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19.10.2007
Mark Tucker, Ben St. Lawrence, Erwin McRae, Eliza Stewart, Tara Palm and Sarah Lofts will combine as a mixed team in the Japanese city on November 23.
Andrew White and Sarah Salmon are the respective reserves.
Tucker, winner of the 10km at the recent Melbourne Marathon, has enjoyed a solid year with victory in the Victorian Cross Country Championships (June) and the Launceston Road Race over 10km (July).
St. Lawrence finished second at the Australian Cross Country Championships in Perth following victory in the NSW Road Relays (August), NSW Cross Country Relays (June) and second place at the NSW State Road Championships.
A reserve for last year’s Ekiden, McRae finished fifth in the Melbourne Half Marathon while White was an Ekiden reserve in 2005.
Stewart (pictured), a reserve for last year’s Ekiden, has had a very busy campaign with victory at the NSW Championships (10,000m), NSW State Road Championships (10km), NSW Cross Country Championships (8km), Sydney Bridge Run (9km) and a triple at the Australian University Games (cross country, 5000m and 10,000m).
Palm won over 5000m at the Australian Under 23 Championships early in the year and claimed a number of second place finishes in her home State of South Australia.
Lofts triumphed in the Athletics Victoria 15km Road Race in May and finished third in both the Victorian Cross Country Championships and Adelaide’s City-Bay 12km.
Salmon represented Australia at this year’s World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa, placing 57th. She won over 10km at the Melbourne Marathon.
This year, 15 teams will compete in the Chiba Ekiden - welcoming mixed teams for the first time. Each team must have three men and three women, with one substitute in each gender.
The course is marathon distance (42.915km in total), with the legs as follows:
1st leg: men 5km
2nd leg: women 5km
3rd leg: men 10km
4th leg: women 5km
5th leg: men 10km
6th leg: women 7.195km
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Chiba Ekiden team confirmed
Athletics Australia has selected its team for next month’s International Chiba Ekiden.Mark Tucker, Ben St. Lawrence, Erwin McRae, Eliza Stewart, Tara Palm and Sarah Lofts will combine as a mixed team in the Japanese city on November 23.
Andrew White and Sarah Salmon are the respective reserves.
Tucker, winner of the 10km at the recent Melbourne Marathon, has enjoyed a solid year with victory in the Victorian Cross Country Championships (June) and the Launceston Road Race over 10km (July).
St. Lawrence finished second at the Australian Cross Country Championships in Perth following victory in the NSW Road Relays (August), NSW Cross Country Relays (June) and second place at the NSW State Road Championships.
A reserve for last year’s Ekiden, McRae finished fifth in the Melbourne Half Marathon while White was an Ekiden reserve in 2005.
Stewart (pictured), a reserve for last year’s Ekiden, has had a very busy campaign with victory at the NSW Championships (10,000m), NSW State Road Championships (10km), NSW Cross Country Championships (8km), Sydney Bridge Run (9km) and a triple at the Australian University Games (cross country, 5000m and 10,000m).
Palm won over 5000m at the Australian Under 23 Championships early in the year and claimed a number of second place finishes in her home State of South Australia.
Lofts triumphed in the Athletics Victoria 15km Road Race in May and finished third in both the Victorian Cross Country Championships and Adelaide’s City-Bay 12km.
Salmon represented Australia at this year’s World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa, placing 57th. She won over 10km at the Melbourne Marathon.
This year, 15 teams will compete in the Chiba Ekiden - welcoming mixed teams for the first time. Each team must have three men and three women, with one substitute in each gender.
The course is marathon distance (42.915km in total), with the legs as follows:
1st leg: men 5km
2nd leg: women 5km
3rd leg: men 10km
4th leg: women 5km
5th leg: men 10km
6th leg: women 7.195km
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