By Jamie Strudley
YARRA RANGES ATHLETICS
Yarra Ranges Athletics Club’s athletes joind other athletes from throughout Victoria and interstate for three days over the weekend at Lakeside Stadium for the Victorian Track and Field Championships.
Championship events for Men and Women from Under 14s to open age provided plenty of exciting competition and many PBs.
Highlights were medals to Georgia Laven (U16 1500), Lateisha Willis (U18 100m and 100m hurdles) and Tayleb Willis (U15 100m Hurdles and Triple Jump).
The championships are spread over two weekends, so the club wish all athletes good luck next weekend.
Results from weekend 1 are: Open Men Discus Dale Bullen 12th 31.27m, Javelin Dale Bullen 11th 42.36m, Open Women 1500m Lauren Starr 20th 4.58.26, Under 15 Boys 1500m Samuel Norton 4th 4.25.79, 100m Hurdles Tayleb Willis 1st 15.05, Triple Jump Tayleb Willis 3rd 11.52m, Under 15 Girls 2000m Steeplechase Mia Strudley 8th 8.04.53, 400m Olivia De Vincentis 9th 1.04.86, Under 16 Boys Discus Brayden Woolridge 8th 31.02m, Javelin Brayden Woolridge 6th 35.69m, 2000m Steeplechase Harrison Van Duuren 5th 6.31.89, Under 16 Girls 1500m Georgia Laven 1st 4.41.04, Under 17 Boys Javelin Cameron Brown 5th 34.46m, 400m Harry Norman 6th 52.52, Under 17 Girls 5000m Walk Lee Taylor 4th 34.56.08, 1500m Lily Peacock 4th 4.47.59, Under 18 Boys 2000m Steeplechase James Laven 3rd 6.38.71, Under 18 Girls 100m Lateisha Willis 1st 12.12, 100m Hurdles Lateisha Willis 1st 13.67, Under 20 Women 1500m Amy Veenendaal 9th 5.35.00, 3000m Steeplechase Amy Veenendaal 5th 13.40.04, 3000m Steeplechase Sarah Lloyd 4th 12.10.03.
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. Go to yarrarrangesathletics.org.au for more information. Teams are limited so enter now.
The club’s Little Athletics athletes enjoyed a LAVIC PB round with ribbons awarded to all athletes recording a personal best.
The club added some extra fun by having athletes ring a marine bell each time a PB was recorded.
It was a very noisy morning of athletics!
Well done to all the athletes who acheived a PB on Saturday and to all the others who must have been very close.
Next week the club is back to normal club athletics with Program 3 from 8.30am on Saturday morning.
Please arrive early for warm-ups and to help set up, as a few athletes and parents are away at the Athletics Victoria State Championships.
Good luck to all our athletes competing.
For information on how to join or trial, photos, results and updated news, visit yarrarangesathletics.org.au or check out the Facebook page.
