Dent and Seibold dominate Australian Mountain Running Championships

Australian Mountain Running Championships
Mt Stromlo ACT
Sunday 2 June 2013

Weather: 9 degrees, windchill temperature 2.5 degrees. Light drizzle up to the start of the first race then fine but cold.

Helpers: John and Carol Harding, John and Judy Anderson, Trevor Jacobs, Scott Imhoff, Giles Lamb, Bill Arthur, Kerrie Muir, Kelly Bennett, Geoff Barker, Scott McTaggart, Gerard Ryan, Louise Sharp, Elizabeth Humphries.

Thank you: to Stromlo Forest Park and the ANU for allowing the event on their land. the summit of Mt Stromlo proved to be a spectacular setting for a mountain running championship.

DENT AND SEIBOLD DOMINATE AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Olympic marathon runner Martin Dent celebrated his selection on 21 May in the marathon team for the World Track and Field Championships in Moscow this year with a virtuoso running performance at the Australian Mountain Running Championships on Mt Stromlo today. He sizzled through the first lap of 4 km in 14 mins 30 secs, and showed his marathon stamina to only slow a little over the next two laps to complete the 12 km in 45.34. Fellow ACT runner Mark Bourne, the Empire State Building Run Up and Taipei International Tower stair race champion, finished 2nd in 46.54 with Victoria’s Nick Wightman coming through the field to collect 3rd in 47.59.

The open women’s 8 kms saw a repeat of the dominant 2011 Australian Championship win in Brisbane by Victoria’s Kate Seibold. She built up a lead of almost a minute on the rest of the field at the end of the first lap and increased it on the second lap to win in 38.18. Novice runner Brooke Williams of Victoria showed her talent in finishing second in 39.51, with another surprise packet, Emma Kraft of Alice Springs, finishing 3rd in 40.29.

The ACT had much to rejoice in the Junior Men’s 8 km Championship as Bryce Anderson, an ACT running and orienteering representative, paced himself brilliantly to go from 4th at the end of the first lap to victory at the finish in the fast time of 33.19. Biniyam Hagos of Tasmania was 2nd in 33.59 and Charlie Hunter of NSW 3rd in 34.22. The Junior Women’s 4 km Championship went to Helen Baade of QLD in 19.51, with Clare Hodgart of Victoria 2nd in 20.45 and Tori Jones of NSW 3rd in 21.00.

Photo album: http://hardingjohn.smugmug.com/Sports/Mountain-running/2013-Australian-Mtn-Running/

Canberra Times story and pictures:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/athletics/dent-sets-championship-pace-20130602-2nkdw.html

FULL RESULTS

Males:

Open 12 kms:

1	Martin	Dent	34	ACT	45.34
2	Mark	Bourne	29	ACT	46.54
3	Nicholas	Wightman	28	VIC	47.59
4	Dejen	Gebraselasie	20	TAS	48.01
5	Matthew	Cox	22	NSW	49.00
6	Max	Ostberg	23	TAS	50.33
7	Brian	Lyons	28	TAS	50.48
8	David	Osmond	39	ACT	51.19
9	Robin	Whiteley	39	NSW	51.28
10	Stuart	Doyle	46	ACT	51.44
11	John	Winsbury	37	ACT	52.28
12	Tim	Cochrane	32	NSW	53.27
13	Joji	Mori	33	VIC	53.59
14	Charles	Brooks	20	NSW	54.09
15	Chris	Chapman	37	TAS	55.54
16	Andrzej	Nowicki	36	ACT	1.01.02
17	Darren	Blackhurst	46	ACT	1.01.23
18	Martin	Pogson	52	ACT	1.03.30
19	Scott	Wright	32	ACT	1.06.38
20	Stephen	Graham	49	NSW	1.08.03
21	Peter	Thomson	52	ACT	1.09.10
22	Jeremy	Walker	30	ACT	1.10.32
23	Geoff	Stalker	54	NSW	1.10.48
24	Nick	Lhuede	42	ACT	1.12.54
25	Michael	Horan	53	ACT	1.19.38
26	Leif	Eldridge-Smith	25	ACT	1.24.13

Teams: 1 ACT, 2 NSW, 3 Tasmania.

Junior 8 kms:

1	Bryce	Anderson	16	ACT	33.19
2	Biniyam	Hagos	15	TAS	33.59
3	Charlie	Hunter	16	NSW	34.22
4	Hugh	Nicklason	16	TAS	35.29
5	Michael	Harries	17	TAS	36.37
6	Nathan	Breen	15	NSW	39.08
7	Jackson	Bursill	19	ACT	39.25
8	Jonathan	Moore	15	NSW	40.12
9	Alasdair	Tutt	19	VIC	41.50
10	Damiano	Luzzi	19	ACT	43.36

M55 and over 8 km:

1	Geoff	Hawke	55	ACT	41.54
2	Trevor	Jacobs	61	ACT	43.04
3	Kevin	Wills	62	NSW	46.09
4	Wayne	Gregson	67	ACT	47.54
5	Hugh	Moore	64	ACT	49.10
6	Max	Bogenhuber	71	NSW	50.58
7	Brian	Rix	71	NSW	52.10
8	Andrew	Bowman	63	ACT	56.52
9	Keith	McIntosh	73	VIC	1.00.48

M75 and over 4 km:

1	Rad	Leovic	85	ACT	35.46
2	Lachlan	Lewis	75	ACT	48.42

 

Females:

Open 8 km:

1	Kate	Seibold	38	VIC	38.18
2	Brooke	Williams	23	VIC	39.51
3	Emma	Kraft	30	NT	40.29
4	Jilly	Hosking	25	ACT	40.42
5	Audrey	Amiya-Hall	20	NSW	40.46
6	Clare	Durrant	36	QLD	42.22
7	Bronwyn	Humphrys	20	VIC	42.40
8	Melissa	Clarke	30	ACT	43.01
9	Sarah	Fien	45	ACT	43.48
10	Kym	Chisholm	31	ACT	44.12
11	Karen	Axam	44	NSW	46.10
12	Ashlea	Clifton	25	VIC	46.53
13	Kelley	Flood	52	ACT	49.32
14	Annie	Schofield	44	ACT	52.23
15	Helen	Way	47	ACT	1.01.48
16	Mayumi	Takeuchi	49	ACT	1.04.00

Junior 4 km:

1	Helen	Baade	18	QLD	19.51
2	Claire	Hodgart	17	VIC	20.45
3	Tori	Jones	17	NSW	21.00

W 70 and over 4 km:

1	Elizabeth	Short	61	NSW	26.25
2	Caroline	Campbell	70	ACT	28.46