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Australian National XC series #5 - CN
Kooralbyn, Queensland, February 12, 2005
Local women reign
By Sharon Payne, MTB Media
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Queensland mountain bikers proved they had some local advantage by taking out the top three places in the Elite Women’s Cross Country yesterday at Kooralbyn. Over 120 riders from right around Australia lined up for the 5th National Series. Lee Schultz (Toowong), Sharon Heap (Gold Coast) and Erica Oldfield (Ipswich) finished first, second and third respectively well ahead of Donna Hamlin (Sydney) and Series leader Niki Fisher (Canberra).
Hot conditions and knowledge of the track assisted the three Queensland women who lead the race for five laps taking turn about at the front. Schultz used her climbing strength to surge ahead of Heap and Oldfield on the final lap. Schultz now has her sights set on the National Championships in five weeks. Fisher still maintains her Series lead and attributes her 5th placing to a tough 4 days of racing in Tasmania when she won the Wild Side event last week.
Athens Olympic women’s rider, Lisa Mathison was on the sideline watching the action after doctors advised her to rest following tests that revealed she was suffering a Fatigue Syndrome.
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Canberra riders took the top two placings in the Elite Men’s Olympic Cross Country with Dylan Cooper just second ahead of Brent Miller. Cooper clocked the fastest lap time of the day with16 minutes and 12 seconds and completed the 7 laps in 1.59:38. Miller suffered a mechanical mishap which saw him fall in the 4th lap but he recovered to finish 1 minute behind Cooper. Cooper now takes the Series lead from Alistair Farley who was relegated to second overall. Murray Spink from Melbourne who finished third still maintains his third place in the Series. Fourth was Mark Frendo (Corinda) who stayed with the leading group for the first four laps.
In the Masters Men division, adventure racer, Brett Stevens lead the Gold Coast trio of Les Heap and Jack Weitenberg to the finish line to blitz Series leader Con Toparis from Canberra by over 4 minutes. In the Supermaster Men, Series leader, Alan Mumford (Carina) reasserted his dominance in the over 50’s age group by winning this round.
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- Brent Miller
- Aiden Lefmann
- Harrison Morgan
- Dylan Cooper
- Hamish Elliot and Aiden Lefmann (Cannondale) , part of the prominent Cannondale team
- Dylan Cooper was strong once again
- Perren Delacour
- Matthew Fleming looked strong
- Brent Miller
- James Williamson
- Dylan Cooper on his way to winning Round 5
- Brent Miller
- Rebecca McConnell
- Maria Papadopolous
- Nikki Fisher
- Donna Hamlin
- Erica Oldfield
- Nikki Fisher
- Maria Papadopolous doing it tough
- Sharon Heap
- Jacqui Clynes
Results
Elite, U/23 Men 1 Dylan Cooper 1.59.38 2 Brent Miller 1.12 3 Murray Spink 1.35 4 Mark Frendo 2.48 5 Hamish Elliot 5.55 6 Adam Freeman 8.03 7 Matthew Fleming 12.51 8 Chris Winn 13.17 9 James Williamson 14.55 10 Shaun Lewis 15.53 11 James Maebus 16.21 12 Shane Paton 17.17 13 Aiden Lefmann 14 Scott Finlay 15 Ben Nicol 16 Harrison Morgan DNF Daniel Van Der Ploeg DNF Perren Delacour Elite Women 1 Lee Schultz 1.48.07 2 Sharon Heap 0.51 3 Erica Oldfield 2.32 4 Donna Hamlin 9.20 5 Niki Fisher 9.49 6 Anna Sheldon 12.39 7 Jacqui Clynes 13.01 8 Rebecca McConnell 13.22 9 Maria Papadopolous 15.07 10 Kim Kelleher 21.47 11 LaurenTanzen U/17 Women 1 Cailin Carrier 49.45 2 Kelly Hughes 6.22 Veteran Women 1 Tanya Britton 1.05.31 2 Jackie Bower 2.38 3 Melinda Symon 11.34 Master Women 1 Jane Trotter 53.26 U/17 Men 1 Alexander Pung 54.32 2 Daniel Hallam 6.29 3 Zac MacAnally 10.11 4 James Irving 13.33 5 Stuart Drake 14.30 6 Tim Plunkett 7 Scott Leinster U/15 Men 1 Simon Campbell 42.34 2 Ryan MacAnally 3.45 3 Luke Scudamore 8.21 4 Ben Gierke 9.23 Master Men 1 Brett Stevens 55.32 2 Les Heap 2.37 3 Jack Weitenberg 4.36 4 Con Toparis 4.56 5 Gavin Burk 6.31 6 Kevin Joness 7.16 7 Keith Jarrotts 7.40 8 Trevor Bell 14.14 9 Ian Holm 16.06 10 Roy Whitney 16.41 11 Martin MacAnally 26.11 12 Tim Hooker 37.34 13 Col Cuthbert 14 David Pannell Super master Men 1 Alan Mumford 57.31 2 Warren Prior 3 Kerry Noyes Expert Men 1 Graeme Allbon 1.34.57 2 Matthew Christmas 3.44 3 Regan Jefcoate 3.58 4 Nathan Rickerby 4.40 5 Jordan Vogel 16.52 6 Dan SanMartin 7 Andrew Fellows DNF Howard Rogers U/19 Men 1 Lachlan Norris 1.27.20 2 Joel Healy 1.11 3 Cal Britten 2.55 4 Andrew Arthur 4.26 5 Neil Van Der Ploeg 6.34 6 Garry Millburn 9.02 7 Glenn Stewart 10.05 8 David Whitney 16.20 9 Ryan Gittins 21.09 Veteran Men 1 Simon Bowen 1.14.18 2 Wayne Bower 0.51 3 David Coward 1.44 4 Andrew Wilcher 5.27 5 Tristan Snorrason 6.14 6 Evan Broughton 7.43 7 David Wright 8.11 8 Paul Adams 9.43 9 Henry Engelbrecht 11.14 10 Wayne Smith DNF Nicholas Marentis Sport Men 1 David McKean 43.50 2 Aaron Wood 1.24 3 Bob Crawford 2.42 4 Ben Lojkin 7.17 5 Damian Bullock 8.09 6 Ken Yeo 11.03 7 Brett Ryan 20.05
