A great week of club records, PBs and team results!
Aiden Robert’s U20 1500m club record of 3:48.16 at Milers on Thursday night was the first of a swag of club records and PBs for the week.
Kevin Healy once again smashed his U17 and U18 Hammer (5Kg) records with 58.88m and the U17 shot put with a massive14.27m at Nunawadding. Kevin was the state’s top points scorer with a total of 1589.
Thirteen year old Khushnoor Rangi established a club U14 and U16 pole vault record with a jump of 2.35m. Her sister Sukhnoor also excelled with 2.20m jump. Both girls qualified for Nationals with these performances.
Sukhnoor also qualified for Nationals with her 32.18m javelin throw! Great work girls!
A pole vault PB to Jade Guglielmino with 4.30m. Jade hopes to go even higher at the next meet. Big brother Marcus ran a 200m PB at Geelong last week with 21.88.
Noah Hijazi ran a 5 second PB in the 400m with 55.78s.
A big thanks to all the members, parents and friends of the club who helped with setting up, packing up and acting as club helpers. We will be launching an online system in the near future where you will be able to plan when you can give an hour or two to the club….watch this space.
Special mention to Matt Cobain whose daughter Jayme -Lee joined during the week; Matt helped out at the discus, along with Tony Spagnolo, Ilana Grandine, Nicole Jovanovic, Anna Neethling, Tania Hardin, Ian Newey (Red & Blacks), Maggie Armstrong (Aberfeldie Masters), Andrea Kewish, Vishnu Satish, Brett Newton (again!), Tatjana Weikhardt and Joanne McDowall (Red & Black), along with Max Warlow and 8 of the 40+ squad.
ESS again topped Premier division and dominated scoring in Yellow Zone.
MVA
Kevin Healy 1589 points, Jamison Towers 1454, Maz Strong 1391, Sukhnoor Rangi 1235, Khushnoor Rangi 1201 and Ellie Kewish 1100points were among our big point scorers.
100m
Ilana Grandine 12.46s (451points), Joel Cuzzi 11.50s (432)
400m
Vishnu Satish (taking it easy!) 51.59 (439), Chris Lim 51.33 (433), M14 Arden Stevens 57.92 (424), Noah Hijazi 55.78 (417), F14 Jayme- Lee Cobain 67.95 (401)
1500m
The club welcomed back Janine Higham after battling calf and hip injuries for a number of years. Her 1500m in 6:24 earned 466 points.
Jayme -Lee Cobain in her first run with the club ran 5:33 for 357 points.
Mark Carey 5:27.7 (351) and Jonathan Brown 4:46 (348) got on the track for the first time this season, while new member, Ben Rowse 4:32.7 (328) impressed first up. Another newcomer, Andre Botoulas 4:46.1 (269) ran his first 1500…so as coach Gaff said, “that’s a PB”.
Walk
Danny Hawksworth 14:43 (461) and Brian Anderson 19:20 (405)
Long Jump
Emily Portaro 5.72(508 points), Mel Foster 5.63 (507), Harrison Williams a massive 7.10 (484), Zara Keca 5.82 (471), Arden Stevens 5.07 (433), Cath Mendes 5.39 (426) and Amanda Wrout 4.48 (410) were amongst the best results.
Triple Jump
Tesia Haggai 10.85 (488) and Cooper Cavallo 12.07 (418). Both at Nunawading, while Jamison Towers 10.00 (469) and Liam Glew 13.15 (465) jumped at Geelong
High Jump
Jamison Towers 1.60m (547)
Pole Vault
Jade Guglielmino 4.30 (467), Matt Hosie 4.45 (466), K. Rangi 2.35 (377), S Rangi 2.20 (332)
Javelin
Sukhnoor Rangi 32.18 (498), Khushnoor Rangi 26.40 (451)
Shot Put
Kevin Healy 14.29 (511)
Discus
Kevin Healy 44.58 (526), Mackenzie Leith 49.12 (507), Victoria Entwitle-Hardeman 34.86 (461) and Hannah Brodie 32.25 (445)
Hammer
Kevin Healy 58.88m (552)
Round Wrap up!
WHAT’S ON NEXT?
Vic Country Champs at Ballarat next weekend; Vic Relays on the following week (entries closed)
Round 6 (Doncaster) Feb 6, Round 7 (Back at Aberfeldie) Feb 13.
We will need three Club Helpers at the discus (all day), 1 at the track wind gauge (just during the 100m) and two helpers to move and adjust the hurdles and steeples.