Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships in Llandudno – Athletics news
The Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships, a biennial three-day event was held in North Wales from September 23-25. The championships, which also observed a world record breaking performance by English athlete, Lizzy Hawker, comprised
of three events – the 24 Hour ultra run, the Up and Down Mountain race and the 53km Trial run.
The overall standing of the Commonwealth 24 hour road race championships is listed below:
1. Lizzy Hawker (England) 240 laps / 247.076 km * World Best Female
2. John Pares (Wales) 237 laps / 244.335 km
3. David Kennedy (Australia) 230 laps / 236.929 km
4. Pat Robbins (England) 225 laps / 231.164 km
5. Bryan McCorkindale (New Zealand) 216 laps / 222.374 km
6. Wayne Botha (New Zealand) 216 laps / 222.295 km
7. Chris Carver (England) 214 laps / 220.719 km
8. Emily Gelder (Wales) 214 laps / 220.480 km
9. Ant Courtney (Australia) 214 laps / 219.868 km
10. Meredith Quinlan (Australia) 211 laps / 217.631 km
11. Alex McKenzie (New Zealand) 211 laps / 216.955 km
12. Richad Quennell (England) 210 laps / 216.452 km
13. Sean McCormack (Wales) 206 laps / 211.941 km
14. Deb Martin-Corsani (Scotland) 202 laps / 208.057 km
15. Jeremy Mower (Wales) 202 laps / 207.968 km
16. Marie Doke (England) 201 laps / 206.409 km
17. Wayne Gaudet (Canada) 200 laps / 206.230 km
18. John Pearson (Australia) 199 laps / 204.328 km
19. Susannah Harvey-Jamieson (Australia) 199 laps / 204.373 km
20. Sharon Law (Scotland) 198 laps / 204.017 km
MEN
1. John Pares (Wales) 237 laps / 244.335 km
2. David Kennedy (Australia) 230 laps / 236.929 km
3. Pat Robbins (England) 225 laps / 231.164 km
Men’s Team Race
1. England 668.335 km (Pat Robbins, Chris Carver, Richard Quennell)
2. Wales 664.244 km (John Pares, Sean McCormack, Jeremy Mower)
3. New Zealand 661.624 km (Bryan MacCorkindale, Alex McKenzie)
4. Australia 661.125 km (David Kennedy, Anth Courtney, John Pearson)
5. Canada 595.093 km (Wayne Gaudet, Bruce Barteaux, Dave Carver)
6. Scotland 490.296 km (Steve Mason, Bill Sichel, Richard Cunningham)
WOMEN
1. Lizzy Hawker (England) 240 laps / 247.076 km * World Women’s Best
2. Emily Gelder (Wales) 214 laps / 220.480 km
3. Meredith Quinlan (Australia) 211 laps / 217.631 km
Women’s Team Race
1. England 643.016 km (Lizzy Hawker, Marie Doke, Karen Hathaway)
2. Australia 619.190 km (Meredith Quinlan, Susannah Harvey-Jamieson, Sharon Scholtz)
3. Scotland 605.791 km (Deb Martin-Consani, Sharon Law, Pauline Walker)
4. Canada 448.369 km (Sue Armstrong, Bernadette Benson, Charlotte Vasarhelyl)
While the top ten performers of men and women’s race events were:
Men’s top 10:
1. James McMullen (England) 50:03
2. Robbie Simpson (Scotland) 50:20
3. Joe Symonds (Scotland) 50:31
4. Francis Khanje (Malawi) 51:54
5. Rob Samuel (Wales) 51:56
6. Andres Jones (Wales) 52:02
7. Tom Cornthwaite (England) 52:25
8. Chris Smith (England) 52:30
9. Billy Burns (England) 52:44
10. Richard Phillips (Wales) 53:06
Men’s Teams:
1. England 16 pts (win on countback)
2. Scotland 16
3. Wales 21
Women’s Top 10:
1. Lizzie Adams (England) 43:37
2. Tracey Brindley (Scotland) 43:56
3. Mary Wilkinson (England) 44:15
4. Olivia Walwyn-Bush (England) 44:41
5. Victoria Wilkinson (England) 45:15
6. Sarah Tunstall (England) 45:17
7. Catriona Buchanan (Scotland) 45:36
8. Vivian Kiplagat (Kenya 45:44
9. Jackie Lee (Wales) 47:34
10. Claire Ward (Scotland) 47:52
Women’s Teams:
1. England 8 pts
2. Scotland 19
3. Wales 35
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