,000 for the scholarship fund, which was awarded to Ms. Uwera and to a runner-up, Jose Naranjo, of Long Beach.
He insisted on seeing the brighter side of a runner-up finish.
"Very cool," one contestant said, eying a winner's calculator with the quiet envy of a runner-up.
Both jockeys are expected there to give evidence at an appeal hearing against last week's decision by the Newmarket stewards to disqualify a Sanders-ridden winner in favour of a runner-up ridden by Spencer.
The Radio 1 breakfast man was beaten by Chris Evans and didn't even have the consolation of a runner-up prize, beaten into the "also ran" category by Heart's Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott and Radio Clyde breakfast DJ George Bowie.
In the last 10 overs the Dragons scored 85, seemingly keeping alive their hopes of a runners-up spot.
The Turks are desperate to finish second in the group and prolong hopes of qualifying as a runner-up — ahead of its main rival for that prize, Belgium.
Wales had to win to have any chance of progressing as a runner-up, but remain fourth in Group One with one game left.
The winner of each pool is placed against a runner-up of a different pool in a quarter-final.
Up-and-coming solar cell materials called perovskites made such rapid progress this year that the editors of Science picked them as a runner-up for Breakthrough of the Year.
The National Short Story prize, now in its second year, aims to raise the profile of the rather neglected form in the UK with a first prize of £15,000, a runner-up prize of £3,000 and awards of £500 for the rest of the shortlist.
