2010 World XC Trial - Review
Trentham Memorial Park, Upper Hutt: The conditions were hard and dry underfoot with temperatures close to 30 degrees with a light warm breeze. Not ideal for spectators and far from comfortable for athletes. The course is relatively flat but some sections of the course are run through flood zones and equestrian paddocks which is lumpy and difficult underfoot. Generally a slow surface with fast flat sections in between.
JW: Danielle Trevis, Olivia Burne and Nicki McFadzien confortable established themselves out front in the first 2km lap and battled together until Trevis started to pull away at about 4km. Large gaps between the front three at the finish with Trevis taking the win and Burne (2nd) and McFadzien (3rd) holding their positions.
JM: Raced in conjunction with the Senior Women but the two young guys in the race pulled away on their own from the start. Simon Gannaway of UC put a decent gap on Tom Davison in the first 4km lap and held on for a comfortable win despite Tommy closing the gap slightly towards the end. Winning time in the 29 min range.
SW: Kate McIlroy dominated the race from the beginning with a small pack of Fiona Crombie, Rachael Kingsford and Kelli Palmer sticking together for most of the first lap before they sorted themselves into their finishing order. McIlroy won comfortably although a fast finishing Kingsford did close the distance significantly in the last 2km with Crombie (3rd) and Palmer (4th) holding off a fast finishing Tina Harris (5th).
SM: The pack of contenders stayed together for the first 4km lap and included Shaun Krawitz, Kim Hogarth, Rowan Hooper, Kris Gemmel, Andrew Davidson and Stefan Smith. Hooper was the first to drop at about 5 1/2 km and then a small gap opened to Smith and Davidson at 8km. Between 9 and 10km Krawitz applied the pressure and established a solid lead heading into the final 2km. Hogarth (2nd)and Gemmel battled to the end with a 30m gap separating them throughout the last 2km. Davidson (4th) held off a fast finishing Smith (5th).
With all three XC selectors in attendance and a policy which is aimed at team selection we now await the finalised team to be announced in the next couple of days.
JW: Danielle Trevis, Olivia Burne and Nicki McFadzien confortable established themselves out front in the first 2km lap and battled together until Trevis started to pull away at about 4km. Large gaps between the front three at the finish with Trevis taking the win and Burne (2nd) and McFadzien (3rd) holding their positions.
JM: Raced in conjunction with the Senior Women but the two young guys in the race pulled away on their own from the start. Simon Gannaway of UC put a decent gap on Tom Davison in the first 4km lap and held on for a comfortable win despite Tommy closing the gap slightly towards the end. Winning time in the 29 min range.
SW: Kate McIlroy dominated the race from the beginning with a small pack of Fiona Crombie, Rachael Kingsford and Kelli Palmer sticking together for most of the first lap before they sorted themselves into their finishing order. McIlroy won comfortably although a fast finishing Kingsford did close the distance significantly in the last 2km with Crombie (3rd) and Palmer (4th) holding off a fast finishing Tina Harris (5th).
SM: The pack of contenders stayed together for the first 4km lap and included Shaun Krawitz, Kim Hogarth, Rowan Hooper, Kris Gemmel, Andrew Davidson and Stefan Smith. Hooper was the first to drop at about 5 1/2 km and then a small gap opened to Smith and Davidson at 8km. Between 9 and 10km Krawitz applied the pressure and established a solid lead heading into the final 2km. Hogarth (2nd)and Gemmel battled to the end with a 30m gap separating them throughout the last 2km. Davidson (4th) held off a fast finishing Smith (5th).
With all three XC selectors in attendance and a policy which is aimed at team selection we now await the finalised team to be announced in the next couple of days.