Doncaster Newsletter 23/2/21
The first weekend of the Victorian Championships was a very successful one for Doncaster athletes. Moving up to open, after winning the Under 20 800 metres titles last year, Abbey Caldwell won a tactical race with a storming finish in the 1500 metres on Friday night. Also on Friday, Liam McLennan took gold and two club records in the Under 17 5000 metres walk.
Other golds went to Petra Edwards in the Under 18 Triple Jump, Stephanie Ratcliffe in the Open Hammer Throw, Anthony Jordan in the Under 17 Para 100m, Alessia Wynne with a narrow victory in the Under 20 100 Metre Hurdles and Nash Chandler in the Under 15 100 Metre Hurdles. The men’s Open 400 metres saw three Doncaster athletes in action with Kevin Rassool picking up a bronze in a very close finish. Overall, the club won seven gold, three silver and three bronze medals, with a further twenty-two athletes placing in finals.
Also, a massive thank you to the following parents who assisted us throughout the weekend with our club helper duties: Kim Peak, Paul Reynolds, Mark Purser, Andy Caldwell, Piri Edwards, Evan Zapris, Leighton Kearney, David Wynne, Brett Chandler, John McCool, Olivia Katic and Natalie Reynolds.
This weekend sees part two of the championships at Lakeside Stadium. With several athletes’ pet events being contested we anticipate more great results!
We’d also like to ask for assistance with Long Jump duties this Saturday the 27th at the following time slots: 9am-10:15am, 10:15am-11:30am, 11:30am-12:45pm 12:45pm-2pm, 2pm-3:15pm and 3:15pm-4:15pm, two helpers per block.
If you, a family member, friend or relative are able to assist us with these duties, please email our summer coordinator David Mitchell (summer.coordinator@doncasterac.org.au) with your preferred duty time prior to 5pm this Thursday the 25th.
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Entries across separate AVSL venues:
With AVSL entries opening this Wednesday afternoon, we would like to ask athletes to please refrain from entering events across two venues unless you can make it to both venues for your events.
We have noticed some athletes are registering for certain events which are held at the same time at different venues. When start lists are published, the heats are already pre-seeded and athletes not turning up at one venue to compete at another venue results in empty lanes and half-empty heats.
Please consult the timetable and avoid entering at two venues if you are unable to commit to them. This will result in full heats (better competition) and fewer timetable delays.
Entry confirmation for AVSL:
A friendly reminder to make sure that when entering, please make sure you proceed to the checkout in the members portal. If you do not receive a confirmation email from AV, this means your entry has not been processed.
If you have entered but don’t receive the email, check your spam or promotions folders to see whether the email has ended up there.
Victorian Championships Results:
|
Grade |
Discipline |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
Wind |
Place |
Notes |
|
W14 |
Run |
400 |
Lucy Kearney |
65.4 |
6th |
||
|
W14 |
Run |
1500 |
Lili Pertzel |
05:16.5 |
7th |
||
|
W14 |
Run |
1500 |
Lucy Kearney |
05:25.3 |
8th |
||
|
W15 |
Run |
400 |
Shakira Harding |
60.97 |
4th |
||
|
W15 |
Run |
400 |
Shakira Harding |
61.95 |
heat |
||
|
W15 |
Run |
1500 |
Rachel White |
04:55.6 |
4th |
||
|
W15 |
High Jump |
Eliza Chivers |
1.50m |
3rd |
|||
|
W17 |
Run |
1500 |
Sanne Bakker |
04:49.2 |
5th |
||
|
W17 |
Run |
1500 |
Rosie Lyness |
04:51.8 |
9th |
||
|
W18 |
Run |
400 |
Chiara Bakker |
65.39 |
8th |
||
|
W18 |
Run |
400 |
Chiara Bakker |
63.06 |
heat |
||
|
W18 |
Run |
400 |
Emma Peak |
69.73 |
heat |
||
|
W18 |
Shot Put |
Emma Peak |
7.27m |
5th |
|||
|
W18 |
Triple Jump |
Petra Edwards |
11.94m |
0 |
1st |
||
|
W18 |
Triple Jump |
Emma Peak |
8.48m |
0 |
6th |
||
|
W20 |
Hurdles |
100 |
Alessia Wynne |
14.47 |
0.4 |
1st |
|
|
W20 |
High Jump |
Alana Mierisch |
1.60m |
3rd |
|||
|
WOP |
Run |
400 |
Stephanie Larkin |
58.96 |
heat |
||
|
WOP |
Run |
400 |
Nicole Reynolds |
60.47 |
heat |
||
|
WOP |
Run |
1500 |
Abbey Caldwell |
04:32.5 |
1st |
||
|
WOP |
Hammer |
Stephanie Ratcliffe |
56.60m |
1st |
|||
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Kevin Rassool |
47.53 |
3rd |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Kevin Rassool |
47.92 |
semi |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Kevin Rassool |
48.71 |
heat |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Daniel Minz |
48.73 |
7th |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Daniel Minz |
48.47 |
semi |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Daniel Minz |
48.96 |
heat |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Conrad Coumaros |
49.19 |
8th |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Conrad Coumaros |
49 |
semi |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Conrad Coumaros |
49.27 |
heat |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Tristan Robinson |
49.47 |
heat |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
1500 |
Yuan Chow Lui |
03:53.7 |
13th |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
1500 |
Yuan Chow Lui |
03:52.9 |
heat |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
1500 |
Caleb Sinn |
04:00.7 |
heat |
||
|
M20 |
Run |
100 |
Lachlan Parrott |
11.6 |
1.3 |
heat |
|
|
M18 |
Run |
100 |
Darren Menezes |
11.67 |
0.8 |
7th |
|
|
M18 |
Run |
100 |
Darren Menezes |
11.61 |
0.8 |
heat |
|
|
M18 |
Run |
400 |
Thomas Reynolds |
49.21 |
2nd |
||
|
M18 |
Run |
400 |
Thomas Reynolds |
49.25 |
heat |
||
|
M18 |
Run |
1500 |
Luke Sinn |
04:06.2 |
4th |
||
|
M18 |
Hammer |
Owen Rice |
54.06m |
2nd |
|||
|
M17 |
Run |
100 |
Matthew Parrott |
11.7 |
1.1 |
8th |
|
|
M17 |
Run |
100 |
Matthew Parrott |
11.56 |
-0.4 |
semi |
|
|
M17 |
Run |
100 |
Matthew Parrott |
11.52 |
-0.6 |
heat |
|
|
M17 |
Run |
400 |
Matthew Parrott |
51.43 |
5th |
||
|
M17 |
Run |
400 |
Matthew Parrott |
51.29 |
heat |
||
|
M17 |
Run |
1500 |
Remy Williams |
04:06.0 |
7th |
||
|
M17 |
Run |
1500 |
Remy Williams |
04:16.3 |
heat |
||
|
M17 |
Run |
1500 |
Benjamin Purser |
04:30.6 |
14th |
||
|
M17 |
Run |
1500 |
Benjamin Purser |
04:20.3 |
heat |
||
|
M17 |
Run |
1500 |
Tariku Natschev |
04:30.4 |
heat |
||
|
M17 |
Walk |
5000 |
Liam Mclennan |
26:48.1 |
1st |
||
|
M16 |
Run |
400 |
Lachlan Reynolds |
54.94 |
6th |
||
|
M16 |
Run |
1500 |
Tom-George Speed |
04:19.0 |
6th |
||
|
M15 |
Run |
400 |
Will Katic |
53.88 |
2nd |
||
|
M15 |
Run |
1500 |
Josiah Bakker |
04:53.8 |
13th |
||
|
M15 |
Hurdles |
100 |
Nash Chandler |
15.27 |
0.2 |
1st |
|
|
M14 |
Run |
100 |
Max Mccool |
13.36 |
1.4 |
4th |
|
|
M14 |
Run |
400 |
Elijah Bakker |
82.6 |
8th |
||
|
M14 |
Run |
400 |
Elijah Bakker |
81.18 |
heat |
||
|
M14 |
Run |
1500 |
Aiden Marasco |
05:04.4 |
11th |
||
|
MPAR17 |
Run |
100 |
Anthony Jordan |
11.9 |
0.7 |
1st |
87.56% |