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New Zealanders at the 2002 World Mountain Running Championships

The championships alternates between 'uphill-only' and 'up-and-down' courses - with this year's to be an uphill course.

Senior Men 11.7km 1331m climb
149 finishers
Place	No.	Name	DOB	Nation	Time	Diff
1	212	Wyatt Jonathan	1972	NZL	56:31,1	0,0
2	113	Fontaine Raymond	1979	FRA	1:00:05,7	3:34,6
3	185	Sanchez Ranulfo	1971	MEX	1:00:12,5	3:41,4
52	208	Harland Callum	1972	NZL	1:04:57,5	8:26,4
57	210	Snowdon Alastair	1966	NZL	1:05:17,0	8:45,9
71	209	Meffan Patrick	1959	NZL	1:06:44,8	10:13,7
76	207	Forster Paul	1962	NZL	1:06:53,8	10:22,7
101	211	Wakelin Michael	1968	NZL	1:08:57,4	12:26,3
Teams (4 to count)
1		ITA
2		SVK
3		FRA
9		NZL
Senior Women 9.2km 1044m climb
86 finishers
Place	No.	Name	DOB	Nation	Time	Diff
1	253	Demidenko Svetlana	1976	RUS	52:16,6	0,0
2	175	Confortola Antonella	1975	ITA	54:15,7	1:59,1
3	233	Zatorska Izabela	1962	POL	54:44,6	2:28,0
4	203	Burt Moana	1980	NZL	55:12,3	2:55,7
6	204	Crumpton Shireen	1970	NZL	56:09,3	3:52,7
22	205	Moon Melissa	1969	NZL	59:05,7	6:49,1
27	206	MacDonald Carline	1963	NZL	1:00:21,6	8:05,0
Teams (3 to count)
1		ITA
2		NZL
3		FRA
Junior Women 3.3km 334m climb
46 finishers
Place	No.	Name	DOB	Nation	Time	Diff
1	249	Ivanova Victoria	1988	RUS	21:00,0	0,0
2	311	Vetsch Lea	1983	SUI	21:10,3	10,3
3	119	Reisinger Lisa	1984	GER	21:18,1	18,1
11	197	Murrihy Demelza	1984	NZL	22:22,3	1:22,3
16	198	Nalder Jane	1983	NZL	22:56,9	1:56,9
28	196	Cant Lucy	1984	NZL	23:56,2	2:56,2
Teams (2 to count)
1		TUR
2		GER
3		AUT
6		NZL
Junior Men 9.2km 1044m climb
64 finishers
Place	No.	Name	DOB	Nation	Time	Diff
1	169	Scainin Stefano	1983	ITA	50:46,4	0,0
2	61	Kreisinger Jan	1984	CZE	51:18,5	33,1
3	229	Dorszynski Gragorz	1983	POL	51:32,4	47,0
29	200	McGaughran Lyndon	1985	NZL	57:10,8	6:25,4
32	199	Burne Morgan	1984	NZL	57:32,3	6:46,9
36	201	Prosser Matthew	1985	NZL	58:06,0	7:20,6
44	202	Smith Max	1984	NZL	59:45,3	8:59,9
Teams (3 to count)
1		ITA
2		SLO
3		GER
10		NZL

15 September - Wyatt wins third World Title (from John Stewart):

Wellington's Jonathan Wyatt destroyed the 2002 World Mountain Running Cup Men's field in Innsbruck last evening, crossing the rain and sleet-swept finish line almost three minutes ahead of the second place-getter.

In taking his third world title, Wyatt triumphed over conditions that decimated the field who left the start line 1300m below expecting the sunny and warm conditions experienced over recent days.

Admitting to team Manager Barry Ellis that he was "...definitley slowing in the legs, and my arms just weren't there ..." for the last section, Wyatt was elated with his win.

"Many of the athletes were in real trouble out there" commented Ellis. "I don't think the organisers were ready for this."

Ellis was also full of admiration for the support provided the men's team by Melissa Moon, whose 22nd placing in the women's event yesterday was a real disappointment to the 2001 World Champion. "Her positiveness, knowledge and effort were amazing," he said.

14 September - The competition timetable for the championship in Innsbruck is as follows:

Local Time	NZ Time	Event
14 Sep 10.30am	14 Sep 8.30pm	Junior Women 3.3km 334m climb
14 Sep 1.30pm	14 Sep 11.30pm	Junior Men 9.2km 1044m climb
14 Sep 3.00pm	15 Sep 1.00am	Senior Women 9.2km 1044m climb
15 Sep 10.30am	15 Sep 8.30pm	Senior Men 11.7km 1331m climb

Results & Photos will be posted at the official web site is at http://www.tlv.at/worldtrophy2002/

28 August - Results just in from the European Mountain Running circuit: 1-1 to New Zealand in the Matterhorn Race in Zermatt 17-18 August. Jonathan Wyatt won the men's division of the 14km race with a time of 1:02:27.6, while Melissa Moon won the women's title with a time of 1:18:07.2. Callum Hartland finished 16th for New Zealand with a time of 1:11:14.9. In Susa in Italy yesterday Wyatt wom the men's race with a new course record, while Melissa finished 3rd in the women's section behind recent visitor to NZ Angela Mudge. Callum Hartland recorded 8th and Demelza Murrihy 13th in their respective divisions.

11 August - After rebounding from the Commonwealth Games marathon to win the NZ Cross Country title in Christchuch yesterday, Phil Costley stated that was withdrawing from the NZ team for the World Mountain Running Championships. He cited the physical drain from running a hard marathon in warm conditions in Manchester. Wellington's Mike Wakelin named as reserve runner for the men's team will now get a run in Austria. Athletics New Zealand is yet to announce Phil's replacement as team captain.