Event results
National Road Relay Championships, Christchurch (Takahe to Akaroa)
Saturday, 6 October 2001
Official times of Olympic’s two teams at the national road relay in Christchurch.
The senior team was tenth in A grade (11th overall), with Mike Wakelin putting in an awesome effort to reduce the time deficit to the team in front to just 15 seconds — especially awesome considering he had just got off a 24-hour plane trip from Europe the day before, and was running at 2 a.m. body time!
Officially, the veterans team was 14th, but I have it on pretty good authority that they were the clear winners by the end of the ninth lap.
Olympic results
Senior team
Lap Name Description Distance Time
1
Stephen Walker
Takahe to Allandale
9.6
33:07
2
Alister Jones
Allandale to Gebbies Pass
10.4
35:59
3
Chris Speakman
Gebbies Pass to Kaituna
10.0
35:42
4
Jerome Sheppard
Kaituna to Lake Forsyth
9.1
33:43
5
Mark Anderson
Lake Forsyth to Cooptown
11.1
41:42
6
Hayden Prosser
Cooptown to Hilltop
6.9
28:39
7
Michael Waterman
Hilltop to Duvauchelle
9.6
31:08
8
Michael Wakelin
Duvauchelle to Akaroa
9.9
32:59
Total
4:32:59
Veteran team
Lap Name Description Distance Time
1
Kevin Crowley
Takahe to Allandale
9.6
39:17
2
Dave McIlwraith
Allandale to Gebbies Pass
10.4
44:16
3
Derek Locke
Gebbies Pass to Kaituna
10.0
40:49
4
Rob Archibald
Kaituna to Lake Forsyth
9.1
40:44
5
Gary Dick
Lake Forsyth to Cooptown
11.1
42:11
6
Peter Jeromson
Cooptown to Hilltop
6.9
31:26
7
Mike Rodden
Hilltop to Duvauchelle
9.6
32:53
8
Phil Early
Duvauchelle to Akaroa
9.9
44:17
Total
5:15:53
(Official results are no longer available online)