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MTB index page for all MTB content Coffs Harbour / Australian Marathon championship - CNNew South Wales, Australia, July 1, 2007World Champion Gordon takes second national title
24 Hours of Adrenaline Solo World Champion Craig Gordon proved too strong for Australia's best mountain bike riders won his second Australian Marathon Championships, sanctioned by MTBA, in Coffs Harbour. The Wollongong rider dominated the field and finished the 95 kilometre race in a blistering time of 4 hours and 45 seconds. The 34 year-old retains the inaugural jersey he won last year in Toowoomba. Gordon won by 9 minutes and 44 seconds holding off Canberra's Shaun Lewis and Matthew Fleming. Lewis outsprinted Fleming for second place. Early race leader, Ben Mathers from Launceston, had a flat tyre which gave him an eventual fourth place.
Gordon went into the event as the favourite after claiming the prestigious 24 Hours of Adrenaline Solo race last October. Gordon has earned a lasting reputation as one of the sport's best endurance athletes after he defeated six-time world champion Chris Eatough from the US. Gordon spent three days in hospital after pushing his body to the limit during that effort.
"If you do a 24 hour race like I did, you just look back and nothing compares," he commented.
Gordon was still elated to win his second marathon national jersey. "If you're a defending champion, it's always harder," he said. "It always feels good to win but you never underestimate your opponents."
Mathers lay down the early challenge by leading the field for the first half of the race. "When Ben went up the road, I was asking the boys about him. I heard he was a strong road rider. That's when I decided to go," said Gordon.
Gordon rode most of the final sections of the course alone reaching speeds of up to 60 km per hour. "I love it by myself," he said.
The course received high recommendations from Gordon. "It's got awesome singletrack," he said. "I pre-rode a bit of it, but I would say nearly 60 percent of it was singletrack."
Lewis, 26, was content with second. "It's one better than last year," he said. "We knew Craig was too far in front to catch. He just had too much lead." Fry sprints to women's race win
The women's race came down to a sprint for the line with Launceston's Rowena Fry taking eventual honours. At two hundred metres to go, Fry outsprinted Brisbane's Jodie Willett to win by seven seconds. Fry rode an impressive five hours 16 minutes and 20 seconds after leading most of the race.
"I didn't mean to take it out hard. I found myself out in front and just thought I'd keep it going while the going's good," she admitted.
"I was cooked at two hours into it and I just kept pushing through it. I managed to hold on," she said.
The women's field started before the men's and by the 50 km mark, Fry was leading the women's race while her partner, Ben Mather, was leading the men's. "Ben passed me and then got a flat. It would've been good to get the double," she said.
Fry is a member of the "Dirt Roads to London" program but was not expected to match the highly ranked Katrina Van Spiegel from Sydney who finished a creditable third. Brisbane's Imogen Smith finished in fourth.
Over 415 riders competed in the full, half, or quarter distance event. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Evan Jeffery/www.evanjeffery.com.au
ResultsAustralian MTBA Marathon Championship Open Men 1 Craig Gordon 4.00.45.5 2 Shaun Lewis 9.44.3 3 Matthew Fleming 9.47.7 4 Ben Mather 12.51.8 5 Jeff Toohey 13.16.8 6 Jason English 16.58.5 7 James Williamson 30.36.1 8 Glenn Stewart 34.53.6 9 Troy Glennan 40.14.0 10 Josh Keep 41.25.9 11 Andrew Crawley 41.30.5 12 Andrew Wilcher 41.32.8 13 Andrew Blair 41.56.5 14 Ryan Lennox 41.57.7 15 Daniel Radford 44.46.4 16 Saul Britton 52.03.7 17 Ryan Hawson 53.19.5 18 Simon Frederiksen 56.08.4 19 Grant Webster 1.16.34.5 20 James Lamb 1.17.12.6 21 Paul Traynor 1.17.43.6 22 Andrew Davison 1.20.02.4 23 Andrew Mallett 1.22.21.6 24 Hugh Flower 1.28.50.5 25 Ben Dyball 1.38.23.2 26 Dennis Van Mill 1.38.25.6 27 Graham Plowright 1.38.26.7 28 Chris Lander 1.41.38.1 29 Joshua Beck 1.41.49.6 30 Julian Fitzpatrick 1.44.44.5 31 Richard Dodds 1.55.11.8 32 Matthew Bourke 2.12.53.9 33 Tim Neal 2.18.57.4 34 Mark Fearman 2.34.40.5 35 Brendan Rowe 2.36.07.6 36 Darren Smith 2.36.08.6 37 Tony Kiehne 2.51.59.3 38 Michael Geale 3.04.03.9 39 Aaron Pickett-Heaps 3.07.27.5 40 Gary Haywood 3.20.49.4 DNS Jason Chalker DNS Mark Frendo DNS Ian Mcfadden DNS Shane Paton DNS Morgan Pilley DNS Christopher White DNS James Kennedy DNS Andrew Fellows DNF Murray Spink DNF Daniel Alcock DNF Stuart Gallagher DNF Dennis Gillespie DNF David Harder DNF Paul Mcdonald DNF Richard Mountstephens DNF Michael Seelhofer DNF Brendan Sharratt DNF Jerome Smith DNF David Wood Open Women 1 Rowena Fry 5.16.20.4 2 Jodie Willett 0.07.8 3 Der Van 4.06.5 4 Imogen Smith 14.38.0 5 Kimberley Fleming 50.03.2 6 Nina Wright 1.06.22.1 DNS Jacqui Hickey DNF Naomi Hansen DNF Justine Leahy DNF Vanessa Mcdonald Men 18-29 1 Grant Widseth 5.18.09.0 2 Craig Armour 11.52.9 3 Rowan Frank 40.03.1 4 Todd Webster 51.04.7 5 Vincent Morrissey 51.54.9 6 Brad Hamblett 53.42.6 7 Aj Spath 1.10.45.8 8 Shaun Wright 1.24.02.6 9 Cameron Taylor 1.50.47.2 10 Chris Stancombe 1.50.48.4 11 Nathan Schaeffer 2.02.10.8 12 Greg Fowler 2.12.14.3 13 Simon Clayton 2.27.08.2 DNS Ben Nicol DNS Pat Galbraith-Robertson DNS Hayden Lester DNS Ben Ong DNF Matthew Hood Women 18-29 1 Heike Hessenberger 6.55.37.1 2 Clare Sellers 1.16.08.2 DNF Anna Beck Men 30-39 1 Stuart Lowndes 4.52.24.9 2 Dean Megahey 0.00.5 3 Lloyd Newell 15.59.9 4 Michael Norman 21.35.2 5 Simon Scott 28.40.3 6 Peter Kreilis 41.20.0 7 Russell Reid 50.44.9 8 Anthony Bamford 52.09.4 9 Jamie Vogele 53.40.4 10 Trent Hewitt 55.23.4 11 Mark Skeates 1.02.14.6 12 Aaron Donaldson 1.04.11.3 13 Solah Patrick 1.04.44.0 14 Aaron Wood 1.20.46.1 15 Haig Lennox 1.27.42.3 16 Steven Mair 1.27.43.4 17 Scott Humphris 1.30.02.3 18 Jnr Young 1.37.24.6 19 Damian Welbourne 1.43.56.1 20 Jeff Balchin 1.46.42.8 21 Ben Smith 1.48.43.4 22 Bruce Oscroft 1.50.11.9 23 Jason Patterson 1.51.51.5 24 Alan Kelk 1.55.43.4 25 David Kricker 1.56.27.2 26 Scott Bennie 1.56.28.5 27 Stephen Whitford 2.04.10.5 28 Gary Grieve 2.14.43.7 29 Alister Scotford 2.24.14.9 30 Jukka Ylinen 2.24.16.5 31 Simon Dobner 2.33.50.3 32 Allan Weir 2.36.33.9 33 Andrew Paton 2.39.37.4 34 Mathew Williams 2.42.34.3 35 Garry Jeffries 2.47.52.0 36 Glen Marshman 2.48.07.4 37 Richard Rooimans 2.48.07.8 38 Geoff Richardson 2.53.26.3 39 Adrien Thompson 2.54.51.2 40 Mark Orlovich 2.59.49.3 41 Tony Bishop 3.00.55.4 42 Jason Neatherway 3.07.46.3 43 David Spence 3.16.52.3 DNS Andrew Mannings DNS Stu Adams DNS John Allen DNS Craig Gallaway DNS Travis Hicks DNS Stuart Kane DNS Brendan Moore DNF Rod Burrows DNF Lincoln Chatfield DNF Evan Davies DNF Justin Dowey DNF Peter Hampson DNF Adrian Hawke DNF Jnr Hoare DNF Scott Johnson DNF Michael Kingston DNF Reuben Roberts DNF Toby Sorensen DNF Craig Whiting DNF Shane Williams Women 30-39 1 Susan Sim 6.07.57.4 2 Alyssa Rogan 34.39.5 3 Adrienne Dougal 2.04.31.0 DNS Meg Chalker DNS Kim Mcfadden DNF Catherine Mclean DNF Carolin Skipka Men 40-49 1 Geoff Gilchrist 4.43.54.9 2 Rob Eva 4.51.4 3 Craig Peacock 18.07.7 4 Zyl Van 27.21.8 5 Darryl Pursey 27.46.2 6 Ray Giddins 36.14.1 7 Linton Burns 37.32.5 8 Jason Kaul 1.03.03.4 9 Peter Winfield 1.04.03.5 10 Chris Mcdonald 1.07.23.6 11 Terry Flanagan 1.10.12.1 12 Phil Hystek 1.12.10.5 13 Nicholas Mills 1.20.19.5 14 Jon Allison 1.27.16.9 15 Mark Lewis 1.32.15.3 16 Martin Comer 1.32.21.7 17 Roger Hawley 1.32.55.4 18 Andrew Rowe 1.35.48.0 19 Russell Thompson 1.35.52.9 20 Stephen Knight 1.36.34.9 21 Jim Dolan 1.38.41.6 22 Duncan Miller 1.44.18.9 23 Stuart Norman 1.47.07.8 24 Frank Kenny 1.48.59.0 25 Neil Dall 1.50.02.6 26 Daly (Stealth) 1.58.28.9 27 Greg Pietersen 2.02.49.5 28 Bill Beaumont 2.09.26.0 29 Steve Guzzardi 2.09.39.9 30 Ian Holm 2.13.11.7 31 Simon Carter 2.19.56.8 32 Steven Pryor 2.20.44.8 33 Peter Cheesman 2.24.53.6 34 Craig Stevenson 2.35.20.8 35 Bill Howell 2.35.22.0 36 Greg Scott 2.39.23.4 37 Paul W, Smith 2.42.38.0 38 Scott Mcdermott 2.48.17.0 39 Rob Kirwood 2.57.15.4 40 James Fletcher 3.09.40.7 41 Stephen Karrasch 3.13.41.2 DNS Mark Hardy DNS Peter Duncan DNS Craig Pullen DNS Con Toparis DNS Paul Witzerman DNS Richard Wellsmore DNF Gavin Burke DNF Stephen Cichocki DNF Gordon Garradd DNF Paul Grubner DNF Simon Hong DNF Charles Meyers DNF Mark Taylor DNF David West DNF Ashley Grummitt Women 40-49 1 Sharon Heap 5.33.56.5 2 Meg Carrigan 43.45.3 DNF Kay Todd DNF Tracy Fazackerley DNF Karen Ward Men 50+ 1 Hans Dielacher 4.54.15.7 2 Kevin Jones 39.51.8 3 Gary Poole 1.09.26.2 4 Dave Byrnes 1.20.52.7 5 Ian Grainger 1.23.11.2 6 Ian Forrest 1.44.39.5 7 David Brunner-Evans 1.48.37.4 DNF Graham Bell DNF Peter Cooper DNF Peter Holyfield DNF Graham Wand DNF Snr Young Half Marathon Men 16-29 1 Josh Bosschieter 2.24.44.6 2 Brendan Sellers 0.02.6 3 Alan Ezzy 0.27.8 4 Nigel Hoschke 33.44.6 5 Tom Patterson 36.08.3 6 Courtney Tune 37.35.0 7 Matt Hou 37.49.8 8 Chad Vowles 46.45.8 9 Greg Lander 51.46.9 10 Coady Vogele 58.14.4 11 Matthew Morgan 59.47.1 12 Joel Young 1.06.32.0 13 Matthew Bell 1.11.54.8 14 Luke Cifuentes 1.18.18.1 15 Robert Brangwin 1.27.27.0 16 Mitchell Dale 1.30.33.9 17 Martin Garrett 1.42.13.2 18 Julian Wright 1.56.49.1 19 Kurt Huempel 2.04.03.1 DNS Jordan Beckerleg DNS Kyll Smith DNS Murray Binet DNF Andrew Wearing Women 16-29 1 Tanya Pretty 3.46.39.3 2 Clare Waterhouse 28.21.4 2 Zoe Pogonowski 4 Elizabeth Allen 32.06.8 5 Danielle Smyth 1.33.44.6 Men 39-39 1 Craig Shepperson 2.32.41.6 2 Jason Morgan 1.59.0 3 Justin Thomas 10.25.0 4 Dave Marshall 10.36.3 5 Jayson Shelley 13.42.3 6 Simon Thomas 22.02.4 7 Jon Rutledge 24.19.4 8 Luke Palmer 24.43.1 9 Chris Dunne 26.44.1 10 David Mcdonald 27.12.0 11 Colin Shields 27.38.0 12 Austin Northey 29.41.9 13 Russell Madeley 29.46.1 14 Daniel Zabek 30.13.9 15 Raf Freire 33.09.2 16 Chris Herron 35.33.2 17 Jeremy Russ 35.51.4 18 Derek Saxil 37.09.7 19 Steve Harding 42.51.5 20 Liam Linstid 43.53.0 21 Tony Torr 48.02.9 22 Duncan Pretty 50.14.7 23 Terry Garrett 51.36.2 24 Tienduc Phan 52.15.9 25 Mark Jones 56.26.1 26 Reece Smith 59.29.4 27 Darren Bates 1.01.14.7 28 Tim Marsh 1.06.56.6 29 Ian Mcdonald 1.13.28.8 30 David Paynter 1.15.35.0 31 Damien Peel 1.17.26.3 32 Clint Stephenson 1.20.52.7 33 Lee Gilbert 1.24.40.4 34 Richard Old 1.26.01.5 35 Jeffrey Atkinson 1.32.00.2 36 Shaun Preece 1.34.55.9 37 Sinclair Black 1.45.59.9 38 Matthew Ness 1.55.57.0 39 Wayne Bloss 1.58.11.2 40 Greg Budek 1.58.38.6 41 Matthew Driscoll 2.00.05.9 42 Andrew Coles 2.16.16.9 43 Robin Rainton 2.20.12.7 44 Stuart Mirabello 2.20.13.4 45 Paul Lambkin 2.21.43.0 46 Ian Turnbull 2.24.23.2 47 Alex Bramford 2.33.59.6 48 Daniel Cook 3.09.00.7 DNS Joshua Peel DNS Scott Thompson DNS Stephan Sambals DNS Craig Bennett DNS Ant Lillycrop DNF Mark Cash DNF Brett Fleming Women 30-39 1 Rebecca Eveleigh 2.57.47.1 2 Kerry Westwood 35.38.7 3 Lucy Maguire 1.12.45.8 4 Sharon Harrison 1.23.18.0 5 Magdalena Depa 1.24.41.1 6 Maree Sykes 1.39.31.7 7 Christine Carter 1.55.09.2 8 Melinda Willis 2.17.56.5 DNS Cindy Vogele DNF Kerry Williams DNF Kerith Naylor Men 40-49 1 Phil Dunne 2.17.34.8 2 James Heron 24.03.5 3 Les Heap 28.35.8 4 Greg Warburton 30.28.3 5 Brian Cockbain 35.43.0 6 Eric Horspool 36.46.5 7 Miles Morrison 43.49.7 8 David Cummins 46.37.5 9 Ken Mann 49.49.8 10 Ian Andrews 53.15.7 11 Andrew Giardini 1.02.02.2 12 Jim Mihellis 1.04.48.1 13 Rob Marlow 1.10.27.3 14 Mike Smith 1.10.52.5 15 Lloyd Svenson 1.11.11.5 16 Scott Mallyon 1.12.40.6 17 Michael Hoare 1.15.17.1 18 Bernard Thomas 1.18.26.6 19 Ian Hogbin 1.20.09.0 20 Stephen Rugendyke 1.21.47.0 21 Craig Secombe 1.25.51.3 22 John Mcqueen 1.30.21.7 23 Peter Swann 1.30.23.4 24 Bruce Pain 1.31.54.1 25 Jeff Brunette 1.54.07.0 26 Martin Smith 1.54.27.5 27 Mark Fazackerley 2.25.12.2 28 John Thompson 2.31.28.6 29 Paul Sillato 2.31.44.1 30 Greg Seaegg 3.27.08.8 DNS Michael Vincent DNS Tony Bye DNS Peter Gregg DNF Paul Garaty Women 40-49 1 Martine Scott 3.19.18.0 2 Jaye Gilcrest 7.50.3 3 Wendy Cummins 12.52.3 4 Dunlop Louise 14.27.7 5 Lisa Garaty 16.55.2 6 Kim Grylls 26.20.6 DNF Michelle Giardini DNF Jenny Rigg Men 50+ 1 Jeff Dyball 2.44.07.5 2 Michael Hough 6.09.9 3 Ian Stewart 17.08.3 4 Malcolm Stayte 25.08.6 5 Peter Kemp 36.57.6 6 Brian Biga 41.35.8 7 Rod McNab 43.49.3 8 Warren Prior 59.19.0 9 Jeff Paul 1.01.03.7 10 John O'Black 1.01.26.6 11 John Mills 1.04.25.4 12 Graham Patterson 1.11.03.4 13 Steve Richardson 1.14.37.2 14 Ronald Walker 1.18.15.4 15 John Tracy 1.24.13.8 16 Carl Richardson 2.01.10.0 17 Garth Sturman 2.18.39.3 18 Robert Goodwill 2.27.57.2 DNS Adrian Vringer DNS Richard Lehnert DNF Michael Janek DNF Stephen Way DNF Nick Thompson Women 50+ 1 Gillian Duncan 3.39.59.8 2 Lesley Prior 41.27.4 Recreational Men 1 Silas Sutherland 1.13.20.7 2 Tim Jacobs 1.00.0 3 Jaxon Mallinson 1.30.0 4 Jeremy Scott 1.39.2 5 Matthew Pryor 4.41.3 5 Darren West 5 Ben Graham 8 Stuart Bradbury 15.09.9 9 Grant Ashley 18.24.9 10 Michael Hennessy 37.43.5 11 Trent Jones 37.45.7 12 Sam Horspool 38.26.3 13 Barry Johnson 53.59.0 14 David Snow 55.12.8 15 Adrian Harrington 55.14.1 16 David Brett 1.25.25.4 17 Scott Payne 1.31.59.6 DNF Greg Rowlingson Recreational Women 1 Debbie Griffin 1.25.37.9 2 Budek Monika 18.30.2 3 Bobbie Crothers 25.29.9 4 Katey Cooke 26.17.5 5 Kirsty Field 27.24.4 6 Suzzi Byrne 29.18.7 7 Sue Webber 47.56.7 8 Madeline Davis 48.00.7 9 Christina Wand 51.17.5 10 Andrea Harris 51.32.5 11 Helen Walker 52.00.9 12 Sandy Blackburn-Wright 55.15.9 13 Pratiwi Suwardi 55.18.2 14 Lisa Scott 59.46.0 DNS Cindy Mcnab DNF Nicky Rowe |
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