AUTRA Race Report 24-8-2026

Kate Dzienis • August 24, 2026

Run Your Backyard, NT
Transcend Ultra, WA
Granite Grit Trail Challenge, Qld
Russell Falls Trail Run, Tas
K2PD, Qld
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WEEKLY RACE RECAP FOR 24-8-2026

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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.

Run Your Backyard, NT

Run Your Backyard was held in outback NT the weekend of 21-23 August 2026, and offered distances of 56km (12 finishers), 28km (17 finishers), 18km (34 finishers), 7km night (27 finishers) and 7km day (28 finishers).

In the Women’s 56km, AUTRA’s very own Felicity Pidgeon took 1^st Female with a fantastic finish time of 7:02:20. Second and 3^rd Female spots were won by Lorna Bade (7:35:57) and Tilly Metcalfe (8:45:38).

Winners in the Men’s 56km were Paul McDonald (7:21:14), Ben Stove (8:49:24) and Kyle Nelson (9:40:51).

In the Women’s 28km, top spots went to Catherine Boyd (3:31:18), Emily Lamrock (3:51:50) and Mel Rokahr (4:13:04).

Winners in the Men’s 28km were Jack Hopkinson (2:44:24), Keith Bosworth (3:20:32) and Tomek Wolny (3:25:00).

Top spots in the Women’s 18km went to Lorna Bade (2:04:37), Mikaela Harris (2:06:41) and Catherine Hill (2:10:33), and winners in the Men’s 18km were Keith Bosworth (1:57:10), Paul McDonald (1:57:34) and Isaac Chandler (1:59:37).

Women’s 7km Day winners were Brianna Foster (48:35), Ange Liddicoat (55:32) and Meg Gemmell (55:53), and winners in the Men’s 7km Day were Tomek Wolny (46:06), Gregory Woodger (47:31) and Doug Barnicoat (48:12).

Winners in the Women’s 7km Night were Lorna Bade (37:31), Tilly Metcalfe (38:20) and Catherine Hill (38:47).

Winners in the Men’s 7km Night were Keith Bosworth (33:07), Paul McDonald (36:31) and Kyle Nelson (36:47).

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: Sourced/Facebook.

Transcend Ultra, WA

Transcend was held on Saturday, 22 August 2026 throughout Walyunga National Park in the north-east of Perth, WA and offered a number of distance options, including 65km (148 finishers), 40km (84 finishers), 28km (115 finishers), 12km (75 finishers) and 6km (74 finishers).

In the Men’s 65km, top spots were won by Charles Hamilton (5:39:05), Billy Curtis (5:59:27) and Federico Crovara (6:26:53).

Winners in the Women’s 65km were Holly Ranson (6:35:00), AUTRA’s very own Kellie Emmerson who finished in 7:14:31 to claim 2^nd Female, and Christie Lori (7:25:08).

Congratulations to all our members who raced at Transcend’s 65km, including Ahnika Lennie (8:46:03), Kevin Matthews (8:55:57), Daniel Taborsky (9:21:59), Claudia Seke (9:27:58), Luke Wheeler (9:33:51), Tamsin France (11:15:24), Martyn Flahive (12:03:26), Matthew Lambert (12:12:25), Ian Nichol (12:18:08), Shaun Kaesler (12:59:40) and Georgia Snowball (12:59:40).

In the Men’s 40km, AUTRA’s Ben Burgess took the lead and top spot with a finish time of 3:24:54. Second and 3^rd went to Joel Gray (3:28:20) and Luke Hutcheson (3:41:37).

Winners in the Women’s 40km were Petra Jerejian (4:10:25), Abbey Watson (4:20:58) and Geri Viros (4:43:06).

Congratulations to our members who finished the 40km, including Beck Hefferon (8:19:07) and Andrew Jackson (8:33:18).

Top spots in the Men’s 28km went to Chris Counsell (2:24:02), Justin Mulhair (2:39:46) and Paul Barrett (2:41:45), while winners in the Women’s 28km were Jennifer Boere (3:13:39), Hannah Kelly (3:25:26) and Ashleigh Gehlig (3:26:16).

In the Men’s 12km, winners were Kalen Bennet (51:00), Mike Cresswell (58:46) and Jack Wallace (59:06).

Winners in the Women’s 12km were Sandy Franco (1:15:29), Abby Robinson (1:17:16) and Sharon Meaden (1:18:56).

Onto the Men’s 6km, winners were Oakie Diggins (36:01), Max Backhouse (36:06) and Matthew Blackmore (36:25), while in the Women’s 6km they were Rose Murfit (44:07), Mags Hughes (45:11) and Charlotte Keys (45:47).

The full list of results can be found here.

Russell Falls Trail Run, Tas

The Russell Falls Trail Run, new to the AUTRA calendar, was held on Sunday, 23 August 2026 and offered a 6.2km (28 finishers) distance for participants.

Winners in the Men’s 6.2km were Titch Hagger (25:13), Billy Whitehead (29:13) and Jacob Malakoff (29:38).

Winners in the Women’s 6.2km were Anna Hughes (35:51), Krystal Wiggins (36:38) and Livia Kelemen (36:52).

Full results can be found here.