New Zealand reps. Masterton's Graeme Butcher, in a 207.189 km personal best, & 2010 women's winner - Wellington's Vivian Cheng (192.652 km), became the 2011 Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour national champions last week-end.

37 individual runners and 3 relay teams participated in the 14th Sri Chinmoy 6-12- 24-Hour Track Races (N.Z. 24-Hour Track Championship) at Auckland's Sovereign Stadium.

The weather was cool/ mild & overcast with gusty winds and some intermitent fine rain.

2003/4 24-hour men's champ. Dhiraja McBryde was the 24-hour men's runner-up with an encouraging 176.660 km, while rookie Kim Allan (Tuakau) was second placed woman with an excellent 178.389 km.

Jenny Williams from Kumeu, ran a very fine 111.518 km to win the Sri Chinmoy 12-Hour Race outright while 60 year old Lance Hunniford from Red Beach achieved note-worthy 97.940 km.

Master's champ, Gary Regtien 75; running an outstanding 87.224 km; was the 12-hour men's runner up ... followed by race walker Mark Gray who walked a steady 81.560 km.

In the women's 12-hour Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team rep. Auckland's Stacey Marsh looked comfortable ... running a promising 88.321 km for 2nd place.

Auckland's Alan Potter (66.965 km) & Tracy Frerk (58.583 km) won the Sri Chinmoy 6-Hour Races ... Tracy finishing ahead of up-coming 18 year old Kallola Brown (58.409 km) by just 174 metres.

During the night 6-Hour winner Alan ran another 3-hour stint to assist 'The 40 Somethings" team achieve victory in the 12-Hour Teams Relay (127.585 km).

At the awards ceremony New Zealand ultra greats, Sandy Barwick & Gary Regtien, presented the Sandy Barwich & Richard Tout Perpetual Trophies to 2011 24-Hour winners Graeme & Vivian.

Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Race
	Men				Mthn	50 km	50 mile	100 km	12-Hr	100 mile	200 km	Total km
1	Graeme Butcher 49 Masterton				4.07.28	4.51.21	8.09.31	10.22.35	111.200	18.49.33	23.24.09	207.189
2	Dhiraja McBryde 46 Auckland				4.18.30	5.06.08	8.40.43	11.01.33	107.600	21.09.21		176.660
3	Richard Charles 39 Auckland				5.16.25	6.24.13	10.59.12	14.25.16	86.400			136.184
4	Neville Kuilan 35 Auckland				6.00.59	7.12.05	12.15.15	16.55.03	78.800			130.973
5	Thomas McGuire 26 Auckland				6.00.08	7.30.08	13.58.10	18.17.49	71.200			127.531
6	Sean Roberts 38 Featherston				5.12.50	6.32.20	12.19.12	19.11.22	78.800			112.400
7	Dharbhasana Lynn 35 Auckland				4.43.20	5.38.42	9.58.20		92.800			92.800
8	Gene Andrews 29 Auckland				5.51.10	7.48.20						53.200
	Women				Mthn	50 km	50 mile	100 km	12-Hr	100 mile	200 km	Total km
1	Vivian Cheng 33 Wellington				4.19.50	5.08.37	8.27.33	10.42.00	110.000	19.08.36		192.652
2	Kim Allan 45 Tuakau				4.22.57	5.20.25	9.28.57	11.51.40	100.800	21.12.23		178.389
3	Penny Kirkwood 42 Auckland				4.09.44	5.05.25	9.40.47	12.59.59	94-000			160.743
4	Brenda Farley 46 Eketahuna				7.00.26	8.21.53	13.42.42	17.25.25	71.200			135.047
5	Nabhoniya Butler 39 Auckland				5.31.20	6.54.54	12.58.31	19.47.14	75.200			121.726
Sri Chinmoy 12 Hour Race
	Women				Mthn	50 km	6-Hr	50 mile	100 km			Total km
1	Jenny Williams 48 Kumeu				4.11.15	4.59.43	59.600	8.18.49	10.39.37			111.518
2	Stacey Marsh 34 Auckland				4.51.42	5.57.14	50.400	10.46.03				88.321
3	Heather Andrews 38 Tauranga				5.34.08	7.53.10	44.400					74.336
4	Niribili File 65 Auckland				5.46.02	7.15.57	43.600					74.075
5	Hilary Boyd 45 Auckland				7.43.21	9.19.20	32.800					64.824
6	Rebecca Oliver 29 Sydney				5.13.49	6.43.41	45.600					56.400
	Men				Mthn	50 km	6-Hr	50 mile	100 km			Total km
1	Lance Hunniford 60 Red Beach				4.18.40	5.11.34	56.800	9.14.14				97.940
2	Gary Regtien 75 Auckland				4.55.25	5.56.00	50.400	10.55.40				87.224
3	Mark Gray 50 Papamoa				5.38.51	6.48.09	44.400	11.44.12				81.560
4	Darrin Heaven 46 Auckland				4.56.25	6.40.30	43.600					51.600
Sri Chinmoy 6 Hour Race
	Men				Mthn	50 km						Total km
1	Alan Potter 42 Auckland				3.46.41	4.27.02						66.965
2	Simon Clendon 47 Auckland				3.50.46	4.36.59						63.359
3	Uddipan Brown 53 Auckland				3.47.57	4.34.22						63.225
4	Doug Johnston 41 Masterton				4.03.07	4.59.45						59.624
5	Andrew McManus 21 Auckland				4.07.39	5.02.19						58.249
6	Sergio Guzzardi 45 Auckland				3.58.30	5.00.10						57.745
7	Jason Rudkin- Binks 43 Auckland				4.26.22	5.37.50						53.169
8	Michael Bennett 46 Auckland				4.47.40	5.55.10						50.616
9	Ray Haste 47 Masterton				5.26.06							43.651
10	Lars Madsen 35 Auckland											41.447
	Women				Mthn	50 km						Total km
1	Tracy Frerk 29 Auckland				4.16.04	5.05.05						58.583
2	Kallola Brown 18 Auckland				4.12.14	5.08.30						58.409
3	Tracy Benjamin 37 Auckland				4.31.03	5.23.47						55.480
4	Rowan Skinner 45 Greytown				4.34.09	5.33.53						53.587
Sri Chinmoy 12 Hour Teams Relay
	Team								Stint 1	Stint 2	Tally	Total km
1	The 40 Somethings				Louise Schofield				16.800	17.200	34.000
					Katie Robinson				11.600	12.400	24.000
					Geoff Dickson				18.400	17.185	35.585
					Alan Potter				34.000	0.000	34.000
												127.585
2	Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team - Men				Niryana Marshall				14.800	12.000	26.800
					Daniel Rubin				19.200	12.800	32.000
					Jim Lawless				14.400	13.200	27.600
					Pragunya Daly				29.131	0.000	29.131
												115.531
3	Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team - Women				Marianna Schwendtner				21.200	0.000	21.200
					Isabel Esparza				25.400	0.000	25.400
					Ujjwala Mettrick				27.800	0.000	27.800
					Nipura Brown				21.593	0.000	21.593
												95.993