26th World Mountain Running Championships
Kamnik, SLOVENIA – 5 Sept. 2010
Bronwyn Humphry of South Melbourne Athletics Club in Victoria was the highest placed Australian in the World Mountain Running Championships yesterday in Slovenia. Humphry finished 13th in 26.49 in the Junior Women’s 4.5 kms with 430m of climb, with team mate Rosie Donegan of Esson Athletics Club 39th in 29.44.
The junior man and senior women both ran the extremely tough 8.5 km course with 1035m of climb. The festest Australian was Matt Bayley, 35th in 51.49. Jordan Nelson, Ben Buckingham and Ben Duffus were 51st, 52nd and 53rd respectively in 54.17, 54.26 and 54.45. Andrea Mayr of Austria blitzed the women’s field in 49.30, 38 seconds ahead of Italy’s Valentina Belotti, with Martina Straehl of Switzerland 3rd in 50.42. Australian champion Vanessa Haverd was 42nd in 58.26, followed by Ellie O’Kane 51st in 59.23, Colleen Middleton 55th in 60.52 and Deahne Turnbull 61st in 63.24.
The men’s 12 km course had a climb of 1295m and Samson Gashazghi of Eritrea took the title in 56.25, only 3 seconds ahead of fellow Eritrean Telay Weldemariam, with Geoffrey Kusuro of Uganda 3rd in 56.57. Australian champion Scott McTaggart was 49th in 1.03.57, with John Winsbury 116th in 1.12.45, Stephen Brown 117th in 1.12.52 and Adam Byles 127th in 1.16.13.
Full results at: http://www.timingljubljana.si/baze/20100905-VelikaPlanina.pdf
Top 10 and Australian placings:
JUNIOR WOMEN
Start: Kisovec (1240 m) Length: 4,5 km
Finish: Gradisce (1660 m) Ascent: 430 m
Number of finishers: 51 Descent: 10 m
1 CAN Yasemin 92 TUR 24:04
2 DAG Burcu 91 TUR 24:42
3 PANTHEON Adelaide 91 FRA 24:48
4 WENG Heidi 91 NOR 25:25
5 NEGRU Cristina 91 RUM 26:01
6 EINFALT Lea 94 SLO 26:15
7 BUCHANAN Catriona 91 GBR 26:26
8 DRAGOMIR Denisa 92 RUM 26:30
9 TARHAN Yagmur 91 TUR 26:34
10 PALUCH Kamila 94 POL 26:39
13 HUMPHRY Bronwyn 92 AUS 26:49
39 DONEGAN Laura Rose 93 AUS 29:44
JUNIOR MEN
Start: Primoz (700 m) Length: 8,5 km
Finish: Gradisce (1660 m) Ascent: 1.035 m
Number of finishers: 76 Descent: 75 m
1 ANDEMICHAEL Yossief T. 92 ERI 42:30
2 BOZKURT Ridvan 91 TUR 46:00
3 JOLY Jente 91 BEL 46:29
4 ULAS Ergin 92 TUR 46:59
5 GRAS Michael 91 FRA 47:14
6 GRIFFITHS Dewi 91 GBR 47:36
7 BIERCZAK Maciej 91 POL 48:15
8 PALZER Toni 93 GER 48:44
9 ALRUAN Fabian 91 GER 49:03
10 MATTLE Martin 91 AUT 49:07
35 BAYLEY David 92 AUS 51:49
51 NELSON Jordan 92 AUS 54:17
52 BUCKINGHAM Ben 91 AUS 54:26
53 DUFFUS Ben 92 AUS 54:45
Teams: 1 Turkey 20 pts, 2 Germany 33 pts, 3 Italy 41 pts, 15 Australia 138 pts.
WOMEN
Start: Primoz (700 m) Length: 8,5 km
Finish: Gradisce (1660 m) Ascent: 1.035 m
Number of finishers: 69 Descent: 75 m
1 MAYR Andrea 79 AUT 49:30
2 BELOTTI Valentina 80 ITA 50:08
3 STRAEHL Martina 87 SUI 50:42
4 SEMOVA Svetlana 76 RUS 51:02
5 KOSOVELJ Mateja 88 SLO 51:24
6 CONFORTOLA Antonella 75 ITA 52:19
7 RUKHLYADA Elena 86 RUS 52:30
8 HELFENBERGER Claudia 66 SUI 52:35
9 ROBERTI Maria Grazia 66 ITA 52:42
10 MEIERâ€B. Bernadette 72 SUI 52:57
42 HAVERD Vanessa 77 AUS 58:26
51 O’KANE Ellie 88 AUS 59:23
55 MIDDLETON Colleen 62 AUS 1:00:52
61 TURNBULL Deahne 79 AUS 1:03:24
Teams: 1 Italy 17 pts, 2 Switzerland 21 pts, 3 Russia 36 pts, 13 Australia 148 pts.
MEN
Start: OS Stranje (440 m) Length: 12,0 km
Finish: Gradisce (1660 m) Ascent: 1.295 m
Number of finishers: 149 Descent: 75 m
1 GASHAZGHI Samson K. 84 ERI 56:25
2 WELDEMARIAM A. Teklay 78 ERI 56:28
3 KUSURO Geoffrey 89 UGA 56:57
4 SHAKU Petro Mamu 84 ERI 57:00
5 KIPROTICH Stephan 89 UGA 57:16
6 HABTOM Abraham K. 74 ERI 57:55
7 ARSLAN Ahmet 86 TUR 58:14
8 WYATT Jonathan 72 NZL 58:23
9 MOHAMED Haben I. 87 ERI 58:59
10 GRAY Joe 84 USA 9:27
49 MCTAGGART Scott 77 AUS 1:03:57
116 WINSBURY John 75 AUS 1:12:45
117 BROWN Stephen 85 AUS 1:12:52
127 BYLES Adam 82 AUS 1:16:13
Teams: 1 Eritrea 13 pts, 2 USA 71 pts, 3 Italy 77 pts, 17 Australia 409 pts.