AVSL ROUND 4

Doncaster Newsletter

Round 4 – 11/11/2023

With venues being a long way from our home track, Doncaster was down to ninth this round, and points were down. Diamond Valley was back on top with Essendon and Western Athletics well down on the previous round. Perhaps some athletes were recovering from the All Schools Championships, and the Milers meet on Thursday.

However, some age groups performed well, with Men’s under 16 finishing second in the state, men’s under 14 and women under 20 fifth and men’s over 40 sixth.

Some individuals performed well with Gerald Brown and Christian Zapris being top in the state in the 100 and 400 metres in their age groups, and Zander Botha being top in the 400 metres and long jump.

Stats

Athletes to finish top in the state in the different age groups were:

MOpen: 5000m David Mitchell (2nd)

M40+: 100m Gerald Brown (1st) Sean Peters (8th) Justin Botha (9th), 400m Gerald Brown (1st) Campbell McLennan (3rd), 1500m Campbell McLennan (4th), 4×200 relay (1st), Javelin Throw Campbell McLennan (6th)

M20: Triple Jump Hayden Lloyd (2nd)

M18: 100m Kaedin Levy (3rd), 800m Kamil Hegazi (3rd), 4×200 relay (2nd)

M16: 100m Christian Zapris (1st) Zachary Wong (6th), 400m Christian Zapris (1st), 2000m walk Hamish McLennan (2nd)

M14: 100m Zander Botha (2nd), 400m Zander Botha (1st), 2000m walk Lewis McLennan (2nd), Long Jump Zander Botha (1st), Javelin Throw Lewis McLennan (1st), Hammer Throw Lewis McLennan (2nd)

W40+ 100m Wendy Smith (7th), 800m Deb Garden (8th), 1500m Sue Kilmartin (8th), 2000m walk Laura McLennan (5th) Kim Peak (6th), Long Jump Melinda Davey-Uecker (5th), Javelin Throw Sue Kilmartin (5th) Laura McLennan (7th)

W20: 400m Alessandra Flynn (1st), Long Jump Emma Peak (5th)

W18: 4×200 relay (1st), High Jump Eliza Chivers (eq 5th)

W16: 100m Giselle Uecker (8th), 400m hurdles Shakira Harding (1st)

W14: 100m Allegria Basile (1st), 200m Zoe Garden (4th), Long Jump Talise Botha (7th)

Christian Zapris was the outstanding athlete of the day, scoring 487 and 474 for his 400 and 100 metres. Zoe Garden, Kaedin Levy, Kamil Hegazi and Zander Botha weren’t far behind.

Zander Botha was our most successful athlete with 1,176 points, with Campbell McLennan on 1,172, Hayden Lloyd on 1,096, Lewis McLennan on 1,036, Laura McLennan on 964 and Christian Zapris on 961 from two events.

Premier Division

Open Men (38 out of 39)

Men’s 40+ (6 out of 44)

Men’s Under 20 (16 out of 29)

Men’s Under 18 (22 out of 31)

Men’s Under 16 (2 out of 36)

Men’s Under 14 (5 out of 28)

Open Women (32 out of 36)

Women’s 40+ (9 out of 31)

Women’s Under 20 (5 out of 22)

Women’s Under 18 (21 out of 34)

Women’s Under 16 (26 out of 32)

Women’s Under 14 (7 out of 32)

Results: