WORLD MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS, SLOVENIA, 5 SEPTEMBER
Australian champions Scott McTaggart and Vanessa Haverd head the team for the World Mountain Running Championships in Slovenia this Sunday. Scott has won 5 Australian Championships with dominant performances each time while Haverd finished 7th in the 2009 World Long Distance Championship, with fellow team member Colleen Middleton from Albury 8th in the same event. David Bayley and Rosie Donegan from Victoria head up strong teams for the World Junior Championships. The Championship website is http://www.wmrc2010-kamnik.si/
Courses |
Start |
Finish |
Length |
Ascent |
Descent |
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Men |
440m OŠ Stranje |
1660m GradišÄe |
12.0km |
1295m |
75m |
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Women, Junior Men |
700m sv. Primož |
1660m GradišÄe |
8.5km |
1035m |
75m |
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Junior Women |
1240m Kisovec |
1660m GradišÄe |
4.5km |
430m |
10m |
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Sunday, 5. September |
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– 10:00 – Start Junior Women |
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– 10:00 – Start Junior Men |
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– 10:45 – Start Senior Women |
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– 11:15 – Start Senior Men |
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Senior men: Scott McTaggart ACT, Stephen Brown NSW, Adam Byles VIC, John Winsbury ACT
Senior women: Vanessa Haverd ACT, Ellie O’Kane NSW, Deahne Turnbull QLD, Colleen Middleton VIC.
Junior men: David Bayley VIC, Ben Duffus QLD, Ben Buckingham VIC, Jordan Nelson VIC
Junior women: Laura Rose Donegan VIC, Bronwyn Humphry VIC
Manager: Tim Crosbie, Athletics Victoria Club Development Manager