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
Friday, 14 May 2021, 4:38 pm
Regan Green has vowed to complete his first marathon at
this weekend’s New Zealand Sotheby’s International
Realty Hawke’s Bay Marathon even if he has to crawl across
the finish line – all in memory of his best friend Matthew
Hunt, the Police Officer who was fatally shot undertaking a
routine traffic stop in Auckland in June 2020.
After
the tragic event, Regan and other best friend Sam Swaffield
started ‘Run With Matt’, bringing together anyone
impacted by the loss of Matt to support each other while
taking on their own challenge. Last year the duo, along with
Mike Phillips on his way to winning Nutri-Grain IRONMAN New Zealand in 2019. Photo AlphaPix. Mike Phillips knows what it takes to be successful at Nutri-Grain IRONMAN New Zealand having stood on the podium for the last two years, including winning .