Doncaster Newsletter 40+

Edition 70

Round 9 – 4/2/2023

Doncaster athletes had to travel for round 9, so points were down, but we did finish in the top half of the Premier division, which augers well for the Playoffs. The over 40 teams both finished fourth in the state, but other age groups didn’t do as well. There was only one record this week, with David Vaughan taking a chunk out of his 1500 metres record. Jim Poulter is also coming into form, getting close to his Australian record in the pole vault.

Records

Date

   

Event

Name

Performance

Previous

     

2/4/2023

AVSL

M55

1500 metres

David Vaughan

04:43.6

David Vaughan

4:57.4

   

Athletes to finish top 10 in the state were:

M40+: 100m Paul Mierisch (4th), 200m David Firth (4th), 400m Paul Mierisch (2nd) David Vaughan (5th), 1500m David Vaughan (1st) Campbell McLennan (9th), 300 hurdles Graham Ford (1st), 3000m steeple John Curry (3rd), Pole Vault Jim Poulter (4th), Javelin David Firth (2nd), Shot Put Campbell McLennan (9th), Hammer David Firth (2nd)

W40+ 100m Wendy Smith (6th), Javelin Sue Kilmartin (7th), Shot Put Laura McLennan (5th) Wendy Smith (10th)

It’s not surprising, looking at the team results, that five of the top scorers were over 40, with Brodie Mierisch being the exception, just shading his father with 1,316 to 1,269, with David Firth on top with 1,330. David Vaughan scored 1,239 with Campbell McLennan on 1,140, just ahead of his wife, Laura, on 1,066.

Last weekend was the Country Championships in Geelong, with a number of Doncaster athletes running by invitation

Grade

Discipline

Distance

Name

Performance

Wind

WV40+

Run

100

Wendy Smith

16.23

0.4

WV50+

Walk

3000

Kim Peak

23:28.1

 

WV50+

Hammer

 

Kim Peak

19.80m

 

WV50+

Javelin

 

Kim Peak

12.69m

 

MV40+

Run

100

Paul Mierisch

11.91

2.5

MV40+

Run

400

Paul Mierisch

55.2

 

MV40+

Run

5000

John Curry

21:03.1

 

MV50+

Steeple

3000

John Curry

13:54.7

 

MV60+

Pole Vault

 

Jim Poulter

1.60m

 

 

Men’s 40+ (4 out of 42)

DIV

Diamond Valley

13,449

   

ESS

Essendon

11,645

   

COL

Collingwood

8,234

   

DAC

Doncaster

7,931

   

WES

Western Athletics

5,070

   

KSB

Keilor St Bernards

3,430

   

PTN

Preston

3,404

   

COB

Coburg

3,136

   

IVA

Ivanhoe

1,439

   

WTN

Williamstown

1,306

   

RIC

Richmond

1,065

   

BWK

Brunswick

957

   

MUU

Melbourne Uni

821

   

OLM

Old Melburnians

784

   

OSC

Old Scotch

392

   

 

Women’s 40+ (4 out of 27)

DAC

Doncaster

3,423

DIV

Diamond Valley

3,214

ESS

Essendon

2,882

WES

Western Athletics

2,540

PTN

Preston

2,246

KSB

Keilor St Bernards

1,433

COL

Collingwood

1,189

BWK

Brunswick

636

 

Results:

Grade

Discipline

Distance

Name

Performance

Wind

Points

Notes

F45

Run

100

Wendy Smith

16.00

 

(194)

 

F40

Run

100

Renee Reardon

17.12

-3

(168)

 

F55

Run

400

Kim Peak

01:40.4

 

(0)

Score Limit

F55

Walk

1500

Kim Peak

10:21.7h

 

(357)

 

F45

Walk

1500

Laura McLennan

9:10.1h

 

(397)

 

F45

Discus

 

Laura McLennan

19.24m

 

(336)

1kg

F45

Discus

 

Wendy Smith

16.29m

 

(278)

1kg

F55

Discus

 

Kim Peak

13.35m

 

(269)

1kg

F50

Javelin

 

Sue Kilmartin

13.96m

 

(256)

500g

F40

Long Jump

 

Vanessa Drew

2.45m

2.4

(128)

 

F45

Shot Put

 

Laura McLennan

7.01m

 

(333)

4kg

F45

Shot Put

 

Wendy Smith

6.58m

 

(303)

4kg

F55

Shot Put

 

Kim Peak

5.66m

 

(237)

3kg

F40

Shot Put

 

Renee Reardon

5.13m

 

(167)

4kg

M45

Run

100

Paul Mierisch

12.10

-0.5

(420)

 

M45

Run

200

David Firth

25.31

0.8

(415)

 

M50

Run

200

Warren Hattwich

27.40

-1.7

(336)

 

M70

Run

200

Graham Ford

33.90

-3.9

(0)

Score Limit

M45

Run

400

Paul Mierisch

54.83

 

(447)

 

M55

Run

400

David Vaughan

62.32

 

(376)

 

M55

Run

1500

David Vaughan

4:43.6h

 

(461)

(Record)

M50

Run

1500

Campbell McLennan

4:57.7h

 

(371)

 

M50

Steeple

3000

John Curry

13:44.1h

 

(234)

LS. ; 91cm

M70

Hurdles

300

Graham Ford

60.58

 

(247)

76cm

M55

Discus

 

David Vaughan

20.43m

 

(0)

Score Limit

M50

Discus

 

Campbell McLennan

26.26m

 

(340)

1.5kg

M50

Hammer

 

Warren Hattwich

13.08m

 

(0)

Score Limit

M70

Hammer

 

Graham Ford

19.12m

 

(315)

4kg

M45

Hammer

 

David Firth

39.16m

 

(465)

7.26kg

M70

Javelin

 

Graham Ford

16.81m

 

(267)

500g

M55

Javelin

 

Darryl Kilmartin

18.19m

 

(241)

700g

M45

Javelin

 

David Firth

37.47m

 

(450)

800g

M50

Long Jump

 

Warren Hattwich

3.97m

 

(251)

 

M55

Long Jump

 

Darryl Kilmartin

3.61m

 

(227)

 

M50

Pole Vault

 

Warren Hattwich

2.45m

 

(274)

 

M55

Pole Vault

 

Darryl Kilmartin

2.15m

 

(247)

 

M80

Pole Vault

 

Jim Poulter

2.00m

 

(314)

 

M55

Shot Put

 

David Vaughan

7.72m

 

(402)

6kg

M50

Shot Put

 

Campbell McLennan

9.42m

 

(429)

6kg

M45

Shot Put

 

Paul Mierisch

8.09m

 

(402)

7.26kg