{"id":198,"date":"2011-05-31T17:02:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T17:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nz\/?p=198"},"modified":"2011-12-13T07:31:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T07:31:14","slug":"lett-parlane-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nz\/news\/lett-parlane-duel","title":{"rendered":"NZ news – Lett and Parlane duel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AUCKLAND
\nPakuranga Cross Country, Lloyd Elsmore Park \u2013 28 May 2011
\nStephen Lett avenged his defeat last year by Alex Parlane by reversing the placings in the annual cross country race on Saturday.
\nLett, who is enjoying a good start to the winter season of racing, put the hammer down over the second half of the 10,120m race for victory in 34m 27s.
\nParlane, the national champion, was unable to match Lett\u2019s power performance and had to settle for second in 35m 21s. Jonathan Jackson was third in 35m 56s with Johan Van Hoovels fourth.
\nLett said that he had bounced back well from his second placing in 1h 8m 39s in the Huntly half marathon last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI decided to sit in behind Alex for the first half, to keep myself fresh for when I made my move on the last couple of laps. I wanted to make a big gap as I didn\u2019t want to leave it too late as Alex has some good leg speed,\u201d said Lett.
\nParlane\u2019s training has been a bit sketchy for a while.
\n\u201cI had a month off after the world cross country championships in March. I had a stress fracture scare in my foot for about a week after I had already not trained for two weeks,\u201d said Parlane.
\nMichelle Hopkins, now with North Harbour Bays club, won the women\u2019s 6190m in 26m 8s, from Lizzie Orchard 26m 26s and Tara La Grange 26m 38s.<\/p>\n

Master runners Rachel Penney and Kristine Reid led in the combined race with the senior women. Penney winning in 25m 3s, 54 seconds ahead of Reid.
\nJohn Schreuder had plenty of strength for the demanding muddy surface taking out the junior men\u2019s 8155m in 28m 51s, 20 seconds ahead of Ben Moynihan. Annika Pfitzinger won the junior women\u2019s 6190m in 25m 39s.<\/p>\n

TAURANGA
\nTauranga Open Cross Country, Waipuna Park, Welcome Bay \u2013 28 May 2011
\nAaron Pulford fresh from his Huntly half marathon victory in 1h 8m 4s, convincingly won the annual Tauranga open 8,060m cross country event at Waipuna Park on Saturday.
\nPulford recorded a time of 26m 45s, to finish 1m 16s ahead of Iain MacDonald. Kyle MacDonald was third in 28m 4s, followed by Angus Bell 28m 10s, Tim Stewart 28m 43s and Craig Kirkwood 29m 6s.
\nMaster runner Sally Gibbs (48 on Sunday) won the women\u2019s 4km in 15m 40s, from Katie Dawson 16m 4s, Anneke Grogan 16m 9s, Demelza Murrihy-Topp 16m 17s and Kerry White 16m 41s.<\/p>\n

CHRISTCHURCH
\nAnglican Block Relay, Spencer Park \u2013 28 May 2011
\nUniversity of Canterbury won the senior men 5 x 5km relay in 1h 22m 45s from Sumner 1h 25m 22s. They also won the senior women 4 x 5km relay in 1h 16m 19s from Christchurch Avon 1h 23m 35s. Port Hills won the master women, Sumner the master men and junior men with the fastest in the junior women University of Canterbury. Fastest 5km laps: men Andrew Davidson 15m 34s, Simon Gannaway 15m 49s, women Fiona Crombie 17m 34s, Tracy Crossley 18m 56s. Master men Axel Reiser 16m 55s, women Fiona Gilroy 19m 37s. Junior men Ryan Batin 16m 47s women Flora Brocherie 18m 26s.
\nCanterbury Awards Dinner \u2013 27 May 2011
\nSenior athlete of the year Fiona Crombie, junior athlete of the year Angie Smit, coach of the year Maria Hassan. Most outstanding athlete at the Canterbury track and field championships Tom Walsh.<\/p>\n

ROUND-UP OF RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY
\nHonest Lawyer 5km Nelson 23 May: Stuart Hodgkiss 17m 47s. Collette Read 19m 38s.
\nO\u2019Hagan\u2019s Viaduct 5km Auckland 24 May: Scott Winton 16m 16s, Darren Meredith 16m 23s. Liz Stewart 17m 58s.
\nRat Race 5km Takapuna 25 May: Andrew Wilson 17m 45s, Marc Graham 18m 4s. Tara La Grange 20m 5s.
\nTriple Peaks Series Wellington, Event one 29 May: Fastest team around the three peaks of Tinakori Hill, Wrights Hill and the Brooklyn Wind Turbine was \u2018Team Stevens\u2019 of Rees Buck, Ben Barry, Josh Van Dalen and Todd Stevens in 1h 28m. Fastest women were Nat Gaskin, Pip Wilson and Sierra Sparksman in 1h 50m.<\/p>\n

COMING UP NEXT WEEK
\nSBS Christchurch marathon and half marathon at Lincoln on Sunday 5 June. Melissa Moon and Jonathan Wyatt in the Taipei 101 building stair climb on Sunday. Fiona Docherty starts her racing programme leading up to the Chicago Marathon on 9 October, with the Boulder Series Univ Hill 2km on Thursday 9 June.
\nThrowers Club meeting at Sovereign Stadium on 4 June; Hughes Memorial cross country races Hawera 4 June; Aurora Marathon Upper Hutt 5 June, 25th Mt Maunganui Half Marathon 5 June and Harry Kerr Centennial walking relay at Mt Smart Stadium 5 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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