NSW Mountain Running Championships
Australian Team members Stephen Brown (Kembla Joggers) and Cindy King-Williams (Randwick-Botany) recorded easy wins at the NSW Mountain Running Championships held at Mount Kembla NSW on Sunday morning. Brown ran a well judged race to equal the course record time of 50.07 minutes for the 12 km Open Mens race and had over 2 and a half minutes margin over Tony Fattorini (Sydney Striders) and Matt Robbie. King-Williams led all the way to win in a time of 41.33 minutes for the 8km Open Womens race from Mary Fien (UTS Norths) and Sarah Scrivener.
The junior events were also keenly contested with Ryan Gregson (Kembla Joggers) recording a clear win in a time of 36.19 minutes from Kevin Batt (Gosford) and Ben Guest (Gosford) in the 8km Junior Boys race and Bridey Delaney (St George) just edging out Lauren McKillop (Randwick Botany) with Casey Mumby (Kembla Joggers) third in the 4km Junior Girls race. Delaney's time of 19.08 eclipsed the previous course record by over 1 and a half minutes.
Ron Schwebel (Sydney Striders) ran strongly to easily win the 8km Mens 45+ race ahead of Chris Mullen (St George) and Geoff Stalker (Kembla Joggers) with Sophie Egan winning the 8km Womens 35+ race.
While overnight rain made the course slippery in parts particularly on the Mount Burelli firetrail section, the runners appreciated the cool conditions during the races. The leading runners will now represent NSW at the Australian Mountain Running Championships at Canberra on 16 June this year.
Results
Open Mens 12km
1. Stephen Brown 50.07 (equals race record)
2. Tony Fattorini 52.42
3. Matt Robbie 54.53
4. Tim Cochrane 57.16
5. Marty Weston 60.49
6. Pete Conway 63.00
7. Paul Stein 63.37
8. Col Steele 64.43
9. Darren McClellan 65.45
10. William Sparling 69.33
11. Trent Dawson 71.17
12. Garry Womsley 74.47
13. Richard Simpson 78.09
14. Nicholas Hanna 78.19
15. Justin Penhall 84.08
16. Michael Mirtile 86.30
Open Womens 8km
1. Cindy King-Williams 41.33
2. Mary Fien 44.51
3. Sarah Scrivener 45.32
4. Sophie Egan 45.34
5. Tara Wood 48.58
6. Jana Mumby 54.03
7. Genevive Mlotkowski 62.25
Junior Mens 8km
1. Ryan Gregson 36.19
2. Kevin Batt 38.06
3. Ben Guest 38.06
4. Thomas Hurley 38.11
5. Brad Milosevic 38.52
6. Charles Brooks 38.59
7. Leo Peterson 40.12
8. Jamie Sherson 41.06
9. Clint McGee 42.40
Junior Womens 4km
1. Bridey Delaney 19.08 (new race record)
2. Lauren McKillop 19.08
3. Kasey Mumby 26.15
Senior Mens 45+ 8km
1. Ron Schwebel 41.47
2. Chris Mullen 43.24
3. Geoff Stalker 43.46
4. Mark Everton 44.35
5. Kevin Wills 48.25
6. Bill Hick 48.40
7. Mark Peterson 58.56
8. Kim Delaney DNF