For two weeks in a row, 11 club records have been broken at AV Shield, this time split across Casey Fields and Williamstown.

But firstly, a big welcome to our debut athletes, Pippa Dillon who ran the 800m at Casey Fields in 2:39, 7th ranked All-time female performance in the 800m and William Jirik who ran 12.29sec for the 100m at Williamstown. A big welcome to you both from all at SKAAC.
Casey Fields dealt up 3 seasons in 1 day, with Summer a noted omission, with cold head winds playing havoc with sprints and distance events alike.
Despite the less than perfect conditions, Shannon Fraser was simply amazing, improving her own Under 17 & 18 Shot Put record to 11.97m, a 58cm improvement on the record she produced in the same event in AV Shield Round 2. Having her first hurdles race in many seasons, Shannon stopped the clock at 15.73, into a 0.4m/s headwind, good enough to take out the Under 17 & 18 Club records. Shannon’s 200m was also an Under 17, 18, 19 & 20 Club record of 28.18sec into a 3.3m/s headwind!! So 8 club records in a single day…not too bad at all 😉
Also on a record breaking streak is Georgia Bertrand, who equalled the Under 19 & 20 Long Jump record last round, but this round made them both her own, with a leap of 5:07m adding 24cm to her record equalling effort last weekend at Nunawading. Georgia also had her first start for the season in the 400m clocking the 3rd fastest 400m time for a SKAAC Female with her 64.43sec.
SKAAC had a great day in the Women’s 800m at Casey Fields with Isabella McDonald running 2:57 and Eliza Klotz running 3:01, alongside Pippa. Isabella also braved the cold wind and super delayed program to run a 200m in 30.98sec.
Seb Reyneke arrived for the late throws and left with a massive Under 18 (5kg) Hammer throw record of 45.33m, a near 15m improvement on the previous record. His 15.12m Shot Put is an improvement from last weekend also, showing what great shape Seb is in.
The SKAAC AV Shield teams are in great shape after 3 rounds, with the Under 14 Men on top of the ladder, the Under 20 Men, Open Women and the combined Under 16 & 18 Female teams all in second position on the ladder!!
The Under 14’s had plenty of great performances with:-
Xavier McDonald…800m (2:31) & 200m (31.25)
Glen Imbriano…200m (41.55), 800m (3:33), 3000m (15:07), Triple Jump (6.26m)
Huw Warrillow…200m (37.59), 800m (3:10), 3000m (13:11) & Triple Jump (6.67m)
Joel Imbriano… 200m (35.47), 800m (2:49), 3000m (11:31), 200m Hurdles (44.4), 2000m Walk (10:27), Discus (12.76m), High Jump 1.15m & Triple Jump (7.64m) rounding out a massive day for Joel!!
The Mens 40+ saw Andrew Thomas run brilliantly in the 3000m at Casey Fields finishing in 11:36, a run under 4-min-km pace for the first time since Andrew’s return from injury. Dino also got out for a Discus 18.74m & Hammer 19.47m at Geelong.
This weekend sees Round 4 AV Shield competition move to Doncaster and Ringwood.

Round 2 saw another hugely successful day for the SKAAC athletes that ventured to Doncaster & Nunawading.
Some massive highlights for the round, but none more so than the third Open Women’s club record in 2 weeks to Georgia Bertrand, this time taking the Under 18, 19 & 20 Women’s Javelin with a throw of 34.51. Georgia’s throw adding more than 6-and-a-half metres to the previous record. If this wasn’t enough, Georgia also equalled the Long Standing Under 19 & 20 Long Jump record of 4.83m. Georgia also chimed in with the club’s 4th fastest female 100m ever with her 13.64 sec run.
Seb Reyneke soared higher that anyone has in SKAAC’s 75 years, in breaking the Under 18, 19, 20 & Open High Jump record with a leap of 2.02m. Seb’s leap bettered the previous record of 2.00m held jointly by his coach Steve Cain (twice) and Andrew Abbott. Seb has also be agonisingly close to the Under 18 Discus record last week and Shot Put (with his 15.01m effort) record this week of SKAAC legend James Tamouridis. Seb looks set for a MASSIVE season.
Shannon Fraser also entered the record books with her Shot Put of 11.39m good enough to add 3cm to the previous record of Lauren McGarry in the Women’s Under 17 & 18 age groups.
Also great to see the track debuts of the McDonald’s, Isabella and Xavier who were mainstays of our Junior XCR teams this winter. Isabella ran 2:49 for 800m in the Under 18 Age group as a bottom-ager and Xavier 2:28 for 800m and 30.61 for 200m in the Mens Under 14.
The Under 14 Men had their second team win in a row, under pinned by Joel Imbriano who amassed 1,173 points across 6 events (200m 35.07, 800m 2:46.9, 3000m 11:26, 2k Steeple 8:50.9 & 1500m Walk 8:40)
Also getting amongst the action in the Under 14’s were Glen Imbriano and Huw Warrillow with a Triple Jump qualifiers of 6.58 and 6.42m respectively.
Mens 40+ saw a 3rd place finish for the team, with Jack Howard (Shot 12.04m) , Andrew Thomas (Shot 6.21m, 800m 2:32.7, 5000m 20.51), James Flinn (Shot 10.51m, 200m 31.28, Hammer 23.17m, Triple 7.64m, High Jump 1.35m) & Joe Lynch (200m 31.54, 800m 2:31, High Jump 1.40m) all out there flying the SKAAC colours.
The records and ranking tables on the website have been updated to reflect the 11 Club records broken in Round 2 and the numerous changes to the SKAAC Mens & Womens’ All-Time Rankings.

Next week sees competition for Round 3 move to Casey Fields and Williamstown.

A stunning first Round of AV Shield at Essendon & Casey has seen 3 stunning team wins for the SKAAC Under 18 Women, the Under 20 Men and the Under 14 Men.
The unique highlight provided by Jessica Mackenzie, Georgia Bertrand & Brooke Gordon, who all made their SKAAC debuts during the round, with each securing a SKAAC Open Women’s Club records in the 100m (13.20 -2.7), the Shot Put (4kg) 10.01m and Triple Jump 10.71m respectively.
Jessica also broke club records in the 100m Hurdles (16.52s) and Javelin 38.31m.
There were also several other notable debutants for SKAAC during the round:
Shannon Fraser (400m 63.16), (Javelin 33.86m) and (Long Jump 4.61m)
Paul Hassbroek (100m 11.63, 400m 51.79, Long Jump 6.49, Discus 38.08m)
Seb Reyneke (100m 11.42, Discus 41.37m, Long Jump 5.92m)
Joseph Klotz(100m 14.87)
Eliza Klotz (1500m 6:42) and
Thomas Coghlan (High Jump 1.55m).
Mention must also be made of Milla Gleeson (800m 2:36), having her first run on the track for SKAAC, whilst running her first 800m race since Year 7.
Also a big welcome to Huw Warrillow having his first track run for SKAAC after debuting during the XCR season.
One could argue that the round was SKAAC’s strongest opening round performance for nearly 10 years.
The wins in Women’s Under 18 and Mens Under 20 are our first ever round wins in these two grades ever.
With more registrations arriving in the last week, anticipation is high for an even stronger showing for SKAAC in Round 2, at Doncaster and Nunawading.

11 of SKAAC’s best female athletes did themselves and their respective schools proud in the GSV Athletics carnivals held 29-31 August 2018. In action were:

Sacre Coeur (Ava Bennett, Georgia Durham, Isabelle Collins, Tess Graham & Lulu Goodman)
Strathcona (Eva Williams, Charli Williams, Zoe Wong)
Siena (Abbey Vicino)
St. Catherine’s (Isabella McDonald)
Loreto (Lauren McGarry)

Detailed results can be seen below:-

Year 7

Abbey Vicino 400m 66.24
Abbey Vicino 800m 2:44.68
Lauren McGarry Shot Put 10.42m
Lauren McGarry Discus 27.94m
Lauren McGarry Javelin 28.05m
Lauren McGarry 80m Hurdles 15.45
 

Year 8

Zoe Wong Long Jump 4.56m
Zoe Wong 100m 14.97
Zoe Wong Triple Jump 9.63m
Zoe Wong 200m 31.49
Tess Graham High Jump (event cancelled due to weather)
Lulu Goodman 1500m 5:57.23

 

Year 9

Charli Williams Long Jump 3.94m
Charli Williams Javelin 12.48m

 

Year 10

Eva Williams High Jump 1.35m
Georgia Durham High Jump 1.35m
Eva Williams 100m 13.98
Isabella McDonald 100m 14.06
Isabella McDonald 200m 29.16
Isabella McDonald Triple Jump 9.04m
Isabelle Collins 800m 2:26.41
Ava Bennett 800m 2:35.92
Georgia Durham 800m 2:41.07
Isabelle Collins 1500m 5:02.35
Ava Bennett 1500m 5:31.37

For exactly 10 years the names of the members of the Open 4x200m Relay Club Record have displayed “unknown”.
Which given that the time of 1:30.60 was only run in February 2008 got me to thinking about the ways to see if we could determine the relay team members and the order in which they ran.
In seeking to collate a list of club premierships and significant wins, research lead to the AV Shield Final of 2008 where our Under 18 team was able to repeat their efforts of the previous season and win the Shield Final back-to-back. Whilst the names of the 4, didn’t drop out easily, the line of enquiry was centred around the 3 lads who ran the 100m that day (Shaun Hargreaves, Zach Nelson and Phil Edgar) as surely they would have doubled into the 4x200m relay? However, questions remained, who was the 4th member of that team, and in what order did they run?
Enter Zach Nelson.
The record would also be recognised as a SKAAC Under 19 & 20 record, but as is required to validate underage records, a date-of-birth is needed to validated that all members are “under” the specific age, “on the day”. Of the 3, I was pretty sure that would have run that day, I needed info for Zach.
One simple text later, and the team and the order are solved. Phil Edgar to Zach Nelson, Dan Bailey third handing to Shaun Hargreaves to bring it home.

Mystery solved!!

Australian rankings this year is being dominated by SKAAC. 19 of the fastest 20 times this season!

800 METRES

1.44.21 Joseph Deng V 070798 7 Monaco 20-Jul
1.44.56 Peter Bol V 220294 1 Stockholm, Sweden 10-Jun
1.44.61 Deng 2 Stockholm, Sweden 10-Jun
1.44.67 Deng 6 Paris, France 30-Jun
1.44.97 Deng 2 Hengelo, Netherlands 3-Jun
1.45.35 Bol 4 Tomblaine, France 27-Jun
1.45.41 Bol 1 Tübingen, Germany 16-Jun
1.45.60 Luke Mathews V 210695 3 Gold Coast 12-Apr
1.45.70 Deng 2 Tübingen, Germany 16-Jun
1.45.71 Deng 1rB Gold Coast 17-Feb
1.45.72 Deng 3h1 Gold Coast 10-Apr
1.45.82 Bol 10 Paris, France 30-Jun
1.45.83 Mathews 1r1 Canberra 27-Jan
1.45.90 Mathews 1rA Gold Coast 17-Feb
1.46.07 Brad Mathas (Nzl) V 240693 5 Gold Coast 12-Apr
1.46.32 Mathas (Nzl) 4h1 Gold Coast 10-Apr
1.46.35 Jeff Riseley V 111186 2r1 Canberra 27-Jan
1.46.44 Mathas (Nzl) 3r1 Canberra 27-Jan
1.46.53 Mathews 2h2 Gold Coast 10-Apr
1.46.64 Bol 9 Monaco 20-Jul

Joseph Deng has sensationally broken Ralph Doubel and Alex Rowe’s National 800m record of 1:44.40 in running 1:44.21 in the Monaco Diamond League run of Friday night. In a race loaded with the world’s best 2 lappers, Joseph and Peter Bol (1:46.64) did themselves proud, their families proud, their coach Justin Rinaldi proud, and all of Australia proud. It is amazing to think that a mere 2 weeks ago Joseph turned 20 years of age.

In a most successful overseas trip for the pair, who have both claimed PB’s in an eight week period, all at SKAAC are in raptures about what Joseph and Peter have achieved and equally excited about where their hard work and talent may lead them. The 800m is a very special event for SKAAC, multiple National Champions, and now two Open national record holders has the SKAAC all-time rankings listing, that can be seen at https://skaac.com/rankings-individual/ a virtual perfect correlation of the Australian All-Time listing.

There aren’t enough words to describe the effort that Joseph & Peter’s coach Justin Rinaldi has put in to not only these two sensational athletes, but his entire squad. JR’s sacrifices (& those of JR’s wife Bridie), season after season to help guide and inspire Australia’s, and the some of the world’s most exciting athletes is worth being part of SKAAC alone. All at SKAAC thank JR publically for his HUGE part in the successes achieved in Monaco.

Joseph and Peter are two of the world’s most exciting 800m athletes – and they are right here amongst it with us at SKAAC.

How proud are we today!!

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