New Year’s Edition
Welcome to the first newsletter for 2024 and we hope your year is filled with health, happiness & success!! While some of us have been enjoying a break from work and school, our season has not been resting! We have lots of results to report on, so grab a comfy seat, pop your glasses on and let’s go…
Firstly, we would like to invite you all to SAVE THE DATE for our End of Year Presentation Day & BBQ on Sunday, 5 May at the Buckley Park Bowls Club, Essendon from 12pm.
Further details to follow.
Movers, Shakers and Record Breakers
We would like to kick off 2024 by taking the opportunity to celebrate the following incredible record breakers, who we haven’t yet celebrated!
Club Record Breaker:
In November 2023, whilst competing at Vic Milers, Molly Bremner broke the Club’s F14 record for 3000m with her time of 10:28.62!
State Record Breaker:
In December 2023 whilst competing in Queensland, Maddox Wilson broke the U16 State Heptathlon record with a score of 4666!
Well done Molly and Maddox! Wishing both these incredible athletes all the very best in the year ahead. Keep up the awesome work in 2024.
Vic Milers – 21 December 2023
We had a huge turnout at the last Vic Milers for 2023, held at the home of PB’s, Box Hill. Of the 33 athletes who raced, a massive 19 achieved PB’s!! If you would like to know all the individual results, please take a look at your AV Results Hub here.
We had the following athletes record personal bests:
800m –
- Madigan Carroll – 2:17.02 – 0.6 sec PB
- Charlotte Gray – 2:34.21 – 3.5 sec PB
- Jesse Lumby – 2:01.47 – 1 sec PB
- Oscar Lichter – 2:02.60 – 4 sec PB
- Isaac Faure – 2:10.17 – 0.7 sec PB
- Lenny Gray – 2:28.12 – 6.5 sec PB
- Darcy Parker – 2:05.16 – 14 sec PB
- Elijah Marshall – 2:14.43 – PB
1500m –
- Audrey Savage – 4:52.76 – 7 sec PB
- Ela Uzun – 5:01.54 – 12 sec PB
- Saana Jayasinghe – 5:01.87 – 5.5 sec PB
- Havana Ali – 5:43.43 – 27 sec PB
- Jonty Neethling – 4:06.71 – 4 sec PB
- Samual Duncan – 4:27.22 – 3.5 sec PB
- Archer Bramble – 4:27.40 – 3 sec PB
- Noah Tarallo – 4:27.63 – 0.5 sec PB
- Lukas Harris – 4:27.98 – 1.5 sec PB
- Jude Barrett – 4:43.15 – 29 sec PB
- Chase Jardine – 4:53.61 – 24 sec PB
Congratulations to Club coaches, Gregor & Mark on your squad’s fantastic results & to all members who raced!
Rare Air
Geelong, 23 December 2023
Our champion pole vaulting twins competed at the specialist Pole Vault meet held at Landy Field two days before Christmas with Sukhnoor Rangi achieving a Season’s Best of 3.65. Twin sister, Khushnoor Rangi had her first jump after sustaining an injury at State All Schools but luck was not on her side with a no measure recorded. Well done girls, you’re commitment is admirable!
Lakeside, 6 January 2024
The Rangi twins jumped into the new year with another successful meet last weekend!
Sukhnoor continued with her consistent form, recording another solid jump of 3.65m, while Khushnoor returned to form, with an encouraging 3.50m leap. Excellent work girls!
State Combined Event Championships – 6/7 January 2024
The best of the best multi-eventers came out to play last weekend to contest state titles across several age groups in the Decathlon & Heptathlon. Essendon didn’t disappoint with 3 golds & 3 bronze finishers – not bad from 10 starters!
Congratulations to all athletes & their ‘teams’ especially considering the good old Melbourne weather turning on all four seasons over the weekend, going from 35 degrees on Saturday to torrential rain Sunday at midday!
Gold –
- Macca Leith M20 – 5683 points
- Jamison Towers F18 – 4426 points (& U18 Essendon record!)
- Ella Leith F16 – 4855 points (u16 Club Record!)
Bronze –
- Maddox Wilson – M18 – 5755 points
- Sasha Jurson – F18 – 4071 points
- Kristian Lakusa – M50+ – 2651 points
Other Results:
- Alicia Gec – F18 – 2628 points – 13th
- Sienna Gec – F16 – 3574 points – 5th
- Hannah Gec – F16 – 3075 points – 10th
AVSL
Round 8, Saturday 13 January
Entries close at 12pm tomorrow, Wednesday 10 January. Enter Here. Let’s keep chasing that higher position on the AVSL ladder & get as many entries in as possible!
PLEASE NOTE: Our Powerplay is being utilised in Round 11, 10 February at Aberfeldie!
REACH OUT
We would love to see snaps of our athletes in action! Please share your photos with us by sending them to secretary@athleticsessendon.org.au.
Otherwise don’t hesitate to reach out if there is anything we missed, by sending our secretary Rebecca an email at secretary@athleticsessendon.org.au.
