Results: 2002 Round the Bridges

Results: Round the Bridges

10 November 2002

Hamilton

Dale Warrander almost dismissively described it as "a time trial". But to everyone else, his winning run in the Round the Bridges race in Hamilton yesterday was nothing short of a magnificent solo effort.

The 29-year-old from New Plymouth, who races for Auckland's Bays Cougars, confirmed his status as one of New Zealand's top distance runners when he scorched around the lengthened 12km course in 36min 57s. That's an astonishing time considering the speed-unfriendly nature of much of the cobbled-path route.

Warrander, a late entrant, led from the start and finished out of sight of all other competitors. He breezed home 1min 42s ahead of second-placed Kent Hodgson to claim his first Bridges title from four attempts.

"I was thrown off a couple of times because I am not familiar with the Waikato, but the course was well marshalled," Warrander said. "I just looked to get a good rhythm in what was basically a time trial for me." Warrander is now planning a 3-6 month crack at the financially lucrative US road racing scene in April, running everything from 5km to half marathons.

But it was a bittersweet finish for Hamilton Hawks legend Hodgson, who prepared for the race in typical fashion by sinking a six-pack of Heinekens on the eve of the race. It continued Hodgson's excellent recent form, though there was also a degree of frustration at his third successive second placing in the event.

"It was always a question of whether my legs could recover from running a half-marathon last week," he said, after finishing in 38.39. "It was always going to be a tough course. Then when I saw Dale on the starting line I knew it would be even tougher. "I stayed with him for the first 3km, but we ran the first 1km far too fast." CYM's Tony Olsen was third, a further 26s back.

Melanie Dravitski (Lyndale) won the women's race in 45:14 from Counties-Manukau's Donna Churton.

Report by Bruce Holloway - article & photo reproduced with permission from the Waikato Times

Results - 12km

Place	Time	Name		Town	Grade	GdPl
1	36:57	Dale	Warrender	New Plymouth	MO	1/42
2	38:39	Kent	Hodgson	Hamilton	MO	2/42
3	39:05	Tony	Olsen	Te Awamutu	MO	3/42
4	39:44	Kyle	MacDonald	Mt Maunganui	MO	4/42
5	40:54	Iain	MacDonald	Mt Maunganui	MO	5/42
6	41:00	Graeme	Pearson	Rotorua	VM	1/16
7	41:06	Simon	Yarrow	Hamilton	MO	6/42
8	41:31	Colin	Earwaker	Rotorua	VM	2/16
9	41:40	Greg	Sawyer	Auckland	MO	7/42
10	41:57	Glenn	Sexton	Te Awamutu	MO	8/42
11	42:10	Roman	Kruszewski	Auckland	VM	3/16
12	42:29	Angus	Bell	Hamilton	MO	9/42
13	43:40	Philip	Murray	Hamilton	MO	10/42
14	43:43	John	Crane	Hamilton	MO	11/42
15	45:01	Garry	Wilson	Ohaupo	VM	4/16
16	45:12	Garit	Read	Hamilton	M20	1/2
17	45:13	Shaun	Elliott	Hamilton	MO	12/42
18	45:14	Melanie	Dravitzki	Auckland	WO	1/22
19	45:28	Richard	Hall	Hamilton	VM	5/16
20	45:46	David	Burrett	Hamilton	MO	13/42
21	45:49	Donna	Churton	Auckland	WO	2/22
22	46:43	John	Bowe	Hamilton	MO	14/42
23	46:57	Geoff	Smith	Hamilton	VM50+	1/21
24	47:02	Pierre	Beukes	Hamilton	MO	15/42
25	47:18	Neville	Robertson	Hamilton	VM50+	2/21
26	47:19	Kevin	Knowles	Hamilton	MO	16/42
27	47:46	Gordon	Speirs	Hamilton	VM50+	3/21
28	48:16	Mike	Butwell	Hamilton	MO	17/42
29	48:21	Andrea	Braakhuis	Hamilton	WO	3/22
30	48:44	Dorothea	Larsen	Hamilton	VW	1/6
31	48:57	Deane	Blackler	Hamilton	VM	6/16
32	49:00	Johanna	Otterson	Rotorua	WO	4/22
33	49:07	Kevin	Whale	Ohaupo	VM	7/16
34	49:07	Patricia	Ross	Hamilton	W20	1/2
35	49:08	Sarah	Morgan	Matamata	W20	2/2
36	49:56	Des	Duthie	Auckland	VM50+	4/21
37	50:22	Tim	Masters	Tauranga	VM50+	5/21
38	50:31	P H	Robinson	Cambridge	MO	18/42
39	50:31	Sheryl	Read	Hamilton	VW45+	1/6
40	50:51	Cory	van Vorsselen	Auckland	MO	19/42
41	51:14	Malcolm	Ware	Hamilton	MO	20/42
42	51:17	Dan	Todd	New Plymouth	MO	21/42
43	51:24	Peter	Flynn	Morrinsville	VM	8/16
44	51:35	Edwin	Kooyman	Hamilton	VM	9/16
45	51:55	Craig	Herbert	Taupiri	MO	22/42
46	52:06	J	Dey	Hamilton	MO	23/42
47	52:08	Richard	McGuire	Hamilton	MO	24/42
48	52:13	Sarah	Devoy	Hamilton	WO	5/22
49	52:23	Craig	Barrett	Hamilton	MO	25/42
50	52:30	Jeff	Tucker	Hamilton	VM50+	6/21
51	52:47	Tom	Palfi	Hamilton	VM	10/16
52	52:50	Darcy	McCusker	Hamilton	MO	26/42
53	52:56	Michael	Mulliern	Hamilton	VM	11/16
54	52:57	David	Whitehead	Pirongia	VM50+	7/21
55	53:19	Katy	McMillan	Hamilton	WO	6/22
56	53:50	Kerin	Buttimore	Ngaruawahia	VM50+	8/21
57	54:39	Peter	Keddle	Hamilton	VM	12/16
58	55:34	Craig	Collins	Hamilton	MO	27/42
59	55:39	David	Drummond	Kihikihi	MO	28/42
60	55:40	Craig	Semmens	Morrinsville	MO	29/42
61	56:04	Lynn	Medich	Hamilton	WO	7/22
62	56:05	Heidi	Franson	Hamilton	WO	8/22
63	56:06	Alan	Orange	Hamilton	vm50+	9/21
64	56:09	Ian	Sheriffs	Hamilton	MO	30/42
65	56:21	Dave	McPherson	Hamilton	MO	31/42
66	56:44	Katrin	Walbert	Hamilton	WO	9/22
67	56:45	Tim	Saunders	Hamilton	VM50+	10/21
68	57:28	Cliff	Hume	Hamilton	VM50+	11/21
69	57:58	Peter	Voyce	Te Kuiti	VM50+	12/21
70	58:08	Gordon	Nickel	Matamata	VM	13/16
71	58:10	Peter	Kouwenhoven	Hamilton	MO	32/42
72	58:21	Morrin	Cornes	Hamilton	MO	33/42
73	58:32	Brenda	Morgan	Hamilton	VW	2/6
74	58:44	David	Apimerika	Hamilton	MO	34/42
75	59:38	Maria	Castle	Hamilton	WO	10/22
76	59:51	Angela	McEwan	Morrinsville	WO	11/22
77	01:00:07	Jon	Curran	Hamilton	VM	14/16
78	01:00:17	Gray	McGilligan	Hamilton	MO	35/42
79	01:00:42	Brendan	Ryan	Auckland	vm50+	13/21
80	01:00:49	Morgan	Dunn	Mt Maunganui	MO	36/42
81	01:00:50	Martin	Dunn	Timaru	MO	37/42
82	01:01:11	Stuart	Hasssard	Hamilton	VM50+	14/21
83	01:01:34	Angela	Stephens	Hamilton	WO	12/22
84	01:01:37	Dan	Turkington	Auckland	MO	38/42
85	01:01:49	Jenny	Brady	Morrinsville	VW	3/6
86	01:01:57	Luke	Curran	Hamilton	MO	39/42
87	01:02:00	Joan	Vyle	Morrinsville	VW45+	2/6
88	01:02:01	Clive	Phillips	Rotorua	VM50+	15/21
89	01:02:22	Marion	Robertson	Rotorua	VW45+	3/6
90	01:02:37	Christie	McGregor	Hamilton	WO	13/22
91	01:02:55	Donna	Oakes	Morrinsville	WO	14/22
92	01:02:59	Erila	Amon	Hamilton	WO	15/22
93	01:03:15	Jan	Mountford	Huntly	VW45+	4/6
94	01:03:17	Wayne	Davis	Hamilton	MO	40/42
95	01:03:21	Claire	Singh	Morrinsville	VW	4/6
96	01:03:50	Michelle	Curnow	Hamilton	VW	5/6
97	01:04:27	Alfred	Da Costa	Hamilton	VM	15/16
98	01:05:05	David	Appleton	Hamilton	VM50+	16/21
99	01:06:06	John	McGowan	Hamilton	VM50+	17/21
100	01:07:03	Paul	Davis	Hamilton	M20	2/2
101	01:07:04	Jo	McCleanna	Hamilton	Wo	16/22
102	01:07:07	Richard	Warrick	Hamilton	VM50+	18/21
103	01:07:20	Paul	Hodge	Hamilton	MO	41/42
104	01:07:28	Geoff	Smith	Hamilton	VM	16/16
105	01:07:39	Ginny	Wilson	Morrinsville	WO	17/22
106	01:07:43	John	Parker	Hamilton	VM50+	19/21
107	01:07:48	Lynn	Scott	Hamilton	WO	18/22
108	01:08:00	Graham	Parton	Hamilton	VM50+	20/21
109	01:09:43	Rochelle	Lowe	Hamilton	WO	19/22
110	01:09:47	Heather	Davis	Hamilton	WO	20/22
111	01:10:45	Ashley	Englebrecht	Hamilton	VW	6/6
112	01:11:10	Felicity	Chandler	Hamilton	WO	21/22
113	01:13:14	Mary	Stead	Rotorua	VW45+	5/6
114	01:17:52	Mary	Wilding	Tirau	WO	22/22
115	01:31:35	Chris	Nichols	Morrinsville	MO	42/42

Results - 6.3km School Teams Race

Place	Time	Name		Town	Team Name
1	21:31	Ahmed	Salad	Hamilton	Fairfield Clge
2	21:48	Shafat	Salad	Hamilton	Fairfield Clge
3	23:50	Steven	Garland	Hamilton	St Pauls
4	24:14	Anthony	Blackmore	Cambridge	Camb H.S
5	25:10	Nick	Quinn	Hamilton	St Pauls
6	25:37	grant	Pederson	Cambridge	Camb H.S
7	25:49	Philipp	Schmolke	Hamilton	Fairfield Clge
8	26:19	Ben	Griffen	Hamilton	St Pauls
9	26:32	Chris	Rohers	Cambridge	Camb H.S
10	26:44	Michael	Stevenson	Cambridge	Camb H.S
11	26:58	Carl	Dalby	Hamilton	Fairfield Clge
12	27:29	Shaun	Thompson	Cambridge	Camb H.S
13	27:48	Alice	Towgood	Tauranga	Tga Girls
14	28:02	Alice	Wilson	Tauranga	Tga Girls
15	28:04	Amanda	King	Tauranga	Tga Girls
16	28:55	Michael	Green	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
17	29:11	David	Gourlay	Hamilton	St Pauls
18	29:24	Kristie	Diggelmann	Tauranga	Tga Girls
19	29:54	Rebecca	McMurtrie	Tauranga	Tga Girls
20	30:25	Katie	Lewis	Tauranga	Tga Girls
21	30:33	Andrew	Broomfield	Hamilton	St Pauls
22	31:40	Claire	Berthelsen	Tauranga	Tga Girls
23	31:44	Alice	Hawke	Tauranga	Tga Girls
24	31:58	Cleo	Kennedy	Tauranga	Tga Girls
25	32:54	Greer	Cliff	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
26	33:09	Sheree	Wainwright	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
27	35:38	Kate	Powell	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
28	37:39	Aimee	Lynch	Hamilton	Fairfield Clge

Boys Teams

1 Fairfield College

2 St Pauls

3 Cambridge High School

Girls Teams

1 Tauranga Girls

Previous Results

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Boys Teams
1	Fairfield College
2	St Pauls
3	Cambridge High School
Girls Teams
1	Tauranga Girls