By Jamie Strudley
Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes continued to shine at competitions throughout Victoria last week. Highlights were resounding wins for Rori Jones and Olivia Twining at Victorian Country Track and Field Championships in Geelong and Harry Norman taking 4 seconds off the club Open 1500m record at Vic Milers meet on Tuesday night at Box Hill. YRA athletes are obviously preparing well for the upcoming Victorian championships. Results from last 7 days are:
Victorian Country T&F Championships
Women Open 3000m Steeple: Olivia Twining 1st11:02.79;
Women Open Discus: Meg Sparkes 9th 27.07m;
Women U20 400m Hurdles: Rori Jones 1st 70.74;
Women U20 Hammer: Sarah Ebbels 3rd 33.83m;
Women 40+ Hammer: Anne-Marie Ebbels 2nd 24.41m
Vic Milers
Women 800m: Kristina Nackovski 2:32.00;
1500m: Olivia Twining 4:42.35; Zoe Clarke 4:54.84; Katrina Winger 5:11.14;
Men
800m: Pete Nackovski 2:19.05; Mitchell Pointon 2:20.92; Craig Hewitson 2:31.68;
1500m: Harry Norman 3:50.55; Angus Norman 4:14.63; Luke Hunter 4:19.08;
Next up for the senior team is Round 9 of AVSL to be held at Morrison Reserve in Mount Evelyn. YRA looks forward to seeing as many members as possible competing and helping on the day.
Round 14 of Little Athletics was a warm one. An early start for relay teams as they went through final preparations for next weekend’s State Relay Championships. The athletes then enjoyed some walks followed by some fast 70m, 100m and 400m and long jump, triple jump, high jump, discus and shot put for the U6 to U17 athletes. With a generous tail wind in the morning there is sure to have been plenty more PB’s.
Good luck to all YRA relay teams competing at Victorian Relay Championships at Lakeside next weekend. Reminder that entries for Athletics Victoria championship entries are also open now.
Training is available to all club members on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5.30pm. Yarra Ranges Athletics welcomes and encourages all athletes of any age or ability. If you, or someone you know, wants to join in the Little Athletics fun registration is at www.lavic.com.au. For information on training, how to join or trial, photos, results and updated news, visit the website at yarrarangesathletics.org.au or check us out on Facebook. Run, Jump, Throw…too easy!
