Sprint Final Results – Oceania and World Cup

3 January 2015
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Australian World Cup Orienteering team take out men’s and women’s Sprint Oceania titles with top twenty results in World Cup races in Tasmania. Rachel Effeney (QLD) and Julian Dent (NSW) are the 2015 Oceania Sprint Champions with both Simon Uppill (SA) and Hanny Allston (TAS) on the Oceania podium in third Place.

 Ocieania Women PlacingsOceania Male placings

In the World Cup, Rachel Effeney was the best placed Australian at 14th (17.32). In the men’s race, Julian Dent placed 18th. Hanny Allston was our other top 20 result at 20th. Simon Uppill a close 21st. Tasmania hosts the first of four IOF World Cup rounds for 2015. The middle distance races are at Coles Bay on Thursday 8th and the long distance races at St Helens next Saturday 10th. The Australian team will be keen to build on these results and take full advantage of home forest terrain on Thursday and Saturday. Lachlan Dow (ACT) and Jasmine Neve (VIC) challenged for the Oceania Sprint Podium and placed 25th and 22nd in the World Cup placings respectively.

Ausie Oceania champs

Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Swiss Matthias Kyburz enjoyed strong wins in the sprint races.

Alexandersson blitzed the 3.75km women’s course at the Uni of Tasmania campus in 14:58, more than a minute clear of world sprint champion Judith Wyder (16:00) and her Swiss team-mate Sara Luescher (16:13).
Kyburz (15:06) was a comfortable 33-second victor over compatriot Daniel Hubmann (15:39) around the men’s 4.35km course. Hubmann recovered from a slow start but could not catch his team-mate. Swede Gustav Bergman was third in 15:45. World sprint champion Soren Bobach of Denmark made a horror start and could only manage 14th in 16:36.
15 Australians made the cut to run in the World Cup final on home soil. Matt Doyle at 18yrs of age, was our youngest competitor and came a credible 36th (18.02) in a world class field. Brodie Nankervis (TAS) in his first year as a senior, also performed strongly to place just ahead of Matt Doyle by one second in 35th place (18.02). Ian Lawford in his second year as a senior placed 33rd (17.49). Our women had a strong presence in the final; Kathryn Preston 31st (19.45), Krystal Neumann 32nd (19.59), Belinda Lawford 34th (20.15), Aislinn Prendergast 36th and Heather Muir 39th.
For a full overview of the the Australian Orienteering Team, their events and profiles with previous achievements see : World Cup Round 1 Tasmania – Australian team athlete profiles. These profiles will be updated with the athletes results throughout the carnival.

Lance Read / Ian Jessop