Weekly News Report 8-09-2024

Unreasonable East Qld

Ultra Series Australia’s Unreasonable EAST was held from Tuesday, 20 August through to Sunday, 25 August, offering a 100mi and 200mi for ultra runners. Held in far north Qld, participants get to run along beaches, mountains forests, rivers and everything in between.

In the Women’s 200mi, 1^st Female was won by Symone Mercer (80:53:02). AUTRA’s Lucy Butler from Curlewis, Vic claimed 2^nd Female with a brilliant finish time of 85:14:02), and Ruth Murdie took 3^rd Female (98:30:41).

In the Men’s 200mi, AUTRA’s Aaron Young from Oakford, WA took the title of 1^st Male with a whopping time of 60:56:32, congratulations! Second and 3^rd Male went, respectively, to Joe Buck (61:37:32) and Thibault Delacroix (64:37:25).

Well done to every AUTRA member who raced in the 200mi, including Joshua Duff (71:23:38), Tristan Cameron (93:02:27), Oliver Maass (96:26:43) and Peta Moore.

In the Women’s 100mi, AUTRA’s very own Jen Millum from Mt Richon, WA took the crown with a finish time of 26:52:36, a stellar effort! Whilst AUTRA member Camille Nicholls from Timboon, Vic claimed the spot for 2^nd Female following a total of 29:16:13. Emma Burgess took 3^rd Female with 32:48:17.

In the Men’s 100mi, top spots went to Bradley Miller (26:15:08), Trevor Bosveld (26:33:17) and Phil Douglas (28:30:36).

Congratulations to our AUTRA members who ran in the 100mi, including Ben Harrison (32:29:32), Cam Wallis (47:07:41), Bianca Harding (49:04:46) and Sue Robertson (49:04:46).

Images: Supplied/Facebook.

SOUTHERN SYDNEY 24 HOUR ULTRA (NSW)

The 4th annual Southern Sydney 24 Hour Ultra was held from 31 August to 1 September, 2024 at Campbelltown Athletics Track in Leumeah, NSW and offered a variety of events for runners of every ability – 24hr Run (32 finishers), 24hr Walk (3 finishers), 12hr Run (21 finishers), 12hr Walk (3 finishers), 6hr Run (19 finishers), 6hr Walk (1 finisher), 3hr (9 finishers) and a Full Marathon (13 finishers).

In the Men’s 24 Hour Run, AUTRA’s David Vroom from Brisbane took the lead and claimed 1st Male with a total distance of 221.680km (554 laps), a stellar effort! AUTRA’s Michael Griffin from Taringa, Qld claimed the 2nd Male win with an impressive 212.381km (530 laps), and another member, AUTRA’s Adam Keighran from Helensburgh, NSW won 3rd Male with a total of 200.359km (500 laps).

In the Women’s 24 Hour Run, 1st Female was claimed by Joasia Zakrzewski with 207.699km (519 laps), 2nd Female went to Odette Jonelynas at 171.784km (429 laps) and 3rd Female went to AUTRA’s Amelia Griffith from Watsonia, Vic who secured her podium finish spot with a total of 163.233km, or 408 laps.

Congratulations to our members who ran in the 24 Hour and did an incredible job, including Dale Paul (176.910km or 442 laps/4th Male), Clayton Talbot (162.446km or 406 laps), Lindsay Hamilton (147.753km or 369 laps), Akira Suzuki (147.616km or 369 laps), Alex McCann (144.461km or 361 laps), Paul Gay (132.920km or 332 laps), Perry Newburn (125.603km or 314 laps), John Foster (124.790km or 311 laps), Jason Kirkaldy (124.344km or 310 laps), Christine Ta (92km or 230 laps), Amanda Callaghan (76.910km or 192 laps), Kayden Penhall (75.200km or 192 laps) and George Ziogas (73.093km or 182 laps).

There were 3 competitors in the 24 Hour Walk – Paul Sweet took 1st Male with 132.285km, whilst AUTRA’s Joffrid Mackett from Gordon, ACT claimed 2nd Male with a total of 125.870km (or 282 laps). Graeme Walker won 3rd Male with 70.812km.

In the Men’s 12 Hour Run, 1st Male was Martin Watson (115.474km) whilst AUTRA’s Jeremy Rankin from Normanhurst, ACT claimed 2nd Male with a distance of 108.437km (261 laps). Jeff Robinson took 3rd Male with 106.717km.

In the Women’s 12 Hour Run, AUTRA’s Emma Grey from Mandurama, NSW and Carrie Gleeson from Asquith, NSW both took the top spot of 1st Female with final distances of 100.357km (242 laps). AUTRA’s Lib Smith from Devonport, Tas claimed 3rd Female with 75.030km (180 laps) *[Results in this instance, with both Carrie and Emma securing the same distance, resulted in 1st, 1st and 3rd however awards were 1st Place Prize (Emma), 2nd Place Prize (Carrie) and 3rd Place Prize (Lib) as Emma completed the distance approximately 15 minutes earlier]*.

A big congrats to all our AUTRA members who raced in the 12 Hour, including Stephen Bowers (96.747km or 233 laps) and Tia Jones (66.767km or 161 laps).

There was 1 competitor in the Women’s 12 Hour Walk, congratulations to AUTRA’s Sabina Hamaty from Cambewarra, NSW who took 1st Female with 82.867km (186 laps). There was also 1 finisher in the Men’s 12 Hour Walk, with David Hamaty taking 1st Male (67.725km or 152 laps).

In the Men’s 6 Hour Run, AUTRA’s Nathan Fawkes from Waikiki, WA claimed 1st Male following a total distance of 71.654km (166 laps), a fantastic performance. Second Male was won by Yuki Tamuya (58.646km) whilst 3rd Male was claimed by AUTRA’s Kieron Blackmore from Camperdown, NSW who finished with a total of 52.808km (122 laps).

In the Women’s 6 Hour Run, AUTRA’s very own Maree Connor from Newcastle, NSW took the top spot of 1st Female having finished the event with 67.107km (156 laps). Second and 3rd Female positions were, respectively, Kae Mukai (57.069km) and Elitania Medina (55.634km).

Congratulations to all of AUTRA’s members who raced in the 6 Hour division, including Glenn Lockwood who finished with 47.341km (110 laps).

There was 1 participant in the 6 Hour Walk. A big well done to AUTRA’s Marnie Zakis from Cranbourne, Vic who secured herself a total of 31.708km (71 laps) and 1st Female.

In the Men’s 3 Hour, top spots went to Mark Mikulandra (31.967km), Abid Reza (31.716km) and Crayg Mayo (27.883km). In the Women’s 3 Hour, podium finishes went to Melisa Farr (30.449km), Gabrielle Ofria (23.366km) and Kelly Markiewicz (20.495km).

In the Men’s Marathon, Wayne Calvert took 1st Male (3:10:52) whilst AUTRA’s Geoffrey Barnes from Milperra, NSW claimed 2nd Male with a total time of 3:22:21. Rodney Wagner won 3rd Male (3:45:30).

In the Women’s Marathon, there was one female contender so 1st Female was claimed by Mel Tunbridge (4:36:22).

You can find the full list of results here.

Images: Paul Andersson.

wild earth 'coastal high' trail runs (qld)

‘Coastal High’ is the jewel in the ‘Trail Trips Triple Crown’ Gold Coast Trail Running Series, and the event was held on Saturday, 31 August along the Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk offering a 50km and 28km.

In the Women’s 50km, the top spot went to Buha Bali (5:14:58) whilst 2^nd Female was won by AUTRA’s Meagan Brown from The Gap, Qld who finished the distance in a fantastic time of 5:47:03. AUTRA’s own Elena Stephenson from Highvale, Qld finished off the podium with a 3^rd Female placing, having completed the race in 5:51:46.

In the Men’s 50km, top spots went to Tobias Chappill (5:08:50), Michael Fenwick (5:14:35) and Anthony Gordon (5:20:48).

Congratulations to all our AUTRA members who raced in the 50km, including Keelan Birch (5:38:59), Ben Duffus (6:22:45) and Riccardo Messora (9:20:34).

In the Women’s 28km top spots went to Anna Mosbauer (3:14:25), Hayley Gosman (3:29:43) and Amanda Short (3:35:01). In the Men’s 28km, podium finishes went to Lee Bower (2:29:04), Zack Newsham (2:33:22) and Brad Aird (2:43:11).

For the full list of results, click here.

BAROSSA RUN (SA)

The Barossa Run was held on Sunday, 1 September along the Barossa Walking Trail in SA from Lyndoch to St Hallet’s Winery and back, and offered a wide variety of distances for athletes of all abilities – 1km, 2.5km, 5km, 7.5km, 10km, 15km, 21.1km, 30km, 42.2km, 50km and 63.3km.

In the 50km, there was one participant, with 1^st Male going to Tam Duong (6:20:12).

In the 60km, there was also one participant, with Alan Saji taking 1^st Male (7:53:07).

You can view the full list of results on the GoodRunning’s Facebook group page here.

Images: Supplied/Facebook.

hounslow classic (sa)

Single Track Event’s Hounslow Classic was held on Saturday, 7 September offering runners the best that Blackheath and the Grose Valley Wilderness in SA has to offer. Distances on offer were a 17km, Full Marathon and 59km (38 finishers).

In the Women’s 59km Monster, 1^st Female went to Jess Short (9:27:07), whilst AUTRA’s Cathy Duffy from Guildford West, NSW secured 2^nd Female with a finish time of 9:44:46 and another AUTRA member, Karen McMorrow from Sydney, NSW rounded out the podium with 3^rd Female and a total time of 9:56:31.

In the Men’s 59km Monster, top spots went to Quinton Gill (6:41:00), Chris Stephens (7:33:52) and Daniel Hall (8:06:12).

Congratulations to all AUTRA members who ran in this Monster distance, including Isaac Hogan (9:24:56), Richard Fletcher (10:08:22), Peter Maher (10:13:58), Danielle Klingberg (12:23:07), Joshua Drake (12:49:41) and Mal Sleet (14:28:29).

In the Women’s Marathon, 1^st Female was awarded to AUTRA’s Jessica Jason from Marmion, WA who finished in a fantastic time of 5:42:54. Second Female went to Julia Anderson (5:45:06) whilst 3^rd Female was won by AUTRA’s Kellie Angel from Kilsyth, Vic who secured her time at 5:59:11.

In the Men’s Marathon, 1^st Male went to AUTRA’s Mikey Dimuantes from Canberra, ACT who crossed the finish line in 4:25:35. Second and 3^rd Males were won, respectively, by Michael Dunstan (4:42:19) and Quinton Gill (5:04:33).

You can access the full list of results here.

Murphys Creek Challenge (Qld)

The Toowoomba Road Runner’s Murphys Creek Challenge was held at the weekend on Sunday, 8 September at Murphys Creek in Qld. Distance choices included a Half, 14km and 7km.

Winners in the Men’s Half Marathon were named Blake Reinbott (1:30:02), Matt Lengren (1:36:22) and Sean Needham (1:38:41), and winners in the Women’s Half Marathon were Robyn Carter (1:55:36), Melissa Bensted (2:03:25) and Louise MacDonald (2:05:42).

Winners in the Men’s 14km were Tim George (00:59:15), Steven Barrett (1:00:37) and Matt McNamara (1:03:44). Winners in the Women’s 14km were Serena Dwyer (1:12:40), Krystal Futter (1:15:30) and Ellie Farrington (1:17:53).

In the Men’s 7km, top spots went to Mason Morris (00:29:31), Frankie Webster (00:29:33) and Riley Morris (00:39:49); in the Women’s 7km winners were named Caitlyn Garratt (00:29:47), Mel Winslade (00:33:53) and Chloe Ormiston (00:35:41).

The full list of results can be located here.

Anaconda Whitsunday Trail Fest (Qld)

The 18^th Anaconda Whitsunday Trail Fest was held on Sunday, 8 September with 58km (32 finishers) , 28km (58 finishers) and 11km distances on offer.

In the Women’s 58km, top spots were awarded to Demi Caldwell (5:50:35), Ruth Eagles (6:26:32) and Francesca Bellicini (6:55:33). In the Men’s 58km, winners were Cristian Smith (5:22:25), Jason Burke (5:52:53) and Ryan Gibbs (6:14:07).

In the Women’s 28km, AUTRA’s Liv Compton from Cannonvale, Qld took out the title of 1^st Female with her finish time of 2:50:56. Second and 3^rd Female were awarded to Lisa Burns (3:30:12) and Emma Thompson (3:30:36) respectively.

In the Men’s 28km, top spots went to Tony Liron (2:52:51), Luc Billy (3:03:27) and Calem Wilcox (3:04:20).

In the Women’s 11km, winners were named Bridget McGowan (1:09:49), Kate Vella (1:16:32) and Natty Gee (1:23:44) whilst in the Men’s 11km, they were Brendan Maltby (00:55:11), Zane Devine (1:00:42) and Leo Richard-Stenger (1:01:01).  

For the full list of results, click through here.