Weekly News Report 17-11-2024

itra asia pacific trail running championships (south korea)

From 24-26 October 2024, there were 3 days of trail running competition at the inaugural Asia Pacific Trail Running Championships in Ulju, South Korea.

Our full list of Aussie athletes can be found here in our 30 August 2024 article, and race results are below for each category:

In the U23 Women’s race (15.9km), 1^st Female was won by AUTRA’s Zoe Manning (Qld) who crossed the finish line in a brilliant 1:52:40, well over 20min ahead of 2^nd Female Kasuga Watabe from Japan (2:12:05) and 3^rd Female Tin Ching Lam from Hong Kong (2:12:19).

In the U23 Men’s race (15.9km), Hong Kong’s Lok Yin Lo took 1^st Male with 1:32:13, but the remainder of the podium was all Aussie, with AUTRA’s Ethan Penck from SA taking 2^nd Male following a performance that saw him finish in 1:35:12, and AUTRA’s Toby Lang from the ACT with a 3^rd Male win having completed the distance in 1:36:58).  

Unfortunately there were no Aussie podium finishes in the Women’s Short Trail (41km) event: 1^st Female to Japan’s Takako Takamura (4:36:25), 2^nd to Nepal’s Priya Rai (4:41:23) and 3^rd to Japan’s Honoka Akiyama (4:53:08).

In the Men’s Short Trail (41km) event, the Philippine’s John Ray Onifa took 1^st Male (3:47:44), Japan’s Koken Ogasawara took 2^nd (3:49:13) and AUTRA’s Blake Turner from NSW claimed 3^rd Male with a fantastic time of 4:00:58.

In the Women’s Long Trail (74km), it was China, Vietnam and Japan that rounded out the wins – Fuzhao Xiang (8:27:00), Thi Hau Ha (8:36:19) and Yuri Yoshizumi (8:57:36).

In the Men’s Long Trail (74km), top spots went to China’s Min Qi (7:37:03), Hiroki Kai (7:40:09) and AUTRA’s Michael Dimuantes from the ACT took 3^rd Male with a great time of 7:44:50).

We are still awaiting release of all results to report on every AUTRA member who raced at this event.

In the overall Championship Cup, Japan took 1^st with a total of 864 points followed by the Philippines (805) and Hong Kong (795). Australia took 4^th Place with 754 points.

Images: ITRA Asia Pacific Trail Running Championships.

SA TRACK ULTRA (SA)

The SA Track Ultra was held from 9-10 November 2024 at the SA Athletics Stadium in SA, offering runners distances of 100mi (3 finishers), 24hr Run (13 finishers), 24hr Walk (2 finishers), 100km (8 finishers), 50mi (3 finishers), 50km (12 finishers), 30km Run (4 finishers) and 30km Walk (2 finishers).

In the Men’s 100mi, Aaron Crook took 1^st Male (21:24:33) while AUTRA’s Stephan Kent from SA claimed 2^nd Male with a brilliant finish time of 24:23:25. Duc Do took 3^rd Male.

In the Women’s 24hr Run, podium finishes went to Joasia Zakrzewski (233.242km), Aovana Timmerman (133.738km) and Karen Chan (128.237km).

In the Men’s 24hr Run, 1^st Male went to Paul Tran (198.667km). Second and 3^rd Male were awarded to AUTRA members Barry McBride from SA who ran a total of 186.730km and David Billett from SA who secured 183.709km, respectively. Congratulations to Barry and David!

Congratulations to our members who ran in the 24hr event, including Amy Goodridge who finished a total of 112.369km, Phil Ryan who ran a distance of 80.000km, and Bernadette Benson who totalled 70.800km.

In the 24hr Walk, there were two finishers. In the Men’s 24hr Walk, 1^st Place went to AUTRA’s Graeme Thomson from NSW who secured a great distance of 121.717km, congratulations Graeme!

In the Women’s 24hr Walk, 1^st Female was awarded to Susan Fitton (96.761km).

Winners in the Men’s 100km were Tom Hodgson (11:13:21), James Kay (11:51:30) and Peter Johnston (12:16:58). Top spot for the Women’s 100km was Natalie Blacker (14:49:17).

In the Men’s 50mi, podium finishes went to Nick Villios (10:13:10), Philipp Rohlfshagen (10:31:49) and AUTRA’s Colin Brooks from SA who took 3^rd Male with a total finish time of 12:23:55).

For the Men’s 50km, winners were named Troy Leyson (4:39:22), Arnold Bonilla (4:45:26) and Tom Massey (5:13:20). Winners in the Women’s 50km were Kelsa Reign (5:12:12), Mandy Jusaitis (6:29:04) and Elizabeth Southwell (7:24:37).

In the Men’s 30km Run, top spots went to Taylor Ho (2:33:54), William Crowe (3:52:49) and Nicholas Simm (4:56:44), whilst for the Women’s 30km Run 1^st Female went to Yasmin Khanbhai (3:07:39).  

In the Women’s 30km Walk, 1^st Female went to Teresa Goodridge (5:10:59) whilst 2^nd Female was awarded to AUTRA’s Mel Knowles from SA who finished the distance with a total time of 7:14:20.

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: Rob Wallis/Facebook.

sandman x (wa)

Sandman X was held on 16 November in Geographe Bay, WA and offered a 50km distance for ultra runners.

There were 60 finishers.

In the Men’s 50km, top spots were won by Ethan Stirrat (3:51:06), Adam Luehman (4:14:53) and Dan Davis (4:19:33). In the Women’s 50km, winners were named Vici Richardson (4:31:57), Meluka Bancroft (4:34:02) and Anita Parsons (5:05:08).

Congratulations to our members who ran in the Sandman X, including Kevin Matthews (4:35:25), Matthew Salinovich (5:21:14), Geoff Quinton (5:45:52) and Sue Robertson (6:55:33).

For the full list of results, including Relay Team results, click through here.

Images: Facebook

GSER (VIC)

The GSER (Great Southern Endurance Run) is currently being held (16-17 November 2024) near the Mt Hotham Alpine Resort in Vic, and offers runners distances of 50mi Solo, 50mi Relay, 56km, 28km and 14km along the Australian Alps Walking Track and within the Victorian Alpine National Park and Hotham Resort boundaries.

We will have results as soon as they become available later in the week.

stromlo running festival (act)

Runners of all levels are currently being challenged in the Stromlo Running Festival (16-17 November 2024) in Stromlo Forest Park in the ACT. On offer is 42.2km (175 finishers), 30km (498 finishers), 15km (589 finishers), 10km (600 finishers), 5km (298 finishers) and a 2.5 Kids race (201 finishers!).

In the Men’s 42.2km Marathon, winners were named Jordan Cowley (3:12:02), Michael Daly (3:14:54) and Ronan McNally (3:20:45).

In the Women’s 42.2km Marathon, 1^st and 2^nd Female were awarded to Joasia Zakrzewski (3:59:44) and Chloe Hanbury (4:05:25) respectively. Third Female was taken by AUTRA’s Lindsay Hamilton from the ACT who crossed the finish line in 4:08:37, congratulations Lindsay!  

Congratulations to our members who raced in the Marathon distance, including Andrew Smith (4:06:49), Jane Pepper (5:12:07), Michael Thompson (5:51:13), Jillian Mitchell (5:58:21), Richard Fletcher (6:06:10) and Brent Ford (7:25:13).

In the Men’s 30km, winners were Matt Gore (2:01:30), Michael Chapman (2:06:22) and Trevor Spencer (2:11:25).

In the Women’s 30km, 1^st and 2^nd Female went to Brittany Harriden (2:17:44) and Em O’Sullivan (2:23:42). Third Female was won by AUTRA’s Ellen Bradley from Canberra who crossed the finish line in 2:33:19, congratulations Ellen!

In the Men’s 15km, 1^st Male went to Patrick Clark (1:02:01) whilst 2^nd Male was won by AUTRA’s Andy McConnell who finished the distance in 1:03:05, well done Andy! Third Male went to David Camp (1:05:10).

In the Women’s 15km, top spots went to Satara Moon (1:16:46), Sarah Slattery (1:17:34) and Melissa Caldow (1:18:44).

Winners in the Men’s 10km were Andrew Gatenby (35:27), Nawaaz Khalfan (36:24) and Jack Ratz (38:47); winners in the Women’s 10km were named Julia Murphy (44:19), Lili Mooney (45:02) and Sarah King (46:40).

Winners in the Women’s 5km were Aisha-Juliet Moon (21:18), Emily Sullivan (23:39) and Nicole Smith (23:54); winners in the Men’s 5km were Jackson Jones (20:55), Jasper Susko (22:54) and Matthew Mitchell (24:09).

The full list of results can be viewed here.