FROM THE VP (APRIL 2019)

Alexis Oosterhoff • May 03, 2019

Here are the results for Australian ultra running events published since the last Ultramag.

For more results, please visit the AURA results website.

Date	Athlete	Distance/Time	Record Type	Venue	New Record
30-Dec-18	Marie Boyd	48 hour	Australian W70	Glendale USA	151.760 km
31-Dec-18	Marie Boyd	200 km	Australian W70	Glendale USA	2D:15:22:23
3-Jan-19	Marie Boyd	6 days	Australian W70	Glendale USA	360.851 km
17-Mar-19	Nikki Wynd	48 hour	Australian W45	Bruce ACT	317.894 km
17-Mar-19	Gemma Worland	48 hour	Australian W25	Bruce ACT	146.063 km
17-Mar-19	Dan Symonds	48 hour	Australian M25	Bruce ACT	362.213 km
14-Apr-19	Jeff Grey	50 km	Australian M55	Canberra ACT	3:35:36
16-Jun-19	Bernadette Benson	100 miles	Australian W OPEN Australian W50	Campbelltown NSW	15:24:44

POINTS COMPETITION UPDATE

I expect to have the first status update of the points comp for 2019 available towards the end of May. The rules & payouts will be the same as last year.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

As Rob mentioned in the lead-up to the AGM, both he and myself will be standing down at the end of the current term (i.e. April 2020). We’d very much like to start handing over a number of the jobs required to keep AURA running, which include (but are not limited) the following. If you’ve the time and an interest in any of these roles, please contact myself or Rob — we’ll give you plenty of support in learning the job:

Awards & Trophies – order trophies for National Championships and Annual Awards each year, and distribute to NC events and recipients
Certificates – prepare, print and send certificates for Australian and Age Group records as they are ratified
Website Management – maintain the AURA (WordPress) website, performing regular software updates, monitoring backups etc
Website Publishing – update the AURA listed event pages
Membership Management – maintain the database of members
Insurance Coordinator – liaise with insurer to manage insurance for AURA listed events

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

With the year well underway, here are the top three placings at our AURA National Championship Events held so far.

Title	Event	1st	2nd	3rd
48 Hour	Canberra 48h 15/3/19	Nikki Wynd 317.89 km	Kerrie Williamson 305.284 km	Cheryl Symonds 284.520 km
24 Hour	Coburg 24h 13/4/19	Cheryl Symons 186.311 km	Karen Mickle 174.642 km	Kris Ryan 168.177 km
50km	Canberra Ultra Marathon 14/4/19	Corrina Black 4:03:16	Alena Scurrah 4:14:48	Katherine Booy 4:31:04
Trail (short)	Cleland 50 9/6/19	Hannah McRae 5:27:10	Ina Schapiro 5:39:53	Vicky Rounding 5:57:29
Trail (long)	Hume & Hovell 12/10/19	Karen Mickle 4:24:33	Jodie Oborne 14:44:53	Leah Weeden 19:29:07
100km	Ned Kelly Chase 100 26/10/19	Rhiannon Snipe 8:09:58	Michelle McAdam 8:15:15	Margie Hadley 8:43:59

2019 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS (MALE)

Title	Event	1st	2nd	3rd
48 Hour	Canberra 48h 15/3/19	Mick Thwaites 389.041 km	Dan Symonds 362.213 km	David Billet 275.673 km
24 Hour	Coburg 24h 13/4/19	Kevin Muller 251.605 km	John Yoon 219.245 km	Daragh O’Loughlin 208.705 km
50km	Canberra Ultra Marathon 14/4/19	Ash Watson 2:59:40	Brendan Davies 3:08:28	Barry Keem 3:10:17
Trail (short)	Cleland 50 9/6/19	John Csongei 4:53:38	Graham Tottey 6:32:05
Trail (long)	Hume & Hovell 12/10/19	Andrew McConnell 10:11:28	Scott Richmond 10:43:01	Richard Storrier 10:47:14
100km	Ned Kelly Chase 100 26/10/19	Clay Dawson 6:54:03	Dion Finocchiaro 8:03:30	Kyle Weise 7:53:04