AVSL ROUND 7

Doncaster Newsletter

Round 7 – 16/12/2023

Saturday December 16 saw DAC athletes travel to either Meadowglen (Epping), or Frankston to compete in AVSL Round 7.  Numbers were down for all clubs as members start their Christmas breaks, or finish preparations!  The program was a mix of interesting and different track distances (e.g. 150m, 1000m), and so opportunities to test yourself and achieve a PB!  A number of DAC members stepped in to assist with volunteer duties – thank you to Sue & Darryl Kilmartin, Kath Gawthorn, Kim & Emma Peak, Andrew Parrott, Kaiden Levy, and Lydia Rinaudo.

This round saw some excellent performances – a number of athletes scored over 400 points in individual events, Jessica Nolan (U16) topped the list with 517 points and a massive javelin throw of 40.96m!  Jessica had a busy day competing in 4 events and was among the top MVAs (“Most Valuable Athletes”) in the state – 1194 points from 3 events.  Lydia Rinaudo and Kamil Hegazi were outstanding in the 1000m and 3000m (over 400 points in each), whilst Laura McLennan and Darryl Kilmartin scored highly in their shot put (402 and 409 points, respectively).  A number of the male sprinters and middle-distance athletes carved up the track – Kaedin Levy and Kevin Rassool were close to 500 points in the 150m, and Luca Scholes-Robertson was among the quickest males over 1000m (456 points).  Joel Denny was inspirational; tripping and tumbling in the 1000m with 400m to go, promptly getting to his feet and finishing in 2:48 and 440 points!  Campbell McLennan had son Hamish chasing him down – this pushed him to 3.01 and 430 points in the 1000m, whilst David Vaughan slipped under the radar by running at Frankston.  He ran a quality 3000m (10:40.1 and 443 points).  Eliza Chivers (U18) was busy with 4 events and 4 solid performances.  Of DAC club results, 4 McLennans were all in the top 10 MVAs; in attendance – Campbell, Laura, Hamish and Lewis!  Campbell led the way with 1244 points, and was our top athlete for Round 7!  Other athletes to score over 1000 points were Jessica Nolan, Darryl Kilmartin, and Lydia Rinaudo.  The combination of numbers and many excellent performances had DAC in 8^th position on the Premier Division ladder for Round 7.

Full results are provided below.  Refer to Resultshub for more details.  Congratulations to All on their efforts!