2017-18 Cross Country

Women’s Winter Report

It would seem that the world (or at least grass) is at Abbey’s feet with U18 State Cross Country titles won at Albert Park, Ballarat, and Burnley. Other top performers in our women’s U18 team include Jessica Ng, Melissa Niewoudt, and Alissa Ramsdale(often up from U16 for relays).

Our Women’s Open team was represented by Claire Walpole, Colleen Kelly, Abbey De La Motte, Georgia Feben, and Connor Gist. Honourable mentions go to Claire and Colleen who competed in most of rounds, despite often being short of teammates.

Doncaster also had representation from one or two individuals across almost all the age groups. Lachlan Herd was the standout having qualified for the National Cross Country Championships in the U20 age group.

40+

The Men’s Over 40 team were standout performers having won Bronze at Jells Park Relays and Sandown Relays. Special mention to Campbell McLennan who played a provincial role in recruiting past athletes back to the team. Runners include Leighton Kearney, Richard Matison,JohnCurry, Stuart McClay, and three Olympians in Rod De Highden, Sean Quilty, and WhaddonNiewoudt.

Men’s

Though frequent 4th places may sound disappointing, the team that went from division 4 to the premiership in the space of 5 years is now itching closer to a podium finish. In addition, our division 7 team finished 2nd place overall and were promoted to division 6.

Matthew Johnsen was our standout performer both on and off the course. In addition to his enthusiasm in rounding up the numbers each round, Matthew was our best individual performer finishing 7th overall on the individual ladder. Ben Ashkettle(NZL) was also in the top 10 finishing 9th overall. The open team is strengthened by Dave Ridley (NZL), Josh Maisey(NZL), John Portwood(UK), Adrian Patti, Nick Jamnick(USA), Gerard Heaney (IRL), Chow Lui(SGN), Joel Tobin White, Lachlan Herd, Tristan Harradine, Patrick Forno, and Tom Robertson.

The last time the team won medals was at the Sandown relays in 2007. We believe 2018 will be our year as we add additional talent to the team. On behalf of the whole team, we would like to give a special thank you to those who helped with timing, recording, supporting, and taking photos. Please join us for Cross Country in 2018!

Round 1 Jells Park

Women under 20

Invitation 7th 42:23 (Melissa Niewoudt 12:57, Alissa Ramsdale 13:06, Emily Lumsden 16:20)

Round 2 Wandin Park 13/05/2017

M14

24th

Liam McLennan

9:02.18

M16

27th

Caleb McLennan

13:59.45

M18

28th

Hugh Parrott

16:37.85

M18

38th

Justyn Beveridge

18:16.99

M20

12th

Lachlan Herd

14:57.88

MOpen

6th

Benjamin Ashkettle

26:54.39

MOpen

15th

Matthew Johnsen

27:20.77

MOpen

32nd

John Portwood

28:23.10

MOpen

38th

Dave Ridley

28:36.76

MOpen

40th

Joshua Maisey

28:42.59

MOpen

52nd

Gerard Heaney

29:20.49

MOpen

60th

Nicholas Jamnick

29:48.55

M40

16th

Campbell McLennan

33:4625

M45

7th

Whaddon Niewoudt

32:38.57

M50

6th

Sean Quilty

33:29.76

W16

30th

Alissa Ramsdale

14:52.65

W18

2nd

Abbey Caldwell

12:23.33

W18

18th

Jessica Ng

14:11.52

W20

7th

Jessica O”Keefe

17:44.65

W20

17th

Emily Lumsden

25:59.17

 

 

 

 

 

Round 3 Cruden Farm 27/05/2017

M18

32nd

Justyn Beveridge

32:46.77

M20

10th

Lachlan Herd

20:03.25

W20

10th

Jessica O’Keefe

35:28.22

W20

16th

Emily Lumsden

51:00.62

W16

25th

Alissa Ramsdale

26:45.45

W18

6th

Jessica Ng

24:28.82

W18

16th

Melissa Niewoudt

26:19.00

MOpen

5th

Matthew Johnsen

50:11.11

MOpen

7th

Benjamin Ashkettle

50:23.27

MOpen

15th

Dave Ridley

51:01.16

MOpen

27th

Joshua Maisey

52:18.98

MOpen

40th

John Portwood

53:09.94

MOpen

47th

Nicholas Jamnick

53:50.00

MOpen

62nd

Gerard Heaney

55:32.99

M45

3rd

Whaddon Niewoudt

59:44.16

 

Round 4 Bundoora Park 17/06/2017

W20

14th

Jessica O’Keefe

26:43.86

W20

17th

Morgan Costelloe

27:16.11

M20

7th

Lachlan Herd

28:10.06

WOpen

113th

Claire Walpole

48:18.73

W55

7th

Colleen Kelly

49:30.16

MOpen

6th

Matthew Johnsen

32:04.53

MOpen

13th

Benjamin Ashkettle

32:25.77

MOpen

37th

John Portwood

33:34.56

MOpen

63rd

Gerard Heaney

35:11.96

MOpen

72nd

Adrian Patti

35:40.58

M45

5th

Whaddon Niewoudt

37:54.16

M40

21st

Campbell McLennan

39:56.34

M45

15th

Roderic de Highden

41:12.09

 

Schools Championships Bundoora 17/06/2017

M18

70th

Justyn Beveridge

25:51.25

W17

16th

Jessica Ng

15:48.84

W18

35th

Melissa Niewoudt

17:00.77

 

Round 5 Sandown Road Relays

Men Division 1 4th Doncaster 1:58.16

(Nicholas Jamnick 19:03, Matthew Johnsen 18:50, John Portwood 19:41, Lachlan Herd 20:15, Tristan Harradine 21:03, Gerard Hearney 19:54)

Women Division 2 11th Doncaster 1:58.42

(Rachel Lyster 27:28, Carla Downes 32:05, Colleen Kelly 27:57, Emily Lumsden 31:12)

Men 40+ 3rd Doncaster 1 1:07.29

(Campbell McLennan 23:28, Whaddon Niewoudt 21:42, Sean Quilty 22:19)

Men 40+ 8th Doncaster 2 1:16.43

(Leighton Kearney 24:34, John Curry 25:41, Richard Matison 26:28)

Men 16 9th Invitation 35:47

(Caleb McLennan 11:51, Ben Purser 11:08, Alissa Ramsdale 12:48)

Women 18 4th Doncaster 35:34

(Abbey Caldwell 10:26, Jessica Ng 11:35, Melissa Niewoudt 13:33)

Round 6 Albert Park 21/07/2017

W16

23rd

Alissa Ramsdale

12:14.93

M16

21st

Caleb McLennan

11:07.89

W18

1st

Abbey Caldwell

9:57.05

W18

6th

Jessica Ng

10:59.39

W18

15th

Melissa Niewoudt

12:09.39

M20

5th

Lachlan Herd

33:08.90

W55

6th

Colleen Kelly

45:57.35

MOpen

16th

Matthew Johnsen

30.52.74

MOpen

31st

Nicholas Jamnick

31:33.23

 

Round 7 Ballarat 03/08/2017

M16

26th

Caleb McLennan

24:58.16

W18

1st

Abbey Caldwell

20:56.64

M18

13th

Hugh Parrott

21:15.66

M20

5th

Lachlan Herd

19:22.39

MOpen

5th

Benjamin Ashkettle

46:53.72

MOpen

12th

Matthew Johnsen

47:47.68

MOpen

30th

Dave Ridley

49:58.44

MOpen

32nd

Nicholas Jamnick

50:06.48

MOpen

57th

Gerard Heaney

53:03.65

 

Round 9 Burnley 10/09/2017

M16

13th

Caleb McLennan

19:34.23

W18

1st

Abbey Caldwell

17:19.44

W18

6th

Jessica Ng

19:27.46

W20

9th

Jessica O’Keefe

20:35.48

M20

3rd

Lachlan Herd

15:47.08

MOpen

5th

Matthew Johnsen

1:08:07.22

MOpen

16th

Dave Ridley

1:10:08.57

MOpen

31st

Nicholas Jamnick

1:12:44.00

 

Round 10 Princes Park Relays

Men Division 1 5th Doncaster 57:53

(Joel Tobin-White 9:02, Matthew Johnsen 9:20, Tom Robinson 10:16, John Portwood 9:41, Gerard Heaney 9:52, Nick Jamnick 9:41)

Men Division 7 3rd Doncaster 49:57

(Nathan Down 11:51, Anthony Paige 10:26, Michael Gallacher 14:38, Patrick Forno 13:02)

Women Division 2 1st Doncaster 45:34

(Katherine Katsanevakis 10:36, Abbey de la Motte 10:51, Georgia Feben 13:11, Connor Gist 10:56)

Men 40+ 5th Doncaster 1 34:12

(Sean Quilty 10:41, Leighton Kearney 12:14, Campbell McLennan 11:17)

Men 40+ 12th Invitation 40:27

(David Neil 13:04, Lee Kelvin 15:34, Trevor Carter 11:49)

Men 40+ 14th Doncaster 2 43:26

(Stuart McLay 13:01, Michael Eefting 17:23, Mark Howard 13:02)

Women 40+ Invitation 11th 47:26

(Colleen Kelly 13:39, ? 18:40, ? 15:04)

Men 20 2nd Doncaster 1 29:31 (Yuan Chow Lui, Lachlan Herd, Hugh Parrott)

Men 20 4th Invitation 32:59 (Ethan Sinn 10:09, Justyn Beveridge12:14, Matt Perry 10:36)

Men 16 15th Doncaster 39:45 (Matthew Parrott 12:40, Caleb McLennan 12:21, Cole Eefting 14:44)

Men 14 3rd Invitation 3 34:49 (Ben Purser 11:00, Ruban Parsons 12:15, Remy Williams 11:34)

Men 14 5th Invitation 38:44 (Simon Perry 12:11, Luke Carter 12:56, Liam McLennan 13:38)

Women 18 2nd 35:00 (Abbey Caldwell 10:36, Jessica Ng 11:53, Melissa Niewoudt 12:31)

Individual ladders:

Open Men Matthew Johnsen 7th, Benjamin Ashkettle 9th

M45 Whaddon Niewoudt 6th

M50 Sean Quilty 8th

Men 20 Lachlan Herd 5th

Women 18 Abbey Caldwell 1st, Jessica Ng 7th

Team Ladders:

Men Premier Division 4th

Men Division 7 2nd

Men 40+ 6th and 20th

Women Division 2 11th

Women Division 5 20th

Men Under 16 16th

Women Under 18 2nd