Courtney Scott and Julian Spence will start as favourites in the Ballarat Regional Athletic Centre’s Chas Suffren Memorial cross country events at Burrumbeet on Saturday.
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Scott’s main dangers over 3km are expected to come from Katherine Dowie (Eureka), Louise Wood (YCW) and Rachel Gibney (Harriers), as well as the improving Lily Gilbert (Wendouree).
Spence is the form runner of the BRAC winter series, having won lap of the lake and Wal Brown titles.
His Harriers’ clubmate Nathan Hartigan will be keen to back up his win in this event last year and be pushing to produce a sub 21-minute run to go even faster than his 20:58s of 2013 as he prepares for a marathon in Auckland in November.
Their biggest challenges will come from Wendouree under-18 young guns Andrew Amor and Sam Williams.
Starting times at Burrumbeet racecourse: 2.15pm, under-12 boys and girls 1600m; 2.30pm, men’s 6.4km; 3pm, women’s and under-14 boys 3km.
