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Collins Scores Second
Win
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| John
Collins |
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Making
up for his poor season last year, Stawell Amateur
Athletic Club runner John Collins produced another
strong performance last Saturday to score his
second win for the season, taking out the 11
kilometer Trooper’s Camp Handicap.
Set
over a hilly circular course from Troopers Camp
in the Grampians, Collins pushed hard all the
way, to finally out sprint an exhausted Axel
Meumann and take out the handicap by only 3 seconds.
An improving Glenn Squires, who ran most of the
way with Collins, was a further 6 seconds back
in third place.
Billed as the toughest run of the year, the pack
of 21 senior runners started the sealed handicap
together accompanied by the usual chatter and banter.
Half a kilometer on and the group was silenced
as they started working into the first hill. A
steady climb over the next three kilometers quickly
broke up the pack with the stronger runners breaking
away.
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| Daniel
Faravoni |
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The next two kilometers, the most difficult part
of the course, was a climb so steep and uneven
it reduced most of the field to a walk. However,
Jade Merrett, who regularly trains in the area,
surged clear, going on to record the fastest race
time of 42 minutes, 32 seconds. Ilana Jorgenson
was the fastest female in a time of 61 minutes,
55 seconds.
Susie Ellis, oblivious to the beautiful surrounds
and the clearly marked course missed the vital
turn up the steep climb, and continued on to the
beat of her iPod, traveling a further two kilometers
before waking from her trance and turning back.
Not that the extra distance would worry her, just
some extra training for the Iron woMan later this
year.
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| Liam
Scott |
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In the junior 5 kilometer sealed handicap event,
Daniel Faravoni set a fast pace from the start,
running superbly to claim both line honours and
the handicap section, just pipping Hugh Scott by
2 tenths of a second. Emma Kelly was a close third
only 13 seconds behind Scott.
Faravoni
was the fastest junior boy in a time of 19 minutes
and 34 seconds. Emily Parnaby was the fastest
junior girl with a time of 22 minutes and 28
seconds.
Liam Scott won the sub-junior 1 kilometer handicap.
He was a clear winner from Elly Barnett in second
place and Georgia Barnett in third. Scott was the
fastest sub-junior boy in a time of 4 minutes and
19 seconds. Elly Barnett was the best sub-junior
girl with a time of five minutes and 20 seconds.
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