Australian National MTB Series - Ironhorse Downhill #3 - NE

Thredbo, Australia, December 18, 2005

Results

Rando dual leader on Thredbo Mountain

By Sharon Payne

Jared Rando dominates two mountain bike disciplines in Australia now after winning the Iron Horse Downhill at Thredbo today. Rando had a dream run on the 4.3km Cannonball Run to finish comfortably ahead of Liam Panozzo and Justin Havukainen in third. With temperatures of 2.5 degrees at the start line, Rando let nothing stand in his way with the quickest run of the day in 6:14.08.

The win gives Rando his first for the weekend after crashing in the semi-final of the mountain cross on Friday night. He still maintains his lead in that series. Coming into the downhill event, Rando was second on the points, but after today's win he takes over the lead from World Silver Medallist, Sam Hill from Western Australia.

Rando was closely watched by Jared Graves, the winner of the last two events at Thredbo. Graves, the World silver medallist in Mountain Cross also lined up in the downhill and turned in the best qualifying run of 6.19.22. However, Graves crashed mid way down in the final run, costing him precious seconds.

Adding to the excitement, snow started to fall at the top of the run just as the finals were beginning, with the chill factor an extra challenge for riders used to warmer climates. According to Graves it was the snow and rain affected track that caused his stack.

"I was having a really good run and just tried a little too hard in the middle section and it's all sort of greasy in there from the rain we've had in the last couple of days. Pretty well I hit a root, and before I knew it my back wheel was in front of my front wheel and I was heading back up the side of the hill into the bushes."

Rando however said the track was in great condition despite the snow. "It didn't really effect it, actually it was really grippy and almost perfect for racing on. It was just like hero traction."

In the qualifying run the previous day's rainfall took its toll and times were slower than expected. Graves qualified fastest with Rando just off the pace and Bryn Atkinson third fastest of the day. Sickness struck Atkinson, ruling him out of the final run which left the door open for Liam Panozzo, who had the most improved time of the day.

The downhill comp takes place on the legendary 4.2km Cannonball Run, which is packed full of jumps, berms and turns, and it seems, even the odd real-life cannonball!

Sydney rider Rohan Gearing was the unfortunate victim of a rogue boulder...

"I was just at the start gate ready to race, and unfortunately, just as the clock was about to let me go, a rock rolled down the side of the hill and just bowled me over," he explained. "It just damaged the gear mechanism at the back there, the rock sort of smashed it, yeah I've just got to fix it up and make it go so I can race again.

Officials allowed Gearing to ride the final run and he managed 23rd position.

Results

Elite Men
 
1 Jared Rando             6.14.08
2 Liam Panozzo            6.15.75
3 Justin Havukainen       6.16.53
4 Jared Graves            6.16.66
5 Ben Cory                6.16.73
6 Ricky Boyer             6.16.76
7 Amiel Cavalier          6.16.82
8 Fabien Pedemanaud       6.20.22
9 Adam Dossetor           6.21.83
10 Adam Smithson          6.22.36
11 Ayden Eves             6.23.02
12 Dennis Beare           6.24.20
13 Brad Kelly             6.24.31
14 Tim Eaton              6.25.12
15 David Inabinet         6.27.20
16 Ryan Lennox            6.27.67
17 Dave West              6.27.85
18 Jarl Jensen            6.28.93
19 Jarah Breese           6.30.59
20 Lincoln Verass         6.31.92
21 Michael Kearton        6.33.08
22 Hugh Mansfield         6.34.42
23 Rohan Gearing          6.34.44
24 Brock Newling          6.35.04
25 Christopher Panozzo    6.35.13
26 Darren Pokoj           6.36.96
27 Lindsay Klein          6.38.11
28 James Bashford         6.39.46
29 Nick Mitas             6.40.81
30 Bryn Atkinson                 
31 Andy Epthorp                  
32 Wyn Masters                   
33 Lee Noble                     
34 Ben Morrison                  
35 Luke Patching                 
36 Cole Bangert                  
37 Joshua Lansdown               
38 Shane Wode                    
39 Rob McNaughton                
40 Michael Manning               
41 Glenn Adams                   
42 Tom Cranston                  
43 Scott Graham                  
44 Leigh Williams                
45 Ross Wilkinson                
46 Brett Pengelley               
47 Damien Perry                  
48 Scott Rodding                 
49 Liam McDonough                
DNF Tylah Breese                 
DNS Joel Panozzo                 
DNS Luke Strom                   
DNS Luke Parry                   
DNS Daniel Galea                 
DNS Chris Herron                 
DNS Wade Bootes                  
 
Under 19 Men
 
1 James Maltman           6.24.49
2 Alex Swann              6.27.43
3 Ben Bell                6.35.43
4 Luke Gowen              6.35.64
5 Ricky Lee               6.37.29
6 James Brodie            6.37.60
7 David Hetherington      6.42.16
8 James McMillan          6.46.36
9 Hamish Armstrong        6.48.49
10 Rhys Atkinson          6.48.52
11 Chris Perger           6.52.19
12 Ashley Grundy          6.52.73
13 Cody Eichhorn          6.53.60
14 Chris Coombe           6.54.35
15 Henry McCleay          6.54.37
16 Oscar Buckle           6.58.05
17 Dave Rowley            7.00.24
18 Dale Grixti            7.02.24
19 Martin Groweg          7.08.08
20 Bryce Keniry           7.09.64
21 Cameron Allonby               
22 John Campbell                 
23 Tom Brodie                    
24 Drew Ivison                   
25 Jordan Kopetko                
26 Brad Williams                 
27 William Cookesley             
28 Daniel Geen                   
29 Matthew Holgate               
30 Brendan Turner                
31 Chris Whitelock               
32 Jonathon Cook                 
33 Toby Breheny                  
34 Evan Winton                   
35 Barton Jonceski               
36 Mitchell McKinlay             
37 Brett Duca                    
38 Andrew Karas                  
39 William Arnott                
40 Daniel Jones                  
DNS Ben Carlos                   
DNS Thomas Baker                 
 
Elite Women
 
1 Emma McNaughton         7.25.03
2 Claire Whiteman         7.51.55
3 Kate Holzer             9.02.53
4 Carla McCleish          9.15.69
DNS Caroline Buchanan            
 
Veteran Women
 
1 Samantha Thompson       8.28.95
 
U15 Women
 
1 Siobhan Jones          26.58.17
 
Sport Women
 
1 Melissa Hamilton        9.38.07
2 Sarsha McGowan         10.13.58
3 Amanda Paterson        10.28.87
4 Bindi Hatcher          11.08.16
5 Anna Lagutina          11.50.64
 
Hardtail Men
 
1 Wade Murphy             8.59.18
2 Terrence Scarr          9.02.13
3 Tim Dickens             9.31.47
4 Jamie Rogers            9.59.25
DNS Mitchell Ramm                
DNS Michael Jost                 
 
Expert Men
 
1 Andrew Eckett           6.46.18
2 Aaron Bashford          6.50.66
3 Craig Wright            6.51.79
4 Daniel Chermak          6.52.21
5 Matthew Beattie         6.55.68
6 Dylan Wolsky            6.57.72
7 Peter Hutchison         6.57.81
8 Chris Polley            6.57.88
9 Scott Millett           7.00.75
10 Aaron Bishop           7.01.02
11 Trevor Burke           7.01.81
12 Fraser Lindsay         7.02.15
13 Shane Gayton           7.02.30
14 Matthew Rowley         7.04.07
15 Scott Grundy           7.04.94
16 James Blencowe         7.06.93
17 James Collins          7.07.58
18 Chris Southwood        7.08.32
19 Brendan Wood           7.09.18
20 Randal Huntington      7.09.92
21 Ben Goff               7.11.44
22 Corey Budd             7.12.79
23 Mark Turek             7.13.55
24 Chris Ash              7.15.13
25 Peter Stanley          7.16.71
26 David Hudson           7.17.09
27 Tim Callaghan          7.17.67
28 Jason Miller           7.18.86
29 Ben Rohloff            7.20.62
30 Chris Barlin           7.21.20
31 Harley Struthers       7.23.10
32 Julian Struthers       7.23.80
33 Nicholas Bailly        7.27.07
34 Simon Munro            7.27.24
35 Stewart Bruce          7.29.40
36 Steven Mathews         7.30.88
37 Peter Craig            7.31.36
38 Kieran Hallinan        7.32.63
39 Andrew Smith           7.35.71
40 Isaac Fryar            7.37.18
41 Chris Murphy           7.38.42
42 Adam Callaghan         7.39.92
43 Nathan Couzin          7.45.17
44 Bruce Watman           7.45.73
45 Nathan Groweg          7.45.95
46 Dave Andrews           7.46.71
47 Jake Pendleton         7.55.06
48 James Russell          7.57.23
49 David Leach            8.03.63
50 Shaun Ezzy             8.49.80
51 Andrew Brzezawski      9.10.88
52 Dave Rugendyke        11.17.45
53 Eden Humphreys        14.04.26
DNF Mikhail Chai                 
DNS Jonathon Taylor              
DNS Kye Hore                     
DNS Chris Davis                  
DNS Matthew Cannell              
DNS Ryan Murphy                  
DNS Nic Lamond                   
 
Super Masters Men
 
1 Steve Coles             8.40.08
2 Steven Humphreys       10.08.91
 
Masters Men
 
1 Troy Rowell             7.18.81
2 John Myssonski          7.35.52
3 Harald Eberhardt        7.36.99
4 Steven Munyard          7.42.77
5 Scott Morelli           7.43.27
6 Tony Warrilow           8.03.49
7 Pat Pavlich             8.13.54
8 Graham Mulcahy          8.42.53
DNS Mark Cranston                
DNS Derek Locke                  
DNS Sergio Lavermicocca          
 
Veteran Men
 
1 Tony Carson             6.39.29
2 Dean Davies             6.44.74
3 Daniel Taliana          6.53.24
4 Daniel Segeri           6.54.03
5 Chris Mathers           7.05.52
6 Drew Hamilton           7.06.65
7 Jason Archer            7.07.55
8 Mark Keegan             7.16.32
9 Marc Ellis              7.18.06
10 Karl Peel              7.18.66
11 Shane Dobson           7.20.21
12 Brett Minion           7.28.57
13 Michael Chavre         7.28.91
14 Scott Tiller           7.37.85
15 Ty McLean              7.48.18
16 Juan Roncallo          7.48.27
17 Craig Penglase         7.53.24
18 Trent Delardes         7.55.70
19 Scott Bocking          8.02.55
20 David Clarke           8.04.39
21 Calvin McKinley        8.09.60
22 James Harris           8.14.52
23 Ben Mason              8.19.34
24 Martin Wichman         8.23.19
25 Christopher Farnham    8.26.76
26 Craig Stephenson       8.30.20
27 Justin Armstrong       8.41.36
28 Peter Lucas            8.46.31
29 Andrew Smith           8.48.60
30 Eddie Fawke            9.28.30
31 Phillip Butler         9.28.75
32 Mike Kidd              9.32.59
33 Jarrod Walters        10.26.72
34 Greg Lewis            10.37.38
35 Phillip Boughton      10.49.55
DNF Cameron Ord                  
DNS Peter Locke                  
 
U17 Men
 
1 Shaun O'Connor          6.32.56
2 Tom Patton              6.35.24
3 Dylan Prohm             6.42.50
4 Ben Wilson              6.54.58
5 Matthew Vincent         6.58.69
6 Sam Ward                6.59.17
7 Tim Windshuttle         7.04.47
8 Jasper Ludwig           7.06.47
9 Oscar Lapstun           7.06.86
10 Mitch Forbes           7.14.63
11 Ben Miranda            7.21.19
12 Seaton Humphreys       7.22.34
13 Jack Swann             7.26.31
14 Dave Habitch           7.28.53
15 Tom Fogarty            7.29.18
16 Laurie Dinham          7.31.87
17 Clark Hawke            7.32.35
18 Ben Nylen              7.36.71
19 Tom Rowe               7.40.31
20 Llewellyn Griffiths    7.42.35
21 Kyle Ward              7.53.44
22 Ben Leaper             7.54.60
23 Jarred Tatum           7.59.55
24 Brenton Gowen          8.04.05
25 Tomas Smith            8.06.05
26 Cameron Reid           8.56.30
27 Ben Thomas             9.00.48
 
U15 Men
 
1 Ben Gierke              7.23.40
2 Daniel Lavis            7.34.02
3 Wills Gower             7.35.14
4 Jake Gee                8.21.79
5 Chris Leaper            8.23.07
6 Lachlan Ward            8.42.96
7 Lewis Winton            8.48.21
8 Riley Wilson            8.53.34
9 Thomas Marshall         8.58.05
10 Drew Jonceski          9.00.02
11 Samuel Jones           9.12.35
12 Dion Thomas            9.45.46
13 Mitchell Fraser        9.46.05
14 Brendan Jones         10.03.63
15 Max Coitts            10.11.74
16 Ethan Gardiner        10.17.41
17 Wilson Hale           12.42.85
18 Max Reid              12.52.64
DNS Michael Dargan               
DNS Jack Williams Huggins        
 
Sport Men
 
1 Peter Krause            7.17.18
2 Leigh Wood              7.30.22
3 Daniel Allen            7.31.72
4 Scott Weaver            7.33.85
5 Lincoln Hertogs         7.36.25
6 Matthew Triffet         7.37.19
7 Martin Clarke           7.38.23
8 Anthony McLean          7.41.37
9 Chris Lombardo          7.43.28
10 David Rodriguez        7.48.55
11 Bradley Scott          7.52.05
12 Alex Boyce             7.52.38
13 Ben Orrell             7.57.30
14 Terry Elgood           8.01.06
15 Adam Evans             8.04.00
16 Adam Panozzo           8.15.44
17 Rodrigo Bravo          8.19.27
18 Isaac Heppell          8.23.00
19 Linden Bleijie         8.31.01
20 George Plunkett        8.37.00
21 Ben Murphy             9.10.51
22 Shane Flint            9.20.96
23 Cam O'Leary            9.24.52
24 Leonard Allen          9.25.80
25 Matthew Le Cornu       9.34.56
26 Andrew Broadhead       9.49.92
DNS Sean Charles                 
DNS Jarred Byrne                 
DNS Landon Stroud                
DNS David Casey