Ever finisher is a star. Yet as in the the night sky, some stars shine brighter and command our attention by their sheer brilliance.
Star performer this morning was the ever-younger Jennifer Kellett, who cruised into the F70+ category in style, immediately claiming a new course record for the 10km. In a sign of the increasing competitiveness of the older categories, the existing record was just set in March this year by Clare Wall. Jennifer’s astonishing 47:49 is only about 20 seconds slower than her F60-69 record over the same course, earning her 27th outright, and 6th female in the race.
Sarah King was again fastest up front the women’s 10km, with a sterling 41:17 to keep runners-up Julia Murphy (43:28) and the ever-improving Chloe Hanbury (43:34) at bay. Nicole Siddon took out the F50-59 with 51:50; and Ana Herceg the F60-69 in 51:45.
The men’s race saw Jonathon Gillard (34:10) ease away from 2nd place Greg Taylor (34:45) and 3rd place Lachlan Williams (35:56). In the vet’s categories, Andrew Carson showed fine form to win the M50-59 with 41:20; while Jeff Grey took out the M60-69 in 47:13 and Trevor Jacobs the M70+ with 1:04:58.
Will Astridge had earlier won the 4km race outright from the Boys Under 17 category in 15:18, ahead of Male 17+ winner Liam McHugh with 15:24, and Female 17+ winner Katherine Thomson in 18:40. Next came Boys Under 13 winner Jarrah Hatherly (19:25); while sister Chloe Hatherly claimed the main prize in the Girls Under 13 with 22:02.
Congratulations to all participants, who braved the early start (especially early with Daylight Savings only one day old) and were rewarded with the perfect ignition for a bright day ahead.














