Friday 10 April 2009

AMA Nationals Friday results

Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, April 10, 2009 with
In the 10k
Bruce Graham 32:55.4 M45 gold, an awesome run, lapped the entire field, all ages.
Roger Pilkington 41:07.5 M50 gold!!!!
Me time irrelevant, bronze; happy happy. Don't worry, it was a time even you can beat.

In the 800m
John M awesome 2:08.59 to win the M50s

John L 2:17.63 to win the M55s
Ken 2:23.50 in the same race

Geoff S 2:22.29 narrow second in the M60s
Garry M 2:35.61 also in the M60s

Then the women, what a highlight. Rachelle was first up, and ran 2:40.15 for bronze in the W35s, a time which is an 8 second pb and beat both Amanda and Katies's pbs, BUT

In the W40s Amanda and Katie ran 4th and 5th in times of 2:38.38 and 2:39.47 respectively, both pbs by 2 seconds, both the first time ever under 2:40.

Then in the W55s Kathy S ran an excellent 2:50.86, and Maureen a 3:04.91, a vast improvement this season.

Also on day one, other Canberra athletes won hords of medals. Top performances were by Gwen Gleeson and Margaret Taylor who broke the 60m Australian records in their respective age groups.