EUREKA Athletic Club secured a Surf ‘T’ Surf double yesterday.
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Two of its promising teenage distance runners saluted in the Warrnambool fun run’s six-kilometre section.
Ballarat’s Jesse Fullerton made it back-to-back men’s wins and Courtney Scott claimed the women’s title in her first attempt.
Scott said Fullerton, who holidays in the south-west with his family each year, encouraged her to enter.
“He trains with me so I thought I would come down and give it a go,” she said.
Scott, 19, finished in 22 minutes and 16 seconds to edge out Naringal East’s Alicia Boyd (24.20) and Bridie Dalton (24.54).
“I was happy considering it was hilly,” she said.
“My PB 6km on flat is 21.50 so I wasn’t too far off that.
“It was a bit challenging in some spots with the hills but I enjoyed it.”
Fullerton, who clocked 19.54, won from Warrnambool’s Dominic Moloney (20.45) and Dom Tieppo (22.39).
The victory complemented his efforts in the Warrnambool Athletic Club summer series’ opener last week.
“I did that race because I hadn’t had a run in a while, just to see how I was going,” he said of the five-kilometre Flagstaff Hill race.
“It was good to back up.”
Fullerton, 18, said the Surf ‘T’ Surf course was challenging.
“I have always underestimated it,” he said.
“It gets pretty tough halfway through.”
