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Australian national MTB series #5

Mt Buller, March 27-28, 2004

Photography

Images by Mikkeli Godfree/Freewheel. For a thumbnail gallery of these pics click here.

• Trent Lowe the men's XC winner by a comfortable margin.
• Michael Kearton - 6th in the junior category, a future talent.
• Emma McNaughton rode very strongly to win the women's category over Tracey Hannah.
• Joel Panozzo - second fastest qualifier, second in the final.
• Crazy man and advertising stuntman, Justin Havukainen was fourth in the final.
• Nuts...
• David Leach on the way down...
• Tracey Hannah, 15yo Australian DH champ couldn't hold it together in the final and was second at Buller
• Liam Panozzo proved rumours about the Panozzo gene pool, here he hits a gap on his way to winning the junior category.
• Ben Cory snapped out a clean run to take out the last event of the National Series
• A solid third spot for Jared Rando gave him the overall series win.
• Winners - Emma McNaughton (women's round winner), Jared Rando (series winner) and Ben Cory (Round winner).

Results

Cross-country

Elite men
 
1 Trent Lowe            1.54.57
2 Murray Spink             3.43
3 Perren Delacour          4.35
4 Nick Both                8.35
5 Brian Sing              17.19
6 Chris Winn              18.27
7 James Maebus            21.49
8 James Williamson        28.00
9 James Dickey                 
10 David Steinhauser           
11 Jared Dwyer                 
12 Dylan Cooper                
13 Shinobu Noguchi             
 
Elite women
 
1 Claire Baxter         1.17.14
2 Tory Thomas              2.30
3 Niki Fisher              5.16
4 Lee Schultz              8.11
 
Expert men
 
1 Scott Wines           1.49.23
2 Stephen Van Dyke         1.12
3 Mark Van der Ploeg       4.38
4 Ivan Kallaur            13.31
5 Rohin Adams                  
6 Karri Golding                
7 Ben Rowse                    
 
Veteran men
 
1 Wesley Samson         1.41.44
2 Damian Auton             0.03
3 James O'Keefe            2.15
 
Veteran Women
 
1 Joanne Fox            1.06.07
 
Masters men
 
1 Rob Eva               1.04.34
2 Vincent Flanagan         6.39
 
Super masters men
 
1 John Graydon            51.41
2 Christopher Bland       11.19
 
Under 19 men
 
1 Shaun LewisU19        1.22.48
2 Joel Healy               0.35
3 Lachlan Norris           2.15
4 Nick Bossy               3.58
5 Neil Van Der Ploeg       6.51
6 Darren Kruger           11.20
7 John Groves                  
 
Under 17 men
 
1 Daniel Braunsteins    1.05.50
2 Cal Britten              0.07
3 Paul Van der Ploeg       8.57
4 Luke Graydon            10.45
 
Under 15 men
 
1 Peter Braunsteins       53.58
 
 
Under 13 men
 
1 Ben Gierke              36.59
 
Sport men
 
1 Donald Rowe           1.18.29
2 Jason Parker             7.10
3 Warwick Hall             7.30
4 Damian Bourke           14.13
5 John Uren               23.56
6 Chris Tibb              32.11
DNF Andrew Crisp               
DNF Ben Patrick                
 
Sport women
 
1 Libby Evans           1.09.31
2 Liana Hamdani           27.34

Downhill

Elite men 
 
1 Ben Cory               4.00.27  3.50.28
2 Joel Panozzo           3.53.26  3.54.35
3 Jared Rando            3.43.31  3.55.28
4 Justin Havukainen      4.00.43  3.55.69
5 Miles Mead             4.04.12  4.01.78
6 Brad Kelly             4.12.84  4.03.03
7 Rick Boyer             4.00.56  4.08.02
8 Rohan Gearing          4.04.01  4.08.23
9 Robbie Mc Naughton     4.23.33  4.09.70
10 Mick Ross             4.19.29  4.13.92
11 Ryan Lennox           4.07.28  4.15.94
12 Adam Smithson         4.07.60  4.17.94
13 Simon French          4.14.90  4.18.26
14 Ryan Norton           4.15.25  4.19.02
15 Ken Ballhause         4.18.94  4.19.08
16 Jon Odams             4.26.91  4.20.06
17 Jamie Green           4.22.38  4.20.89
18 John Farrow           4.13.38  4.21.78
19 Matthew Ardern        4.26.56  4.22.01
20 Luke Patching         4.13.03  4.23.47
21 Nick Stubbs           4.23.49  4.26.12
22 Ngari Jenkins         4.20.95  4.26.45
23 Matt Nauthe           4.24.15  4.27.67
24 Bruce Hamley          4.28.39  4.29.07
25 James French          4.28.70  4.36.76
26 Luke Strom            4.06.10  5.07.33
27 Travis Aston          4.21.33  5.38.92
28 Matthew West          4.24.40  5.40.69
29 Andy Epthorp          4.18.44      DNS
30 Dan MacMunn           4.26.92      DNS
31 Martyn Fry            4.29.05
32 Ben Mundy             4.30.11
33 Will Clifford         4.30.21
34 Peter Hutchinson      4.30.93
35 Ryan Walsh            4.33.51
36 Kaine Cannan          4.33.75
37 Adam Dossetor         4.34.55
38 John Maurus           4.35.25
39 Ryan Goddard          4.35.32
40 Robert Potter         4.40.38
41 Nick Webb             4.41.38
42 James Thurston        4.41.56
43 Matt Swann            4.44.10
44 Wayne Shegog          4.52.37
45 Chad Hately           4.53.11
46 Lincoln Verass        5.09.03
47 Andrew Dapre          5.09.78
48 Vincent Conboy        5.27.34
49 Chris Gilbert         5.31.99
50 Robert Lee            5.49.11
51 Mark Turek            6.44.67
52 Llewellyn Cameron     9.29.35
 
Elite Women
 
1 Emma McNaughton        4.56.93  4.49.33
2 Tracey Hannah          4.54.44  5.05.78
3 Sarah Booth            5.30.61  5.30.35
4 Cara Smith             5.59.96  5.59.30
5 Julia Boer             5.40.12  6.03.45
6 Claire Whiteman        6.09.67
7 Joanne Fox             6.30.53
8 Jessica Vogt           6.42.14
9 Amanda Paterson       11.03.64
 
Under 19 Men
 
1 Liam Panozzo           3.58.40  3.53.85
2 Amiel Cavalier         4.09.55  3.59.27
3 Christopher Panozzo    4.19.42  4.06.01
4 Jarl Jensen            4.09.44  4.06.51
5 Tylah Breese           4.19.94  4.07.65
6 Michael Kearton        3.57.16  4.07.69
7 Darren Pokoj           4.18.62  4.09.59
8 Brock Newling          4.18.92  4.11.73
9 Ayden Eves             4.17.12  4.12.05
10 Jarah Breese          4.09.75  4.20.81
11 Brett Pergelley       4.21.62
12 Hugh Mansfield        4.23.87
13 Dean Robson           4.30.07
14 Matt Rowley           4.47.39
15 Tom Egan              4.58.36
16 Che Pianta            5.00.54
17 Thomas Kerney         5.08.56
18 Scott Grundy          5.15.29
19 Steven Mathews        5.41.07
20 Chris Hetherington    5.43.09
21 Ashley Stokes         6.04.00
 
Expert Men
 
1 Adam Bowey             4.30.22
2 Ian Wilson             4.41.18
3 Allister Neely         4.44.29
4 Scott Graham           4.45.22
5 Nick Fraser            4.45.63
6 Tim Chadd              4.47.29
7 James Knowler          4.52.10
8 Jonathon Taylor        4.53.81
9 Fraser Lindsay         4.54.06
10 Peter Fothergill      4.56.15
11 Andrew Threlfall      4.58.93
12 Bradley Cox           5.03.75
13 Lachlan Dickie        5.12.43
14 Kain Gardner          5.12.72
15 Leighton Smith        5.16.38
16 Nick Crvickshank      5.20.13
17 Philip Mason          5.20.15
18 Jack Willet           5.22.47
19 Kane Naaraat          5.27.21
20 James Russell         5.27.99
21 Dan Hill              5.49.72
22 Matthew Tickle        5.53.99
23 Chris Eastwood        6.05.44
24 Rhys Dowsett          6.07.03
25 Rob Terry             6.09.76
26 Michael Rowell        7.07.06
 
Masters men
 
1 Rob Eva                4.29.96
2 John Myssonski         4.54.59
3 Steven Lewis           5.28.06
4 Ian Petrie             5.32.02
5 Allan Clements         5.35.40
6 Eric Lamb              6.36.15
 
Sport men
 
1 Ben Ruthberg           4.48.32
2 Cameron Shilton        5.03.14
3 Chris Lloyd            5.07.27
4 Daniel Segeri          5.09.40
5 Ryan Long              5.10.27
6 Daniel Neely           5.13.75
7 Angus Mc Donald        5.16.44
8 Aaron Wigley           5.17.01
9 Ben Rowse              5.21.65
10 Harley Struthers      5.22.01
11 Benjamin Rohloff      5.28.10
12 Ricky Munro           5.34.48
13 Chris Mather          5.34.60
14 Brad Giles            5.36.00
15 Damien Nicol          5.47.50
16 Aaron Rogers          5.49.31
17 Ricky Lambourn        5.56.88
18 Robert Tyler          6.02.36
19 Ash Koomen            6.15.43
20 Samuel Hartley        6.15.55
21 Julian Struthers      6.21.63
22 David Leach           6.39.41
23 Joe Lo Presti         7.20.42
24 Berin Boughton        7.22.58
25 Darren Nansen         8.22.22
26 Nick Anderson         8.37.93
 
Sport women
 
1 Jodi Troughton        12.21.60
 
Sport masters men
 
1 Roger Pitt 19:04.12
 
Under 15 men
 
1 Shaun O’Connor         5.05.93
2 David Maud             5.23.15
3 Tim Windshuttle        5.53.16
 
Under 17 men
 
1 Luke Gowen             4.37.98
2 Alex Swann             4.44.13
3 Jordan Kopetko         4.47.84
4 Ashley Grundy          4.51.01
5 Sebastian De Beer      4.52.09
6 William Cookesley      5.02.07
7 David Rowley           5.18.98
8 Chris Coombe           5.30.95
9 Hamish Armstrong       5.37.00
10 Christopher Perger    5.44.01
 
Veteran Men
 
1 Scott Sharples         4.20.03
2 Dean Davies            4.28.84
3 Troy Parsons           4.36.86
4 Ollie Klein            4.37.22
5 Jason Morrison         4.42.03
6 Troy Rowell            4.49.83
7 Richard Baldwin        4.51.87
8 Peter Horch            4.54.48
9 Pat Coe                5.05.93
10 Scott Watkins         5.27.90
11 Ken Pedersen          5.37.32
12 Mark Grollo           5.40.35
13 Jeremy Kearns         5.52.84
14 Justin Armstrong      6.16.72
15 Brad Warrior          7.13.97
 
X HardTail
 
1 Ryan Kinnear           5.15.92
2 Sam Steinlauf          5.17.15
3 Shannon Rademaker      5.20.68
4 Scott Tayler           5.22.25
5 Josh Lansdown          5.34.94
6 Glenn Holloway         5.57.03
7 Lucas O’Callaghan      6.00.94
8 Damian Auton           6.50.82
9 Kleat Wilson           6.59.38
10 Scott French          6.59.94
11 Liam Mc Donough       8.09.53
12 Nathan Mills          8.44.90