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Club run:

On Saturday , the medium pack went down Butts Road and along Anzac Avenue, before crossing the railway line at St Andrew Street. We then continued along Thomas Burns Street and Wharf Street towards the harbour. Next, we pulled off at Kitchener Street to the outside of Watercooled sports and along the Kitchener Street reserve- where the upcoming Otago 10km Road championships will start and end. We followed this course, along Portsmouth Drive, until the Andersons bay inlet- at which point we turned around. The return leg was largely the same, however, we ran along Fryatt Street doing two-minute tempo bursts before crossing the water of Leith using the new bridge at the end of Magnet Street. We hugged the stadium before exiting back down Butts Road and back to the clubrooms. It was a beautiful (if perhaps a bit hot) day with really enjoyable company. It was particularly nice to have a newcomer to the club, Conal, joining us! We had a wonderful time and were unanimously glowing about the Otago 10km Road Championships course which promises to make for an exciting race.
Tom led the scenic pack and Bruce led the walkers pack.

NZ National Road Relays

In the weekend our senior men represented Hill City-University at the New Zealand Road Relay Championships. A big thank you for the support from Hill-City University and the committee.

The team consisted of Josh Baan, Oli Chignell, Jacob Priddy, Russell Green, Jared Monk, Ollie O’Sullivan, and Logan Slee.

The HCU team were lucky to be put up by Josh Baan’s parents in some pretty awesome accomodation (this was massively appreciated by the whole team). We travelled the course in the team vehicle to get an appreciation for all of the challengers to come. The team had a relaxed meal on the evening before the race and had some good discussions of logistics and tactics for race day.

Leg 1 – Josh Baan:

Josh Baan (still recovering from being sick) dug deep and had a great performance on leg one. He worked and commanded the leading pack behind Andy Good (Canterbury University), in a very well controlled performance. His leg contained a final hill section that was one of the toughest segments of the day.

Leg 2 – Oli Chignell

Oli Chignell demonstrated his pure class and composure on this relay leg. He was voted by the team as having the performance of the day (and received the HCU relay baton as a result). Oli ran the longest leg of the relay and was only 15 seconds outside the record. He also recorded fastest time on his leg. His performance was a demonstration of pure master class running, where he mowed down a number of athletes and put 50 seconds into Hamish Carson (Wellington Scottish). Oli Brought HCU into third place and a commanding position.

Leg 3 – Jacob Priddy

HCU used Jacobs strength on what we considered probably the hardest leg of the relay. Jacob continued our strong start to finish his leg with HCU still in 3rd place. He took time out of a number of teams and provided a great buffer for our final runners in the team. Jacob recorded one of the fastest lap times on his leg.

Leg 4 – Russell Green

Russell had a great run on leg 4. He demonstrated that he has a huge amount of strength to go with his raw speed. This was a longer race for Russell that he usually races, but that did not impact his performance at all. He recorded one of the fastest lap times and continued HCU through in 3rd place.

Leg 5 – Jared Monk

Jared returned to the racing scene in style. It has been 18months since Jared has raced after suffering a serious injury and surgery. However, his experience and speed were demonstrated on his leg. Jared also recorded one of the fastest leg times and showed his impressive speed out kicking a competitor in the final 200m before the finish line. A very impressive run and return to the racing scene.

Leg 6 – Ollie O’Sullivan

After I was lost during the warmup I eventually made it to the start line with a bit of worry for the team mates. My tactics were to start slightly easy and work hard from there. The leg was undulating and climbing, followed by a steep downhill in the last KM (this couldn’t have come sooner). Team support was a massive motivator and helped me continue my focus throughout the race. Was a really tough run and finished with noting left. This was where we were caught for 3rd place and moved into 4th position.

Leg 7 – Logan Slee

Logan had the final leg of the race and smashed home the final leg back into fielding. He was struck with some unfortunate luck when his shoe lace came undone, but this didn’t slow his determination over the final stages where he finished out the relay with a really strong performance to finish the relay with Hill City- University finishing 4th in a performance we can all be proud of.

Celebration team shot post finishing fourth

This week we have a morning club run with two options. The club room will open at 7:00am. We will leave the club rooms at 7:30am for a warmup and an 8am park run start. Runners can meet at the club rooms or at the start of the park run. Please bring your Hill City Singlet for the run. Option two is group runs from 7:30am at the club rooms. Breakfast and coffee will be served after the park run.

Next week 18/10/20 we have the Otago 10km road champs and Hill City 5km. Please see the attached links to the event.

Otago 10km website

Otago 10km Facebook page

Register online click here

Visit the Hill City-University Children’s page click here

Download PDF of above poster

On Friday night we also had several members compete in the Otago 3000m Spring challenge.

Rebekah Green defended her title to claim the winning female time (9:44). Zara Geddes 3^rd Female (10:32). Josh Hou finished Fourth man home (9:08), Joel Carman 6^th (9:16), Finn Molloy 7^th (9:28), George Hamilton 9^th (9:34), Nico Alvarez Ray 10^th (9:38), Luke Geddes 16^th (10:26). A full set of results can be found at:

As a result of the Port Chalmers road race being cancelled, Hill City-University brought forward the Colin Holmes/Alice Baker Memorial Handicap 5km race. It was a great day for a race, and awesome to see everyone there on such short notice.

What is a handicap race without some controversy surrounding the results… Some course confusion left the 5 leading athletes to take a wrong turn, and although they still completed the 5km, they were all eventually disqualified.

Dianje Strang had an exceptionally strong run, running a personal best time, only to be led the wrong way and then be disqualified (27:32) Myrtle Rough (29:06) held out Lou Collins (29:08) on her first ever running race. They finished 2^nd and 3^rd however, due to the wrong turn were also disqualified. Although they took a wrong turn, their times were still considered accurate and they all completed 5kms.

Georgy Pakeho in the end was the overall winner of the event with a strong run (22:44) Sarah and Anya Rhodes swapped their handicaps to challenge Anya on closing the gap. Sarah must have dug deep to maintain the gap and finish in second place (32:03), and Anya performed well to clinch Sarah’s time by 1 second (22:02).

David Mackle was first male home (31:37), followed by Matthew Bolter (17:51) and Luke Geddes (18:44). Very impressive runs by Matthew and Luke. Luke ran a strong race the day after the spring 300m challenge. Pretty tough stuff.

Fastest times went to Shireen Crupton (20:06) and Ollie O’Sullivan (16:28)

The race was followed by the AGM and afternoon tea

A full set of results can be found at https://hillcity.org.nz/2020/09/13/2511/

This week we have a morning club run 19/09/20. We will meet at the club rooms from 8:30am and will split into two groups. One group will complete an unofficial park run, and the other group will complete the desired training sessions. We will allocate groups on the day. Breakfast and Coffee will be supplied before and after the run from 8am. Any questions please touch base with Harrier manager oliver.osullivan@gmail.com.

On 26/09/20 we are competing in the Peninsula relay. If you wish to compete, or assist with marshalling please email: hcyharriers@gmail.com

NAME	HANDICAP	TIME	ADJUSTED TIME	POSITION
Georgie Pakeho	9:00	31:44	22:44	1st Female
Sarah Rhodes	10:00	32:03	22:03	2nd Female
Anya Rhodes	10:15	32:17	22:02	3rd Female
David Mackle	0:30	32:07	31:37
Matthew Bolter	14:30	32:21	17:51	1st Male
Luke Geddes	13:45	32:29	18:44	2nd Male
Shireen Crumpton	12:30	32:36	20:06	Fastest Female
Tim Dawbin	12:00	32:48	20:48	3rd Male
Ali Cragie	12:30	33:01	20:31
Richard Fogarty	12:30	33:08	20:38
Ollie O’Sullivan	16:45	33:13	16:28	Fastest Male
Mark Geddes	13:30	33:48	20:18
Helen Collins	0:00	34:05	34:05
Elliot O’Sullivan	15:45	34:06	18:20
Dwayne Sheddan	14:00	34:41	20:41
Dianje Strang (DQ’d)	3:30	31:02	27:32
Myrtle Rough (DQ’d)	2:00	31:06	29:06
Lou Collins (DQ’d)	2:00	31:08	29:08
Lachlan Crumpton (DQ’d) (2.8km)	9:00	31:11	22:11
Sue O’Sullivan (DQ’d)	2:00	31:30	29:30
Tim Bolter (DNF)

Friday 11 September	Twilight Meet – Lovelock 3000m	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 10 October	Season Opening – Invite a Friend	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 17 October	Senior Interclub	Caledonian Ground
Thursday 22 October	Twilight Meet	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 31 October	Senior & Children’s Combined Interclub	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 7 November	Senior Interclub	Caledonian Ground
14-15 November	SI Masters and Combined Events Championship Modified Seniors	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 21 November	Senior Interclub	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 28 November	Senior and Children’s Combined Interclub	Caledonian Ground
	Morning 10K Champs, 9am	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 5 December	Senior Interclub – Permit meet	Caledonian Ground
11-13 December	New Zealand Secondary School Championships	Tauranga
Saturday 12 December	Senior & children’s Combined Interclub	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 19th December	Hurring event + Grades 12,13 & 14	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 9 January	Lovelock Classic	Timaru
11th or 12th January	Twilight -Yvette Williams Meet?	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 16 January	Colgate Games
Saturday 23 January	SI Teams Event- Modified Senior meet	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 30 January	Senior Interclub – Permit Meet	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 6 February		Caledonian Ground
Saturday 13-14 February	Otago Championships – Permit Meet	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 20 February	Seniors and Children’s Combined Interclub	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 27 February	Senior Interclub- Permit Meet	Caledonian Ground
5-7 March	NZ Track & Field Championships	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 13th March	Otago Secondary School Champs	Caledonian Ground
Saturday 20 March		Caledonian Ground
Saturday 27 March		Caledonian Ground

Athletics Otago Interclub Programs 2020/2021

Track 1		Track 2
1:15pm	100m	1:00pm	2km/3km Steeples
1:40pm	1500m	1:30pm	Long Hurdles
2:10pm	Short Hurdles	1:50pm	200m
2:25pm	400m	1:10pm	800m
2:30	60m	3:00pm	3000m
2:45	5000m/walks	3:20	100m
3:30	Relays	3:40pm	Relays

Time	Field 1	Field 2	Field 3	Field 4
12:30pm	Pole Vault	Long Jump	High Jump	Triple Jump
12:30pm	Hammer	Discus	Javelin	Javelin
1:30pm	High Jump	High Jump (8)	Triple Jump	Pole Vault (8)
1:30pm	Shot Put	Shot Put	Discus	Shot Put
2:30pm	Long Jump	Triple Jump	Pole Vault	Long Jump
2:30pm	Discus	Javelin	Hammer	Hammer

Each week rotation goes:

17 October 2020	Track 1 + Field 1		05 December	Track 2 + Field 2
31 October 2020	Track 2 + Field 2		30 January 2021	Track 1 + Field 3
07 November 2020	Track 1 + Field 3		6 February 2021	Track 2 + Field 4
21 November 2020	Track 2 + Field 4		13 February 2021	Track 1 + Field 1
28 November 2020	Track 1 + Field 1		27 February 2021	Track 2 + Field 2

Congratulations to all the Hill City-University athletes that competed at the New Zealand Cross Country Challenge. The club had several athletes that claimed medals and had exceptional performances. Racing on Saturday provided similar conditions to the Otago champs from 3 weeks earlier.

Oli Chignell returned to the racing scene and impressively claimed the bronze medal in the Senior Mens event. This was a hotly contested race with a number of Hill City athletes performing well.

Becky Greene had another great run, claiming the Silver Medal. This is an improvement on 2019 where she finished third. The top three athletes of this race worked well together. Becky and the eventual race leader eventually split from third place, and entering the final lap the race could have gone either way.

Zara Geddes had another impressive run to finish second in the girls under 16 event. Zara finishes a standout cross country season, where she is rapidly stamping her authority across the running scene.

Phil Morris performed well to finish third in the master’s men 65-69 age group. This backs up several strong performances from Phil over the season.

Shireen Crumpton claimed the title for master’s Women 45-49 age group, and Georgina Pakeho took the bronze medal. Shireen proves once again how tough she is across all running events.

Barbra Patrick had a strong run to finish second in the 70-74 age group and Myrtle Rough finished first in the 75-79 age group. Both running well paced and strong runs. Very impressive stuff.

Please see the link to the results:

Additional photos can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/HillCityUniversity

https://www.facebook.com/AthleticsNZ

Park run group:

After indulging in a delicious REAL coffee, our group left the clubrooms and headed to the Botanical Gardens for an unofficial parkrun. Becky Greene set a blistering pace over the 5km course to show us the way. Lila and Sarah Rhodes enjoyed the less cluttered paths of the usual Saturday parkrun to set a great time also. Tim Dawbin and Dwayne Sheddan were looking forward to their breakfast back at the clubrooms so ran a respectable time so as not to miss out on the bacon and eggs. Lovely Luke Geddes was ably escorted around the course at Merrilee’s pace, now you can put your foot down in your first parkrun after lockdown Luke! Raewyn and Helen had lots to talk about and still managed to make it home with plenty more to discuss, that’s the real reason we run isn’t it?

Breakfast was amazing, thank you so much to Ollie and Amanda, and the entire O’Sullivan clan for catering to our every need. It was a big hit! Bruce Cowan reported having 3 breakfasts, I don’t think he was joking either. 

Looking forward to the next club run, I think we certainly have a winner with the morning club run addition (Merrilee Williams).

Track group:

The track group had a steady warm up, with a couple laps around Logan Park. Oli Chignel and Simon Cromarty cruised some laps of the Caledonian and supported the runners in the track session.

Leia Silby, Georgy Pakeho, Aly Craigie, Phil Morris, Elliot O’Sullivan, Ollie O’Sullivan completed the session of 1200m at 5km pace, 600m at 3km pace, 400m at 1500m pace, and 300m at 800m pace. Was a really fun group session and certainly opened everyone’s lungs up.

This was the first track session for some, and the first in a long time for others. Really nice to complete a different sort of group session (Ollie O’Sullivan).

Time trial group:

Jared Monk led the time trial group with Josh Hou and Finn Molloy. They clipped out a really quick 5km at roughly 3:20km pace. They traveled over the start of the soon to be announced Otago 10km course.

Walking group: TBC

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On Sunday Hill City-University athletes competed at the Otago Cross Country Champs, at the Chisolm Park Golf Course. Conditions under foot were perfect. The course was exceptional and was run on an undulating, challenging, and fast course. The biggest challenge of the day was contesting the southerly wind, followed by the undulations making it difficult to find a rhythm at times. ODT article can be found below:

https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/athletics/winning-pair-send-message

This year the Otago Champs was incorporated with the Secondary Schools Otago Champs. It made for a great event. Numbers were the strongest we have seen for years, and it was amazing to see so many spectators enjoying the event. Something we would love to see continue.

Running the Otago Champs on this course has provided the perfect trial before the National Cross Country Champs to be held in 3 weeks on the same course. Let’s hope the weather will be as nice as yesterday.

Hill City-University athletes had a very successful day, congratulations to all Hill City-University runners, and the place getters, of which we had a large number.

Please see the Hill City-University results below. A full set of results can be found at:

https://hillcityuniversity.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/provisional-finish-line-results-for-otago-cross-country-9-aug-2020.pdf

Boys Under 12,  2km

Archie Rhodes 2^nd place (8:46)

Alex Walker 3^rd place (10:12)

Girls Under 14, 3km

Anya Rhodes 6^th place (13:23)

Lila Rhodes 7^th place (13:46)

Boys Under 14, 3km

Charlie Light  5^th place (12:00)

Lachlan Crumpton 14^th place (13:22)

Girls Under 15, 3km

Zara Geddes 1^st Place (11:43)

Anna Carswell 4^th Place (12:41)

Boys Under 15, 4km

Jake Owen 1^st (14:32)

Nicolas Ray-Virat 3^rd (14:55)

George Hamilton 4^th (15:03)

Matthew Bolter 5th (15:26)

Girls Under 19, 4km

Rachael Turner 3^rd (16:57)

Megan Foster 4^th (17:16)

Boys Under 19, 6km

Grayson Westgate 3^rd (23:25)

Women Under 20, 6km

Laura Bungard 2^nd (26:40)

Masters Women 35-39, 6km

Shireen Crumpton 1^st (26:23)

Sarah Rhodes 4^th (29:08)

Masters Women 50+, 6km

Barbara Patrick 4^th (34.43)

Myrtle Rough 9^th (40.04)

Cathy Weatherston 10^th (46:05)

Masters Men 65+, 6km

Phil Morris 2^nd (30:35)

Men Under 20, 8km

Russell Green 2^nd (28:08)

Finn Molloy 4^th (28:39)

Masters Men 35+, 8km

Tim Bolter 4^th (30:12)

Simon Rhodes 8^th (32:05)

Elliot O’Sullivan 10^th (33:24)

Mark Geddes 14^th (37:59)

Masters Men 50+, 8km

Robbie Johnston 1^st (30:06)

Eric Scharpf 4^th (36:47)

Mark Chignell 5^th (36:52)

Richard Foggarty 9^th (37:41)

Senior Women, 10km

Rebekah Greene 1^st (39:28)

Senior Men, 10km

Logan Slee 3^rd (35:54)

Kirk Madgwick 5^th (36:09)

Ollie O’Sullivan 7^th (36:21)

Joel Carman 13^th (39:27)

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