Coffs Coast Athletics Home ground – Sawtell
It was on for young and old in the second round of the Mid North Coast Cross Country Running Series on Sunday around the Coffs Creek walkway with youngsters Tim Martin and Gabby Sullivan leading in the 2 kms event and Paul Woodhouse giving a “Master” class in the 10kms.
In the 2kms Ben Burridge and Jacob Thorn filled the minor placings for the males only a handful of steps behind the winner while Tara Everson only conceded 5 seconds to Gabby Sullivan with Elke Bowles keeping both of them honest. With 91 runnerrs the 2kms looks to be a very competitive distance for the rest of the season.
The 5kms was an Isaiah Koopmans , Karlie Swanson “benefit” with both recording commanding victories by 1 min 37 secs and 1 min 47 secs respectively. Mitchell Karrasch and James Moncada filled second and third for the males, both ducking under 20 minutes to do so. In the ladies it was the familiar figure of Jess Deans in second and the return of Heather Kitching in third.
Paul Woodhouse showed that he can race on the flat as well as the mountains with a massive 3 min 30 secs victory in the 10 kms. First lady, Kate Heyward, and second male, Dave Cross were both debuting in Series and can be well pleased with their initial hit-outs. Third spot for the men went to Nick Murray while second and third in the women went to Tina Thompson and Eszter Hortobagyi respectively.
Of special note was the effort of the diminutive Daniel Williams who set out to run 5kms, overshot the turn-around point and went on to run the full 10kms.
The 10kms also served as the second round of the Partland/McKean 10,000 metres Series with Woodhouse helping himself to a very healthy 17 points to lead Cross (16), Murray (15) and Rodney Koopmans & Ed Brazier on 14. Heyward picked up 6 points to set up an interesting tussle with Thompson on 8 and Hortobagyi on 5. The final round of the Partland/McKean Series will be held on the roads of Heritage Park on 14th June.
With over 150 runners across the three distances the cross country season seems to be gathering momentum.
Next week’s events will take place at Woolgoolga, starting and finishing at the Woolgoolga Lakeside picnic area. Runners are asked to report by 8.30am for the 9.00am start of the 2kms.
RESULTS: 2KMS – (Male) – Tim Martin 7:43, 1; Benjamin Burridge 7:45, 2; Jacob Thorn 7:51, 3; Harrison Colyer 7:54, 4; Glen Price 7:56, 5; Thomas Burridge 8:00, 6; David Leckenby 8:04, 7; Ky Sullivan 8:06, 8; Max Iggulden 8:07, 9; Lochie Marle 8:08, 10; Tom Ylinen 8:13, 11; Talon Mitchell 8:15, 12; Jyii Mann 8:17, 13; Daniel Williams 8:20, 14; Aydin Yumru 8:22, 15; Jack Howe 8:29, 16; Fin Deagan 8:45, 17; James Sullivan 8:48, 18; Jai Dunn-Barton 8:51, 19; Cooper Marle 8:55, 20; Kurt Marle 8:57, 21; Sheldon Koopmans 9:16, 22; Elijah Thorn 9:19, 23; Andrew Martin 9:22, 24; Craig McMahon 9:26, 25; Jade Kitching 9:34, 26; Joel Benkoe 9:36, 27; Nick Bulloch 9:39, 28; Ben Keough 9:40, 29; Ben Iggulden 9:46, 30; Craig Bennett 9:47, 31; Angus Brazier 9:50, 32; Lucas Burridge 9:50, 33; Will Bennett 10:04, 34; Ricardo Moncada 10:37, 35; Tim Kitching 11:08, 36; Reece Mitchell 11:10, 37; Barry Walker 11:33, 38; Leo Iggulden 11:36, 39; Samuel Brazier 11:37, 40; Edward Brazier 11:37, 41; Jukka Ylinen 11:38, 42; Gary Barton 11:45, 43; Andy Bowles 11:53, 44; Sol Bridger 12:13, 45; Jahmal Moncada 12:36, 46; Hayden Ussher 13:00, 47; Riley Burgess 13:23, 48; Boris Everson 14:49, 49; Thomas Williams 16:12, 50.
RESULTS: 2KMS – (Female) – Gabby Sullivan 8:22, 1; Tara Everson 8:27, 2; Elke Bowles 8:38, 3; Kate Thorn 8:42, 4; Johanna Kuchel 8:49, 5; Zoe Wilson 8:51, 6; Ainhoa Appleton 8:58, 7; Jayda Kachel 9:03, 8; Megan Ussher 9:17, 9; Zara Temesi 9:27, 10; Ella Williams 9:30, 11; Hayley Kitching 9:33, 12; Anthea Martin 9:39, 13; Judy Thorn 9:42, 14; Heather Kitching 9:43, 15; Fiona Martin 9:52, 16; Allira Wynn 10:01, 17; Alyssa Jenkins 10:04, 18; Laila McDonald 10:09, 19; Vanessa McDonald 10:11, 20; Lara Karrasch 10:14, 21; Gemma Keough 10:25, 22; Jaye Everson 10:41, 23; Isobel O’Garey 10:45, 24; Virginia O’Garey 10:46, 25; Trinity Kachel 11:06, 26; Lisa Ussher 11:09, 27; Samantha Colyer 11:17, 28; Kathryn Gibney 11:23, 29; Gabrielle Bowles 11:34, 30; Asha Dunn-Barton 11:39, 31; Mia Iggulden 11:41, 32; Tara Moncada 12:36, 33; Jane Walker 12:37, 34; Mel McCosker 12:38, 35; Kate Bowles 12:52, 36; Liliana Marle 12:53, 37; Kylie Marle 12:54, 38; Sue Macnamara 13:31, 39; Sandy Everson 14:09, 40; Alice Lee 15:26, 41.
RESULTS: 5KMS – (Male) – Isaiah Koopmans 17:57, 1; Mitchell Karrasch 19:34, 2; James Moncada 19:45, 3; Terry Garrett 20:00, 4; Glen Price 20:19, 5; Andrew Tarrant 20:21, 6; Nigel Cotsell 20:37, 7; Eddie Harrod 20:42, 8; David Leckenby 21:08, 9; Jukka Ylinen 22:04, 10; Gary Barton 22:50, 11; Tim Martin 23:42, 12; Tim Kitching 24:53, 13; James Karrasch 26:15, 14; Brad Giri 28:08, 15; Tim Karrasch 28:53, 16; Michael Burridge 29:26, 17; Charles Templeton 29:30, 18; Cameron Martin 31:39, 19; Tim Smith 33:24, 20; Barry Walker 38:15, 21; Steve Thompson 40:12, 22; Jyii Mann 45:52, 23.
RESULTS: 5KMS – (Female) – Karlie Swanson 19:01, 1; Jess Deans 20:48, 2; Heather Kitching 21:19, 3; Tenielle Stubbs 21:35, 4; Isabel Garrett 21:58, 5; Michelle Randall 22:10, 6; Michelle Versluys 22:37, 7; Georgia Kuchel 25:10, 8; Mel McCosker 25:23, 9; Jasmine Bennett 25:40, 10; Anthea Martin 26:08, 11; Natalie Giri 28:06, 12; Beth Bradhurst 29:20, 13; Margaret Cahill 31:27, 14; Toni Berrington 31:27, 15; Tracey Grace 31:39, 16; Vicky McClure 31:53, 17; Skye Ravenscroft 32:15, 18; Madeline Leslie 34:17, 19; Jane Walker 38:14, 20; Jennie Mann 45:51, 21; Maria Rosewood 45:51, 22.
RESULTS: 10KMS – (Male) – Paul Woodhouse 35:52, 1; Dave Cross 39:22, 2; Nick Murray 42:17, 3; Edward Brazier 42:27, 4; Craig Wirth 42:45, 5; Jason Smit 43:09, 6; Rodney Koopmans 43:28, 7; Peter Mitchell 43:40, 8; Paul Sheringham 43:48, 9; Alex Harken 46:39, 10; Nick Evans 47:04, 11; Malcolm Robertson 51:23, 12; Ken Crabb 54:23, 13; Daniel Williams 55:27, 14; Keith Williams 55:32, 15; Steel Beveridge 1:17:10, 16; Tom Holbut 1:17:31, 17.
RESULTS: 10KMS – (Female) – Kate Heyward 45:51, 1; Tina Thompson 49:45, 2; Eszter Hortobagyi 50:28, 3; Tracy Austin 51:15, 4; Wendy Lord-Smith 53:00, 5; Janie Mahoney 56:40, 6.