There were some good performances on the fast cross country course at Eastern Park Geelong.
In the men’s senior race Scott Jackson showed a great return to form to finish in 16th place just ahead of Graeme Olden (18th), Marcus Tierney (19th) and Tom Waters (21st).
These four were followed by Christian Ashby (47th), Tony Bird (64th, 2nd in the 45+ category) and Adam Pepper (71st).
RESULTS:
1. S. Moneghetti BYC 23:25
2. C. Mottram Geel 24:03
3. C. Semple Ivan 24:08
16. S. Jackson 25:31
18. G. Olden 25:41
19. M. Tierney 25:45
21. T. Waters 25:50
47. C. Ashby 27:01
64. A. Bird 27:36
71. A. Pepper 27:48
79. D. Bickham 28:02
162. A. Ayers 30:10
234. D. Boyd 32:59
249. I. Sloane 33:42
Matt Spain managed to get to the start on time(!) and ran a good race to finish 6th in a time of 13:13.
Anna Thompson continued her great form from last summer to run a great race and finish 4th in a strong field. Unfortunately Box Hill had only two other runners in this race. Megan Sloane finished 37th and Kimberley Coltman 48th.
It was a quinella to the Box Hill girls in the under 18 women’s 3km race. Emily Smith ran away with victory in 11:16, closely pursued by Heidi Riordan in 2nd place (11:21) with Jenita Dunner finishing 10th in 12:27