Coffs Coast Athletics Home ground – Sawtell
There was quite a close tussle for victory in the ladies’ section of the Forest Footrace between Karlie Swanson and Leah Fitzgerald while Isaiah Koopmans showed a very clean pair of heels to the rest of the men in a break-through performance over the 11.2kms.
Emerging from the forest section of the Footrace Fitzgerald trailed Swanson by a metre but the Australian Junior Cross Country representative was able to pull away for the win. The times for both ladies would have won most of the other 33 editions of the Footrace.
Only Narelle McKean’s and Courtney McLennan’s times in 1983 and 2002, respectively, were faster than Swanson’s on Saturday.
With Swanson and Fitzgerald crossing the finish in 2nd and 3rd outright, it was left to Ed Brazier to collect the second spot for the men 13 seconds ahead of Phil Butler. Jess Dougherty ran faster than her winning time last year to place third in the ladies’ race this time.
Koopmans and Swanson both backed up to run the Seaside Scamper on Sunday with Swanson collecting the double and Koopmans filling the runner-up spot to a much fresher, Sam Burke. Burke’s time of 18.06 rates as the fastest since the new course was instigated in 2013.
Swanson also lowered her own record for the 5kms by 35 seconds.
Third man to finish the Scamper was Scott Mitchell while the minor places on the women’s podium went to Jess Deans and Chloe Bulloch.
However perhaps the standout performance was by 7 year old Daniel Williams who was the second Under 12 boy, recording an amazing time of 22.03.
The Beach Bash saw clear first past the post triumphs for Harrison Colyer and Olissa Onley. However the category age group winners for the 2 kms were Max Iggulden and Zoe Wilson in the Under 10s and Raphael Wirth and Allira Wynn in the Under 8s.
The Family of Four team winner was the Williams family from Hyland Park. Heather & Tim Kitching took out the Husband & Wife category with Garry & Nick Murray prevailing in the Parent and Child section. First Ladies’team was made up of Tina Thompson, Anthea Martin and Tracy Austin while Woolgoolga High was the winning Secondary School.
FOREST FOOTRACE (11.2 KMS) RESULTS : (MALE) : Isaiah Koopmans 43.26, 1; Ed Brazier 46.53, 2; Phil Butler 47.06, 3; Rodney Koopmans 47.40, 4; Craig Wirth 48.50, 5; Nigel Cotsell 48.59, 6; Alan Turner 49.41, 7; Craig Busby 50.04, 8; Peter Mitchell 50.40, 9; Michael McFarlane 51.12, 10; Chris Skibba 51.48, 11; Andrew Tarrant 53.12, 12; Graeme Turner 54.12, 13; Tim Sutherland 54.13, 14; Brent McGearey 55.32, 15; Phil Benoit 56.20, 16; Gary Tobin 56.32, 17; Gary Barton 60.07, 18; Adam Fitzgerald 60.56, 19; Ken Crabb 67.58, 20; Shane Hulbert 71.24, 21; Steel Beveridge 89.25, 22; Tom Holbut 98.38, 23.
(FEMALE) : Karlie Swanson 45.44, 1; Leah Fitzgerald 46.24, 2; Jess Dougherty 50.24, 3; Tina Thompson 58.49, 4; Belinda Caldwell 60.20, 5; Samantha Dugard 64.45, 6; Petrina Pearson 68.28, 7; Jenni Williams 82.10, 8; Tina Benoit 87.15, 9.
SEASIDE SCAMPER (5 KMS) (MALE) : Sam Burke 18.06, 1; Isaiah Koopmans 19.07, 2; Scott Mitchell 19.45, 3; Terry Garrett 20.04, 4; James Moncada 20.05, 5; Craig Hundle 20.07, 6; Craig Wirth 20.11, 7; Nick Murray 20.13, 8; Tim Martin 20.39, 9; Lochie Marle 21.42, 10; Daniel Williams 22.03, 11; Peter Mitchell 22.05, 12; Graeme Turner 22.25, 13; Jukka Ylinen 22.31, 14; Brent McGearey 23.08, 15; Jaimon Cowling 23.42, 16; Tim Kitching 24.44, 17; Keith Williams 24.54, 18; Garry Murray 25.00, 19; Col Cafferky 25.15, 20; Joel Garrett 25.39, 21; Gary Barton 26.46, 22; Simon Peutrill 27.12, 23; Sheldon Koopmans 27.46, 24 ; Rodney Koopmans 27.46, 25; Charles Templeton 29.46, 26; Tom Holbut 36.29, 27; Steve Thompson 39.06, 28.
(FEMALE) : Karlie Swanson 19.55, 1; Jess Deans 20.47, 2; Chloe Bulloch 20.59, 3; Tara Everson 21.41, 4; Lisa Williams 22.00, 5; Heather Kitching 22.44, 6; Kylie Marle 23.14, 7; Michelle Versluys 23.37, 8; Tina Thompson 23.43, 9; Laura Skibba 24.20, 10; Madyson Cowling 24.59, 11; Tracy Austin 25.00, 12; Belinda Caldwell 25.01, 13; Di Holt 25.07, 14; Eszter Hortobagyi 25.12, 15; Anthea Martin 26.12, 16;Sierra White 26.19, 17; Ann Drew 26.19, 18; Jasmine Bennett 27.17, 19; Maria Rosewood 27.29, 20; Amy Garrett 27.51, 21; Isabel Garrett 27.51, 22; Charlotte Williams 28.04, 23; Ella Williams 28.05, 24; Kylie Pratt 28.15, 25; Tracie Paton 28.40, 26; Lyn Fulton 29.55, 27; Georgia Turner 30.16, 28; Jenni Williams 34.43, 29; Kristen Ylinen 34.47, 30.
BEACH BASH (2 KMS) (MALE) : Harrison Colyer 7.37, 1; Sam Peck 7.42, 2; William Gromadzki 8.19, 3; Tom Ylinen 8.22, 4; Talon Mitchell 8.31, 5; Max Iggulden 8.39, 6; Jukka Ylinen 8.40, 7; Jai Dunn-Barton 8.41, 8; Cooper Marle 9.07, 9; Jade Kitching 9.13, 10; Nick Bulloch 9.35, 11; Paul Gromadzki 10.08, 12; Joel Benkoe 10.30, 13; John Murphy 10.48, 14; Nathan Wynn 10.59, 15; Aidan Murphy 11.11, 16; Jude Murphy 11.15, 17; Raphael Wirth 11.19, 18; Craig Wirth 11.20, 19; Andrew Lee 11.22, 20; Isaac Lee 12.33, 21; Sonny Colyer 12.47, 22; Steve Colyer 12.48, 23; Rocco Dugard 13.10, 24; Koby Tobin 13.21, 25; Gary Tobin 13.22, 26; Liam Wilson 15.50, 27.
(FEMALE) : Olissa Onley 7.42, 1; Hayley Kitching 8.50, 2; Tara Moncada 9.03, 3; Zoe Wilson 9.10, 4; Amelie Dugard 9.38, 5; Ainhoa Appleton 9.43, 6; Heather Kitching 9.54, 7; Zara Temesi 10.01, 8; Olivia Gromadzki 10.02, 9; Alyssa Fitzgerald 10.30, 10; Allira Wynn 10.38; 11; Sarah Fitzgerald 10.44, 12; Yasmin Murphy 11.31, 13; Toni Berrington 11.32, 14; Helaina Wynn 11.34, 15; Chris Lee 12.30, 16; Erin Fitzgerald 14.06, 17; Sue McNamara 14.30, 18; Lily Morgan 14.53, 19; Sarah Morgan 14.53, 20; Holly Wilson 15.46, 21.
TINY TOT TROT (1 KM) - (non-competitive – in alphabetical order) Elle Bianchi , Finn Griffin, Ned Griffin, Amber Hundle, Ari Mitchell, Jahmal Moncada, Ricardo Moncada, Jarrah Onley, Leo Peck, Haylan Skibba, Tom Williams.