AUTRA Race Report 23-3-2026

Herdy’s Frontyard Ultra, WA

Herdy’s Frontyard Ultra was held from Friday, 13 March 2026 at Herdsman Lake, WA.

It was a record weekend for the event, with a record 488 runners lined up, which Ultra Series believes is a world record for a front yard ultra – big congratulations!

AUTRA’s very own Colin Moulden was the last one standing, finishing with 50 yards.

The Top 3 Men were Moulden, and the Assists going to Jason Rantall (49 yards/2^nd Male) and Alexander Schult (49 yards/3^rd Male).

The Top 3 Women were Tammy Lovett (30 yards), AUTRA’s Jen Millum (27 yards) and Genevieve Warriner (26 yards).

Congratulations to all our members who raced at Herdy’s, including Kevin Matthews, Jamie Oborne, Shane Aris, Nicola Walters, Ben Wilson, Margie Hadley, Nick Cobley, Hayley Boneham, Simon Poli, Graeme Boulton, Andrew Nugteren, Jason Simpson, Cliff Lang and Glen Smetherham.

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Gold Coast Backyard Ultra, Qld

The Gold Coast Backyard Ultra was held from Friday, 13 March 2026 at Doug Jennings Park in Main Beach, Qld.

The last one standing for this event was Jordan Nukunuku who completed 35 yards. The Assist was awarded to Justin Renfrew who finished with 34 yards.

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: Sourced/Web.

I’m Still Standing Sydney, NSW

I’m Still Standing Sydney was held from Saturday, 14-16 March 2026 at Heffron Park in Maroubra, NSW.

Last one standing was Akira (Ezra) Barzaghi with 51 yards or a distance of 342km, and the Assist was Jacob Garlick with 50 yards, or 335.3km.

The last female standing was Chelsea Murphy, with 32 yards or 214.59km.

Congratulations to our members who raced at the event, including Nari Clarke (9 yards), Johanna Ruiz (16 yards), Clayton Talbot (16 yards), Miguel Gonzalez (16 yards), Matt Hickman (5 yards), Anthony Devaux (15 yards), Mel Warman (6 yards), John McGann (6 yards), Nadya Caminer (8 yards) and Adam Keighran (21 yards).

Images: Sourced.

Trail Run Australia – Tathra, NSW

Trail Run Australia – Tathra as held on Saturday, 14 March 2026 in Tathra, NSW with distances of 28km, 16km, 8km and 3km.

In the Men’s 28km, top spots were awarded to Hugh McKenzie (2:21:52), Noah Le Lievre (2:24:04) and Jake Humphrey (2:25:18).

In the Women’s 28km, the winners were Rebecca Browne (2:51:36), Emma Roberts (3:24:14) and Henriette Youseman (3:30:56).

You can view all the results for all distances here.

Sri Chinmoy 48hr Track Ultra (Australian 48hr Track Championships), ACT

The Sri Chinmoy 48hr Track Ultra was held on Friday, 20 March 2026 at the AIS Athletics Track in the ACT, and also doubled up as the 2026 Australian 48hr Track Championships.

On offer were a 48hr (15 finishers), 24hr (7 finishers), 12hr (14 finishers), 6hr (10 finishers) and 1 hour (6 finishers).

A Reminder On Championship Events

With regards to all Australian Championship events, a reminder that winners – podium positions in both the Men’s and Women’s divisions – do not need to be financial AUTRA members. They simply need to win 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd to be recognised as Championship winners by AUTRA, however they must be Australian citizens. International entrants cannot claim a podium finish in a Championship, but they can claim a podium finish at the event itself.

In the Men’s 48hr & Championship Event, 1^st Male was awarded to AUTRA’s Ingo Ernst who secured a total distance of 271.125km, 2^nd Male went to Anyce Melham (257.051km) and 3^rd Male went to AUTRA member Phil Ryan who finished with 250.053km.

In the Women’s 48hr & Championship Event, 1^st Female went to Hayley Cuttle (243.465km) whilst 2^nd Female was won by AUTRA’s very own Jasmin Kientzel who completed 209.282km. Third went to Kris Ryan (200km).

Congratulations to all our members who raced in the 48hr, including Michael Coughlan (214km), Kevin Muller (198.8km), Annabel Hepworth (144.8km) and Cheryl Symons (140.8km).

In the Men’s 24hr, AUTRA’s Ben Wilson took 1^st Male with a total distance of 242.597km. Second Male went to Nathan Queripel (201.498km) and 3^rd to Thomas Damo (139.139km).

Well done to AUTRA member Joffrid Mackett who ran in the 24hr and completed a total of 80.183km.

In the Women’s 12hr, AUTRA member Carrie Gleeson came away with 1^st Female, finishing her race with a total distance of 133.136km. Second Female went to AUTRA’s Maia Nagy who completed 105.916km, and 3^rd went to Kristy Janszen (100.807km).

In the Men’s 12hr, podium finishes went to Thomas Allen (132.122km), Daniel Ridgway (113.187km) and Yin Shan (91.597km).

Congratulations to AUTRA’s Richard Crane who finished the 12hr with 42.8km.

In the Women’s 6hr, AUTRA member Julia Murphy took 1^st Female with a finish distance of 55.512km. Second and 3^rd Female went to Neredah Brogan (50.671km) and Michelle Grocock (44.926km).

In the Men’s 6hr, Yiannis Eliopoulos won 1^st Male (72.074km) and AUTRA’s Joe Ward secured 2^nd Male with 62.306km. Tom Goodhew took 3^rd Male (60.243km).

The full list of results can be seen here.

Images: Sri Chinmoy.

Washpool World Heritage Trails, NSW

The Washpool World Heritage Trails was held on Saturday, 21 March 2026 at Gibraltar Range National Park in NSW. On offer were distances of 50km (132 finishers), 25km and 9km.

In the Women’s 50km, 1^st Female went to AUTRA’s very own Maree Connor who finished the distance in 5:13:26. Second went to Tegan Porter (5:18:04) while 3^rd Female was won by AUTRA member Sarah Bailey who completed the 50km in 5:49:08.

In the Men’s 50km, top spots went to Dan Stein (3:40:00), Benjamin Lambert (4:09:29) and Luke Nichols (4:23:32).

Congratulations to all AUTRA members who raced in the 50km, including Adam Lusk who finished the race in 5:46:12.  

In the Women’s 25km, top spots went to Leah Doman (2:19:26), Laura Burke (2:20:41) and Samantha Patch (2:21:49).

In the Men’s 25km, the winners were Kayden Elliott (1:37:51), Jonathan Murdock (1:52:51) and Kasimir Gregory (1:55:41).

In the Women’s 9km, podium finishers were Imogen Biddle (53:00), Ella-Rose Kosick (54:02) and Nicole Ingledew (58:30).

Winners in the Men’s 9km were Edward Brazier (53:14), Samuel Herington (54:19) and Joe Hill (59:02).

View the full results here.

Tamworth Trailblazer, NSW

The Tamworth Trailblazer was held on Sunday, 22 March 2026 at Tamworth Lookout, NSW and offered distances of 60km (5 finishers), 45km (9 finishers), 30km (13 finishers), 15km (37 finishers) and 10km (23 finishers).

In the Men’s 60km, top spots went to Kody Fitzroy (8:34:17), Ben Stewart (10:57:12) and Jeffrey Bretag (10:59:57).

With one woman racing in the Women’s 60km, 1^st Female went to Emma Hewitson with 11:18:35.

Winners in the Men’s 45km were Luke Rombi (6:50:31), Cain Eather (7:16:35) and Joe Burgess (7:32:23).

Top spots in the Women’s 45km went to Nicole Toyer (9:29:51) and Elisha Wohling (10:38:41).

In the Men’s 30km, podium finishes went to Douglas Leabon (3:50:41), Mal Donnelly (4:15:09) and Timmy McHugh (4:40:34).

For the Women’s 30km, winners were Melissa Anderson (5:33:59), Jo Coutts (6:06:24) and Megan Davies (6:36:12).

You can click through here for all final results.