AUTRA Race Report 16-4-2026

Southern Cross 24 Hour, SA

The inaugural Southern Cross 24 Hour, hosted by Phoenix Running Australia, was held on the weekend of 28-29 March 2026 in Felixstow Reserve in SA on the banks of Karrawirra Parri in Adelaide. On offer were timed distances of 24hr (12 finishers), 12hr (7 finishers), 6hr (11 finishers) and 3hr (6 finishers).

In the Men’s 24hr event, 1^st Male went to Asa Cowell (190.673km), 2^nd to Steven Doorne (181.225km), and 3^rd Male was awarded to AUTRA’s Clay Smith who finished with a total distance of 131.451km.

In the Women’s 24hr, the winners were named Kelsa Reign (162.865km), Natalie Blacker (135.973km) and Alex Senior (107.502km).

Congratulations to our members who raced in the 24hr, including Jevvan McPhee (107.134km), Melissa Knowles (69.846km) and Ben Anchor (30.309km).

In the Women’s 12hr, AUTRA’s very own Emma Tanzer secured the top spot with a fantastic distance of 90.732km and AUTRA member Aovana Timmerman took 2^nd Female with a total of 80.117km. Third was won by April Ruggiero (73.734km).

Winners in the Men’s 12hr were Matt Garreffa (95.588km), Albie Smith (83.398km) and Jordan Ware (80.831km).

In the Women’s 6hr, winners were Amy Goodridge (59.845km), Natasha Sekulic (49.183km) and Michelle Salerno (47.105km).

Winners in the Men’s 6hr were Kurt Whittingham (67.340km), Joshua Geers (54.595km) and David Nagy (38.212km).

In the Women’s 3hr, top spots went to Cassie Tonkin (29.390km), Debbie Luetkens (24.125km) and Tanya Luetkens (18.421km).

Winners in the Men’s 3hr were Tim Green (37.674km) and Andrew Noble (19.306km).

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: Tamas Lorincz/Sourced & Gary Denham/Sourced.

Falls Creek Easter Fun Run, Vic

Hosted by FOMO Trails, the Falls Creek Eastern Fun Run was held on Saturday, 4 April 2026 at Slalom Plaza in Falls Creek in Vic.

Aimed at providing a fun introduction to trail running, the event provided 5km categories for children and then ages 17-49 and 50+.

In the Women’s 17-49 Peak Performance 5km, top spots went to Elise Marcianti (26:46), Jacqui Stephens (27:47) and Alice Kempton (30:09).

For the Men’s 17-49 Peak Performance 5km, the winners were Lachlan Oakes (22:36), Rhys McKee (24:13) and Skelly Manning (24:22).

Winners in the Women’s 50+ 5km were Rachel Christmas (36:29), Sara D (39:00) and Michelle Lee (40:02).
In the Men’s 50+ 5km, they were Reece Stephens (23:05), Anthony Sleeman (26:47) and Peter Bennetts (26:57).

The full list of results can be viewed here.

Delirious WEST, WA

The Delirious WEST 100 & 200 Miler, hosted by Ultra Series, was held from Tuesday, 8 April to Sunday, 12 April 2026 from Northcliffe to Albany in the south-west of WA.

Tuesday saw the start of festivities, with the annual bogan run and a good pub meal celebration before the start of the event's distances. We will post results when they are made available, but for now, let's take a moment to appreciate the bogan run:

Images: Astrid Volzke.

Gil’s Galavant BYU, Qld

Gil’s Galavant BYU was held from Saturday, 11 April to Tuesday, 14 April 2026 at Treville Downs in Wallumbilla, Qld.

The Last One Standing for this year was Sam Christie, who finished with 29 yards, and the Assist was Nicole Duveck-Smith, with 28 yards.

We will post results as soon as we receive the full list of entrants.

Run Tarra-bulga, Vic

Hosted by Ultra Endurance, Run TarraBulga was held on Saturday, 11 April 2026 at TarraBulga National Park in Balook, Vic. On offer were distances of 42km (40 finishers), 25km (98 finishers), 6km (83 finishers) and Kids 2.5km for participants.

In the Women’s 42km, top spots went to Courtney Ellis (4:02:02), Rachael Johnstone (4:35:56) and Emilie Chiller (4:41:50).

Winners in the Men’s 42km were Sav Mavrofridis (3:30:23), Mario Vicente (4:00:13) and Richard Vaughan (4:07:02).

Congratulations to AUTRA member Noemi Bangel who finished the 42km in 5:16:15.

In the Women’s 25km, the winners were Kate Avery (2:12:19), Rachel Saultry (2:43:57) and Mietta Greig-Hurtig (2:51:02).

Winners in the Men’s 25km were Damien Smith (1:54:08), Greg Semmler (2:23:47) and Miles Verschuur (2:25:12).

In the Women’s 6km top spots went to Trudy Harrison (37:33), Kate Mayer (38:16) and Stacey Ashworth (41:10).

In the Men’s 6km, winners were Dempsey Podmore (29:16), Damian Casey (35:52) and Louie Harrison (37:33).

You can view the full list of results here.

2 Rivers Backyard Ultra, Vic

North-Vic Backyard Ultras hosted the 2 Rivers Backyard Ultra on Saturday, 11 April 2026 in Echuca, Vic.

We are still awaiting the full list of results for this event and will post when they become available.