Event results
Updated 15 May 2013.
Race report from the event organisers:
The 2013 University Relays and Chocolate Walk were once again hosted by the Victoria University harriers at Mackays Crossing, QEII Park on Saturday 11th May. The going was firm underfoot and conditions were clear but a cool southerly made it a bit chilly at times.
The Chocolate Walk is won by the walker who records a time closest to their estimated time and this year the event was won by John Leonard of Scottish. Peter Baillie and Terri Grimmett (also of Scottish) recorded the fastest times for the men’s and women’s events respectively.
The running events started with the kids races and once again they were a highlight of the day. Over 140 kids competed in the races held for the younger kids and everyone was rewarded for their efforts with chocolate and a lolly scramble. Winners of the races were Jack Julian (Olympic, B9), Bex Jenkins (Olympic, G9), Toby Jurke (Olympic, B11), Charlotte Floodsmith (Trentham, G11), Patrick White (Olympic, B13) and Tessa Hunt (Wellington, G13).
The main relay saw a record number of teams competing and with all the grades being run together, there were 94 first lap runners on the start line. One of the highlights of the day was provided by the junior women with the Olympic and Wellington teams fighting for the win right to the last few strides. Wellington’s Jean Kozyniack ran the fastest lap (14.24) of the day for the junior women on lap one to give her team a handy lead, but the Olympic team’s depth saw their final lap runner Susannah Lynch set off on the last lap with a 22 second lead over Wellington’s Kelsy Forman. With their team mates waiting nervously at the finish, the last lap runners entered the long finishing straight shoulder to shoulder and matched each other stride for stride to the finish which they crossed almost together. After some deliberation, the officials gave the win to the Olympic team but only by the slimmest of margins. Hutt Valley’s Phoebe Knight ran 2nd fastest lap of the day (15.25) to lead her team into 3rd place with Scottish’s Ariana Harper running the 3rd fastest lap (15.28).
It looked as though the finish in the master women's race might be heading the same way when Olympic’s last lap runner Katie Jenkins set off only a few seconds behind Scottish’s Anne Hare. Katie had to run the fastest time of the grade (16.25) to chase down the 1996 Olympian to give Olympic the win by only 4 seconds. Anne ran 3rd fastest in grade with a 16.33 lap with Kapiti’s Deb Finn running 2nd fastest lap (16.26) to anchor her team to 3rd place.
Wellington’s Elaine Bent ran the fastest lap (15.20) in the open women’s grade to give her team the lead after the first lap. However the Scottish women, lead by Nicole Mitchell (2nd fastest lap of 15.29), had too much depth for the other teams and they steadily extended their lead for a convincing win. The Wellington team took 2nd and Demelza Murrihy-Topp (3rd fastest lap time of 15.51) lead the way for her Scottish team to take 3rd place
In the junior mens race, Jake Tennet’s fastest lap (12.52) got his Wellington team off to the perfect start and they lead from start to finish to record an impressive win, beating all but two of the senior men's teams. Wellington showed their depth in the grade with their teams taking 1st, 2nd and 4th with only the Hutt Valley (3rd) lads preventing a Wellington clean sweep. Wellington runners Oliver Smith (13.02) and Kieron McDonald (13.05) ran the 2nd and 3rd fastest laps of the day. It was good to welcome a new Athletics NZ affiliated club to the event with St Pats Silverstream entering two teams in the junior mens grade.
The open men’s race was not surprisingly dominated by the teams from Scottish whose teams made a clean sweep of the first three places. A little bit of local knowledge, combined with a ton of speed saw Hamish Carson scorch over the sand hills and the paddocks of QEII Park to record the fastest lap of the day – the only athlete to go under 12 minutes with a lap time of 11.58. Next fastest lap times went to his team mates Ben Barry (12.27) and Dougal Thorburn (12.28). The Scottish men will be looking forward to defending their national road relay title in Christchurch in October and competition for a place in their A team will be incredibly high.
The master mens race attracted the largest number of teams with 24 teams starting the race - there may be some interest in having a mens 50 year grade in the event next year. Victory went to the Scottish team which continued their dominance of the grade in recent years. Todd Stevens’ fastest lap of 13.27 was clearly the fastest of the day. The talented Olympic team ran second, lead by Mike Waterman (2nd fastest lap of the day with 13.50) and the Wellington team took 3rd. Scottish’s Vaile Mexted ran the 3rd fastest lap of the day (13.55).
::[Official relay results, PDF format]::
Top three placings and Olympic results below
The 2013 University Relays and Chocolate Walk were once again hosted by the Victoria University harriers at Mackays Crossing, QEII Park on Saturday 11th May. The going was firm underfoot and conditions were clear but a cool southerly made it a bit chilly at times.
The Chocolate Walk is won by the walker who records a time closest to their estimated time and this year the event was won by John Leonard of Scottish. Peter Baillie and Terri Grimmett (also of Scottish) recorded the fastest times for the men’s and women’s events respectively.
The running events started with the kids races and once again they were a highlight of the day. Over 140 kids competed in the races held for the younger kids and everyone was rewarded for their efforts with chocolate and a lolly scramble. Winners of the races were Jack Julian (Olympic, B9), Bex Jenkins (Olympic, G9), Toby Jurke (Olympic, B11), Charlotte Floodsmith (Trentham, G11), Patrick White (Olympic, B13) and Tessa Hunt (Wellington, G13).
The main relay saw a record number of teams competing and with all the grades being run together, there were 94 first lap runners on the start line. One of the highlights of the day was provided by the junior women with the Olympic and Wellington teams fighting for the win right to the last few strides. Wellington’s Jean Kozyniack ran the fastest lap (14.24) of the day for the junior women on lap one to give her team a handy lead, but the Olympic team’s depth saw their final lap runner Susannah Lynch set off on the last lap with a 22 second lead over Wellington’s Kelsy Forman. With their team mates waiting nervously at the finish, the last lap runners entered the long finishing straight shoulder to shoulder and matched each other stride for stride to the finish which they crossed almost together. After some deliberation, the officials gave the win to the Olympic team but only by the slimmest of margins. Hutt Valley’s Phoebe Knight ran 2nd fastest lap of the day (15.25) to lead her team into 3rd place with Scottish’s Ariana Harper running the 3rd fastest lap (15.28).
It looked as though the finish in the master women's race might be heading the same way when Olympic’s last lap runner Katie Jenkins set off only a few seconds behind Scottish’s Anne Hare. Katie had to run the fastest time of the grade (16.25) to chase down the 1996 Olympian to give Olympic the win by only 4 seconds. Anne ran 3rd fastest in grade with a 16.33 lap with Kapiti’s Deb Finn running 2nd fastest lap (16.26) to anchor her team to 3rd place.
Wellington’s Elaine Bent ran the fastest lap (15.20) in the open women’s grade to give her team the lead after the first lap. However the Scottish women, lead by Nicole Mitchell (2nd fastest lap of 15.29), had too much depth for the other teams and they steadily extended their lead for a convincing win. The Wellington team took 2nd and Demelza Murrihy-Topp (3rd fastest lap time of 15.51) lead the way for her Scottish team to take 3rd place
In the junior mens race, Jake Tennet’s fastest lap (12.52) got his Wellington team off to the perfect start and they lead from start to finish to record an impressive win, beating all but two of the senior men's teams. Wellington showed their depth in the grade with their teams taking 1st, 2nd and 4th with only the Hutt Valley (3rd) lads preventing a Wellington clean sweep. Wellington runners Oliver Smith (13.02) and Kieron McDonald (13.05) ran the 2nd and 3rd fastest laps of the day. It was good to welcome a new Athletics NZ affiliated club to the event with St Pats Silverstream entering two teams in the junior mens grade.
The open men’s race was not surprisingly dominated by the teams from Scottish whose teams made a clean sweep of the first three places. A little bit of local knowledge, combined with a ton of speed saw Hamish Carson scorch over the sand hills and the paddocks of QEII Park to record the fastest lap of the day – the only athlete to go under 12 minutes with a lap time of 11.58. Next fastest lap times went to his team mates Ben Barry (12.27) and Dougal Thorburn (12.28). The Scottish men will be looking forward to defending their national road relay title in Christchurch in October and competition for a place in their A team will be incredibly high.
The master mens race attracted the largest number of teams with 24 teams starting the race - there may be some interest in having a mens 50 year grade in the event next year. Victory went to the Scottish team which continued their dominance of the grade in recent years. Todd Stevens’ fastest lap of 13.27 was clearly the fastest of the day. The talented Olympic team ran second, lead by Mike Waterman (2nd fastest lap of the day with 13.50) and the Wellington team took 3rd. Scottish’s Vaile Mexted ran the 3rd fastest lap of the day (13.55).
::[Official relay results, PDF format]::
Top three placings and Olympic results below
Results
Table View Individual Result Search
Hint: To sort results, click the column headings.
Note sorting by time is alphabetic, not time based (so 1:00:00 comes after 0:50:00 because 1 comes after 0, but before 50:00 because 1 comes before 5).
 Lap |
Name | Grade/Division | Lap Time | Lap place | Elapsed time | Team place |
| 1 | Michaela Walker | Junior Women | 15.37 | 5 | 15.37 | 3 |
| 1 | Jean Kozyniack | Junior Women | 14.24 | 1 | 14.24 | 1 |
| 1 | Lucy England | Junior Women | 18.06 | 17 | 18.06 | 6 |
| 1 | Alisha Gilchrist | Junior Women | 15.58 | 9 | 15.58 | |
| 1 | Nicole Mitchell | Senior Women | 15.29 | 2 | 15.29 | 2 |
| 1 | Elaine Brent | Senior Women | 15.20 | 1 | 15.20 | 1 |
| 1 | Demelza Murrihy-Topp | Senior Women | 15.51 | 3 | 15.51 | 3 |
| 1 | Izzy Hegan | Senior Women | 16.10 | 5 | 16.10 | |
| 1 | Michelle Van Looy | Masters Women | 16.41 | 4 | 16.41 | 2 |
| 1 | Tricia Sloan | Masters Women | 16.46 | 5 | 16.46 | 3 |
| 1 | Deb Finn | Masters Women | 16.26 | 2 | 16.26 | 1 |
| 1 | Denise Pilcher | Masters Women | 21.23 | 30 | 21.23 | |
| 1 | Sheryn Coverdale | Masters Women | 19.17 | 15 | 19.17 | |
| 1 | Jake Tennet | Junior Men | 12.52 | 1 | 12.52 | 1 |
| 1 | Marcus Karamanoulis | Junior Men | 13.20 | 6 | 13.20 | 3 |
| 1 | Tim Robertson | Junior Men | 13.10 | 4 | 13.10 | 2 |
| 1 | Seamus Kane | Junior Men | 14.38 | 27 | 14.38 | |
| 1 | Callum Brooker | Junior Men | 15.02 | 39 | 15.02 | |
| 1 | Vaughan Brown | Junior Men | 18.47 | 77 | 18.47 | |
| 1 | Ben Barry | Senior Men | 12.27 | 2 | 12.27 | 1 |
| 1 | Rees Buck | Senior Men | 13.15 | 14 | 13.15 | 4 |
| 1 | Michiel Kallenburg | Senior Men | 13.53 | 19 | 13.53 | 5 |
| 1 | Sean McCrudden | Senior Men | 13.02 | 8 | 13.02 | 3 |
| 1 | Aaron Morey | Senior Men | 15.22 | 33 | 15.22 | |
| 1 | Michael Wray | Masters Men | 14.13 | 5 | 14.13 | 3 |
| 1 | Mike Waterman | Masters Men | 13.50 | 2 | 13.50 | 1 |
| 1 | Seth Campbell | Masters Men | 14.35 | 9 | 14.35 | 4 |
| 1 | Mark Anderson | Masters Men | 15.33 | 22 | 15.33 | |
| 1 | Mark Handley | Masters Men | 15.15 | 16 | 15.15 | |
| 1 | Iain Westphall | Masters Men | 15.43 | 25 | 15.43 | |
| 1 | Robert McCrudden | Masters Men | 17.17 | 55 | 17.17 | |
| 1 | Bruce Atmore | Masters Men | 16.23 | 41 | 16.23 | |
| 1 | Robbie Robinson (Olympic) | Composite Team | 17.34 | 3 | 17.34 | |
| 1 | Ele Brown | Composite Team | 26.29 | 19 | 26.29 | |
| 2 | Madeline Wilson | Junior Women | 15.57 | 8 | 31.34 | 2 |
| 2 | Anna Kean | Junior Women | 15.59 | 10 | 30.23 | 1 |
| 2 | Bayley-Rose Van de Coolwijk | Junior Women | 15.55 | 6 | 34.01 | 3 |
| 2 | Jess Kerr | Junior Women | 18.16 | 19 | 34.14 | |
| 2 | Andrea Smith | Senior Women | 16.49 | 8 | 32.18 | 1 |
| 2 | Lauren Fayen | Senior Women | 17.12 | 9 | 32.32 | 2 |
| 2 | Kate Grinlingten | Senior Women | 18.17 | 13 | 34.08 | 3 |
| 2 | Emelie Clarke | Senior Women | 18.15 | 11 | 34.25 | |
| 2 | Tineke Hooft | Masters Women | 17.23 | 7 | 34.04 | 2 |
| 2 | Mandy Simpson | Masters Women | 16.59 | 6 | 33.45 | 1 |
| 2 | Kate Jenkins | Masters Women | 18.35 | 11 | 35.01 | 3 |
| 2 | Cathryn Wood | Masters Women | 19.26 | 16 | 40.49 | |
| 2 | Annie Van Herck | Masters Women | 22.45 | 35 | 42.02 | |
| 2 | Kieron McDonald | Junior Men | 13.05 | 3 | 25.57 | 1 |
| 2 | James Fletcher | Junior Men | 13.35 | 7 | 26.55 | 3 |
| 2 | Nick Sasse | Junior Men | 13.36 | 8 | 26.46 | 2 |
| 2 | Josh Nairne | Junior Men | 15.01 | 37 | 29.39 | |
| 2 | Oscar Harris | Junior Men | 16.17 | 60 | 31.19 | |
| 2 | Jacob Brown | Junior Men | 18.04 | 74 | 36.51 | |
| 2 | Hamish Carson | Senior Men | 11.58 | 1 | 24.25 | 1 |
| 2 | Jesse Patel | Senior Men | 13.42 | 18 | 26.57 | 4 |
| 2 | Luke O'Donnell | Senior Men | 13.11 | 12 | 27.04 | 5 |
| 2 | Adam Carlson | Senior Men | 13.07 | 9 | 26.09 | 2 |
| 2 | Zhihoa Cai | Senior Men | 19.05 | 56 | 34.27 | |
| 2 | Todd Stevens | Masters Men | 13.27 | 1 | 27.40 | 1 |
| 2 | Tim Horne | Masters Men | 15.05 | 15 | 28.55 | 2 |
| 2 | Paul Hewitson | Masters Men | 15.17 | 18 | 29.52 | 3 |
| 2 | Craig Morrison | Masters Men | 15.55 | 31 | 31.28 | |
| 2 | Barry Prosser | Masters Men | 16.10 | 36 | 31.25 | |
| 2 | Nick Julian | Masters Men | 17.31 | 64 | 33.14 | |
| 2 | Miles Coverdale | Masters Men | 19.27 | 80 | 36.44 | |
| 2 | Peter Hanson | Masters Men | 25.56 | 96 | 42.19 | |
| 2 | Peter Wrigley | Composite Team | 19.11 | 6 | 36.45 | |
| 2 | Rob McCrudden | Composite Team | 18.40 | 4 | 45.09 | |
| 3 | Phoebe Anderson | Junior Women | 16.16 | 11 | 47.50 | 1 |
| 3 | Ruby Leverington | Junior Women | 17.48 | 16 | 48.11 | 2 |
| 3 | Maya Hahn | Junior Women | 16.34 | 12 | 50.35 | 3 |
| 3 | Amelia Harris | Junior Women | 16.45 | 13 | 50.59 | |
| 3 | Hinano Sefesi | Senior Women | 15.58 | 4 | 48.16 | 1 |
| 3 | Rebecca Keat | Senior Women | 16.19 | 6 | 48.51 | 2 |
| 3 | Jeltsje Keizer | Senior Women | 18.15 | 12 | 52.23 | 3 |
| 3 | Emelie Clarke | Senior Women | 26.56 | 28 | 61.21 | |
| 3 | Marie Pugh | Masters Women | 17.57 | 8 | 52.01 | 2 |
| 3 | Rebecca Speirs | Masters Women | 18.12 | 9 | 51.57 | 1 |
| 3 | Christine Heron | Masters Women | 19.40 | 19 | 54.41 | 3 |
| 3 | Liz Anderson | Masters Women | 20.44 | 26 | 61.33 | |
| 3 | Donna McDonald | Masters Women | 26.15 | 40 | 68.17 | |
| 3 | Nathan Tse | Junior Men | 13.18 | 5 | 39.15 | 1 |
| 3 | Patrick Roach | Junior Men | 13.51 | 10 | 40.46 | 2 |
| 3 | Tom England | Junior Men | 15.01 | 36 | 41.47 | 4 |
| 3 | Martin McCrudden | Junior Men | 14.30 | 23 | 44.09 | |
| 3 | Jesse Baxter | Junior Men | 16.07 | 57 | 47.26 | |
| 3 | Ben Ives | Junior Men | 19.16 | 80 | 56.07 | |
| 3 | Stefan Smith | Senior Men | 12.54 | 6 | 37.19 | 1 |
| 3 | Glen Hughes | Senior Men | 12.48 | 4 | 39.45 | 3 |
| 3 | Malcolm Hodge | Senior Men | 13.28 | 17 | 40.32 | 4 |
| 3 | Jono Leach | Senior Men | 14.32 | 22 | 40.41 | 5 |
| 3 | Greg Turner | Senior Men | 16.51 | 45 | 51.18 | |
| 3 | Vaile Mexted | Masters Men | 13.55 | 3 | 41.35 | 1 |
| 3 | Kevin Pugh | Masters Men | 14.39 | 11 | 43.34 | 2 |
| 3 | Cameron Harland | Masters Men | 15.15 | 17 | 45.07 | 3 |
| 3 | Richard Longman | Masters Men | 15.01 | 13 | 46.29 | |
| 3 | Graeme Moss | Masters Men | 16.22 | 40 | 47.47 | |
| 3 | Brian Rusbridge | Masters Men | 19.30 | 81 | 52.44 | |
| 3 | John White | Masters Men | 21.05 | 91 | 57.49 | |
| 3 | Peter Denman | Masters Men | 21.16 | 93 | 63.35 | |
| 3 | Peter Wrigley | Composite Team | 19.39 | 7 | 56.24 | |
| 3 | Kelvin Thiele | Composite Team | 16.58 | 1 | 62.07 | |
| 4 | Susannah Lynch | Junior Women | 15.55 | 7 | 63.45 | 1 |
| 4 | Kelsey Forman | Junior Women | 15.34 | 4 | 63.45 | 2 |
| 4 | Phoebe McKnight | Junior Women | 15.25 | 2 | 66.00 | 3 |
| 4 | Helen O'Connor | Junior Women | 17.35 | 15 | 68.34 | |
| 4 | Emily Solsberg | Senior Women | 16.32 | 7 | 64.48 | 1 |
| 4 | Georgia Wedd | Senior Women | 18.40 | 17 | 67.31 | 2 |
| 4 | Sierra Ryland | Senior Women | 18.18 | 14 | 70.41 | 3 |
| 4 | Sally Rose | Senior Women | 19.00 | 20 | 80.21 | |
| 4 | Katie Jenkins | Masters Women | 16.25 | 1 | 68.26 | 1 |
| 4 | Anne Hare | Masters Women | 16.33 | 3 | 68.30 | 2 |
| 4 | Nic Ayson | Masters Women | 19.27 | 17 | 74.08 | 3 |
| 4 | Jean Skilton | Masters Women | 22.26 | 34 | 83.59 | |
| 4 | Barbara Prosser | Masters Women | 23.58 | 37 | 92.15 | |
| 4 | Tom Caughley | Junior Men | 14.03 | 12 | 53.18 | 1 |
| 4 | Max Zorn | Junior Men | 13.45 | 9 | 54.31 | 2 |
| 4 | Leon Falvey | Junior Men | 14.17 | 18 | 56.04 | 3 |
| 4 | Matt Croxford | Junior Men | 14.09 | 13 | 58.18 | |
| 4 | Yianni Bares | Junior Men | 16.13 | 59 | 63.39 | |
| 4 | Matt Walker | Junior Men | 19.14 | 79 | 75.21 | |
| 4 | Dougal Thorburn | Senior Men | 12.28 | 3 | 49.47 | 1 |
| 4 | Chris McIlroy | Senior Men | 13.07 | 10 | 52.52 | 2 |
| 4 | Stephen Day | Senior Men | 13.20 | 15 | 53.52 | 3 |
| 4 | Pieter Pretorious | Senior Men | 14.34 | 23 | 55.15 | 5 |
| 4 | Richard Van Looy | Senior Men | 16.34 | 43 | 67.52 | |
| 4 | Peter Stevens | Masters Men | 14.13 | 6 | 55.48 | 1 |
| 4 | Butch Borlase | Masters Men | 14.14 | 7 | 57.48 | 2 |
| 4 | Dave Carrigan | Masters Men | 14.31 | 8 | 59.38 | 3 |
| 4 | Craig Walker | Masters Men | 15.46 | 26 | 62.15 | |
| 4 | Steve Bligh | Masters Men | 19.12 | 78 | 66.59 | |
| 4 | Mike Binkhorst | Masters Men | 20.11 | 87 | 72.55 | |
| 4 | Steve Walker | Masters Men | 17.19 | 56 | 75.08 | |
| 4 | Malcom Standrill | Masters Men | 19.01 | 76 | 82.36 | |
| 4 | Harley Bond | Composite Team | 24.18 | 18 | 80.42 | |
| 4 | Anneke Binkhorst | Composite Team | 29.05 | 20 | 91.12 |