Running Writing - June 1999


No. 23 June 1999

Photographs

Mount Tuggeranong Cross Country

The field for the 3km race [48k]

Just after the start. Dual race winner Martin Bye is on the left [57k]

Mark Shepherd - 10:01 for 5th in the 3km [27k]

Adelaide Brown - 2nd female in the 3km [30k]

Jim White and Jillian Hosking sprint to the line [39k]

The field heads off on their 5km journey [35k]

Early leaders Greg Webster and Mark Maslen [31k]

Ben Crabb, Anthony Scott, Trevor Jacobs and Stuart Doyle [30k]

Gary Molineaux leading the third pack [35k]

Erin Sutcliffe and Michelle Ward-Pearson set the early pace [45k]

5km women's winner Fiona Jorgensen with Alison Stanfield [48k]

Second place for SCT's Craig Core [32k]

June 5, 1999

Race Weather: You couldn't ask for a better winters day. 17 degrees and fine.

Race Officials: Gordon Nightingale, Christine Pauling, Murray Hill, Mick Corlis, Wayne Corlis, Todd Berry, Shaun McCabe, Paul Barnett and Jim Tucker.

Race Manager: Ewen Thompson

Race History: This was the third year in a row for the Mt. Tuggeranong fire trail races. This year the mountain run was a last minute 'unofficial' event held after the 5km race. The inaugural event report is still available.

3km Winners
Date/Runners		Female	Time	Male	Time
05/07/97	56	Elizabeth Simpson	12:14	Scott Imhoff	10:21
04/07/98	44	Amy Rugendyke	11:34	Stewart Jones	10:27
05/06/99	49	Justine Shepherd	11:23	Martin Bye	9:28
22/04/00	47	Erin Sutcliffe	11:16	Vince Craig	9:26
26/05/01	39	Sarah Salmon	10:40	Matt Keen	9:41
20/04/02	31	Emily Glover	11:52	Chris Williams	10:09
10/05/03	53	Noni Clarke	10:35	Julien Wicks	9:35
03/07/04	18	Sonja Taylor	12:47	Stuart Doyle	10:37
30/04/05	17	Sophie Vardos	11:33	Paul Torley	12:19
Not conducted in 2006
09/06/07	31	Ali Sweeney	12:12	Antoni Latter	9:43
5km Winners
Date/Runners		Female	Time	Male	Time
05/07/97	50	Nicki Taws	19:33	Danny O'Dea	16:49
04/07/98	62	Tiffany Levette	19:17	Colin Neave	17:00
05/06/99	62	Fiona Jorgensen	19:38	Martin Bye	16:43
22/04/00	36	Fiona Jorgensen	19:35	Vince Craig	17:11
26/05/01	45	Fiona Jorgensen	19:42	Adrian Sheppard	17:04
20/04/02	53	Sarah Fien	19:44	Brian Livingston	17:00
10/05/03	Not conducted
03/07/04	33	Noni Clarke	18:41	Ben Dawson	17:01
30/04/05	47	Noni Clarke	18:57	Geoff Hawke	18:30
Not conducted in 2006
09/06/07	43	Emily Brichacek	18:58	Antoni Latter	17:16

Race Report: A small enthusiastic field of four completed the Under-14's race over a measured 1km. Shane Gaul won from Kristina McGovern, Sonja Taylor and Ashley Mulcahy.

For 1999 the 3km race was an ACTCCC Junior Pointscore event. The ensuing hot competition saw the first six finishers break the old course record. Martin Bye, an under-20 athlete from North Canberra, was on a mission and ran the great time of 9:28 to finish comfortably ahead of Weston Creek's Wayne Corlis and Chris Diamond. The SCT trio of Mark Shepherd, Matt Keen and Chris Williams were the first under-16, under-18 and under-14 finishers.

SCT's Justine Shepherd was also in a record-breaking mood leaving a strong field of junior women in her wake. She ran 11:23 to better Amy Rugendyke's 1998 time by 11 seconds. When you consider that Justine is an under-14 athlete and the hilly nature of the course, her run was very impressive to say the least.

The 5km event saw yet another record fall, making three for the day. Incredibly it was Martin Bye backing up from the 3km race who broke Danny O'Dea's 1997 record by a scant six seconds. There was a 'gang of four' after the first 2km loop with Greg Webster, Martin Bye, Anthony Scott and Mark Maslen holding a fifteen metre break to Craig Core. Craig managed to join the group after the lap around the electricity sub-station. Martin broke away on the hills in the second half of the course to win in 16:43. A surprising second place went to 17-year-old Craig Core (SCT) who ran 16:49 to equal the old course record. Anthony Scott ran a course PB of 16:55 to place third.

SCT junior training partners Erin Sutcliffe and Michelle Ward-Pearson set the early pace amongst the women in the 5k. Fiona Jorgensen used her mountain running ability to good effect, catching the tear-aways and establishing a winning break after the first 2km loop. Erin and Michelle were still together but their hold on second looked tenuous. Jane Zeller and Alison Stanfield were closing fast. Fiona time-trialed to be first woman home in 19:38, just six seconds slower than her performance from last year. Jane won the battle for second with 15-year-old Michelle running an excellent 20:20 in third place just ahead of new ACT representative Alison Stanfield. Erin's 20:34 showed she is returning to form and placed her 10th in the race ranking's.

The 3.2km mountain run attracted an exclusive field of eight. ACT reps for the National Championships Trevor Jacobs and Stuart Doyle backed up after the 5km race to place first and second. Trevor ran 13:42 - just under a minute slower than Chris Cook's record - with Stuart running 13:59. Gordon Nightingale who helped me set up the course ran a respectable 17:23 wearing jeans.

Summing up... a great afternoon's running. Perhaps we'll see you back again next century?

Results

Girls and Boys 1km

 1.  Shane Gaul               4.21
 2.  Kristina McGovern        4.51
 3.  Sonja Taylor             4.54
 4.  Ashley Mulcahy           5.15

Women 3km

 1.  Justine Shepherd        11.23
 2.  Adelaide Brown          11.37
 3.  Amy Rugendyke           11.44
 4.  Tricia Johnson          11.51
 5.  Jillian Hosking         11.52
 6.  Noni Clarke             12.06
 7.  Jessamy Hosking         12.08
 8.  Aimee Merchant          12.44
 9.  Holly Smith             13.11
10.  Eloise Kelly            13.49
11.  Jane Woodward           13.54
12.  Eliza McGowan           13.57
13.  Leah Wheelhouse         14.03
14.  Karen Daniels           14.06
15.  Erin Sutcliffe          14.23
16.  Carol Robinson          15.12
17.  Kylie Gaul              15.14
18.  Jillian Pratten         15.44
19.  Erika Bellingham        15.55
20.  Julie Ellett            17.39
21.  Claire Henshaw          17.42
22.  Madaleine Mulcahy       22.20

Men 3km

 1.  Martin Bye               9.28
 2.  Wayne Corlis             9.43
 3.  Chris Diamond            9.51
 4.  Rowan McIntyre           9.58
 5.  Mark Shepherd           10.01
 6.  Matt Keen               10.02
 7.  Glen McCarthy           10.38
 8.  Phil Corlis             10.39
 9.  Chris Williams          10.43
10.  Michael Hosking         10.57
11.  Craig Shepherd          11.01
12.  Ben Stone               11.22
13.  Eric Hodge              11.33
14.  Alan Green              11.36
15.  Richard White           11.49
16.  Jim White               11.51
17.  Charlie Modrak          12.00
19.  Peter Smith             12.36
20.  Mick Charlton           13.58
21.  Chris Vincent           14.02
22.  Andrew Stone            14.14
23.  Tom Rose                14.23
24.  Nick Blackaby           14.34
25.  Laurie Robinson         15.13
26.  Brendan Hill            15.17
27.  Mirek Milewski          17.35

Women 5km

 1.  Fiona Jorgensen         19.38
 2.  Jane Zeller             20.15
 3.  Michelle Ward-Pearson   20.20
 4.  Alison Stanfield        20.23
 5.  Erin Sutcliffe          20.34
 6.  Christine Toohey        22.03
 7.  Julie Ellett            22.45
 8.  Carinna Tong            23.26
 9.  Dominique Wilson        24.37
10.  Amanda Ozolins          25.26
11.  Caroline Campbell       26.24
12.  Gillian Boyd            27.08

Men 5km

 1.  Martin Bye              16.43
 2.  Craig Core              16.49
 3.  Anthony Scott           16.55
 4.  Mark Maslen             17.10
 5.  Greg Webster            17.12
 6.  Stuart Doyle            17.13
 7.  Ben Crabb               17.30
 8.  Trevor Jacobs           17.41
 9.  Shaun McCabe            17.53
10.  Vince Craig             17.56
11.  Colin Neave             17.58
12.  Jonathan Symonds        18.04
13.  Andy Horsburgh          18.08
14.  David Brickhill-Jones   18.09
15.  Scott Imhoff            18.11
16.  Gary Molyneux           18.25
17.  Geoff Monro             18.28
18.  Mick Whybrow            18.37
19.  Des Brown               18.44
20.  Ian Boyd                18.46
21.  Joey Colosimo           18.59
22.  John Wiggins            19.07
23.  Alan Towill             19.19
24.  Todd Berry              19.33
25.  Prachar Stegemann       20.01
26.  Stewart Jones           20.03
27.  Neil Hamilton           20.08
28.  John Stewart            20.19
29.  Eric Hodge              20.32
30.  Alan Green              20.34
31.  Phil Corlis             20.50
32.  Charlie Modrak          20.53
33.  Colin Bridge            21.22
34.  Ian Mackenzie           21.35
35.  Simon Amalos            21.37
36.  Mark Juddery            21.43
37.  Jim White               22.27
38.  Flynn Stewart           22.32
39.  Andrew Gardner          22.40
40.  Ken Eynon               22.45
41.  Bryan Thomas            22.56
42.  Chris Vincent           22.59
43.  Roger Abbott            23.09
44.  Jeff Collins            23.21
45.  Adam Robinson           23.23
46.  Mick Charlton           23.32
47.  David Wilson            24.38
48.  Nick Blackaby           25.16
49.  Mirek Milewski          26.31
50.  Isaac Owens             26.59

Men 3.2km Mountain Run

 1.  Trevor Jacobs           13.42
 2.  Stuart Doyle            13.59
 3.  Geoff Monro             14.11
 4.  David Wilson            15.31
 5.  Phil Corlis             17.16
 6.  Gordon Nightingale      17.23
 7.  Jim White               18.51
 8.  Wayne Corlis            19.00

Race Rankings

Mount Tuggeranong 3km course rankings
1.	Noni Clarke	10:35	'03	Vince Craig	9:26	'00
2.	Sarah Salmon	10:40	'01	Martin Bye	9:28	'99
3.	Erin Sutcliffe	11:16	'00	Julian Wicks	9:35	'03
4.	Justine Shepherd	11:23	'99	Michael Hosking	9:36	'03
5.	Jillian Hosking	11:25	'03	Matt Keen	9:39	'00
6.	Sophie Vardos	11:33	'05	Jonathan Symonds	9:41	'00
7.	Amy Rugendyke	11:34	'98	Wayne Corlis	9:43	'99
8.	Adelaide Brown	11:37	'99	Antoni Latter	9:43	'07
9.	Jessamy Hosking	11:47	'00	Mark Shepherd	9:45	'00
10.	Megan Kehoe Anna Neumaier	11:50	'03 '01	Todd Berry	9:53	'01

Mount Tuggeranong 5km course rankings
1.	Noni Clarke	18:41	'04	Martin Bye	16:43	'99
2.	Emily Brichacek	18:58	'07	Craig Core	16:49	'99
3.	Tiffany Levette	19:17	'98	Danny O'Dea	16:49	'97
4.	Nicki Taws	19:21	'04	Anthony Scott	16:55	'99
5.	Sarah Fien	19:25	'98	Luke Grattan	16:56	'97
6.	Fiona Jorgensen	19:32	'00	Anthony Perry	16:57	'97
7.	Jane Zeller	19:39	'00	Brian Livingston	17:00	'02
8.	Jessamy Hosking	20:02	'07	Colin Neave	17:00	'98
9.	Jennifer Beer	20:05	'00	Ben Dawson	17:01	'04
10.	Erin Lenon	20:18	'98	Adrian Sheppard	17:04	'01

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