Alex Hunt desperate to end Australian title drought at Coast to Coast BRENDON EGANKAI SCHWOERER/GETTY IMAGES Australian Alex Hunt is the top seed for the men's longest day of the Coast to Coast on Saturday. Tasmanian Alex Hunt was two the last time an Australian gatecrashed the Coast to Coast and captured the men's longest day title. READ MORE:* From cancer treatment to Coast to Coast* Ussher chasing history in Coast to Coast race*​ McCaw reflects on painful Coast to Coast lessonsHunt finished 29 minutes behind Clark last year in a time of 11hr, 43min, 57sec. Nothing in Australia quite matched the Coast to Coast and it had become a bucket list item for multisport diehards there. In the elite women's race, Elina Ussher is targeting a fifth longest day title, which would equal Kathy Lynch's record.

Source: Stuff February 08, 2019 01:30 UTC