Temperatures set to rise again in Eildon VIC as Sarah Grant sets the pace in the women's K1 ahead of Saturday's final, Jess Fox a close second
Water levels rose on the River Goulburn with increased irrigation flows providing more challenging conditions for competitors at the 2012 Slalom nationals near Eildon.
Today’s racing was all about the age group national titles for men’s and women’s C1, women’s K1 and mixed C2, the first round of selection for the junior world championship team and qualification for the open finals on Saturday.
Sarah Grant set up the prospect of a sizzling finale to the nationals in the women’s K1 event by squeezing ahead of Jess Fox by four tenths of a second in today’s qualification race with a score of 102.83 with Ros Lawrence a further 3 seconds back in 3rd. The single run final on Saturday will determine the national open title.
Jess Fox (NSW) was the Under 23 winner, Georgia Rankin (WA) won the Under 18 class while Noemie Fox (NSW) and Kira Wall (WA) claimed the respective Under 16 and Under 14 national honours.
Jess Fox (U23) and Noemie Fox (U16) dominated their respective age groups in the C1 event also taking the two best overall times of the day. Other class winners were, Georgia Rankin (U18) Ros Lawrence (senior) and Western Australian, Billie Knell (U14).
In the mens’ C1 senior event Ian Borrows (NSW) came out best with a score of 105.02 just ahead of Robin Jeffery (WA) 105.75. Ethan Hodson (NSW U23) Brodie Crawford (WA U18) Tristan Carter (VIC U16) and Louis Richardson (WA U14) were the other class winners.
Rounding out a long day on the water, Rob Jeffery and Jess Fox were the overall winners in the gender balanced mixed C2 event.
Racing continues tomorrow with the men’s K1 event.
Age Group Winners 2013 Nationals
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Women’s Open K1 |
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1 |
Sarah Grant |
VIC |
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2 |
Ros Lawrence |
NSW |
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3 |
Nikki Whitehead |
NZL |
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Women’s U23 K1 |
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1 |
Jess Fox |
NSW |
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2 |
Alison Borrows |
NSW |
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3 |
Elsa Gales |
TAS |
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Women’s U18 K1 |
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1 |
Georgia Rankin |
WA |
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2 |
Krystal Davis |
VIC |
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3 |
Elisa Singleton |
VIC |
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Women’s U16 K1 |
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1 |
Noemie Fox |
NSW |
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2 |
Kate Eckhardt |
VIC |
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3 |
Georgina Collin |
WA |
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Women’s U14 K1 |
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1 |
Kira Wall |
WA |
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2 |
Billie Knell |
WA |
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3 |
Alexndria Choate |
WA |
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Women’s U23 K1 |
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1 |
Jess Fox |
NSW |
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2 |
Alison Borrows |
NSW |
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3 |
Elsa Gales |
TAS |
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Men’s C1 Open |
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1 |
Ian Borrows |
NSW |
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2 |
Robin Jeffery |
WA |
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3 |
Warwick Draper |
VIC |
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Men’s U23 C1 |
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1 |
Ethan Hodson |
NSW |
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2 |
Andrew Eckhardt |
TAS |
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3 |
Jaxon Merritt |
VIC |
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Men’s U18 C1 |
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1 |
Brodie Crawford |
WA |
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2 |
Stephen Lowther |
WA |
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3 |
Daniel Watkins |
TAS |
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Men’s U16 C1 |
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1 |
Tristan Carter |
VIC |
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2 |
Oliver Gales |
TAS |
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3 |
Rohan Borojevic |
TAS |
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Men’s U14 C1 |
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1 |
Louis Richardson |
WA |
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2 |
Enzo Delyfer |
WA |
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3 |
Tarquin Wall |
WA |
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Men’s U14 C1 |
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1 |
Louis Richardson |
WA |
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2 |
Enzo Delyfer |
WA |
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3 |
Tarquin Wall |
WA |
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Women’s Open C1 |
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1 |
Ros Lawrence |
NSW |
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Women’s U23 C1 |
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1 |
Jess Fox |
NSW |
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2 |
Alison Borrows |
NSW |
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3 |
Maggie Webster |
VIC |
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Women’s U18 C1 |
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1 |
Georgia Rankin |
WA |
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2 |
Eliza Singleton |
VIC |
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3 |
Alex Broome |
NSW |
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Women’s U16 C1 |
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1 |
Noemie Fox |
NSW |
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2 |
Georgina Collin |
WA |
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3 |
Kate Eckhardt |
TAS |
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Women’s U14 C1 |
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1 |
Billie Knell |
WA |
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2 |
Alexandra Choate |
WA |
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3 |
Demi O’Brien |
WA |
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Mix Open C2 |
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1 |
R Jeffery / J Fox |
WA / NSW |
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2 |
W Draper / S Wright |
VIC |
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3 |
I Borrows / A Borrows |
NSW |
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Mix U18 C2 |
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1 |
B Crawford / G Rankin |
WA |
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2 |
D Munro / K O’Connor Stratton |
NZL |
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2 |
T Coward / T Coward |
VIC |
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3 |
M Kennedy / S Nielson |
NSW |
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Mix U16 C2 |
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1 |
G Collin / N Rankin |
WA |
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2 |
J Keylan / S Cumming |
NZL |
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2 |
C Bain / J Johnston |
NSW |
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3 |
M Smith / JP Hodgkinson |
TAS |
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Mix U14 C2 |
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1 |
A Choate / J Choate |
WA |
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2 |
E Delyfen / D O’Brien |
VIC |
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