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Watson Notches
Up First Win For Season
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| Stan
Watson |
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Stan Watson triumphed in
a closely fought battle with Jacinta Collier to
take out the Stawell Amateur
Athletic Club Handicap held last Saturday.
Eighteen
senior runners set off in fine conditions over
the demanding 8km course, with Gary Saunders
first runner away.
At the half way mark Jacinta
Collier and Stan Watson were well positioned,
but backmarkers Col Barnett and Ray Scott were
also
making up good ground.
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| Shaun
Parnaby |
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After a neck and neck
battle with Collier, Watson finally broke free
1km from
home, going on to score his first win for the
season. Collier hung on to run second, with the
fast finishing
Barnett third.
Col Barnett ran the fastest
time of 29min 33sec. Jacinta Collier ran the fastest
female time of
33min 11sec.
A field of 11 junior runners
set off on the 3km event, which produced an exciting
finish
with
the first 4 runners separated by only 15
seconds.
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| Lachie
Hamilton |
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Shaun
Parnaby found the course to his liking, and powered
up the last hill,
overtaking Harry Steggall, to
grabbed
the
lead 300m
from
home. He managed to hold
off a finishing
burst from Naomi Jamieson to win, with
Harry a close third.
Karl Scott ran the fastest
junior time of 11min 49sec. Lucy Alexander was
the fastest
girl
in 12min 49sec.
The sub-juniors ran a 1km
out and back race with pocket-rocket Lachie Hamilton
scoring his second win in 3 races!
Heidi Sudholz
came home well to finish 2 sec behind
Lachie in second place, and Richard Dugdale was
third.
Dugdale also ran the fastest
boys time of
4min
50sec. Heidi
Sudholz was the fastest girl in 4min
49sec.
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