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The New Zealand Mountain Running Championships took place in a stunning setting at Coronet Peak in Queenstown.

New Zealand Competition Results

QUEENSTOWN
New Zealand Mountain Running Championships, Queenstown Alpine Grind, Coronet Peak – 17 April 2021
Jono Jackson of Auckland won the senior title raced over three laps of 4.43km, with an elevation of 1122m and a descent of 1089m. Jackson covered the 13.29km in 1:15:46 to head in the defending champion from 2019 Andy Good by nearly two minutes. Sjors Corporaal was third in 1:17:41. 

Good, who was second in the New Zealand marathon championship the previous week, led out from the start but once on the uphill Jackson was in a class of his own and took control of the race.

“I had a healthy lead after the first uphill, but then I was a bit worried about the fast descenders and scared they may catch me. But I held the lead and increased it on each of the next uphill runs,” said Jackson.

“I don’t like the downhill, so it was a survival of the legs and relying on my strength on the uphill.

“It was one of the toughest courses I’ve done, but perfect conditions and the views from the top were cool,” he added.

Jackson, who won the mountain title in 2014 on Mt Campbell Motueka and the national cross country title in 2016 on the Auckland Domain, will now recover from pretty sore quadriceps before tackling the cross country season.

National women’s trail running champion Nancy Jiang added the mountain title, winning the senior women’s gold medal over the same distance in 1:28:13. Susannah Lynch was second in 1:31:56 and three times champion and defending title holder Sabrina Grogan was third in 1:32:04.

Results:
Senior men 13.29km; Jono Jackson (Akld) 1:15:46, Andy Good (Blenheim) 1:17:29, Sjors Corporaal (Galatea) 1:17:41.

Senior women 13.29km; Nancy Jiang (Queenstown) 1:28:13, Susannah Lynch (Wgtn) 1:31:56, Sabrina Grogan (Timaru) 1:32:04.

Junior men 8.86km U/20; Liam Dooley (Whakatane) 56:00, Jack Ryan (Akld) 58:51, Dean Stewart (Wyndham) 1:04:36. U/18; Charlie Hazlett (Chch) 1:02:15, Ben Scott (Invercargill) 1:05:48.

Junior women 4.43km U/20; Peyton Leigh (Akld) 34:30, Sadie Wech (Otautau) 34:37, Emily Hay (Invercargill) 37:07. U/18; Kiera Dooley (Whakatane) 38:51.

Master men 35-49 13.29km; Dwight Grieve (Te Anau) 1:26:30, Lewis Latham (Queenstown) 1:29:50, Jeremy Marks (Chch) 1:51:47.

Master men 50+ 8.86km; David Clark (Akld) 1:06:24, Todd Krieble (Wgtn) 1:08:35, Brett Laurent (Akld) 1:11:45.

Master women 8.86km 35-39; Jennifer Walker (Dunedin) 1:09:58. 50+ Loretta Desourdy (Wgtn) 1:53:35.

AUCKLAND
ACA Southland Centennial Shield Relays, Sacred Heart College, Glendowie – 17 April 2021
North Harbour Bays won the senior men’s 5 x 3km cross country relay in 46:49, a minute ahead of the newly formed club the Whippets Running Project. 

Fabian Downs gave the Bays team an early lead on the opening lap of 9:19 and was followed by Matt Taylor 9:12, Tim Cornish 9:32, Steve Langdon 9:42 and Cameron Graves anchored them home with the fastest individual time of 9:02. The Whippets team was made up of Sam Waldin, Ayub Sadikaa, David Lee, who was their fastest with 9:07, Sam Heyes and Zebedee Stone. 

The Pakuranga red team of Ronan Lee, Jack Paine, Jake Hendrickx, Fionn Cullinane and Rodwyn Isaacs were third in 48:08. North Harbour Bays WIM team won the event on handicap.

North Harbour Bays also won the women’s 3 x 3000m relay. Their team of Brigid Dennehy, Olivia Gold and Anneka Grogan, who had the fastest women’s time of 10:57, finished in 34:44, heading in Auckland City Athletics 35:58 and Waitakere 36:23. Oratia Blue won the handicap honours.

Pakuranga team of Lehnert Guillaume, John McNamara who ran 10:28, Rob Dallimore and Tyron Wallwork won the master men 4 x 3000m in 45:49. Their blue team won the event on handicap.

Takapuna won the master women 3 x 3000m in 42:28 with handicap going to YMCA.

Pakuranga blue won the under 16 combined boys and girls 4 x 2000m relay in 28:19 from Waitakere 30:03 and Lynndale 30:28. Glen Eden Cheetahs won on handicap.

PALMERSTON NORTH
Palmerston North Club Night – 6 April 2021
Emma Douglass 800m 2:09.08 PB (3mx).

International Results

AUSTRALIA
Australian Track and Field Championships, Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre
15 April: Rebekah Greene 1500m prelim 4:17.29 q (5H1), Joshua Lush T20 Para Athlete LJ 6.29m +0.2 (2), Tori Peeters JT prelim 53.51m Q (4). 

16 April: Simon Rogers 1500m prelim 3:50.05 DNQ (8H2), Rebekah Greene 800m prelim 2:09.55 DNQ (4H2), Eddie Osei-Nketia 100m prelim 10.56 -1.6 Q (1H2).

17 April: Tori Peeters JT final 58.00m (4), series; 57.49, 54.76, 58.00, 56.83, 55.17, 55.67. Eddie Osei-Nketia 100m SF 10.31 +0.3 Q (1S2), final 10.31 +0.4 (2). Rebekah Greene 1500m final 4:25.29 (11). Mitch Joynt T64 Para Athlete 100m 12.32 +0.6 (86.12%) (5H2) DNQ.

18 April: Mitch Joynt T64 Para Athlete 200m 24.08 +1.4 q (88.33%) (2H1), final 24.29 (87.56%) (4).

USA
UCM Mule Invite, Warrensburg MO, 16 April: Christopher Goodwin LJ 7.32m +0.7 (1). Kayla Goodwin 100m H 14.85 +0.2 (1H2), HJ 1.55m (1), TJ 12.60m +0.3 (1).

Bryan Clay Invite, Azusa CA, 17 April: Jeff Lautenslager 1500m 3:45.85 (10), Jared Lautenslager 1500m 3:58.77 (9RC), Craig Lautenslager 10,000m 29:49.84 (7).

Virginia Challenge, Charlottesville VA, 17 April: Theo Quax 5000m 13:55.47 (18), Taonga Mbambo 10,000m 30:32.02 (23).

Sooner Invitation, Norman OK, 17 April: Welrè Olivier TJ 15.44m +1.8 (2), Matt Walsh TJ 14.69m +1.2 (6), Atipa Mabonga LJ 5.57m +1.2 (9), TJ 13.02m +1.3 PB (2).

EKU Twilight, Richmond KY, 17 April: Chris Devaney 5000m 13:59.12 PB (2), Toby Gualter 5000m 14:12.51 (10).

Big 10 Invite #3, Bloominton IN, 17 April: James Uhlenberg 5000m 13:51.86 PB (4).

Long Beach Invitational, Long Beach CA, 17 April: Aaron Booth LJ 7.27m +1.7 (2), DT 30.83m (12).

War Eagle Invite, Auburn AL, 17 April: Jack Elliott 1500m 3:54.72 PB (3RB), William Sinclair 5000m 14:04.40 PB (3), Mitchell Small 5000m 14:10.40 PB (5).

JMU Invite, Harrisonburg VA, 17 April: Holly Manning 400m 57.70 (2RB).

USC Open, Columbia SC, 17 April: Colin Kirkpatrick 1500m 3:55.63 PB (1).

SAC State Invite, Sacramento CA, 17 April: Eva Goodisson 5000m 16:59.93 (2).

HUNGARY
Hungarian Long Distance Walking Championships, Békéscsaba, 18 April: 20km; Alana Barber 1:32:40 (2). Poland’s Katarzyna Zdzieblo, won in 1:30:35.

Road and Trail Races Around the Country

AUCKLAND
O’Hagan’s 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 13 April: David Bagot 17:00, Liam Templeton 17:05, Keith Burrows 17:29. Rosie Taylor 20:08, Tia Knight 20:40, Kayla Fairbairn 20:46.

Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 14 April: David Barr 19:32, Andrew Harvey 19:46, Tom Hanrahan 20:00. Rachel Payne 22:00.

TE AWAMUTU
Kihikihi Golf Course 9km, 17 April: Ben Bidois 30:44, Jonny McKee 31:26, Steve Rees-Jones 32:27. Molly Peate 42:03, Dee Atkinson 44:34, Helen King-Hall 45:09. 6km; Hayden Waddell 21:37. Renee Carey 23:55. 3km; Layton Mace 12:46. Boh Ritchie 11:10.

GISBORNE
Gisborne Herald Quarter Marathon, 18 April: Josiah Ney 37:45, Mike Robinson 38:58, Karl Macpherson 40:24. Michelle Rennie 46:34, Sophie Land 49:57, Kait Bond 51:42.
 
HASTINGS
Fun Five #5, 15 April: Karsen Vesty 18:38, Zach Manning 18:46, Neville Smith 18:53.

WELLINGTON
XTERRA Trail Runs, Orongorongos, 18 April: 20km; Walter Somerville 1:41:40, Tom Peck 1:46:29, Aaron Lynch 1:47:50. Deborah Lynch 1:56:50, Sarah Rule 2:04:48, Jackie Holley 2:04:58. 12km; Stephen Grenside 1:10:20, Matthew Beneka 1:12:44, Miroslav Horak 1:13:19. Bex Hutchinson 1:25:54, Johanna Milius 1:28:10, Gemma Kelly 1:31:01. 7km; Michael Mcadam 32:11, Prayesh Bava 33:01, Jackson Arlidge 34:57. Sarah Fountain 37:40, Shauna McAuley 40:17, Christina Hughson 40:51.

The Honest 10km, Oriental Bay, 18 April: Magnus Monahan 36:34, Dion Yiw 38:59, Dan Clendon 39:48. 5km; Dan Nixon 16:46.

NELSON
Alpine Lodge, Loop the Lake, Lake Rotoiti, 17 April: 21.1km; Clinton Manderson 1:21:39, Dan Busch 1:21:46, Andrew Hamilton 1:31:36. Caitlin Fielder 1:22:53, Candice Riley 1:34:55, Maryann Cant 1:35:16. 14km; Edward Hohepa 59:38, Curtis Moore 61:13, Morgan Lumsden 62:02. Robyn Deane 68:14, Kate Woods 73:23, Sian Redman 73:53.