On March 8 -9, a small but determined contingent of 6 runners from SA travelled to Perth for the first of the Australian NOL events. In the Middle distance forest event at Malmalling, SA scored 2 first places (Emily Sorenson and Leith Soden) and 2 second places (Angus Haines and Gemma Burley). That afternoon, at Joondalup, we saw another first (Angus Haines) and a 3rd (Emily) in the sprint.
On Sunday morning (9th) Ethan Penck was 1st, Angus 3rd and Leith 4th in the individual sprint at Mt Lawley. In the afternoon Emily and Gemma were 3rd in the W21E relay at Murdoch Uni. Lucy Burley put in a valiant performance in the M21E relay with Leith! This was a 2 person relay where each runner had to go out twice on very tired legs. Unfortunately, we had a couple of mispunches in the relay as fatigue took its toll!
The first NOL round was part of Oceania in New Zealand in late January.
For the results of the NOL round in WA - see Eventor
For the curent team and individual NOL standings see the OA web site NOL page
Thanks to Patsy Burley for the event report.
Below - Angus in the sprint and Emily handing over the Gemma in the Sprint Relay
