Doncaster Newsletter
The Shield Final at Lakeside was an exciting day. The Men’s under 14 team battled hard all day and a successful relay pulled them up from third to second. With many of them moving into under 16 next year, this should make that team more competitive. The 40+ Men improved on their two previous appearances at Shield Final to finish 7th, the Under 18 Women were hurt by a lack of field event representatives but managed to finish 9th while the Under 16 Men were severely undermanned but all members of the team put their best foot forward all day and the Open Men were hit hard by injuries but still managed to put in some great performances.
Men’s Open Division 1
|
Glenhuntly |
GHY |
13516 |
|
Melbourne Uni |
MUU |
11128 |
|
Nunawading |
ANW |
10634 |
|
Essendon |
ESS |
9794 |
|
Box Hill |
BOH |
9124 |
|
Collingwood |
COL |
7707 |
|
Mentone |
MEN |
7204 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
3606 |
Men’s 40+
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
11166 |
|
Box Hill |
BOH |
9884 |
|
Glenhuntly |
GHY |
9705 |
|
Essendon |
ESS |
9026 |
|
Bendigo Region |
BER |
8894 |
|
Vic Masters |
VMA |
8231 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
8015 |
|
Keilor St Bernards |
KSB |
6755 |
|
Mornington |
MPA |
5644 |
|
Ballarat Region |
BAR |
1784 |
|
Geelong Region |
GER |
404 |
Men’s Under 16
|
Box Hill |
BOH |
8939 |
|
Keilor St Bernards |
KSB |
7668 |
|
Western Athletics |
WES |
7410 |
|
Mentone |
MEN |
6602 |
|
Casey Cardinia |
CCA |
6392 |
|
Old Scotch |
OSC |
4479 |
|
Bendigo Region |
BER |
4125 |
|
Geelong Region |
GER |
3734 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
2627 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
2512 |
|
Ballarat Region |
BAR |
2199 |
Men’s Under 14
|
Mornington |
MPA |
5472 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
5235 |
|
Wyndham |
WYN |
5204 |
|
Essendon |
ESS |
5115 |
|
Geelong Region |
GER |
4199 |
|
Bendigo Region |
BER |
2894 |
|
Ringwood |
RWD |
2496 |
|
St Kevins |
STK |
2442 |
|
Knox |
KNA |
1666 |
|
Collingwood |
COL |
1342 |
|
Ballarat Region |
BAR |
1108 |
Women’s Under 20
|
Mentone |
MEN |
6315 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
5316 |
|
Knox |
KNA |
3778 |
|
Old Xaverians |
OLX |
1256 |
|
Geelong Region |
GER |
888 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
436 |
Women’s Under 18
|
Nunawading |
ANW |
7053 |
|
Sandringham |
SAN |
6759 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
5366 |
|
Western Athletics |
WES |
5226 |
|
Glenhuntly |
GHY |
4704 |
|
Bendigo Region |
BER |
4686 |
|
Essendon |
ESS |
4484 |
|
St Kevins |
STK |
3135 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
3085 |
|
Geelong Region |
GER |
2379 |
Results:
Men’s Open
100 metres: Conrad Coumaros 11.24 (455), Liam Procaccino 11.33 (446), Christian Christopher 12.07 (352)
400 metres: Liam Procaccino 48.77 (503) (1st), Daniel Minz (484) (2nd), Conrad Coumaros 50.98 (454)
1500 metres: Caleb Sinn 4:10.8 (434), David Mitchell 4:50.6 (244)
Javelin Throw David Mitchell 22.24 (234)
Men’s 40+
100 metres: David Firth 12.36 (398), Paul Mierisch 12.42 (389), Warren Hattwich 13.29 (321), Darryl Kilmartin 14.67 (210)
400 metres: David Firth 56.48 (412), Campbell Mclennan 58.59 (411), Paul Mierisch 56.71 (407), Warren Hattwich 63.24 (290)
1500 metres: Campbell Mclennan 4:33.7 (458), Leighton Kearney 5:00.6 (279), Darryl Kilmartin 5:37.9 (252), Graham Ford 7:31.7 (160)
100 metres hurdles: Graham Ford 21.97 (316), Darryl Kilmartin 22.21 (194)
3000 metres Steeple: John Curry 13:16.2 (393)
4 x 100 Relay: Doncaster (Warren Hattwich, David Firth, Paul Mierisch and Campbell McLennan) 49.60 (364) (2nd)
Discus Throw: Graham Ford 27.77 (454) (eq 2nd), Paul Mierisch 30.59 (418)
Javelin Throw: David Firth 38.71 (442), Warren Hattwich 29.22 (403)
Long Jump: Paul Mierisch 4.69 (326), Warren Hattwich 4.19 (281)
Pole Vault: Darryl Kilmartin 2.20 (264), Warren Hattwich 1.90 (173)
Men’s Under 16
100 metres: Lachlan Parrott 12.33 (308), Thomas Reynolds 12.42 (294)
400 metres: Thomas Reynolds 57.22 (287), Lachlan Parrott 62.30 (198)
1500 metres: Luke Sinn 4:16.2 (412) (3rd), Caleb Mclennan 4:32.9 (323)
Discus Throw: Owen Rice 52.30 (473) (1st)
Long Jump: Lachlan Parrott 5.25 (332)
Men’s Under 14
100 metres: Kai Sapolu 13.55 (191), Lachlan Marasco 13.85 (185), Lachlan Reynolds 13.95 (183), Matthew Parrott 14.84 (165)
400 metres: Benjamin Purser 59.84 (236), Lachlan Marasco 62.33 (197), Kai Sapolu 63.51 (193)
1500 metres: Benjamin Purser 4:37.2 (299), Remy Williams 4:51.3 (242), Ashton Sinn 4:54.3 (230), Charlie Oakley 5:33.7 (167)
90 hurdles: Kai Sapolu 15.01 (271) (2nd)
2000 metres steeplechase: Benjamin Purser 6:52.8 (418) (3rd, Club Record), Charlie Oakley 8:33.9 (222)
2000 metres walk: Liam Mclennan 10:24.0 (361) (3rd)
4 x 100 Relay: Doncaster (Lachlan Marasco, Matthew Parrott, Ben Purser and Kai Sapolu) 53.27 (200) (2nd)
Discus Throw: Kai Sapolu 30.68 (309), Brodie Mierisch 24.01 (199)
Javelin Throw: Kai Sapolu 25.12 (227)
Long Jump: Kai Sapolu 4.96 (285), Matthew Parrott 4.28 (188)
Pole Vault: Kai Sapolu 2.80 (267)
Women’s Under 20
1500 metres: Melissa Niewoudt 4:50.6 (436)
Women’s Under 18
100 metres: Alessia Wynne 13.20 (415), Rebecca Munyard 13.52 (377), Alana Mierisch 14.25 (273)
400 metres: Joanna O’Connell 60.42 (427), Chiara Bakker 65.60 (323)
1500 metres: Hannah Williams 4:51.6 (433), Alissa Ramsdale 4:56.02 (420), Jessica Ng 4:56.8 (417)
Throughout the day there were many notable performances across the age groups:
- Ben Purser breaking the club record in the Under 14 2000m Steeple by 7 seconds while Charlie Oakley ran an 11 second Personal Best in the same race. Ben backed up in the 1500m, then ran a Personal Best in the 400m and finished off the day by running the third leg of the 4x100m
- Alissa Ramsdale (U18), Luke Sinn and Caleb McLennan (both U16) all ran Personal Best performances in the 1500m, perfect lead up to this weekend’s state championships
- Darryl Kilmartin (40+) getting Personal Bests in all four of his events (100m Hurdles, 1500m, Pole Vault and 100m)
- Kai Sapolu continued his recent run of super form by equalling his Personal Best in the Under 14 Pole Vault
- And despite being the only Open Men’s representatives, Conrad Coumaros, Liam Procaccino and Christian Christopher all won their heats of the 100m, Liam also won the 400m a few hours later
We would like to say a huge thank you to the parents who assisted not only throughout the day but throughout the season with our club helper duties. With your help the program is able to run on time, with minimal delays and your assistance is greatly appreciated by DAC, AV and all the officials who give their time to make the competitions happen.
Next season will hopefully be another positive year with our Under 16 Men’s team to benefit from most of our Under 14’s coming up and the Under 18 Women’s team will be in a similar boat with several promising athletes coming up, our 40+ Men are aiming to continue their positive upward trend while both Open teams will be looking to improve and we are looking at entering teams in the 40+ Women’s and Under 20 Men’s competitions.
With many DAC athletes in action over the next two weeks at the Victorian Track & Field Championships as well as the Victorian Masters Championships and the Australian Championships the club is poised to finish the 2018/19 season on a successful note.
Thank you and good luck to all members
Doncaster Athletic Club
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