There was plenty of girl power in the Maitland River Run on Sunday.
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Sarah Schiffmann took out the eight kilometre event in a blistering 28:37, 18 seconds faster than Russell Rehbein in second place.
Imogen Bailey was second across the line in the 12 kilometre in 49:52, behind Justin Goodreid who finished the race in 48:21.
"She was pushing him for the first six kilometres, but fell away a bit at the end," event director Paul Humphrey said.
Ebony Banks finished third in the four kilometre race in 13:09, behind Rouse Hill's Mitchell and Thomas Olbrich who crossed in 12:24 and 12:53 respectively.
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The Olbrich family were another great story from the River Run.
Emalee and Chelsea Olbrich finished not too far behind the boys in the four kilometre, crossing in fifth and sixth respectively.
The four family members then backed up their four kilometre runs with the Maitland Mile later in the morning.
Mitchell sprinted his way to second place in 4:48, followed by Thomas in fourth (05:47), Emalee in fifth (6:02) and Chelsea in seventh (06:24).
"They're been coming most years since we started," Humphrey said.
The standard was really good.
- Paul Humphrey
The mile was won by Harrison Doley, who finished seven seconds ahead of Mitchell Olbrich.
Humphrey thought Simon White might have taken the honours in a small field this year after entering the race every year since the River Run started 10 years ago.
He finished the race in third.
"He's entered all 10 miles and hasn't won yet," Humphrey said.
"He's a very good runner, he's in his 40s and he's up against the young guys."
Other great age-based performances were achieved in the eight kilometre.
Young gun Zach Thomson, who competed in the 6-11 years category finished the race in fifth place in 33:10, ahead of 60-69 year competitor Mark Byfield in sixth (34:11).
Simon Davidson took out the half marathon event in 1:20:53 ahead of Jordi Bates (1:21:03) and Scott Alder (1:25:04).
Humphrey said the dreary weather meant there was a slight last minute course change in the half marathon.
But he said the event overall was a success.
"The standard was really good," he said.
"The logistics went really well as well."
The event director said the event would continue to run in the future, with plenty of athletes continuing to come back year after year.
"The course is very unique," he said.
"To get the four kilometres, we have to run on grass at either end of the mall.
"But people really enjoy it.
"The start and finish are right near each other, so there's a really good atmosphere."