South Tyrolean duo leads forest guard to title

Just one week after winning the Italian indoor championship, Silvia Weissteiner led the forest guard team to the Italian team cross-country championship title. Agnes Tschurtschenthaler also played at least an equal role in winning the title, as the result of the best three runners in a club counts for the team ranking. The Sesto native surprised by finishing second, just three seconds behind Weissteiner.

On the 4 km long Kurdish distance, two African women initially set the pace. Weissteiner secured victory by increasing the pace in the last 600 meters. Tschurtschenthaler, on the other hand, gained three places in the last 400 meters. Giulia Martinelli in seventh completed the forest guard's gold trio, which, as in the previous year, was only just able to keep the army sports group (ranks 3, 4 and 5) in check.

For Weissteiner it was the fourth individual victory at the Italian team championships after 2006, 2009 and 2011 and the team gold number 4 (2007 with SV Vipiteno, 2009 and 2011 with the Forstwache). Agnes Tschurtschenthaler also won the gold medal with the forest guard in 2010 and now has five Italian team championship titles. Weissteiner also won the individual Italian cross-country championship title at the end of January.

For the men, Christian Obrist celebrated a successful comeback after a year out due to injury. The man from Brixen in the Carabinieri dress defeated his training partner Markus Ploner (SV Sterzing) in the final sprint of the race over the short distance (4 km) and took 22nd place, immediately ahead of Ploner. With the Carabinieri sports group, Obrist narrowly missed the podium in fourth place. SV Vipiteno ended up in 18th place as the best South Tyrolean team. Over the long distance (6 km), Renate Rungger in the forest guard dress took 15th place.

Coach Reinhold Rogen's SG Eisacktal shone in the youth classes. The trio Lisa Schanung (6th), Isabel Tribus (14th) and Verena Steinhauser (27th) took fourth place in the junior women's (U20) category, tied on points with the third-placed club Audacia Record Atletica. In the event of a tie, the better placing of the top runner (5th) tipped the scales in favor of the Romans. The Brixen women missed bronze by just two seconds. In addition to Schanung, Anna Lena Hofer (SC Meran) also achieved a top 10 result as 10th in the U16 age group. South Tyrol took 16th place in the U16 regional rankings.

The results: Women, short distance (4 km): 1. Silvia Weissteiner (forest guard) 13:41 2. Agnes Tschurtschenthaler (forest guard) 13:44 Team ranking: 1st forest guard 10 points; 2nd Army Sports Group 12

Women, long distance (6 km): 15. Renate Rungger 21:39 Team ranking: 5th Forest Guard

Men, short distance (4 km): 22. Christian Obrist (Carabinieri) 12:24 23. Markus Ploner (SV Vipiteno) 12:25 27. Peter Lanziner (Quercia Rovereto) 12:33 88. Alexander Rampelotto (SV Vipiteno) 108: Stefan Premstaller (SV Vipiteno) 138. Mirko Fill (SG Eisacktal) 174. Michael Bacher (SG Eisacktal) 191. Alexander Rabensteiner (SG Eisacktal) Team ranking: 4th Carabinieri (with Colonel); 18. SV Vipiteno; 48. SG Eisacktal

U20, girls (5 km): 6. Lisa Schanung (SG Eisacktal), 14. Isabel Tribus (SG Eisacktal), 27. Verena Steinhauser (SG Eisacktal) Rating: 4. SG Eisacktal (equal points with third place)

U18, girls (4 km): 24. Klara Filehner (SC Meran), 35. Martina Höllrigl (SC Meran), 109. Valentine Alber (SC Meran), 114. Johanna Höllrigl (SC Meran) Team ranking: 10. SC Meran

U18, boys (5 km): 57. Tobias Mitterrutzner (SG Eisacktal), 77. Sebastian Dametto (AC '96); 120. Philipp Rottenstener (SG Eisacktal), 123. Michele Mezzanato (AC '96), 135. Klodjan Lamcja (AC '96), 200. Samuel Taschler (SG Eisacktal) Team ranking: 35th AC '96; 41. SG Eisacktal

U16: Girls (2 km): 10. Anna Lena Hofer; 39. Heidi Messner, 70. Deborah Schönegger, 73. Hanna Raffeiner, 78. Veronika Bonani, 79. Nina Showerk

Boys (2.5 km): 18. Marco Spagnolli, 74. Simon Mair, 86. Samuel Mittelberger, 133. Ulrich Spiess, 134. Paolo Rampelotto

Regional ranking: 16. South Tyrol (girls 13th and boys 16th)

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