Australian mountain running champion Nick Wightman has finished a very close second in the Australian Men’s Cross Country Championships in Albany, WA on Saturday. Emma Kraft, Australia’s leading female finisher at the 2013 World Mountain Running Championships, has finished 15th in the Women’s Championship.
Event 21 Men 12k Run CC Open ======================================================================= Name Year Team Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Duer Yoa 89 VIC 37:43 1 2 Nicholas Wightman 85 VIC 37:48 2 3 Thomas Do Canto 86 NSW 37:55 4 Anthony Aloisio 92 VIC 38:11 3 5 Joshua Tedesco 91 WA 38:34 4 6 Scott Tamblin 79 WA 39:10 5 7 Ethan Heywood 92 WA 39:36 6 8 Ruairidh MacDonald 94 NSW 39:59 9 Matthew Davy 83 VIC 40:27 7 10 Hannes Bermann 84 ACT 40:30
Event 26 Women 8k Run CC Open ======================================================================= Name Year Team Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 Courtney Powell 95 VIC 28:03 1 2 Sinead Diver 77 VIC 28:20 2 3 Bridey Delaney 89 NSW 28:42 4 Kate Fitzsimons 93 WA 28:48 3 5 Karinna Fyfe 89 VIC 29:15 4 6 Ellie O'Kane 88 VIC 29:27 5 7 Clare Geraghty 86 QLD 29:48 6 8 Miranda Middleton 93 NSW 30:02 9 Tarli Bird 86 VIC 30:14 7 10 Grace Brown 92 VIC# X30:23 11 Gemma Maini 86 VIC 30:33 8 12 Liubinas Georgia 94 SA 30:41 13 Kylie Simpson 83 QLD 31:01 9 14 Ariarn Huston 89 WA 31:28 10 15 Emma Kraft 83 NT 31:47