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The Sandown 10 km road race was held in cool, moderately windy conditions.   Mark Tucker from Geelong Region was first in 29:25 and Nikki Chapple was first woman across the line in 32 min 38.   Steve Moneghetti is amazing, running 30:05 for seventh place at the age of 46 or 47!!  
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South Melbourne had 13 finishers in the 10 km plus three juniors ran 3 km.   Tesfaye Jiru was our first in 33:05, followed by Andrew Black (39:43), who overtook Andrew Demetriou (39:55) in the last lap.   Congratulations to Andrew Black on his pb.
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The club would like to thank Colin Beveridge, Michelle O’Brien, and Gordon Cumming for their help assisting AV on the day.

Below is Lucy O'Brien at Sandown

The 8 km cross country at Lardner Park on May 9 proceeded in fine weather and firm underfoot except for several ditch crossings.   In 26th position overall, our first runner to finish was Yared Temesgen, who ran 26 minutes and 44 seconds despite restricted movement from a persistent back injury.   Stuart Gibson was the next South Melbourne finisher in 27 min.28.   James Hargraves, running his first race for the club, was fourth in 36 min.05.   We also welcome another new member Lucy O’Brien, who ran 16 min.10 in the girl’s under 16 3km race. Click here for more South Melbourne results.
Our teams finished as follows:
Division 3    7th of 14
Division 5    10th of 12
Our division 6 team had only 3 runners.
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Below is Stuart Gibson at Lardner Park (Warrugul)

The winter cross country and road racing season (XR09) kicked off with the cross country relays at Jells Park on April 18.   It was fantastic to have four of our new members Tesfaye Jiru, Michael Lai, Gie Liem, and Andrew Black competing with us for the first time. Their efforts will considerably strengthen the club's overall performance this season.   Tesfaye was clearly our fastest runner on the day with 19 minutes forty seconds for the 6km.   Click here for more times.
Our teams finished as follows:
Division 3    12th
Division 5    10th
Division 6    10th
Under 14's   last
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The photo below shows star recruit Tesfaye Jiru competing at the relays.