World Mountain Running Championships this Sunday

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

Men

 440m OŠ Stranje

 1660m GradišÄe

 12.0km

1295m 

75m 

Women, Junior Men

 700m sv. Primož

 1660m GradišÄe

 8.5km

1035m

75m

Junior Women

 1240m Kisovec

 1660m GradišÄe

 4.5km

430m

10m

Sunday, 5. September 

– 10:00 – Start Junior Women

– 10:00 – Start Junior Men

– 10:45 – Start Senior Women

– 11:15 – Start Senior Men

               

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