AUTRA News Report 16-12-2025

Duval Dam Buster, NSW

The Duval Dam Buster was held on Sunday, 7 December at Dumaresq Dam Reserve in Armidale, NSW, offering a 50km (36 finishers) ultra race, 28km (34 finishers), 16km (114 finishers) and 8km (130 finishers).

In the Women’s 50km, AUTRA’s Hannah McRae took 1st Place with a finish time of 5:01:55. Second and 3rd were awarded to Aanika Bray (6:17:06) and Carol Callaghan (6:24:39).

In the Men’s 50km, top spots went to Cody Shorter (4:49:57), Dale Hamilton (5:13:49) and Mal Donnelly (5:14:24).

Congratulations to our members who raced in the 50km, including Eric Vincent (5:41:37) and Karl Phillips (7:52:13).

In the Women’s 28km, 1st Female went to Tracey Gowen (3:07:57) whilst 2nd was awarded to AUTRA’s very own Sarah Bailey who finished the race in a time of 3:13:17. Karla Barlow took 3rd Female (3:45:23).

In the Men’s 28km, Lachlan Webber took 1st Male (2:28:46) and Nathan Hewitt claimed 2nd (2:30:21). AUTRA’s Kasimir Gregory won 3rd Male with a finish time of 2:44:20.

Winners in the Women’s 16km were AUTRA’s Annabelle Swainston with 1st Female (1:29:30), Andrea Boyce with 2nd (1:36:45) and Teigan Cummins with 3rd (1:38:38).

In the Men’s 16km, winners were Kayden Elliott (1:07:21), Mack Oxley (1:12:21) and Jonathan Murdock (1:15:50).

Top spots in the Women’s 8km went to Lucy Molnar (45:09), Skyla Peterson (45:45) and Mary Arandale (48:13). Winners in the Men’s 8km were Harrison Akers (36:06), Stephen Akers (36:47) and Timmothy Turner (38:20).

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: Duval Dam Buster Supplied/Facebook.

Peaks & Passages, ACT

Peaks & Passages was held on Saturday, 13 December at Farrer, Isaacs and Waniassa Nature Reserves in Canberra, ACT and offered 22km (54 finishers) and 12km distances (54 finishers).

Winners in the Men’s 22km were Patrick Clark (1:38:00), James Minto (1:41:14) and Jonathan Fearn (1:42:14).

In the Women’s 22km, top spots went to Prue Davies (2:05:43), Michelle Cooke (2:05:44) and Ada Klinkhamer (2:08:33).

Podium finishers for the Men’s 12km were Max Taylor (50:45), Ben Silke (55:01) and Etienne Blumstein-Jones (58:03). In the Women’s 12km, the winners were Therese De Salis (1:02:07), Lisa Krakowiak (1:03:29) and Ashleigh Van De Muelengraaf (1:03:58).

Full results can be found here.

Narrabeen Allnighter, NSW

The Narrabeen Allnighter was held from 13-14 December at Jamieson Park in Narrabeen, NSW offering a 12hour race option (107 finishers) as well as a marathon distance.

In the Men’s 12hr, top spots went to Thomas Allen (121.310km) and AUTRA’s Martin Smellie (121.310km), Rou Suzuki (116.036km) and AUTRA member Liam Colquhoun (110.761km).   

In the Women’s 12hr, the winners were named AUTRA’s Carrie Gleeson (116.036km), Lesly Jones (94.938km) and Janene England (94.938km).

Congratulations to all our members who raced in the 12hr, including Daniel Murray (100.213km), Jeremy Rankin (94.938km), Camilla Arch (89.664km), Debbie Maher (84.39km), Pam Muston (73.84km), Johanna Ruiz (47.46km), Glenn Lockwood (47.46km), Miguel Gonzalez (47.46km) and Gary Mullins (42.19km).

Winners in the Men’s Marathon were Jack Tang (3:18:34), Adam Horner (3:21:53) and Felix Oates (3:44:09.

Winners in the Women’s Marathon were named Luna Garly (4:18:49), Belinda Villars (4:25:58) and Daphne Webb (4:26:34).

The full list of results can be accessed here.