AUTRA News Report 12-06-2025

Ultra Perth, WA

The Ultra Perth was held on Saturday, 7 June along the South Perth foreshore starting at Sir James Mitchell Park. Hosted by Ultra Series, the two distances on offer were a 50km and a Half Marathon, with the option of relay teams either as duos or teams of 3 or 4.

In the Men’s 50km, top spots were awarded to Dean Menzies (2:55:37), AUTRA member Vlad Ixel who took 2^nd Male with 3:02:44 and AUTRA’s Shaun Hall who claimed 3^rd Male with a time of 3:07:52.

In the Women’s 50km, AUTRA’s very own Jacqui Kellerman won 1^st Female, crossing the finish line in 3:44:00. Second and 3^rd Female spots were taken by Kara Dougan (3:54:58) and Phoebe Hurliman (4:10:03).

Congratulations to all our members who ran in the 50km, including Phil Gore (3:19:43/4^th Male), Simon Bennett (4:12:30), Willie Richards (4:24:47), Daniel Taborsky (4:32:51), Fay Wells (5:21:42), Jason Simpson (6:49:39) and Harmony Waite (6:57:18).

In the Men’s Half Marathon, podium finishes went to Luke Burrows (1:22:20), Karlos Aquino (1:22:24) and Kotaro Nihei (1:23:04).

In the Women’s Half Marathon, winners were Rachael Smyth (1:23:18), Lauren French (1:23:36) and Lauren Hyde-Cooling (1:24:09).

The full list of results can be found here on my.raceresult.com.

Images: Ultra series/facebook

Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB, NSW

The 17th annual Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB kicked off last weekend from 15-18 May, 2025 at Scenic World in Katoomba, NSW. One of the most highly anticipated events of the year, distances on offer included 100mi (304 finishers), 100km (1,280 finishers), 50km (2,203 finishers), 22km (2,271 finishers) and 11km (906 finishers).

In the Women’s 100mi, the top spot went to Meghann Coffey (21:52:24) whilst 2^nd Female was awarded to AUTRA’s Cecilia Mattas (22:43:24) and 3^rd went to AUTRA member Kellie Angel (23:14:05).

In the Men’s 100mi, winners were named Eric Conce (18:55:24), Quinton Gill (19:47:49) and Chris McAuliffe (20:22:06).

Congratulations to all AUTRA members who finished the miler, including Grant Brisbin (4^th Male/20:53:50), Chris Stephens (21:49:38), Ben Wilson (23:50:19), Lou Clifton (24:44:01), Claire O’Brien-Smith (25:37:48), Olivia Hulbert (26:00:01), Ewan Horsburgh (26:35:09), Chris Beavon (28:01:20), Melissa Robertson (28:27:41), Luke Bartley (32:25:37), Lindsay Hamilton (32:49:10), Jackson Butler (34:36:27), Scott Heckmann (34:38:22), Adrian Whatmore (35:41:13), Akira Suzuki (35:51:15), Joshua Drake (36:51:43), Matthew Raguse (37:51:42), Jonathan Ennis-King (38:06:28), Shane Kelly (41:20:36), Kelvin Yip (42:14:13), Jasmine Kientzel (42:30:08) and Lesley Mason (44:15:08).

In the Women’s 100km, top spots went to Eve Moore( 10:55:19), Beth McKenzie (11:14:04) and Emily Brunt (11:25:29).

In the Men’s 100k, 1^st Male went to Jiasheng Shen (9:26:02) whilst 2^nd Male was claimed by AUTRA’s Mike Carroll who crossed the finish line in 9:48:56. Third Male went to Rhett Gibson (10:02:25).

Congratulations to all AUTRA members who ran in the 100km distance at Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB, including those who finished in the top 300: Matt Crehan (4^th Male/10:08:11), Benn Coubrough (12:11:47), Nicole Paton (12:13:38), Anna Pillinger (12:27:22), Tia Bool (12:50:59), Ellen Bradley (13:34:39), Anne-Marie Cook (14:09:22), Kyle Druery (14:48:40), Piera Kohout (14:50:36), Adam Darwin (15:16:18), Jake Pearce (15:27:22), Amy Armstrong (15:28:33), Joshua Devall (15:33:31) and Skipp Humphreys (15:56:47).

In the Women’s 50km, 1^st and 2^nd Female spots were won by Caitlin Fielder (5:02:27) and Alison Wilson (5:06:35) whilst AUTRA’s very own Demi Caldwell took 3^rd Female with a finish time of 5:07:47

In the Men’s 50km, top spots were claimed by Daniel Jones (4:01:19), Miguel Benitez (4:11:38) and Sam Rout (4:19:28).

Well done to our members who raced in the 50km, and to those who finished in the top 300: Toby Sparkes (4:24:37), Vlad Ixel (4:25:08), William O’Mealley (4:45:09), Jessica Jason (4^th Female/5:24:03), Greta Truscott (5:52:00), Kasimir Gregory (6:08:20), Kerri Clayden (6:09:32), Gill Fowler (6:12:01), John Claridge (6:24:55), Tony Williams (6:38:12), Patrick Hyland (6:44:35), Peter Scott (6:44:44), Matt Blundell (6:47:09) and Bernadette Miller (7:07:11).

In the Men’s 22km, 1^st Male went to Leo Peterson (1:40:47) whilst 2^nd Male was awarded to AUTRA’s Benjamin Duffus who crossed the finish line in a speedy 1:40:59. Third Male went to Nathan Pearce (1:44:52).

In the Women’s 22km, podium finishers included Jessie Speedy (1:57:27), Bridie Temple (2:01:17) and AUTRA’s Sara Levett who secured 3^rd Female with 2:02:36.

In the Men’s 11km, top spot went to Elijah Gosby (1:04:09) and AUTRA member Brodie Nankervis took out 2^nd Male with 1:04:57. Third Male went to Alton Freeman with 1:05:09

In the Women’s 11km, Simone Brick took 1^st Female (1:17:32), Rose Boyn 2^nd (1:22:27) and Jamie Delaney 3^rd (1:23:37.

The full list of results for each distance can be found here at the UTA’s website.

Images: Coffs backyard ultra/Facebook

Adelaide 24 Hour Festival, SA

In its 16^th year, the Adelaide 24 Hour Festival was held from Saturday, 7 June to Sunday, 8 June along the ‘uni loop’ at War Memorial Drive in North Adelaide, SA. On offer to participants were the 3hr (9 finishers), 6hr (8 finishers), 12hr (15 finishers) and 24hr (10 finishers) events.

In the Men’s 24hr, 1^st Male was won by AUTRA’s David Billett, who finished 75 laps for a total of 163.437km. AUTRA member Simon Wildes secured 2^nd Male having completed 53 laps for a total distance of 115.275km. It was a tie for 3^rd Male, with the position awarded to both Leandre Scheepers and Andrew Meagher with 46 laps, or 100.05km.

In the Women’s 24hr, Kirsty Wilson took 1^st Female (66 laps/144.824km), Hoang Ly took 2^nd Female (59 laps/128.343km) and Natalie Blacker took 3^rd Female (57 laps/125.141km).

In the Men’s 12hr, top spots went to Joshua Trinchini (49 laps/108.22km), Dennis Lakides (46 laps/100.878km) and Luke Barker (39 laps/85.928km).

In the Women’s 12hr, the winners were Alana Sharman (44 laps/96.212km), Bek Robinson (31 laps/68.915km) and Rebecca D’Amico (30 laps/65.266km).  

Well done to AUTRA’s Justin Halejko who finished 31 laps for a total of 68.401km.

In the Men’s 6hr, podium finishes were awarded to Joe Hedges (22 laps/49.461km), Cody Ball (20 laps/45.511km) and Timothy Horton (20 laps/44.640km).

In the Women’s 6hr, AUTRA member Amy Goodridge claimed 1^st Female with 26 laps for a total distance of 56.746km. Second and 3^rd Female spots went to Gizelle Wilson (25 laps/56.455km) and Erika MacDonald (20 laps/45.335km) respectively.

Moving onto the Men’s 3hr, wins were awarded to James Peet (14 laps/30.530km), John James (12 laps/27.015km) and Adam Forte (12 laps/26.100km, but not eligible for podium due to an early start according to results posted on the event’s website).

In the Women’s 3hr, spots went to Kelsa Reign (16 laps/34.865km), Nadene Gillett (13 laps/29.195km) and Jasmin Cottnam (11 laps/24.661km).  

The full list of results can be found on the adelaide24hourfestival.com.au website.