THE OPENING round of the Athletics Victoria XCR14 season was held on Saturday afternoon at Jells Park.
The events involved teams of three or more covering the three-kilometre circuit in a relay format.
Highlight of the day was an outstanding team performance by the Under 14 Girls team of Brooke Mullins, Ruby Dixon and Lily Peacock who won their event.
With back-up Under 14 girls Lee Taylor and Zoe Sibley running in the Under 18 team with Amy Veenendaal.
The XCR season promises to be an exciting season for the girls.
Earlier in the morning the Saturday morning cross country round was held at the Mount Evelyn course. The stand-out performance was from Brydon Griffiths’ solo run to win the Open 3000 metres.
Also a total of 16 personal bests were recorded – an outstanding result from the athletes this early in the season.
The next event will be on Saturday 10 May at Lillydale Lake, Lilydale commencing at 8.45am.
For more information, training times and full race results, visit yarrarangesathletics.org.au
Results:
Men Open Division five (4 x 6km): Michael Clarke 22.41, Lucas Taylor 24.31, Jamie Strudley 24.36, Riley Kennedy 22.18.
Men 40+ (3x 6km): Dave Seeds 25.24, Jed Thrall 27.38, Dave Laven 26.26.
Men Under 16 (3 x 3km): Connor Thrall 12.13, Ryan Thrall 12.46, Daneil Gasson 12.45.
Women Open Division Four (3x6km): Amanda Branson 26.52, Sue McCall 32.26, Amanda Laven 26.34.
Women Under 18 (3 x 3km): Zoe Sibley 14.44, Amy Veenandaal 15.38, Lee Taylor 12.32.
Women Under 14 (3 x3Kkm): Brooke Mullins 12.18, Ruby Dixon 12.21, Lily Peacock 11.10. 500m: Charlotte Comport 2.57 PB, Sasha Maggs 3.05 PB, Austin Leonard 3.06, Zoe Clarke 3.13, Jackson Grice 3.31, Isobel Morse 3.34, Sam Laven 4.04 PB, Caharlotte Wandmaker 4.21, Tahlia Murden 5.32.
1000m: Kiara Flavell 4.31 PB, Tiara Willis 5.32, Daniel Ebbels 5.34, Kirsten Creighton 5.37, Emily Noonan 5.38, Noah Newbury 6.02, Brayden Shaw 6.33, Mia Harris 6.15 PB, Kyden Lehmann 6.37, Steve Ebbels 6.47, Charlotte Comport 7.06, Tahlia Murden 7.08, Sarah Ebbels 7.13, Anne-Marie Ebbels 7.48.
1500m: Madeline Laven 6.48 PB, Zac Clarke 7.00, Dylan Eagleton 7.31, Mia Strudley 7.32, Tayja Maki 7.43 PB, Paige Baguly 8.01, Ashleigh Gasson 8.05, Taylah Tillotson 8.14, Ashley Creighton 8.34, Gemma Baguly 8.37, Claire Noonan 8.45 PB, Tim Glenn 8.55 PB, Cheyyane Moore 9.13 PB, Tahlia Harriss 9.16.
2000m: Georgia Laven 7.37 PB, Dee Dee Deng 8.41, Camden Hewitson 8.46 PB, Tayleb Willis 8.48, Jayden Clarke 8.55 PB, Ryan Thrall 9.08, Noah Erickson 10.45 PB, Samantha Di Gregorio 11.02, Matt Falls 11.21, Nathan Duckworth 12.33, Brianna Moore 12.52, Brayden Woolridge 14.05.
3000m: Brydon Griffiths 13.26, Michael Clarke 13.26, Connor Thrall 13.54, Simone Burger 14.41, Jed Thrall 15.05, Ashleigh Gasson 15.08, Darren Ford 15.08, Jessie Collings 15.42 PB, Byran Ackerley 15.43, Rickylee Brown 15.57, Leigh Dunn 16.19, Graeme Woolridge 16.41 PB, Holly Bedyn 16.55, Paige Baguly 17.08, Paulette Kinnear 17.22, Jake Brown 17.26, Debbie Woods 19.09 PB, Erika Bedyn 19.13, Gemma Baguly 19.27, Noah Newbury 19.40, James Newbury 19.41, Katie Clarke 20.02 PB, Tammarah Brown 20.35.
