Nowra Athletics Club was represented at a variety of events over the weekend.
Locally, we had 5 athletes competing in the Husky Half Running Festival on Saturday 4th November. In the 10km race Dean Bryce was 1st in the 50-59 years category and 60th male overall from a total of 175 competitors, finishing in 47.07 minutes. Angela Bond was 2nd in the 50–59-year female group and 52nd overall from 261 athletes with a time of 54.27. Erich Moeller-Duhme finished the 10km in 55:47, taking the win in the 70+ age group and was 124th from 175 male athletes. In the 5km event Lily Sproule was 3rd female overall from a field of 92 and 1st in the 10-14 years group with a time of 21.04. Daniel Wood also competed in the 5km event, coming in 3rd overall from 173 athletes. Daniel was 2nd in his age group of 20-29 years clocking 18.01 minutes.
In the 3000m championships held at ES Marks Athletic Track on Saturday, Nowra was well represented. In the I race, Cameron Baxter ran a huge PB of 9.54.80 placing 7th. In the E race, Harrison Baxter was 6th in 9.07.08 whilst Oliver Baxter was 10th in 9.16.56. Nic McGill ran a new PB and a National Qualifier of 8.59.27 in the D race, finishing 14th.
In the 800m, Toby Dyball was 5th in the B race in 2.01.32 whilst Airlie Stevens was 5th in the C race in 2.24.77. In the B race, Will Dyball was 3rd in 1.55.44.
Former Nowra athletes Cam Musgrove and Harry McGill had a great run in the feature race, the men’s 3000m championship race. Cam was 8th in 8.19.39 and Harry was 11th in 8.20.29.
On Sunday 5th November, Mel and Glen Mustapic and Cathleen Chang competed in the Canberra Times Fun Run. Cathleen finished the half marathon in 1.52.02 with Glen just a stride behind in 1.52.06, and Mel crossed in 2.18.40.
What a fantastic series of results from a group of enthusiastic and dedicated athletes.