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Clarke Wins At Three
Jacks
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| Rhonda Clarke |
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Rhonda Clark held off some
strong challenges over the closing stages of the
the Stawell Sportspower 5km Handicap to take out
her first win with the club for several seasons.
After a break of some years
from running with the Stawell Amateur Athletic
Club, Clarke is back and in good form.
A good field of 28 senior
runners set off over the challenging course in
ideal running conditions. Keith Haymes and Carolyn
Lehmann led the field way, with Gary Saunders and
Sarah Ellis not far behind.
At the half way point middle
markers Bob Freeland and Rhonda Clarke were setting
a hot pace, but Nat Watson, Peter Blair and Emma
Kelly were also in contention. Further back both
Owen Roper and Ray Scott were also coming through
the middle of the pack and gaining fast.
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| Emily
Parnaby |
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But Clarke proved to have
the fitness to hold her form over the final hilly
section and sped down the long hill to the finish
to win by 5 seconds over Bob Freeland, with another
12 seconds back to Gary Saunders, who ran well
to place third.
The in form Nathaniel Warren
again notched up the fastest time of the day with
a good time of 19 minutes 5 sec. Susie Ellis was
the fastest female with 21 minutes 12 sec.
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| Aleesha
Robertson |
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The juniors also ran over
the same 5km course and made their presence felt
mixing it with the senior runners. Emily Parnaby
charged down the hill to the line in front, with
Liam Scott hot on her heels, but Parnaby had enough
sprint left to hold Scott at bay and crossed the
line in the fastest junior girls time of 24 minutes
25sec.
Liam Scott was second in
the fastest junior time of 23 minutes 24sec. Bianca
Robertson ran well for third.
In the sub-junior 1km event,
Aleesha Robertson came home strongly to hold out
Liam Burns, taking the win in the fastest sub-junior
time of 4 minutes 14sec. Liam Burns was second
in the fastest sub-junior boys time of 4 minutes
29sec. Somer Darnell ran strongly to come home
third.
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