Doncaster Newsletter
Nationals Edition – 17/04/2022
Video of Alessia Wynne’s Silver
Video of Abbey Caldwell’s Gold
Twenty seven DAC members travelled to Sydney in the last weekend of March to contest the Australian Athletics Championships, with our athletes competing in many different events across nine days of competition. At the end of the championships, our athletes had won three gold, seven silver and four bronze medals as well as achieving a dozen placings in finals and three club records being broken.
In the field, Stephanie Ratcliffe continues to prove she has a very bright future in Hammer Throw, pushing Commonwealth Games representative Alexandra Hulley all the way in the qualifiers and final, eventually finishing second with a performance of 61.77m. Stephanie’s performance is sure to generate some interest in the US, despite taking a break from her studies at Harvard University.
Our junior female Pole Vaulters continue to impress, with Tahlia Grace finishing equal second on countback in the Under 16 competition, making it the second year in a row Tahlia has medalled at these championships. Allegria Basile’s rapid rise in the event continued, claiming bronze in the Under 14 competition with a personal best vault of 2.30m. Jamison Harding contested the Under 14 and Under 15 competitions, winning her first national title in the Under 14 event with a clearance of 2.75m and claiming a silver medal in the Under 15 competition with a vault of 2.80m.
On the track, Jamison’s older sister, Shakira followed in her father Murray’s footsteps by setting new club records in the Under 16 90m (13.03) and 200m hurdles (29.60). Her 13.03 improves the ten-year-old Under 15 and 16 club records by .20 and .11 seconds respectively, while her 29.60 knocks just over half a second off the Under 15 record, set seventeen years ago. In the Under 20 100m hurdles, Alessia Wynne ran a world junior qualifying time of 14.13 on her way to silver, throwing herself into contention to be nominated for the championships in Colombia in August.
Thomas Reynolds’ remarkable season concluded on a high with a gold medal in the Under 20 400m. Despite the shocking conditions, Tom put in a gutsy effort in the final 100m to storm home in 47.83, and win his first national title. Another outstanding track performance came from Abbey Caldwell who ran 4:10.75 to win her first open title in the 1500m, beating Olympic and World Championship representatives in a high-quality field.
Congratulations to all of our athletes who competed in the championships. A full list of DAC athletes results and placings can be found at the end of this newsletter.
We also wish to give a special mention to three members who ran personal best times in the 5000m at the Collingwood Classic last Saturday the 9th. Anthony Paige broke 17 minutes for the first time, clocking 16:54.60 to finish fourth in the Mixed C race, John Portwood cracked the 15-minute barrier for the first time, finishing ninth in 14:56.40 in the Men’s A race and Lydia Rinaudo finished fourth and ran a personal best time of 17:47.40 in the Women’s A race.
New season registrations
Registrations are open for the 2022/23 season and AV have moved to a new registration system for members to renew on.
Revolutionise Sport have been engaged by AV to provide a new, more user-friendly system for our members to register for the season. The old AV portal has been deactivated and is no longer accessible.
In order to renew your DAC membership for this season, please follow these steps:
Step 1: Follow the link and click ‘Join Doncaster Athletic Club’ https://athsvic.org.au/clubs/doncaster-athletic-club/
Step 2: When the page loads, click the blue box with ‘Returning member’ on it
Step 3: Fill in your primary details (National Member ID is left blank)
Step 4: Enter your email address, the site will send an email to your inbox with a link, follow the link to proceed to the next step
Step 5: Select membership type (package deals can be purchased at a later date)
Step 6: Purchase summary, if satisfied, click ‘next step’
Step 7: Fill in contact details
Step 8: Confirm details then pay registration
If you have any questions/queries or are having any difficulties, please contact our registrar, David Mitchell (registrar@doncasterac.org.au or 0456366046)
Cross Country Round 1
The first round of the 2022 Cross Country season commences on Saturday 7th of May at Jells Park.
AV have released the provisional timetable and gradings which can be found here: https://athsvic.org.au/xcr_2022/
Provisionally, our Open Women will compete in Division 3 this season while our Open Men will have two teams, one in Premier Division and the other in Division 5. Underage/Masters teams are not graded and will compete in their respective age groups.
If you would like further information about the Cross Country season, want to express your interest in competing, or are interested in becoming an age group team manager, please contact our winter coordinator, Matt Christy (mhchrmo@outlook.com).
If you require new uniform for the season, please contact our uniform coordinator, Alessia Wynne (0473359747)
Track update
We are pleased to report that the new rubberised surface has been laid on the track and we will now be waiting several weeks for the surface to set and the line marking to take place. Council have also used the works as an opportunity to undertake drainage improvement works on the infield and around the track facility.
At this stage, we remain on target for the track to be open sometime in May. However, no exact date has been provided by the contractors.
Once a date has been set, we will communicate this to our members.
National Athletics Championships Results:
Note: Relay team members names in italics are not DAC members.
|
Grade |
Discipline |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
Wind |
Placing |
Notes |
|
WOP |
Run |
1500 |
Abbey Caldwell |
4:10.75 |
1st |
Gold |
|
|
WOP |
Run |
1500 |
Abbey Caldwell |
4:22.66 |
|
|
Heat |
|
WOP |
Hurdles |
400 |
Nicole Reynolds |
63.07 |
|
11th overall |
Heat |
|
WOP |
Hammer |
|
Stephanie Ratcliffe |
61.77m |
|
2nd |
Silver |
|
WOP |
Hammer |
|
Stephanie Ratcliffe |
61.42m |
|
2nd |
Qualifiers |
|
W20 |
Hurdles |
100 |
Alessia Wynne |
14.13 |
-0.6 |
2nd |
Silver |
|
W20 |
Hurdles |
100 |
Alessia Wynne |
14.28 |
0.5 |
|
Heat |
|
W20 |
Long Jump |
|
Alessia Wynne |
5.94m |
-0.3 |
2nd |
Silver |
|
W20 |
Long Jump |
|
Petra Edwards |
5.35m |
-1.8 |
8th |
Final |
|
W20 |
Triple Jump |
|
Petra Edwards |
10.69m |
+0.0 |
14th |
Final |
|
W18 |
Run |
800 |
Sanne Bakker |
2:25.89 |
|
15th overall |
Final |
|
W17 |
Run |
800 |
Bella Fary |
2:25.46 |
|
18th overall |
Heat |
|
W17 |
Run |
1500 |
Bella Fary |
4:41.25 |
|
8th |
Final |
|
W16 |
Run |
3000 |
Rachel White |
10:11.42 |
|
10th |
Final |
|
W16 |
Hurdles |
90 |
Shakira Harding |
13.03 |
-0.1 |
2nd |
Silver, club record |
|
W16 |
Hurdles |
90 |
Shakira Harding |
13.10 |
1.3 |
|
Heat |
|
W16 |
Hurdles |
200 |
Shakira Harding |
29.65 |
+0.0 |
4th |
Final |
|
W16 |
Hurdles |
200 |
Shakira Harding |
29.60 |
+0.0 |
1st |
Heat, club record |
|
W16 |
High Jump |
|
Eliza Chivers |
1.50m |
|
8th |
Final |
|
W16 |
Pole Vault |
|
Tahlia Grace |
3.20m |
|
Equal 2nd |
Silver |
|
W15 |
Pole Vault |
|
Jamison Harding |
2.80m |
|
2nd |
Silver |
|
W15 |
Javelin |
|
Jessica Nolan |
35.70m |
|
5th |
Final |
|
W14 |
Pole Vault |
|
Jamison Harding |
2.75m |
|
1st |
Gold |
|
W14 |
Pole Vault |
|
Allegria Basile |
2.30m |
|
3rd |
Bronze |
|
W14 |
Hurdles |
80 |
Jamison Harding |
13.80 |
-0.8 |
12th overall |
Heat |
|
MOP AWD |
Run |
100 |
Anthony Jordan |
11.64 |
3.8 |
3rd |
Bronze |
|
MOP AWD |
Run |
100 |
Anthony Jordan |
11.63 |
3.4 |
2nd |
Heat |
|
MOP AWD |
Run |
200 |
Anthony Jordan |
24.74 |
-0.1 |
6th |
Final |
|
MOP AWD |
Run |
200 |
Anthony Jordan |
24.63 |
-2.1 |
4th |
Heat |
|
MOP |
Run |
200 |
Wesley Spargo |
22.75 |
2.1 |
51st overall |
Heat |
|
MOP |
Run |
400 |
Wesley Spargo |
50.35 |
|
29th overall |
Heat |
|
MOP |
Run |
5000 |
Joel Tobin-White |
14:11.54 |
|
15th |
Final |
|
M20 |
Run |
400 |
Thomas Reynolds |
47.83 |
|
1st |
Gold |
|
M20 |
Run |
400 |
Thomas Reynolds |
48.39 |
|
1st |
Heat |
|
M20 |
Long Jump |
|
Lachlan Parrott |
6.88m |
|
5th |
Final |
|
M18 |
Run |
100 |
Matthew Parrott |
11.25 |
-2.5 |
10th overall |
Heat |
|
M18 |
Run |
200 |
Matthew Parrott |
22.70 |
-1.1 |
9th overall |
Heat |
|
M18 |
Run |
800 |
Peter Holland |
1:55.88 |
|
5th |
Final |
|
M18 |
Run |
800 |
Peter Holland |
1:58.09 |
|
2nd |
Heat |
|
M17 |
Run |
800 |
Lachlan Marasco |
2:01.05 |
|
10th overall |
Heat |
|
M17 |
Run |
3000 |
Luca Scholes-Robertson |
9:53.08 |
|
26th overall |
Heat |
|
M17 |
Steeple |
2000 |
Josh Ascar |
6:49.94 |
|
11th |
Final |
|
M16 |
Run |
800 |
Will Katic |
2:02.82 |
|
12th overall |
Heat |
|
M16 |
Run |
800 |
Jack Dalton |
2:04.65 |
|
16th overall |
Heat |
|
M16 |
Run |
1500 |
Jack Dalton |
4:17.51 |
|
16th |
Final |
|
M15 |
Run |
800 |
Aiden Marasco |
2:10.97 |
|
24th overall |
Heat |
|
W20 |
Relay |
4×100 |
Abbey Francis, Rebecca Bain, Alessia Wynne, Chiara Santiglia |
47.45 |
|
3rd |
Bronze |
|
M20 |
Relay |
4×400 |
Hugo Hank, Gus Simpfendorfer, Jack Clarke, Thomas Reynolds |
3:16.73 |
|
3rd |
Bronze |
|
M18 |
Relay |
4×100 |
Max Busuttil, Patrick Poulter, Matthew Parrott, Frankleen Newah-Jarfoi |
42.34 |
|
2nd |
Silver |