AVSL ROUND 6

Doncaster Newsletter

Round 6 – 1/12/2023

With AVSL returning to our Tom Kelly track, DAC climbed up the ladder to finish fifth in Premier Division on Friday night. The big improvers were the M14 team; Zander Botha topped the state in all three of his events,  however, newcomer Ashok Sinnadurai and Lewis McLennan also stepped up to the mark. It was an exciting Friday evening, with a lot of irregular distance running events, so opportunities for new PBs!  The Open men’s relay teams were boosted by Paul Mierisch (40+) joining Brodie, for a Donnie Father and Son combination!  Hayden Lloyd (U20) stepped up to join Declan Brown-Porteous, and Zoe Garden (U14) ran in the open women’s relay!  Campbell McLennan (50+) stepped down to Open competition, and was joined by Tom Steinman (U18) to make one of the 12 DAC 2 x 100m relay teams.  Campbell also competed in the High Jump for the first time in about 6 years.  Hamish McLennan (U16) established a new High Jump PB, trying the Fosby Flop for the first time!  The Women’s 40+ team finished 4^th in the state, this resulting from efforts by all the ladies who participated where they could; the W40+ team a strong and supportive group, and big asset to DAC!   

With a number of our top athletes resting prior to the Zatopek the following night, the top athlete was young April Kosta with 493 for her 60 metres, just ahead of Zachary Wong with 492 for his. The top four scores were for the 60 metres, with Alessia Wynne scoring 475 and Kaedin Levy scoring 465.  

Our most successful athlete was Zander Botha with 1,445 points. He was top M14 athlete in the state in the 60 metres, long jump and shot put, and third in the 600 metres, for which he didn’t score points (event limit). An amazing effort!   Not far behind was Campbell McLennan on 1,373 with Hayden Lloyd on 1,177, Sean Peters and Kim Peak on 1,082, Darryl Kilmartin on 1,057 and Lewis McLennan on 1,043.  

Conditions weren’t too bad for a night of athletics, and our fantastic competition standard lighting was appreciated!    Some of the 600m runners were saying “We ran into a head wind twice along the front straight!”  Hard yakka, but great job All!  A big shout, and thanks to those who volunteered on Friday night; the Lloyd family (Hayden, Christian and Karen) along with Oscar O’Connor were super helpful with the BBQ.  Deb Garden and Eamon Wright assisted with the shot, and Lydia Rinaudo, Kim & Emma Peak were invaluable in the clean-up.  Thanks to Christian Zapris who operated the wind gauge.  Congratulations to all who participated!   

 Stats 

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

MOpen: 600m Eamonn White (4th) Oscar O’Connor (7th), 2×100 relay Doncaster A (Paul & Brodie Mierisch) (6th) Doncaster B (Declan Brown-Porteous; Hayden Lloyd) (9th) 

M40+: 60m Paul Mierisch (11th), 600m Campbell McLennan (5th), 2×100 relay Doncaster F (Justin Botha; Sean Peters) (2nd), Long Jump Darryl Kilmartin (11th), High Jump Campbell McLennan (3rd) 

M20: Long Jump Hayden Lloyd (7th) 

M16: 100m Zachary Wong (5th), 600m Joel Denny (7th), 2000 walk Hamish McLennan (1st) M14: 60m Zander Botha (1st), Mile Ashok Sinnadurai (9th), 2×100 relay Doncaster E  (Lewis McLennan; Zander Botha) (4th), 2000m walk Lewis McLennan (2nd), Long Jump Zander Botha (1st), Shot Put Zander Botha (1st),  

FOP: 60m Alessia Wynne (4th) Alana Mierisch (10th) 

W40+ 60m Wendy Smith (8th), 600m Deb Garden (9th), Mile Lydia Rinaudo (5th ), 2×100 relay Doncaster E  (Deb Garden; Kim Peak) (5th), 2000m walk Laura McLennan (9th), Hammer Throw Kim Peak (5th) 

W18: 600m Elisa Chivers (6th) 

W16: 600m Lucy Kearney (5th) 

W14: 60m April Kosta (2nd), 600m Madeleine Kearney (9th) 

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