NEWS

Weekly Wrap March 27th 2024

March 27, 2024
8:13 pm

Hello everyone! I hope all those athletes & their families, parents, friends, supporters, no longer competing for the season are enjoying a well-deserved rest & some down time! On the flip side, I trust all those athletes heading to Adelaide are managing to keep those end-of-season niggles under control & getting excited for the pinnacle of all their hard work & dedication as we head into the last two weeks of preparation before crossing the border for the Australian Championships, April 11-19. Go Athletics Essendon & Team Vic!!

BOX HILL BURN, 21/3/24

Firstly, a massive congrats to Anna Kasapis for breaking the Australian 1000m record for her age group, by a massive 3 SECONDS!! She blasted home in an incredible 3:00.4!! Well done Anna, what an amazing season you have had 🙂

Our superstar international cross country representative, Bianca Puglisi (Frances Lipscombe) ran another superlative race in the women’s 5000m A heat for a 2nd & a speedy 16:49.42 (PB). The very consistent Emily Mifsud, also ran in the A race to finish on a very respectable 19:07.75. Congratulations ladies.

Coach Mark Carey’s squad recorded some very promising performances with Charlotte Jackson, 3:02.89 over the 1000m (1 sec PB), Chase Jardine, 3:03.18 (1 sec PB) & Sam Duncan in his debut over the distance, chalking up a very respectable 2:43.67.

Other PB’s & results:

1000m women’s

B race

Charlotte Jackson – 6th/12 – 3:02.89 }
Rosa Barbanti – 10th/12 – 3:16.15 } Both PB’s

1000m men’s

C race

Archer Bramble – 2:47.16

D race

Sam Duncan – 2nd/11 – 2:43.67 }
Lucas Harris – 3rd/11 – 2:44.11. } Both PB’s

E race

Chase Jardine – 4th/8 – 3:03.18 PB

5000m men’s

A race

Charles Barrett – 15:02.15

B race

James Cruse – 15:17.43 PB

G race

Aiden Davis – 1st/18 – 16:23.79 PB
Jude Barrett – 11th/18 – 17:30.94 PB

Well done to every competitor & their coaches/teams & all the best for Nationals if making the trip over.

RARE AIR, HIGH VELOCITY, AV THROWERS, Doncaster 23/3/24

A handful of AE athletes turned out for a beautiful afternoon at the Tom Kelly Athletics Track, Doncaster & competed in a variety of events, including 200m, javelin, triple jump & discus. This was the second last specialist meet of the summer season with the last taking place at Lakeside on 6/3/24 (entries close midday 3/4/24).

200 – Sophia Gregorevic (Stephen Gaffney) with the win in heat 2, 25.03 (-0.7)
– Nina Lawson (Stephen Gaffney), 25.6 (-0.7)
– Jamison Towers, 27.33 (0.0)
– Vishnu Satish (Stephen Gaffney), 22.23 (0.8)
– Tarik Bello (Stephen Gaffney), 24.10 (0.0)
– Mark Giglio, 24.97 (0.0)

Jav – Macca Leith, 48.19m
– Jamison Towers, 31.21m

Discus – Macca Leith, 44.76m

TJ – Zoe Edwards (Alwyn Jones) took the win with a mighty 12.56m (0.0)

– Zara Keca (Alwyn Jones), 11.51m (1.3)
– Tesia Haggai (Alwyn Jones), 11.30m (0.0)
– Oluwapemi Akin Ojelabi (Alwyn Jones), 14.88m (1.7) jumping into 1st place
– Liam Glew (Alwyn Jones), 14.49 (0.0)

Some great results, well done everyone!

CHEMIST WAREHOUSE SYDNEY TRACK CLASSIC, Sydney, 23/3/24

Three of our very best AE athletes travelled up to the E.S. Marks Athletics Field, Sydney to compete against some of the best domestic & international athletes in their field. This proved very worthwhile for all three with two wins & a 4th place finish!

Chris Mitrevski, our Commonwealth Games/World Championships/multiple National medalist representative jumped a season’s best hitting the big 8 for the first time this season in the LONG JUMP & claimed the gold! Great job Chris!

Mikaela Selaidinakos has it all coming together at the right time, adding another big win to her resume going into Nationals & another PB, with a lightning 400 time of 52.76. Amazing Mikki, so well deserved.

Linden Hall, Olympian, Comm Games & World Champs rep, AE Senior Athlete of the Year multiple times over, continues to impress with her races leading into Paris Olympics, finishing the 3000m in a PB time of 8:40.59 & taking 4th place. Congrats Linden, you deserve every success for all your hard work!

Kristian Lakusa, M50-54 was our only AE representative last Sunday at this meet but he certainly did us proud & made a magnificent impression on the field. Kris competed in a total of five throws events which is no mean feat in one afternoon, & placed second in every event giving him the silver medal position on the podium, with a combined score of 2053 points.

Hammer – 21.89m
Shot Put – 9.77m
Discus – 29.69m
Javelin – 24.08m
Weight Throw – 10.08m

Mention must also be made that Kris actually finished in the top 10 spot on the AVSL MOST VALUABLE ATHLETE ladder this season, with a gigantic 14,564 points! An impeccable season very much worth celebrating so well done Kris!

REMINDERS

*AE PRESENTATION DAY, MAY 5, 1pm – tickets on sale shortly

*XCR season commences April 26 with the first round at Jells Park, relays

*24/25 AV memberships open on April 1 – details of pricing & package options now available on the AV website