WEEKLY NEWS REPORT 21-09-2023

WEEKLY NEWS REPORT 21-09-2023

Annabel Hepworth • September 21, 2023
No Time to Die Frontyard Ultra, SA
Surf Coast Century, VIC
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We are always on the hunt for your stories and reports, so with us getting started on the next edition of Ultramag, send in your incredible tales to ultramag@aura.asn.au. And remember, it doesn’t have to be about an AURA-listed event specifically! You just have to be a current AURA member.

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NO TIME TO DIE FRONTYARD ULTRA

Located at Victoria Parklands in Adelaide’s CBD, this is a flat and fast course for the “last one standing” format.

In this year’s edition, AURA member Jessica Smith was the last one standing, clocking a distance of 261.69k. Fellow AURA member Holly Ranson was the “assist” with 254.98km. Great work!

Shout out to other AURA members who raced: Justin BrockBrad HallsGeoffrey Langhans and Nicole Kew.

SURF COAST CENTURY

This event takes runners through the Great Ocean Road area in Victoria’s stunning south-west. Sweeping coastline, beaches and hinterland are but some of the sights awaiting runners.

Congratulations to AURA’s own Andy McConnell, who led the men’s 100km race with 8:52:48. He was followed by Jarrod Owen, who came in at 8:58:26 and Ross Hopkins with 9:18:17. The women’s 100km field was led by Jayme Bergman with 9:54:44, followed by Joasia Zakrzrewski with 10:07:24 and Rowena de Groot at 10:24:43.

For the 50km distance, James Connor won the men’s race in 4:13:12, with Clinton Elliott hot on his heels at 4:14:25. The men’s podium was rounded out by Sean Stevens with 4:16:26. Gemma Jenkins led the women’s race in this distance with a speedy 4:21:50, with Jessica Jenke taking second with 4:42:40 and Sophie Broome in third on 4:45:06.

Big shout out to other AURA members finishing the race. For the 100km these included Thomas DadeHoward McCannMak SawaNikki WyndTracy FeinerSally TheobaldJacinta HomannStuart HughesSimon KluckowJonathan Ennis-King and Harmony Waite. In the 50km, congratulations to Donna Urquhart – training for a planned attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the longest polar ultra – as well as Matthew WilliamsAmanda Meggison and Tanya Carroll.

UPCOMING EVENTS

South Australia’s Yurrebilla 56km race and NSW’s Duval Dam Buster Trail Run are both on Sunday, 24 September.

Pictured: No Time to Die Frontyard Ultra. Photograph by Elizabeth Southwell

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