Hills, Roads & Age No Barrier For Kathy The Track Star!

By Greg Hilson 20 June 2012

At the age of sixty-one, World Champion 400 metre runner, Kathryn Heagney, has proved she is more than just a track runner, winning the grueling 6.4km Flack Advisory Eaglehawk to Bendigo Footrace on Sunday. Heagney won the 60 & over World title in Sacramento, USA, last year, before winning professional track races at Ringwood & Keilor, earlier this year.

Sunday’s win over the hilly Eaglehawk Road course, pocketed her $1280 in total, running a time of 30:20 minutes.

Second place was Melbourne athlete Tony Rendina 27:46 minutes, with another female athlete Corina Kapusta, also of Melbourne, flying home into third place in a good time of 23:34 minutes.

Other Bendigo runners finishing in the top ten, were Grant Findlay 4^th in 27:14, Joshua Sait 7^th in a personal best time of 21:09 minutes, Greg Hilson 8^th in 23:00 minutes, Tony Sait 9^th in 26:28 and Peter LeBusque 10^th in 25:30 minutes. Fastest itme on the course was recorded by AFL boundary umpire Michael Marantelli in 20:16 minutes, ahead of Bendigo’s Michael Preece in 20:52 minutes.

Amanda Paulin clocked the fastest female time of 22:29 minutes. Fastest Bendigo girl was Shai O’Brien in 26:47 minutes. Local athlete Phil Noden was the fastest over 40 in 21:33 minutes, whilst the fastest over 50 for the second year in a row was Tony Parsons in 24:50 minutes. Gordon Muir claimed the prize for the first novice athlete to cross the line on handicap, recording 22:07 minutes.

The Bendigo Athletic Club has a break from local competition this weekend, but athletes are most welcome to attend the Victorian Cross Country League’s 80^th anniversary run over 10km at Woodlands Park at Greenvale, starting at 10.00am this Sunday 24th June. Sponsored by Independent Signs, the race offers $400.00 to the winner.

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