FUN, fitness and unity was the order of the day at the Latrobe City Traralgon Harriers Fun Run on Sunday, a theme embodied by Kurnai College over the five kilometre course.
With just a week’s notice, the school put together a team of about 40 runners and walkers to support the community run and the MSE Williams Youth Support fund, all proudly wearing college colours on the day.
One of their number, Nick Schilling, was the overall winner on the day, but the focus for Kurnai was community spirit, according to college principal Anthony Rodaughan.
“There were two big pluses, one is community engagement… and also the fitness benefits of people getting started (with exercise),” he said.
“It’s accessible for everyone; you can walk, bring the dog, it’s something for the kids and then the serious runners can go flat out and do it twice if they want… there’s something for everyone.
“There was a few bits of rivalry between different staff members along the way and a lot of high fives as we ran along, so it was all good fun.”
The college hopes to expand its number of participants to more than 100 next year, a vision overall winner Schilling (17.24 seconds) was in full support of.
“It’s fantastic to see Anthony Rodaughan backing physical activity and a healthy lifestyle, especially in this day and age when people are busy with work taking a back seat to healthy lifestyles,” Schilling said.
“It was fantastic to see so many people out and about and it would be great to see the numbers increase next year and hopefully we can… hit a different target audience.”
The fun run was this year completed by 290 runners and walkers, up from 130 last year, with $1595 raised for the Latrobe City Trust’s MSE Williams Youth Support fund, an organisation which provides financial assistance for the Valley’s young people to fulfil their dreams.
RESULTS
1st N Schilling 17.24, 2nd F Boyle 17.49, 3rd R Preston 18.36, 4 C McInnes 18.47, 5 R Lawler 18.53, 6 K Preston 19.07, 7 B Bailey 19.28, 8 D Wilkins 19.28, 9 L Peterson 19.43, 10 D Fletcher 19.49, 11 V Gooding 20.07, 12 R Hodge 20.28, 13 L Armstrong 20.36, 14 J Collins 20.46, 15 K Hennig 20.5, 16 T Grainger 21.11, 17 H Stead 21.15, 18 K Hilder 21.23, 19 E Allen 21.35, 20 S McRae 21.37, 21 M McLean 21.53, 22 K Graham 22.04, 23 I Twite 22.19, 24 S Mallia 22.21, 25 I McGowan 22.22, 26 T Kooyman 22.26, 27 R Banks 22.28, 28 T Dunnett 22.33, 29 P Mayer 22.37, 30 G Hoffard 22.46, 31 D Barr 22.47, 32 R Petesic 22.53, 33 P Dowel 22.59, 34 M Dunnett 23, 35 S Dunnett 23.01, 36 O Notting 23.01, 37 N Ericson 23.1, 38 J Mayne 23.15, 39 R McRae 23.15, 40 S Mcintosh 23.19, 41 J Northe 23.2, 42 P Sanders 23.31, 43 R Massaro 23.34, 44 I Bayley 23.45, 45 M Dunstan 23.47, 46 R Aquilina 23.56, 47 M Robinson 23.57, 48 D Moss 24.02, 49 A Sova 24.12, 50 C McRae 24.27, 51 T Preston 24.31, 52 M Walker 24.35, 53 M Sawyer 24.47, 54 C Barling 24.51, 55 F Monacella 24.52, 56 R Allen 24.55, 57 B Morris 25.19, 58 A Hogan 25.42, 59 R Northe 25.48, 60 R Nijenhuis 25.51, 61 L Heard 25.52, 62 N Albam 25.58, 63 M Jobling 25.59, 64 B Galea 26, 65 S Breheny 26.02, 66 B Randall 26.04, 67 C Metcalf 26.13, 68 R McLure 26.28, 69 R Ansell 26.52, 70 T Leahy 26.57, 71 P Chapman 26.58, 72 R Duljas 27.11, 73 A Peter 27.21, 74 B Hammond 27.3, 75 W Morrison 27.38, 76 R Adams 27.43, 77 J Ansell 27.46, 78 L Hickey 27.49, 79 C Williamson 28.08, 80 A Mayer 28.12, 81 A Pincott 28.13, 82 J Jervis 28.15, 83 M Nicholls 28.22, 84 D Griepsma 28.3, 85 R Heard 28.32, 86 R Reed 28.33, 87 J Morrison 28.43, 88 B McLure 28.48, 89 L Mclure 28.48, 90 M Lane 29.01, 91 A Cameron 29.11, 92 A Stephens 29.12, 93 A Johnson 29.19, 94 M Leech 29.2, 95 T Hoogerbrugge 29.28, 96 P Grixti 29.56, 97 Z Burney 29.57, 98 C Lee 29.58, 99 M Smith 30.02, 100 S Husson 30.04, 101 M Monacella 30.14, 102 M Sanderson 30.23, 103 D Van Rhine 30.24, 104 B Hoffard 30.3, 105 V Van Den Eynde 30.59, 106 M Whykes 31.04, 107 J Doultree 31.22, 108 N Denovan 31.42, 109 A Huggins 32.06, 110 W Stanway 32.15, 111 A Monacella 32.16, 112 L Rossiter 32.38, 113 T Adams 32.39, 114 A Twite 32.58, 115 A Townsend 33.26, 116 K Collins 33.26, 117 E McInnes 33.29, 118 A Whiter 33.38, 119 D Paynter 33.39, 120 T Lin 33.51, 121 M Ellis 34.19, 122 C Wilson 34.22, 123 D Wohling 34.22, 124 A Rodaughan 34.49, 125 M Smith 34.54, 126 B Coad 35.16, 127 D Roberts 35.16, 128 R Sanderson 35.22, 129 T Rong 31.39, 130 B Pattinson 30.5, 131 J Walker 35.35, 132 L Bourke 36.04, 133 K Anders 36.13, 134 K Mallia 36.14, 135 A Hermens 36.34, 136 B Pattieson 36.48, 137 L Smith 36.5, 138 R Howell 37.07, 139 E Broad 37.24, 140 L Albam 37.31, 141 A Stanway 37.4, 142 K Quinn 38.02, 143 S Duncan 38.32, 144 D Pattieson 38.57, 145 J Sumner 39.03, 146 J Allen 39.22, 147 C Jennings 39.23, 148 M Wilson 39.26, 149 J Howell 39.29, 150 D Henry 39.58, 151 C Treloar 40.2, 152 B Zonneveld 40.2, 153 J Maximiw 40.26, 154 J Comber 40.42, 155 K Woods 41.01, 156 V Thompson 41.02, 157 K Inglis 41.05, 158 R Pedersen 41.16, 159 K Burchall 41.17, 160 J Kooyman 41.22, 161 A Bolding 41.22, 162 M Bolding 41.23, 163 T Miller 41.37, 164 T Duncan 41.47, 165 K Anders 42.27, 166 T Stratford 42.43, 167 S Shields 42.43, 168 B Pattieson 42.53, 169 L Bond 43.29, 170 Z Van Berkel 43.29, 171 M Stanway 43.3, 172 D Evans 43.43, 173 S Evans 44.5, 174 D Muslac 44.59, 175 S Maximiw 45.02, 176 A Cook 45.02, 177 M Smale 45.18, 178 S Taylor 42.19, 179 M Taylor 42.2, 180 J Watkins 45.22, 181 Y Zhang 45.23, 182 J Hanrahan 45.43, 183 J Hanrahan 45.44, 184 K Haebich 45.57, 185 K Wall 45.57, 186 D Helm 46, 187 M Balcombe 46.42, 188 T Woodgate 46.43, 189 K Blomquist 46.43, 190 A Banks 47.07, 191 M Smale 47.16, 192 L Newberry 47.16, 193 S MacKenzie 47.38, 194 M Cooper 47.38, 195 G Buckley 48.02, 196 N Carder 48.15, 197 G Bayley 48.24, 198 S Bayley 48.24, 199 J Banks 48.25, 200 W Bass 48.39, 201 G Block 48.4, 202 C Howell 48.41, 203 M Howell 48.42, 204 A Banks 48.56, 205 J Frendo 49, 206 D Frendo 49.01, 207 T Young 49.05, 208 A Young 49.05, 209 K Nijenhuis 49.12, 210 P Buckley 49.26, 211 D Buckley 49.26, 212 R Dunn 49.36, 213 D Morris 49.42, 214 P Axisa 49.43, 215 R Legg 49.43, 216 C Carder 51.02, 217 C Griffiths 51.16, 218 N Carder 51.34, 219 S Kam 51.49, 220 J Agostino 52.02, 221 D McKenzie 52.15, 222 N Epps 52.16, 223 M Reid-Metcalf 53.06, 224 A Northover 53.06, 225 S Hutchinson 53.07, 226 D Fletcher 53.15, 227 N Van Dyk 53.15, 228 M Harris 53.26, 229 A Legg 53.27, 230 M Marino 53.39, 231 T Morley 55.44, 232 H Schwarzenburg 55.45, 233 D Ross 55.46, 234 M Schwarzenberg 55.47, 235 M Ross 55.49, 236 M McFarlane 55.5, 237 D Prosser 55.52, 238 S Kearney 55.52, 239 D Wilkinson 55.53, 240 D Wilkinson 57.19, 241 J Soutar 57.2, 242 M Gilham 57.33, 243 A Dorling 57.34, 244 C Robertson 57.34, 245 D Robertson 1.02.05, 246 A Webb 1.15.00, 247 M Tomnay 1.15.00.
1500m Run And Walk For Kids.
1st H Dunbar 6.52.21, 2nd A Husson 7.06.86, 3rd J Sova 7.18.56, 4 J Sova 7.42.81, 5 I McRae 7.47.11, 6 E Dunbar 8.06.24, 7 J McLeod 8.06.64, 8 G Piercy 8.12.14, 9 J Murray 8.32.89, 10 O Allen 8.34.02, 11 E Piercy 8.59.63, 12 S Clark 9.07.36, 13 J Lawler 9.07.85, 14 R McLeod 9.11.71, 15 J Bailey 9.12.00, 16 H Bailey 10.23.75, 17 G Susa 11.04.02, 18 L Lawler 11.12.23, 19 P Susa 12.15.50, 20 M Howell 12.39.58, 21 N Robinson 13.08.08, 22 A Murray 13.47.95, 23 E Murray 14.58.56, 24 C Nicholls 15.48.62, C Riddle N/A, S Graham N/A.
