Bluett puts his stamp on Stromlo Stomp

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Stromlo Stomp 10.4kms
incorporating ACT Veterans Mountain Running Championship
Mt Stromlo ACT
23 January 2011

Former World Games orienteering champion Grant Bluett (pictured leading the field at the start) used his downhill running ability over rough terrain to great advantage to set up a winning lead in today’s Stromlo Stomp 10.4 kms. Recent heavy rains had made a number of the 4WD trails rutted and stony. Former Australian representative Stuart Doyle was able to match it with Bluett for the first 5kms but had difficulty maintaining fluency on the rougher tracks. In finishing second he won the ACT Veterans Mountain Running Championship. Former dual Australian orienterring champion Andy Hogg was third.

Elizabeth Humphries continued her improvement and was just 2 minutes outside Angela Bateup’s course record. Heather Sinclair from Wollongong was second and Kathy Southgate won the veterans title in finishing third. Unfortunately Bogong to Hotham runner up Bryony McConnell ran an extra 1.6 km after going off course nearing the end.

Males:
1 Grant Bluett M35 41.45, 2 Stuart Doyle M40 42.33, 3 Andy Hogg M35 46.37, 4 James Bradley M35 46.46, 5 James Stewart Open 47.28, 6 Chris Helliwell M40 47.53, 7 Anthony Scott M45 48.14, 8 Tony Hrstic M35 49.00, 9 Ziggy Nemeth Open 49.06, 10 Wayne Pethybridge M50 49.33, 11 Stephen Bradford M55 49.38, 12 Peter Kenna M35 51.23, 13 Graham Atkins M40 52.12, 14 Wayne Gregson M60 56.44, 15 Andrew Hughes M45 58.03, 16 Hugh Moore M60 58.12, 17 Peter Spitzkowsky M50 58.52, 18 Scott Wright Open 59.15, 19 David Watt M50 1.01.00, 20 Patrick Whyte M45 1.04.08, 21 Tony Beasley M55 1.05.05, 22 Michael Wilson M60 1.06.19, 23 John Gosling Open 1.07.32, 24 Yogesh Mulye M35 1.11.18, 25 Michael Burt M50 1.27.14, 26 Rad Leovic M80 1.36.16.

Females:
1 Elizabeth Humphries Open 47.22, 2 Heather Sinclair Open 49.53, 3 Kathy Southgate W50 51.55, 4 Cathy Crompton W50 58.17, 5 Bryony McConnell W35 58.38, 6 Carol Harding W50 1.01.01, 7 Leah Newman W35 1.01.02, 8 Susie Kluth W35 1.03.49, 9 Marie Janczura W35 1.07.03, 10 Kate McCallum W40 1.10.39, 11 Agnes Mok Open 1.20.11.