Shingler kids take out Big Foot Sprints
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- Last Updated: Tuesday, 09 February 2021 18:10
Siblings Nea and Ewan Shingler have blitzed the annual Big Foot Sprints to claim their second victories in the event.
Nea (34m21s and eighth overall) went back to back in the women's division with a massive 6m26s margin over Garingal's Aniko Fozo-Kertesz, while Rebecca George (BF) was a further minute away in third place.
Ewan recaptured the trophy he won in 2018 and broke the 30-minute barrier by a second in winning by 53 seconds over Toby Wilson who has switched clubs from GO to BF.
Andrew Brown (BF) was another minute behind in third place.
The first race featured a long second leg, forcing runners to stay high through the grass and streets or drop through the rock on a shorter but slower route. Ewan lost over a minute here as Toby won the race by 32 seconds.
Ewan made another one-minute error on leg 2 of the chasing start, but Toby dropped two minutes there and another 30 seconds on leg 13.
Meanwhile, Nea - who has been recording some very large scores in the Sydney Summer Series - established an early lead over her rivals (which included her mum Paula) and stretched her advantage throughout for a comfortable victory.
Aniko improved from fourth after the first race to second in the chasing start and overall.
Thanks to setter Richard Mountstephens and organiser Andrew McDonald for their big efforts after the original date of December 2020 had to be moved because of the Avalon covid outbreak.
Links to the results and splits can be found on the Big Foot website here. Maps and photos of the event are on their Facebook page.
