Ultimax 5-Day in Oz

addison Posted: 4 January 2007, 2:20 AM   Well the first day has been and gone. There was a qualifing race, from which the top 10 then had a 'shoot-out'. If you got 1st place in the qualifier you ended up with a shot at the $100 on offer in the final, out of the $350 prizepool. This was for the Mens A and Womans A only. The fields look strong, with around 75 in the guys and 55 in the chicks. Most of the NZ Guys looked like they had a hard time in the qualifier. Michael Adams had a blinder to finish 4th, with Julian Dent winning. Next best NZ'rs was Ross Morrison and Thomas Reynolds who tied for 12th. Three NZ Woman made the top 10. Jenni continued her good form in placing 3rd, Tineke got 6th and Amber just made the top 10 in 10th place, 7s ahead of 11th placed Lizzie. Overall NZ results were for qualifiers: GUYS 4th Mike Adams 12th= Ross Morrison 12th= Thomas Reynolds 19th Mark Lawson 22nd Carsten Jorgensen 23rd Riki Cambridge 41st Sam McNally 45th Neil Kerrison 54th Jack Vincent 55th Simon Jager 60th Ciaran Murphy (Crunk Murphizzle) 65th Martin Peat 67th Jordan Harvey 70th Andrew Peat GIRLS 3rd Jenni Adams 6th Tineke Berthelsen 10th Amber Morrison 11th Lizzie Ingham 14th Frances Peat 16th Greta Knarston 24th Nicola Peat 32nd Georgia Whitla 35th Tessa Ramsden 38th Claire Dinsdale 40th Emma Watson 48th Sarah Gray 49th Rachel Goodwin Then in the final: 1st Julian Dent 12:59 8th Michael Adams 16:21 1st Grace Elson 14:39 4th Amber Morrison 15:38 7th Jenni Adams 16:20 8th Tineke Berthelsen 16:59 This message was edited by Simon Addison on 4 January 2007, 12:27 PM   Slow-O Posted: 4 January 2007, 3:53 AM   A bit more detail on the $$$... From: http://www.nswstingers.com/5days/eventinfo/ Men’s A and Women’s A have a Sprint Distance Qualification with a Final for the top ten in the qualification. In the Final: 1st Place $100 2nd $50 3rd $25 (ie No money for the qualifier race.) Results available from: http://www.nswstingers.com/5days/   addison Posted: 4 January 2007, 5:26 AM   My mistake, heard it along the grapevine.   Martin Posted: 5 January 2007, 11:18 AM   been awesome so far & over 30 degrees. Amber & Georgia have both sustained ankle injuries unfortunately.   James Posted: 7 January 2007, 11:59 AM   well maybe amber should injure her ankle more often, cos her win on day 5 is pretty damn impressive!! Was 2 seconds down at the first control, then lead for the rest of the race! Congrats   addison Posted: 7 January 2007, 2:20 PM   Yeah everyone seems to be doing awesome.