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Scott holds out Scott
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| Karl Scott |
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With a large
part of the field hot on his heels, Stawell Amateur
Athletic Club
teenager Karl Scott was pushed to the limit in
taking out last Saturdays Youngs Sportspower Handicap.
Held
in ideal running conditions, the 22 strong senior
field was put to the test over a tough,
hilly 5km course.
Young Scott,
running from his mid field mark, was pushed
all the way by first
time runner,
John Kelly. Both runners made their way slowly
through
the field with Scott hitting the front with
about 700m to go.
However a large
group of
runners were only seconds behind, with Paul
Atherton, Kelvin
Mills, and backmarkers Ray Scott and Col
Barnett all threatening.
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| Greta
Duke |
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The last hill
was to prove crucial, with Scott lifting to the
occasion and
dashing to the
line to hold out fast finishing father Ray
Scott.
The next six runners stormed home within
15 seconds of each other, with Paul Atherton reeling
in
Kelvin
Mills to claim third, and backmarker Col
Barnett
just running out of time to claim more scalps.
Col
Barnett ran the fastest time of the day of 18
minutes 49sec. The fastest female was
Ilana
Jorgensen, running in her first season
as a senior runner, with a time of 23 minutes
34sec.
A small field
of 5 junior
runners tackled the same difficult 5km course as
the seniors. Greta Duke
lead
the field
away and was not headed to easily take
out the event from Emily Parnaby in second
place. New runner Emma Kelly
put in a determined effort to claim third.
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| Liam
Scott |
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Emily Parnaby
ran the fastest junior time of 23
minutes 50sec.
The sub-junior
runners tackled a hilly 1km out and back course.
Backmarker
Liam
Scott
mounted
a determined attack right from the
start, and with 200m to go had drawn level with
race leader
Liam
Burns.
However, in
the final sprint to the line Scott was too powerful,
and
took out the
event from Burns,
with
Georgia Barnett fighting off a challenge
from Tobias Blair for third.
Liam
Scott posted the fastest sub-junior time of 4
minutes 14sec, and Elly
Barnett was the
fastest sub-junior
girl in 4 minutes 49sec.
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