Taupō Marathon

Marathon Ben Twyman scored victory with a time of 02:39:30. He finished 2 minutes 20 seconds ahead of Chris Lines. Finishing third was Clinton Manderson (02:45:21). For the women, Natalie Price finished first in 03:06:14 . Wendy Taylor earned runner-up honours with a time of 03:24:27. While Shiri Friedler came in third at 03:28:37 Top 5 Men 1 Ben Twyman 02:39:30 2 Chris Lines 02:41:50 3 Clinton Manderson 02:45:21 4 Caleb Pearson 02:49:30 5 Robert Humby 02:52:37 Top 5 Women 1 Natalie Price 03:06:14 2 Wendy Taylor 03:24:27 3 Shiri Friedler 03:28:37 4 Charlotte Porter 03:34:00 5 Louise Crighton 03:36:41 Complete results Half Marathon Jack Moody got a win, finishing with a time of 01:06:38. He bested Casey Thorby who crossed the finish line 2 minutes 58 seconds behind him. Chris Wharam (01:13:07) made notched third place. In the women’s race, Alice Mason won the race with a time of 01:16:37 . Sophie Corbidge earned runner-up honours with a time of 01:20:08. Finishing third was Deb Fuller (01:21:10). Top 5 Men 1 Jack Moody 01:06:38 2 Casey Thorby 01:09:36 3 Chris Wharam 01:13:07 4 David Lovelock 01:13:12 5 Donal Mcgoldrick 01:17:05 Top 5 Women 1 Alice Mason 01:16:37 2 Sophie Corbidge 01:20:08 3 Deb Fuller 01:21:10 4 Jess Walley 01:25:17 5 Catherine Calverley 01:27:23 Complete results 10 km Regan Bones outran roughly 584 runners to win with a time of 34:19:00. He bested Lachlan Haitana who crossed the finish line one hour and 34 minutes behind him. Finishing third was Chris Trent (36:21:00). In the ladies race, it was Hannah Howell who took the top spot in 39:51:00 . She finished one hour and 36 minutes ahead of Jasmine Finney. Mary Weal got the third place in 42:12:00. Top 5 Men 1 Regan Bones 34:19 2 Lachlan Haitana 35:53 3 Chris Trent 36:21 4 Tim Devlin 40:04 5 Craig Farrar 40:22 Top 5 Women 1 Hannah Howell 39:51 2 Jasmine Finney 41:27 3 Mary Weal 42:12 4 Angela Hancock 42:17 5 Emma Mccosh 44:18 Complete results 5 km Wesley Donald took top spot in 00:20:10. Wesley Donald and Kian Weston share the same time (00:21:07) and the second place. For the women, Nisha Moorfield finished first in 00:20:49 . Bianca Stewart earned runner-up honours with a time of 00:23:49. While Maia Crowe came in third at 00:24:41 Top 5 Men 1 Wesley Donald 20:10 2 Kian Weston 21:07 3 Zac Wilson 21:07 4 Zack Lagas 22:13 5 Matai Moorfield 22:47 Top 5 Women 1 Nisha Moorfield 20:49 2 Bianca Stewart 23:49 3 Maia Crowe 24:41 4 Angela Schur 24:48 5 Lorna Wyldes 25:05 Complete results

Marathon results Close to 300 runners took part in the newest waterfront race at New Zealand’s oldest and most iconic running event. Luke Hurring set the time to beat in the Hoka One One Taupo Marathon with his 2:42:30 finish. Runner-up Phil Murray (2:43:47) managed to make it in as the only other runner to complete the course in under two hours and 50 minutes. Martin Ferry finished in 2:51:57 to take third. For the women, it was Posey Wall (3:15:10) beating out Beth Hampton (3:17:38) for the top spot in the new race. Caitlin MacMurray rounded out the top three with a time of 3:19:56. Top 10 Men 1 Luke HURRING 2:42:30 2 Phil MURRAY 2:43:47 3 Martin FERRY 2:51:57 4 Doug MOORE 2:54:53 5 Anthony HANCY 2:55:14 6 Clint VAN DER MESCHT 2:56:20 7 Curly JACOBS 2:58:18 8 Rob BROWN 3:12:58 9 Matt JENSEN 3:14:54 10 Greg WESTON 3:15:44 Top 10 Women 1 Posey WALL 3:15:10 2 Beth HAMPTON 3:17:38 3 Caitlin MACMURRAY 3:19:56 4 Mish MOURITS 3:24:55 5 Erin TOLHURST 3:28:48 6 Nikki VAN BEEK 3:30:45 7 Helayna RUIFROK 3:35:28 8 Nicki DAVIES 3:39:14 9 Debbie FILLERY 3:40:58 10 Karen MCCARTHY 3:43:33 Complete Results Half Marathon results Ben Ruthe (1:12:32) bested more than 1,200 runners to win the day’s main event. Jacob Hendrickx held his own for second with a time of 1:15:03. Aaron Jackson (1:16:14) came in a minute ahead of Craig Torr (1:17:14) to take third. For the women, it was Rebecca Elliott finishing first with a time of 1:22:08. Karen Toulmin took second, coming in at 1:25:48. After back-to-back fifth place finishes, Anna Williams finally cracked the top three with a time of 1:27:10. She cut nearly two minutes from her 2014 time. Top 10 Men 1 Ben RUTHE 1:12:32 2 Jacob HENDRICKX 1:15:03 3 Aaron JACKSON 1:16:14 4 Craig TORR 1:17:14 5 James KUEGLER 1:18:07 6 Will ALEXANDER 1:18:11 7 Glenn CLARKE 1:19:22 8 Richard MALCOLM 1:19:52 9 Hamish CRAWFORD 1:20:47 10 William KELSEY 1:21:00 Top 10 Women 1 Rebecca ELLIOTT 1:22:08 2 Karen TOULMIN 1:25:48 3 Anna WILLIAMS 1:27:10 4 Candice HAMMOND 1:27:59 5 Sarah SINCLAIR 1:30:02 6 Rachael KINGSTONE 1:30:20 7 Janet PITMAN 1:30:50 8 Julie LIVINGSTON 1:31:05 9 Christie HARRIS 1:31:28 10 Sebatian BUCHER 1:31:39 Complete Results 10K results Top 10 Men 1 Isaac MANUEL 38:53 2 Graham OBERLIN-BROWN 40:35 3 Matt WEBB 41:16 4 Brent WRIGHT 41:41 5 Liam MILLER 41:51 6 Marcus CROWE 41:55 7 Blake MILLER 42:41 8 Leon HAYWARD 43:56 9 Steffan BEAUREPAIRE 45:06 10 Steven CASTLE 45:07 Top 10 Women 1 Rebecca MOORE 40:39 2 Nicole O’DONNELL 42:44 3 Kate REA 43:24 4 Meghann STEWART 43:58 5 Michelle NORMAN 45:00 6 Hayley GOSNEY 45:18 7 Harriet FILER 46:41 8 Chantelle RICHMOND 47:21 9 Sarah BROOK 47:24 10 Becky VENTER 47:27 Complete Results 5K results Top 10 Men 1 Nat YOUNG 22:43 2 Neo BROOKES 23:18 3 Ethan MORRIS 24:22 4 Luc BARLING 24:23 5 Marco PLOEG 24:38 6 James TATTERSFIELD 24:56 7 Cole MILLER 26:11 8 Gareth WEBSTER 28:11 9 Bayley ROBERTON-RAKEI 28:20 10 Luca TINWORTH 28:33 Top 10 Women 1 Kitty PRIER 23:22 2 Sue MAVOR 24:53 3 Rachyl EDGE 25:34 4 Madison NORMAN-KEENAN 25:43 5 Olivia STEELE 27:13 6 Avah SILA 27:33 7 Kyah YOUNG 28:13 8 Abby HIRST 28:27 9 FIONA WHYTE 28:53 10 Nicole MCCANN 29:22 Complete Results