2022-11-05-06 All Schools

DAC NEWSLETTER – SPECIAL EDITION

Whilst the rest of the DAC Athletes were missing competition or perhaps taking a long weekend break away or perhaps going to the races, our younger athletes were out there running, jumping and throwing themselves into the School Track & Field Championships at Lakeside. 

Although the weather was kind this weekend just gone, maybe even a little warm for a run, the previous weekend was not so great with a wet track, some cold starts and Saturday not getting above 17 degrees. 

Despite that, the performances were credible with a significant number of Personal Bests, some very close to a PB and most of our athletes finishing in the top 10.

Honourable mentions to:

  • Jamison Harding competed in the most events across both weekends with 5 in total, on the podium in 3 (all PB’s), with a medal of each colour and equalling Tahlia Grace’s club record in the U14 Pole Vault! 
  • Jamison’s older sister, Shakira won gold and broke the club record in the Under 16 90m Hurdles. Shakira’s time of 12.88 beat Sarah Fitt’s record from 2012 by 0.26 seconds! 
  • Matthew Parrott who ran a PB in his 100m heat and came away with 2nd place in the final, and was only 0.01 short of a PB in his 200m final placing 3rd. 
  • Felix Hattwich for 3rd place and a PB in Pole Vault for only the second time competing in the event. 
  • Allegria Basile jumped a 15cm PB, 30cm better than her most recent AVSL jump. 
  • Our 800m runners set the track alight with Nathanael Uecker continuing to smash out PB’s in his second season, Ben Purser cracked the 2-minute barrier for the first time and Aiden Marasco ran a PB in the Prelim and then beat it in the final! 
  • And Lula Parrott is already in the top 5 in her first season of Hammer Throw with a whopping 21.61m!

After two weekends of competition, we finished with a total medal haul of seven gold, four silver and five bronze as well as a massive thirty-five personal best performances and two club records! 

We also want to give a huge shout out to John McCool, Warren Hattwich, Wendy Smith, Julie O’Neil, Darryl Kilmartin and Julie King for assisting with our club helper duties across both weekends. Thank you so much! We greatly appreciate your time and efforts during the competition. 

AVSL resumes this Saturday at Doncaster and Duncan MacKinnon and based on entry numbers, we are looking like having another strong showing. 

Entries for Round 5 at Casey and Epping on the 19th of November are already open, so make sure you register ASAP! Field events at Epping are nearly full already so make sure to jump on to the AV website to enter!

Victorian Relay Championships – November 26th 

Thank you to our members who have so far indicated their availability for the upcoming Victorian Relay Championships. 

However, we are still wanting to hear from you! Please let your team manager know of your availability so we can start putting teams together! 

When: Saturday 26th of November 

Where: Box Hill Athletics Track 

Events offered: 

4x100m and 4x400m – All age groups 

Sprint Medley (200m-200m-400m-800m, U16, U18 and Open only) 

4x800m (U18 only, athletes from lower age groups can form a team) 

4x1500m (Open and 40/50+ only) 

If you have not yet indicated whether or not you are available/interested, please contact our team managers: 

Junior and Open athletes: David Mitchell (registrar@doncasterac.org.au

40+ and 50+ athletes: Campbell McLennan (40.teams@doncasterac.org.au

Okay, I’m hearing you – where are the results !! 

Here they are : CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO COMPETED !

Affiliation 

Grade 

Discipline 

Distance 

Name 

Performance 

Wind 

Place 

Notes 

LUT 

M15 

Run 

800 

Aiden Marasco 

2:07.14 

   

PB 

LUT 

M15 

Run 

1500 

Aiden Marasco 

4:27.93 

     

MON 

M15 

High Jump 

 

Alex Lloyd 

1.65m 

   

PB 

MON 

M15 

Long Jump 

 

Alex Lloyd 

4.95m 

-0.1 

 

=PB 

CBGS 

M15 

Run 

200 

Christian Zapris 

24.57 

-1.3 

 

PB 

CBGS 

M15 

Run 

400 

Christian Zapris 

53.65 

 

3rd 

PB 

LUT 

M15 

High Jump 

 

Felix Hattwich 

1.55m 

     

LUT 

M15 

Pole Vault 

 

Felix Hattwich 

2.90m 

 

3rd 

PB 

LUT 

M15 

Triple Jump 

 

Felix Hattwich 

10.57m 

0.9 

   

SCO 

M15 

Run 

100 

Max McCool 

12.7 

1.7 

 

PB 

SCO 

M15 

Run 

200 

Max McCool 

25.60 

-0.4 

 

PB 

SCO 

M15 

Long Jump 

 

Max McCool 

4.92m 

-1.2 

   

TRI 

M16 

Run 

400 

Will Katic 

51.67 

     

TRI 

M16 

Run 

800 

Will Katic 

2:02.04 

     

WFC 

M17 

Run 

1500 

Josh Ascar 

4:16.36 

   

PB 

WFC 

M17 

Run 

3000 

Josh Ascar 

9:09.76 

   

PB 

LUT 

M17 

Run 

800 

Lachlan Marasco 

1:58.06 

   

PB 

LUT 

M17 

Run 

1500 

Lachlan Marasco 

4.12.52 

     

PDE 

M17 

Run 

400 

Lachlan Reynolds 

53.75 

     

KOO 

M17 

Run 

800 

Nathanael Uecker 

2:09.05 

     

WFC 

M17 

Run 

100 

Ryan O’Neil-Parker 

11.61 

1.5 

   

WFC 

M17 

Run 

200 

Ryan O’Neil-Parker 

23.79 

-0.2 

   

DCC 

M18 

Run 

800 

Benjamin Purser 

1:59.79 

   

PB 

DCC 

M18 

Run 

1500 

Benjamin Purser 

4:15.77 

   

PB 

BLK 

M18 

Run 

800 

Liam McLennan 

2:05.71 

   

PB 

LUT 

M18 

Run 

1500 

Luca Scholes-Robertson 

4:12.42 

     

LUT 

M18 

Run 

3000 

Luca Scholes-Robertson 

9:22.43 

     

WFC 

M18 

Run 

100 

Matthew Parrott 

11.05 

1.6 

2nd 

PB 

WFC 

M18 

Run 

100 

Matthew Parrott 

10.91 

0.8 

Prelim 

PB 

WFC 

M18 

Run 

200 

Matthew Parrott 

22.41 

3rd 

 

SAL 

M18 

Run 

800 

Peter Holland 

1:59.60 

     

SAL 

M18 

Run 

1500 

Peter Holland 

4:12.77 

     

DCC 

M18 

Run 

800 

Remy Williams 

1:53.12 

 

1st 

PB 

DCC 

M18 

Run 

1500 

Remy Williams 

3:56.00 

 

1st 

PB 

XAV 

M18 

Long Jump 

 

Charlie Wu 

6.07m 

 

6th 

PB 

EDS 

W14 

Pole Vault 

 

Allegria Basile 

2.45m 

 

2nd 

PB 

CGG 

W14 

Run 

400 

Anika Selvaratnam 

64.63 

   

PB 

CGG 

W14 

Run 

800 

Anika Selvaratnam 

2:35.47 

     

LAU 

W14 

Run 

800 

Charlotte Senior 

2:29.96 

     

YRV 

W14 

Hurdles 

80 

Jamison Harding 

12.86 

2.1 

3rd 

PB 

YRV 

W14 

Run 

100 

Jamison Harding 

13.85 

-0.5 

   

YRV 

W14 

Hurdles 

200 

Jamison Harding 

30.94 

-0.3 

2nd 

PB 

YRV 

W14 

Pole Vault 

 

Jamison Harding 

3.10m 

 

1st 

PB, = Club Record 

YRV 

W14 

Triple Jump 

 

Jamison Harding 

8.90m 

3.6 

   

LUT 

W14 

Run 

200 

Lucy King 

28.48 

1.3 

 

PB 

OUR 

W14 

Hammer 

 

Lula Parrott 

21.61m 

   

PB 

RGS 

W14 

Run 

800 

Madeleine Kearney 

2:35.34 

   

PB 

RGS 

W14 

Run 

1500 

Madeleine Kearney 

5:19.40 

   

PB 

LAU 

W15 

Run 

800 

Chloe Wenzel 

2:40.42 

   

PB 

IND 

W15 

Discus 

 

Jessica Nolan 

31.07m 

 

2nd 

PB 

IND 

W15 

High Jump 

 

Jessica Nolan 

1.45m 

     

IND 

W15 

Javelin 

 

Jessica Nolan 

38.70m 

 

1st 

 

RGS 

W15 

Run 

400 

Lucy Kearney 

64.50 

     

RGS 

W15 

Run 

800 

Lucy Kearney 

2:28.84 

     

IVH 

W16 

High Jump 

 

Eliza Chivers 

1.55m 

 

1st 

 

YRV 

W16 

Hurdles 

90 

Shakira Harding 

12.88 

 

1st 

PB, Club Record

YRV 

W16 

Hurdles 

200 

Shakira Harding 

29.16 

-1.8 

1st 

PB 

YRV 

W16 

Run 

200 

Shakira Harding 

26.15 

0.5 

 

PB 

YRV 

W16 

Run 

400 

Shakira Harding 

60.30 

   

PB 

YRV 

W16 

Pole Vault 

 

Tahlia Grace 

3.30m 

 

3rd 

PB 

KOO 

W17 

Discus 

 

Jasmine Smith 

25.37m 

     

KOO 

W17 

Hammer 

 

Jasmine Smith 

27.42m 

   

PB