Results – Mt Tennent King and Queen of the Mountain

Mt Tennent King and Queen of the Mountain

Tharwa ACT

Sunday 18 February

 

Race report:

Australian mountain running representative Stuart Doyle of South Canberra-Tuggeranong Athletics Club shattered both the 6.5 kilometre King of the Mountain and 13 km Up Down records on Mt Tennent today. Doyle clocked 36 minutes 17 seconds for the mountain ascent, with former champion David Osmond 2nd in 38:15 and veteran Australian long distance mountain running representative Trevor Jacobs 3rd in 40:41.

The Queen of the Mountain title went to Vanessa Haverd in 44:04, only six seconds slower than her previous best. Yass runner Fleur Flannery was 2nd in 47:32 and veteran ultra distance champion Carol Baird 3rd in 52:27.

Doyle ran 60:12 to better the Up Down record by two minutes. Alex Kearns was 2nd in 85:59 and Sydney runner Thomas Tse 3rd in 87:16. Carol Baird won the Up Down in 87:27 from Anne McNeill and Julie Colbran.

David Osmond was just outside his course record for the Bushfold Flats 19.3kms, running 89:05, with Trevor Jacobs 2nd in 93:28 and Tim Sawkins 3rd in 97:15. Vanessa Haverd ran 102:25 to be first female, only two minutes slower than the course record by world champion Emma Murray, currently out of racing with a hamstring injury. Fleur Flannery was 2nd in 107:38 and Cathy Newman 3rd in 199:58.

 

Results:

King of the Mountain 6.5kms:

Males: 1 Stuart Doyle 36.17 (record), 2 David Osmond 38.15, 3 Trevor Jacobs 40.41, 4 Tim Sawkins 42.14, 5 Gavin Keating 43.34, 6 Paul Veldkamp 45.12, 7 James Minto 45.30, 8 Ian Wright 46.44, 9 John Kennedy 46.49, 10 Michael McNeil 47.52, 11 Geoff Lawford 48.23, 12 Mick Corlis 48.46, 13 Craig Wisdom 49.12, 14 Alex Kearns 50.26, 15 Hugh Moore 50.34, 16 Steve Appleby 50.43, 17 Nick Mesher 54.43, 18 Thomas Tse 55.02, 19 Michael Thompson 55.08, 20 Jim White 55.35, 21 Michael Burt 57.32, 22 Tony Beasley 61.18, 23 Anthony Kennedy 61.35, 24 Mick Charlton 61.59, 25 Mike Kennedy 63.38, 26 Mike Worsley 64.47, 27 Ray Bramwell 71.40, 28 Doug Fry 73.58, 29 Nick Blackaby 73.58, 30 John Dimitriou 84.36.

Queen of the Mountain 6.5kms:

1 Vanessa Haverd 44.04, 2 Fleur Flannery 47.32, 3 Carol Baird 52.27, 4 Cathy Newman 53.23, 5 Carinna Tong 58.09, 6 Anne McNeil 62.45, 7 Julie Colbran 76.27, 8 Margaret Wilson 77.05.

 

Mt Tennent 13kms up down:

Males: 1 Stuart Doyle 60.12 (record), 2 Alex Kearns 85.59, 3 Thomas Tse 87.16, 4 Mick Charlton 104.16, 5 Ray Bramwell 113.04, 6 Doug Fry 132.04, 7 Nick Blackaby 132.04, 8 John Dimitriou 148.26, 9 Michael Burt 154.42.

Females: 1 Carol Baird 87.27, 2 Anne McNeil 109.33, 3 Julie Colbran 129.18, 4 Margaret Wilson 145.21.

 

Bushfold Flats 19.3kms:

Males:

1 David Osmond 89.05, 2 Trevor Jacobs 93.28, 3 Tim Sawkins 97.15, 4 Gavin Keating 99.31, 5 James Minto 101.26, 6 Paul Veldkamp 103.48, 7 Ian Wright 104.35, 8 Michael McNeil 105.22, 9 Craig Wisdom 105.58, 10 John  Kennedy 106.31, 11 Mick Corlis 108.47, 12 Steve Appleby 111.27, 13 Hugh Moore 115.47, 14 Geoff Lawford 119.22, 15 Jim White 124.46, 16 Michael Thompson 124.52, 17 Nick Mesher 127.44, 18 Anthony Kennedy 131.39, 19 Mike Worsley 139.22, 20 Tony Beasley 139.24, 21 Mike Kennedy 142.18.

Females: 1 Vanessa Haverd 102.25, 2 Fleur Flannery 107.38, 3 Cathy Newman 119.58, 4 Carinna Tong 123.16.

 

Released by:

 

John Harding
President
Australian Mountain Running Association
42 Stanley St
Hackett ACT 2602

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