Congratulations to the 8 boys who represented the club with such distinction on Saturday 6th February in the AV Shield Final at Lakeside Stadium finishing in 5th place in a very strong field.
The team didn’t get off to the greatest start with 6 gaps in the first 3 events (3000m, 200m Hurdles & High Jump) costing over 180 points and a real shot at a podium finish. However from that point onwards the boys performed brilliantly.
Despite the gaps in the 3000m, it didn’t stop Jett-Paris Bedelis running a slashing 11:53.54, and Joel Imbriano 12:35, both massive PB’s.
The Shot Put was also a good event for the lads, up against some massive competition with Andrew Mathieson extending his own club record to 8.63m and Thomas Scroggie 8.44m
Thomas Scroggie (19.14m) & Adam McGarry (16.30m) fought bravely in the hammer witnessing at close quarters a Victorian State Record (61.90m) by the Ringwood athlete.
The 800m racing was a highlight with 4 great runs Thomas Scroggie (2:23.18), Andrew Mathieson (2:26.07), Hugo Goodman (2:32.36) & Angus Down (2:44.59). Clearly, the pre-race warm-up and advice from SKAAC’s own National Record Holder Alex Rowe did the trick. A huge thanks to Alex for giving up his time to be a huge part of the day for the boys.
The 200m was also a great event for the team with Thomas Scroggie (28.42), Andrew Mathieson (29.74), Jay Cavedon (31.35) & Jett-Paris Bedelis (31.98) really getting the team up and going and shooting the team up 3 place on the scoreboard.
Joel Imbriano was awesome in the 1500m walk 11:47.32
In the Triple Jump Thomas Scroggie jumped 9.83m and Joel Imbriano 6.43m
After a huge day, and at 7:15pm the boys in the 4×400 ran 4:36.06. (Andrew Mathieson, Angus Down, Jett-Paris Bedelis & Thomas Scroggie)
I thank all athletes who competed in this team during the season. I also thank the boys who had other sporting commitments on the in the morning for making the huge effort in hot conditions to represent yourselves and your club so well. Shield Finals are hard to make, and of all the teams that tried to make the Shield Final, you boys, the Under 14 team are the only ones to have achieved that, and you should be well proud, as I have been to act as team manager.
Final points were:
Western Athletics 782.5
Diamond Valley 751
Ringwood 605
Essendon 578
St. Kevin’s 452
Frankston 422
Doncaster 239
Ballarat 212
Geelong 191
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