This week was the Victorian Relay Championships, and the Doncaster 40+ teams did well. The women were the standouts, being the only DAC team to win. Competing against a strong team from Chilwell, Renee Reardon pulled back a 40 metre deficit and burst through down the final straight to give Laura McLennan a 30 metre lead. Against a much faster opponent, Laura was then able to hold on for a courageous win. The women also picked up two bronze medals.
The men found the opposition much stronger this year. Essendon had a much stronger team than last year in the 40+, and DAC did well to come away with two silvers. Box Hill had been recruiting this year, and ended up breaking the Victorian record for the 50+ 4×400. Our 50+ team had only one sprinter, and marathon runner, Rod De Highden, made a valiant effort to try and catch the third place team in the 4×100 to pull a hamstring, and so was unable to complete his leg in the distance medley.
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F40 |
4x100m |
68.87 |
(3rd) |
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(Renee Reardon, Kim Peak, Wendy Smith, Laura Mclennan) Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFFOqqi88w&t=15750s |
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F40 |
4x400m |
05:21.25 |
(1st) |
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(Wendy Smith, Kate Downward, Renee Reardon, Laura Mclennan) Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFFOqqi88w&t=10943s |
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F40 |
Distance Medley |
17:30.83 |
(3rd) |
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(Laura Mclennan, Allison Parrott, Renee Reardon, Kate Downward) Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFFOqqi88w&t=22096s |
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M40 |
4x100m |
50.23 |
(2nd) |
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(David Firth, Mark Howard, Adrian Patti, Paul Mierisch) Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFFOqqi88w&t=16286s |
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M40 |
4x400m |
04:01.53 |
(2nd) |
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(David Firth, Adrian Patti, Mark Howard, Paul Mierisch) Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFFOqqi88w&t=11500s |
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M40 |
Distance Medley |
13:22.94 |
(4th) |
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(David Firth, Paul Mierisch, Jason Merrett, Adrian Patti) Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFFOqqi88w&t=20717s |
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M50 |
4x100m |
58.24 |
(4th) |
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(Graham Ford, Darryl Kilmartin, Mark Purser, Roderic De Highden) Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFFOqqi88w&t=16051s |
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M50 |
4x400m |
04:44.69 |
(4th) |
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(Mark Purser, Darryl Kilmartin, Roderic De Highden, Graham Ford) Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFFOqqi88w&t=10311s |
Victorian Country Championships – 28/1/2022 to 30/1/202
Three Doncaster athletes went to Bendigo on the weekend for the Country Championships and did Doncaster proud. Jim Poulter, having equalled the Australian pole vault record recently, now has it to himself. Of course he was competing in the M60 section.
Grade |
Discipline |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
Wind |
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M40+ |
Run |
100 |
Paul Mierisch |
12.83 |
-3 |
2nd |
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M50+ |
Run |
800 |
Navid Rashid |
02:35.3 |
4th |
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M80+ |
Pole Vault |
Jim Poulter |
2.00m |
3rd |
(Australian Record) |
AVSL is at Aberfeldie and Casey this week, so make sure you get your entries in!