NSW Cross Country Championships, 12k/8k/6k/4k/3k/2k races,
Willandra 19th June 2004
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All photos courtesy of Alija Kajan and Brendan Arnol,
special thanks to Mr. Milacic for lenting us a digital camera
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| Just before getting on the
bus; parents are here but where are the kids? |
Noisy bunch at the back of
the bus, our juniors had a really good time |
Traditional stop at Berry.
Owner of the "Bon-Bon", local lolly shop, was happy to see
us again. |
First race of the day, smart
running by Zac in U12 boys 2k race |
Brave run by Tim Spehr, one
of the youngest in U12 boys |
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| Zac finishing strong his race
in 7:16 |
Our first champion on the
day, U12 boy winner Zachary Rea |
U14 boys and girls start |
Michael Todd comming third
in U14 boys, George Hazan (left) was part of the cheering squad |
Pleasant surprise, Selma Kajan won U14 girls race, Mr. Campbell (left), another member of our cheering squad in action |
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| Lucy Stewart shows a good
form, 6th in U14 girls 3k race |
Jack Hawke, coming 10th in
U14 boys race |
Erin Powell, coming 9th in
a strong finish contributed to a U14 girls team medal |
Kristy Colman with few hundreds
meters to go, finished 12th in the end |
Maja Milacic, finding course
to be quite challanging |
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| Selma Kajan first, Ruby Hackett second, R. Henderson (ACT) and Elle Farrington third | U14 boys medals: Cameron Page first, B. Robinson (ACT) and Michael Todd second, K. Gregson third |
U14 girls teams: UT North first, Randwick Botany second and Kembla Joggers third |
They missed the gold for 1
point, Randwick Botany U14 boys came second behind Hills |
Under 16 boys and girls start. |
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| Angus Campbell was second in U16 boys,
very fast time of 14:02 |
Good run by Adam Laughlan-Bowlby |
Lara Tamsett won U18 girls race in 15:11 |
Mickey Hazan contributed to a second place for our U16 team, did he need sunnies on the day? | Lauren McKillop (8th) finishing hard last
few hundred meters |
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| Alexandra Rea showing some strong running towards the end of the race | Georgina ran hard despite having very busy racing week | U16 boys at medal presentation | U16 girls won the team event - running not skiing | Vladimir Kravchenko powering through his first lap at 6k |
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| Lara Nicod came respectable 5th in U20 woman division | Start of the combined women, masters 55+ and under 20 | Liz Miller is looking good after her first
4k lap |
Liz Miller winning the NSW women 8k race in time of 31:13 | Randwick Botany runners before Men 12k race |
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| And off they go, 12k of tough
course in very windy conditions |
Back of the leading pack with Ross Hudson (too fast for the camera), Glen Ritchie (Asics) and Dean Deagan (St. George) | Middle pack on the first lap |
Ross Hudson and Sean Williams trying to hang on fast pace set by Rob Spilling | Alija Kajan and Keith Bateman ran together for first half of the race |
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| Dave Thompson finishing his
first 4k lap |
Sean Williams, traditionally
running bare feet is looking good after his second lap |
Arguably the only runner wearing
long sleeves, Alija Kajan after second lap |
The fastest Randwick Botany
runner Jeremy Roff finishing 7th, 40:32 |
Chad Roberts is getting back
in a good form, finishing 9th, 40:55 |
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| And Nick Cope is back, nice
to see him running good again, 11th |
Dave Dreverman for the first
time on 12k course |
Ross Hudson finished in very
good 14th place in time of 42:16 |
Sean was better then last
year, 17th in 42:44 |
Manu Sivaraj had a very good race, he came 23rd overall and also second in 40-44 age category |
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| Alija Kajan finished in solid 46:04 |
Dave Thompson was 38th |
Tiger West runner |
Andrew Vagi finished his run in 48:36 |
Open woman medals: |
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| 45-49 age category: Barry Willis first, Keith Bateman second and Marko Bareiss third |
