The charge from the young guns also included an outstanding effort from Under-19 winner Lachlan Stevens-McNab from Rotorua clocking a slick 3:15.313 to be fifth fastest overall. Meanwhile Queenstown-based teenager Jessica Blewitt followed up from her Under-19 title last year with an impressive debut elite women’s title.
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Tracing Jack Bauer s career back to where it all started, as a Golden Bay boy with a passion for mountainbiking. But the day belonged to the outstanding 32-year-old Sam Blenkinsop, known universally as Blenki. He has been six times in the top-10 in the world and four times on the podium at the national championships before his back-to-back victories.