Mild conditions greeted a good field of 25 walkers at Mentone for the VMA 5000m walk championships.
Pam Tindal (W55) led the women home in an excellent time of 26.42. In other highlights, Pam Mews (W80) was the oldest finisher and the closest contest was in the W50 division with Donna Elms 32.05 just holding out Carolyn Rosenbrook 32.11.
In the men’s, Stuart Kollmorgen (M45) continued his dominance with a good time of 24.16 closely followed by Mark Donahoo (M55) in 25.33.
Full results are available in the full version of this post. Unofficial individual splits and lap times are available on the VRWC Entries and Results web pages.
Auth: Simon Evans
Conditions were excellent (cool and overcast), ideal for some quality racing.
The first events on the card were the Victorian Masters 5000m championships. As per common practice, the Age Graded percentages are included for each performance, to show their relative merit. The top performers were Ralph Bennett, Pam Tindal, Heather Carr, Bob Gardiner, Gwen Steed and Mark Donahoo, all with age graded percentages above 84.0%, while fastest overall went to Stuart Kollmorgen (24:16) and Pam Tindal (25:42). And a special mention to Clyde Riddoch who has come back so quickly from a full hip replacement earlier this summer – M60 30:41!
VMA 5000M CHAMPIONSHIPS – WOMEN AG% |
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| 1. Sandra Geisler | W35 | 27:48 | 72.50% |
| 1. Donna Elms | W50 | 32:05 | 71.53% |
| 2. Carolyn Rosenbrock | W50 | 32:11 | 71.31% |
| 3. Sandra Howorth | W50 | 37:46 | 60.19% |
| 1. Pam Tindal | W55 | 26:42 | 87.68% |
| 1. Alison Thompson | W60 | 31:29 | 79.42% |
| 1. Heather Carr | W65 | 30:07 | 87.26% |
| 1. Gwen Steed | W70 | 34:20 | 84.63% |
| 1. Margaret Beaumont | W75 | 43:45 | 72.26% |
| 1. Pam Mews | W80 | 56:45 | 58.97% |
VMA 5000M CHAMPIONSHIPS – MEN AG% |
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| 1. Rupert Van Dongen | M40 | 34:22 | 55.03% |
| 1. Stuart Kollmorgen | M45 | 24:16 | 81.08% |
| Inv James Christmass | M45 | 26:00 | 77.55% |
| 2. David Smyth | M45 | 28:28 | 69.12% |
| 1. Simon Evans | M50 | 26:48 | 79.18% |
| 2. Bernie Keirl | M50 | 27:59 | 73.90% |
| 1. Mark Donahoo | M55 | 25:33 | 84.54% |
| 1. Clyde Riddoch | M60 | 30:41 | 73.84% |
| 2. John Graham | M60 | 32:09 | 72.71% |
| 1. Des Middleton | M65 | 36:47 | 66.48% |
| 1. Ralph Bennett | M70 | 29:28 | 88.31% |
| – Barrie Wicks | M70 | DQ | |
| 1. Bob Gardiner | M75 | 32:17 | 86.44% |
| 2. John Morrison | M75 | 37:52 | 70.60% |
| – Ian Beaumont | M75 | DQ | |