The Wellington XC champs were quite dramatic this year!
We had a new course this year which was very challenging - reputedly at least 150m longer per lap, plus the flat playing field section was replaced with a new hill section.
The weather also played its part, with strong head winds in the exposed sections of the course. A hailstorm passed over Waikanae half an hour before the first event, leaving the course coated in hailstones. Thunder rumbled nearby throughout the last few races, culminating in a
tornado that struck just after the last race, drenching those who had stayed around.
A summary of the club's three placings were:
- Jessica Hamilton-Jenkins, 3rd G9
- George Hamilton, 1st B9
- Amelia Kerr, 2nd G11
- Phoebe Anderson, 3rd G13
- Eden Cruise, 3rd B13
- Susannah Lynch, 1st W16
- Kathryn Bunckenburg, 2nd W19
- Mike Waterman, 3rd M40
Also, Hayden Prosser, 7th SM.
This event also doubled as our club champs; these are the official club results. The club champs and sealed handicap winners are noted below. (The first across the line cannot also with the handicap race.)
Full results, courtesy of Kapiti Harriers.
::[Photos (off-site)]::
| Senior Men |
| 1 |
Evan Cooper |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
0:47:20 |
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| 2 |
James Coubrough |
Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
0:47:35 |
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| 3 |
Rees Buck |
Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
0:47:59 |
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| 7 |
Hayden Prosser |
Olympic Harrier Club |
0:49:30 |
1 |
42:46 |
-6:44 |
2 |
| 16 |
Kevin Pugh |
Olympic Harrier Club |
0:55:32 |
2 |
45:54 |
-9:38 |
4 |
| 19 |
Aaron Morey |
Olympic Harrier Club |
0:57:20 |
3 |
52:12 |
-5:08 |
1 |
| 23 |
Rob Gould |
Olympic Harrier Club |
0:59:02 |
4 |
51:06 |
-7:56 |
3 |
| 28 |
Richard Longman |
Olympic Harrier Club |
1:04:59 |
5 |
50:54 |
-14:05 |
5 |
| Senior Women |
| 1 |
Rochelle Sceats |
Hastings Harrier Club |
35:35 |
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| 2 |
Jana Stolting |
USA |
35:51 |
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| 3 |
Gabrielle O'Rourke |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
35:56 |
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| 12 |
Donalda Cromb |
Olympic Harrier Club |
47:46 |
1 |
39:36 |
-8:10 |
2 |
| 14 |
Alana Gould |
Olympic Harrier Club |
53:57 |
2 |
46:38 |
-7:19 |
1 |
| Men 19 and under |
| 1 |
Ryan McAlister |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
32:26 |
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| 2 |
Lachlan Davey |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
32:46 |
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| 3 |
Yared Kebede |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
33:23 |
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| 4 |
Roshit Bothara |
Olympic Harrier Club |
33:57 |
1 |
29:14 |
-4:43 |
1 (not eligible to win) |
| 5 |
Nick Rogerson |
Olympic Harrier Club |
34:04 |
2 |
28:45 |
-5:19 |
2 (handicap winner) |
| Women 19 and under |
| 1 |
Nicole Mitchell |
Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
0:28:11 |
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| 2 |
Kathryn Bunckenburg |
Olympic Harrier Club |
0:30:10 |
1 |
26:03 |
-4:07 |
1 (not eligible to win) |
| 3 |
Victoria Taylor |
Hutt Valley Harriers |
0:31:12 |
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| 8 |
Anneke Binkhorst |
Olympic Harrier Club |
1:04:26 |
2 |
49:58 |
-14:28 |
2 (handicap winner) |
| Men 16 and under |
| 1 |
Joshua Baan |
Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
24:27 |
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| 2 |
James Fletcher |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
24:45 |
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| 3 |
Marcus Karamanolis |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
25:13 |
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| 6 |
Matt Croxford |
Olympic Harrier Club |
26:35 |
1 |
22:44 |
-3:51 |
3 |
| 27 |
Calvin Standrill |
Olympic Harrier Club |
31:31 |
2 |
27:04 |
-4:27 |
4 |
| 32 |
Jesse Baxter |
Olympic Harrier Club |
33:09 |
3 |
29:46 |
-3:23 |
2 |
| 35 |
Ben Ives |
Olympic Harrier Club |
37:02 |
4 |
33:51 |
-3:11 |
1 |
| Women 16 and under |
| 1 |
Susannah Lynch |
Olympic Harrier Club |
18:26 |
1 |
15:48 |
-2:38 |
1 (not eligible to win) |
| 2 |
Stevie Paine |
Masterton Harriers |
20:18 |
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| 3 |
Christina Goodwin |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
21:05 |
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| 8 |
Ellen Van Looy |
Olympic Harrier Club |
22:30 |
2 |
18:44 |
-3:46 |
2 (handicap winner) |
| Boys 13 and under |
| 1 |
Tom Caughley |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
12:55 |
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| 2 |
Callum Stewart |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
13:10 |
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| 3 |
Eden Cruise |
Olympic Harrier Club |
13:18 |
1 |
11:35 |
-1:43 |
2 |
| 4 |
Oliver Wood |
Olympic Harrier Club |
13:29 |
2 |
11:35 |
-1:54 |
4 |
| 8 |
Josh Nairne |
Olympic Harrier Club |
13:59 |
3 |
12:24 |
-1:35 |
1 |
| 15 |
Vaughan Brown |
Olympic Harrier Club |
15:58 |
4 |
14:13 |
-1:45 |
3 |
| 19 |
Jacob Brown |
Olympic Harrier Club |
17:43 |
5 |
15:12 |
-2:31 |
5 |
| Girls 13 and under |
| 1 |
Josie Kozyniak |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
13:19 |
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| 2 |
Bayley Rose Van de Coolwijk |
Hutt Valley Harriers |
13:53 |
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| 3 |
Phoebe Anderson |
Olympic Harrier Club |
13:57 |
1 |
12:11 |
-1:46 |
1 (not eligible to win) |
| 5 |
Michaela Walker |
Olympic Harrier Club |
14:38 |
2 |
12:39 |
-1:59 |
2 (handicap winner) |
| 7 |
Annese Wolff |
Olympic Harrier Club |
15:11 |
3 |
12:54 |
-2:17 |
3 |
| 17 |
Makaylah Mason-Jones |
Olympic Harrier Club |
17:52 |
4 |
15:11 |
-2:41 |
4 |
| Boys 11 and under |
| 1 |
Sam Isbister |
Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
14:11 |
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| 2 |
Nikolai Allen |
Trentham Harriers |
14:11 |
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| 3 |
George Jackson |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
14:17 |
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| 7 |
Keller McDonald |
Olympic Harrier Club |
14:57 |
1 |
13:23 |
-1:34 |
1 (not eligible to win) |
| Girls 11 and under |
| 1 |
Maya Hahn |
Hutt Valley Harriers |
14:45 |
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| 2 |
Amelia Kerr |
Olympic Harrier Club |
14:54 |
1 |
13:15 |
-1:39 |
4 |
| 3 |
Ilena Shadbolt |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
15:23 |
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| 6 |
Tamara Anderson |
Olympic Harrier Club |
16:05 |
2 |
14:19 |
-1:46 |
5 |
| 7 |
Danielle Ohlsson |
Olympic Harrier Club |
16:16 |
3 |
14:44 |
-1:32 |
2 |
| 9 |
Georgia Nairne |
Olympic Harrier Club |
16:55 |
4 |
14:44 |
-2:11 |
6 |
| 10 |
Alexandra Talbot |
Olympic Harrier Club |
16:57 |
5 |
15:21 |
-1:36 |
3 |
| 12 |
Kushla Smith |
Olympic Harrier Club |
17:04 |
6 |
14:57 |
-2:07 |
6 |
| 14 |
Olivia Aunoa |
Olympic Harrier Club |
17:38 |
7 |
14:42 |
-2:56 |
9 |
| 16 |
Grace Ohlsson |
Olympic Harrier Club |
17:45 |
8 |
15:21 |
-2:24 |
8 |
| 18 |
Hannah Aunoa |
Olympic Harrier Club |
18:15 |
9 |
17:04 |
-1:11 |
1 |
| Boys 9 and under |
| 1 |
George Harrington |
Olympic Harrier Club |
05:35 |
1 |
06:09 |
+0:34 |
4 |
| 2 |
Luke Elliott |
Trentham Harriers |
05:49 |
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| 3 |
Jonty Bamber |
Trentham Harriers |
05:50 |
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| 11 |
Jack Julian |
Olympic Harrier Club |
06:15 |
2 |
07:21 |
+1:06 |
1 |
| 14 |
Toby Harrington |
Olympic Harrier Club |
06:34 |
3 |
07:00 |
+0:26 |
5 |
| 19 |
Dane Atmore-Jones |
Olympic Harrier Club |
07:23 |
4 |
08:08 |
+0:45 |
2 |
| 24 |
Jack Klein |
Olympic Harrier Club |
09:20 |
5 |
08:40 |
-0:40 |
3 |
| 27 |
Kaleb Aunoa |
Olympic Harrier Club |
09:49 |
6 |
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| 29 |
George Harrington |
Olympic Harrier Club |
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7 |
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| Girls 9 and under |
| 1 |
Macey Caughley |
Hutt Valley Harriers |
06:09 |
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| 2 |
Charlotte Floodsmith-Ryan |
Trentham Harriers |
06:11 |
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| 3 |
Jessica Hamilton-Jenkins |
Olympic Harrier Club |
06:52 |
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| 4 |
Samantha Smith |
Olympic Harrier Club |
06:56 |
2 |
08:01 |
+1:05 |
2 |
| 5 |
Hannah Dryden |
Olympic Harrier Club |
07:07 |
3 |
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| 6 |
Jorja McGlinchey |
Olympic Harrier Club |
07:28 |
4 |
08:24 |
+0:56 |
4 |
| 7 |
Georgia Coleman-Walker |
Olympic Harrier Club |
07:37 |
5 |
08:38 |
+1:01 |
3 |
| 8 |
Olivia Pugh |
Olympic Harrier Club |
07:46 |
6 |
09:21 |
+1:35 |
1 |
| 13 |
Kaitlin McGlinchey |
Olympic Harrier Club |
08:30 |
7 |
08:52 |
+0:22 |
5 |
| 17 |
Rose Lovell |
Olympic Harrier Club |
08:57 |
8 |
07:10 |
-1:47 |
6 |
| Masters Men 40+ |
| 1 |
Grant McLean |
Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
33:50 |
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| 2 |
Greg Mitchell |
Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
34:14 |
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| 3 |
Michael Waterman |
Olympic Harrier Club |
34:43 |
1 |
29:15 |
-5:28 |
3 |
| 13 |
Chris Speakman |
Olympic Harrier Club |
37:49 |
2 |
32:14 |
-5:35 |
4 |
| 15 |
Mark Anderson |
Olympic Harrier Club |
38:04 |
3 |
33:10 |
-4:54 |
2 |
| 16 |
Chris Roy Martin |
Olympic Harrier Club |
38:14 |
4 |
34:55 |
-3:19 |
1 |
| 18 |
Steve Tait |
Olympic Harrier Club |
39:01 |
5 |
32:33 |
-6:28 |
8 |
| 20 |
Stephen Walker |
Olympic Harrier Club |
39:15 |
6 |
32:33 |
-6:42 |
9 |
| 21 |
Craig Morrison |
Olympic Harrier Club |
39:22 |
7 |
33:03 |
-6:19 |
7 |
| 23 |
Juan McDonald |
Olympic Harrier Club |
39:39 |
8 |
33:28 |
-6:11 |
5 |
| 32 |
Nick Julian |
Olympic Harrier Club |
42:48 |
9 |
33:53 |
-8:55 |
10 |
| 38 |
Robbie Robinson |
Olympic Harrier Club |
45:55 |
10 |
39:38 |
-6:17 |
6 |
| Masters Men 50+ |
| 1 |
Paul Sharp |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
35:54 |
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| 2 |
Paul Forster |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
36:10 |
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| 3 |
Vaughan New |
Hutt Valley Harriers |
36:40 |
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| 5 |
Mark Handley |
Olympic Harrier Club |
38:26 |
1 |
31:45 |
-6:41 |
3 |
| 19 |
Brian Rusbridge |
Olympic Harrier Club |
44:42 |
2 |
38:09 |
-6:33 |
2 |
| 21 |
Michael Binkhorst |
Olympic Harrier Club |
46:43 |
3 |
39:18 |
-7:25 |
4 |
| 36 |
Murray McGaughran |
Olympic Harrier Club |
54:47 |
4 |
46:24 |
-8:23 |
5 |
| 38 |
Harold Alcock |
Olympic Harrier Club |
59:47 |
5 |
55:11 |
-4:36 |
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| Masters women 35-44 |
| 1 |
Victoria Humphries |
Wellington Harrier Athletic Club |
29:16 |
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| 2 |
Sally Anderson |
Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
29:28 |
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| 3 |
Tricia Sloan |
Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
29:56 |
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| 14 |
Sharon Walker |
Olympic Harrier Club |
34:25 |
1 |
29:12 |
-5:13 |
3 |
| 15 |
Geraldine Smith |
Olympic Harrier Club |
35:40 |
2 |
31:06 |
-4:34 |
1 |
| 17 |
Liz Anderson |
Olympic Harrier Club |
37:08 |
3 |
31:40 |
-5:28 |
4 |
| 23 |
Joanna Gell |
Olympic Harrier Club |
41:01 |
4 |
35:53 |
-5:08 |
2 |
| 26 |
Alison Speakman |
Olympic Harrier Club |
42:49 |
5 |
35:26 |
-7:23 |
7 |
| 27 |
Julie Klein |
Olympic Harrier Club |
43:57 |
6 |
38:05 |
-5:52 |
5 |
| 29 |
Donna-Marie McDonald |
Olympic Harrier Club |
49:10 |
7 |
41:51 |
-7:19 |
6 |
| Masters Women 50+ |
| 1 |
Michele Allison |
Wellington Scottish Harrier Club |
31:37 |
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| 2 |
Claire Gold |
Kapiti Running and Tri Club |
32:24 |
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| 3 |
Kate Jenkins |
Kapiti Running and Tri Club |
34:50 |
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| 7 |
Annie van Herck |
Olympic Harrier Club |
38:37 |
1 |
34:01 |
-4:36 |
1 (not eligible to win) |
| 8 |
Denise Pilcher |
Olympic Harrier Club |
40:11 |
2 |
34:26 |
-5:45 |
2 |
| 9 |
Jean Skilton |
Olympic Harrier Club |
41:35 |
3 |
35:31 |
-6:04 |
3 |
| 11 |
Barbara Prosser |
Olympic Harrier Club |
44:24 |
4 |
37:41 |
-6:43 |
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