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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