AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN ROAD WALK CHAMPIONSHIPS

Last Updated: 28 May 2019 By: Tim Erickson

Australian Women 3 km Road Championship 1967 Denise Tonks NSW 16:13.7 Elizabeth Inglis QLD 16:24.9 Robyn Denny NSW 16:32.8 1968 Angela Cook NSW 15:25.2 Lorraine Stafford VIC 16:09.0 Rhonda Whitehorn NSW 16:17.4 1969 Gai Syratt NSW 15:40.8 Elizabeth Inglis QLD 16:06.5 Lois Eade NSW 16:17.2 1970 Di Behan NSW 15:31.0 Gai Syratt NSW 15:43.0 Elizabeth Inglis QLD 16:20.0 1971 Di Behan NSW 15:15.6 Lillian Harpur SA 15:40.4 Alison Nicholls VIC 15:50.6

Australian Women 5 km Road Championship 1972 Alison Nicholls VIC 24:55.0 Lillian Harpur SA 27:07.0 Bev Wilkins NSW 28:08.2 1973 Lillian Harpur SA 23:24.0 Alison Nicholls VIC 24:29.0 Bev Wilkins NSW 25:42.0 1974 Anne Pembroke NSW 26:12.6 Bev Wilkins NSW 26:42.6 Janine Shepherd NSW 26:53.2 1975 Lillian Harpur SA 25:59.8 Bev Wilkins NSW 27:19.2 Rachel Thompson NSW 27:30.6 1976 Lillian Harpur SA 24:25.0 VIC 25:05.0 Janette Whimpey VIC 26:14.0 1977 Sue Cook VIC 24:52.4 Lillian Harpur SA 25:11.8 Rachel Thompson NSW 26:08.8 1978 Lillian Harpur SA 24:21.7 Rachel Thompson NSW 24:55.4 Lorraine Young VIC 25:44.6 1979 Sue Cook VIC 24:47.4 Lillian Harpur SA 24:55.0 Sally Pierson VIC 25:04.2 1980 Sue Cook VIC 24:14.0 Lorraine Jachno VIC 24:38.0 Lillian Harpur SA 24:53.8 1981 Sue Cook VIC 22:58.0 Sally Pierson VIC 23:04.0 Lorraine Young VIC 24:14.0 1982 Sue Cook VIC 22:27.9 Anne Ryan NSW 24:27.0 Lillian Harpur SA 24:38.9

Australian 20 km Open Women 1983 Sally Pierson VIC 1:39:34 Lillian Harpur SA 1:47:10 Lisa Harrison NSW 1:53:17 1984 Kerry Saxby NSW 1:44:56 Rachel Thompson NSW 1:45:02 Ann Ryan NSW 1:48:49 1985 Kerry Saxby NSW 1:41:07 Sue Narbey WA 1:42:47 Ann Ryan NSW 1:49:46 1986 Kerry Saxby NSW 1:38:27 Lorraine Jachno VIC 1:44:42 Ann Ryan NSW 1:50:48 1987 Kerry Saxby NSW 1:32:51 Bev Hayman NSW 1:41:22 Sharon Schnyder VIC 1:47:17 1988 Bev Hayman NSW 1:43:35 Sharon Schnyder VIC 1:44:01 Lisa Harrison NSW 1:50:29 1989 Kerry Saxby NSW 1:32:44 Sharon Schnyder VIC 1:46:32 Miriam Harding ACT 1:47:41 1990 Susan Cook VIC 1:41:13 Lorraine Jachno VIC 1:41:29 Carolyn Vanstan VIC 1:43:52 1991 Sharon Schnyder VIC 1:40:36 Carolyn Vanstan VIC 1:41:14 Miriam Harding ACT 1:43:30 1992 VIC 1:40:02 Nat McKean NSW 1:43:48 Jane Barbour-Lewry SA 1:44:37 1993 Anne Manning NSW 1:34:27 Jenny Billington-Jones NZ 1:36.16 Jane Barbour-Lewry SA 1:39:02 1994 Anne Manning NSW 1:35:27 Simone Wolowiec VIC 1:41:44 Wendy Muldoon VIC 1:45:28. 1995 Anne Manning NSW 1:36:04 Teresa Letherby QLD 1:37:34 Jane Barbour-Lewry SA 1:40:00 1996 Simone Wolowiec VIC 1:37.14 Jenny Crooks SA 1:40:38 Lisa Paolini NSW 1:47:16 1997 Jill Maybir-Barrett QLD 1:37:48 Wendy Muldoon VIC 1:38:39 Simone Wolowiec VIC 1:39:55 1998 Wendy Muldoon VIC 1:43:02 Linda Coffee NSW 1:46:33 Jenny Crooks SA 1:52:26 1999/00 ITA 1:30.06 ITA 1:30.36 NSW 1:30.58 Kerry Saxby NSW 1:33.51 Lisa Paolini NSW 1:34.35 2001 Kerry Saxby-Junna NSW 1:34.58 Simone Wolowiec VIC 1:41.51 Natalie Saville NSW 1:44.36 2002 Jane Saville NSW 1.34.18 Natalie Saville NSW 1.36.22 Simone Wolowiec VIC 1.38.21 2003 Jane Saville NSW 1.31.47 Natalie Saville NSW 1.45.55 Cheryl Webb NSW 1.37.41 2004 Jane Saville NSW 1.32.06 Cheryl Webb ACT 1.34.36 Natalie Saville NSW 1.36.33 2005 Jane Saville NSW 1:32:49 Cheryl Webb NSW 1:35:14 Simone Wolowiec VIC 1:35:44 2006 Jane Saville NSW 1:33:19 Natalie Saville NSW 1:35:25 Cheryl Webb NSW 1:35:59 2007 Claire Woods SA 1:41:56 Megan Szirom VIC 1:46:46 Laura Johnson NSW 1:50:46

In 2008, the Australian 10 km roadwalk championship was decommissioned in favour of a second 20 km championship. These two championships are now designated as Summer and Winter championships

2008S Jo Jackson GBR 1:31:40 Kellie Wapshott VIC 1:32:57 Claire Woods SA 1:33:02 Natalie Saville NSW 1:35:10 2008W Cheryl Webb NSW 1:34:58 Megan Szirom VIC 1:39:49 Lynette Bannister TAS 1:48:26 2009S Cheryl Webb NSW 1:19:44 Jess Rothwell VIC 1:30:25 SA 1:32:12 2009W Claire Tallent SA 1:35:58 Nicole Fagan NSW 1:50:40 - 2010S Claire Tallent SA 1:32:40 Cheryl Webb NSW 1:33:28 Jillian Hosking ACT 1:34:13 2010W Claire Tallent SA 1:33:30 Zuzana Schindlerova CZE 1:39:32 Kelly Ruddick VIC 1:42:32 Lyn Ventris WA 1:46:27 2011S Claire Tallent SA 1:33:38 Regan Lamble VIC 1:35:08 Nicole Fagan NSW 1:35:55 2011W Tanya Holliday SA 1:37:54 Kelly Ruddick VIC 1:39:56 Kirstin Shaw VIC 2:09:47 2012S Claire Tallent SA 1:32:58 Regan Lamble VIC 1:36:52 Zuzi Schindlerova CZK 1:37:34 Beki Lee NSW 1:39:16 2012W Claire Tallent SA 1:31:12 Cheryl Webb NSW 1:38:41 Lyn Ventris WA 1:40:41 2013S Tanya Holliday SA 1:34:22 Cheryl Webb NSW 1:35:46 Rachel Tallent VIC 1:36:50 2013W Kelly Ruddick VIC 1:33:15 Rachel Tallent VIC 1:38:06 Lauren Bourke NSW 1:43:40 2014S Kelly Ruddick VIC 1:34:44 Stephanie Stigwood TAS 1:37:39 Rachel Tallent VIC 1:38:38 2014W Nicole Fagan NSW 1:41:07 - - 2015S Tanya Holliday SA 1:34:05 Beki Smith NSW 1:34:35 Rachel Tallent VIC 1:35:03 2015W Regan Lamble VIC 1:32:51 Kristie Goznik SA 1:42:11 Stephanie Stigwood SA 1:43:58 2016S Rachel Tallent VIC 1:31:33 Tanya Holliday SA 1:32:15 Beki Smith NSW 1:32:49 2016W - - - 2017S Regan Lamble VIC 1:29:58 Brigita Virbalyte-Sim.. LTU 1:30:55 Beki Smith NSW 1:31:23 Jessica Pickles QLD 1:37:56 2017W Claire Tallent SA 1:37:54 AmandaBarendgret NSW 2:02:50 - 2018S Beki Smith NSW 1:31:23 Jemima Montag VIC 1:31:26 Claire Tallent SA 1:31:29 2018W Rachel Tallent VIC 1:36:27 Jessica Pickles QLD 1:47:15 Jasmine Dighton NSW 1:58:20 2019S Sandra Lorenas COL 1:28:49 Katie Hayward QLD 1:29:25 Jemima Montag VIC 1:30:51 Claire Tallent SA 1:33:24

Australian 20 km Road Under 23 Women The new Under 23 championship category was added in 2004 as an additional age group championship. The 20 km roadwalk championship for U23 was added in 2005 and was held in conjunction with the Summer 20km Championships.

2005 Lisa Grant NSW 1:42:48 Sarah Verdanega QLD 1:53:59 Briana Beazlewood NSW 1:54:48 2006 Lisa Grant NSW 1:36:40 Laura Johnson NSW 1:47:15 Vanessa Ebejer NSW 1:54:24 2007 Chloe Jones NSW 2:00:12 Vanessa Ebejer NSW 2:04:17 - 2008 Jess Heazlewood NSW 1:41:55 Bekki Lee NSW 1:43:37 Lynette Bannister TAS 1:46:33 2009 Jess Rothwell VIC 1:30:25 Jillian Hosking ACT 1:37:36 Jess Heazlewood NSW 1:40:39 2010 Nicole Fagan NSW 1:41:35 Kate Newitt NZL 1:47:52 Rosie Robinson NZL 1:51:24 Lauren Bourke NSW 1:55:35 Tamara Attard VIC 2:02:57 2011 Regan Lamble VIC 1:35:08 Nicole Fagan NSW 1:35:55 Caitlin Brunton VIC 2:02:48 2012 Regan Lamble VIC 1:36:52 Roseanne Robinson NZL 1:58:38 Allegra Steele SA 2:03:34 - 2013 Rachel Tallent VIC 1:36:50 Kirstin Shaw VIC 1:59:20 - 2014 Rachel Tallent VIC 1:38:38 Kirsty Klein NSW 1:42:17 Courtney Ruske NZL 1:52:38

After 5 years of hosting the Australian Summer Championships in Hobart, the meet moved to Adelaide. This coincided with 2 changes – the removal of the U23 20km Championship and the introduction of Oceania 20km Open Championships. In 2016 a further addition was made, with the Oceania U20 10km Roadwalk Championship to be contested with the Summer 20km Championships. See the junior results sets for these U20 results.

Oceania 20km Championship Women 2015 Tanya Holliday SA 1:34:05 Beki Smith NSW 1:34:35 Rachel Tallent VIC 1:35:03 2016 Rachel Tallent VIC 1:31:33 Tanya Holliday SA 1:32:15 Beki Smith NSW 1:32:49 2017 Regan Lamble VIC 1:29:58 Beki Smith NSW 1:31:23 Alana Barber NZL 1:32:23 2018 Beki Smith NSW 1:31:23 Jemima Montag VIC 1:31:26 Claire Tallent SA 1:31:29 2019 Katie Hayward QLD 1:29:25 Jemima Montag VIC 1:30:51 Claire Tallent SA 1:33:24

Australian 10 km Road Open Women 1983 Sue Cook VIC 47:24 Sally Pierson VIC 47:45 Anne Ryan NSW 48:47 1984 Sally Pierson VIC 48:31 Kerry Saxby NSW 49:44 Anne Ryan NSW 49:47 1985 Kerry Saxby NSW 48:49 Sue Cook VIC 49:19 Sally Pierson VIC 49:24 1986 Kerry Saxby NSW 44:53 Sue Cook VIC 47:29 Bev Hayman NSW 48:16 1987 Kerry Saxby NSW 42:52 Bev Hayman NSW 49:49 Lisa Harrison NSW 50:21 1988 Kerry Saxby ** NSW 41:29 Lorraine Jachno VIC 47:41 Bev Hayman NSW 49:28 1989 Miriam Harding ACT 51:32 Michelle Scott WA 54:47 Terri Hannaford WA 56:14 1990 Kerry Saxby NSW 43:31 Lorraine Jachno VIC 48:34 Carolyn Vanstan VIC 49:16 1991 Jane Saville NSW 47:10 Lorraine Jachno VIC 47:18 Sharon Schnyder VIC 47:25. 1992 Jane Saville NSW 46:02 Jenny Billington-Jones QLD 46:07 Lisa Paolini NSW 47:04 1993 Jenny Billington-Jones QLD 46:06 Teresa Letherby QLD 46:41 Anne Manning NSW 46:57 1994 Kerry Saxby NSW 45:08 Anne Manning NSW 45:56 Jane Saville NSW 46:04. 1995 Kerry Saxby NSW 43:53 Teresa Letherby QLD 47:08 Anne Manning NSW 47:19 1996 Kerry Saxby NSW 42:49 Anne Manning NSW 45:37. Jane Saville NSW 46:19 1997 Jane Saville NSW 42:59 Natalie Saville NSW 45:10. Jill Maybir-Barrett QLD 45:18 1998 Jane Saville NSW 46:38 Simone Wolowiec VIC 46:51. J Billington-Jones NZ 47:52 Jill Maybir-Barrett QLD 48:19 1999 Kerry Saxby NSW 43:09 Jane Saville NSW 44:24 Wendy Muldoon VIC 46:24. 2000 Lisa Paolini NSW 47.42 Simone Wolowiec VIC 48.30 Tracey Rosengrave VIC 49.05 2001 Lyn Ventris WA 48.11 Tracey Rosengrave VIC 49.38 Wendy Muldoon VIC 51.36 2002 Claire Woods SA 48.13 Karen Foan CAN 49.08 Wendy Muldoon VIC 50.55 Claire Bock QLD 52.06 2003 Simone Wolowiec VIC 47:45 Sarah Walkley NSW 50:57 Kylie Bonney VIC 52:27 2004 Claire Woods SA 49:35 Erin Adamcewicz VIC 53:44 Sara-Jane Cattermole WA 54:43 2005 Simone Wolowiec VIC 47:27 Kellie Wapshott VIC 48:17 Claire Woods SA 48:54 2006 Natalie Saville NSW 47:13 Claire Woods SA 47:19 Lisa Grant NSW 47:30 2007 Megan Szirom VIC 47:31 Fiona Alldis NSW 50:04 Cheryl Webb NSW 51:37

In 2008, the Australian 10 km roadwalk championship was decommissioned in favour of a second 20 km championship.

A 50km Championship was scheduled for 2018 onwards.

Australian 50km Road Open Women 2018 Claire Tallent SA 4:28:52 Kelly Ruddick VIC 4:54:31 -

A once off Australian Women’s 15km Roadwalk Championship was held in 1999.

Australian 15 km Road Open Women 1999 Wendy Muldoon VIC 1:14:49 Lara Kari Ali SA 1:17:19 Sarah Cattermole WA 1:21:16