WEEKLY NEWS REPORT 21-09-2023

Annabel Hepworth • September 21, 2023

No Time to Die Frontyard Ultra, SA
Surf Coast Century, VIC
Upcoming Events

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.

If any corrections need to be made in any of the results listed below, please alert our editor via email by contacting Kate Dzienis at ultramag@aura.asn.au.

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 Brock, Brad Halls, Geoffrey 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 Dade, Howard McCann, Mak Sawa, Nikki Wynd, Tracy Feiner, Sally Theobald, Jacinta Homann, Stuart Hughes, Simon Kluckow, Jonathan 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 Williams, Amanda 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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