2010 Winter Competition - Race 3

Saturday, 24 April 2010

Griffith Joggers faced the wet weather on Saturday but gone are the days when turning up in the wet was a shoe in for a top ten placing, as seventy two starters fronted the line and the competition was fierce.

Most of the field wildly slashed their previous best times thanks to the 'perfect storm' of conditions. The cool and wet weather works a treat on a runner's lungs, the fast and flat course along the bike track is ideal compared with rock jumping, and there is an extra incentive to go harder on and out and back course where you see the rest of the field at the turnaround.

So despite the course being 400 metres longer than the regular course, times were lowered by minutes rather than seconds, with first past the post Jason Rosenow a whopping five minutes quicker.

Rosenow is still a fresher to the hill run so can be a little up and down – top placing in race one, very down last week at near last but on top again this week, and he has retaken the lead in the pointscore after three of the nine races.

Maree Licastro got another top ten placing at fifth to stay highly placed in the pointscore, relinquishing top spot by the merest of margins despite running two minutes faster.

Many runners also ran two to three minutes quicker including Gary Workman at second who is also a fresh star on the rise, Keith McDonald at third who is a veteran and apparently motivated this week so close to home, young Joshua Keenan at fourth is fit at the end of the soccer season, and Patrizia Zandona, Maria Sergi, Arun Tiwari and Rita Fascianelli made it almost a perfect result for the first half of the start list.

Jayson Heffer was the only runner off the second half of the start list to slip into the placings at tenth, the others perhaps psyched out by the performance of the early starters by the turnaround.

Fastest times went to Adam Johnson with 25.02 and Teresa Burgess with 26.50 for the 6.4km

The short course story played out the same as some runners, junior and adult alike, were a massive five to eight minutes faster than the previous two weeks thanks to the conditions and the breath of extra motivation it brings.

Huw Tomlinson lead the field home and took no pity on the juniors to win by over a minute in a time of 14:48, and Claire Keenan and Isabelle Wood at second and third had a red hot go this week.

Louise Hancock at seventh was fastest on the day with 14:19 for the 3.2km.

The Joggers run from the green water tower each Saturday at 4:30pm with a current choice of 3km or 6km on the tracks and trails of the hill.

Long Results

Place	Name	H'cap Time	Gross Time	Nett Time	Place Points
1	Jason ROSENOW	9.00	38.06	29.06	80
2	Gary WORKMAN	5.00	38.57	33.57	75
3	Keith McDONALD	7.00	39.15	32.15	70
4	Joshua KEENAN	9.30	39.22	29.52	65
5	Maree LICASTRO	8.15	39.26	31.11	60
6	Patrizia ZANDONA	5.45	39.27	33.42	55
7	Maria SERGI	9.00	39.45	30.45	50
8	Arun TIWARI	0.00	39.52	39.52	45
9	Rita FASCIANELLI-McIVER	7.00	40.01	33.01	40
10	Jayson HEFFER	14.15	40.18	26.03	35
11	Wendy MINATO	9.45	40.20	30.35	30
12	Simon CROCE	2.30	40.31	38.01	30
13	Dianne KEENAN	9.30	40.37	31.07	30
14	Lena SERGI	11.45	40.40	28.55	30
15	Elizabeth HEFFER	0.00	40.44	40.44	30
16	Ian FORREST	9.30	40.55	31.25	30
17	Mark HARRIS	10.15	41.08	30.53	30
18	Brian BELLICANTA	13.45	41.10	27.25	30
19	John JOHNS	10.45	41.16	30.31	30
20	Adam JOHNSON	16.15	41.17	25.02	30
21	Paul MUIR	13.15	41.18	28.03	30
22	John DODD	10.45	41.22	30.37	30
23	Tracey JOSLING	14.30	41.25	26.55	30
24	Rodney SAVAGE	15.30	41.29	25.59	30
25	Teresa BURGESS	14.45	41.35	26.50	30
26	Janet MAZZAROLO	9.30	41.51	32.21	30
27	Rod BORTOLIN	10.45	42.05	31.20	30
28	David ALPEN	16.00	42.15	26.15	30
29	Allan JONES	12.00	42.17	30.17	30
30	Graeme LYONS	15.30	42.17	26.47	30
31	Glen ROSATO	12.45	42.23	29.38	30
32	Glenys GREENAWAY	12.30	42.27	29.57	30
33	Stewart WOOD	15.45	42.32	26.47	30
34	David SLATTERY	11.15	42.35	31.20	30
35	Bob BARKER	6.45	42.45	36.00	30
36	Gary SIGNOR	9.45	42.47	33.02	30
37	Ben CHOPPING	12.00	42.52	30.52	30
38	John KEENAN	11.30	43.23	31.53	30
39	Ed FRKOVIC	0.00	43.26	43.26	30
40	Sandra ALTIN	2.30	44.36	42.06	30
41	Donovan FOSCARINI	13.00	45.07	32.07	30
42	Liam BURGESS	13.45	45.10	31.25	30
43	Johanna BOTMAN	7.30	46.31	39.01	30
44	Teddy MAZZAROLO	7.30	49.56	42.26	30

Short Results

Place	Name	H'cap Time	Gross Time	Nett Time
1	Huw TOMLINSON	5.45	20.33	14.48
2	Claire KEENAN	3.00	21.49	18.49
3	Isabelle WOOD	4.30	22.33	18.03
4	John MAZZAROLO	8.00	23.11	15.11
5	Aislinn GESUALE	6.00	23.18	17.18
6	Nick ALTIN	8.15	23.30	15.15
7	Louise HANCOCK	9.15	23.34	14.19
8	Becky SEARL	4.00	23.44	19.44
9	Anna GESUALE	5.45	23.50	18.05
10	Jo POLKINGHORNE	7.30	24.02	16.32
11	William KENNEDY	7.30	24.05	16.35
12	Angus KENNEDY	8.45	24.11	15.26
13	Sophie SLATTERY	6.00	24.28	18.28
14	Rachel MINATO	5.00	24.32	19.32
15	Emma ALTIN	7.00	24.39	17.39
16	Peter SEARL	7.30	24.49	17.19
17	Emma SLATTERY	4.00	26.02	22.02
18	Brooke SLATTERY	4.00	26.08	22.08
19	Charlie McIVER	7.45	26.11	18.26
20	Sadhana TIWARI	5.00	26.12	21.12
21	Dianna SLATTERY	0.00	26.33	26.33
22	Anne DISSEGNA	5.00	26.57	21.57
23	Tara SEARL	7.30	27.35	20.05
24	Liz HANCOCK	0.00	27.58	27.58
25	Maria SEARL	0.00	27.58	27.58
26	Ryan ALTIN	8.30	29.46	21.16
27	Alice POLKINGHORNE	3.00	41.20	38.20
28	Abbey JOSLING	4.30	98.00	no time