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An Engaging Win
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| Ivan
McDonald |
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Having
celebrated his engagement the night before, Stawell
Amateur Athletic Club runner Ivan McDonald
capped off a special weekend with a hard fought
win last Saturday when he took out the Barham’s
Insurance Handicap.
The race was held over an
undulating 8km course through the Iron Bark
forest north of Stawell.
Starting
from the middle of the 25 strong field, McDonald
set a determined pace from the start. Giving
the front markers 11 minutes, he set about rounding
them up, but it was not until the last 1500m
that
he sighted the leaders. Axel Meumann had overtaken
Carol Lehmann to establish a handy lead, and
looked like he may even hold on to win. McDonald
had worked
his way into third place, but the backmarkers
were also closing in fast.
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| Jasinta
Cameron |
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A dogged effort up
the remaining hills saw McDonald hit the
front with 500m to go, but
he still had to withstand challenges from backmarkers
Adrian Tyler and Col Barnett, who were carving
their way through the field not far behind.
Helped
by a largely downhill leg to the finish, McDonald
dug deep to hang on for first place,
dragging Meumann home with him to clinch second
place. Tyler managed to hang onto third place from
a fast finishing
Barnett.
Steve Page ran the best
race time of 28 minutes 33sec, with Susie Ellis
the fastest
female
in 35 minutes 58sec.
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| Tobias
Blair |
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The juniors contested
a short and fast 2km event. Jasinta Cameron returned
to
racing
after a break
and found the form to hit the lead
with 400m to go, overtaking front marker Sarah
Ellis.
Cameron held on to win from Ellis with
Emma Kelly finishing
third.
Fastest junior was Daniel
Faravoni in 7 minutes 29sec. Fastest junior
girl
was
Emily Parnaby
in 7 minutes 59sec.
Last weeks sub-junior
winner, Tobias Blair, defied the handicapper
to make it two wins
in a row
when he lead Elly Barnett home
in their 2km event. Liam
Burns ran his usual consistent
race for third.
Blair posted the fastest
sub-junior time of 9 minutes, with Elly Barnett
the best
sub-junior
girl in a
time of 9 minutes 18sec.
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