Congratulations to the Shingler siblings Nea and Ewan (Big Foot) for their wins in the junior NOL Sprint at CSU Orange on Good Friday.Nea is still only 15 and hence young enough to run W16A or W18E but instead stepped up to smash W20E by almost two minutes on a warm afternoon to start the 2021 national Easter carnival. Ewan pipped Queensland's Reinbott brothers in M20E by 24 seconds.
Making it a very good Friday, mum Paula anchored the third leg to give them the win in the Family Relay!
The other NSW place-getter in the NOL races was Sam Woolford (Bush n Beach), 2nd in M18E.
In the senior elite class (21E), Victoria swept the men's race - with each runner managing under 4 minutes per km - while ACT veteran Shannon Jones won the women's.
The intricate buildings and plethora of out-of-bounds garden beds made for fine navigation at times, and the gradual climb over much of the campus also tested the legs.
In the public races, Barbara Hill (Garingal) won the Women's Long and Lisa Grant (GO) was third, Linda Sesta (Uringa) was second in the Women's Middle and Gayle Quantock (Newcastle) third, and Vanessa Freeman (BF) won the Women's Easy.
