AUTRA Race Report 18-2-2026

Kate Dzienis • February 18, 2026

Sandman XI, WA
World Marathon Challenge, WA
Cradle Mountain Run, Tas
Yaberoo Trail Twilight Ultra, WA
City Run, SA
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WEEKLY NEWS REPORT FOR 18-2-2026

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And remember, it doesn’t have to be about an AUTRA-listed event specifically! You just have to be an AUTRA member for the 2026 year. Also too, if you’ve run in a non-AUTRA listed event anywhere on home soil or internationally, we’d love to include your race results and experience in our Member Updates, so please do reach out to us via email to kate.dzienis@autra.asn.au

If any corrections need to be made in any of the results listed below, please alert me via email.

Sandman XI, WA

The Sandman XI was held in Dunsborough, WA on the first day of the month, 1 February 2026, offering a 50km beach run in the middle of the night – a 2am start, to be exact.

The top 3 finishers in the Men’s 50km were Jack Valentine (3:39:43), Nick Baldwin (3:45:57) and Graydon Wilson (3:46:47).

The top 3 finishers in the Women’s 50km were Meluka Bancroft (4:18:58), Tammy Lovett (4:47:46) and Alex Van Heerden (4:57:23).

Congratulations to all our members who ran in the Sandman XI, including Michael Hooker (4^th Male/3:53:15), Claudia Seke (5^th Female/5:02:24), Nick Cobley (5:48:00), Mark Taylor (5:50:12), Bianca Harding (6:32:25) and Aovana Timmerman (7:18:26).

World Marathon Challenge

Perth was home to this year’s World Marathon Challenge from Monday, 2 February 2026, showcasing the city as the event’s third marathon in the 7 Marathons on 7 Continents events.

We will have results when they become available.

Images: Sourced/Facebook

Cradle Mountain Run, Tas

The Cradle Mountain Run was held on Saturday, 7 February 2026 along Tasmania’s famous Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair Overland Track, with runners traversing wild alpine areas of the national park and World Heritage Area.

On offer was a 78km distance and there were 53 finishers.

Winners in the Men’s 78km were Angus Tolson (7:52), Scott Bennett (8:33) and Julian Dent (9:15).

Winners in the Women’s 78km were Amy Lamprecht (9:23), Jasmine Vollmer (10:25) and Victoria Cole (10:34).

Well done to all AUTRA members who ran in the event, including Simone Hayes (8:04), John Cannell (8:39), John Claridge (9:15), and Christopher Hildrew (12:13).

Yaberoo Trail Twilight Ultra, WA

The Yaberoo Trail Twilight Ultra was held last weekend on Saturday, 14 February 2026 along the Yaberoo Budjara Trail in Joondalup, WA.

On offer for runners was a 50km (90 finishers), 25km (124 finishers), 15km (62 finishers), 10km (73 finishers), and 5km (44 finishers).

In the Women’s 50km, to spots were awarded to Petra Jerejian (4:50:46), Manue Hooper-Bue (5:29:06) and Ans Vercammen (5:37:26).

In the Men’s 50km, 1^st Male went to Carl Harrison (4:10:05), 2^nd Male to Justin Hill (4:43:56) and 3^rd Male was won by AUTRA member Colin Moulden who crossed the finish line in 4:45:20.

Congratulations to all our members who finished the 50km distance, including Shane Aris (5:03:31), Ben Wilson (5:52:40) and Doug Bartlett (6:36:51).

The top three finishers in the Women’s 25km event were Eva Perry (2:03:47), Olivia Lee (2:07:28) and Nikita Fredonnet (2:11:11).

Winner of the Men’s 25km was AUTRA’s Ben Leeson who crossed the finish line in 1:54:45. Second and 3^rd Male were awarded to Jude Burleigh (2:06:33) and Josh O’Hart (2:07:05).

In the Women’s 15km, podium finishes went to Sandra Siviour (1:30:14), Rachel McCrae (1:37:00) and Sue Libbis (1:41:30).

Winners in the Men’s 15km were named Travis Kemsley (1:27:13), David Lester (1:28:57) and Craig Bowden (1:34:19).

In the Women’s 10km, top spots went to Ebony Regan (45:52), Emily Murray (48:43) and Liane Martyn (56:10).

Winners in the Men’s 10km were Levi Quinton (43:26), Ryan Binns (49:12) and Adam Binns (51:43).

For the Women’s 5km, podium spots were awarded to Sophie Bouse (30:09), Layla McStay (33:10) and Chelsey Dekker (36:23).

Winners in the Men’s 5km were David White (24:42), Kai Stanes (28:44) and Beau Heerema (34:53).

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: Sourced/Facebook

City Run, SA

The GoodRunnings’ City Run event was held on Sunday, 15 February at Karrawirra in North Bank, Adelaide with runners given various options of non-ultra and ultra distances.

In the Men’s 60km, the winners were Alen Saji (6:42:23), Jaderson Alves (6:43:11) and Stephen Whittaker (7:01:13). There were 7 finishers, all male.

In the Men’s 50km, top spots went to Peter Childs (5:01:46), Mark Waters (6:34:59) and Wye-Khe Kwok (7:35:18).

In the Women’s 50km, the winner was Alyce Lowe (6:38:57).

There were 4 finishers in the 50km distance.

Winners in the Men’s 42.2km were Nils Zutt (4:08:04), Phillip Lawrie (4:20:37) and Blake Ansell (5:13:08).

Top spots for the Women’s 42.2km were Joy Quigley (3:56:54), Yasmin Wilson (4:10:24) and Amelia Liddell (5:34:39).

There were 11 finishers in the 42.2km.

To view all distances results from 1km to 30km, click through here.