Canty wins two titles in national cross country

Press, 12 August 1985, Page 26

Canty wins two titles in national cross country

Canterbury won the junior men’s and women’s titles and finished second in the senior men’s and senior women’s events in the Countrywide national cross country running championships in Invercargill on Saturday. The senior men’s 12km race was won- by Ken Moloney, ,pf Auckland, who cleaned up' a' strong field' in the. ..Skellerup Steeples race in Christchurch last, month but did nbt .compete in. the Auckland championships a fortnight later because of a minor achill.es tendbn injury. He had earlier this season won three inter-pro-vincial titles in the North Island.

The was the Auckland champion, Geoff Shaw, while-a surprise third 33,.4i7fi§hei , maii k ;fr6ift South*: y^idfmeriiS^l^ia:inpion, Priul /,;< : Balliriger (Taranaki),->whd won his provincial title against' a strong field,..suffered from stomach cramps when holding third. place and faded to fifth, behind; an /-.Auckland .track specialist, .Kerry Rodger.

- The, top. twb Canterbury inen, Bruce Rattray / and -Tom Bifriie', ’ finished sixth and . seventh, with Geoff "Prendergast ..runhing -well fi^gHth, Eddig

Gray (Greymouth), who lost a shoe and finished well down in the Canterbury senior championship, held Canterbury’s team together with a fine race for sixteenth place. Mary O’Connor, a threetimes national cross country winner and an international, could not match the finishing speed of the titleholder, Gail Rear (Northland), and finished just two seconds behind her. Sue Bruce was third, followed by Christine Morris (Waikato) and Heather Mathews (Northland). Glenys Kroon, sixth, led in five Aucklanders to take the team title. Canterbury veterans performed with credit. The men’s champion, Bryan Atkins, took the over-45 title, Glen Watts took the women’s oveMS title and several others took minor .plactjies.rt ' /.fKstosults',— /'•'). Men. , ~ . . <‘‘;iSenipr ’ (12km): Moloney ' (Aji'dfcland), .37:48; !;• Shaw ’.(Auckland), -27:64' 2; Campbell ■ (Southland); '38:17, 3. Teams, Auckland, 45,1; Canterbury, 71, 2;. Wellington, 141, 3. Major Canterbury placings: B. Rattray, 38:33, 6; T. Birnie, 38:58, 7; G.- Prendergast, 38:59, 8; E. Gray, 39:28, 16; C. McDonald, 17; W. Sheddan, 27; R. Mulcahy, 34; G. Anderson, 35; J. Sheddan, 38; P. Clode, 39. P. Meffan withdrew with a sprained ankle. Junior (8km): R. Moore (Hawkes Bay), 26:56, 1; R. Moore (Wellington), 27:13, 2; K. Faas (Canterbury), 27:23, 3. Teams, Canterbury, 14,1; Wellington, 42, 2; Auckland, 59, 3. Otter Canterbury placings: E. Dfaytori, 27:41, 4; R. Howell,

27:44, 5; D. Humphreys, 27:52, 6; E. Monasterio, 9; J. Greenwood, 15.

Veterans.— Over 40 (9km): D. Sirl (Auckland) 30:00, 1; C. Creagh (Canterbury), 32:05, 2; B. Catermole (Wellington), 32:11, 3. Over 45: B. Atkins (Canterbury), 31:39, 1; K. Pearce (Auckland), 32:23, 2; B. Kenny (Otago), 33:03, 3. Over 50: J. Cowie (Otago), 33:26,1; R. Stevens (Canterbury), 34:40, 2; D. Cameron (Canterbury) 35:17, 3. Over 55: D. Turnbull (Southland), 34:15, 1; S. Opie (Canterbury), . 36:38, 2; B. Lindsay (Otago), 38:16, 3. Women Senior (skm): G. Rear (Northland), 17:48, 1; M. O'Connor (Canterbury) 17:50, 2; S. Bruce (Canterbury), 18:05, 3. Teams, Auckland, 26, 1; Canterbury, 31, 2; Northland, 54, 3. Other Canterbury placings, P. Daly, 19:05, 14; b. Dryden, 19:17, 16; V. Lindsay, 19:39, 21; D. Fantham, 20:23, 33. Junior (skm): S. Barry (Taranaki), 18:27, I; H. Moros (Auckland), 19:10, 2; T. Kennedy (Southland), 19:13, 3. Canterbury placings: R. Depree, 19:40, 6; C? Barrie, 19:52, 7; J. Stokes, 2020, 9; A. Parfitt, 14; K. Barrett, 15; K. Jackson, 17. Teams, Canterbury, 25, 1; Auckland, 38, 2; Southland, 58, 3. Veteran.— Over 35 (skm): G. Dunning (Auckland) 19:39, 1; M. Harries (Northland), 20:18, 2; M. Walker (Canterbury), 20:32, 3. Over 40: R. Warburton (Auckland), 20:28, 1; M. Orman (Tasman), 20:49, 2; T. Woodham (Canterbury), 22:34, 3. Over 45: G. Watts (Canterbury), 24:18, 1; L. Richmond (Canterbury), 24:39, 2; J. Wetti (Southland), 25:19, 3. .