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| Jo Badham tonight's 30 min pacer |
Who would have believed it? Two dead-heats in a week; Last
week Ben Twyman and Kristian Day crossed the line in a dead-heat even though
the results gave Kristian the win by a split second.
This week Trentham United teenager Finn Malloy and the long-legged
Pat McKenna fought it out up the finishing straight to the line, neck and neck
all the way. Finn got the official win but both Pat and he were recorded with
the same time of 16.47.
So technically does
that make it 1st equal for both?
Incidentally Finn will be running the senior boys track
3000m and the 6km road race at this weekend’s National Secondary Schools
T&F Championships in Dunedin. He will be representing St Pats College
Silverstream, but tonight’s speed work session won’t have done him any harm.
Sitting back in 3rd place and seriously contemplating
the forthcoming Scottish Night of Miles was Will Critchlow who did 17.23.
In the women’s race Lucy Lawlor picked up her second ever
win on the waterfront with a 21.33. This is a minute down on her best of 20.33
set in October but is an okay time considering the nasty weather conditions.
Back in 2nd place was Sarah Fountain with 21.40
while a few seconds behind her was Melanie Hart who captured 3rd
with a time of 21.44.
Other Stuff:
The bad news was the weather was lousy and start-line numbers down. What do
they say about when the going gets tough, the tough get...? And I am not talking about Xmas office parties.
The good news was the waterfront had fewer cyclists and pedestrians to contend with.
The good news was the waterfront had fewer cyclists and pedestrians to contend with.
The Round the Bays Fun Run people from Sport Wellington were
on hand to out flyers for the 2018 event. This features the lovely Karen Jenkinson
as the pin-up girl on page 1. Expect to see these guys again.
And coming up in two weeks and something that might be of
interest is the Scottish Night of Miles which features a running Santa Claus
and a lolly scramble for the kids. It will be held as a twilight meeting at the
Basin Reserve and is designed to be a fun night. Oh and I belive it's free.
A tight finish coming up....
