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                         DAVID RUSCHENA  -  born  17 Feb 1974

                  - David currently runs for Glenhuntly Athletics Club  -

David continues to climb the Australian 5000m rankings with a fantastic 4th place at the Telstra A Series on Thursday 17th February 2005.  David took the battle up to Craig Mottram and two Tanzanian runners and lead during parts of the race. He finished less than 10sec behind Mottram to record another PB of 13:37.57. 

David had a magnificent win on Saturday 4th December 2004, in one of Australia's most prestigious running events the "Zatopek" 10,000m.  It was one of the most exciting races in years, with six runners bunched together with a lap to go, before David broke away with a blistering 55sec last lap to win in a time of 28.59 mins.  It was his first ever track run over this distance.

Less than two weeks previous to this, David was part of the Australian Team that ran the famous Chiba Ekiden Relay Race in Japan.  The team finished 11th and David ran a very solid 5km leg of the relay in 13.59 mins.  The Chiba Ekiden Relay is run over the Marathon distance, but split into various different length legs of 10, 5, 10, 5 and 12.2km for the men.

Waverley Records:  U13  1500m  4.49.30  86/87

PB's:  800m  1.51.1  ,  1500m  3.43.2  ,  3000m  8.02.7
         5000m  13.37.57  ,  10000m  28.59  ,  Half Marathon  67.21

International Competition:    2003 Chiba Ekiden Relay Race
                                           2004 World Cross Country  4000m  115th
                                           2004 Chiba Ekiden Relay Race

National Competition:  2005  4th  5000m  Telstra A Series
                                  2004  4th  5000m
                                  2004  1st  Zatopek 10,000m

State Championships:  1991  1st  U18  1500m
                                2000  3rd  1500m
                                2001  2nd  1500m
                                2002  2nd  1500m
                                2003  2nd  5000m
                                2004  2nd  1500m

State Road Championships:  2000  3rd  10km
                                         2003  3rd  10km
                                         2004  3rd  10km  ,  1st  15km

To be continued..............

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