News: Christchurch Marathon

Credit : Christchurch City Council Marathon Ciaran Faherty outran roughly 421 runners to win with a time of 02:24:11, followed by Scott Russell who finished with a time of 02:24:37. Rounding out the top three was Hirotaka Tanimoto with a time of 02:27:51. For the women, Hannah Oldroyd got a win, finishing with a time of 02:55:49 . Lisa Brignull earned runner-up honors with a time of 03:08:14. Julia Grant got the third place in 03:10:47. Top 5 Men Top 5 Women Complete results Half Marathon Daniel Balchin got a win, finishing with a time of 01:07:26. Coming in second was Aaron Pulford (01:08:01). Nick Rennie (01:09:12) made notched third place. For the women, Andrea Hewitt claimed victory with a time of 01:16:22 . Jess Ruthe earned runner-up honors with a time of 01:16:24. Rounding out the top three was Olivia Burne with a time of 01:19:15. Top 5 Men Top 5 Women Complete results 10 k Oska Inkster-baynes claimed victory with a time of 00:30:31. He finished 2 secondes ahead of Caden Shields. Ben Musson got the third place in 00:31:24. In the ladies race, Jean Kozyniak claimed victory with a time of 00:37:23 , followed by Natalie Dryden who finished with a time of 00:38:26. While Samantha Owles came in third at 00:38:41 Top 5 Men Top 5 Women Complete results §staticmap(2711,5,800,200)

Credit : Christchurch City Council Marathon Dougal THORBURN claimed victory with a time of 02:24:51 (his personal best time). He finished one minute 47 seconds ahead of Ciaran FAHERTY. Finishing third was Jonathan JACKSON (02:30:37). In the ladies race, it was Liza HUNTER-GALVAN who took the top spot in 02:50:11 for the 6th time. Last year the former Olympian had finished 3rd. She bested Mel AITKEN who crossed the finish line 3 minutes 50 seconds behind her. Finishing third was CANDICE HAMMOND (02:58:02). Top 5 Men 1 DOUGAL THORBURN 02:24:51 2 CIARAN FAHERTY 02:26:38 3 JONATHAN JACKSON 02:30:37 4 BEN AYNSLEY 02:36:03 5 REECE BILLINGTON 02:41:09 Top 5 Women 1 LIZA HUNTER-GALVAN 02:50:11 2 MEL AITKEN 02:54:01 3 CANDICE HAMMOND 02:58:02 4 JULIA GRANT 02:59:03 5 AMBER HAWKINS 03:05:08 Complete results All set for the start of the Christchurch Airport Marathon pic.twitter.com/OSmgv5qHIu — Mike McRoberts (@MrMikeMcRoberts) June 4, 2016 Half Marathon Oska BAYNES and Aaron PULFORD finished the race in the same time of 01:06:34, but the victory went to Oska. Finishing third was Michael VOSS (01:06:50). For the women, Olivia BURNE scored victory with a time of 01:15:31 . She finished 36 seconds ahead of Rowan MARIE TORCKLER. Rounding out the top three was Lydia O’DONNELL with a time of 01:17:01. Top 5 Men 1 OSKA BAYNES 01:06:34 2 AARON PULFORD 01:06:34 3 MICHAEL VOSS 01:06:50 4 DANIEL BALCHIN 01:07:54 5 CAMERON AVERY 01:09:21 Top 5 Women 1 OLIVIA BURNE 01:15:31 2 ROWAN MARIE TORCKLER 01:16:07 3 LYDIA O’DONNELL 01:17:01 4 ALICE MASON 01:17:27 5 HANNAH MILLER 01:18:57 Complete results 10 k Sean EUSTACE won the race with a time of 00:31:25. He finished 3 seconds ahead of Ben MUSSON. Wayne GUEST (00:32:34) made notched third place. For the women, it was Alice WILSON who took the top spot in 00:38:22 , ahead of Melanie ANGLAND (00:38:31). The third place went to Sarah ALEXANDER with a time of 00:38:59 Top 5 Men 1 SEAN EUSTACE 00:31:25 2 BEN MUSSON 00:31:28 3 WAYNE GUEST 00:32:34 4 NICK BURROW 00:32:36 5 CHRISTOPHER DRYDEN 00:32:54 Top 5 Women 1 ALICE WILSON 00:38:22 2 MELANIE ANGLAND 00:38:31 3 SARAH ALEXANDER 00:38:59 4 SARAH MURPHY 00:39:12 5 ANNA MCRAE 00:39:54 Complete results Next year, the marathon will be held on June 4th.