By Jamie Strudley
The weather tried its best to disrupt Yarra Ranges Athletics club athletes at the Eastern Metro Region (EMR) Track and Field Championships, held at the Knox Athletic Club over the weekend.
Two days of heats, finals, laughter and tears, but an overwhelming sense of fun and enjoyment capped a great weekend of athletics.
Great to see athletes timing their fitness and preparation well to record many personal bests during the competition.
Proof that championships are not all about medals, much of the fun is supporting club members and doing your best, medals become the ‘icing on the cake’.
Athletes represented Yarra Ranges Athletics with too many PBs to count and a few medals.
The most outstanding effort was in the Under 11s Girls 800m where Kiara Flavel recorded a Victorian Best Performance of 2.23.13s.
Results are available at alvic.com.au or on our club website.
How good was Nitro Athletics.
Now it is your turn to try those events.
Yarra Ranges Athletics is hosting a fun team event on 18 March called Boost: Athletics – Fast. Teams are limited, so enter now.
For more information, visit yarrarrangesathletics.org.au.
Next week the club is back to normal club athletics with Program 3 from 8.30am on Saturday.
Please arrive early for warm-ups and to help set up as we will have a few athletes and parents away at the Athletics Victoria State Championships.
Good luck to all our athletes competing.
The club welcomes all athletes of any age or ability.
Throughout February, the club will have a special offer to all school athletes wanting to join including a significantly reduced membership price.
For more information, contact the club at info@yarrarangesathletics.org.au.
For information on how to join or trial, photos, results and updated news, visit the website at yarrarangesathletics.org.au or check us the Facebook site.
