AVSL Round 2

Doncaster Newsletter 

AVSL Round 2 – 14/10/2023

After the slow opening round, Doncaster came back with a vengeance on their home ground, coming third behind the might of Diamond Valley and Eaglehawk, and well ahead of Essendon, who won two years ago. Almost every division climbed the ladder, with the Women’s Under 14 coming second in the state to Eaglehawk, ahead of Diamond Valley.  

Jessica Nolan was our highest scoring athlete with 506 for her Javelin with Emily McKinley scoring 504 for her Shot Put, 485 for her Discus and 484 for her Javelin.  With these scores, Emily McKinley was easily our highest aggregate winner with 1,473 with Allegria Basile on 1,311, Campbell McLennan on 1,295, Brodie Mierisch on 1,272, Lewis McLennan on 1,097 and Sofia Marmarasturner on 1,072. It is particularly pleasing to see so many of our younger athletes scoring well in multiple events. 

The day was blustery, but a tailwind at Tom Kelly Athletic track favored the sprinters on the front straight!  The middle-distance runners and 400m athletes had their work cut out for them!  4 relay teams featured for DAC, and it was great to see a number of newcomers, and returned athletes having the confidence to step out on the track!  Welcome to our Newcomers; Zachery Wong, Sophie Field, Christal Xie, Samaya Uecker, Katrina Cheung, Sofia Marmarasturner, Giselle Uecker, Teiva Levy, Olivia Collett, Talise Botha, Eamon Wright, Hayden Lloyd, Riley Neecowen and Kamil Hegazi, great to have you join us!

Congratulations to All who competed in Round 2!  It was great to see more athletes back in action!  A huge thank you to a number of members who stepped forward to assist as volunteer officials.  Some of them assisted the entire day, others competed and assisted in between events; Graham Ford, Sera Basile, Kath Gawthorn, Julie O’Neil, Wendy Smith, Dave Mitchell, Emma Peake, Vanessa Botha, Matt Christie, Darryl Kilmartin, Campbell McLennan, Andrew Parrott, and Alessia Wynne.  It was a huge team effort!  We hope to see everyone again in Round 3. 

Congratulations to the following athletes who finished in the top 10 in the state: 

MOpen: 1500m Eamon Wright (5th), 4×100 relay Doncaster (4th) 

M40+: 100m Gerald Brown (4th) Sean Peters (4th), 400m Gerald Brown (3rd) Paul Mierisch (5th), 1500m David Vaughan (3rd) Campbell McLennan (5th) Mark Purser (6th), 5000m John Curry (4th), 4×100 relay (4th), Javelin Throw Campbell McLennan (3rd) 

M20: Javelin Throw Hayden Lloyd (1st) 

M18: 100m Brodie Mierisch (7th), 400m Riley Neecowen (1st) Ryan O’Neil-Parker (3rd) Brodie Mierisch (4th), 1500m Kamil Hegazi (4th) 

M16: 1500m Harry Maddocks (7th), 4×100 relay (4th) 

M14: Javelin Throw Lewis McLennan (1dt), Discus Throw Zander Botha (2nd) Lewis McLennan (7th) 

WOpen: Long Jump Alessia Wynne (1st), High Jump Alessia Wynne (1st) 

W40+ 800m Deb Garden (4th), 1500m Lydia Rynaldo (4th), Sue Kilmartin (6th), Javelin Throw Sue Kilmartin (2nd) Laura McLennan (3rd) 

W20: 400m Alessandra Flynn (1st) 

W18: 400m Samaya Uecker (4th), High Jump Eliza Chivers (eq 5th), Discus Throw Jasmine Smith (8th) 

W16: 100m Katrina Cheung (9th), 400m Olivia Collett (5th) Sofia Marmarasturner (6th), 4×100 relay (3rd), Javelin Jessica Nolan (1st),  

W14: 100m Talise Bothat (5th), 1500m Madelaine Kearney (3rd), Long Jump Allegria Basile (4th), Javelin Throw Emily McKinley (1st) Allegria Basile (3rd), Shot Put Emily McKinley (1st), Discus Throw Emily McKinley (1st) Allegria Basile (2nd), 

DAC Club Results 

Premier Division 

Open Men (18 out of 40) 

Men’s 40+ (5 out of 42) 

Men’s Under 20 (27 out of 28) 

Men’s Under 18 (7 out of 34) 

Men’s Under 16 (8 out of 36) 

Men’s Under 14 (10 out of 25) 

Open Women (18 out of 34) 

Women’s 40+ (6 out of 31) 

Women’s Under 20 (7 out of 18) 

Women’s Under 18 (19 out of 38) 

Women’s Under 16 (6 out of 34) 

Women’s Under 14 (2 out of 26) 

Individual Results: