PERFECT conditions greeted the SKAAC contingent on Saturday 29th October 2016 at Nunawading, and didn’t the performances flow!
9 Club Records for the day, 8 debutants and a piece of individual brilliance from Alex Rowe, claiming a 1500m PB in a lone hand up front stopping the clock at 3:44.7 enough for 7th on the all-time list for SKAAC.
The 9 Club Records broken on the day were:-
- Alessia Acquaro in the Women’s Under 13& 14, 100m (14.9s); 80m Hurdles 16.8s and Long Jump 3.51m
- Daniel Doyle in the Under 14 100m 12.0s
- Joel Imbriano in the Under 13 2000m Walk in 13:14.8
- Mens 40+ 4x100m Relay (Peter McGarry, James Flinn, Andrew Thomas, Sandor Kazi) in 54.1s
It was also great to see so many athletes make their debuts for the club:-
- Marcus Osman (11.6s 100m)
- Alessia Acquaro (14.9s 100m, 16.8s 80m Hurdles, 3.51m Long Jump)
- Matthew Kim (Long Jump 4.62m, 100m 12.1s, 400m 61.1s)
- Ava Bennett (5:47.2s 1500m)
- Isabelle Collins (5:10.4s 1500m)
- Josh Collins (4:30.7 1500m)
- Luca Di Conza (4:49.8 1500m, 65.2s 400m)
- Steve Knuckey (49.8s 400m)
and also see some great athletes return to the club for their first runs in a while
- Sandor Kazi (12.0s 100m)
- Seb Purcell (49.6s 400m)
- Will Lewis (4:14.3 1500m, 53.5s 400m)
Callum and Tristan Day waged a family battle in Heat 2 of the 1500m, with Callum (4:21.0) just edging out Tristan (4:21.7). Mum, Anne used the power of the on-line entry system to set the boys up a treat!!
Shaun Hargreaves cemented his spot in the 4×100 State Relays team with an 11.1sec effort in the 100m to be the fastest in mend Div 1.
An amazing 16 athletes faced the starter in the last event of the day, the 400m. A full field in Mens 1, Mens 40+ and 6 junior athletes rounding out a great day.
However, the person who sacrificed the most for the round was Janine Imbriano (wife of club legend Dino, and mum of rising star Joel) as she allowed Dino and Joel to compete on this day which was also her & Dino’s 16th wedding anniversary!! Thanks Janine…
We have a break now in Shield for 1 week, while the All Schools Championships are conducted next weekend.
Round 5 is to be held at the Mount Evelyn Track.
Please click on the link below for the results:-
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Please click on the link below for the team results for the round:-
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