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South East Queensland Cross Country Championships
August 22, 2004
Frendo wins Queensland XC championship
By Sharon Payne
Mark Frendo from Brisbane won the South East Queensland Cross Country Championships today at Gap Creek Reserve after recently returning from a season in Italy. Frendo narrowly defeated Sunshine Series winner, Ryan Gittins, from Toowoomba. Gittins along with World Junior competitor, Josh Keep from Lismore led the field for the first three of six laps before Frendo took charge. "I was just waiting," explained Frendo. "They got away on the first climb. It was long."
Frendo was impressed with 16 year old Gittin's form after the Championship. "He is three years younger and in the next few years he'll be pretty quick," added Frendo. Gittins should have raced in his age division but obtained special permission to race two grades above his Under 17 classification.
Third was Steven Vines from Bridgeman Downs who took Keep's position when back pain forced him to withdraw from the competition. Keep preferred to stay away from injury before heading overseas this week to compete in the World Junior Championships on 10 September in Les Gets in France.
The Expert Women's division was thrown open when a virus stopped World Junior competitor, Erica Oldfield from Ipswich from competing. National Veteran Champion, Sharon Heap from the Gold Coast blitzed Veronica Lane and Lee Schultz from Brisbane with a 24 minute lead.
Gold Coast competitors also took gold in the Under 17 division with Daniel Hallam and in Masters with multisport athlete, Brett Stevens, winning by 4 minutes. Southside RATS Club of Brisbane took the Super Masters win with 52 year old Allan Mumford still recovering from a training injury. Southside's talented James Maltman was outdone by Alice Spring's Daniel Johnston in the Under 19 division.
Competitors will now prepare for the start of the MTBA National Series which begins in Cairns on the 6 November.
Results
Elite/U23 Men 1 Mark Frendo (Uni of Qld) 1.51.15 2 Ryan Gittins (Toowoomba) 3 Stephen Vines 9.10 4 Andre Harvey (Uni of Qld) 11.05 5 Colin Gill 12.35 6 Andrew Wegener 12.49 7 Regan Jefcoate (Uni of Qld) 16.31 8 Michael Skroblin (Uni of Qld) 20.15 9 Jack Weitenberg (Gold Coast MTB Club) 33.48 10 Scott Finlay (DRCC) 11 Mark Skroblin (Gold Coast MTB Club) DNF Daniel Radford (Southside RATS) DNF Jordan Vogel (Gold Coast MTB Club) DNF Josh Keep (Northern Rivers) DNF Clynton Spencer DNF Matthew Ryan U19 Men 1 Daniel Johnston (Alice Springs) 1.13.57 2 James Maltman (Southside RATS) 3.18 3 Peter Thompson (NRG) 9.44 DNF Hayden Lester (D'Aguilar) DNF Christopher Maycock (Kenmore) DNF David Whitney (Gold Coast MTB Club) DNF Todd Dawson DNF Sam Trevor U17 Men 1 Daniel Hallam (Gold Coast MTB Club) 1.02.07 2 Tim Plunkett (Gap) 3.00 3 James Irving (D'Aguilar) 6.36 4 Dylan Dobson (Kenmore) 16.27 5 Jake Whitehead (Kenmore) 22.57 6 Stuart Drake (Kenmore) 7 Adam Smith 8 James Ramsay DNF Phillip Howe (Gold Coast MTB Club) DNF Jared Blackmore (Day) DNF John Valance U15 Men 1 Daniel Peach (Kangaroo Point) 44.56 2 Luke Scudamore (Gold Coast Mtb Club) 1.29 3 Sean Dalton (GCMB) 8.57 4 Dylan Mazzer (Day) 13.41 5 Mitchell Dobson (Kenmore) 17.33 6 Craig Brown (St Pauls) 32.45 U13 Men 1 Ben Gierke (The Riders Club) 14.55 2 Aiden Pittendreigh 1.17 3 Ben Forbes (Kenmore) 2.08 4 Luka Manson 2.24 5 Jean Luc Des Rivieres (Kenmore) 2.28 6 Ryan Carrier 5.49 7 Bryce Winchester 7.39 8 Philippe Des Rivieres (Kenmore) 10.42 9 Jacob Richter 13.11 B Men 1 Mark Harder (Byron Bay Freeriders) 1.21.48 2 Andrew Wilcher 0.34 3 Les Heap (Gold Coast MTB Club) 2.47 4 Jeremey Waringham 5.18 5 David Conlon (IMBRC) 6.08 6 Nick Marentis (RATS) 8.18 7 Won Jae Lee (TRC) 8.47 8 Tim Grover 11.07 9 Chris Maierhofer (NRG) 12.24 10 Jeremy Claridge (TRC) 13.00 11 Steven Flook 19.55 DNF Tim Mumford (Southside RATS) DNF Enda Donnelly (Day) DNF Nick Frederiksen C Men 1 Eddie Oldfield (NRG) 1.01.31 2 Jason Gibson (Day) 0.39 3 Andrew Harder (Day) 3.41 4 Mark Passier (NBC) 7.52 5 Josh Gowty (D'Aguilar) 8.29 6 Ryan Myler 13.52 7 Rodney Gibson (Kenmore) 15.56 8 Justin Fraser (RATS) 17.07 9 Mark Green 20.58 10 Peter Winfield 24.19 11 Ben Lojkin (Gold Coast MTB Club) 25.02 12 John Pinnell 26.26 13 George Cordero 32.58 14 Norman Doyle 37.13 15 Nathan Campbell 40.49 DNF Peter Pellican (Day) DNF Bradley Wallace Veteran Men 1 Robbie Gould 1.19.21 2 Matt Christmas 3.07 3 Peter O'Higgins (TRC) 5.46 4 Dan San Martin 6.02 5 Gavin Burke (D'Aguilar) 6.08 6 Steve Perry 6.11 7 Tim McNaughton 6.36 8 Paul Adams 6.46 9 John Pittendreigh 6.47 10 Jason Daw (DRCC) 10.39 11 Karl Moffitt (TRC) 11.55 12 Chris Walker (Gold Coast MTB Club) 12.49 13 Mark Smoothy (TRC) 13.02 14 Justin Whelan (DRCC) 13.47 15 Jayson Headridge (NRG) 27.45 16 Jeff Toohey (CORC) 24.23 DNF Mark Evans (TRC) DNF Nick Swanson DNF Tony Carson (TRC) DNF Nathan Berghammer (Gold Coast MTB Club) DNS Darren Perry Master Men 1 Brett Stevens (Gold Coast MTB Club) 1.00.20 2 Bryan Flemming (Day) 3.52 3 David Gilbert (RATS) 4.12 4 Keith Jarrott (RATS) 5.53 5 Roger Allwright 6.25 6 Roy Whitney (Gold Coast MTB Club) 11.03 7 Grant Ford (Western Sydney) 11.25 8 Matt Stirling 13.22 9 John Travers (RATS) 14.19 10 Jeff Brookes (Gold Coast Mtb Club) 15.01 11 Paul Cordina (RATS) 16.43 12 Peter Cooper (Gold Coast MTB Club) 18.19 13 Rick Whitehead (Day) 20.52 14 Paul Cook (TRC) 25.02 DNF Kevin Jones (RATS) Super Master Men 1 Allan Mumford (RATS) 1.05.57 2 Greg Carr (NBC) 0.32 3 Robert Rhodes (Kenmore) 3.05 4 Jeff Ray (Southside RATS) 4.23 5 Paul Haggarty (TRC) 10.32 6 Warren Prior (Daguilar) 14.15 7 Ken Mullaly (NBC) 26.37 8 Neil Donoshoe (NRG) 50.57 Elite Women 1 Sharon Heap (Goldstars) 1.36.16 2 Veronica Lane 23.57 DNF Lee Schultz (TRC) U15 Women 1 Cailin Carrier (Day) 53.23 2 Ellen Blackmore (Day) 5.37 3 Rebecca Flemming (Toowoomba) 16.11 U13 Women 1 Clementine Shevill (Kenmore) 21.03 2 Lucy Stirling (Kenmore) 4.54 3 Erin Fleming (Toowoomba) 5.56 B Women 1 Melinda Symon (NBC) 1.16.07 2 Wendy Jones (Day) 22.27 Veteran/Master Women 1 Sandy Magennis (Gold Coast MTB Club) 48.41 2 Gillian Duncan (Logan City) 5.19 3 Debbie Hard (TRC) 20.28 4 Sue Harder (Kenmore) 51.37 5 Sharryn McConkey (Kenmore) 1.24.37
