A huge number of SKAAC athletes in action at the All Schools Relays at Jells Park on Saturday 11^th May. A huge thanks to Peter & Thomas Scroggie for acting as our officials for the day. A summary of the performances can be seen below

Under 14

Jack Bowen 9:16 (fastest Under 14 male in the age group race), Cleo Richardson 10:02 (fastest Under 14 female), Ella Tierney 10:22 (4^th fastest Under 14 female)

Under 16

Harry Bowen 8:42 (equal fastest Under 16 male), Tom Forster 9:09 (fastest Under 14 male for the day), Sam Scroggie 9:35, Bridie Hill 9:42 (equal 3^rd fastest Under 16 female, as a bottom age athlete), John Cornwell 10:33, Gabe Cornwell 10:54, Ruby King 11:41, Sophie Dole 11:45

Under 18

Angus Down 13:07, Sophie O’Connell 14:33, Pippa Dillon 15:09, Milla Gleeson 15:10, Maddie Hume 15:30, Lulu Goodman 17:10, Eliza Klotz 17:34

Under 20 Luca DiConza 10:57 (2^nd fastest Under 20), Tristan Day 11:13, Josh Collins 11:16, Jack Lunn 11:21, Matthew Hussey 11:26, Thomas Scroggie 12:33

Saturday 23rd February 2019 saw the largest ever grouping of SKAAC teams to take on the States strongest clubs in the AV Shield Final at Lakeside Stadium. SKAAC were represented by the Open Women, Under 18 Women, Under 20 Men and for the 6th season in a row, the Under 14 Men.

Whilst the week leading up to the final could barely have gone worse with so many athletes injured or narrowly missing eligibility, the teams performed so well, in what is a long day at the track.

The undisputed highlight of the day was Maddie Hume becoming the first SKAAC female to break 60 seconds for the 400m in winning Heat 6 in 59.96. This performance took out every Female 400m record from Under 16 to Open.

Not far behind was Jess Mackenzie in the Discus, her 33.11m effort enough to add over 3m to the Under 18, 19, 20 & Open Women’s record. Not bad for someone who claimed on the day “I don’t even do Discus!!”

Seb Reyneke had a great discus (1.75kg) taking out his coach’s Under 18 Club record.

Georgia Bertrand had the largest program of any athlete on the day. Georgia had a super day. With PB’s in the Javelin (her first event for the day), and again at the end of the day in the 400m.

Huw Warrillow took over a minute off his previous best in the 2000m Walk.

Tom Coghlan went big in the Under 14 Pole Vault with a PB of 2.95m. The club record of 3.00m by the legendary Matt Bertacco, surely won’t survive the upcoming Victorian Championships;

Glen Imbriano qualified in the 2k Steeple and Long Jump for the first time;

Jacob McGirr was the 2nd fastest Under 14 400m runner for the day;

All 3 female 400m runners ran PB’s (Maddie Hume, Georgia Bertrand & Isabella McDonald)

Phil Borg ran exactly 11.40 for the third time this season. And he’s claiming that it is a “stitch-up” 🙂

In summary, a season that promised much, ruined by bad luck, but still with PLENTY of highlights. All the Under 20 Men are eligible for this age-group again in 2019/2020. The Under 18 Women will be a force again next season and our Under 14’s will be strong again along with the Open Women. Bring on next season!!

All records and rankings have been updated following the Shield Final. Please see here for all records detail.

Club Records

Discus: Sebastian Reyneke 39.53m; (Under 18 Club Record)

80m Hurdles: Lauren Mcgarry 15.72 (0.8); (Under 14 Club Record)

Discus: Jessica Mackenzie 33.11m; (F18, F19, F20 & FOP Club Record)

400m: Madeleine Hume 59.96; (F16, F17, F18, F19, F20 & FOP Club Record)

PB’s…that I know of 🙂

2000m Steeple: Glen Imbriano 11:08.9h;

2000m Walk: Huw Warrillow 14:00.1h;

Long Jump: Glen Imbriano 2.86m;

Pole Vault: Tom Coghlan 2.95m;

1500m: Ben Cantwell 5:09.4h;

Pole Vault: Amanda Pang 2.65m;

Javelin: Georgia Bertrand 35.79m;

Long Jump: Brooke Gordon 5.10m;

400m: Georgia Bertrand 64.33;

400m: Isabella Mcdonald 67.60;

Long Jump: Jessica Mackenzie 5.10m;

M20

100m: Phil Borg 11.40 (1.0);

400m: Phil Borg 49.53;

Discus: Sebastian Reyneke 39.53m;

Javelin: Sebastian Reyneke 42.35m;

Long Jump: Sebastian Reyneke 6.65m (1.7);

M14

100m: Jacob Mcgirr 13.19 (0.2); Huw Warrillow 17.73 (0.2); Glen Imbriano 19.46 (-0.9);

400m: Jacob Mcgirr 55.79; Xavier Mcdonald 68.50;

1500m: Huw Warrillow 6:50.8h;

Discus: Lauren Mcgarry 27.58m; Glen Imbriano 9.97m;

Javelin: Huw Warrillow 12.67m;

FOP2

100m: Brooke Gordon 13.49 (-0.6); Amanda Pang 13.61 (0.1); Georgia Bertrand 13.94 (1.6);

100m Hurdles: Georgia Bertrand 17.11 (-0.4);

Long Jump: Georgia Bertrand 4.84m;

F18

100m: Jessica Mackenzie 13.02 (-0.1); Isabella Mcdonald 14.55 (-0.8);

90m Hurdles: Madeleine Hume 14.45 (0.9);

Javelin: Jessica Mackenzie 35.57m;

In one of the best rounds of AV Shield for SKAAC for the season, the highlights came thick and very fast.

Darcy Roper stole the show with a sensational series of Long Jumps at Doncaster, his first jump in since moving to Victoria from Queensland. Darcy, A former World Junior Championship Silver medallist in the Long Jump, smashed the SKAAC Open Long Jump record with a 7.79m effort, into a slight headwind of -0.7m/s. Darcy’s next competition is in Canberra and we wish him all the best!!

Shannon Fraser became our fastest ever female, taking out the Under 18,19,20 & Open 100m record with a great run at Doncaster, stopping the clock in 13.04. Shannon was also only narrowly away from the Open Long Jump record of 5.36m, that she has been staking all season, with a 5.21m leap.

Marli Wilkinson has shot to prominence in Victorian Athletics circles recently with her multi-event prowess. But this weekend it was to be the 400m Hurdles where her 64.46 lap was to be good enough to dip slightly under the mark set by 17 year old Shannon Fraser earlier in the season.

Jess Mackenzie also a multi-event star, added to her own Open Shot Put record with an 11.74m heave late in the day at Box Hill. Let me take the action to count up how many club records collectively broken by Shannon, Jess, Marli and Georgia Bertrand for you in the next fortnight. It will be a number that will leave you in amazement.

Maddie Hume has moved heaven and earth to get to the track the last couple of weeks, and this weekend Maddie set a new Under 16 90m Hurdles Club record with 14.86 (-1.7)

Seb Reyneke has had a few battles with Pole Vault of late, but this week his response was emphatic and astonishing in equal proportions. His leap of 4.30m was an Under 18 Club record and also shot Seb to 4th on the SKAAC All-time list.

Jess Mackenzie also managed to break the Under 18, 19 & 20 Pole Vault record with 2.80m.

Tom Wilson has been in slashing form of late over his new pet distance, the 400m. This time stopping the clock at an amazing 47.78 sec in winning Heat 1 at Doncaster.

Michael Romanin ran a 100m (11.03s) and 400m (49.31) at Doncaster to show plenty as he heads into the domestic Grand Prix season.

Good luck to those SKAAC Athletes running in the Victorian Country Championships at Bendigo this coming weekend…

Massimo Acquaro Under 20 Men 100m & 200m

Jackson Bennett Open Men 100m

Harry Bowen Under 16 Men 1500m

Jack Bowen Under 14 Men 1500m

Luca Di Conza Under 18 Men 1500m

Tom Forster Under 14 Men 1500m

Conor Fry Open Men 400m Hurdles

Brooke Gordon Open Women Triple Jump

Will Lewis Open Men 800m

Michael Romanin Open Men 100m & 200m

Samuel Scroggie Under 16 Men 1500m

Thomas Scroggie Under 18 Men 400m & 800m

Tom Wilson Open Men 400m

We also wish Sam McEntee all the best in Canberra this weekend for the National Cross Country and Selection trials, Luke Mathews (1500m), Joseph Deng (600m) and Peter Bol (600m & 1500m) as they take on races at the Hunter Track Classic and The Canberra Festival of Athletics.

So plenty of SKAAC athletes in action this weekend, despite no AV Shield being scheduled.