It was another great afternoon of cross country running on Saturday 23 May, with a strong crowd of athletes making the trip out to Huskisson. It was also wonderful to welcome a number of new faces to our event, with several first-time runners joining in across the different distances and quickly becoming part of the friendly and supportive atmosphere our club is known for.
Please note that with our handicapper and results coordinator away, the following results reflect the order in which runners crossed the line, with no handicapped times applied.
In the 1km event, Luca Sturgiss was first home in 6:25, followed by sister Olive Sturgiss in 6:49 and Ayla Parmenter in 8:03. Grace Parmenter (8:16) was fourth, followed by Sophie Giumelli (8:44) in fifth, while newcomer Jack Dryburgh crossed sixth in 8:58. Hayes Sturgiss rounded out the field in 9:13.
Simon Taylor took out the 2km event in 9:40, closely followed by Zayne Taylor in 10:01. Chelsea Corbridge had another strong run to finish third in 10:21, ahead of Jaxon Keogh (10:25), Luke Dennett (10:31), and Maggie Vaughan (10:38). Pete Dooley crossed seventh in 10:59, Henry Giumelli was eighth in 11:05, and Lani Parmenter ninth in 11:27.
Xander Day and Hamish Bennett enjoyed a closely fought race, with Xander finishing in 12:09 and Hamish clocking 12:13. Next home was Hollie Giumelli in 12:28, followed by new runners Milo Brown (14:19), River Mitchell (14:21), and Kelly McKeon (14:30). Erich Moeller-Duhme, continuing his return from injury and testing out the knee with an easy run, crossed the line in 16th place.
The 3km event was led home by a trio of runners, with Sam Dennett clocking 13:01, while Declan Bennett and Atlas Bailie both recorded 13:02. Jack Kinsele was fourth in 13:46, closely followed by Will Heffill in 13:51, who ran alongside Emily McLaren (13:54). Not far behind were Mila Bozikov (14:04) and Andrew Heffill (14:10), followed by newcomers Bob Dryburgh (14:52) and Phil Dryburgh (14:56). New member Tony Lim finished 11th in 16:25, ahead of Kobe Brown (16:43) and Malachy Martin (16:47).
Matt Reid claimed a confident win in the 5km event in 17:13, followed by Scott Armstrong (19:30) and Gavin Dyball (20:26). Ron Cozijnsen was fourth in 21:01, ahead of Perry Strand (23:11) and Mark Bailie (23:37).
There was some close racing through the middle of the field between Matt Kinsele (24:10), Tristan Corbridge (24:29), and Annette Sampson (25:00). Another new runner, Rachel Marsden, finished 11th in 25:26, followed by Sam Keogh in 26:22. Lauren Sturgiss was 13th in 27:01, just ahead of Lisa Carroll in 29:37. Sky Martin crossed in 31:10, followed closely by Katie Martin in 31:16. Mark Parmenter finished in 32:53, James Hayward in 33:58, and Eva Moeller-Duhme in 44:22.
The long course was won by Hamish McLaren in 42:07, with Scott Martin chasing hard to finish in 43:28. Rebecca Cooper was third in 52:42, followed by Paige Conolly-Davies (53:57), Josh Hayward (1:03:03), and Hannah Vaughan (1:06:27).
Next week we return to our home course at UOW (not Hollyhill as was originally scheduled). We will also run off handicaps next week, in response to some runners requests. We ask everyone to still arrive at 2pm with approximate kick off times of 2.05pm for the 1 and 2km and 2.20pm for the 3, 5 and 10kms.