ACT Mountain Running Championships
Mt Majura ACT
Sunday 17 May 2015
Weather: Sunny, still, 6 degrees at 9am at the race start. Warmed up to 10 degrees at 10.30am.
Course specifications:
4 km course: 1 lap, 248 m of climb; 8 km course 2 laps, 496 m of climb; 12 km course 3 laps, 744 m of climb
Photo album: http://hardingjohn.smugmug.com/Sports/Mountain-running/17-May-15-ACT-Mtn-Running/
Photo: Callum Watson, Winter Cross Country Ski Olympian from the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, leads Olympic marathon runner Martin Dent after the first kilometre.
Race report
2014 cross country ski Winter Olympian Callum Watson led the field up Mt Majura before Olympic marathon runner Martin Dent began blitzing the downhills, establishing a commanding 12 km win in 54.47 with Australian train running ultra representative Tom Brazier 2nd in 1.00.41 and Watson 3rd in 1.03.27. Each of the 4 km laps had 248 metres of ascent and Dent clocked 17.55 for the first lap, 18.30 for the 2nd and 18.22 for the last.
Former Australian mountain running representative Vanessa Haverd ran 22.04 for the first lap and 23.03 for the second to take out the Open Women’s 8 km Championship in 45.07 from fellow Australian mountain running representative Elizabeth Humphries in 46.42. Eimear O’ Brien was 3rd in 50.50.
Martin Cooper of the Kembla Joggers took out the Junior Men’s 8 km in 40.17 and will be a strong contender at the Australian Championships in Brisbane on 31 May.
Lilly Boland won the Junior Girls 4 km in 25.07, with Nelle Forster-Berghuis 2nd in 26.12 and Felicia Auer 3rd in 27.22.
Masters age group winners:
Males – M35 Martin Dent, M40 David Osmond, M45 Paul Mahoney, M50 Martin Pogson, M55 Simon Claringbold, M60 Steve Bradford, M65 Andrew Bowman, M75 Derek Robinson 37.10.
Females – W35 Vanessa Haverd 45.07, W40 Ann-Maree Catanzariti, W45 Leonie Doyle, W50 Andina Faragher, W55 Cathy Crompton.
| Event | Place | First Name | Last Name | Age | Gender | Finish | 4km | 8km |
| 12k | 1 | Martin | Dent | 36 | Male | 54.47 | 17.55 | 36.25 |
| 12k | 2 | Thomas | Brazier | 25 | Male | 1.00.41 | 18.50 | 39.27 |
| 12k | 3 | Callum | Watson | 25 | Male | 1.03.27 | 20.19 | 43.01 |
| 12k | 4 | Tomas | Krajca | 27 | Male | 1.03.31 | 20.50 | 42.11 |
| 12k | 5 | James | Minto | 34 | Male | 1.03.43 | 20.44 | 42.26 |
| 12k | 6 | Nick | Walshe | 36 | Male | 1.06.13 | 20.45 | 43.01 |
| 12k | 7 | David | Osmond | 41 | Male | 1.06.49 | 21.31 | 43.59 |
| 12k | 8 | Josh | Nottle | 40 | Male | 1.08.32 | 21.30 | 44.30 |
| 12k | 9 | Liam | Lilly | 30 | Male | 1.10.34 | 21.21 | 45.12 |
| 12k | 10 | Phil | Byron | 31 | Male | 1.10.51 | 22.00 | 46.14 |
| 12k | 11 | Simon | Claringbold | 56 | Male | 1.11.39 | 22.48 | 46.40 |
| 12k | 12 | Pierre-Francois | Loos | 33 | Male | 1.12.52 | 23.29 | 48.34 |
| 12k | 13 | Martin | Pogson | 54 | Male | 1.13.48 | 22.34 | 48.15 |
| 12k | 14 | Ben | Harkness | 37 | Male | 1.14.41 | 23.55 | 49.04 |
| 12k | 15 | Jeff | Grey | 51 | Male | 1.20.15 | 25.35 | 52.04 |
| 12k | 16 | Kieran | Macdonell | 38 | Male | 1.22.37 | 25.41 | 53.02 |
| 12k | 17 | Giles | Lamb | 41 | Male | 1.23.28 | 26.21 | 54.34 |
| 12k | 18 | Laurence | Wilson | 41 | Male | 1.28.08 | 27.38 | 56.50 |
| 12k | 19 | Matt | Ingram | 52 | Male | 1.28.13 | 27.58 | 57.50 |
| 12k | 20 | Peter | Thomson | 54 | Male | 1.29.54 | 29.31 | 59.54 |
| 12k | 21 | Paul | Mahoney | 46 | Male | 1.33.12 | 29.31 | 1.01.30 |
| 8k | 1 | Martin | Cooper | 18 | Male | 40.17 | 19.02 | |
| 8k | 2 | Stephen | Bradford | 60 | Male | 50.51 | 24.24 | |
| 8k | 3 | Trevor | Jacobs | 63 | Male | 52.32 | 25.26 | |
| 8k | 4 | Nick | Melhuish | 55 | Male | 55.55 | 27.09 | |
| 8k | 5 | Andrew | Bowman | 65 | Male | 1.12.40 | 35.44 | |
| 8k | 1 | Vanessa | Haverd | 38 | Female | 45.07 | 22.04 | |
| 8k | 2 | Elizabeth | Humphries | 29 | Female | 46.42 | 27.22 | |
| 8k | 3 | Eimear | O’ Brien | 31 | Female | 50.50 | 24.50 | |
| 8k | 4 | Pippa | Featherston | 29 | Female | 51.58 | 25.17 | |
| 8k | 5 | Clare | Lonergan | 36 | Female | 52.59 | 26.09 | |
| 8k | 6 | Ann-Maree | Catanzariti | 40 | Female | 55.28 | 27.51 | |
| 8k | 7 | Andina | Faragher | 54 | Female | 55.54 | 27.24 | |
| 8k | 8 | Leonie | Doyle | 45 | Female | 57.50 | 28.04 | |
| 8k | 9 | Lisa | Charles | 37 | Female | 1.01.21 | 27.01 | |
| 8k | 10 | Cathy | Crompton | 57 | Female | 1.02.08 | 30.19 | |
| 8k | 11 | Annie | Schofield | 46 | Female | 1.04.59 | 32.13 | |
| 8k | 12 | Elle | Knight | 46 | Female | 1.05.43 | 33.31 | |
| 8k | 13 | Samantha | Rampant | 35 | Female | 1.06.20 | 33.00 | |
| 8k | 14 | Helen | Way | 49 | Female | 1.10.18 | 32.44 | |
| 4k | 1 | Alasdair | Tutt | 21 | Male | 24.29 | ||
| 4k | 1 | Derek | Robinson | 79 | Male | 37.10 | ||
| 4k | 2 | Lachlan | Lewis | 77 | Male | 52.00 | ||
| 4k | 1 | Lilly | Boland | 15 | Female | 25.07 | ||
| 4k | 2 | Nelle | Forster-Berghuis | 16 | Female | 26.12 | ||
| 4k | 3 | Felicia | Auer | 14 | Female | 27.22 | ||
| 4k | 4 | Paris | McMahon | 13 | Female | 42.21 |