Weekly News Report 16-12-2024

Kate Dzienis • December 16, 2024

Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko by UTMB, NSW
Bruny Island 64k Ultra, Tas
Dusk to Dawn, SA
6 Inch Trail Marathon, WA
Upcoming Events

WEEKLY NEWS REPORT FOR 16-12-2024

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:

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Include the name of the event, the date and the location anywhere in the report (just a bullet point at the top is great)
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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 2024 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.

ULTRA-TRAIL KOSCIUSZKO BY UTMB (NSW)

Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko by UTMB was held from 28-30 November 2024 among alpine meadows and granite outcrops in the Snowy Mountains, and offered distances of 100mi, 100km (582 finishers), 50km (949 finishers) and 20km – something for everyone.

In the Women’s 100mi, top spots went to Sabrina Stanley (19:33:59), Stephanie Auston (21:02:48) and Emily Gilmour-Walsh (23:10:06). In the Men’s 100mi, podium finishes went to Sam Harvey (16:38:59), Luke Nichols (19:06:29) and AUTRA’s very own Nigel Hill from Vic who secured 3^rd Male with a time of 19:32:34.

Please see the full list of results here for the miler.

In the Women’s 100km, winners were named Abby Hall (10:43:24), Juliette Soule (11:15:33) and Buha Bali (12:52:42); in the Men’s 100km, they were Quinton Gill (10:10:41), Matt Gore (10:30:30) and Josh Chugg (10:36:19).

A big well done goes out to all our members who ran the 100km. Those who finished in the Top 100 include: Andy McConnell (10:48:22/4^th Male), Mitchell Crook (11:56:13), Ben Foessel (14:03:15), Kasimir Gregory (14:40:05), Andrew Jackson (15:04:32) and James Hewat (15:20:28).

Top spots in the Women’s 50km were Kate Avery (4:43:53), Kimber Mattox (4:51:08) and Vilde Moser (5:00:19), whilst winners in the Men’s 50km were Tait Hearps (4:10:06), Ben St Lawrence (4:11:10) and Tom Driscoll (4:21:07).

Congratulations to all our AUTRA members who ran in the 50km, including those who finished in the Top 100: William O’Mealley (4:22:58/4^th Male), Grant Brisbin (4:41:05), Ellen Bradley (5:23:10), Matt Blundell (5:26:24), John Claridge (5:30:37), Kerry Clayden (6:04:50),

In the Women’s 30km, AUTRA member Jessica Jason from WA claimed 1^st Female with a fantastic time of 2:40:26, congratulations! A pretty good distance ahead of 2^nd Placer Patricia McKibbin (2:47:16) and 3^rd Female Laura Gillard (2:54:20).

In the Men’s 30km, top spots went to Henry Hugman (2:27:47), Patrick Clark (2:35:15) and Tim Goddard (2:36:25).

For the full list of results for all distances, click through here.

Images: Facebook/Supplied.

Bruny Island 64k Ultra (Tas)

The Bruny Island 64k Ultra was held on 30 November 2024 on Bruny Island, and offered runners a chance to run across the entire island in either teams or solo.

In the Women’s 64km Solo (24 finishers), top spots were awarded to Grace Tame (4:51:52), Molly Haas (5:37:28) and Victoria Van de Stadt (5:47:21).

In the Men’s 64km Solo (64 finishers) 1^st Male was won by Brad Tennick (4:03:32) and 2^nd Male was claimed by AUTRA’s own Luke Budd from Tas who crossed the finish line in 4:36:16. Third went to Chris Lewinski (4:44:04).

Congratulations to AUTRA’s Theresa Harrex who finished the distance in 9:33:51.

To view the full list of results, head to the event’s Facebook page Bruny Island Ultra.

Image: Facebook.

Dusk to Dawn, SA

Dusk to Dawn was held on 30 November in Glenelg North, SA offering a time-based ultra on a 2.5km loop along the river, with participants turned around every 3 hours. On offer was a 6hr and a 12hr.

In the Women’s 6hr, 1^st Female was won by AUTRA’s Amy Goodridge from SA who completed a total of 53.866km, well done Amy! Second Female went to Georgia Lawrie with 46.163km.

In the Men’s 6hr, 1^st Male went to Kristian Nesbitt (60.760km) whilst 2^nd Male was awarded to AUTRA’s Geoffrey Langhans from SA who secured himself a total of 56.203km. Third went to Jason Dew (53.061km).

In the Women’s 12hr, top spots were won by Cheryl Kiernan (101.520km), Kelsa Reign (89.762km) and Renee Butler (58.986km).

In the Men’s 12hr, 1^st Male was won by AUTRA’s Jake Veide from SA who completed a total distance of 120.538km, congratulations! Second and 3^rd Male were awarded to Jason Cafey (105.150km) and David Patterson (103.087km).

Well done to all our members who ran in the 12hr, including Gerardo Guerrero Ruiz (90.001km) and Mel Knowles (35.924km).

The full list of results can be found on the GoodRunnings’ Events Pages via their Facebook Page.

fisiocrem gc50 run festival (2024 australian 50km championships) (Qld)

The fisiocrem GC50 Run Festival was held on Sunday, 24 November 2024 in Coolangatta, Qld and also doubled up as the 2024 Australian 50km Championships.

With regards to the Australian 50km Championships, a reminder that winners – podium positions in both the Men’s and Women’s divisions – do not need to be financial AUTRA members. They simply need to win 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd to be recognised as Championship winners by AUTRA.

In the Men’s 50km, the winners were Matt Cooper (3:16:42), Eddie Keogh (3:21:10) and Ben MacCron (3:22:26).

In the Women’s 50km, 1^st and 2^nd Female were won by Maddyson Mallet (3:35:37) and Sonja Jansen (3:44:26) respectively. AUTRA’s Kyoko Miura from Qld claimed 3^rd Female with a time of 3:47:49, congratulations Kyoko on your Championship placing.

Congratulations to all our AUTRA members who ran in the 50km, including Michael Combe (3:45:50), Michael Griffin (3:59:49), Adam Taylor (4:13:34) and Jennifer Kellett (4:15:16) who all finished in the top 100.

The full list of results can be viewed here.

UPCOMING EVENTS

18 Jan: True Blue Ultra Australind, WA
25 Jan: Blue Goat's Backyard Marathon Mount Victoria, NSW
1 Feb: Cradle Mountain Run Cradle Mountain, Tas
14 Feb: Hut 2 Hut - Oscars100 Mt Buller, Vic
22 Feb: Sri Chinmoy 100km Canberra, ACT
22 Feb: Trail Run Australia - Snowy Mountains Lake Crackenback Resort, NSW
15 Mar: I'm Still Standing Sydney LOS Maroubra, NSW
21 Mar: Sri Chinmoy 48hr Track Festival AIS Athletics Track, ACT
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
12 Apr: Gil's Galavant BYU Treville Downs, Qld
13 Apr: Five Peaks Trail Running Festival Adelaide Hills, SA

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AUTRA News Report 19-02-2025

By Kate Dzienis • February 19, 2025

The latest in race results, covering Cradle Mountain Run, City Run, Oscars 100 Hut 2 Hut and Yaberoo Trail Ultra.

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.