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Martin Dent Wins at Campbell Park to Lead Runners Shop Series

Photos from left: Martin Dent, Shannon Jones, Matt Doyle

Martin Dent, a previous winner in 2019 and 2021, was fastest on corrected time at Campbell Park on Wednesday and leads the 2022-23 Runners Shop Twilight Series after three races.

Course planner, David Poland, provided a third Moderate course to enable those who wished to avoid climb and some of the long grass and boggy conditions which all competitors had to endure to a greater or lesser extent.

The across the line results for the Moderate courses were:

Moderate 1: 5.7 km: 16 controls: Men: 1. Matt Doyle 33:01, 2. Paul de Jongh 33:02, 3 Martin Dent 34:33;  Women: 1. Shannon Jones 44:59, 2. Grace Crane 45:25, 3. Katherine Maundrell 54:11.
Moderate 2: 3.7 km: 9 controls: Men: 1. Andrew Kerr 22:57, 2. Hayden Dent 31:55, 3. Matty Maundrell 36:31; Women: 1. Sanda Halpin 35:51, 2 Ingrid Shelton Agar 37:35. 3. Alice Radajewski 41:22.
Moderate 3: 2.7 km: 6 controls: Men: 1 Joshua Mansell 21:56, 2. Zaf Bluett-Jones 37:42, 3. Ben Mansell 38:10; Women: 1. Katy Hogg 37:08, 2. Katie Liesinger 41:21, 3. Mira Walter 47:11.

The full results are here and the maps and photos are on Facebook.

After the handicap factors were applied Martin Dent was fastest with a corrected kilometre rate of 5 min 30.95 sec, about 14 seconds faster than Shannon Jones, with around three seconds to Matt Doyle and Paul de Jongh who were separated by only a second when they crossed the finish line. The top 10 corrected time were:

Competitor Handicap  Corrected km rate
Martin Dent 0.9100 5 min 30.95 sec
Shannon Jones 0.7280 5 min 44.71 sec
Matt Doyle 1.0000 5 min 47.54 sec
Paul de Jongh 1.000 5 min 47.72 sec
Sanda Halpin 0.6080 5 min 53.46 sec
Andrew Kerr 0.9700 6 min 01.00 sec
Geoff Lawford 0.6640 6 min 02.29 sec
David Stocks 0.9400 6 min 02.81 sec
Grace Crane 0.7600 6 min 03.33 sec
Katherine Maundrell 0.6560 6 min 04.15 sec

The top five placings after three events are:

  • 248 Martin Dent RR A
  • 247 Shannon Jones AO A
  • 246 Paul de Jongh BS A
  • 243 David Stocks BS A
  • 242 Sanda Halpin PO A

The full standings after race 3 are here and the fourth event in the 2022-23 Runners Shop Twilight Series will be on Wednesday 9 November 2022 at Stirling Park.