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AV Shield Round 5

November 15, 2018

RESULTS FROM ROUND 5 OF SHIELD COMPETITION

Men Open Division 1

100m: Oliver Wong 12.42 (-1.8);

200m: Matthew Harcourt 23.09 (-0.6); Harry Blackburn 23.70 (-1.1); Matt Zwarts 24.13 (-1.6); Marcus Johnson 26.83 (-0.6); Sam Dipnall 28.71 (0.3);

800m: Sam Dipnall 2:09.26;

5000m: Sam Dipnall 16:14.00;

400m Hurdles: Matthew Harcourt 54.82;

Discus: William Seton 36.17m;

High Jump: Harry Blackburn 1.75m;

Javelin: William Seton 46.31m; William Seton 48.79m;

Pole Vault: Dalton Di Medio 4.70m;

Shot Put: Harry Blackburn 11.78m; Marcus Johnson 6.10m;

Men Over 40

200m: Andrew Wilcox 24.75 (-1.1); David McConnell 29.23 (-1.1); Neville Gardner 48.75 (-1.5);

800m: Neville Gardner 4:37.3h;

3000m: Christopher O’Connor 11:04.0h; Neville Gardner 19:05.0h; Andrew Tunne 13:29.0h;

300m Hurdles: David McConnell 51.70;

5000m Walk: Simon Evans 29:18.3h;

High Jump: David McConnell 1.25m;

Javelin: Cameron Baker 25.10m;

Pole Vault: David McConnell 2.60m;

Shot Put: Neville Gardner 5.19m;

Men Under 18

800m: Oliver Blackburn 2:23.6h;

Hammer: Oliver Blackburn 26.73m;

Shot Put: Oliver Blackburn 9.26m;

Triple Jump: Oliver Blackburn 10.54m;

Men Under 16

100m: Jordan Liang 12.21 (-2.1); Ewan Webber 13.27;

200m: Darcy Beamish 26.98 (-1.6); Prakhar Khare 28.66 (-0.6); Elijah Tsatas 43.15;

400m: Ewan Webber 56.95;

800m: Jack Armstrong 2:09.14; Advaith Prabha 2:32.1h; Darcy Beamish 2:40.7h;

3000m: Jack Mclean 9:42.3h;

2000m Steeple: Jordan Abbott 7:00.4h;

200m Hurdles: Bailey Culbert 27.50 (-0.1); Elijah Tsatas 30.47 (1.0);

High Jump: Connor Assauw 1.60m;

Long Jump: Jordan Liang 4.68m; Ewan Webber 4.09m;

Shot Put: Milton Simopoulos 13.29m; Bailey Culbert 12.33m;

Triple Jump: Milton Simopoulos 10.26m;

Men Under 14

Pole Vault: Johnny Suares 2.90m;

Women Open Division 1

100m: Kate Walker 13.22 (0.2);

400m: Jessica Mourney 58.00; Samantha Olsen 58.55; Rachel Limburg 61.46; Nana Owusu 56.30;

100m Hurdles: Rachel Limburg 15.80 (-1.4);

5000m Walk: Cassandra Knight 29:42.7h;

Hammer: Panayiota Carabourniotis 19.96m;

High Jump: Panayiota Carabourniotis 1.50m;

Javelin: Rachel Limburg 36.48m; Rachel Limburg 37.22m;

Long Jump: Rachel Limburg 5.19m;

Pole Vault: Phillipa Hajdasz 3.20m;

Shot Put: Panayiota Carabourniotis 8.74m;

Women Over 40

100m: Victoria Carmody 17.37 (-1.2);

3000m: Pia Hunter 11:47.9h;

Women Under 18

400m: Wednesday Shiel 58.87; Amy Atkinson 60.25;

High Jump: Bethany Hayen 1.50m;

Pole Vault: Ripley Tornya 2.45m;

Women Under 16

100m: Charli Power 13.57 (0.2);

200m: Eve Parry 27.94 (-0.2); Sienna Hillberg 28.91;

400m: Charli Power 61.26;

800m: Thalia Worsam 2:59.6h;

400m Hurdles: Eve Parry 77.30;

Triple Jump: Sienna Hillberg 9.12m (-1.7);

Women Under 14

200m: Carly Senior 27.41 (-0.2);

Pole Vault: Tess Parry 2.75m;

AV Shield Round 4

November 1, 2018

RESULTS FROM ROUND 4 OF SHIELD COMPETITION

Men Open Division 1 (Team placed 2^nd)

100m: Jiakai Fan 11.79 (1.4); Oliver Wong 11.83 (3.0); Marcus Johnson 12.79 (2.4);

200m: Matthew Harcourt 23.16 (-0.1); James Shaw 25.69;

400m: Samuel McDonald 52.08; Marcus Johnson 63.92;

5000m: Alexander Ritchie 15:49.2h; Russell Clowes 18:24.1h;

Discus: William Seton 42.19m; Marcus Johnson 15.37m;

Javelin: Harry Blackburn 42.93m;

Long Jump: Samuel McDonald 5.95m; Oliver Wong 5.85m; Jiakai Fan 5.61m; Marcus Johnson 4.12m;

Men Over 40 (Team placed 1^st)

100m: Andrew Wilcox 12.25 (1.4); Cameron Baker 12.75 (2.4); Andrew Egginton 14.75 (2.0); Elvis Cross 13.85 (1.8); Neville Gardner 22.42 (1.9);

200m: Grant Mackenzie 36.08 (1.8);

400m: Andrew Egginton 66.39; Cameron Baker 60.60;

800m: David Dougan 2:25.8h; Grant Mackenzie 3:03.6h;

1500m: Andrew Tunne 6:12.6h; Neville Gardner 9:11.6h;

100m Hurdles: Grant Mackenzie 28.49 (-1.7);

5000m Walk: Simon Evans 29:42.8h;

Discus: Neville Gardner 19.74m; Cameron Baker 23.87m; Peter Mcdonald 18.24m;

High Jump: Grant Mackenzie 1.25m;

Javelin: Andrew Egginton 26.32m; Cameron Baker 32.44m;

Long Jump: Cameron Baker 5.07m; Peter Mcdonald 3.16m;

Shot Put: Grant Mackenzie 6.05m;

Men Under 18 (Team placed 4^th)

200m: Kennedy Chen 30.75 (-0.7);

400m: Oliver Blackburn 59.13;

800m: Joshua King 2:14.4h; Anton Zangl 2:15.8h; Kennedy Chen 2:34.1h;

3000m: Kennedy Chen 10:30.4h;

Discus: Oliver Blackburn 28.41m;

Javelin: Oliver Blackburn 36.95m;

Long Jump: Oliver Blackburn 4.39m;

Triple Jump: Anton Zangl 12.53m;

Men Under 16 (Team placed 1^st)

100m: Axel Woods 11.49 (1.5); Jordan Liang 11.92 (3.0); William Moxey 12.01 (3.0); Jeremy Shum 12.12 (1.4);

200m: Eli Taylor 25.85 (0.3);

400m: William Moxey 57.15;

1500m: Jack Armstrong 4:27.6h; Thomas Diamond 4:33.0h; Jack Mclean 4:35.1h; Harry Chen 5:14.4h; Darcy Beamish 5:15.9h;

3000m: Jordan Abbott 10:04.6h;

100m Hurdles: Bede Waters 16.09 (2.5); Hugo Akse 16.75 (0.6);

200m Hurdles: Jeremy Shum 28.37 (1.7); William Moxey 29.62 (1.7);

High Jump: Bede Waters 1.75m; Eli Taylor 1.70m; Connor Assauw 1.55m;

Long Jump: Axel Woods 5.34m; Jordan Liang 5.07m;

Men Under 14 (Team placed 3^rd)

200m: Sebastian Beck 25.40 (0.9);

2000m Walk: Zachary Matters 11:28.0h;

Triple Jump: Sebastian Beck 10.01m;

Women Open Division 1 (Team placed 1^st)

200m: Samantha Olsen 25.78; Jessica Mourney 27.21 (0.8); Rachel Limburg 27.32 (0.8); Kate Walker 28.53; Catherine Hoh 29.18 (1.7);

100m Hurdles: Rachel Limburg 15.26 (0.7);

5000m Walk: Cassandra Knight 29:53.0h;

1600m Relay: Box Hill 3:57.72;

Discus: Panayiota Carabourniotis 26.35m;

Hammer: Panayiota Carabourniotis 19.39m;

High Jump: Panayiota Carabourniotis 1.50m;

Javelin: Panayiota Carabourniotis 24.98m;

Long Jump: Adelaid Hawkins 4.23m; Panayiota Carabourniotis 4.21m;

Shot Put: Rachel Limburg 11.91m; Panayiota Carabourniotis 8.79m; Rachel Limburg 12.36m;

Women Over 40 (Team placed 5^th)

100m: Victoria Carmody 17.01 (1.3);

5000m: Rachel Johnson 20:34.0h; Pia Hunter 20:33.2h;

Women Under 18 (Team placed 4^th)

200m: Wednesday Shiel 26.24 (4.2); Amy Atkinson 27.63 (2.1);

1500m: Christine Ashton 5:27.8h;

3000m: Tamsyn Lovass 11:41.4h;

High Jump: Bethany Hayen 1.55m;

Women Under 16 (Team placed 1^st)

200m: Eden Lloyd 26.44 (4.2); Sienna Hillberg 29.06 (0.3); Ella Doherty NT (0.8);

400m: Dee Dee Deng 63.62;

1500m: Mia Pope 5:02.8h;

3000m: Ashlee Treagus 10:30.2h;

90m Hurdles: Ella Doherty 14.33 (0.6);

Shot Put: Ella Doherty 7.92m;

Triple Jump: Sienna Hillberg 9.53m;

Women Under 14 (Team placed 4^th)

200m: Carly Senior 28.20; Roxy Phipps 30.12 (1.7);

800m: Roxy Phipps 2:28.6h;

AV Shield Round 3

October 20, 2018

RESULTS FROM ROUND 3 OF SHIELD COMPETITION

Men Open Division 1 (Team placed 2^nd)

100m: Jiakai Fan 11.97 (-0.5);

200m: Dalton Di Medio 24.59 (-1.1); Harry Blackburn 24.91 (-2.4); William Seton 26.02 (-3.4);

400m: Michael Dowel 53.73;

1500m: Michael Dowel 4:02.0h;

3000m: Alexander Ritchie 8:55.6h;

High Jump: Harry Blackburn 1.65m;

Pole Vault: Dalton Di Medio 4.35m;

Shot Put: William Seton 12.68m; Harry Blackburn 10.66m;

Men Over 40 (Team placed 2^nd)

100m: Grant Mackenzie 15.30 (0.3);

200m: Andrew Wilcox 25.26 (-2.7); David Mcconnell 29.57 (-3.0);

400m: Grant Mackenzie 79.25;

800m: Andrew Egginton 2:24.3h;

1500m: David Dougan 5:11.6h; Grant Mackenzie NT;

3000m: Andrew Tunne 13:27.8h;

100m Hurdles: David Mcconnell 20.39 (1.6);

3000m Walk: Simon Evans 17:02.0h;

High Jump: David Mcconnell 1.25m;

Long Jump: Grant Mackenzie 3.68m;

Pole Vault: David Mcconnell 2.55m;

Shot Put: Andrew Egginton 8.33m;

Men Under 18 (Team placed 4^th)

100m: Anton Zangl 12.05 (-0.3);

Long Jump: Anton Zangl 5.63m;

Men Under 16 (Team placed 1^st)

200m: Axel Woods 23.63 (-1.5); Jordan Liang 25.16 (-3.4); Bede Waters 26.50 (-3.3); Jeremy Shum 27.05 (-3.3); Darcy Beamish 27.55 (-2.0); Ewan Webber 27.68 (-2.1);

800m: Ewan Webber 2:19.3h; Darcy Beamish 2:27.7h;

3000m: Jack Mclean 9:50.0h; Jordan Abbott 10:05.5h;

100m Hurdles: Jeremy Shum 15.05 (-1.1); Bede Waters 15.29 (-1.1);

400m Relay: Box Hill 49.87;

High Jump: Bede Waters NM;

Pole Vault: Andre Di Medio 3.75m;

Men Under 14 (Team placed 4^th)

1500m Walk: Zachary Matters 8:06.3h;

Pole Vault: Johnny Suares 2.85m;

Women Open Division 1 (Team placed 2^nd)

100m: Kate Walker 13.48 (-0.0);

800m: Marlie Campton 2:17.56;

3000m Walk: Cassandra Knight 16:48.6h;

Hammer: Panayiota Carabourniotis 18.55m;

High Jump: Panayiota Carabourniotis 1.50m;

Pole Vault: Phillipa Hajdasz 3.30m;

Shot Put: Panayiota Carabourniotis 8.60m;

Women Over 40 (Team placed 5^th)

100m: Victoria Carmody 17.77 (-0.0);

Women Under 18 (Team placed 3^rd)

400m: Wednesday Shiel 59.90;

3000m: Christine Ashton 11:34.7h;

Pole Vault: Sarah Melsom 3.30m;

Women Under 16 (Team placed 1^st)

100m: Charli Power 13.67 (-0.0);

200m: Ruby Maher 30.08 (-2.9);

400m: Charli Power 60.02; Eve Parry 63.09; Ashlee Treagus 63.39;

800m: Ruby Maher 2:19.52; Carla Dreyer 2:27.11;

1500m: Ashlee Treagus 4:44.8h;

Pole Vault: Georgia Tayler 3.15m; Lara Wittey 2.85m;

Women Under 14 (Team placed 2^nd)

800m: Chavella Tanubrata 2:39.6h;

Pole Vault: Tess Parry 2.70m;

Triple Jump: Chavella Tanubrata 10.07m;

AV Shield Round 2

October 13, 2018

RESULTS FROM ROUND 2 OF SHIELD COMPETITION

Men Open Division 1 (Team placed 2^nd)

100m: Marcus Johnson 12.89 (0.8);

200m: Jiakai Fan 25.43 (-1.6); Marcus Johnson 27.05 (+0.0);

400m: Harry Blackburn 53.20; Robert Owen 54.47;

800m: Alexander Ritchie 2:09.3h;

5000m: Alexander Ritchie 16:18.4h;

Discus: Samuel Mcdonald 28.91m; Harry Blackburn 23.58m;

Javelin: Harry Blackburn 43.68m;

Long Jump: Harry Blackburn 5.74m;

Men Over 40 (Team placed 2^nd)

100m: Cameron Baker 12.70 (1.2); Peter Mcdonald 15.29 (2.9);

200m: Andrew Wilcox 24.39 (+0.0);

400m: Cameron Baker 61.00;

800m: Andrew Egginton 2:23.5h;

1500m: David Dougan 5:12.2h; Andrew Tunne 6:11.5h; Cameron Baker 6:16.8h;

3000m Walk: Andrew Egginton 19:57.3h; SIMON EVANS 17:29.0h;

Discus: Peter Mcdonald 18.67m;

Javelin: Peter Mcdonald 11.76m;

Long Jump: Cameron Baker 4.97m; Peter Mcdonald 3.03m;

Shot Put: Andrew Egginton 8.12m;

Men Under 18 (Team placed 4^th)

800m: Joshua King 2:16.7h; Kennedy Chen 2:27.5h;

5000m: Kennedy Chen 18:39.2h;

3000m Steeple: Kieran Hesse 10:20.1h; Finn O’Donnell 10:41.7h;

Javelin: Oliver Blackburn 37.46m;

Men Under 16 (Team placed 1^st)

100m: William Moxey 12.02 (1.8); Andre Di Medio 12.65 (1.2);

200m: Jordan Liang 25.16 (-1.6); Darcy Beamish 27.74 (-1.1);

400m: William Moxey 57.32; Andre Di Medio 57.66;

800m: Harry Chen 2:23.0h; Darcy Beamish 2:22.9h;

1500m: Jack Armstrong 4:26.7h; Jack Mclean 4:41.7h; Mostyn Drieberg 4:46.5h;

3000m: Douglas Buckeridge 9:14.8h; Thomas Diamond 9:47.0h; Murray Lovass 10:47.6h;

100m Hurdles: William Moxey 16.60 (0.1);

Javelin: Andre Di Medio 26.80m;

Shot Put: Milton Simopoulos 12.57m;

Men Under 14 (Team placed 4^th)

3000m: Izak Bibile 10:25.5h;

1500m Walk: Zachary Matters 8:27.9h;

Women Open Division 1 (Team placed 2^nd)

100m: Catherine Hoh 14.02 (0.7);

200m: Kate Walker 27.68 (-1.6); Rachel Limburg 27.79 (-0.5);

400m: Catherine Hoh 67.98;

5000m: Katherine Foley 19:56.9h;

3000m Walk: Cassandra Knight 17:26.2h;

High Jump: Panayiota Carabourniotis 1.45m; Adelaid Hawkins 1.45m;

Javelin: Irene Margaronis 27.90m; Kathryn Brooks 19.94m;

Long Jump: Panayiota Carabourniotis 3.96m;

Shot Put: Panayiota Carabourniotis 8.56m;

Women Under 18 (Team placed 4^th)

100m: Stella Crawford-Rust 14.04 (0.7);

200m: Wednesday Shiel 26.50 (-0.5); Danica Dreyer 31.24 (-0.4);

400m: Amy Atkinson 61.36;

Women Under 16 (Team placed 1^st)

100m: Ella Doherty 13.45 (0.5);

200m: Charli Power 27.61 (-0.5); Carla Dreyer 28.00 (-0.5); Eve Parry 28.45 (-1.6);

400m: Ella Doherty 62.90; Ashlee Treagus 63.51;

800m: Carla Dreyer 2:24.2h;

1500m: Ashlee Treagus 4:52.4h; Ruby Maher 4:57.0h;

90m Hurdles: Ella Doherty 14.16 (1.7);

Women Under 14 (Team placed 4^th)

100m: Carly Senior 13.32 (1.8);

200m: Chavella Tanubrata 27.90 (-1.6); Roxy Phipps 30.86 (-2.4);

Triple Jump: Chavella Tanubrata 10.08m;

AV Shield Round 1

October 6, 2018

RESULTS FROM ROUND 1 OF SHIELD COMPETITION

Men Open Division 1 (Team placed 2^nd)

100m: William Seton 12.36 (1.6); James Shaw 12.41 (1.6);

200m: Dalton Di Medio 23.69 (-3.2);

400m: James Shaw 59.23;

800m: Harry Blackburn 2:09.3h;

1500m: Jack Hill 5:22.1h;

Discus: Samuel McDonald 29.39m;

High Jump: Harry Blackburn 1.75m;

Javelin: William Seton 49.13m; Samuel McDonald 36.39m;

Pole Vault: Dalton Di Medio 4.45m;

Shot Put: Harry Blackburn 10.11m;

Men Over 40 (Team placed 1^st)

100m: David McConnell 13.84 (+0.0); Peter McDonald 15.67 (+0.0);

200m: Cameron Baker 27.22 (-3.2); Andrew Egginton 32.49 (-3.4);

400m: Andrew Wilcox 53.75; David McConnell 66.47;

800m: Andrew Egginton 2:29.7h; Andrew Tunne 3:13.3h;

100m Hurdles: David McConnell 19.55 (1.3);

2000m Walk: Andrew Egginton 12:09.5h;

Discus: David McConnell 26.59m; Peter McDonald 17.51m;

High Jump: Cameron Baker 1.50m;

Long Jump: Peter McDonald 3.36m;

Pole Vault: George Schillinger 2.80m;

Shot Put: Andrew Egginton 7.90m; Cameron Baker 7.69m;

Men Under 18 (Team placed 4^th)

200m: Oliver Blackburn 27.56 (-2.7);

400m: Kennedy Chen 69.74;

1500m: Kennedy Chen 5:10.4h;

Hammer: Oliver Blackburn 18.49m;

Shot Put: Oliver Blackburn 8.48m;

Triple Jump: Oliver Blackburn 9.53m;

Men Under 16 (Team placed 1^st)

100m: Darcy Beamish 13.11 (+0.0);

200m: Axel Woods 23.53 (-3.5); Jordan Liang 25.03 (-3.5); William Moxey 25.50 (-3.3); Andre Di Medio 26.55 (-3.2); Jeremy Shum 26.63 (-2.9);

400m: Darcy Beamish 59.97;

800m: Harry Chen 2:26.9h; Advaith Prabha 2:40.2h;

1500m: Jack Mclean 4:31.9h;

2000m Steeple: Jordan Abbott 7:13.7h; Murray Lovass 7:51.7h;

200m Hurdles: Bailey Culbert 27.75 (-1.7); Jeremy Shum 29.57 (-1.7); William Moxey 30.61 (-1.8);

Discus: Milton Simopoulos 35.51m;

High Jump: Connor Assauw 1.60m;

Pole Vault: Andre Di Medio 3.55m;

Shot Put: Andre Di Medio 10.24m;

Triple Jump: Elijah Tsatas 10.75m; Jordan Culbert NM;

Men Under 14 (Team placed 3^rd)

800m: Izak Bibile 2:21.2h; Zachary Matters 3:08.6h; Johnathon Rogers 2:43.6h;

2000m Walk: Zachary Matters 11:48.5h;

High Jump: Zachary Matters 1.20m;

Pole Vault: Johnny Suares 2.65m;

Women Open Division 1 (Team placed 2^nd)

5000m Walk: Cassandra Knight 30:56.2h;

Discus: Panayiota Carabourniotis 28.19m;

Javelin: Panayiota Carabourniotis 25.22m;

Long Jump: Panayiota Carabourniotis 3.88m;

Pole Vault: Phillipa Hajdasz 3.10m;

Women Under 18 (Team placed 1^st)

100m: Jessica Mackenzie 13.20 (-2.7);

200m: Danica Dreyer 31.59 (-2.7);

400m: Shannon Fraser 63.16;

1500m: Christine Ashton 5:25.1h;

100m Hurdles: Jessica Mackenzie 16.52 (-0.8);

High Jump: Bethany Hayen 1.55m;

Javelin: Jessica Mackenzie 38.31m; Shannon Fraser 33.76m;

Long Jump: Jessica Mackenzie 4.82m; Shannon Fraser 4.61m;

Pole Vault: Sarah Melsom 3.10m;

Women Under 16 (Team placed 1^st)

100m: Ella Doherty 13.50 (-0.0);

200m: Carla Dreyer 28.67 (-3.5);

400m: Ella Doherty 62.80;

800m: Carla Dreyer 2:28.36;

90m Hurdles: Ella Doherty 14.19;

Pole Vault: Georgia Tayler 3.10m; Lara Wittey 2.65m;

Women Under 14 (Team placed 3^rd)

200m: Carly Senior 28.73 (-3.4); Chavella Tanubrata 28.96 (-3.5);

Triple Jump: Chavella Tanubrata 9.36m;

Three premierships to Box Hill!

September 20, 2018

Box Hill completed another successful XCR (cross country and road racing) winter season, winning three premierships including the men’s premier division title for the third year in a row (and the fifth time in six years). This is truly a great achievement by the team, congratulations to Nick Baggott, Steve Dinneen, Matt O’Donnell, Will Potter, Harry Summers, Andre Waring, James O’Connell, Michael Dowel, Alex Ritchie, Sam Dipnall and Klarie McIntyre who all contributed to this success.

To underline our distance running depth, Box Hill also won the Division 2 men’s premiership. Our other premiership was won by the Over 50 men’s team who dominated their competition winning every one of the 9 rounds of competition.

Thank you to all the athletes who supported our teams this XCR season and thank you to all the parents and supporters who have been there to act as time keepers or club helpers or have supported the team in other ways.

A special thanks to Ian and Megan Sloane for their help and support.

Let’s hope that we can make it four premierships in a row in 2019!

September 15 – Tan Relays

September 16, 2018

The XCR’18 season concluded with Box Hill winning one gold, three silver and one bronze medal at the Tan Relays, held on September 15.

Our men’s premier division team led into the final changeover, but unfortunately Stewart McSweyn of SSH continued his brilliant European form and relegated our team to the silver medal position. Nevertheless, this strong performance was enough for our team to claim the overall winter premiership.

Our over 50 years men’s team dominated the competition with our 1^st team winning the gold medal and our 2^nd team taking the silver.

The Under 16 boys also won a silver medal and the Over 40 women’s team collected the bronze.

Thanks you to Megan Sloane, Dan Boulton and Jordan Abbott’s father who acted as club helpers and to all those who helped with timekeeping and supporting the team.

Men Premier Division (Team: 2^nd)

1. Will Potter 11:24

2. Nick Baggott 11:27

3. Michael Dowel 11:44

4. Steve Dinneen 11:47

5. Harry Summers 10:45

6. Matt O’Donnell 11:42

Men Division 2 (Team: 9^th)

1. James O’Connell 11:56

2. Josh de Stefanis 12:40

3. Michael Vaughan 13:25

4. Russell Clowes 13:36

5. Jackson Deane 13:35

6. Alex Ritchie 12:09

Men Division 3 (Team 14^th)

1. Kennedy Chen 14:27

2. Izak Bibile 13:58

3. Jasper Kay-Kneebone 15:03

4. Jack Hill 15:24

5. Anthony Whitby 15:02

Men Division 5 (Team 9^th)

1. Andrew Tunne 18:54

2. David Dougan 15:24

3. Simon St. Hill 17:40

4. Carlos Norman 17:02

Men 50+ (Team 1 – 1^st)

1. John Meagher 12:39

1. Garth Calder 13:55

3. Chris O’Connor 14:15

Men 50+ (Team 2 – 2^nd)

1. Peter Stefanos 14:12

2. Tony Langelaan 14:15

3. Michael Eury 14:04

Men Under 16 (Team 2^nd)

1. Doug Buckeridge 12:18

2. Jordan Abbott 13:16

3. Thomas Diamond 13:11

Women Premier Division (6^th DQ)

1. Marlie Campton 14:40

2. Julie Norney 14:24

3. Zoe Buckman 12:39

4. Steph Kondogonis 16:14?

5. Katherine Foley 15:03

Women Division 4 (Team 4^th)

1. Kristine Hopkins 17:50

2. Stella Crawford-Rust 16:43

3. Carolyn Fox 18:01

Women Division 5

1. Belinda Dutton 20:39

Women Over 40 (Team 3^rd)

1. Rachel Johnson 15:57

2. Caitlin Harrison 17:50

3. Kerry Putt 18:06

XCR Round 10 – Tan Relays

September 15, 2018

By Ian Sloane

Box Hill fielded four open men’s teams, two overage men’s teams and an under 16 team at the Tan Relays, which follow a popular running track around the Botanic Gardens, Government House and other parklands. It is a time-tested course of 3.827 kilometres and the fastest time (10:08) was recorded by Craig Mottram in 2006. Harry Summers (Box Hill) recorded the eighth fastest time ever but will have his name excised due to a lightning fast leg from Stuart McSweyn (SSH) who ran a very quick last lap anchoring his team home to victory. There were two Box Hill senior women’s teams and a women’s overage team. Each runner runs one lap.

Conditions were cold, windy and wet at the start of the races, but they improved slightly during the course of the morning. The rain eventually petered out and the wind subsided a little. Car parking is an issue for this event, and many runners had to walk several kilometres to get to the start.

The men’s race started at 9am. It is a helter skelter start due to the short distance involved in each leg. When the runners were despatched there was a charge, on the flat part of the course, towards Anderson St.

Will Potter was our first runner. Will ran extremely well in the national cross country championship and also finished the half marathon high up, no mean achievement. He has had a very solid and impressive season and has a great future in our sport. He ran a fast first lap, the second fastest of the day for our team. All the other teams generally put their fastest runners up first, and Will did a fine job. He kept Box Hill in touch with the other teams. At the changeover, Will was in sixth position, 47 seconds down on Cody Shanahan (WES) who broke 11 minutes for his lap. A depleted Knox led out their two best runners in the first two legs and they were placed second at this early stage. Glen Huntly, SSH and Geelong were just in advance of Will as he passed over to Nick Baggott.

Nick ran a very strong leg and made up time on every other team, including Ben Buckingham from SSH. He got past Western Aths and Glen Huntly to put Box Hill in fourth position. Melbourne University had a weaker team than we are used to seeing and they were holding seventh position. SSH moved into the lead 13 seconds ahead of us, followed by Knox (10 seconds ahead of Box Hill) and Geelong (three seconds ahead of our team). Western Aths were 10 seconds behind us and Glen Huntly were a further seven seconds adrift.

Michael Dowel was our third competitor. Michael hasn’t competed in every race this year but he put up a game performance in his leg. He caught the Knox athlete early in his lap and no-one from another team got by him. Therefore, we arrived at the changeover point in third position. More importantly, he completed his circuit just 24 seconds behind the leaders, SSH, and just three seconds behind second-placed Geelong. This was a very competitive effort and meant that we were in with a shot at the title.

Steve Dinneen caught and passed his Geelong opponent, whom he took 20 seconds out of. Geelong were now engaged with Western Aths in a battle for third place. Steve brought the team in second place, 37 seconds behind SSH, who were represented in this leg by Jack Davies.

Harry Summers ran the fifth leg. He ran an extremely fast time, 10:45, which was the second fastest time on the day. Only four runners dipped under 11 minutes. Harry caught and passed his SSH opponent, and stretched the distance over the third and fourth placed clubs. When he reached the changeover point, he had a lead of six seconds over SSH, with Western Aths 98 seconds further back and Geelong very close to Western Aths.

Matt O’Donnell raced away to run the final lap. Unfortunately for him, his opponent in the final lap was Stuart McSweyn, who recently ran the second fastest time for an Australian on record for the 5000 metres on the track – 13:05. McSweyn is in tremendous form, running the fastest time of the day, 10:29, which will earn him a place on the honour board. Matt ran a strong final leg, consolidating the team’s silver medal position.

Our Division 2 team finished 9^th, with a fine start from James O’Connell who ran 11:56 and a strong last leg from Alex Ritchie who ran 12:09.

Our Division 3 team finished 14^th and our Division 5 team were 9^th.

We had two 50 + teams with Team 1 winning the gold medal and team 2 winning the silver medal. John Meagher, 12: 39, and Garth Calder, 13:55 were the two fastest runners.

Doug Buckeridge got the under 16 team off to a great start and he ran the fastest under 16 time of the day, 12:18, which was an excellent effort. Strong legs by Jordan Abbott (13:16) and Tom Diamond (13:11) assisted Box Hill to win the silver medal, which was a very pleasing result.

The Box Hill women’s Premier division team was unfortunately disqualified because of a changeover infringement (which actually lost time for our team). Zoe Buckman ran an excellent leg, recording the very fast time of 12:39, eclipsed only by Lisa Weightman (Melbourne University) who ran 12:28. Great work, Zoe.

Box Hill’s female Division 1 team appears likely to be relegated to Division 2 in 2019.

Our Division 4 women’s team placed fourth (leg times are below) and our Over 40 women’s team of Rachel Johnson, Caitlin Harrison and Kerry Putt collected a bronze medal

The end result for the season sees Box Hill winning the men’s premier division winter championship for the third year in a row, which is a very pleasing outcome. Congratulations to all athletes who represented Box Hill in the Division one team during the winter season. Thanks also to members and parents who undertook officials’ duties. Without your help, we would not have won the title, because we would have been penalised points.

Men’s Team Results

Division 1

SSH 67:45
Box Hill 68:52
Western Aths 70:06
Geelong 70:11

(Please note that these leg times are provisional)

Will Potter 11:24

Nick Baggott 11:27

Michael Dowel 11:44

Steve Dinneen 11:47

Harry Summers 10:45

Matt O’Donnell 11:42

Division 2

Box Hill 9^th

James O’Connell 11:56

Josh de Stefanis 12:40

Michael Vaughan 13:25

Russell Clowes 13:36

Jackson Deane 13:35

Alex Ritchie 12:09

Division 3

Box Hill 14^th

Kennedy Chen 14:27

Izak Bibile 13:58

Jasper Kay-Kneebone 15:03

Jack Hill 15:24

Anthony Whitby 15:02

Division 5

Box Hill 9^th

Andrew Tunne 18:54

David Dougan 15:24

Simon St Hill 17:40

Carlos Norman 17:02

50 +

Box Hill 1 1^st 40:51

Box Hill 2 2^nd 42:36

Glen Huntly 3^rd 44:29

Team 1

John Meagher 12:39

Garth Calder 13:55

Chris O’Connor 14:15

Team 2

Peter Stefanos 14:12

Tony Langelaan 14:15

Michael Eury 14:04

Under 16

Knox 1 1^st 38:14

Box Hill 2^nd 38:45

Ballarat 3^rd 38:56

Douglas Buckeridge 12:18

Jordan Abbott 13:16

Tom Diamond 13:11

Women’s teams

Premier Division

Box Hill disqualified for a changeover infringement

Marli Campton 14:40

Julie Norney 14:24

Zoe Buckman 12:39

Steph Kondogonis 16:14 (this time may be inaccurate)

Kat Foley 15:03

Division 4

Box Hill 4^th

Kristine Hopkins 17:50

Stella Crawford Rust 16:36

Carolyn Fox 18:01

Belinda Dutton 20:39

Women Over 40

Box Hill 3^rd

1. Rachel Johnson 15:57

2. Caitlin Harrison 17:50

3. Kerry Putt 18:06

Over 50s men’s team claims victory at Burnley

September 2, 2018

Half Marathon at Yarra Boulevard, Burnley, September 2

By Ian Sloane

After the abandonment of the Ekiden at Anglesea, Box Hill retained a strong position on the ladder, at the top of the pack, with just two rounds to go. Our club had 18 senior men and three senior women on the line. The half Marathon distance is a little over 21 kilometres, and athletes found very cool, but relatively windless conditions at the start which were ideal for this race. There is a water station for athletes who need to have a drink. The course consisted of a small out and back loop, followed by four out and back sections.

At the start of the race, three athletes broke clear. These were Nick Earl (Melb. Uni), Charlie Park (Melbourne University) and Harry Summers (Box Hill). They established a gap of over fifty metres after the first kilometre. There was a big second group which contained several Melbourne University athletes (Frankie Conway, Caleb Muller and Eric Ueda) and there were a number of Box Hill athletes there as well, including Andre Waring, 7^th, Nick Baggott, 17^th, Will Potter, 18^th, Steve Dinneen, 20^th and Klarie McIntyre, 22^nd. Also going well in the early stages were Alex Ritchie, John Meagher and Josh De Stefanis. Even at this early stage, as far as the teams’ race was concerned, it was clear that Melbourne University had a big group at the front end of the field. Doncaster also had four athletes in the first 60 and SSH, the team that defeated us twice in earlier races, were light on with only three athletes (Sean Guiney, Samuel Quirk and Luke Frazzetto) in the first 75. Western Athletics had five in the first 50 as well.

By the commencement of this lap, Charlie Park had led the other two athletes, something which would come back to bite him later on, with Harry Summers and Nick Earl were in reasonably close attendance. Andre Waring was competing with Anthony Aloisio (Richmond) for fourth place, with Matthew Clarke (OX) behind them. Steve Dinneen held 13^th place, with Klarie McIntyre bursting out of his skin with a brilliant run, holding 15^th position. Nick Baggott was within sight of this group, with Will Potter a small distance behind. James O’Connell was our next runner through. Alex Ritchie and Josh De Stefanis are both having an excellent winter and they ran through strongly picking up additional positions every lap. Harry Summers withdrew after the half way point.

Nick Earl was vying with Charlie Park for the lead when the runners appeared again. Matthew Clarke had moved in to third place. Anthony Aloisio was fourth, Andre Waring fifth and Frankie Conway (M Uni) was sixth. Klarie McIntyre and Steve Dinneen were running very close together, ahead of Will Potter and Nick Baggott. It needs to be pointed out that this is an exceptional effort from Nick Baggott. He prefers the 800m and 1500m track distances, so for him to be in such a prominent position in a half Marathon is great testament to his undoubted ability and enormous determination.

At the start of the third full lap, Charlie Park was still holding Nick Earl at bay. Matthew Clarke was a clear third, and looking strong 25 seconds behind the leader. Anthony Aloisio was fourth 19 seconds behind third. Andre Waring still held fifth place and he was 11 seconds behind Aloisio. Will Potter moved to 16^th position, with Steve Dinneen 17^th and Klarie McIntyre 19^th. Nick Baggott was around 25^th.

The next time the runners appeared Nick Earl had dropped Charlie Park, who was losing momentum. Matthew Clarke, third, was still improving and clearly catching Park. Aloisio held fourth and somehow, Liam Adams, in a surging burst moved to fifth. Andre Waring lost a few places in this section of the race and ran through in 10^th place. Will Potter was around 13^th and moving forward better than the runners around him with every stride. Klarie held 15^th position, marginally ahead of Steve Dinneen, 16^th. Nick Baggott was about 19^th. Alex Ritchie was 43^rd, John Meagher, 46^th and Josh De Stefanis was 47^th.

At the start of the fourth and final full lap Earl was still in the lead. Matthew Clarke was making inroads in to his lead and Charlie Park was 15 seconds behind Clarke. Suddenly Liam Adams ranged up with a big finish, passed Aloisio and was after the runner in front. Frankie Conway was in 6^th place. Andre still held 10^th position. Will Potter continued to impress, moving to 13^th place. Steve Dinneen 15^th, Klarie McIntyre, 16^th and Nick Baggott, 19^th made up the Box Hill Division 1 team.

Nick Earl led in the race, grittily holding off Matt Clarke, who had eroded his lead in the concluding stages. It was Earl’s first AV winter title. Liam Adams ran a sensational last out and back leg, and secured the bronze medal. Charlie Park held on to fourth, with Aloisio, placing fifth, holding off Frankie Conway, sixth. Andre Waring steadied in the latter stages to run a huge personal best (67:35) and finished 10^th. Andre has had such a good winter season, running his best placings and times at practically every outing. He deserves congratulations on this excellent improvement, as does his coach, Steve Dinneen. Will Potter also had a cracker of a race, recording a PB, because he had never run this distance previously. His time of 68:20 is a really respectable effort and he also needs to be congratulated. He improved his position substantially in the last two laps to surge home in 11^thplace. Steve Dinneen, 14^th and Klarie McIntyre, 15^th, ran well too. Klarie was in the best form of his life and ran a PB by more than a minute, a brilliant achievement. This was clearly his best run for a very long time and shows that he has a very good future in longer road races. And Nick Baggott took around a minute off the time he ran in 2017, which the writer believes makes it a PB for him. He had to ease back with a calf strain in the latter stages but did not surrender any places, which was a very courageous effort. Lesser athletes would have pulled out and Nick did not. Despite all these excellent places and times, Melbourne University eclipsed us on the day and deserve to be congratulated for their win because they got so many of their good athletes on the starting line. Because we finished second, we can’t now be defeated in the Premier Division, even if we don’t turn up at the final event for the year, the Tan relays. Doncaster surprised everyone by finishing third, whilst SSH had many of their top athletes out and they came 7^th meaning that they can’t get near us, even if they were to win the final event on the calendar.

Our Division 2 team went well too. Alex Ritchie had another excellent performance and placed 42^nd. Every race this season has been a success for Alex, and his eyes will surely be on Division 1 in the future. Josh De Stefanis had his best run for many years and finally he is reaping the reward for hard work in training. He finished 43^rd, and passed many, many competitors in the race. Well done Josh – this was a very fine effort. John Meagher also excelled, winning his age division and finished in the remarkable place of 45^th. James O’Connell placed 87^th and Luke Crozier ran well to finish 130^th, just ahead of Russell Clowes, 131^st.

Chris O’Connor, 147^th, was third in his age category. Peter Stefanos, 171^st was seventh in his age category whilst Garth Calder, 175^th, was fourth in his age category. Full results are listed below.

Rachel Johnson placed 44^th to be the best performed of our female athletes. Box Hill did not finish a female team.

Provisional individual placings

Men

Nick Earl Melbourne University 1:05:32
Matthew Clarke OXA 1:05:41
Liam Adams Essendon 1:05:59
Charlie Park Melbourne University 1:06:36
Andre Waring Box Hill 1:07:35
Will Potter Box Hill 1:08:20
Steve Dinneen Box Hill 1:08:49
Klarie McIntyre Box Hill 1:08:54
Nick Baggott Box Hill 1:09:17
Alex Ritchie Box Hill 1:12:27
Josh de Stefanis Box Hill 1:12:31
John Meagher Box Hill 1:13:09
Luke Crozier Box Hill 1:21:01
Russell Clowes Box Hill 1:21:02
Chris O’Connor Box Hill 1:22:09
Peter Stefanos Box Hill 1:23:32

175: Garth Calder Box Hill 1:23:51

Kennedy Chen Box Hill 1:24:50
Stephen Ross Box Hill 1:30:26
Simon St Hill Box Hill 1:44:19
Andrew Tunne Box Hill 2:01:46

Women

Jane Grebinski South Melbourne 1:17:46
Erchana Murray-Bartlett Collingwood 1:18:24
Sophie Ryan OXA 1:19:31
Rachel Johnson Box Hill 1:33:50
Kristine Hopkins Box Hill 1:50:20
Belinda Dutton Box Hill 2:07:17

Men’s team placings

Division 1

Melbourne University 32
Box Hill 68
Doncaster 123
Western 138
Glen Huntly 258
Collingwood 278
SSH 358

Division 2

Richmond 254
OXA 266
Ballarat 282
Box Hill 322

Division 3

Western Athletics
Bendigo
Malvern
Athletics Waverley
Box Hill

Division 5

Box Hill

50 – 59 Age division

Box Hill 16
Box Hill #2 108

Box Hill athletes shine in Queensland

August 27, 2018

Box Hill runners performed strongly at the national cross country championships on the Sunshine Coast in August, filling four of the top 20 places in the open men’s race.

On the tough, hilly Maleny golf course, Will Potter put in an outstanding performance to finish 8^th, just ahead of Andre Waring (12^th) and Nick Baggott (14^th). Harry Summers led bravely early in the race but faded to finish 19^th. Evergreen John Meagher also ran well to finish in 31^st place.

In the junior events, Tom Sellwood finished 10^th, Sam Rattray 21^st and Finn Macken 55^th in the U20s, Josh McLeod was 9^th and Kieren Hesse 49^th in the U18s, Doug Buckeridge 9^th, Jack Armstrong 25^th and Thomas Diamond 53^rd in the U16s and Izak Bibile finished 37^th in the U14 event.

Congratulations to all these runners.

AV Shield Round 5

November 15, 2018

AV Shield Round 4

November 1, 2018

AV Shield Round 3

October 20, 2018

AV Shield Round 2

October 13, 2018

AV Shield Round 1

October 6, 2018

Three premierships to Box Hill!

September 20, 2018

September 15 – Tan Relays

September 16, 2018

XCR Round 10 – Tan Relays

September 15, 2018

Over 50s men’s team claims victory at Burnley

September 2, 2018

Box Hill athletes shine in Queensland

August 27, 2018

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