JWOC
Australia’s JWOC team: W20: Rachel Allen, Zoe Dowling, Tara Melhuish, Zoe Melhuish, Caroline Pigerre, Asha Steer; M20: Joe Dickenson, Alistair George, Angus Haines, Patrick Jaffe, Aston Key, Patrick Miller.
There were some great performances by Aston Key and controversy in the Women’s Middle Distance Final at the Junior World Orienteering Championships held near Kecskemét, Hungary. Aston streaked around the Junior Men’s (M20) 4.1km Sprint course to take 9th place, just 34 seconds behind the winner. He followed up in the Middle Distance forest race with 2nd place in the Qualification race and 25th in the 4.4km Final, 4:51 behind the winner. Switzerland’s Simona Aebersold dominated the first two races, winning the 3.7km Sprint by 26secs and the 10.2km Long Distance event by a massive 5:03. In the
Left: M20 Sprint map with Aston Key’s route (with dodgy GPS tracking near controls 3-5). Right: Aston Key during the Middle Distance race.
10 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER SEPTEMBER 2018
