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Sri Chinmoy Half-Marathon, 5-Mile and 2-Mile Race Report

By Prachar Stegemann
11 June

Sri Chinmoy Half-Marathon, 5-Mile and 2-Mile Race Report

9 June, 2008: This year's annual Half Marathon event saw a record field- easily the best turn-out in the event's 20-year history. (It was DOUBLE last year's field.)

In the past, it has been one of the more relaxing events for race officials, in which the only concern was the possibility of freezing to death while counting laps in the mid-year Canberra winter. This time, however, we were given an unseasonable warm, sunny morning- and happily, one of the busiest.

In this large (by our standards) field, James Minto won the Half-Marathon in a time of 1:19:36, followed by Gavin Keating (1:20:01) and Alex Miller (1:21:23). Natalie Wood was easily the fastest of the women (1:24:33), despite valiant efforts from Emma Adams (1:35:10) and Carinna Tong (1:38:43).

The shorter races also produced some excellent results. Tim Shipstone won the 5 Mile in a time of 29.31, followed by Geoff Ives (31.05) and Ruben Caley (31.06). The fastest woman (19th overall) was Nicola Torley, of the formidable Torley clan, with 35.01.

In the 2 Mile, teenager Shane Farrant blitzed the field with 11:29, though adults Adam Forsdyke (11:43) and Paco Iglesias (11:47) weren't too far behind. In fact, of the top 10 runners, seven were under 17- and what's more, three were girls! Not that anyone back in the field had any reason to be ashamed. After all, tiny 12-year-old Rebekah Sawkins gave a truly prodigious performance, becoming the fastest female (and sixth overall) in an incredible time of 12:28. Even the impressive races of teens Natalie Archer (13.32) and Georgia Hardy (13.59) were no match for her (though they comfortably beat all the women in the race).

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Sri Chinmoy 5 Mile and 2 Mile Race Results

By Nirbhasa Magee author bio »
12 November

About the author:

Nirbhasa is from Ireland. He is an enthusiastic multi-day runner, having completed four times the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race - the longest race in the world.

9 June 2008

 

5 Mile Race

Overall Name Time Category Cat Place
1 Tim Shipstone 29.31 Male U50 1
2 Geoff Ives 31.05 Male U50 2
3 Ruben Caley 31.06 Male U50 3
4 Paul Torley 32.37 Male U50 4
5 Andrew Daly 33.22 Male U50 5
6 Ka Yeung Chang 33.23 Male U50 6
7 Michael Grau-Veliz 34.42 Male U50 7
8 David Alder 34.50 Male 50-59 1
9 Nicola Torley 35.01 Female U50 1
10 Robert Moore 35.33 Male U50 10
11 Alan Hopkins 35.41 Male U50 11
12 Natraj Bott 35.47 Male U50 12
13 Jeffrey Gardner 36.27 Male U50 13
14 Charlie Modrak 37.18 Male 50-59 2
15 Darren Leseberg 38.44 Male U50 14
16 Edward McRae 38.44 Male U50 15
17 Tony Haycraft 38.51 Male U50 16
18 Dennis Gray 38.57 Male U50 17
19 Trevor Matthews 39.47 Male U50 18
20 Brian Mexon 39.52 Male U50 19
21 Peter Waterhouse 39.55 Male 50-59 3
22 Liz Powierza 40.19 Female U50 2
23 Tom McGoram 40.23 Male U50 20
24 Sally Faulks 40.51 Female U50 3
25 Mark Will 42.59 Male U50 21
26 Leah Cain 43.07 Female U50 4
27 Nikki Merzliakov 43.46 Female U50 5
28 Mark Skimmings 43.46 Male U50 22
29 Sue Crommie 44.12 Female U50 6
30 Nikki Jackson 44.27 Female U50 7
31 Anna Spierewka 45.11 Female U50 8
32 John Crommie 45.21 Male 50-59 4
33 Pam Faulks 45.26 Female U50 9
34 Michelle Kennedy 45.45 Female U50 10
35 Kelly Alomes 45.45 Female U50 11
36 Joe Chiera 46.11 Male 50-59 5
37 Peter Uotila 46.27 Male U50 23
38 Michael Harms 46.55 Male 50-59 6
39 Ian Alder 47.59 Male U50 24
40 Karen Donnellan 48.1 Female U50 12
41 Margaret McSpadden 48.15 Female 60-69 2
42 Jennifer Gilchrist 53.17 Female 50-59 1
43 Heather Fuller 55.07 Female U50 13
44 Karyn Mintz 55.07 Female U50 14
45 Nicole Thomas 55.53 Female U50 15

 

 

2-Mile Race

 

Overall Name Time Category Cat Place
1 Shane Farrant 11.29 Male U17 1
2 Adam Forsdyke 11.43 Male 17+ 1
3 Paco Iglesias 11.47 Male 17+ 2
4 Daniel Hearle 11.57 Male U13 1
5 Joshua Torley 12.04 Male U13 2
6 Rebekah Sawkins 12.28 Female U13 1
7 Tim Sawkins 12.3 Male 17+ 3
8 Natalie Archer 13.32 Female U17 1
9 Alex Walsh 13.35 Male U17 2
10 Georgia Hardy 13.59 Female U17 2
11 Michael Torley 14.03 Male U17 3
12 Ted Walsh 15.04 Male 17+ 4
13 Kathleen Bleakley 15.17 Female 17+ 1
14 Steve Janek 15.22 Male 17+ 5
15 Alison Spies 16.30 Female 17+ 2
16 Katherine Caley 16.40 Female U13 2
17 Jessica Lawless 17.27 Female 17+ 3
18 Zelda Trichard 18.00 Female 17+ 4
19 Damein Van Der Toorn 18.10 Male 17+ 6
20 Tim Huggins 18.30 Male 17+ 7
21 Avryl Lattin 19.00 Female 17+ 5
22 Hanna Sawkins 19.40 Female U17 3
23 Emily Alder 19.47 Female U13 3
24 Catherine Garvan 19.52 Female 17+ 6
25 Vivienne Walker 20.09 Female 17+ 7
26 Jenny Sawkins 20.11 Female 17+ 8
27 Anitra Cowan 21.56 Female 17+ 9
28 Donna Rousch 22.20 Female 17+ 10
29 Jane Vincent 22.30 Female 17+ 11
30 Melanie Hanson 27.32 Female U17 4
31 Ruth Mintz 28.13 Female U13 4
32 Clare Alder 30.52 Female U13 5

 

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