AUTRA News Report 19-02-2025

Cradle Mountain Run, Tas

The Cradle Mountain Run was held from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair Overland Track in Tasmania on Saturday, 1 February 2025 and offered a 78km distance.

There were 55 finishers.

In the Men’s 78km, top spot went to Angus Tolson (7:44) whilst 2^nd Male was awarded to AUTRA’s Matthew Crehan who finished the distance in 7:50. AUTRA member Andrew Gaskell rounded out the podium with a 3^rd Male finish, crossing the line in 8:00.

In the Women’s 78km, top spots went to Jasmine Vollmer (10:06), Amy Lamprecht (10:11) and Victoria Cole (10:20).

Well done to all members who raced in the Cradle Mountain Run, including Ben Burgess (8:15), John Claridge (10:25), Josh Eastgate (11:03), John Walsh (11:08), John Cannell (11:24), Rebekkah Middleton (11:24), Jason Wheeler (11:28), Liam Woods (12:30), Mark Middleton (13:45) and Sarah Niven (13:59).

Official results can be found here.

Images: kristy wallis, matt pearce

City Run, SA

Hosted by GoodRunnings, the City Run was held on Saturday, 1 February 2025 at Karrawirra Park in SA and offered distances of 1km, 1km, 2.5km, 5km, 7.5km, 10km, 15km, 21.1km, 30km, 42.2km (14 finishers), 50km (2 finishers) and 60km (6 finishers).

The event was held on a 5km course along the River Torrens, with a full loop being 5km.

In the Men’s 60km, top spots went to Walid Maaliki (4:58:32, Isaac Tennant (5:47:44) and Mike Harvey (7:13:03). In the Women’s 60km, winners were Kelsa Reign (6:49:51), Karina Zeleso (10:17:44) and Rebecca Green (10:48:02).

In the Men’s 50km, it was Peter Childs who took the win (5:21:55). In the Women’s 50km, AUTRA’s Amy Goodridge claimed 1^st Female with a time of 5:59:32.

In the Men’s 42.2km, top spots went to Morice Gwenn (3:07:39), Jake Shirvington (3:27:16) and Trent Henderson (3:29:16).

In the Women’s 30km, AUTRA’s Melissa Knowles took 1^st Female with a time of 7:15:20.

In the Men’s 30km, wins were awarded to Callum Kreig (2:44:28), Gabe McStraw (3:23:47) and Jackson Veitch (4:30:13).

Head here for the full list of results and for all results of each distance.

Oscars 100 Hut 2 Hut, Vic

The Oscars 100 Hut 2 Hut weekend festival was held from 14-16 February, 2025 in Mt Buller, Vic and offered distances of 100km, 50km and 10km for runners of all abilities.

Events were listed as Hut 2 Hut Solo 1 Day (23 finishers), Hut 2 Hut Solo 2 Day (77 finishers), the Archie 50 (138 finishers), the Bella 10, and the Multi-Day Miler.

In the Men’s Hut 2 Hut Solo 1 Day, the top spot went to Jarrod Owen (11:38:54). Second and 3^rd Male positions were awarded to AUTRA members Benjamin Butler who finished in 12:31:38, and Chris McAuliffe who secured a time of 13:02:00, respectively.

In the Women’s Hut 2 Hut Solo 1 Day, AUTRA’s Nicole Paton took the reins and claimed top spot with a finish time of 14:12:06. Second and 3^rd Female spots went to Stephanie Roland (15:32:08) and Kelly Conroy (16:16:18).

Congratulations to all AUTRA members who ran in the Hut 2 Hut Solo 1 Day, including Simon Neale (15:28:54), Gill Fowler (16:44:49),

In the Men’s Hut 2 Hut Solo 2 Day, the winner was Stefan Krueger (15:23:35) whilst 2^nd Male was won by AUTRA’s Klaus Wilcken who completed the event in 16:17:51. Third went to Joel Gablek (16:26:27).  

In the Women’s Hut 2 Hut Solo 2 Day, winners were named Fiona Castle (16:37:23), Britta Weller (16:45:59) and Kirstin Coggins (17:11:16).

Well done to all members who ran in the Women’s Hut 2 Hut Solo 1 Day, including Shiree Yap (17:51:38), Tarek Heiland (18:31:14) and Fiona Hewson (23:31:10).

In the Men’s Archie 50, AUTRA’s very own Thomas Dade took 1^st Male with a smashing time of 5:38:52. Second and 3^rd Male spots were won by James Beck (7:01:13) and John Carolan (7:27:17).

In the Women’s Archie 50, winners were named Sophie Broome (6:07:33), Veronica Lebedev (7:23:21) and Charlie Potter (7:30:01).

Congratulations to all members who ran in the Archie 50, including Geoffrey Barnes (9:05:05), Mick Marshall (13:53:44) and Kelvin Yip (13:53:51).

In the Men’s Bella 10, top spots went to Eric Jones (1:01:48), Tommy Wright (1:01:54) and Sacha Cavelier (1:02:04).

In the Women’s Bella 10, winners were named Louise Mitchell (00:57:20), Victoria Mitchell (1:01:09) and AUTRA’s Kellie Angel took 3^rd Female with 1:02:09.

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: @kalanhowse

Yaberoo Trail Ultra, WA

The Yaberoo Trail Ultra was held last weekend on Saturday, 15 February along the Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail at Nerrabup National Park in WA. On offer was a 50km, 25km, 15km, 10km and 5km, and the following results are preliminary.

In the Women’s 50km (26 finishers), top spots were awarded to Petra Jerejian (4:39:15), Shelley Connor (5:05:09) and Olivia Lee (5:22:24).

In the Men’s 50km (79 finishers), AUTRA’s Phil Gore took out the top spot with a finish time of 4:03:35. Second and 3^rd Male were awarded to Ben Leeson (4:03:51) and Carl Harrison (4:08:26).

Congratulations to all our members who ran in the 50km, including Doug Bartlett (6:12:18), Martyn Donnelly (6:51:54) and David Martin (7:14:48).  

In the Women’s 25km (38 finishes), podium finishes went to Lauren O’Brien (2:16:01), Jill Pope (2:30:09) and Claudia Seke (2:32:58). In the Men’s 25km (63 finishers), the winners were Elliot Letchford (1:58:40), Milan Kucera (2:00:02) and Pearce Brezmen (2:01:05).

For the Women’s 15km (37 finishers), top spots were awarded to Ariarn Huston (1:22:40), Louise Boshoff (1:43:57) and Caroline Fenton (1:44:02); for the Men’s 25km (27 finishers), winners were named Liam Dardengo (1:06:04), Josh Chapman (1:22:40) and Elliott Duncan (1:24:49).

Onto the Women’s 10km (37 finishers), top spots went to Alicia Bruce (53:50), Liane Martyn (1:02:32) and Tammy O’Hare (1:06:27); for the Men’s 10km (15 finishers), they were Radek Dzitkowski (44:34), Hayden McDonald (54:51) and Sam Kendall (55:21).

In the Women’s 5km (23 finishers), it was Sophie Bouse (26:42), Emily Murray(27:35) and Diana Price (34:08); in the Men’s 5km  (13 finishers), top spots went to Levi Quinton (21:53), Troy Bruce (30:37) and Mitchell Bridge (32:57).

The full list of results can be located here.

Images: Graeme Boulton, Melissa Loermans