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Melissa Moon rounded out her racing, before the world mountain running championships, in fine style taking second in the Australian cross country championship on Saturday.
Moon had a great battle with Susan Michelsson of Melbourne over the 8000m course, at the Victoria Park Racecourse in Adelaide. Michelsson won in 28m 27s, just one second ahead of Moon.
Michelsson has raced in New Zealand in the past, having won the 1998 New Zealand half marathon championship in Huntly in 74m 37s.
It was Moon's final race before the world mountain running champs in Wellington on September 25.
Andrew Haigh of Auckland finished fourth in the men's 20 8000m in 25m 57s.
Adrian Blincoe, competing in the IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Rieti Italy, yesterday, ran a personal best 1500m, in finishing 10th in 3m 35.50s. This improves on his 3m 35.65s run in Stockholm on July 26. The race in Italy was won by Bernard Lagat of USA in 3m 29.30s.
Meanwhile in Flint Michigan, yesterday, Nina Rillstone of Auckland finished fifth in the annual Crim international 10 mile road race. Rillstone recorded 56m 6s, 2m 32s behind the winner Alevtina Ivanova of Russia.
Australian cross country championships.
Senior women 8km: Susan Michelsson (Vict) 28m 27s 1, Melissa Moon (NZ) 28m 28s 2, Kate Seibold-Crosbie (Vict) 28m 30s 3. Also Kim Newman (NZ) 31m 38s 18, Elizabeth Orchard (NZ) 33m 3s 24.
Other New Zealand placings;
Senior men 12km: Vaughan Craddock 40m 44s 28, Angus Bell 41m 19s 32, Leyden Tolhurst 41m 33s 33, Nick Pannett 42m 10s 36.
Men 20 8km: Andrew Haigh 25m 57s 4, Tim Hodge 26m 46s 11.
Women 20 6km: Chanel Williamson 23m 57s 12.
Crim 10 mile road race
(Flint, Michigan)
Women.-
Alevtina Ivanova (Russia) 53m 34s 1, Luminita Talpos (Romania) 54m 41s 2, Grace Momanyl (Kenya) 55m 12s 3, Nicole Stevenson (Canada) 55m 33s 4, Nina Rillstone (NZ) 56m 6s 5, Zivile Balclunaite (Lithuania) 56m 29s 6.
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