FROM THE VP (JULY 2019)

Alexis Oosterhoff • Jul 31, 2019

NEW RECORDS

With thanks to our records officer, Jodie Oborne, we congratulate Bernadette Benson for setting a new Australian Women’s OPEN record in the 100 mile distance at the Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Races in Campbelltown NSW and Marie Boyd for setting several new W70 age group records at the Across the Years 6 Day event in Glendale, USA

There is also an update to the Women’s open & age group records documents that can be found on our Records page.

The table below shows all Australian records awarded this year:

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

AUSTRALIAN 24H TEAM SELECTION

Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Australian at the IAU World Championships in Albi France on 26 & 27 October. This is without doubt our largest and potentially one of the most competitive teams ever.

MEN

Matthew Eckford
Kevin Muller
John Yoon
Stephen Redfern
Ewan Horsburgh
Kay Bretz
John Pearson
Barry Loveday
Dan Symonds

WOMEN

Nicole Barker
Tia Jones
Nikki Wynd
Donna Urquhart
Simone Hayes

CLUB RANKINGS

With thanks to David Billett, the AURA Club Rankings documents have been updated and can be found on our Rankings page (under All Time Rankings / Club Rankings). The Club Rankings list Australian runners who have achieved certain distances (100mi, 200km, 250km & 300km), sorted chronologically according to date of entry into the club.

HALL OF FAME

A huge thanks to Ian Cornelius for contributing a fantastic article this month docmenting the running career of Ron Grant. The article can be read here, and is also linked from our Hall of Fame page, where you can read about many other great Australian ultra runners.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Back in April I wrote that Rob Donkersloot and myself are standing down from our roles in AURA 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. Now is an especially good time to start doing so, as several of these roles are most active over the next two to three months.

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 Open 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

NEW AURA MERCHANDISE

We’ve had new shirts & singlets designed by local a pair of talented WA ultra runners (Shannon & Justin at OC Clothing), and are really pleased with the outcome. They’re now in stock and available to order at the AURA Shop. Some sizes have sold out already – a new shipment arrived this Tuesday and we’ll have the shop updated with stock levels by end of the week.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

An update to our National Championship Results for 2019, with Cleland 50 (Short-Course Trail Championships) held in June.

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