Bush Capital Bush Marathon Festival
Canberra
Saturday 31 July
Gunnedah’s Peter Loveridge (pictured) produced a scintillating performance to set a new Bush Capital Marathon race record of 2.46.07, just one second faster than the awesome record run by Alex Matthews in 2009.
There was a record entry in the festival of 520 people, with almost 200 in the 16k and 100 in the 25k, plus record marathon and 60k fields.
The weather gods were kind, with no rain during the event except for a few light sprinkles.
Many thanks to all the helpers.
The barrel draws of two accommodation prizes at Olims hotel were drawn by Sports Medicine Australia Executive Officer Trish Donoghue. Trish treated 5 minor injuries on the day. The winning chest numbers were 617 (Alexandra Hunter) and L30 (Nicole Maher).
Preliminary placegetter results (full results will take a couple of days to process):
60k ultra:
Males: 1 Damian Smith 5.00.39, 2 David Baldwin 5.04.53, 3 Darren McClellan 5.08.53.
Females: 1 Julie Quinn 5.47.16, 2 Kelley Flood 5:51.15, 3 Sabina Hamaty 5:58:52.
Marathon:
Males: 1 Peter Loveridge 2.46.07 (record), 2 James Savill 3.25.00, 3 Manfred Steiner 3.26.05.
Females: 1 Sarah Carpenter 3.26.38, 2 Sue Archer 3.43.17, 3 Donna Heldon 3.52.36.
25k:
Males: 1 Lennon Wicks 1.39.50, 2 Chris Helliwell 1.43.40, 3 Aaron Coles 1.47.26.
Females: 1 Jodie Barker 1.57.02, 2 Bryony McConnell 2.00.38, 3 Sarah Buckerfield 2.01.56.
16k:
Males: 1 Laurie Cullen 1.01.25, 2 Anthony Scott 1.01.38, 3 Paul Imhoff 1.05.34.
Females: 1 Julia Reed 1.12.57, 2 Sarah Richardson 1.16.48, 3 Emma Adams 1.17.30.
10k:
Males: 1 Julian Suitor 38.45 (record), 2 Sandy Lolicato 41.54, 3 Gordon McGurk 42.58.
Females: 1 Elizabeth Humphries 43:07, 2 Sarah Lonsdale 44.55, 3 Shilpa Dahal 50.12.
5k:
Males: 1 Conor Sproule 18.08, 2 Reuben Cayley 18.44, 3 Callum McCluskey 18.50.
Females: 1 Rebekah Sawkins 21.14, 2 Samantha Gale 27.15, 3 Joanne Cook 29.24.
2k:
Males: 1 Max Willams 8.24, 2 Ben Purdon 9.54, 3 William Roberts 15.15.
Females: 1 Tess Wallace 10.16, 2 Samantha Williams 10.26, 3 Ella Cuthbert 10.32.
Marathon relay:
1 Wherrett/Fitzgerald 3.21.33, 2 Savery/Callaghan/Bettiol/Wyman 4.05.00.