2023-02-04 AVSL Round 9

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Round 9 – 04/02/2023

Doncaster athletes had to travel for round 9, so points were down, but we did finish in the top half of the Premier division, which augers well for the Playoffs. It was a big welcome back to Kevin Rassool, who was the second fastest 200 metre runner in the state, after his recent showing in the High Velocity meet. Another standout performance came from Lula Parrott who achieved her first national qualifier in the Hammer Throw, a fantastic achievement from one of our young, up-and-coming female athletes.

The over 40 teams both finished fourth in the state, but other age groups didn’t do as well. However, with one round left before the playoffs, three of our age groups are in the mix to claim region pennants. Our Under 20 Women hold a slender lead over Collingwood and our Under 18 and 14 Men are neck-and-neck with Diamond Valley and Essendon respectively.

Also, a shoutout to Alex Jones who won the 400m at the Wangaratta Gift over the Australia Day long weekend. Alex won in 48.45 off a handicap of thirty seven meters, beating second by two tenths of a second.

This weekend the 40+ athletes take centre stage in the Victorian Masters T&F Championships at Doncaster, with the last round of AVSL being held on Saturday 18^th at Frankston and Keilor. Entries are already open, so make sure you register to avoid missing out!

Athletes need to be aware that the Playoffs this year are held over two weekends, with two venues to choose from. Saturday March 18^th at Doncaster and Glenhuntly – 100, 400 program at each with 4×100 relay. Saturday March 25^th at Aberfeldie and Yarra Ranges – 200, 800 program at each with 4 x 400 relay. Athletes need to have competed three times and have competed at least once in the event, otherwise they will not be allowed to take part. This will include relay teams.

Country clubs can compete at their own venues. So athletes who have been concentrating on their favourite event, will find they are ineligible to compete on the other Saturday. So please find the opportunity to compete on the alternative program, so you are qualified to compete on both Playoff days, to give Doncaster its best chance. Also include an extra event or two so you can score maximum points.

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Athletes to finish top in the state in the different age groups were:

MOpen: 200m Kevin Rassool (2^nd)

M40+: 100m Paul Mierisch (4^th), 200m David Firth (4^th), 400m Paul Mierisch (2^nd) David Vaughan (5^th), 1500m David Vaughan (1^st) Campbell McLennan (9^th), 300 hurdles Graham Ford (1^st), 3000m steeple John Curry (3^rd), Pole Vault Jim Poulter (4^th), Javelin David Firth (2^nd), Shot Put Campbell McLennan (9^th), Hammer David Firth (2^nd)

M18: 100m Brodie Mierisch (6^th), Lachlan Reynolds (2^nd), 1500m Luca Scholes-Robertson (1^st) Liam McLennan (7^th), Shot Brodie Mierisch (3^rd) Liam McLennan (5^th) Discus Brodie Mierisch (4^th)

M16: 400m Will Katic (2^nd) Christian Zapris (3^rd), Long Jump Max McCool (7^th), Pole Vault Felix Hattwich (1^st)

M14: 1500m Harry Maddocks (4^th), 1500m walk Lewis McLennan (2^nd), Javelin Joshua Kilmartin (5^th), Shot Put Lewis McLennan (7^th), Hammer Hamish McLennan (2^nd) Lewis McLennan (4^th)

W40+ 100m Wendy Smith (6^th), Javelin Sue Kilmartin (7^th), Shot Put Laura McLennan (5^th) Wendy Smith (10^th)

W20: 400m Alessandra Flynn (1^st)

W18: 400m Zoe Cowlishaw (3^rd), Discus Jasmine Smith (9^th)

W16: 400m Shakira Harding (3^rd) Olivia Collett (6^th), Javelin Jessica Nolan (1^st), Shot Kara Ilardi (7^th)

W14 90m hurdles Jamison Harding (1^st), Hammer Lula Parrott (1^st)

Jessica Nolan was our highest scoring athlete with 509 for her Javelin with Kevin Rassool and Jamison Harding on 493 for their 200 metres and 90 metres hurdles, and Lucas Scholes-Robertson and Will Katic on 490 for their 1500 metres and 400 metres.

It’s not surprising, looking at the team results, that five of the top scorers were over 40, with Brodie Mierisch being the exception, just shading his father with 1,316 to 1,269, with David Firth on top with 1,330. David Vaughan scored 1,239 with Campbell McLennan on 1,140, Just ahead of his wife, Laura, on 1,066.

Following the previous round, there was a milers club meeting at Box Hill with a number of impressive performances from Doncaster athletes:

Grade	Distance	Name	Performance
F	800	Connor Gist	02:14.9
F	800	Sanne Bakker	02:22.3
F	800	Lucy Kearney	02:25.8
F	800	Chloe Baldock	02:28.2
F	800	Madeleine Kearney	02:36.9
F	1500	Rachel White	04:37.4
M	800	Remy Williams	01:52.0
M	800	Peter Holland	01:55.3
M	800	Benjamin Purser	01:59.6
M	800	Oscar Oconnor	02:00.3
M	800	Josh Ascar	02:01.5
M	800	Nathanael Uecker	02:02.7
M	800	Will Katic	02:03.3
M	800	Mark Purser	02:25.4
M	800	Michael Gallacher	02:38.7
M	1500	Lachlan Marasco	04:00.9
M	1500	Luca Scholes-Robertson	04:02.7
M	1500	Aiden Marasco	04:17.8
M	1500	Jacob Tymms	04:42.6
M	1500	Harry Maddocks	04:48.0

Last weekend was the Country Championships in Geelong, with a number of Doncaster athletes running by invitation

Grade	Discipline	Distance	Name	Performance	Wind
W18	Hurdles	100	Shakira Harding	15.87	-0.6
W18	Hurdles	400	Shakira Harding	63.5
W18	High Jump		Eliza Chivers	1.50m
W18	Pole Vault		Tahlia Grace	3.40m
W16	Hurdles	90	Jamison Harding	13.72	-1
W16	Pole Vault		Jamison Harding	3.20m
W14	Run	800	Chloe Baldock	02:27.7
W14	Run	1500	Chloe Baldock	05:01.3
W14	Discus		Emily McKinley	29.75m
W14	Hammer		Emily McKinley	27.34m
W14	Javelin		Emily McKinley	32.84m
M20	Run	400	Thomas Reynolds	46.5
M20	Run	800	Peter Holland	01:55.4
M18	Run	3000	Josh Ascar	09:05.7
M18	Steeple	2000	Josh Ascar	06:20.7
M16	Pole Vault		Felix Hattwich	3.00m
F	Run	200	Nicole Reynolds	25.42	-0.5
F	Hurdles	400	Nicole Reynolds	62.34
F	High Jump		Alana Mierisch	1.55m
WV40+	Run	100	Wendy Smith	16.23	0.4
WV40+	Run	1500	Lydia Rinaudo	DNS
WV50+	Walk	3000	Kim Peak	23:28.1
WV50+	Hammer		Kim Peak	19.80m
WV50+	Javelin		Kim Peak	12.69m
MV40+	Run	100	Paul Mierisch	11.91	2.5
MV40+	Run	400	Paul Mierisch	55.2
MV40+	Run	5000	John Curry	21:03.1
MV50+	Steeple	3000	John Curry	13:54.7
MV60+	Pole Vault		Jim Poulter	1.60m

At the same meet there was a rare air competition with two Doncaster athletes:

Discipline	Name	Performance
Pole Vault	Tahlia Grace	3.40m
Pole Vault	Jamison Harding	3.20m

Last Thursday there was a high velocity meet at Doncaster and it was good to see Kevin Rassool back in the Doncaster colours after his health problems.

Grade	Discipline	Distance	Name	Performance	Wind
F	Run	400	Alessandra Flynn	57.72
F	Run	400	Lucy Kearney	63.74
F	Run	400	Madeleine Kearney	70.64
M	Run	100	Kevin Rassool	10.94	1.3
M	Run	100	Brodie Mierisch	11.74	0
M	Run	100	Paul Mierisch	12.01	0

The Box Hill Burn was held two days before round 9 with a number of impressive performances from Doncaster athletes. It was good to see Abbey Caldwell back in action, easily winning the 1000 metres A race. Alastair Christy was also impressive coming third in the 5000 metres A race, while Remy Williams was fourth in the 1000 metres A race.

Grade	Distance	Name	Performance
WOP	1000	Abbey Caldwell	02:41.0	1st
WOP	1000	Rachel White	02:57.1	3rd
WOP	1000	Sanne Bakker	03:05.3
MOP	1000	Remy Williams	02:25.7	4th
MOP	1000	Lachlan Marasco	02:33.1
MOPEN	1000	Luca Scholes-Robertson	02:33.2	2nd
MOP	1000	Benjamin Purser	02:33.5
MOPEN	1000	Oscar O’Connor	02:38.8	1st
MOP	1000	Nathanael Uecker	02:46.9
MOPEN	1000	Aiden Marasco	02:48.5
MOP	5000	Alastair Christy	14:01.4	3rd
MOP	5000	Erick Niyiragira	15:02.3
MOPEN	5000	Anthony Paige	17:04.1
XOPEN	5000	John Curry	21:33.5

Premier Division

ESS	Essendon	52,692	20
DIV	Diamond Valley	44,654	9
EAG	Eaglehawk	38,819	8
BOH	Box Hill	32,631	7
DAC	Doncaster	25,796	6
GHY	Glenhuntly	25,231	5
WES	Western Athletics	24,848	4
CHI	Chilwell	21,651	3
COL	Collingwood	21,628	2
WYN	Wyndham	14,074	1

The results for Zone A with position in the state in brackets

Open Men (33 out of 41)

ESS	Essendon	4,338
COL	Collingwood	4,263
DIV	Diamond Valley	3,431
KSB	Keilor St Bernards	3,157
PTN	Preston	2,528
MUU	Melbourne Uni	2,423
WES	Western Athletics	1,892
WTN	Williamstown	1,598
OSC	Old Scotch	1,480
OLM	Old Melburnians	952
COB	Coburg	794
IVA	Ivanhoe	703
DAC	Doncaster	688
RIC	Richmond	388
SME	South Melbourne	311

Men’s 40+ (4 out of 42)

DIV	Diamond Valley	13,449
ESS	Essendon	11,645
COL	Collingwood	8,234
DAC	Doncaster	7,931
WES	Western Athletics	5,070
KSB	Keilor St Bernards	3,430
PTN	Preston	3,404
COB	Coburg	3,136
IVA	Ivanhoe	1,439
WTN	Williamstown	1,306
RIC	Richmond	1,065
BWK	Brunswick	957
MUU	Melbourne Uni	821
OLM	Old Melburnians	784
OSC	Old Scotch	392

Men’s Under 20 (23 out of 28)

KSB	Keilor St Bernards	2,884
ESS	Essendon	2,513
IVA	Ivanhoe	1,076
WES	Western Athletics	925
MUU	Melbourne Uni	815
DIV	Diamond Valley	685
DAC	Doncaster	592
COB	Coburg	423
COL	Collingwood	415
WTN	Williamstown	241

Men’s Under 18 (11 out of 37)

ESS	Essendon	4,864
WES	Western Athletics	4,210
DIV	Diamond Valley	3,897
DAC	Doncaster	3,388
OSC	Old Scotch	3,122
PTN	Preston	2,910
KSB	Keilor St Bernards	2,238
IVA	Ivanhoe	2,008
BWK	Brunswick	1,193
WTN	Williamstown	827
OLM	Old Melburnians	306
MUU	Melbourne Uni	294

Men’s Under 16 (15 out of 37)

ESS	Essendon	5,412
WES	Western Athletics	3,751
COL	Collingwood	2,580
KSB	Keilor St Bernards	2,495
OSC	Old Scotch	2,161
DAC	Doncaster	1,726
WTN	Williamstown	952
COB	Coburg	863
DIV	Diamond Valley	667
IVA	Ivanhoe	434

Men’s Under 14 (9 out of 30)

ESS	Essendon	2,972
WTN	Williamstown	2,796
DAC	Doncaster	1,710
DIV	Diamond Valley	1,529
OSC	Old Scotch	1,245
KSB	Keilor St Bernards	966
COL	Collingwood	601

Women’s 40+ (4 out of 27)

DAC	Doncaster	3,423
DIV	Diamond Valley	3,214
ESS	Essendon	2,882
WES	Western Athletics	2,540
PTN	Preston	2,246
KSB	Keilor St Bernards	1,433
COL	Collingwood	1,189
BWK	Brunswick	636

Women’s Under 20 (15 out of 26)

KSB	Keilor St Bernards	1,620
ESS	Essendon	1,598
DIV	Diamond Valley	1,443
DAC	Doncaster	1,087
PTN	Preston	677
OSC	Old Scotch	642
WES	Western Athletics	455
COL	Collingwood	442

Women’s Under 18 (21 out of 34)

DIV	Diamond Valley	5,761
ESS	Essendon	3,335
KSB	Keilor St Bernards	2,110
WES	Western Athletics	1,694
DAC	Doncaster	1,310
OSC	Old Scotch	658
IVA	Ivanhoe	610

Women’s Under 16 (9 out of 35)

ESS	Essendon	6,353
DIV	Diamond Valley	5,928
DAC	Doncaster	2,644
WES	Western Athletics	1,675
COL	Collingwood	944
IVA	Ivanhoe	873
KSB	Keilor St Bernards	762
WTN	Williamstown	198

Women’s Under 14 (13 out of 24)

ESS	Essendon	3,694
DIV	Diamond Valley	2,936
IVA	Ivanhoe	1,549
DAC	Doncaster	1,297
KSB	Keilor St Bernards	917
COL	Collingwood	753
WTN	Williamstown	651

AVSL Round 9 Results:

Grade	Discipline	Distance	Name	Performance	Wind	Points	Notes
F20	Run	400	Alessandra Flynn	58.47		(467)
F20	Run	400	Emma Peak	75.14		(192)
F20	Discus		Emma Peak	17.99m		(255)	1kg
F20	Shot Put		Emma Peak	5.61m		(173)	4kg
F20	Triple Jump		Emma Peak	7.43m		(0)	Score Limit
F18	Run	400	Zoe Cowlishaw	69.23		(278)
F18	Run	1500	Alanna Turner	6:04.4h		(209)
F18	Discus		Jasmine Smith	22.27m		(356)	1kg
F18	Shot Put		Sanne Bakker	7.02m		(245)	3kg
F18	Shot Put		Jasmine Smith	6.69m		(222)	3kg
F16	Run	100	Lucy Jordan	16.44	-0.8	(187)
F16	Run	400	Shakira Harding	61.66		(472)
F16	Run	400	Olivia Collett	64.05		(424)
F16	Run	1500	Lucy Jordan	6:58.5h		(175)
F16	Hurdles	100	Shakira Harding	16.11	0	(0)
F16	Hurdles	400	Eliza Chivers	78.97		(238)	76cm
F16	Discus		Kara Ilardi	16.50m		(301)	1kg
F16	Javelin		Jessica Nolan	34.12m		(509)	500g
F16	Javelin		Jessica Nolan	35.63m		(0)	INV. ; 500g
F16	Shot Put		Kara Ilardi	7.30m		(338)	3kg
F14	Hurdles	90	Jamison Harding	13.83	0	(493)	76cm
F14	Hammer		Lula Parrott	29.95m		(403)	3kg
F14	Javelin		Lula Parrott	21.40m		(401)	400g
F14	Pole Vault		Jamison Harding	3.20m		(0)	INV.
F40	Run	100	Wendy Smith	16		(194)
F40	Run	100	Renee Reardon	17.12	-3	(168)
F40	Run	400	Kim Peak	01:40.4		(0)	Score Limit
F40	Walk	1500	Kim Peak	10:21.7h		(357)
F40	Walk	1500	Laura McLennan	9:10.1h		(397)
F40	Discus		Laura McLennan	19.24m		(336)	1kg
F40	Discus		Wendy Smith	16.29m		(278)	1kg
F40	Discus		Kim Peak	13.35m		(269)	1kg
F40	Javelin		Sue Kilmartin	13.96m		(256)	500g
F40	Long Jump		Vanessa Drew	2.45m	2.4	(128)
F40	Shot Put		Laura McLennan	7.01m		(333)	4kg
F40	Shot Put		Wendy Smith	6.58m		(303)	4kg
F40	Shot Put		Kim Peak	5.66m		(237)	3kg
F40	Shot Put		Renee Reardon	5.13m		(167)	4kg
MOP	Run	200	Kevin Rassool	21.64	-0.1	(493)
MOP	Run	800	David Mitchell	2:33.2h		(195)
M20	Run	200	Alexander Rowlands	25.06	0	(318)
M20	Run	800	Alexander Rowlands	2:20.8h		(274)
M18	Run	100	Brodie Mierisch	11.78	0.1	(424)
M18	Run	100	Anthony Jordan	12.05	0.5	(0)	T47
M18	Run	400	Lachlan Reynolds	52.28		(450)
M18	Run	1500	Luca Scholes-Robertson	4:05.4h		(490)
M18	Run	1500	Liam McLennan	4:29.7h		(403)
M18	Run	1500	Jacob Tymms	4:44.3h		(333)
M18	Discus		Brodie Mierisch	40.73m		(481)	1.5kg
M18	Shot Put		Liam McLennan	9.70m		(396)	5kg
M18	Shot Put		Brodie Mierisch	10.33m		(411)	5kg
M16	Run	400	Will Katic	51.9		(490)
M16	Run	400	Christian Zapris	53.09		(467)
M16	Long Jump		Max McCool	5.20m		(396)
M16	Pole Vault		Felix Hattwich	3.05m		(373)
M14	Run	200	Joshua Kilmartin	37.16	-4.1	(145)
M14	Run	1500	Harry Maddocks	4:46.7h		(413)
M14	Run	1500	Lewis McLennan	6:14.2h		(0)	Score Limit
M14	Walk	1500	Lewis McLennan	8:31.1h		(395)
M14	Discus		Lewis McLennan	17.97m		(204)	1kg
M14	Javelin		Joshua Kilmartin	14.73m		(178)	600g
M14	Long Jump		Joshua Kilmartin	3.37m		(187)
M14	Shot Put		Lewis McLennan	7.14m		(188)	3kg
M40	Run	100	Paul Mierisch	12.1	-0.5	(420)
M40	Run	200	David Firth	25.31	0.8	(415)
M40	Run	200	Warren Hattwich	27.4	-1.7	(336)
M40	Run	200	Graham Ford	33.9	-3.9	(0)	Score Limit
M40	Run	400	Paul Mierisch	54.83		(447)
M40	Run	400	David Vaughan	62.32		(376)
M40	Run	1500	David Vaughan	4:43.6h		(461)
M40	Run	1500	Campbell McLennan	4:57.7h		(371)
M40	Steeple	3000	John Curry	13:44.1h		(234)	LS. ; 91cm
M40	Hurdles	300	Graham Ford	60.58		(247)	76cm
M40	Discus		David Vaughan	20.43m		(0)	Score Limit
M40	Discus		Campbell McLennan	26.26m		(340)	1.5kg
M40	Hammer		Warren Hattwich	13.08m		(0)	Score Limit
M40	Hammer		Graham Ford	19.12m		(315)	4kg
M40	Hammer		David Firth	39.16m		(465)	7.26kg
M40	Javelin		Graham Ford	16.81m		(267)	500g
M40	Javelin		Darryl Kilmartin	18.19m		(241)	700g
M40	Javelin		David Firth	37.47m		(450)	800g
M40	Long Jump		Warren Hattwich	3.97m		(251)
M40	Long Jump		Darryl Kilmartin	3.61m		(227)
M40	Pole Vault		Warren Hattwich	2.45m		(274)
M40	Pole Vault		Darryl Kilmartin	2.15m		(247)
M40	Pole Vault		Jim Poulter	2.00m		(314)
M40	Shot Put		David Vaughan	7.72m		(402)	6kg
M40	Shot Put		Campbell McLennan	9.42m		(429)	6kg
M40	Shot Put		Paul Mierisch	8.09m		(402)	7.26kg

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