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Saturday, 15 May 2021, 5:05 pm
Ruth
Croft winning the women’s UTA50 title. Photo by Tim
Bardsley-Smith
New Zealand’s
Ruth Croft has claimed the women’s UTA50 title at
Ultra-Trail Australia in the Blue Mountains, with
Australia’s Tom Brimelow winning the men’s
race.
The two runners came out on top across the 50km
course, which included 2,450m of elevation gain, with Croft
finishing in 4:52:09 and Brimelow in 4:35:44.
Croft
only arrived in Australia on Thursday evening but quickly
got up to speed with the country’s largest trail running
event, taking victory by almost five minutes.
Croft
spent most of the 50 kilometres neck and neck with