VICTORIES BY BOX HILL TEAMS IN ASSOCIATION FINALS

The Box Hill Athletic Club Under 18 Women's team and Under 16 Men's team completed a successful season for the Club by winning the Athletics Victoria Association Finals at Doncaster on Saturday 31 March.

The Under 18 Women's team trailed the strong Keilor St-Bernards team early in the competition, however the Box Hill girls dominated the track events to establish a comfortable lead mid-way through the afternoon which they were able to maintain through out the rest of the competition to win by 26 points. The Box Hill girls were particularly strong over the hurdles and in the sprints.

The Under 16 Men's competition was much closer with only a few points separating the Box Hill and Preston teams all day, with Waverley not far behind. In the end it was the great team spirit shown by the Box Hill boys who managed to fill almost every event which made the difference and enabled them to hang on to win by just 4 points. In particular, the efforts of the following athletes deserve special mention - Joel Pocklington and Michael Saunders for completing 6 events, Ronnie Buckley for winning the shot put and discus, and Kevin Craigie and Lachlan Aspinall for volunteering to compete in the walk which scored valuable points.

The Under 14 team of Grant Hodges, Steven Lees and Paul Chiodo performed creditably across many events but were unable to match the full teams from the other venues.

UNDER 18 WOMEN
Box Hill 239
Keilor St-Bernards 213
Sandringham 160
Ringwood 13

Event

Athlete

Performance

Place

400 m Hurdles

Sarah Coghill
Andrea Werkmeister

66.0
70.9

1st
1st

200 m

Best Bird
Kate Fietz
Vivienne Lee

26.7
26.2
27.6

2nd
1st
1st

Javelin

Sarah Coghill

19.51 m

4th

800 m

Georgie McCallum
Beth Bird
Charlotte Roberts

2:20.8
2:21.1
2:23.7

1st
2nd
4th

High Jump

Kate Fietz
Sarah Coghill

1.30 m
1.45 m

3rd
2nd

100 m

Kate Fietz
Andrea Werkmeister
Vivienne Lee

12.7
12.7
13.1

1st
1st
1st

100 m Hurdles

Michelle Fistric
Andrea Werkmeister

15.3
16.4

1st
1st

Shot Put

Jocelyn Keage
Jessica de Bruin

6.23
5.68

2nd
4th

3000 m

Jocelyn Keage
Jessica de Bruin

10:37.6
10:58.7

1st
3rd

4 x 400 m

E Bird, V Lee,
A Werkmeister, S Coghill

  

1st

Discus

Michelle Fistric
Sarah Coghill

24.08
dnq

  

Long Jump

Michelle Fistric
Georgie McCallum

5.02
4.86

2nd
1st

 

UNDER 16 MEN
Box Hill 220
Preston 216
Waverley 159
East Melbourne 112

 

Event

Athlete

Performance

Place

High Jump

J Pocklington
M Saunders

1.65 m
1.55 m

4th

200 m Hurdles

J Pocklington
M Saunders

28.1

27.2

3rd
1st

1500 m Walk

K Craigie
L Aspinall

9:01.8
Disq

3rd

200 m

M Saunders
J Pocklington
L Aspinall

23.5
25.2
24.6

3rd
3rd
4th

Shot Put

R Buckley
M Luka

15.82
13.90

1st
2nd

Pole Vault

J Pocklington

3.00 m

1st

800 m

A White
L Aspinall
M Saunders

2:01
2:08.5
2:08

3rd
6th
5th

100 m Hurdles

M Saunders
J Pocklington

14.9
14.5

3rd
1st

3000 m

A White
D Clark
K Craigie

9:20
9:37
9:39.5

1st
2nd
3rd

Long Jump

M Saunders
L Aspinall

5.57
5.47

2nd
5th

4 x 400 m

L Aspinall, D Clark,
A Azcurra, K Craigie

  

2nd

Javelin

J Pocklington
M Luka

30 m
35.63 m

6th
4th

Discus

R Buckley
M Luka

51.92 m

38.10 m

1st
5th

UNDER 14 MEN
East Melbouren 180
Preston 165.5
Nunawading 116.5
Box Hill 54

Event

Athlete

Performance

Place

High Jump

G Hodges

1.25 m

  

200 m Hurdles

S Lees

36.1

  

200 m

P Chiodo
G Hodges
S Lee

26.7
27.1
27.8

  

800 m

P Chiodo

2:24

1st

Long Jump

G Hodges
S Lees

5.16 m
4.36 m

4th

Javelin

G Hodges

32.84 m