THREE PEAKS, Sunday 25 April 2004
Dunedin
There were some superb results for Leith in the Three Peaks race on Sunday.
Alison Bradshaw was in scintillating form to win the Open Women’s title in a speedy 2hr 29mins 58secs. Bradshaw ran strongly throughout the gruelling, strenuous course.
Despite the hot weather conditions, Bradshaw handled the tough climbs up Flagstaff, Swampy and Mt Cargill with aplomb.
Neale McLanachan powered his way to a personal best time in this event of 2:09.13, to be fourth in the Open Men’s and fourth overall.
Alan Funnell finished in an impressive 2:13.29, taking seventh place in the OM and sixth overall.
These times placed McLanachan and Funnell a well deserved second and third respectively In the Otago Mountain Running series.
Brian Pascoe went one better and finished first in the Men’s Masters 40 grade of the series, thanks to a strong run on Sunday, finishing in 2.18.42 taking 15th place overall and fourth in his grade.
Jan Craig was 45th overall and second in the Women’s Masters 45 grade in 2.43.02, giving her second in her grade for the series.
Meredith Molloy ran well to place 52nd overall and fifth in the Open Women’s grade to finish a respectful third in the series.
Other Leith runners to complete the challenging course were Andrew Perry, 2:28.04; Grant McDougall, 2:38.58; John Scoones, 2:50.52; Emily Solsberg, 3:08.49; and Ian Bartley, 3:12.19.
In the team’s grade, Marc Boulle and Steve Skilling ran a combined time of 2:09.45 to finish second, while Rod McCall and Kevin Murphy were fifth in 2.32.37
