2019-12-21 AVSL Round 8

Doncaster Newsletter

The eighth round of Doncaster was held at Box Hill, so Doncaster was reasonably well represented, considering the proximity to Christmas.

In Division 2, Doncaster scored well, coming fourth, but they are now equal second with Mornington, who had to travel a lot further. If we can continue to beat Mornington we will be in the Premier Division next year, where we deserve to be.

The open sprinters were back in force, such that Doncaster went down narrowly to Collingwood, having often been well down the list. The M14 team won their division after the disappointment of the previous week, while the M40, M20, M16 and W14 teams all finished second.

It was a welcome return to Wes Spargo who scored over 500 points and his first Personal Best in five years in the 400 metres hurdles. His 200 was also impressive, so he is in for a good season. Declan Carman (M20 Discus), Mariah Pezos (F14 Discus) and Owen Rice (M16 Hammer), also scored over 500 points, with Abbey Caldwell (F20 800 metres), Kyle Nicolussi (MOP 200 metres) and Daniel Minz (MOP 800 metres) not far below.

Athletes to top the state in Division 2 were Kyle Nicolussi (MOP 200 metres) – Doncaster had eight of the top 14 athletes – Graham Ford (M40 300 hurdles), Wesley Spargo (MOP 400 hurdles), Liam McLennan (M16 1500 walk) and Declan Carmen (M16 Discus). Athletes to top the state in their age groups included Stephanie Larkin (FOP 400 hurdles), Jordan Munyard (M20 100 metres), Declan Carmen (M20 Discus), Abbey Caldwell (F20 800 metres), Alessia Wynne (F18 200 metres), Liam McLennan (M16 1500 walk), Brodie Mierisch (M14 Discus) and Mariah Pezos (F14 Discus).

Momentum at Doncaster is building with more in the winners list than any previous shield round this year. We need to maintain this.

The Shield competition is quite different this year. In the past the final has meant filling your team with your 6/4/2 best athletes for each event. This year there is no limit to the number of athletes in any event. However, apart from competing in four rounds of Shield, you must also compete at least once in the events you wish to compete in. So it is important that athletes start thinking about what events they could participate in at the finals. You will earn many more points by competing in an extra event than running half a second faster in your 200.

Sprinters, could you roll around an 800 after your 200? Perhaps do a high jump, triple, shot or hammer? Remember, there is no limit to the number of athletes we can field in an event, but you need to have run one before the finals. Throwers, could you trot around a 200? Maybe do a jump? Make yourself available for a relay on the day – we can have several relay teams in the one age group if we can find athletes prepared to have a go, scoring double points.

Doncaster is currently equal second in Division 2, but we need to field our best team to qualify for and win the AVSL Final.

Steign Results

On Saturday night we had three DAC athletes compete in the Steign Spectacular at Geelong.
In the 10,000m Josh Maisey finished third in a time of 29:34.59 (an impressive effort backing up from Zatopek last weekend!) and John Portwood finished 22nd in 31:25.07
And Chow Lui contested the inaugural teams event. Athletes start with a 3000m where the slowest twenty teams are eliminated, then a Mile where ten teams are eliminated, five more teams are eliminated after the 800m with the top five teams running the final 400m. Representing Team Maurten, Chow finished 3rd in the 3000m (8:28.83), 2nd in the Mile (4:22.31), 2nd in the 800 (1:56.74) and 4th in the 400m (53.91).
Congratulations to Josh, John and Chow for these outstanding performances!

Save the date! DAC Trivia Night Friday 14th of February

How will you be spending Valentines Day 2020? If your answer is at the DAC Trivia Night, you are correct!
Please save the date for what is always a fun filled and entertaining evening.
Make sure to invite your family and friends along to see who will be crowned Trivia Champs!
Further details will be available closer to the day.

2020 Important dates

January
Saturday 11th AVSL Round 9 – Meadowglen
Saturday 18th AVSL Round 10 – Ringwood and Keilor Park

February
Saturday 1st AVSL Round 11 – Doncaster
Saturday 8th AVSL Round 12 – Box Hill and Aberfeldie
Friday 14th DAC Trivia Night – Venue TBC
Saturday 22nd AVSL Final (Depending on whether we qualify!) – Lakeside Stadium

Have a relaxing break over the Christmas period and be sure to fit in a few extra training runs!

Division 2

Nunawading

27,432

10

Eaglehawk

32,732

10

Eureka

25,095

18

Ringwood

24,561

8

Doncaster

23,525

7

Mornington

19,551

6

Casey

14,669

5

Mentone

13,550

4

Frankston

12,459

3

Bendigo

1,372

2

Open Men (6 out of 34)

Collingwood

COL

5,170

Doncaster

DAC

4,672

Diamond Valley

DIV

794

Richmond

RIC

282

 Men’s 40+ (4 out of 39)

Collingwood

COL

7,080

Doncaster

DAC

6,960

Diamond Valley

DIV

6,354

Richmond

RIC

3,246

Preston

PRE

2,933

Ivanhoe

IVH

996

Men’s Under 20 (8 out of 25)

Collingwood

COL

1,895

Doncaster

DAC

977

Ivanhoe

IVH

731

Diamond Valley

DIV

717

Preston

PRE

453

 Men’s Under 18 (19 out of 32)

Diamond Valley

DIV

5,136

Ivanhoe

IVH

4,010

Collingwood

COL

2,196

Doncaster

DAC

2,024

 Men’s Under 16 (16 out of 34)

Collingwood

COL

2,238

Doncaster

DAC

2,094

Ivanhoe

IVH

1,113

Preston

PRE

531

Men’s Under 14 (8 out of 25)

Doncaster

DAC

2,135

Preston

PTN

2,055

Diamond Valley

DIV

1,547

Ivanhoe

IVA

782

Collingwood

COL

250

       

 Women’s Open (18 out of 31)

Preston

PRE

3,602

Collingwood

COL

2,931

Diamond Valley

DIV

1,368

Doncaster

DAC

1,185

 Women’s 40+ (21 out of 29)

Diamond Valley

DIV

1,760

Collingwood

COL

1,464

Preston

PRE

605

Doncaster

DAC

893

 Women’s Under 20 (10 out of 24)

Preston

PTN

1,464

Diamond Valley

DIV

1,427

Doncaster

DAC

971

Collingwood

COL

466

Women’s Under 18 (23 out of 30)

Collingwood

COL

3,492

Diamond Valley

DIV

1,310

Doncaster

DAC

789

Preston

PRE

731

 Women’s Under 14 (16 out of 26)

Diamond Valley

DIV

4,534

Doncaster

DAC

835

Preston

PTN

617

Collingwood

COL

502

Results:

Grade

Discipline

Distance

Name

Performance

Points

FOP

Run

200

Stephanie Larkin

27.11

372

FOP

Run

200

Nicole Reynolds

26.03

429

FOP

Hurdles

400

Stephanie Larkin

63.74

384

F20

Run

800

Abbey Caldwell

2:14.3h

498

F20

Run

800

Melissa Niewoudt

2:18.8h

463

F18

Run

200

Alessia Wynne

26.08

469

F18

High Jump

 

Alessia Wynne

1.40m

320

F14

Run

800

Grace Wilson

2:50.4h

316

F14

Discus

 

Mariah Pezos

36.80m

519

F40

Run

800

Kathryn Gawthorn

3:34.6h

173

F40

Walk

3000

Laura Mclennan

19:57.6h

289

F40

High Jump

 

Laura Mclennan

1.10m

159

F40

Shot Put

 

Kathryn Gawthorn

5.69m

272

MOP

Run

100

Aidan Moriarty

11.64

386

MOP

Run

200

Conrad Coumaros

22.45

456

MOP

Run

200

Tristan Robinson

23.02

430

MOP

Run

200

Liam Procaccino

22.84

439

MOP

Run

200

Brock Goodings

27.82

194

MOP

Run

200

Kyle Nicolussi

21.74

489

MOP

Run

200

Wesley Spargo

22.28

464

MOP

Run

800

David Mitchell

2:08.8h

368 PB

MOP

Run

800

Brock Goodings

2:21.3h

257 PB

MOP

Run

800

Daniel Minz

1:56.1h

485

MOP

Hurdles

400

Wesley Spargo

53.11

505 PB

MOP

Hammer

 

David Mitchell

18.24m

199

M20

Run

100

Jordan Munyard

11.46

437

M20

Discus

 

Declan Carman

55.08m

540

M18

Run

100

Lachlan Parrott

12.23

365

M18

Run

800

Caleb Mclennan

2:08.9h

420

M18

Run

800

Oscar Oconnor

2:08.3h

424

M18

Long Jump

 

Lachlan Parrott

5.65m

405

M18

Pole Vault

 

Lachlan Parrott

3.55m

410

M16

Run

200

Darren Menezes

24.85

425

M16

Walk

1500

Liam Mclennan

7:37.1h

436

M16

Discus

 

Owen Rice

41.51m

465

M16

Hammer

 

Owen Rice

52.40m

514

M16

Long Jump

 

Matthew Parrott

4.28m

254

M14

Run

100

Brodie Mierisch

13.4

307

M14

Run

200

Lachlan Reynolds

26.07

420

M14

Run

400

Brodie Mierisch

65.55

268

M14

Run

800

Lachlan Marasco

2:27.4h

346

M14

Discus

 

Brodie Mierisch

37.48m

463

M14

Javelin

 

Brodie Mierisch

24.11m

331

M40

Run

100

Darryl Kilmartin

14.47

237

M40

Run

100

Paul Mierisch

12.39

359

M40

Run

200

David Firth

25.69

390

M40

Run

200

Will Mccombie

29.4

401

M40

Run

400

Paul Mierisch

57.92

370

M40

Run

800

Campbell Mclennan

2:15.8h

424

M40

Run

800

Will Mccombie

2:43.9h

339

M40

Steeple

3000

John Curry

13:32.6h

283

M40

Hurdles

100

Darryl Kilmartin

21.8h

178

M40

Hurdles

300

Graham Ford

61.53

276

M40

Discus

 

Darryl Kilmartin

18.46m

196

M40

Discus

 

Paul Mierisch

29.93m

391

M40

Hammer

 

David Firth

36.49m

442

M40

Hammer

 

Peter Coumaros

23.32m

386

M40

Hammer

 

Graham Ford

18.46m

374

M40

High Jump

 

Campbell Mclennan

1.45m

382

M40

Javelin

 

Darryl Kilmartin

24.45m

335

M40

Javelin

 

Paul Mierisch

24.77m

294

M40

Pole Vault

 

Darryl Kilmartin

2.50m

309

M40

Shot Put

 

David Firth

8.34m

349

M40

Shot Put

 

Peter Coumaros

8.15m

423

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