Hanny Allston and Dave Shepherd hold comfortable leads going into the final day of the Australian 3-Days after convincing wins at Wattle Gully on Sunday. After narrowly losing yesterday, Allston returned to form in the long race today, pulling away from the field almost from the start to have a five-minute break over Grace Elson by the end. That stretched her overall lead over Elson to seven minutes, whilst Anna Sheldon completes the minor placings after a third place today.

Shepherd had the fastest time of the day in M21E, but his position was made a good deal more comfortable when Grant Bluett, who had been close to him for the first half of the course. This ensured that Shepherd was four minutes ahead on the day. Rune Olsen was the next best, with Eric Morris close behind. Morris is in second place overall, five minutes behind Shepherd, whilst Rob Preston heads a group of four within two minutes fighting for third place tomorrow. Bluett’s mishap also made for a bad day for the Canberra Cockatoos, as the NSW Stingers regained the National League lead by seven points.

Simon Uppill continued his dominance of M20, extending his lead over Chris Naunton and Ryan Smyth from four minutes to nine. Kellie Whitfield also had a good day in W20, pulling away over the second half of the course to be two minutes ahead on the day and four minutes overall. There is a very tight battle behind her, with Ainsley Cavanagh, Heather Harding and Sophie Barker separated by less than a minute. There may not be room in the JWOC team for all of them, which will make tomorrow particularly crucial.

The event will be concluded tomorrow at Mineral Springs.

Results from day 2 (Winsplits)