Commonwealth Mountain Running Championships,
Keswick, England18 & 20 September 2009
Canberra’s Jessamy Hosking has been the best Australian performer at the Commonwealth Mountain Running Championships at Keswick in England, finishing 9th in both the uphill and up/down 8km events. The women’s team finished 4th in both races, after Hubertien Wichers, Kate Siebold-Crosbie and June Petrie finished 17th, 20th and 21st respectively in the uphill, and Siebold-Crosbie and Wichers were 17th and 20th in the up/down.
In the men’s 12 km uphill, Scott McTaggart had a very good run to finish 13th in 55.34. John Winsbury was 19th in 56.42 and Stephen Brown 30th in 1.00.52. In the up/down 12 kms. Winsbury finished 17th in a quick 51.12 and Brown 24th in a strong 53:03. Australia did not have a full men’s team after withdrawals and non-acceptances.
| Men\’s 12kms uphill, 18 September | |||
| 1 | K Wilson Chemweno | KEN | 0:50:42 |
| 2 | Jonathan Wyatt | NZL | 0:51:21 |
| 3 | Kris Swanson | CAN | 0:52:49 |
| 4 | Orlando Edwards | ENG | 0:52:52 |
| 5 | James Walsh | ENG | 0:53:22 |
| 6 | Adam Osborne | ENG | 0:53:55 |
| 7 | Robert Jebb | ENG | 0:54:08 |
| 8 | Dougal Thorburn | NZL | 0:54:19 |
| 9 | James McMullan | ENG | 0:54:30 |
| 10 | Robert Quinn | SCO | 0:54:48 |
| 13 | Scott McTaggart | AUS | 0:55:34 |
| 19 | John Winsbury | AUS | 0:56:42 |
| 30 | Stephen Brown | AUS | 1:00:52 |
| Women\’s 8kms uphill, 18 September | |||
| 1 | Anna Frost | NZL | 0:48:06 |
| 2 | Katie Ingram | ENG | 0:48:43 |
| 3 | Rebecca Robinson | ENG | 0:49:12 |
| 4 | Pamela Bundotich | KEN | 0:49:37 |
| 5 | Victoria Wilkinson | ENG | 0:49:50 |
| 6 | Kate Goodhead | ENG | 0:51:05 |
| 7 | Angela Mudge | SCO | 0:51:20 |
| 8 | Clare Whitehead | SCO | 0:51:54 |
| 9 | Jessamy Hosking | AUS | 0:52:38 |
| 10 | Nicola Sykes | ENG | 0:53:14 |
| 17 | Hubertien Wichers | AUS | 0:55:42 |
| 20 | Kate Seibold-Crosbie | AUS | 0:56:59 |
| 21 | June Petrie | AUS | 0:57:14 |
| TEAM RESULT | |||
| 1 | ENG | 2,3,5 | 10 pts |
| 2 | SCO | 7,8,11 | 26 pts |
| 3 | NZL | 1,12,14 | 27 pts |
| 4 | AUS | 9,17,20 | 46 pts |
| Men\’s 12kms up/down, 20 September | |||
| 1 | K Wilson Chemweno | KEN | 0:47:55 |
| 2 | Adam Grice | ENG | 0:48:12 |
| 3 | Billy Burns | ENG | 0:49:00 |
| 4 | Simon Bailey | ENG | 0:49:06 |
| 5 | James Coubrough | NZL | 0:49:07 |
| 6 | Kris Swanson | CAN | 0:49:26 |
| 7 | John Brown | ENG | 0:49:44 |
| 8 | Joseph Symonds | SCO | 0:49:47 |
| 9 | Lloyd Taggart | IOM | 0:50:09 |
| 10 | Jason Loutitt | CAN | 0:50:18 |
| 17 | John Winsbury | AUS | 0:51:12 |
| 24 | Stephen Brown | AUS | 0:53:03 |
| Women\’s 8kms up/down, 20 September | |||
| 1 | Katie Ingram | ENG | 0:40:12 |
| 2 | Sarah Turnstall | ENG | 0:41:00 |
| 3 | Pamela Bundotich | KEN | 0:41:54 |
| 4 | Kate Goodhead | ENG | 0:42:15 |
| 5 | Angela Mudge | SCO | 0:42:40 |
| 6 | Mary Wilkinson | ENG | 0:43:05 |
| 7 | Lara Phillips | NZL | 0:43:22 |
| 8 | Olivia Walwyn | ENG | 0:43:32 |
| 9 | Jessamy Hosking | AUS | 0:43:42 |
| 10 | Karen Alexander | N I | 0:44:08 |
| 17 | Kate Seibold-Crosbie | AUS | 0:46:09 |
| 20 | Hubertien Wichers | AUS | 0:48:00 |
| TEAM RESULT | |||
| 1 | England | 1,2,4 | 7 pts |
| 2 | New Zealand | 7,12,13 | 32 pts |
| 3 | Scotland | 5,14,15 | 34 pts |
| 4 | Australia | 9,17,20 | 46 pts |