Australian Representative Alert!
Our very own Bianca Puglisi (FOP) has been selected to don the green & gold & represent Australia at the World Uni Cross Country Games in Muscat, Oman (think Dubai for this location!) These Championships take place on 18 Feb 2024 & we wish Bianca every bit of luck & success for this incredible milestone in her athletics career & congratulations to her ever hard-working & proud coach, our own, Frances Lipscombe.
New Record Alert!
Congratulations are in order – again! – this time to Ela Uzun (F14) who just keeps improving as we head towards the pointy end of the summer season! Ela raced the 3000m walk last weekend in Doncaster & smashed the State Record for FU13/14/15 as well as the Athletics Essendon record for women U13-Open! Well done Ela & team.
AIS Sport Performance Awards
To our incredible W50+ athlete, Maz Strong who continues to impress with a final 5 finish in the AIS Sport Performance Awards for female para-athlete of the year!! Massive kudos Maz, that is just amazing & we are proud to call you our own!!
AVSL Round 8 – Recap
Round 8 PB’s
We love and welcome when coaches share PB’s with us! Keep the results coming our way! This week the spotlight is on the following athletes who recorded PB’s –
- Chase Jardine M16 – 400m 61.56
- Samual Duncan M18 – 3000m steeple 11:09.28
- Charlotte Jackson F18 – 3000m steeple 12:01.98(NQ)
- Audrey Savage F20 – 800m – 2:24:54
- Charlotte Gray F20 – 800m – 2:30:18
- Havana Ali F14 – 3000m walk – 16:06
- Archer Bramble M16 – 800m – 2:06.54
- Charlie Morton M16 – 800m – 2:24.51
- Elijah Marshall M14 – 800m – 2:12.48
Awesome work to these athletes, their coaches and teams & to all others consistently achieving PB’s as the AVSL season rolls on!
Individual event 500+ pointers
There was an abundance in mega point performances from round 8 & many of these achieved the highest performing position in their age group in Victoria. Head over to Results Hub for all results, but here are the standouts from last weekend –
- Ela Uzun – 3000m walk – 13:36 – 560
- Kevin Healy – hammer – 63.46m – 541
- Anna Kasapis – 800m – 2:18.59 – 541
- Lesley Mendekia – 200m – 21.69 –526
- Macca Leith – discus – 46.70m –525
- Harrison Williams – long jump – 7.62m – 519
- Jude Barrett – 2000m steeple – 6:34.23 – 516
- Mikeala Selaidinakos – 400m – 53.91 – 514
- Mel Foster – long jump – 5.34m – 508
- Josh Djatschenko – 100m – 11.42– 501
Vic best in their age groups
- Harry Williams – MOP long jump
- Mikeala Selaidinakos – WOP 400m
- Lesley Mendekia – M18 200m
- Kevin Healy – M20 hammer
- Macca Leith – M18 discus
- Charlotte Jackson – F18 steeple
- Alexander Carroll – M14 200 hurdles
- Khushnoor Rangi – F18 pole vault
- Zoe Edwards – F20 long jump
- Lara Sacaner – F18 800m
- Linda Caligiuri – F60 100m
- Amanda Wrout – F20 100m &long jump
- Audrey Savage – F20 – 800m
- Finn Dooley – M16 high jump
Round 8 Most Valuable Athlete saw Macca Leith finish on top for another week with a magnificent 1436 points – look out Aus Champs!!
We have climbed to no. 3 on the AVSL Premier Division ladder! Although the top spot might not be in reach, PLEASE NOTE: Our Powerplay is being utilised in Round 11, Saturday 10 February at Aberfeldie! We will earn double club points on this date so get on board & help get as many points for the club as we can!! Let’s finish strong!
REACH OUT
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if there is anything we missed, by sending our secretary Rebecca an email at secretary@athleticsessendon.org.au.
