AUTRA News Report 19-02-2025

Kate Dzienis • February 19, 2025

Cradle Mountain Run, Tas
City Run, SA
World Marathon Challenge, WA
Oscars 100 Hut 2 Hut, Vic
Yaberoo, WA
Upcoming Events

WEEKLY NEWS REPORT FOR 19-02-2025

As always, we're continuously on the hunt for your stories and reports, so get those race reports and photographs in to ultramag@autra.asn.au with the following information:

Word document, single spaced
Include the name of the event, the date and the location anywhere in the report (just a bullet point at the top is great)
Please attach photographs to the email – do not put images in the body of your Word doc. You’ll just get me emailing you back asking for the photos sent in the correct way!
As many photos as possible. With our new website, it’s now easier than ever to include a nice gallery in each race report
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And remember, it doesn’t have to be about an AURA-listed event specifically! You just have to be an AURA member for the 2025 year. Also too, if you’ve run in a non-AURA listed event anywhere on home soil or internationally, we’d love to include your race results and experience in our Member Updates, so please do reach out to us via email to kate.dzienis@autra.asn.au

If any corrections need to be made in any of the results listed below, please alert me via email.

Cradle Mountain Run, Tas

The Cradle Mountain Run was held from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair Overland Track in Tasmania on Saturday, 1 February 2025 and offered a 78km distance.

There were 55 finishers.

In the Men’s 78km, top spot went to Angus Tolson (7:44) whilst 2^nd Male was awarded to AUTRA’s Matthew Crehan who finished the distance in 7:50. AUTRA member Andrew Gaskell rounded out the podium with a 3^rd Male finish, crossing the line in 8:00.

In the Women’s 78km, top spots went to Jasmine Vollmer (10:06), Amy Lamprecht (10:11) and Victoria Cole (10:20).

Well done to all members who raced in the Cradle Mountain Run, including Ben Burgess (8:15), John Claridge (10:25), Josh Eastgate (11:03), John Walsh (11:08), John Cannell (11:24), Rebekkah Middleton (11:24), Jason Wheeler (11:28), Liam Woods (12:30), Mark Middleton (13:45) and Sarah Niven (13:59).

Official results can be found here.

Images: kristy wallis, matt pearce

City Run, SA

Hosted by GoodRunnings, the City Run was held on Saturday, 1 February 2025 at Karrawirra Park in SA and offered distances of 1km, 1km, 2.5km, 5km, 7.5km, 10km, 15km, 21.1km, 30km, 42.2km (14 finishers), 50km (2 finishers) and 60km (6 finishers).

The event was held on a 5km course along the River Torrens, with a full loop being 5km.

In the Men’s 60km, top spots went to Walid Maaliki (4:58:32, Isaac Tennant (5:47:44) and Mike Harvey (7:13:03). In the Women’s 60km, winners were Kelsa Reign (6:49:51), Karina Zeleso (10:17:44) and Rebecca Green (10:48:02).

In the Men’s 50km, it was Peter Childs who took the win (5:21:55). In the Women’s 50km, AUTRA’s Amy Goodridge claimed 1^st Female with a time of 5:59:32.

In the Men’s 42.2km, top spots went to Morice Gwenn (3:07:39), Jake Shirvington (3:27:16) and Trent Henderson (3:29:16).

In the Women’s 30km, AUTRA’s Melissa Knowles took 1^st Female with a time of 7:15:20.

In the Men’s 30km, wins were awarded to Callum Kreig (2:44:28), Gabe McStraw (3:23:47) and Jackson Veitch (4:30:13).

Head here for the full list of results and for all results of each distance.

Oscars 100 Hut 2 Hut, Vic

The Oscars 100 Hut 2 Hut weekend festival was held from 14-16 February, 2025 in Mt Buller, Vic and offered distances of 100km, 50km and 10km for runners of all abilities.

Events were listed as Hut 2 Hut Solo 1 Day (23 finishers), Hut 2 Hut Solo 2 Day (77 finishers), the Archie 50 (138 finishers), the Bella 10, and the Multi-Day Miler.

In the Men’s Hut 2 Hut Solo 1 Day, the top spot went to Jarrod Owen (11:38:54). Second and 3^rd Male positions were awarded to AUTRA members Benjamin Butler who finished in 12:31:38, and Chris McAuliffe who secured a time of 13:02:00, respectively.

In the Women’s Hut 2 Hut Solo 1 Day, AUTRA’s Nicole Paton took the reins and claimed top spot with a finish time of 14:12:06. Second and 3^rd Female spots went to Stephanie Roland (15:32:08) and Kelly Conroy (16:16:18).

Congratulations to all AUTRA members who ran in the Hut 2 Hut Solo 1 Day, including Simon Neale (15:28:54), Gill Fowler (16:44:49),

In the Men’s Hut 2 Hut Solo 2 Day, the winner was Stefan Krueger (15:23:35) whilst 2^nd Male was won by AUTRA’s Klaus Wilcken who completed the event in 16:17:51. Third went to Joel Gablek (16:26:27).

In the Women’s Hut 2 Hut Solo 2 Day, winners were named Fiona Castle (16:37:23), Britta Weller (16:45:59) and Kirstin Coggins (17:11:16).

Well done to all members who ran in the Women’s Hut 2 Hut Solo 1 Day, including Shiree Yap (17:51:38), Tarek Heiland (18:31:14) and Fiona Hewson (23:31:10).

In the Men’s Archie 50, AUTRA’s very own Thomas Dade took 1^st Male with a smashing time of 5:38:52. Second and 3^rd Male spots were won by James Beck (7:01:13) and John Carolan (7:27:17).

In the Women’s Archie 50, winners were named Sophie Broome (6:07:33), Veronica Lebedev (7:23:21) and Charlie Potter (7:30:01).

Congratulations to all members who ran in the Archie 50, including Geoffrey Barnes (9:05:05), Mick Marshall (13:53:44) and Kelvin Yip (13:53:51).

In the Men’s Bella 10, top spots went to Eric Jones (1:01:48), Tommy Wright (1:01:54) and Sacha Cavelier (1:02:04).

In the Women’s Bella 10, winners were named Louise Mitchell (00:57:20), Victoria Mitchell (1:01:09) and AUTRA’s Kellie Angel took 3^rd Female with 1:02:09.

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: @kalanhowse

Yaberoo Trail Ultra, WA

The Yaberoo Trail Ultra was held last weekend on Saturday, 15 February along the Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail at Nerrabup National Park in WA. On offer was a 50km, 25km, 15km, 10km and 5km, and the following results are preliminary.

In the Women’s 50km (26 finishers), top spots were awarded to Petra Jerejian (4:39:15), Shelley Connor (5:05:09) and Olivia Lee (5:22:24).

In the Men’s 50km (79 finishers), AUTRA’s Phil Gore took out the top spot with a finish time of 4:03:35. Second and 3^rd Male were awarded to Ben Leeson (4:03:51) and Carl Harrison (4:08:26).

Congratulations to all our members who ran in the 50km, including Doug Bartlett (6:12:18), Martyn Donnelly (6:51:54) and David Martin (7:14:48).

In the Women’s 25km (38 finishes), podium finishes went to Lauren O’Brien (2:16:01), Jill Pope (2:30:09) and Claudia Seke (2:32:58). In the Men’s 25km (63 finishers), the winners were Elliot Letchford (1:58:40), Milan Kucera (2:00:02) and Pearce Brezmen (2:01:05).

For the Women’s 15km (37 finishers), top spots were awarded to Ariarn Huston (1:22:40), Louise Boshoff (1:43:57) and Caroline Fenton (1:44:02); for the Men’s 25km (27 finishers), winners were named Liam Dardengo (1:06:04), Josh Chapman (1:22:40) and Elliott Duncan (1:24:49).

Onto the Women’s 10km (37 finishers), top spots went to Alicia Bruce (53:50), Liane Martyn (1:02:32) and Tammy O’Hare (1:06:27); for the Men’s 10km (15 finishers), they were Radek Dzitkowski (44:34), Hayden McDonald (54:51) and Sam Kendall (55:21).

In the Women’s 5km (23 finishers), it was Sophie Bouse (26:42), Emily Murray(27:35) and Diana Price (34:08); in the Men’s 5km (13 finishers), top spots went to Levi Quinton (21:53), Troy Bruce (30:37) and Mitchell Bridge (32:57).

The full list of results can be located here.

Images: Graeme Boulton, Melissa Loermans

UPCOMING EVENTS

22 Feb: Sri Chinmoy 100km Canberra, ACT
22 Feb: Trail Run Australia - Snowy Mountains Lake Crackenback Resort, NSW
1 Mar: Belair Marathon Belair National Park, SA
1 Mar: RunningWorks Lark Hill Party Ultra Port Kennedy, WA
9 Mar: Coombabah Trail Run Coombabah Lakes Conservation Area, Qld
15 Mar: I'm Still Standing Sydney LOS Maroubra, NSW
20 Mar: Noosa Ultra-Trail Tewantin, Qld
21 Mar: Sri Chinmoy 48hr Track Festival AIS Athletics Track, ACT
21 Mar: Herdy's Frontyard Ultra Herdsman Lake WA
22 Mar: Washpool World Heritage Trails Gibraltar Range National Park, NSW
28 Mar: Buffalo Stampede Festival Pioneer Park Recreation Reserve, Vic
28 Mar: kunanyi Mountain Run Wellesley Park, Tas
5 Apr: Lithgow Ridgy-Didge Trail Run Festival Lithgow Pony Club, NSW
5 Apr: Cairns 50 Glenoma Park, Qld
6 Apr: 3 Valleys RunningWorks Ultra Bickley, WA
8 Apr: Delirious WEST 100 & 200 Miler Northcliffe to Albany, WA
12 Apr: Gil's Galavant BYU Treville Downs, Qld
13 Apr: Five Peaks Trail Running Festival Adelaide Hills, SA
15 May: Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB Katoomba, NSW
7 Jun: Coffs Backyard Ultra NSW
7 Jun: Adelaide 24 Hour Festival War Memorial Drive, SA
8 Jun: Coombabah Trail Run Coombabah Lakes Conservation Area, Qld

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Final 2024 Points Competition Results

By Alexis Oosterhoff • January 30, 2025

Results for the 2024 AUTRA Points Competition have been finalised, and are available on our Points Competition page. Full details of the top 10 (as shared on Facebook during January) are detailed below, and results for all participating AUTRA members can be found in the documents at the above link. It was a real battle throughout the year between our top two finishers, Phil Gore & Kevin "BK" Matthews, with both giving it their it their all at events, and through contributions to the community - volunteering at multiple events, and submitting articles to our monthly newsletter, Ultramag. They finished within 2km of total distance for the year (Phil on 1203.087km, and Kevin on 1205.510km), and it was only Phil's final volunteering effort on 6 Inch Trail Marathon in December that gave him the that very narrow victory. As you'd be aware from previous communications, this marks the end of the Points Competition. With trail running (of all distances) now incorporated into AU T RA's constitution, and after careful consideration of the costs of the competition payouts in it's current form, the committee felt it was time for it's retirement. This marks my seventh and final year of delivering the points competition to membership (2018-2024), after taking on the role from Cheryl Symons. It has brought me great joy in doing so, and I feel like I've had an opportunity to get to know so many of our members through seeing their race (and volunteering) performances over the years! I'm continuing in my role as the AUS/NZL statistician for DUV (from whom we shared the data for the points comp), and you can expect to continue to find your ultra-race result on their site. 1st Place - Phil Gore (WA) - 86 points Phil's achievements this year have included a massive 265.653km (and 2nd place) at the IAU 24h Asia & Oceania Championships, wins at the Red Dirt Backyard Ultra (33 laps), the Australian leg of Big Dog's Backyard World Team Championship (96 laps), and the Soochow/Taipei 24h Ultramarathon (270.826km). He also knocked out an easy (!) 72km at the Light Horse Ultra 24h in between supporting his amazing wife Gemma. Those two 24h wins netted Phil new Oceania 24h Open Male records, IAU Level 1 qualifiers, and pushed him to the top of Australia's 24h trophy board (with only the great Yiannis Kouros having run further). Phil topped-up his points by contributing one article to Ultramag, worked as an Event Director at Herdy's Frontyard Ultra, and volunteered at a further five events through the year. He finished on 86 points. 2nd Place - Kevin Matthews (WA) - 84 points Finishing in 2nd place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Kevin Matthews. He monstered his way through the year with finishes at Australia Day Ultra 100km, Delirious WEST 200mi, 24 laps at Herdy's Frontyard Ultra, 190km at Light Horse Ultra 24h, 23 laps at Birdy's Backyard Ultra, and also completed Feral Pig 100 miler, Sandman 50km and Six Inch 47km. And to top things off, he contributed five articles to Ultramag, and volunteered at five events. BK ran 1205km in Ultramarathon races this year, all of them AUTRA-listed, and surpassed 100 marathon finishes (including 51 Ultramarathons!) Kevin finished the year on 84 points, a massive 34 points ahead of our 3rd place finisher Sue Robertson. 3rd Place - Sue Robertson (WA) - 50 points Finishing in 3rd place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Sue Robertson. Sue completed the Ultra Series 100 miler trilogy of Delirious WEST, Irrational SOUTH and Unreasonable EAST, and rounded out her year with the Sandman 50km and Six Inch 47km races. She received 30 points from the racing at AUTRA-listed events, and was awarded a further 20 points by volunteering across eight events and contributing two articles to Ultramag, for a total of 50 points for the year. Thank you Sue! 4th Place - Margie Hadley (WA) - 47 points Finishing in 4th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Margie Hadley . She was the top-female finisher at both the No Time to Die Frontyard Ultra & Wild Dog Backyard Ultra, 2nd at Birdy's Backyard Ultra, ran 182km at the Australian 24h Track Invitational and placed 3rd at Coast to Kosci. Margie received 47 points in the competition 5th Place - Melissa Robertson (NSW) - 44 points Finishing in 5th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is NSW's Melissa Robertson. Melissa took out 1st place at Irrational SOUTH 200 miler, 2nd place at Lakes Trail Festival 100km, 1st place at Hume & Hovell 100 miler, 3rd place at Rumble in the Jungle and 6th place at Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko 100 miler! She also volunteered at the GNW 50km event, receiving 44 points in the competition! 6th Place - Aaron Young (WA) - 42 points Finishing in 6th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Aaron Young . Aaron finished in 1st place at each of the Ultra Series "Triple Crown" of 200 milers (Delirious WEST, Irrational SOUTH and Unreasonable EAST), 55 laps at Big Dog's Backyard World Team Championship, and rounded his year out with Feral Pig 100 miler. Aaron receives 42 points, just nudging ahead of Maree Connor (who also finished on 42 points) on a count-back 7th Place - Maree Connor (NSW) - 42 points Finishing in 7th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is NSW's Maree Connor. Maree had an outstanding year, achieving 2nd place with 221km (and an IAU Level 1 qualifier) at the IAU 24th Asian and Oceania Championships, 1st place at the Lakes Trail Festival 100km, 1st place with 67km at the Southern Sydney 6h race, and 1st place with 116km at the Narrabeen Allnighter 12h. Maree also competed at Spartathlon race this year (for which she contributed an article to the September Ultramag on her experience), receiving 42 points in the competition. 8th Place - Darren Linney (SA) - 41 points Finishing in 8th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is SA's Darren Linney . Darren completed 34 laps at No Time to Die BYU, 199km at the Adelaide 24h race, and 814km at the Australian 6 Day race, for a total of 1241km raced and 41 points . 9th Place - Tristan Cameron (WA) - 40 points Finishing in 9th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Tristan Cameron. Tristan completed the Ultra Series Triple Crown of 200 mile races (Delirious WEST, Irrational SOUTH and Unreasonable EAST), along with Feral Pig 100 miler, for a total of 1154km raced and 40 points. 10th Place - Jen Millum (WA) - 39 points Finishing in 10th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Jen Millum . Jen finished 1st at all three of the Ultra Series Trilogy of 100 milers (Delirious WEST, Irrational SOUTH and Unreasonable EAST), and was 2nd female with 35 laps at the Wild Dog Backyard Ultra. With a volunteer stint at the Yaberoo Trail Ultra, Jen finished the year with 39 points in the competition. To view the complete list of members who secured points in 2024 click here and then follow through to Points Summary under the 2024 tab. All winners have already been contacted, with cash prizes distributed for 1st - 7th places, and AUTRA Store vouchers sent for 8th, 9th & 10th.