Firstly, a big welcome to SKAAC for our Round 5 debutants: Amanda Pang, Aidan Leiner, Harry Bowen, Hamish Neilson & Jackson Jacotine.
Werribee Venue
Michael Romanin has taken 0.17 off his PB to record a 10.48 sec run over 100m at the AV Shield Round 4 meet at Werribee. This is the second fastest ever run by a SKAAC athlete and o.02 away from the SKAAC Club record. Michael’s next hit out is planned to be at the AV State Relays on 11 November at Lakeside.
Tristan Day ran the 1500m in 4:23.1
Dylan Johnson jumped 6.97m in the Long Jump into a 1.5m/s headwind, a great first up competition
Angus Down tackled the 2k Steeple in 7:35.2
Amanda Pang scored our first points in Open Women’s for quite a few years, by running the 100m in 13.30 (+3.2) and the 400m in 64.96.
Harvey Connor ran the 100m in 11.76 (+2.9), the 400m in 56.68 a rounded out the day 6.32m Long Jump
Great also to see Matt Dinan in his first competition for the season in the Under 16 400m in 65.41
Knox Venue
There were some fantastic performances at Knox, headlined by the performance of our debutants. Harry Bowen ran a great 3000m to stop the clock in 9:57.2, his first ever track 3k. Hamish Neilson (30.29s over 200m) and Aidan Leiner both were similarly impressive in the Under 14 200m, with Aidan also fitting in a Triple Jump (9.08m).
Equally impressive were the SKAAC version of the Williams sisters. Charli breaking the Under 15 Triple Jump record (8.37m) followed closely by Eva (8.29m). Eva a 1.30m High Jump and a 200m (29.18). Charli also for the first time ever, a Shot Put (6.38m).
Jackson Jacotine smashed his Triple Jump PB, breaking through the 11m barrier (11.06m) for the first time, in his first competition for SKAAC. Adam McGarry also had a pair of PB’s in the High (1.35m) & Triple Jump events (8.74m).
Isabelle Collins ran a strong 3000m (11:43.1) in quite humid conditions.
Lauren McGarry broke her own Under 13-18 3kg Shot Put Club Record with 10.11m and Alessia Acquaro jumped an Under 14 Club record in the High Jump (1.20m) and also broke the Under 14 200m record with (30.86 -3.1m/s).
Aaron Little also produced brilliantly in the 3000m with a slashing PB run of 9:56.3. Lincoln Mah also chimed in with a 3000m PB of 11:10.8
Marcus Osman also faced off in the 200m (25.30) for his first run of the AV season, after last week’s heroics at the APS Sports.
Geelong Venue
It was the Imbriano’s at Geelong flying the SKAAC colours with Joel with 7 events. Joel was the fastest athlete on the day in the 1500m Walk (8:52.73)
AV Shield goes into a 2 week break, with the Victorian All Schools Championships next weekend, followed by the AV State Relay Championships on 11th November where a strong presence is assured.
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