Round 13 at Huskisson was held on a beautiful Winter’s afternoon on Saturday 9th July.
The rain had stopped after a wash out round the previous Saturday, but had left a water challenge for runners to navigate. Some chose to tip toe over the rocks to the side of the water, whilst others splashed right through the centre of the puddle, the water proving no challenge at all!
In the 2km event there were just 4 competitors with Jason Hehir taking the win in 8:37 followed by Aidan McLaren in 14:28 then Jack Kinsele in 14:34 and Heidi McLaren in 20:27.
The 3km event was well supported with 17 athletes running. Dane Kelley crossed the line first in 14:07 with Noah Dyball coming in 2nd in 16:15 and Macarthur Davis taking 3rd in 13:09.
Darcy Davis was the quickest across this distance clocking 11:48 in 13th place. Airlie Stevens was the quickest female with 13:45 and Katrina Ward was hot on her heels with 13:47.
There were just 9 contenders for the medium course with Annette Sampson taking victory in 24:39. Gavin Dyball was 2nd in 23:04 and Toby Dyball was 3rd in 20:00. Eva-Maria Moeller-Duhme was 4th followed by Alex Arnold then Nicholas McGill was 6th with the fastest time of 18:39. Emily McLaren ran in 7th as the fastest female with 23:23. The field was rounded out by Hamish McLaren and Donna Johnson.
Long course had a small field of 6 with Dean Bryce taking line honours in 48:06. ‘Twinkle toes’ Glenn Sansom was 2nd in 49:15 and Peter Khourey pushed through to take 3rd in 49:06. Backmarker Bradley Sawyers was 4th with the fastest time of 37:10 whilst Erich Moeller-Duhme was 5th in 59:53 and Perry Strand completed the field in 46:56.
