MORE than 300 runners braved the 42.5 degrees temperates in Kangaroo Valley on Saturday to complete the first ever Summit Shoalhaven.
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Formerly known as the Shoalhaven King of the Mountain, which was first started by Nowra Athletics Club members in 1996, Saturday marked the first year the Elite Energy run event, which travels up Mount Scanzi into Kangaroo Valley, was revamped with a new name and course distances.
The marquee event, the 55km trail run, was taken out by Brendan Davies (men) and Sophie Brown (women).
Davies, who finished in a net time of 05:00:10, edged out Thomas Dade (05:07:21) and Michael Lough (05:34:49) for line honours.
While Brown clocked a 05:42:55, on her way to victory over Sophie Molander (06:12:51) and Kate Cush (06:35:16).
In the 40km men's event, Tommy Goodall (03:23:45), David Bailey (03:24:08) and Jonathan Forrest (04:07:27) were the top three, as were Alae Brand (03:29:40), Claire Hollis (04:32:52) and Fan Xiang (04:35:01) in the women's.
Nick Walker (01:52:55) took out the men's 23km run ahead of Paul Hadfield (01:57:04) and Darryl Johnson (02:00:32).
While Sarah Tapp (01:59:38) dominated the women's 23km race, edging out closest rivals Ellen Wildley (02:05:31) and Harriett Smith (02:05:49).
The final of the four events raced on Saturday was the 13km distance, which was won by Stephen Reville (01:03:36) and Paige Penrose (01:05:11) respectively.
Tim Lovett (01:03:58) finished second in the men's, with Ockert du Plessis (01:07:20) third, while Joasia Zakrzewski (01:05:51) and Amelia Shephard-Smith (01:18:31) rounded out the women's podium.
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