Sport
29 February, 2024
Price and Wallis win again
TWO of the region’s best runners enjoyed back-to-back wins at the Terang and District Lions Club Fun Run last Friday.
Camperdown’s Elle Price and Warrnambool’s Ben Wallis were the first woman and man home, respectively, just as they had been last year.
The 5.92-kilometre trek between Noorat and Terang kicked off for its 42nd year with some of the most prominent athletes lacing up for a competitive event.
Terang and District Lions Club Fun Run and Walk co-organiser Stephen O’Connor said a larger percentage of runners than usual had signed up for this year’s event.
“I’ve talked to a few people who said more than three quarters of entrants were runners this year,” he said.
“That’s the figure you like to get each year.”
O’Connor said it was “fantastic” to see Price and Wallis each claim a back-to-back victory.
“Ben has been a prolific runner who gave away running for 18 years, but over the last 10 years or so has run second and third a number of times,” he said
“For him to have now notched two wins over the last two years with tidy performances, he’s done very well.
“Elle Price has now won three, including the last two, with her first coming in 2017, and she’s become a real talent.”
Second-placed Sebastian Conheady, who grew up in Noorat, was the first local home on the day.
O’Connor said the second woman home, Rylee Foreman, proved herself someone to watch over the next few years.
“She had an eye-catching run,” he said.
“She won the under 15 section and was second woman overall and I believe she could be a force to contend with.”
Results were as follows:
Open male – first Ben Wallis (19.41), second Sebastian Conheady, third Alex Harvey.
Open female – first Elle Price (23:13), second Rylee Foreman, third Alicia Boyd.
The John Keane first local male home – Sebastian Conheady.
The John Keane first local female home – Rose Beasley.
Veterans (40-49) – Ben Wallis and Alicia Boyd.
Veterans (50+) – Joe Matthews and Sue McConnell.
Under 18 male – first Tyler Vickers, second Mark Lehmann, third Ben Carlin.
Under 18 female – Rose Beasley, Jess Bell, Stella Horspole.
Under 15 male – David Boyd, Riley Beames, Michael Lougheed.
Under 15 female – Rylee Foreman, Felicity Wood, Pippa Kempton.
Under 13 male – Quinn Clark, Dane Nicholls, Oliver Clarke.
Under 13 female – Charlotte Versace, Lucia Clarke, Beth Heffernan.
