Carolyn
Conquers Big Hill
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| Carolyn
Lehmann |
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The final race of the year,
the Lois Trimble Handicap, was once again run over
a tough 2 lap 5km course, around and over Stawell’s
Big Hill.
The weather usually seems
to be either hot, or cold and wet, and this year
it ran true to form with a fine, mostly sunny day
and warm conditions.
Carolyn Lehmann set a good
pace from the start, going into the second lap with
a clear lead. However Meg Parnaby was making her
way through the field, with Keith Lofthouse and Ted
Zgainski not far behind.
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| Ebony
Darnell |
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With 1km to go, Lehmann
still led the field, but Parnaby was closing in,
and looked like she might take the lead. However,
the final steep climb to the finish was too much
for Parnaby, and Lehmann hung on to win by 7 seconds.
Keith
Lofthouse crossed the line third, just in front of
Zgainski. Next across the line was Ray Scott, finishing
just in front of Nathaniel Warren, who ran the fastest
time of the day, with 19 minutes 50 seconds.
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| Somer
Darnell |
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Susie
Ellis was the fastest female with a time of 23 minutes
40 seconds.
Ebony Darnell revelled in
the conditions, and come home well ahead in the junior
5km event, run over the same 5km course. Liam Scott
was second and also recorded the fastest junior time
of 24 minutes 53 seconds. Emily Parnaby was third.
Somer
Darnell completed a Darnell family double when she
won the sub-junior 1km out and back event, coming
in half a minute ahead of Georgia Barnett. India
Burns was third.
Tobias Blair ran the fastest
sub-junior time of 5 minutes 12 seconds.
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