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NZ Cross Country Championships - CN
Wellington, New Zealand, February 1, 2004
Leuchs shines in the wet
Continuous rain made conditions difficult for the 150 competitors at the NZ One-Off Championships Cross Country event at Long Gully, Wellington on Sunday 1st February. The usual six laps for the pro-elite men and five for the pro-elite women were both reduced by one lap due to the weather.
In the men's Pro-Elite field, NZ's top internationally ranked rider, Kashi Leuchs, managed to have a great ride despite the conditions and took the NZ One-Off Champ title in a time of 1 hour 24 minutes and 45 seconds with Jason Clement of Levin just under a minute behind. Wayne Hiscock of Wellington was third in a time of 1 hr 27 mins 59 secs.
The women's Pro-Elite race saw Sadie Parker-Wynard out within about the first 20 minutes with a crash that badly injured her leg. The NZ One-Off Champ title went to Sonia Foote of Rotorua, who rode extremely well to finish in 1hr 21 mins 44 secs and close behind was Robyn Wong, Wellington, who has been riding very well so far in the 2004 Subaru National Series. Robyn was under a minute behind, 1 hr 22mins 21secs, with Jennifer O'Connor of New Plymouth third, 1hr 35mins 39secs.
Results
Elite Men 1 Kashi Leuchs (New Zealand) 1.24.45 2 Jason Clement (Levin) 0.49 3 Wayne Hiscock (Wellington) 3.14 4 Christopher Burr (Nelson) 4.37 5 Stefan Mattersberger (Austria) 6.47 6 Tim Vincent (Nelson) 8.14 7 Matthew Treanor (Auckland) 8.31 8 Andrew Merrylees (Rangiora) 9.20 9 Marcus Roy (Te Anau) 9.45 10 Aaron Kells (Auckland) 10.25 11 Andrew Reid (Blenheim) 10.56 12 Aaron Tuckerman (Blenheim) 11.00 13 Tim Wilding (Taupo) 11.29 14 Philip Dickinson (Auckland) 13.50 15 Mark Leishman (Palmerston North) 14.28 16 Michael Northcott (Mangakino) 14.58 17 Timothy Madgwick (Christchurch) 15.11 18 Darry Stevens (New Plymouth) 15.45 19 Jason Mccarty (Wellington) 16.19 20 Rod Hill (Auckland) 17.42 21 Matthew Dewes (Taupo) 19.55 22 Karl Moore (Otorohanga) 19.56 23 Andrew Rhodes (Christchurch) 22.22 24 Jon Richardson (Dunedin) 22.31 25 Rodney Wallace (Wellington) 25.11 Elite Women 1 Sonia Foote (Rotorua) 1.21.44 2 Robyn Wong (Wellington) 0.37 3 Jennifer O'Connor (New Plymouth) 13.55 4 Brenda Clapp (Nelson) 19.04 Expert Junior U17 Men 1 Kerry Morgan (Levin) 1.11.27 2 Carl Jones (Whakatane) 1.01 3 Peter Joynt (Tokoroa) 3.27 4 Andrew Hughson (Invercargill) 4.09 5 Dan Wood (Warkworth) 6.13 6 Mark Seelye (Palmerston North) 10.00 7 Alan Montefiore (Snells Beach) 10.10 8 Lance Mansell (Gisborne) 12.15 9 Daniel Gillett (Wellington) 13.23 10 Thomas Reynolds (Waimauku) 13.41 11 Andrew Macdonald (Wellington) 15.42 12 Kerian Mcloughlin 16.39 13 James Williamson (Alexandra) 16.59 14 Ben Finucane (Rotorua) 26.26 Expert Junior U17 Women 1 Monique Avery (Rotorua) 58.14 Expert Junior Men 1 Stephen Butler (Upper Hutt) 1.01.49 2 Sam Bewley (Rotorua) 1.29 3 Clinton Avery (Rotorua) 3.05 4 Ryan Marshall (Levin) 5.32 5 Tristan Rawlence (Nelson) 8.37 6 Sam Mccloy (Blenheim) 8.50 7 Michael Shewan (Auckland) 9.08 8 Aaron Young (Wellington) 9.47 9 John Gray (Rotorua) 10.17 10 Carl Fischer (Rotorua) 12.41 11 Jeremy Mitchell (Levin) 13.29 12 Luke Newman (Lower Hutt) 15.54 13 Joshua Barley (Wellington) 17.33 14 Aaron Perry (Rotorua) 17.45 15 Brent Vlug (Rotorua) 18.41 16 Aaron Harris (Mount Maunganui) 20.15 Expert Junior Women 1 Michelle Bellamy (Nelson) 57.39 2 Erica Oldfield (Australia) 2.24 3 Chelsea Wills (Waitakere City) 11.59 4 Hayley Robertson (Upper Hutt) 14.08 5 Kathryn Campbell (Wellington) 17.34 Expert Under 23 Men 1 James Duncan (Wellington) 1.18.05 Expert Senior Men 1 Gavin Mccarthy (Wellington) 1.30.39 2 Cameron Durno (Wellington) 6.09 3 Christopher Kendall (Wellington) 9.26 4 Tim Wearing (Blenheim) 10.40 5 Chris Fisher (Palmerston North) 15.28 6 James Dodds (Hamilton) 15.40 7 Carl Larsen (Hastings) 22.25 Expert Senior Women 1 Rosara Joseph (Christchurch) 1.17.25 2 Cathy Hamer (Wellington) 12.48 3 Christina Renhart (Auckland) 14.26 4 Wendy Osborne (Wellington) 16.01 5 Vicky Robertson (Wellington) 28.44 6 Cheryl Atkins (Auckland) 30.30 Expert Master 30+ Men 1 Simon Kennett (Wellington) 1.07.26 2 Tim Hoban (Christchurch) 1.09 3 Paul Delahunty (Wellington) 2.22 4 Bodo Lang (Auckland) 3.00 5 Bryce Dickinson (Hamilton) 4.19 6 Richard Lawton (Wellington) 4.59 7 Carl Patton (Wellington) 7.18 8 Carl Johnston (Rotorua) 9.10 9 Andrew Mcfarlane (Wellington) 9.22 10 Eddie Kuipers (Carterton) 9.45 11 Anthony Pelosi (Wellington) 13.17 12 Tony Harding (Hastings) 14.28 13 Phil O'Neil (Wellington) 18.33 14 Dwane Norris (Canada) 25.32 Expert Master 40+ Men 1 Scott Maclachlan (Wellington) 1.10.21 2 Marco Renall (Lower Hutt) 3.33 3 Geoff Tilbrook (Wellington) 5.40 4 Shane Littlewood (Greymouth) 5.54 5 Dave Chambers (Auckland) 13.53 6 Trevor Macdonald (Wellington) 16.57 7 Gregory Shewan (Auckland) 36.00 Expert Master 40+ Women 1 Sarah Beadel (Rotorua) 1.00.25 Expert Master 50+ Men 1 Colin Palmer (Henderson) 52.14 2 Alan De (Lautour New Plymouth) 3.38 3 Chris Macmillan (Wellington) 5.59 4 Lindsay Gault (Wellington) 13.54 Sport Junior Men 1 Ben Thomas (Christchurch) 53.40 2 Jonathan Hall (Gisborne) 2.09 3 James Prouse (Levin) 7.48 4 Patrick Avery (Rotorua) 8.53 5 Simon Finucane (Rotorua) 11.28 Sport Senior Men 1 Matt Surgenor (Wanganui) 46.59 2 Tom Mace (New Plymouth) 2.21 3 Julian Stephenson (Auckland) 5.56 4 Nick Jones (Wellington) 6.34 5 Sam Cripps (Upper Hutt) 8.12 6 Matt Sheehy (Wellington) 9.28 7 Greg Smith (Auckland) 14.03 Sport Master Men 1 Clive Wood (Workworth) 49.36 2 Joel Healy (Wellington) 11.06 3 Kyle Finucane (Rotorua) 14.52
