AUTRA News Report 3-11-2025

IAU 24hr World Championships, France

The 2025 IAU 24hr World Championships were held in Albi, France from 18-19 October and we had a contingent of Aussie AUTRA members fly over to represent Australia for this race.

Women’s Results

Taking a look at the Women’s results, Great Britain’s Sarah Webster claimed 1^st Female with a total distance of 278.622km. Claiming silver, AUTRA’s Holly Ranson secured a phenomenal 274.172km whilst Japan’s Miho Nakata took 3^rd with 271.987km.

Our Aussie ladies did so well with fantastic individual results, including Jenny White who finished the race with 237.442km, Cassie Cohen who completed a total of 232.985km, Carrie Gleeson who did 220.511km, Maree Connor who completed 108.023km and Corrina Black with 102.021km.

The following records at the race by Holly, Jenny, and Cassie are yet to ratified:

Holly Ranson

• 12 hour Open & W35-39 Record– 145.531km 
• 100 mile Open & W35-39 Record – 13:21:36
• 200km Open & W35-39 Record – 16:52:51
• 24hr Open, W35-39, Oceania Continental & World Age Best Record – 274.172km

Jenny White

• 200km W40-44 Record – 19:54:57
• 24hr W40-44 Record – 237.442km

Cassie Cohen

• 200km W30-34 Record – 20:30:14
• 24hrs W30-34 Record – 232.986km

Men’s Results

Top spots in the Men’s results were Andrii Tkachuk from the Ukraine with 294.346km, Jo Inge Norum from Norway with 285.513km, and Finland’s Matt Jonkka with 283.699km.

Congratulations to the Aussie men who saw amazing results also, including David Vroom with 246.387km, Luke Thompson with 225.242km, Grant Brisbin who finished with 219.372km, John Yoon with 219.011km and Joe Ward with 182.201km.

Team Results

In team standings, Great Britain and Northern Ireland dominated the Women’s category, winning joint gold, followed by Australia and Japan.

For the Men’s teams, Finland captured gold, France took silver and Poland earned bronze.

Women’s Teams

• Great Britain and Northern Ireland – 768.641km
• Australia – 744.601km
• Japan – 726.983km

Men’s Teams

• Finland – 797.030km
• France – 791.195km
• Poland – 780.651km
  

Images: IAU World 24hr Championships/Sourced.

Hume and Hovell, NSW

The Hume and Hovell Ultra was held from 11-12 October at Henry Angel Trackhead in NSW, and offered distances of 100km solo/relay, 50km and 21km.

In the Men’s Solo 100km, top spots went to Jacob Garlick (11:11:04), Krzysztof Szczerba (11:37:46) and AUTRA’s Ingo Ernst who took 3rd Male with 13:02:03).

In the Women’s Solo 100km, winners were Amanda Stanford (11:17:36), Annika Janos (14:22:22) and Alice Johnson (15:54:13).

In the Men’s 50km, 1st Male went to Jonathan Healey (5:11:21) while 2nd Male was awarded to AUTRA member Rob Mason who finished the distance in 5:15:14. Third Male went to Svene Kupe (5:39:06).

Winners in the Women’s 50km were Ji Sheng (6:01:39), Amelia Kerr (6:09:30) and Ginny Stevens (6:16:32).

Congratulations to our members who finished the 50km, including Meredith Quinlan (7:31:39), Alexandria Tankey (8:51:15), Julie Steele (8:53:22) and Mel Williamson (9:44:21).  

Winners in the Men’s 22km were Innes McManus (2:01:23), Steve Morgan (2:01:41) and Andrew Earl (2:06:20) while winners in the Women’s 22km were Mikayla McLean (2:08:42), Joanne Beirs (2:25:56) and Sarah Whittaker (2:49:27).

The full list of results can be found here on the event’s results site.

Southern Sydney & SA Track Ultra RECORDS

There were a number of records set recently at the Southern Sydney Track Ultra (27 September 2025) and the SA Track Ultra (13 September 2025).

Congratulations to the following AUTRA members who set those records!

• Heather Hawkins (W60 48hr, 200km and 100miles) at Southern Sydney.
• Tia Jones (W60 12hr) at Southern Sydney.
• Oliver Sheekey (MU20 6hr) at Southern Sydney
• Bradley Atkinson (M20 24hrr) at Southern Sydney
• Barry McBride (M70 12h, 100mi, 100km & 50mi) at SA Track Ultra.

Heysen Trail Ultra, SA

The Heysen Trail Ultra was held on Saturday, 25 October 2025 from Rocky Creek to Victor Harbor along the Heysen Trail in SA, hosted by Ultra Series. On offer for runners were distances of 115km (83 finishers), 70km (45 finishers), 50km (101 finishers), 42km (36 finishers), 28km (83 finishers), 13km (38 finishers) and a Deep Creek 53km (14 finishers).

In the Women’s 115km, 1^st Female went to Sarah Melville (14:12:12) and 2^nd Female to Beth Newman (15:02:57). AUTRA’s Amanda Spackman secured 3^rd Female with a great time of 15:06:12, congratulations!  

In the Men’s 115km, winners were Mark Hollingsworth (10:40:21), Isaac Fishlock (10:53:47) and Jarrad Allen (11:05:54).

Congratulations also to our member Katherine Marks who finished the distance in 17:09:10.

Podium finishers in the Women’s 70km were Sonja Jansen (8:46:19), Suzanne Mahady (9:08:28) and Marcia Keenan (9:44:04).

Congratulations to AUTRA’s Darren Linney who took the 1^st Male win in the Men’s 70km with a finish time of 7:02:24. Second and 3^rd Male positions were awarded to Shaun Bennett (7:16:07) and Christian Virgara (7:30:52) respectively.

In the Women’s 50km, top spots went to Amy Stockwell (5:37:05), Yuko Sato (6:02:22) and Samantha Du Plessis (6:08:02).

In the Men’s 50km, AUTRA’s Nick Muxlow claimed 1^st Male with a great time of 4:21:06. Following into 2^nd and 3^rd Male spots were Scott Cameron (5:03:07) and Thibault Delacroix (5:27:45) respectively.

Well done to our members who also finished the 50km in fantastic times, including Deborah Farhan (5^th Female/6:35:21) and Justin Halejko (7:45:42).

Winners in the Women’s 42km were Anna Pearce (4:35:25), Peta Hand (4:50:40) and Naomi Galbraith (4:53:38). In the Men’s 42km, podium finishes were claimed by Daniel Boulton (4:24:59), Chris Doherty (4:26:30) and Joe Hayes (4:33:54).

In the Women’s 28km, the winners were Indianna Zammit (2:21:57), Lauren Rooke (2:23:54) and Raena Tabesh (2:33:49) and in the Men’s 28km, they were Peter Galanos (2:24:50), Alex Smith (2:38:27) and Rhys Hinds (2:49:31).

Moving onto the Women’s 13km, top spots were claimed by Kate Van Gordon (1:09:53), Emily Worley (1:19:22) and Isabelle Melville (1:20:06), whilst for the Men’s 13km they were Rhys Evans (58:32), Adam Fisher (1:05:21) and Michael Kowalski (1:09:30).

In the Women’s Deep Creek 53km, 1^st and 2^nd Female spots were awarded to Tessa Moorfield (8:25:41) and Amanda Clark (9:44:13) respectively. AUTRA’s Katherine Marks took 3^rd Female with a finish time of 9:48:17).

Top spots in the Men’s Deep Creek 53km went to Clay Smith (5:48:11), Rhys Whiting (6:17:48) and Brett Merchant (6:57:18).

The full list of results can be found here on the event’s MyRaceResults site.

Images: Sebastian Silva Lopez.

Bondi to Manly Ultra, NSW

The Johnson & Johnson Bondi to Manly Ultra was held on Saturday, 25 October 2025 in NSW and offered an 80km (728 finishers) in solo and relay options.

In the Men’s 80km, it was New Caledonia runner Florian Marco who took 1^st Male with a finish time of 6:02:46. Second and 3^rd placed Males went to James Paterson (6:16:51) and Kilian Duverger (6:18:54).

In the Women’s 80km, the win was taken by Steph McCall who finished in 6:47:26 – beating the event’s previous FKT by 26 minutes. She was followed by Steph Auston (6:49:42) and Rachel Spain (7:27:44).

Congratulations to AUTRA’s Andrew Brown who finished the 80km in the Top 100 with a time of 8:19:44.

The full list of results can be found here on the event’s website.

Images: Johnson & Johnson Bondi to Manly Ultra/Sourced.

Great Ocean Trail Ultra, Vic

The Great Ocean Trail Ultra (formerly GOW100) was held on Saturday, 25 October 2025 along the Great Ocean Walk in Apollo Bay, Vic and offered a 100km (73 finishers) solo/relay and 45km (76 finishers).

In the Men’s 80km, top spots went to Andrew Burchell (11:18:03), Ashley Harink (11:23:27) and Fergus He Manners (11:30:37).

Winners in the Women’s 80km were Ady Sliwka (12:38:02), Cara Pinny (13:09:18) and Bec Howe (13:39:31).

Congratulations to our AUTRA members who finished the 100km distance, including Simon Neale (13:39:31) and Andy Hewat (19:14:13).

In the Men’s 45km, podium finishers were named Jordan Murphy (4:37:03), Nathan Scagliarini (4:50:49) and Henry Braybrook (4:54:35).

For the Women’s 45km, winners were Sophie Broome (4:56:31), Gillian Turnbull (5:03:14) and Katie Carnachan (6:19:37).

View the full set of results on the event’s Tomato Timing site here.

Images: Great Ocean Trail Ultra/Sourced.

Red’s Backyard Ultra, NSW

Red’s Backyard Ultra was held from Saturday, 25 October 2025 at Integral Energy Recreational Park in Kembla Range, NSW and offered an LOS format event.

The official LOS of Red’s Backyard Ultra was Ezra Dingo, who completed a total of 53 loops, or 355km.

Narchi Finnila was named the Assist with 52 loops.

Congratulations to all runners who participated in the weekend’s event.

Images: Facebook/Sourced.

Trail Run Australia – Sunshine Coast 10hr, Qld

Trail Run Australia – Sunshine Coast 10hr, hosted by In2Adventure, was held on Saturday, 25 October 2025 at Ewen Maddock Dam in Qld and provided an LOS format for participants where runners could continue their 60min laps for up to 10 laps.

The runner with the most laps in the fastest overall time was named the winner.

The 2025 LOS was Joe Wilson, with an overall time of 4:11:40 for 10 laps.

Well done to all our AUTRA members who took part in the event.

Member News

AUTRA’s Phil Gore from WA took the title of World Championship at last week’s Backyard Ultra World Championships in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, USA.

After almost five days of running, he successfully finished 114 laps, or 764km. His final solo lap took him 37:03, and he had a total running time of 88hrs 43min 54sec.

The Assist was named as Belgium’s Ivo Steyaert.

Images: SOurced.