The
Frontrunner Dunedin
Three Peaks (27th Skyline Challenge) Mountain Race and Associated
Walk took place on Sunday 18 April 2010 in partly cloudy cool
conditions with little wind over most of the course. Thanks
to Kirsty Morris (Race Convenor) and her team, the marshalls
and other support crew, the sponsors, the participants and
all those who made this event possible. Feedback from contestants
and helpers is welcomed in order to make this an even better
event next year.
See the
2010
Three Peaks feature page
which is busy being updated with reports and photos.
Open Men's runner Dougal
Thorburn won the 27th Three Peaks Mountain Race running the
new course in a fast time of 1 hour 55 minutes 44 seconds.
Second across the line was last year's winner Norman Dunroy
in 2 hours 4 minutes 33 seconds. Dunroy was also the first
Master Men's 35+ runner.
Andrew Lonie (Leith) was
third overall in a personal best time of 2 hours 6 minutes
finishing second in the Master Men's 35+ grade. Fourth overall
and second Open Man was Simon van Rij in 2 hours 16 minutes
1 second.
Fifth overall was Neale
McLanachan who finished third in the Open Men's grade in 2
hours 18 minutes 7 seconds while sixth across the line was
Richard Hendry who finished third in the Master Men's 35+
grade.
Open Women's runner Sarah
Chisnall was the first women to finish. Chisnall ran the distance
in 2 hours 19 minutes 56 seconds to finish seventh overall.
Chris Sole won the Master
Men's 50+ grade in 2hrs 28.22mins. Louisa Andrew won the Master
Women's 35+ grade in 2hr 31.46mins. Sally Nicoll won the Master
Women's 50+ grade in 3hrs 11.17mins. Barrie Aberhart (1hr
10.11mins) was the first walker to finishin the 12km associated
walk.
The Men's 2-person relay
team of Elliot and Ollie O'Sullivan was the first team to
finish running the distance in 2 hours 6 minutes 12 seconds.
John Scoones finished his 25th run to be the
runner with the most number of runs having run all but two
of the runs over the last 30 years. Ian Bartley by completing
his 18th race is the runner with the second most finishes.
The results summary below
is still provisional and features the top three finishes in
each cateogory: Note: the full results will be out on Monday
19 April 2010 but will still be provisional until Thursday
evening..
Open Men's
1 215 Dougal Thorburn OM Run 1:55:44
2 209 Simon van Rij OM Run 2:16:01
3 233 Neale McLanachan OM Run 2:18:07
Master Men's 35+
1 258 Norman Dunroy MM35 Run 2:04:33
2 241 Andrew Lonie MM35 Run 2:06:00
3 248 Richard Hendry MM35 Run 2:18:12
Master Men's 50+
1 222 Chris Sole MM50+ Run 2:28:22
2 207 Bob Webster MM50+ Run 2:36:14
3 243 Paul King MM50+ Run 2:49:14
Open Women
1 268 Sarah Chisnall OW Run 2:19:56
2 251 Anna Grey OW Run 2:41:06
3 225 Rosie Hodson OW Run 2:41:49
Master Women 35+
1 277 Louisa Andrew MW35 Run 2:31:46
2 261 Sue Cuthbert MW35 Run 2:37:23
3 278 Wanphen Anderson MW35 Run 3:20:59
Master Women 50+
1 187 Sally Nicoll MW50+ Run 3:11:17
2 323 Judith MacDonald MW50+ Run 3:24:42
3 343 Carol Foote MW50+ Run 3:25:45
Relay
Men
1 24 Oliver O'Sullivan 0:56:35 Elliot O'Sullivan 1:09:37 Men
Teams 2:06:12
2 31 Will Smith 1:00:24 Bryan Simpson 1:19:43 Men Teams 2:20:07
3 29 Michael Phillipps 1:11:07 Alastair Chisnall 1:20:33 Men
Teams 2:31:40
Women
1 1 Donna Young 1:15:30 Evelyn Armstrong 1:30:37 Women Teams
2:46:07
2 30 Anna Stott 1:26:33 Emma John 1:26:42 Women Teams 2:53:15
3 23 Jacqui Fechney 1:26:49 Jessica Smart 1:29:34 Women Teams
2:56:23
Mixed
1 16 David Rush 1:01:16 Julie Wilson 1:25:09 Mixed Teams 2:26:25
2 18 Laura Smit 1:10:07 Gareth Benic 1:17:19 Mixed Teams 2:27:26
3 28 Reta Trotman 1:13:02 Andrew Riddell 1:17:26 Mixed Teams
2:30:28
Walk
1 441 Barrie Aberhart MM35 Walk 1:10:12
2 418 Katrina Jenkins MW35 Walk 1:10:18
3 434 Tim Buscall MM35 Walk 1:10:24
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