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1972 Champions
Gary Palmer (Waikato) won the junior 7500 metre race in 23min. 26sec.
Anne Garrett (Auckland) won the women's 4000 metre event in 13min. 36sec.
Champion for the fifth time, Jeff Julian (Auckland). He also won the 15,000 metre race in 45min. 2sec.
Sweeping into the final turn are Anne Garrett and Barbara Moore. They live in the same Otahuhu street, and had planned earlier in the year to take the the first two places in this race. This was the closest of all events
Dick Chase (Auckland) glances at his watch as he wins the veterans' unofficial 15,000 metre title, in 50min. 20sec. Not bad for a 40-year-old. (We hear Nelson's Harold Nelson has run faster over the same course!)
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Kathy McHugh was the first local runner home in the women's event. She was 25th in event a filed of 53
John Dixon runs in for sixth, in the senior
Looking full of running, Rodney Dixon bounds home third
A motorcycle headed each race. That looks like a cushy job
Norm Addison (Trafalgar Harrier Club) strides along with John Nash (Scottish) in the veterans' race. Addison was sixth
Kathy McHugh (42) glances at the camera as the women's field runs down the first straight