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It was a miserable evening on Race 15 of the Takapuna State Beach Series. Cool 20- knot Sou'easterly breezes and stormy grey clouds made it unpleasant for the competitors and supporters on Tuesday night.

The windy conditions and strong sea currents made it difficult for both paddlers and swimmers.

In the men's 1.5km swim, Olympic hopeful Steven Kent was first into the water as he battled against the tide on the first leg. Kent broke away quickly from the bunch on the homeward straight crossing the line in 17m 12", ahead of Axel Wholfarth who placed second while Sean Newcombe finished third.

A better week this time around for Kirsty Wannan who mastered the conditions, swimming home comfortably in 17m 47".

Dene Simpson maintained her winning position taking out the women 5km Surf Ski Paddle event in 30m 48". While Tracey Wilson finished second with Rachael Dodwell back in third. In the Men's, NZ canoeist Steven Ferguson paddled a great race to finish in a quick time of 27m 35".

In the other paddle event World number 5, Jeremy Stephenson battled his way through the competition in the 3km Stand Up Paddle Board race. Tobin and Mcasey both pressured Stephenson on the final leg but the highly ranked boarder kept his composure to win in 19m 18", followed by JP Tobin with Troy Mcasey back in third.

Tara La Grange and Finn Mason won their events in the 5km Beach Run.

Race results follow below the gallery.

Photos by Georgia Schofield.

Results: State Beach Series, Race 15

Ocean Swim 1000/1500m – Male

Place Name Time Points
1 KENT, Steven 17m 12s 100.00
2 WOHLFARTH, Axel 17m 21s 99.43
3 NEWCOMBE, Sean 17m 25s 99.13

Ocean Swim 1000/1500m – Female

Place Name Time Points
1 WANNAN, Kirsty 17m 47s 100.00
2 O'CONNOR, Johanna 17m 54s 99.56
3 MCKENZIE, Danielle 18m 16s 98.15

Beach Run 5km – Male

Place Name Time Points
1 MASON, Finn 18m 30s 100.00
2 SELEZNEV, Kostya 18m 30s 99.97
3 MAUNDER, Simon 18m 33s 99.79

Beach Run 5km – Female

Place Name Time Points
1 LA GRANGE, Tara 21m 36s 100.00
2 EICHMANN, Jesse 22m 07s 98.33
3 EICHMANN, Jamie 22m 46s 96.30

Surf Ski Paddle 5km – Male

Place Name Time Points
1 FERGUSON, Steven 27m 35s 100.00
2 FORD, Robbie 27m 42s 99.71
3 MCLARIN, Simon 27m 49s 99.44

Surf Ski Paddle 5km – Female

Place Name Time Points
1 SIMPSON, Dene 30m 48s 100.00
2 WILSON, Tracy 31m 58s 97.40
3 DODWELL, Rachael 33m 26s 94.24

Stand-Up Paddle 3km – Male

Place Name Time Points
1 STEPHENSON, Jeremy 19m 18s 100.00
2 TOBIN, JP 19m 22s 99.76
3 MCASEY, Troy 19m 56s 97.74

Stand-Up Paddle 3km – Female

Place Name Time Points
1 ANDERSON, Annabel 19m 34s 100.00
2 ALEH, Jo 25m 39s 80.61
3 STUART, Victoria 26m 15s 78.91

Board Paddle 3km – Male

Place Name Time Points
1 DONNELL-BROWN, Nico 26m 07s 100.00

Board Paddle 3km – Female

Place Name Time Points
1 SPICE, Korrin 30m 47s 100.00

Junior Beach Run 2.5km – Male

Place Name Time Points
1 HADDY, Josh 9m 57s 100.00
2 GOOD, Jake 9m 58s 99.88
3 SAXBY, Toby 10m 31s 96.11

Junior Beach Run 2.5km – Female

Place Name Time Points
1 HARDEN, Brieanna 10m 18s 100.00
2 CROPP, Jacey 10m 29s 98.73
3 BURKITT, Sarah 11m 11s 94.22

Junior Swim 300m – Male

Place Name Time Points
1 MCPHEAT, Adam 3m 25s 100.00
2 GRIMWOOD, Will 4m 10s 85.81
3 BRAMLEY, Jackson 4m 23s 82.24

Junior Swim 300m – Female

Place Name Time Points
1 BROOKE, Elle 3m 05s 100.00
2 HARROWER, Lauren 3m 25s 92.89
3 HALLIDAY, Katie 5m 01s 64.88

Novice Swim 300m – Male

Place Name Time Points
1 HARDEN, Joshua 2m 59s 100.00

Novice Swim 300m – Female

Place Name Time Points
1 DALTON, Mackenzie 3m 58s 100.00
2 ALLEN, Jacqueline 5m 04s 82.33
3 FORBES, Candy 5m 18s 79.16