By Jamie Strudley
A wet and windy day one of Eastern Region Track and Field Championships, this year held at Morrison Reserve, Mt Evelyn, home of Yarra Ranges Athletics
Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes revelled in the carnival atmosphere to showcase our awesome venue to athletes from throughout the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Running, Jumping and Throwing (and Walking) never looked so good.
Day one saw an exceptional number of PB’s, despite the ordinary conditions, with Yarra Ranges athletes winning 13 Gold, 9 Silver and 7 Bronze, with our girls claiming 19 out of our 29 medals.
Not really sure if the weather gods were much kinder for us on Sunday, but amazing to once again hear about PB’s across a range of events in tricky conditions. Another 12 Gold, 11 Silver and 12 Bronze to make YRA’s two-day haul 25 gold, 20 Silver and 19 bronze.
Big thanks again to the parent volunteers – not sure if it was more or less stressful cooking the perfect snag versus chiefing, officiating at discus, firing a starter’s gun or quickly doing the dollar maths at the canteen – but all roles were essential to our success!
Extra shout out to the two Comp Directors Michael Clarke and Dannie McKinnon – can’t remember a region’s carnival that has run so close to schedule, especially considering the conditions. The last two weeks for Michael Clarke doing the logistics surely was a second full time job at the same pay rate as the rest of us this weekend – so many thanks to you both. Also not sure if Jane, Uli and Al slept at the track or at home – but the barbecue, canteen and equipment wouldn’t have succeeded without you.
Finally, to Ali, Laura and Lis for assisting Cam with the Team Managing along other Age Leaders – Thank You!
See you next Saturday back at Yarra!
Results from EMR Track and Field Championships
Female 17
Discus: Stephanie van Bemmel 24.74m (3rd); Keira Taylor 19.02m (4th);
Javelin: Keira Taylor 21.22m (1st);
Long Jump: Keira Taylor 3.45m (1st);
Triple Jump: Stephanie van Bemmel 9.93m (1st);
Female 15
100m: Emily Fiedler 14.45 (2nd); Brookley Horsburgh 14.64 (4th); Naomi Mugamu 15.08 (5th); Hana Parker 15.49 (6th);
200m: Emily Fiedler 28.22 (1st); Brookley Horsburgh 29.95 (5th); Naomi Mugamu 30.33 (6th); Hana Parker 32.48 (8th);
400m: Emily Fiedler 61.05 (2nd);
800m: Brookley Horsburgh 2:42.56 (5th); Tori Kincaid 2:45.76 (7th);
1500m: Tori Kincaid 5:49.57 (5th);
90m Hurdles: Brookley Horsburgh 16.60 (3rd);
Discus: Tori Kincaid 18.63m (3rd);
Javelin: Tori Kincaid 14.09m (4th);
Long Jump: Brookley Horsburgh 4.25m (3rd);
Triple Jump: Naomi Mugamu 8.99m (2nd);
Female 14
100m: Lily Congreve 14.83 (8th);
200m: Harper Grice 31.45 (7th); Sarina Hathaway 33.80 (11th)
400m: Violet Elston 78.80 (5th)
800m: Lily Clarke 2:43.88 (3rd); Mackenzie Graham 2:46.55 (4th);
1500m: Brienna Coffey 5:08.41 (2nd); Lily Clarke 5:31.06 (3rd);
1500m Walk: Brienna Coffey 8:36.10 (1st); Sarina Hathaway 14:59.07 (2nd);
High Jump: Mackenzie Graham 1.38m (2nd);
Javelin: Shania Tove 25.91m (2nd); Sarina Hathaway 17.57m (6th);
Long Jump: Mackenzie Graham 4.09m (4th);
Shot Put: Shania Tove 6.88m (7th);
Triple Jump: Mackenzie Graham 9.04m (5th)
Female 13
100m: Blair Whitmore 14.64 (8th); Arizona Peel 15.31 (16th);
200m: Blair Whitmore 30.62 (11th)
400m: Lexi Aders 70.27 (5th); Pippa Congreve 77.23 (10th);
800m: Lexi Aders 2:43.55 (8th); Pippa Congreve 2:53.06 (9th);
1500m: Holly Yorke 6:02.46 (8th);
200m Hurdles: Holly Yorke 35.30 (9th); Pippa Congreve 35.46 (10th);
1500m Walk: Holly Yorke 8:57.69 (2nd);
High Jump: Emily Pincott 1.48m (1st); Lanni Aborowa 1.44m (3rd); Arizona Peel 1.36m (4th);
Long Jump: Blair Whitmore 3.73m (8th)
Triple Jump: Emily Pincott 8.78m (4th);
Female 12
100m: Maisie Coffey 14.71 (2nd);
200m: Maisie Coffey 30.51 (3rd);
800m: Caitlyn McKerlie 2:52.79 (9th);
80m Hurdles: Maisie Coffey 15.83 (6th);
Long Jump: Maisie Coffey 3.63m (6th);
Female 11
100m: Etta Thoma 15.82 (8th); Ava Alderson 16.05 (11th); Victoria James 16.77 (15th); Molly Chapman 16.78 (17th);
200m: Etta Thoma 33.28 (7th); Ava Alderson 34.36 (11th);
400m:
800m: Milly Hall 3:07.06 (9th); Ava Alderson 3:08.09 (10th); Molly Chapman 3:19.86 (14th)
1500m: Victoria James 6:08.25 (7th)
80m Hurdles: Molly Chapman 19.53 (6th)
Discus: Amelia Sketchley 15.09m (2nd);
High Jump: Ava Alderson 1.20m (5th); Molly Chapman NM;
Long Jump: Milly Hall 3.40m (6th); Etta Thoma 3.39m (7th);
Shot Put: Molly Chapman 5.99m (2nd); Victoria James 5.92m (3rd); Amelia Sketchley 5.85m (4th);
Triple Jump: Etta Thoma 7.70m (5th); Milly Hall 7.69m (6th)
Female 10
70m: Imogen McMillan 12.45 (19th);
100m: Zahra Lehmann 17.14 (13th); Harper Neal 17.38 (17th);
200m: Willow Neal 36.88 (16th);
400m: Delia Coffey 78.36 (5th); Zahra Lehmann 86.68 (13th);
800m: Delia Coffey 2:58.36 (4th); Willow Neal 3:11.90 (11th);
60m Hurdles: Zahra Lehmann 13.28 (7th); Willow Neal 13.47 (8th); Harper Neal 13.93 (11th); Jordan Kay 14.12 (15th);
1100m Walk: Tillie Sommers 7:03.15 (2nd);
High Jump: Harper Neal 1.07m (3rd); Jordan Kay 0.90m (9th);
Long Jump: Zahra Lehmann 3.51m (3rd); Willow Neal 3.48m (4th); Harper Neal 3.14m (9th); Imogen McMillan 3.00m (11th);
Shot Put: Zahra Lehmann 5.00m (5th); Imogen McMillan 4.44m (8th);
Female 09
70m: Ruby Hubbard 12.80 (6th); Maia Andrews 13.62 (9th);
100m: Ivy Ingle 16.70 (1st); Charlotte Thomson 17.42 (3rd); Holly Rayner 18.30 (12th);
200m: Ruby Hubbard 39.11 (11th); Holly Rayner 39.93 (16th); Maia Andrews 42.58 (17th);
400m: Ivy Ingle 78.70 (2nd);
800m: Ivy Ingle 3:05.11 (3rd); Maia Andrews 3:30.48 (11th);
60m Hurdles: Charlotte Thomson 13.04 (5th);
700m Walk: Maia Andrews 4:48.69 (4th);
Discus: Charlotte Thomson 7.85m (12th);
High Jump: Ivy Ingle 1.04m (1st); Charlotte Thomson 0.95m (4th); Maia Andrews 0.85m (10th); Holly Rayner 0.80m (15th);
Long Jump: Charlotte Thomson 3.22m (3rd); Ivy Ingle 3.16m (5th); Holly Rayner 2.84m (11th);
Shot Put: Ruby Hubbard 3.72m (9th);
Male 17
400m: James Crome-Smith 87.22 (3rd);
800m: James Crome-Smith 2:08.27 (1st);
1500m: James Crome-Smith 6:15.29 (1st);
Discus: Wilbur Davidson-Tuck 25.68m (1st);
Javelin: Wilbur Davidson-Tuck 24.46m (1st);
Shot Put: Wilbur Davidson-Tuck 8.82m (2nd);
Male 14
Discus: Tobyn Harris 13.52m (2nd);
Long Jump: Tobyn Harris 3.32m (5th);
Shot Put: Tobyn Harris 5.78m (3rd);
Triple Jump: Tobyn Harris 7.16m (4th);
Male 13
100m: Ilikimi Tove 15.10 (12th);
400m: Samuel Ansaldi 65.30 (7th); Ilikimi Tove 71.25 (10th);
800m: Samuel Ansaldi 2:29.34 (4th); Ilikimi Tove 2:45.29 (8th);
1500m: Samuel Ansaldi 4:57.32 (6th);
High Jump: Samuel Ansaldi 1.43m (2nd);
Javelin: Ilikimi Tove 25.12m (2nd);
Long Jump: Samuel Ansaldi 4.24m (3rd);
Shot Put: Jonty Friend 6.55m (8th);
Male 12
100m: Kristian Sultana 14.66 (4th); Koby Stephens 14.96 (9th); Theodore Lewis 16.58 (20th); Reeve Pardon 17.15 (21st)
200m: Koby Stephens 30.22 (6th); Kristian Sultana 31.12 (9th); Samuel Hubbard 33.15 (13th); Theodore Lewis 33.78 (14th); Max Menzies 34.96 (16th); Reeve Pardon 35.44 (17th);
400m: Koby Stephens 66.83 (3rd)
800m: Theodore Lewis 2:54.91 (12th); Max Menzies 3:17.13 (17th);
80m Hurdles: Kristian Sultana 14.55 (4th); Harlem Willis 16.92 (11th);
1500m Walk: Xander Sommers 8:40.81 (1st)
High Jump: Harlem Willis 1.25m (7th); Reeve Pardon NM;
Long Jump: Koby Stephens 4.26m (5th); Kristian Sultana 4.15m (8th); Harlem Willis 3.99m (9th); Samuel Hubbard 3.82m (14th);
Shot Put: Reeve Pardon 10.01m (3rd); Kristian Sultana 7.69m (8th);
Triple Jump: Harlem Willis 8.44m (11th);
Male 11
100m: Jesse Pettet 16.39 (15th); Blake Davies 19.98 (19th);
200m: Logan Thomas 34.61 (12th);
800m: Logan Thomas 2:44.00 (6th); Flynn Mullens 2:56.57 (9th);
1500m: Flynn Mullens 5:51.33 (7th); Logan Thomas 5:53.51 (8th);
Long Jump: Flynn Mullens 3.30m (14th); Blake Davies 2.60m (21st);
Male 10
70m: Rory Stafford 11.56 (6th);
100m: Rory Stafford 16.52 (11th); Theodore Russell 17.17 (18th);
200m: Zach Whitmore 35.81 (15th); Rory Stafford 36.44 (19th); Theodore Russell 38.18 (23rd);
400m: Riley Yorke 74.17 (7th); Theodore Russell 74.28 (8th); Rory Stafford 74.76 (10th);
800m: Riley Yorke 2:48.37 (6th); Theodore Russell 2:51.05 (8th); Rory Stafford 3:02.38 (12th); Ellis Fry 3:17.34 (16th);
60m Hurdles: Ellis Fry 14.46 (18th);
Discus: Riley Yorke 16.05m (7th);
High Jump: Brock Peel 1.16m (1st);
Long Jump: Brock Peel 3.40m (5th); Zach Whitmore 3.18m (13th); Riley Yorke 3.15m (17th);
Shot Put: Ellis Fry 3.99m (5th);
Male 09
70m: Xavier Sultana 12.43 (7th);
100m: Harry Clausen 17.00 (10th); Xavier Sultana 17.34 (15th);
200m: Harry Clausen 38.07 (11th);
400m: Harry Clausen 86.21 (13th);
800m: Harry Clausen 3:13.30 (11th); Logan Tilley 3:53.62 (17th);
60m Hurdles: Xavier Sultana 12.43 (7th); Logan Tilley 13.08 (11th);
700m Walk: Harry Clausen 4:31.11 (2nd);
Discus: Xavier Sultana 12.01m (9th);
High Jump: Logan Tilley 0.95m (5th); Xavier Sultana 0.90m (13th);
Female P13
100m: Matilda Bugden 24.40 (1st);
200m: Matilda Bugden 53.55 (1st);
400m: Matilda Bugden 2:08.89 (1st);
800m: Matilda Bugden 5:03.21 (1st);
Long Jump: Matilda Bugden 1.77m (1st);
Male P11
100m: Henry Rademaker 21.40 (1st);
400m: Micah Friend 1:51.28 (1st);
800m: Micah Friend 4:23.15 (1st);
Javelin: Micah Friend 9.36m (1st);
Long Jump: Henry Rademaker 2.27m (1st); Micah Friend 1.93m (2nd);
Shot Put: Henry Rademaker 5.31m (1st); Micah Friend 4.26m (2nd);
Normal Saturday morning competition returns this Saturday with events starting from 8.30am
Training for our little athletes 5-12yo takes place on Tuesdays from 4-5pm with event specific training (where possible) for those competing at Region championships. All registered and trial members are welcome. Please check our website for more training session details.
Yarra Ranges Athletics welcomes and encourages all athletes of any age or ability. New members and anyone interested in trialling are always welcome.
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