Brichacek smashes course record in Mt Ainslie Run Up, Tuesday 5 September
Emily Brichacek of Weston Creek Athletics Club today smashed her own course record in finishing second outright in the Mt Ainslie Run Up in Canberra. Brichacek, better known as a track athlete who last year set a new Australian under 16 record for the 3,000m of 9:08, clocked 11 mins 48 secs to become the first female to better 12 minutes for the 2.3km ascent of Mt Ainslie with an elevation gain of over 200m. Two weeks ago she clocked 12:27 to cut a few seconds from Jackie Fairweather’s record in her debut run over the course. Second fastest was Emily’s mother Jenny in 14:20 and ultra distance trail running champion Vanessa Haverd was third in 14:30. Former Australian rogaining champion Adrian Sheppard was first in 11:31, equalling David Osmond’s record of 25 wins in the run up.
Former Australian M45 duathlon champion Simon Claringbold was second fastest male in 12:15 and Peter Young was third in 12:24.
Males: 1 Adrian Sheppard 11.31, 2 Simon Claringbold 12.15, 3 Peter Young 12.24, 4 Scott Imhoff 12.36, 5 Trevor Jacobs 12.39, 6 David Baldwin 13.13, 7 Norak Theam 13.21, 8 Paul Veldkamp 13.24, 9 Joel Saunders 13.58, 10 Paul Blessington 14.10, 11 Anthony Olliffe 14.20, 12 Christophe Vial 14.24, 13 Ian Wright 14.30, 14 Trent Birkett 14.33, 15 Steve Appleby 14.52, 16 James Savill 15.46, 17 Alex Kearns 15.58, 18 Steve Barwick 16.31, 19 Tony Beasley 16.50, 20 Andrew Bowman 17.23, 21 Geoff Barker 18.10, 22 Michael Burt 18.46, 23 Demetrios Pandouras 20.04, 24 Murali Nayudi 22.46.
Females: 1 Emily Brichacek 11.48 (record), 2 Jenny Brichacek 14.20, 3 Vanessa Haverd 14.30, 4 Julie Quinn 15.08, 5 Caroline Campbell 19.59.