Journalist report 20th October – Coomera parkrun

Well done to all 71 runners this morning - 15 new PBs! Awesome effort by all! Great to welcome some visitors from Main Beach. 

Big thanks to the volunteers, Davina, Julie, Vanessa, Margaret, Adam, Gavin, Colin & Mark!

Men's placings:
Jason GERAGHTY (SM25-29) (Unattached) was first over the line in 16:12 - second time in 2 appearances.
Michael WOODCOCK (VM40-44) (Unattached) was second over the line in 18:28 - Has been first to finish on 7 previous occassions.
Markus BERGH (SM35-39) of SRAWSC, was third over the line in 19:09 - Was first to finish once before.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Adam HAUCK (Unattached) 1125 pts.
Michael WOODCOCK (Unattached) 898 pts.
Chris OSBORNE (Unattached) 893 pts.

Women's placings:
Alli COOKE (VW35-39) (Unattached) was first (6th overall) over the line in 19:46 - 11th time in 11 appearances.
Linda DOBBS (VW50-54) of SRAWSC, was second (23rd overall) over the line in 22:53 - Has been first to finish on 2 previous occassions.
Nikki METCALFE (VW40-44) (Unattached) was third (24th overall) over the line in 23:12.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Alli COOKE (Unattached) 1200 pts.
Linda DOBBS (SRAWSC) 1186 pts.
Hilary DONLON (Unattached) 960 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Jason GERAGHTY (SM25-29) was graded 79.63 % for the time 16:12 (first overall).
Colin BRIDGE (VM65-69) was graded 78.85 % for the time 21:40 (12th overall).
Alli COOKE (VW35-39) was graded 76.90 % for the time 19:46 (6th overall).

This week there were 71 runners, of whom 26 were first timers and 15 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 3 different athletics clubs took part.

Coomera parkrun started on 28th July 2012, and since then 263 different runners, including participants from 7 athletics clubs, have completed 666 runs covering a total distance of 3,330 km, and there have been 181 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Alli COOKE who ran in a time of 19:24 on 11th August 2012 (event number 3).
The Men's course record is held by Jason GERAGHTY who ran in a time of 16:01 on 13th October 2012 (event number 12).
The Age Grade course record is held by Colin BRIDGE who recorded a 80.65 % run (21:11) on 4th August 2012 (event number 2).

Token number 25 went home with a runner by accident. If you are that runner... please bring it back next week. 

Full results and a complete event history can be found on the Coomera parkrun Results Page.