World Mountain Running Championships
Tirana, Albania
11 September 2011
Weather: 32 degrees, humid. Four Australian team members required medical treatment on finishing for heat stress.
Pic: Junior men’s team (Ben Duffus, Dane Bird-Smith, Jordan Nelson, Charles Brooks)
Photographer: Tim Crosbie.
Junior women’s 4.47 kms (250m climb)
1 Lea Einfalt (SLO) 20.23, 2 Cesminaz Yilmaz (TUR) 20.36, 3 Denisa Dragomir (ROU) 20.44, 6 Laura Rose Donegan (AUS) 22.45, 10 Annabelle Wilson (AUS) 22.53, 20 Bronwyn Humphrys (AUS) 23.42.
Teams: 1 Turkey 6, 2 Romania 11, 3 Slovenia 14, 4 Australia 16.
Junior men’s 8.77 kms (500m climb)
1 Adam Karagoz (Tur) 37.01, 2 Saul Padua Rodriguez (Col) 37.40, 3 Murat Orak (Tur) 38.05, 15 Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) 39.52, 27 Jordan Nelson (AUS) 41.12, 45 Ben Duffus (AUS) 44.01, 50 Charles Brooks (AUS) 46.44.
Teams: 1 Turkey 12, 2 Poland 22, 3 Italy 32, 6 Australia 87.
Senior women’s 8.77 kms (500m climb)
1 Kasie Enman (USA) 40.39, 2 Elena Rukhlyada (Rus) 41.47, 3 Marie-Laure Dumergues (FRA) 42.23, 39 Elizabeth Humphries (AUS) 49.38, 42 Hubertien Wichers (AUS) 50.38, 44 Clare Durrant (AUS) 51.54, 46 Kate Seibold-Crosbie (AUS) 53.13.
Teams: 1 Italy 24, 2 Czech Republic 30, 3 Great Britain 31, 10 Australia 125.
Senior men’s 13.07 kms (750m climb)
1 Max King (USA) 52.06, 2 Ahmet Arslan (Tur) 52.41, 3 Martin Dematteis (Ita) 52.57, 55 Nicholas Wightman (AUS) 1.02.37, 61 Patrick Nispel (AUS) 1.03.22, 77 Jordan Harries (AUS) 1.07.51, 78 Mark Bourne (AUS) 1.08.01, 83 Gerard Robb (AUS) 1.09.35, 85 Edwin Perry (AUS) 1.10.28.
Teams: 1 Italy 26, 2 Turkey 65, 3 France 77, 15 Australia 271.
Full results: http://www.corsainmontagna.it/admin/upload/Risultati%20Tirana.pdf