VICTORIAN 6hour and 50Km TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

by Geoff Duffell, held 10 November 2002, Moe Victoria

Matt Franke set a fast early pace with Jevvan McPhee and Roger Maximiw in pursuit. Despite it being the first ultra race for Franke and Maximiw, they ran with great confidence. In the first 3 hours there was never more than two laps between the Franke-McPhee-Maximiw trio.

Franke was the first to weaken and the other two runners swept ahead. Maximiw kept up strong pressure and reached the 50 km mark first. He then took some easier laps, and the more experienced McPhee resumed the lead and, despite Maximiw pulling some laps back, McPhee cruised through to win the 6 hour event.

Up to 50 km, the womens race was dominated by Peta Mullens, a triathlete and state junior mountain running champion. Second placed in the 50 km, Lee Graham continued on strongly to record a creditable 60+ km performance and win the 6 hour event. Shirley Young was third in the 50 km and second in 6 hour race.

Around Shirley Young the mid-field competition was particularly intense with a lot of position changing during the race. Barry Higgins, Ernie Hartley, David Jones, Peter Gray, Graham Ives, and Barry Summersgill were involved, but it was David Jones, running very strongly over the last two hours, who headed this group home.

Visiting US runner Alan Steggles has completed a marathon in all 50 US states, and rounded off every Australian state with this event. He completed his final marathon laps shortly after 6 hours.

Results

	6 HOUR RESULTS
		age	1 hr laps	2 hr laps	3 hr laps	4 hr laps	5 hr laps	final laps	final km
1	Jevvan McPhee	37	32	65	98	126	154	178	71.44
2	Roger Maximiw	40	31	64	97	127	149	176	70.464
3	Bruce Salisbury	50	31	59	82	108	130	153	61.257
1F	Lee Graham	41	27	53	79	102	126	151	60.495
4	David Jones	61	25	49	73	97	122	146	58.466
2F	Shirley Young	72	26	51	76	100	120	138	55.469
5	Barry Higgins	64	24	50	72	95	116	137	54.858
6	Ernie Hartley	52	27	54	75	97	116	136	54.585
7	Peter Gray	36	27	54	78	98	117	135	54.361
8	Graham Ives	64	26	50	72	91	111	131	52.627
9	Matt Franke	25	32	66	98	116	131	131	52.4
3F	Peta Mullens	14	29	58	84	108	127	127	50.8
10	Nick Schilling	23	23	45	68	89	108	126	50.467
11	Barry Summersgill	60	29	53	76	96	116	120	48
12	Brian Glover	60	20	40	61	81	100	118	47.367
13	Alan Steggles	63	19	35	52	67	82	98	39.257
14	Ian Twite	47	30	59	70	70	70	70	28
	50 km RESULTS
		age
1	Roger Maximiw	40	03:55:16
2	Jevvan McPhee	37	03:56:33
3	Matt Franke	25	04:21:37
1F	Peta Mullens	14	04:40:42
4	Bruce Salisbury	50	04:43:44
2F	Lee Graham	41	04:57:10
5	David Jones	61	05:10:02
3F	Shirley Young	72	05:15:34
6	Ernie Hartley	52	05:24:54
7	Peter Gray	23	05:26:03
8	Barry Higgins	64	05:27:20
9	Graham Ives	64	05:42:41
10	Nick Schilling	23	05:56:39
	6 hour Relay
			km
1	Young Guns		83.189	Junior Team Record
2	Team Trafalgar		82.626	Mixed Team Record
3	Ken's Commandos		67.694
4	Team Escargot		66.237

Team members
Young Guns: Adrian, Jade and Jay Masterman-Smith, David Embleton, Matt Mullens.
Team Trafalgar: Penny and Neil Burgess, Jacques and Elaine Coetzee, James Brown.
Ken's Commandos: Ken Lancaster, Park Peake, Sandra Howorth, Fay Tomholt, Denise Twite.
Team Escargot: John Jervis, Rob Donaldson, Kim Essex, Meagan Franke, Denise Strang.

50km Winners: Jevvan McPhee & Roger Maximiw

6hr Winner: Lee Graham

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