STATE LEAGUE ROUND 12
19 MARCH 2002

The Box Hill Men's State League Team completed the minor round with another successful night on the track in round 12 of State League competition tonight. The team probably finished in second place behind Eastside despite not having a javelin thrower, hammer thrower, walker, high jumper or high hurdler.

Once again the sprinters dominated with Tim Williams winning the first heat of the 100 in 10.96, Braden Fraser winning the second in 11.16 and Rhett Medford the third in 11.30. The great depth of the Club in the sprints was shown in the following invitation race when Mohamad Zeed, Marty Duke and Lane Harrison all ran within 7 one hundredths of each other.

Toby Pallett continued his solid form in the shot with a put of 13.55 for third and then finished fourth in the discus with a throw of 38.88m.

Joel Pocklington also continued his recent good form in the pole vault to win with a jump of 4.00 m while Lachlan Aspinall went very close to qualifying in the triple jump with a jump of 12.60m.

The 4x100 m relay team of Braden Fraser, Tim Williams, Lane Harrison and Mohammad Zeed easily won the relay with a time of 42.07.

Kynan Dawes showed a good return to form in the steeple to finish fourth in 9:35 while Luke Yeatman struggled home in 10:11 and unfortunately failed to qualify.

The 400 m runners finished the night in fine fashion with Marty Duke finishing second in 48.2, then Tim Heron ran 50.63 to win the second heat and Peter Knott ran 51.18 for second in the third heat.

The Box Hill team finished the minor round in sixth place but with the finals program suiting our strong track athletes we are a real chance to challenge for an overdue premiership over the next two weeks. The first round of the finals is next Tuesday 26 March at Olympic Park and we need as many supporters as possible there to help cheer on the team.

The Box Hill Women's State League team went very close to securing a win in the final round for the season and have a great chance of retaining the premiership that they have won for the last two seasons.