To accomplish a double win on this tough and fast track is an exceptional achievement.

You have to be an all rounder to master the mix of surfaces which includes pristine trail more suited to the technical runners plus the tar and paved sections which naturally suite the more conventional marathon road running fraternity. Rohan Kennedy racing for GU / Brooks Running Shoes has all these qualities and he has set a new benchmark that many will want to aspire to and so add their names to this exclusive list of runners.

Another up and coming athlete that has made his mark on the shorter Seahorse route is 12 year old Mathew Lombardi who finished up as the overall winner in this group. More impressive is that his first place was against runners far older than himself running in a category which also included all the other senior athletes competing for the same title.

Magnetic South has certainly experienced an amazing spike in the performances being posted by the junior athletes at all its 2009 Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival events - we are in for some exciting times ahead and with it being touted as another sell out in 2010 - this new cult event of the festival will continue to impress and attract runners from around the globe.

Final results - Coelacanth 13 km Men - 1st Rohan Kennedy 51.09, 2nd Kyle Chettleburgh 51.57,3rd Richard Wright 53.12 / Ladies 1st Alae Brand 56.52, 2nd Jeannie Bomford 60.54,3rd Tanya Rabie 63.39.

Seahorse 7 km Men - 1st Matthew Lombardi 45.00, 2nd Philip Emslie 45.27, 3rd Gavin Slabber 45.53 / Ladies 1st Helmie 53.12, 2nd Carly Kent 53.13, 3rd Eulogy Du Plessis 55.17.