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NZ Orienteering Championship Sprint

NEW ZEALAND ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDIA RELEASE April 10, 2009 THE “mystery man” at the New Zealand Orienteering Championships, Taranaki dairy farmer Karl Dravitzki, took the national sprint title in Auckland today – a remarkable achievement considering it was his first serious orienteering event in six months. The 30-year-old went into…
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the full-bore 3.3-kilometre dash around a tricky course through the Epsom College of Education campus, insisting that he really had no idea how well he’d go. “I hoped I could win it. I knew I was reasonably fit,” said the New Plymouth athlete, who’s been concentrating on running in recent months. The lack of orienteering, he added, had been “a worry – going into an event like this.” But his 13m 9s sprint saw him secure his third national title – finishing 15 seconds faster than 18-year-old Aucklander Jourdan Harvey. Waimauku junior Thomas Reynolds – Harvey’s regular training partner –…

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