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From: "Brett Addison" <addison@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: [OZTRACK] Henwood wins NZ 10,000m title in fast time


>
> Henwood wins NZ 10,000m title in fast time
> John Henwood, of Wellington, qualified for the world athletics
> championships in Edmonton, Canada, this year when he won the national men's
> 10,000m championship in a smart time at Inglewood.
> Henwood's winning time of 27m 57.43s is the fastest 10,000m in a race in
> New Zealand since 1976.
> Running for the Counties Manukau club, Henwood was ecstatic at the finish
> of the race. His win puts him in the same league as such big names in New
> Zealand athletics as Dick Tayler and Dick Quax.
> The 28-year-old Henwood put his success down to the fast Mondo track at
> Inglewood's Jubilee Park and two race pacemakers, who he said helped to
> push him through.
> Chasing Henwood home was fellow Wellingtonian and world mountain-running
> champion Jonathan Wyatt, and Robbie Johnston, who was third.
> The first six athletes all broke 28.45.
> Meanwhile, a dislike for running 10,000m track events did not prevent
> Wellington's Melissa Moon recording a personal best time for the distance
> when winning the women's championship.
> Moon made most of the pace, giving away the front for a short time five
> laps from home to Shireen Crumpton before regaining control on the final
> lap and going on to win in a time of 33m 46.91s.
> Moon was running for the Wellington Scottish club and is the reigning
> national 5000m, marathon and cross-country titleholder.
> The 31 year-old, who is preparing for next month's London marathon, said
> she found 10km track events boring and for that reason rarely competed at
> the distance.
> "I just kept thinking I was running round the bays in Wellington and that
> seemed to help," she said.
> Crumpton, representing Counties Manukau, fought strongly when headed to
> chase Moon home and there was a gap back to third-placed Meagan Edhouse.
> One of the favoured runners, Gabrielle O'Rourke, dropped off the pace 10
> laps from home in the 25-lap event. She was eventually lapped on the final
> circuit.
> 10,000m Men Result
> 1 John Henwood Counties Manukau 27:57.5h
> 2 Jonathan Wyatt '73 Valleys United 28:21.4h
> 3 Robbie Johnston '68 Bays Cougars 28:34.6h
> 4 Craig Kirkwood Scottish 28:37.3h
> 5 Alan Bunce '67 Bays Cougars 28:40.9h
> 6 Alastair Snowden '66 Taranaki 28:42.2h
> 7 Matt Dravitski '75 Bays Cougars 30:08.6h
> 8 Ross Wilson '69 Lynndale 30:45.1h
> 9 Todd Stevens '70 Wellington Scottish 31:34.7h
> 10 David Sharp '69 Hamilton City Hawks 31:37.7h
> 11 Grant McLean Scottish 31:38.1h
> 12 Simon Panckhurst '72 Wellington Scottish 37:08.6h
> 13 Rees Buck '76 Wellington Scottish 41:08.9h
>
> 10,000m Women Result
> 1 Melissa Moon '69 Wellington Scottish 33:46.91
> 2 Shireen Crumpton '70 Counties Manukau 33:50.57
> 3 Meagan Edhouse '75 Kawerau 34:10.02
> 4 Gabrielle O'Rourke '67 Rose and Crown Kiwi 35:19.34
>
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