Taupō Marathon

 Marathon 
 Ben Twyman scored victory with a time of 02:39:30. He finished 2 minutes 20 seconds ahead of Chris Lines. Finishing third was Clinton Manderson (02:45:21). 
 For the women,  Natalie Price finished first in 03:06:14 . Wendy Taylor earned runner-up honours with a time of 03:24:27. While Shiri Friedler came in third at 03:28:37 
 Top 5 Men 

	
		1
		Ben Twyman
		02:39:30
	
	
		2
		Chris Lines
		02:41:50
	
	
		3
		Clinton Manderson
		02:45:21
	
	
		4
		Caleb Pearson
		02:49:30
	
	
		5
		Robert Humby
		02:52:37
	

 Top 5 Women 

	
		1
		Natalie Price
		03:06:14
	
	
		2
		Wendy Taylor
		03:24:27
	
	
		3
		Shiri Friedler
		03:28:37
	
	
		4
		Charlotte Porter
		03:34:00
	
	
		5
		Louise Crighton
		03:36:41
	

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 Half Marathon 
 Jack Moody got a win, finishing with a time of 01:06:38. He bested Casey Thorby who crossed the finish line 2 minutes 58 seconds behind him. Chris Wharam (01:13:07) made notched third place. 
 In the women’s race,  Alice Mason won the race with a time of 01:16:37 . Sophie Corbidge earned runner-up honours with a time of 01:20:08. Finishing third was Deb Fuller (01:21:10). 
 Top 5 Men 

	
		1
		Jack Moody
		01:06:38
	
	
		2
		Casey Thorby
		01:09:36
	
	
		3
		Chris Wharam
		01:13:07
	
	
		4
		David Lovelock
		01:13:12
	
	
		5
		Donal Mcgoldrick
		01:17:05
	

 Top 5 Women 

	
		1
		Alice Mason
		01:16:37
	
	
		2
		Sophie Corbidge
		01:20:08
	
	
		3
		Deb Fuller
		01:21:10
	
	
		4
		Jess Walley
		01:25:17
	
	
		5
		Catherine Calverley
		01:27:23
	

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 10 km 
 Regan Bones outran roughly 584 runners to win with a time of 34:19:00. He bested Lachlan Haitana who crossed the finish line one hour and 34 minutes behind him. Finishing third was Chris Trent (36:21:00). 
 In the ladies race,  it was Hannah Howell who took the top spot in 39:51:00 . She finished one hour and 36 minutes ahead of Jasmine Finney. Mary Weal got the third place in 42:12:00. 
 Top 5 Men 

	
		1
		Regan Bones
		34:19
	
	
		2
		Lachlan Haitana
		35:53
	
	
		3
		Chris Trent
		36:21
	
	
		4
		Tim Devlin
		40:04
	
	
		5
		Craig Farrar
		40:22
	

 Top 5 Women 

	
		1
		Hannah Howell
		39:51
	
	
		2
		Jasmine Finney
		41:27
	
	
		3
		Mary Weal
		42:12
	
	
		4
		Angela Hancock
		42:17
	
	
		5
		Emma Mccosh
		44:18
	

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 5 km 
 Wesley Donald took top spot in 00:20:10. Wesley Donald and Kian Weston share the same time (00:21:07) and the second place. 
 For the women,  Nisha Moorfield finished first in 00:20:49 . Bianca Stewart earned runner-up honours with a time of 00:23:49. While Maia Crowe came in third at 00:24:41 
 Top 5 Men 

	
		1
		Wesley Donald
		20:10
	
	
		2
		Kian Weston
		21:07
	
	
		3
		Zac Wilson
		21:07
	
	
		4
		Zack Lagas
		22:13
	
	
		5
		Matai Moorfield
		22:47
	

 Top 5 Women 

	
		1
		Nisha Moorfield
		20:49
	
	
		2
		Bianca Stewart
		23:49
	
	
		3
		Maia Crowe
		24:41
	
	
		4
		Angela Schur
		24:48
	
	
		5
		Lorna Wyldes
		25:05
	

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Results 2021: Taupō Marathon

 Marathon results 
 Close to 300 runners took part in the newest waterfront race at New Zealand’s oldest and most iconic running event. 
 Luke Hurring set the time to beat in the Hoka One One Taupo Marathon with his 2:42:30 finish. 
Runner-up Phil Murray (2:43:47) managed to make it in as the only other runner to complete the course in under two hours and 50 minutes. 
Martin Ferry finished in 2:51:57 to take third. 
For the women, it was Posey Wall (3:15:10) beating out Beth Hampton (3:17:38) for the top spot in the new race. 
Caitlin MacMurray rounded out the top three with a time of 3:19:56. 
 Top 10 Men 

	
		1
		Luke HURRING
		2:42:30
	
	
		2
		Phil MURRAY
		2:43:47
	
	
		3
		Martin FERRY
		2:51:57
	
	
		4
		Doug MOORE
		2:54:53
	
	
		5
		Anthony HANCY
		2:55:14
	
	
		6
		Clint VAN DER MESCHT
		2:56:20
	
	
		7
		Curly JACOBS
		2:58:18
	
	
		8
		Rob BROWN
		3:12:58
	
	
		9
		Matt JENSEN
		3:14:54
	
	
		10
		Greg WESTON
		3:15:44
	

 Top 10 Women 

	
		1
		Posey WALL
		3:15:10
	
	
		2
		Beth HAMPTON
		3:17:38
	
	
		3
		Caitlin MACMURRAY
		3:19:56
	
	
		4
		Mish MOURITS
		3:24:55
	
	
		5
		Erin TOLHURST
		3:28:48
	
	
		6
		Nikki VAN BEEK
		3:30:45
	
	
		7
		Helayna RUIFROK
		3:35:28
	
	
		8
		Nicki DAVIES
		3:39:14
	
	
		9
		Debbie FILLERY
		3:40:58
	
	
		10
		Karen MCCARTHY
		3:43:33
	

 Complete Results 
 Half Marathon results 
 Ben Ruthe (1:12:32) bested more than 1,200 runners to win the day’s main event.  
Jacob Hendrickx held his own for second with a time of 1:15:03. 
Aaron Jackson (1:16:14) came in a minute ahead of Craig Torr (1:17:14) to take third. 
For the women, it was Rebecca Elliott finishing first with a time of 1:22:08. 
Karen Toulmin took second, coming in at 1:25:48. 
After back-to-back fifth place finishes, Anna Williams finally cracked the top three with a time of 1:27:10. 
She cut nearly two minutes from her 2014 time. 
 Top 10 Men 

	
		1
		Ben RUTHE
		1:12:32
	
	
		2
		Jacob HENDRICKX
		1:15:03
	
	
		3
		Aaron JACKSON
		1:16:14
	
	
		4
		Craig TORR
		1:17:14
	
	
		5
		James KUEGLER
		1:18:07
	
	
		6
		Will ALEXANDER
		1:18:11
	
	
		7
		Glenn CLARKE
		1:19:22
	
	
		8
		Richard MALCOLM
		1:19:52
	
	
		9
		Hamish CRAWFORD
		1:20:47
	
	
		10
		William KELSEY
		1:21:00
	

 Top 10 Women 

	
		1
		Rebecca ELLIOTT
		1:22:08
	
	
		2
		Karen TOULMIN
		1:25:48
	
	
		3
		Anna WILLIAMS
		1:27:10
	
	
		4
		Candice HAMMOND
		1:27:59
	
	
		5
		Sarah SINCLAIR
		1:30:02
	
	
		6
		Rachael KINGSTONE
		1:30:20
	
	
		7
		Janet PITMAN
		1:30:50
	
	
		8
		Julie LIVINGSTON
		1:31:05
	
	
		9
		Christie HARRIS
		1:31:28
	
	
		10
		Sebatian BUCHER
		1:31:39
	

 Complete Results 
 10K results 
 Top 10 Men 

	
		1
		Isaac MANUEL
		38:53
	
	
		2
		Graham OBERLIN-BROWN
		40:35
	
	
		3
		Matt WEBB
		41:16
	
	
		4
		Brent WRIGHT
		41:41
	
	
		5
		Liam MILLER
		41:51
	
	
		6
		Marcus CROWE
		41:55
	
	
		7
		Blake MILLER
		42:41
	
	
		8
		Leon HAYWARD
		43:56
	
	
		9
		Steffan BEAUREPAIRE
		45:06
	
	
		10
		Steven CASTLE
		45:07
	

 Top 10 Women 

	
		1
		Rebecca MOORE
		40:39
	
	
		2
		Nicole O’DONNELL
		42:44
	
	
		3
		Kate REA
		43:24
	
	
		4
		Meghann STEWART
		43:58
	
	
		5
		Michelle NORMAN
		45:00
	
	
		6
		Hayley GOSNEY
		45:18
	
	
		7
		Harriet FILER
		46:41
	
	
		8
		Chantelle RICHMOND
		47:21
	
	
		9
		Sarah BROOK
		47:24
	
	
		10
		Becky VENTER
		47:27
	

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 5K results 
 Top 10 Men 

	
		1
		Nat YOUNG
		22:43
	
	
		2
		Neo BROOKES
		23:18
	
	
		3
		Ethan MORRIS
		24:22
	
	
		4
		Luc BARLING
		24:23
	
	
		5
		Marco PLOEG
		24:38
	
	
		6
		James TATTERSFIELD
		24:56
	
	
		7
		Cole MILLER
		26:11
	
	
		8
		Gareth WEBSTER
		28:11
	
	
		9
		Bayley ROBERTON-RAKEI
		28:20
	
	
		10
		Luca TINWORTH
		28:33
	

 Top 10 Women 

	
		1
		Kitty PRIER
		23:22
	
	
		2
		Sue MAVOR
		24:53
	
	
		3
		Rachyl EDGE
		25:34
	
	
		4
		Madison NORMAN-KEENAN
		25:43
	
	
		5
		Olivia STEELE
		27:13
	
	
		6
		Avah SILA
		27:33
	
	
		7
		Kyah YOUNG
		28:13
	
	
		8
		Abby HIRST
		28:27
	
	
		9
		FIONA WHYTE
		28:53
	
	
		10
		Nicole MCCANN
		29:22
	

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