Walter and Jones show their orienteering fitness on Kosciuszko

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Strzelecki Heritage Kosciuszko 11 km Run
Charlotte Pass Village NSW
Saturday 12 February

Canberra runners dominated today’s 11 km Strezelecki Heritage Kosciuszko Run which was taken out by former Australian orienteering champions Rob Walter and Shannon Jones. In near perfect mild weather fluctuating between sunny and overcast, Walter led all the way from Charlotte Pass Village to the summit of Mt Kosciuszko and finished in 50.17, his second mountain running victory in only a week after winning the Mt Tennent 25 kms on the previous weekend.

Former Australian mountain running champion David Osmond was second in 52.50 and Jindabyne’s David Deany was third male in 57.06.

Shannon Jones, who has represented Australia for the last two years at the World Orienteering Championships, finished 3rd outright in 54.57 with last year’s winner Hannah Flannery second in 56.56 and Australian mountain running champion Vanessa Haverd returning from injury to be third in 57.22.

The run was primarily sponsored by Strzelecki Heritage Inc. which provided medallions for all finishers and prizemoney of $400, $200 and $100 and other awards to the first three males and females. The run was part of the Kossie Festival at Charlotte Pass Village. The run was also sponsored and assisted by the Snowy Mountains National Parks and Wildlife Service and the NPWS Visitors Centre at Jindabyne.

A set of race photos by John Harding can be seen at https://picasaweb.google.com/jgh2009/KosciuszkoRun2011# Further photos from the summit by John Kennedy are at
http://www.actvac.com.au/index.php?module=Home&action=ShowHtml&filename=/Photos/intro.htm

and by professional photographer Aldona Kmiec are at

http://aldonakmiec.photoshelter.com/gallery/Kosciuszko-Run-2011/G0000xygCuJDaD2o

Stuart Doyle’s photos on the summit track are at https://picasaweb.google.com/jgh2009/KosciuszkoRunByStuartDoyle#

Information on the historical background can be found at http://www.kosciuszkorun.com.au/

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Males
1 Rob Walter 34 50.17
2 David Osmond 36 52.50
3 David Deany 29 57.06
4 Tim Doyle 34 58.57
5 Greg White 28 58.57
6 Graham Duggan 40 1.05.03
7 James Knight 24 1.08.19
8 Peter Mcleod 52 1.09.24
9 Arnulf Riedl 41 1.13.47
10 Scott Yates 40 1.17.46
11 Robert Mason 45 1.22.53
12 Henryk Klocek 46 1.25.57
13 Jarek Odwazny 48 1.26.23
14 Geoff Barker 66 1.27.14
15 Michael Burt 52 1.28.55
Females
1 Shannon Jones 31 54.57
2 Hannah Flannery 22 56.56
3 Vanessa Haverd 33 57.22
4 Louise Sharp 28 58.03
5 Elizabeth Humphries 25 58.30
6 Carla Zijlstra 41 1.09.09
7 Susan Jury 40 1.23.09
8 Katarzyna Ostrowska 27 1.23.16
9 Kasia Swaczynski 46 1.33.13