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The Brisbane Trail Ultra was held from 28-30 June at Kangaroo Point Cliffs Park in Brisbane, Qld and as always provided a range of distances for runners to choose from – BTU100mi, BTU110, BTU60, BTU30, BTU20 and the BTU10.
BTU100mi finishers – 29 Male, 2 Female
BTU110 finishers – 33 Male, 4 Female
BTU60 finishers – 67 Male, 29 Female
In the Men’s BTU100mi, podium spots were won by Vladimir Shatrov (20:46:11), Scott Richmond (20:53:58) and Jonno Healey (21:41:21), whilst in the Women’s BTU100mi top positions were claimed by Sarah Ryan (29:31:08) and 2nd Female was won by AUTRA’s Sheila Ommeh from Chapel Hill, Qld who finished the distance in 35:36:51.
Well done to AUTRA’s Adam Lusk from Auchenflower, Qld who finished the BTU100mi in a fantastic time of 24:16:22, coming in 7th Male.
In the Men’s BTU110, top spots were won by Aaron Smith (11:51:57), Brendan Verrier (13:08:18) and Kane Tarrant (13:48:29).
In the Women’s BTU110, 1st Female was won by Buha Bali Abdi (14:27:22) and 2nd Female was taken by AUTRA’s Louise Clifton from Mount Victoria, NSW who crossed the finish line in 14:42:09. Third Female was won by Shona Burton (20:00:53).
Congratulations to AUTRA’s Simon Ford from Mortdale, NSW who finished the BTU110 in 19:18:43.
In the Men’s BTU60, Jordan Gradden took 1st Male with 6:38:36 whilst AUTRA’s Noelis Rheault from Carindale, Qld claimed 2nd Male with a brilliant time of 6:43:34. John McMahon won 3rd Male (6:46:02).
For the Women’s BTU60 top spots went to Jade Bucklow (6:52:58), Jessica Willis (6:54:45) and AUTRA’s Ina Schapiro from South Plympton, SA who claimed 3rd Female with a time of 7:29:40.
Congratulations to all AUTRA members who ran in the BTU60 including Glenn Ross (7:53:44), Lienca Nell (9:34:11), Danielle Klingberg (9:54:44) and Kate Worsfold (10:04:57).
Top 3 in the Men’s BTU30 were Gabriele Fior (2:44:01), Piotr Babis (2:47:16) and Liam KcKenzie (2:47:48); top 3 in the Women’s BTU30 were Cecilia Mattas (3:18:31), Deborah Kaboer (3:23:29) and Kristy Pritchard (3:51:39).
Top 3 in the Men’s BTU20 were named Leo Peterson (1:50:02), Billy Curtis (1:52:39) and Ronnie Sparke (1:53:13); in the Women’s BTU20 1st Female was won by AUTRA’s Simone Brick from Beaumaris, Vic who took the victory in a fantastic time of 2:13:03. Second and 3rd Female positions were claimed by Maggie Lennox (2:17:26) and Bridget Lunn (2:21:57).
In the Men’s BTU10 winners were Luke Davison (48:37), Samuel Boyd (52:04) and Conor Lambert (55:37. In the Women’s BTU10, it was AUTRA’s Monika Ludriks from Terrigal, NSW who took the top spot with a great finish time of 56:24. Second and 3rd Female spots were won by Michelle Barnes (1:00:18) and Tania Gorbachinski (1:03:54).
For the full list of results, click through
here.
The 3 Marathons In 3 Days event was held from Kuranda to Cedar Park to Cairns in tropical north Queensland from 28-30 June.
The 3M3D Grand Slam is a marathon run each day over the three consecutive days, with competitors able to opt to compete in only one or two of the marathons, but the Grand Slam medal goes only to those who complete all three marathons. The Cairns Marathon is the same course as Marathon 3 of the 3M3D event.
The Men’s Overall Grand Slam Finish winners were Brad Miller (overall time of 14:37:41), Craig Armstrong (overall time of 14:51:10) and Kevin Durose (overall time of 15:23:44); the Women’s Overall Grand Slam Finish winners were Salome Duff (overall time of 15:27:03), Akane Goode (15:56:01) and Rebecca Dale (overall time of 17:03:53).
Congratulations to our AUTRA members who completed all three marathons under the Grand Slam title, including Andrew Smith from Canberra, ACT whose overall time was 16:49:23 and Stephen Lewis from Stanthorpe, Qld (overall time of 28:39:18).
In the Men’s Cairns Marathon, there were two male finishers – Jevan Raghoobar (4:48:00) and Allan Waller (9:30:00). In the Women’s Cairns Marathon, podium positions were taken by Sarah Hession (5:43:56), Madeleine Philip (5:56:51) and Chrissy Warman (6:18:51).
Well done to AUTRA’s Lorraine Lawson from Whitfield, Qld who finished the Cairns Marathon in 10:05:50.
For the full list of results, click here.
The annual Lakes Trail Festival was held on 6 July in Myall Lakes, NSW and where runners were offered distances of 100km (33 finishers), 70km (9 finishers), 50km (56 finishers) and 30km.
In the Women’s 100km, AUTRA’s Maree Connor from Newcastle, NSW took the gold, claiming 1st Female with an amazing finish time of 10:54:28. AUTRA’s Melissa Robertson from Long Jetty, NSW also took the silver with a 2nd Female finish in a time of 12:03:31. Rebecca Denniss took 3rd Female with 12:38:07.
In the Men’s 100km, top spots were claimed by Dave Gwyther-Marchant (10:49:28), Sam Thomas (12:10:12) and Nicholas Eberl (12:28:35).
Congratulations to all our AUTRA members who ran in the Lakes Trail Festival’s 100km distance including Miguel Gonzalez (14:26:34) and Renae Brock (14:26:34).
In the Men’s 70km, podium finishes went to Jarrod Montgomery (8:15:23), Jack Williams (8:15:30) and Gary Brown (8:18:23).
In the Women’s 70km with two women competing, Madonna Saal took 1st Female (8:40:18) and AUTRA’s Christine Ta from Prospect, NSW claimed 2nd Female with a great finishing time of 11:59:08.
In the Men’s 50km, 1st Male was won by Riley Basso (4:50:50) whilst 2nd Male was claimed by AUTRA’s Geoffrey Barnes from Milperra, NSW who crossed the finish line in 5:11:54. Another Geoff Barnes took 3rd Male in 5:37:15.
In the Women’s 50km, top spots were claimed by Nicole Sattler (5:46:03), Liz Gibson (5:5:52) and Katrina Hoey (6:06:57).
Top spots in the Men’s 30km went to Cameron Hinshaw (2:17:10), Ramcin Mamou (2:44:16) and Alan Casey (2:47:38) and in the Women’s 30km, the women who won were Elizabeth Daley (3:01:28), Ashleigh Walker (3:07:25) and Marissa Borelli (3:16:54).
For the full list of results, you can click through here.
Ultra Adelaide takes runners along beautiful trails and through the heart of the city, with the event held last weekend on 6 July. Participants get to race along the Heysen Trail from Kuitpo, North through the hamlets of the Hills, to Mount Lofty and beyond through Brown Hill and Morialta before following the Torrens River down to the finish at the heart of Adelaide.
On offer were a range of distances – 100km (96 finishers), 50km (106 finishers), 34km, 21km and a 10km.
In the Men’s 100km, AUTRA’s very own Oowan Davies from Gisborne, Vic took 1st Male with a finish time of 8:58:33. Jarrad Allen took 2nd Male (9:59:50) whilst AUTRA member Thomas White from Kambah, ACT claimed 3rd Male with 10:43:18.
In the Women’s 100km, top podium positions were won by Hannah McRae (10:46:03), Sarah Melville (11:45:25) and Kate Savage (12:14:19).
Congratulations to all our AUTRA members who ran in the 100km at Ultra Adelaide including Justin Brock (13:10:10), David Campbell (13:16:56), Amelia Griffith (13:19:22), Aidan Allt (14:31:10), Nikki Wynd (15:03:37) and Angelo Portelli (21:01:59).
In the Men’s 50km, AUTRA’s Nick Muxlow from Felixstow, SA (and who is also an endorsed AUTRA coach) took 1st Male with a whopping time of 4:57:26. Second and 3rd Male spots were won by Shaun O’Callaghan (5:07:46) and Matthew Eggenhuizen (5:26:51) respectively.
In the Women’s 50km spots were won by Skye Witcher (6:02:52), Amanda Jusaitis (6:45:58) and Riesje Al (6:49:26).
Well done to all AUTRA members in the Ultra Adelaide 50km including Matthew Salinovich (7:07:12) and Katherine Marks (8:12:04).
In the Men’s 34km, 1st Male went to David Martinez (3:14:56) whilst AUTRA member Jin Kato from the ACT claimed 2nd Male with a finish time of 3:24:19. Manolo Segado took 3rd Male (3:42:15).
In the Women’s 34km, podium spots were won by Tara Walsh (4:17:46), Frances Corrigan (4:19:20) and Beth Gaulke (4:21:08).
In the Men’s 21km, the race was by Lindsay Gunn (1:23:52), Remo Thommen (1:39:09) and Darren Goodwin (2:00:41) whilst in the Women’s 21km, top spots were won by Alison Hoopmaan (1:52:14), Kathleen Zeidler (1:55:04) and Nicole Curteis (1:57:50).
In the Men’s 10km, winners were named Joel Watt (38:14), Nicholas Simm (54:37) and Roman Stevanovic (1:04:58); in the Women’s 10km, winners were Anna Pearce (44:06), Olivia Skinner (52:26) and Lisa Seadon (54:09).