Weekly News Report 17-10-2024

Kate Dzienis • October 17, 2024

Lonely Mountain Ultra, NSW
Garden City Backyard Ultra, Qld
Hume & Hovell (2024 Australian 100 Mile Championships), NSW
Heysen 105 Ultra, SA
Captain's Cross - The Gong, Qld
Upcoming Events

WEEKLY NEWS REPORT FOR 17-10-2024

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:

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
No PDFs please

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.

lonely mountain ultra (nsw)

What a brilliant weekend it was for this year’s Lonely Mountain Ultra, held from 5-6 October, 2024 in Orange, NSW with runners participating in a barrage of distances, including 100mi (6 finishers), 104km (33 finishers), 50mi (20 finishers), 50km (105 finishers), 32km (157 finishers), 22km (187 finishers) and 11km (226 finishers).

Starting with the Men’s 100mi, podium finishes went to Bern Ward (25:05:30) and Keith Passmore (31:40:35). In the Women’s 100mi, top spots were awarded to Jodie Bailey (26:31:28), Rebecca Denniss (28:21:58) and Beth Campbell (31:25:49).

In the Men’s 104km, the winners were William Corlett (12:27:33), Matt Brown (12:58:39) and Stephen Mrakovcic (13:31:14); in the Women’s 104km, they were Mandy Smyth (15:09:59), Rosie Davies (15:11:04) and Belinda Villars (17:41:44).

Congratulations to AUTRA’s David Campbell who finished the 104km in a fantastic time of 16:05:16 and Geoffrey Barnes who completed the distance in 19:02:23.

In the Women’s 50mi, AUTRA’s very own Lou Clifton from NSW, one of our endorsed coaches, claimed 1^st Female with a spectacular time of 9:48:41, congratulations! A lead of over 4 hours from 2^nd Female placer Cynthia Anderson (14:15:28) and over 6 hours from Marg Collins who took 3^rd (16:25:21).

In the Men’s 50mi, AUTRA’s Shard Malchow from NSW took the win with 9:55:10, a brilliant run. Second and 3^rd Male we taken by Samuel Strong (11:03:45) and Sean Johnson (11:12:24) respectively.

In the Men’s 50km, AUTRA member Benn Coubrough from NSW, who is also another of our endorsed coaches, took 1^st Male with a finish time of 4:57:10. Second and 3^rd male were awarded to Darryl Johnson (5:30:52) and Kieran Van Bunnik (5:46:08).

In the Women’s 50km, top spots went to Fan Xiang (5:26:59), Carissa Hickey (5:52:01) and AUTRA’s Pia O’Connor from NSW who took 3^rd Female with a finish time of 6:13:47. Well done Pia.

Congratulations to AUTRA’s Dave Brown who completed the 50km in 7:02:31, well done.

In the Men’s 32km, 1^st Male went to Thomas Pogson (2:53:11) whilst 2^nd Male was awarded to AUTRA’s Ramiro Lopez-Pena, AUTRA’s NSW state rep, who finished the distance in 3:08:35. Third Male went to Bryce Morley (3:08:46).

In the Women’s 32km, podium positions went to Ayako Kusui (3:25:43), Orly Lavee (3:32:13) and Nicola Blore (3:43:50).

Onto the winners of the Men’s 22km – Lewis Chesworth (1:51:11), Matt North (1:53:31) and Gavin Hill (1:56:44). In the Women’s 22km, AUTRA’s very own Monika Ludriks from NSW secured the top spot of 1^st Female with an incredible finish time of 2:04:38 – congratulations Monika on your victory. Suzi Heaton (2:10:33) and Claire MacPherson (2:11:16) took 2^nd and 3^rd Female spots respectively.

In the Men’s 11km, winners were named Elijah Gosby (45:48), Fergus Jackson (51:18) and Charley Gibson (53:03); in the Women’s 11km, they were Claudia Gray (1:02:05), Sian Monkley (1:06:01) and Jane Davey (1:08:18).

For the full list of results for Lonely Mountain Ultra, you can click through here to the results page.

Images: creative soup media, supplied.

GARDEN CITY BACKYARD ULTRA (QLD)

The Garden City Backyard Ultra was held from Saturday, 5 October at the Toowoomba Showgrounds, and coincided with the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. This backyarder featured varied running surfaces and landscapes, including dirt, bitumen, grass and trail sections, and as always with a backyarder, participants were required to 6.7km laps and start each lap on the hour, every hour until one person remained.

There were 102 competitors.

For 2024, Jayden McCormack was the last one standing (LOS) with 28 laps (187.88km) whilst the Assist was named Zach Baur with 27 laps (181.17km).

The last female standing was Shannon Potter with 14 laps (93.94km).

Congratulations to all our AUTRA members who raced in the Garden City Backyard Ultra, including AUTRA endorsed coach Adam Keighran, who was third ‘last’ with a brilliant run of 26 laps (174.46km), Samuel Stow (22 laps/147.62km), Adam Lusk (20 laps/134.20km), Ian Valentine (17 laps/114.07km), Hugh Harverson (17 laps/114.07km), Steve Chilcott (16 laps/107.36km), James Maxwell (13 laps/87.23km) and Ben Wilson (10 laps/67.10km).

Images: facebook/supplied.

HUME & HOVELL / 2024 Australian 100 milE championships (nsw)

The Hume & Hovell Ultra was held from Saturday, 12 October 2024 and also doubled up as the 2024 Australian 100 Mile Championships, in Tumbarumba, NSW.

A reminder that with the Australian 100 Mile Championships, 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).

On offer at the event were 100mi (16 finishers), 100km (28 finishers), 50km (55 finishers) and 22km (84 finishers) distances.

In the Men’s 100mi (Men’s Australian 100 Mile Championships), AUTRA’s very own Noelis Rheault from Qld took the title of 1^st Male having completed the distance in an amazing 18:40:07. Second Male was claimed by Tim Cochrane (21:15:17) whilst 3^rd Male was won by AUTRA’s Rob Mason from NSW who finished the 100mi in 21:51:07.

In the Women’s 100mi (Women’s Australian 100 Mile Championships), 1^st Female was awarded to AUTRA member Melissa Robertson from NSW who secured the top spot in 25:14:40. Second Female went to Tammy Lovett (26:34:01), and 3^rd Female was won by AUTRA’s Meredith Quinlan from NSW who claimed the title in 28:55:31.

Congratulations to our members who ran in the miler, including Luke Ferry (25:43:03), Jacob Garlick (26:37:05), Akira Suzuki (30:37:52) and Jordan Anderson (31:21:18).

In the Men’s 100km, the top spot went to Matt Gore (9:37:20). Second Male was won by AUTRA’s Damian Smith from NSW who crossed the finish line in 12:17:41. Third male went to Matthew Russell (12:40:41).

In the Women’s 100km, 1^st Female was awarded to Amanda Stanford (13:31:37), whilst 2^nd Female was claimed by AUTRA member Heidi Kimber from NSW who finished the distance in an impressive 15:13:50. Melissa Halilovic took 3^rd Female (15:14:43).

Well done to all our members who raced in the 100km, including Tim Yendell (16:21:07), Stephen Bowers (16:52:31) and Paul Dobing (19:37:09).

In the Men’s 50km, AUTRA’s very own Benjamin Butler from the ACT took the top spot with a fantastic finish time of 5:18:22. Second and 3^rd Male spots went to Alistair Page (5:46:03) and Oscar Collins (6:21:06).

In the Women’s 50km, AUTRA member Ellen Bradley from Canberra claimed 1^st Female with a time of 5:33:31. Second Female went to Grace Page (5:44:34), whilst 3^rd Female was won by AUTRA’s own Kerri Clayden from NSW who crossed the finish in 6:21:40.

Congrats to all our members who ran in the 50km, including Cian Gray (6:42:48), AUTRA’s president Simone Hayes (6:48:08 and 4^th Female), Simon Buckley (7:31:35), Linda Edstrom (7:50:56), Jenny McAuley (7:54:57), Jessica Robson (8:00:35) and Alexandra Noon (9:54:58).

Top spots in the Men’s 22km went to Jeremy Rae (1:56:56), Will Carmichael (2:06:20) and Justin Richards (2:13:27). Winners for the Women’s 22km were Amelia Horne (2:04:48), Monique Andreatta (2:05:16) and Genevieve Thompson (2:07:09).

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: Shane Kelly.

heysen 105 ultra (SA)

The Heysen 105 Ultra was held on Saturday, 12 October 2024 along the Heysen Trail in SA, and offered 115km (75 finishers), 70km (37 finishers), 50km (103 finishers), 42km (18 finishers), 28km (59 finishers) and 13km (33 finishers) distances.

In Women’s 115km, 1^st Female went to Skye Whitcher (13:27:47) whilst 2^nd Female was won by AUTRA’s Briony Weckert from SA who finished the distance in 15:00:50. Third went to Yuko Sato (15:07:34).

In the Men’s 115km, top spots were awarded to Isaac Fishlock (11:28:19), Jarrad Allen (12:13:40) and Angus White (12:16:04).

Congratulations to all our members who ran in the 115km, including Jeff Gray (15:27:16), Anthony Parfilo (15:43:21), Gerardo Guerrero (16:22:14), Lucy Butler (16:34:31), Gemma Brooks (16:46:16) and Katherine Marks (18:17:19).

In the Women’s 70km, winners were named Sonja Jansen (7:54:31), Gizelle Wilson (9:33:05) and Stacey Mckay (9:33:05). In the Men’s 70km, they were Shaun Butterworth (7:36:43), Jez Sundqvist (7:50:26) and Vasco Kayee (7:51:33).

Well done to all our members in the 70km, including Justin Halejko (12:40:25) and Dawn Parks (15:59:57).

In the Women’s 50km, top spots were claimed by Raena Tabesh (6:03:12), Rachel Sharpe (6:11:09) and Sahra Daniels (6:42:42); winners in the Men’s 50km were Kael Thomas (4:57:02), Erik Ranford (5:40:44) and Nathan Story (5:44:14).

Congrats to all our AUTRA members who ran in the 50km, including Jennifer Ritossa (7:10:18).

In the Women’s 42km, winners were Anna Pearce (4:43:37), Kirsten Maycock (5:41:03) and Michele Wilkins (5:48:44); winners in the Men’s 42km were James Holme (4:18:37), Troy Merchant (5:03:27) and Austin Botha (5:29:19).

Top spots in the Women’s 28km went to Danni Vanderheul (2:30:48), Belinda Richardson (2:32:32) and Samantha Du Plessis (2:57:10), while for the Men’s 28km winners were named Harry Nissen (2:13:42), Rob Wood (2:17:12) and Ryan Bonney (2:38:25).

The Women’s 13km saw podium finishers named Lindsay Hewitt (1:11:21), Sarah Grace (1:21:25) and Taylah Henwood (1:36:17); in the Men’s 13km, they were Yoann Fourner (1:07:46), Jarrad Elliott (1:13:46) and Jack Grace (1:21:41).

Images: JAMES RAISON/FACEBOOK.

Captain's crossing - the gong (qld)

Captain’s Crossing – The Gong was held on Saturday, 12 October in Mia Mia State Forest, Qld and offered an uphill race with a demanding climb at the very start, with distances on offer including a 24km, 14km and 6km.

We are still awaiting official and full results, and will post those up as soon as we get them.

UPCOMING EVENTS

19 Oct: Backyard Ultra World Satellite Championships Perth Horse and Pony Club, WA
19 Oct: Knockers Sport Knock Knocklofty Reserve, Tas
19 Oct: Roller Coaster Run Kalorama Memorial Oval, Vic
26 Oct: Great Ocean Trail Ultra Great Ocean Walk, Vic
26 Oct: Smurf's BYU Smithfield MTB Park, Qld
27 Oct: Trail Run Australia Sunshine Coast, Qld
2 Nov: Feral Pig Ultra Perth Hills, WA
9 Nov: SA Track Ultra SA Athletics Stadium, SA
16 Nov: GSER Mt Hotham Alpine Resort, Vic
16 Nov: Sandman X Geographe Bay, WA
20 Nov: Grampians Peaks Trail 100 Miler Grampians National Park, Vic
22 Nov: Coast to Kosciuszko Eden, NSW
24 Nov: fisiocrem GC50 Run Festival (2024 Australian 50km Championships) Qld
30 Nov: Dusk to Dawn Glenelg, SA
30 Nov: Blue Goat's Backyard Marathon Mount Victoria, NSW
14 Dec: Narrabeen Allnighter Narrabeen, NSW
15 Dec: 6 Inch Trail Marathon Munda Biddi Trail, WA

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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.