Australian Club Championships
Adelaide
2 April 2006

The Box Hill men's team was unfortunately not able to defend the title which we won last year at this year's Australian Club Championships in Adelaide at 2 April 2006. However, the team put up a great fight to finish second behind the University of Technology, Sydney, pushing the strong team of the University of Queensland into third place. The women's team battled gamely with just eight team members but were unable to match the depth of the other teams, finishing in 8th position.

Highlights from the meet included:

A brilliant run by Andrew White to win the 3000 m, just a couple of hours after winning the Under 23 1500 m title.

A big finish by Mohamad Zeed to win the 200 m hurdles in his fourth race for the day.

A gutsy effort by Vivienne Lee to win her heat of the 200 m hurdles in her fourth event for the day.

PB's by Andrew Haddow in the 200 m and Kristine Hopkins in the 400 m.

Many thanks to the athletes who made the trip to Adelaide especially to compete for the Club, and to Julie Milner, Cameron Baker, Rob Falkenberg and Cathy Tilley who travelled to Adelaide to support the team. Special thanks to Cameron Baker who coordinated the travel and accommodation arrangements for the team.

While it was great to have a full team of 14 athletes available for the men's team (we actually had 16 fit athletes in Adelaide ready to compete plus 2 late withdrawals with injury), it was most disappointing that we had only 8 girls available to fill the team, and particularly disappointing that we were not able to fill either of the two women's pole vault positions. The AUstralian Club Championships is the most important meet that the Club enters each year so it is expected that all members make themselves available to compete for the Club at these championships.

A full list of results for the Box Hill teams and athletes is included below.

Team Results

                              Male Team Scores
 Place      Team                                                    Points
     1      Uts Northern Suburbs                UTS                   300
     2      Box Hill                            BOH                   275
     3      University of Queensland            UQ                    271.50
     4      Tea Tree Gully                      TTG                   253
     5      Western Districts                   WD                    246
     6      Gold Coast Victory                  GCV                   242.50
     7      Illawong                            IWG                   212
     8      North Launceston                    NLA                   134

                             Female Team Scores
 Place      Team                                                    Points
     1      Hills Districts                     HDS                   285
     2      Gold Coast Victory                  GCV                   259
     3      University of Queensland            UQ                    258
     4      Bankstown Sports                    BKS                   251
     5      Tea Tree Gully                      TTG                   233
     6      North Launceston                    NLA                   229
     7      Illawong                            IWG                   214
     8      Box Hill                            BOH                   181

Men's Individual Results

200 Metres
Div A  Andrew Haddow         6th  22.63 
Div B  Mohamad Zeed          4th  23.08

400 Metres
Div A  Chris Wall            7th   53.26 
Div B  David  Featherston    3rd   51.44

800 Metres
Div A  Navin  Arunasalam     5th   1:58.35 
Div B  Chris  Wall           5th   1:59.73

3000 Metres
Div A  Andrew White          1st   8:46.97
Div B  Ruben Arunasalam      3rd   9:29.59

200 Metres Hurdles
Div A  Mohamad Zeed          1st   24.77
Div B  David Featherston     3rd   26.84

High Jump 
Div A  John Peavey           2nd   1.93m
Div B  Theo  Oostveen        2nd   1.81m

Triple Jump
Div A  Adam Rabone           3rd   14.00m, w:0.3 
Div B  Grant Hodges          4th   12.52m, w:0.4

Shot Put
Div A  Chris Rutty           5th   11.15m
Div B, Amila Perera          2nd   11.78m

Discus Throw
Div A  Chris  Rutty          3rd   33.78m
Div B  Amila Perera          2nd   35.98m

4x100 Metres Relay
Andrew Haddow, Theo Oostveen, Adam Rabone, Mohamad Zeed  2nd   42.72
 
Medley Relay (200-200-400-800)
Andrew Haddow, Mohamad Zeed, David Featherston, Navin Arunasalam  4th 3:40.68

Women's Individual Results

100 Metres 
Div A   Natalia Kremenchutskaya  8th  13.79 
Div B   Kristine Hopkins         8th  14.23

400 Metres
Div A   Kristine Hopkins         7th  61.97
Div B   Vivienne Lee             7th  65.13

800 Metres
Div A   Kate Wall                7th  2:24.85
Div B   Harriet Hodgkinson       5th  2:26.68

3000 Metres
Div A   Harriet Hodgkinson       7th  11:51.07 
Div B   Kate Wall                5th  12:06.22

200 Metres Hurdles
Div A   Leana Tilley             7th  33.43 
Div B   Vivienne Lee             1st  31.79

Pole Vault
Div A Jenna Jeffs, DNS 

Long Jump
Div A   Natalia Kremenchutskaya   6th  4.77m, w:-0.8
Div B   Veronica Kirby            8th  4.34m

Shot Put
Div A   Leana Tilley              8th  8.59m 
Div B   Jennifer Chan             7th  6.81m

Javelin Throw
Div A  Veronica Kirby             8th  15.83m 
Div B  Jennifer Chan              8th   14.38m

4x100 Metres Relay
Leana Tilley, Kristine Hopkins, Vivienne Lee, Natalia Kremenchutskaya  8th  53.01 

Medley Relay (200-200-400-800)
Leana Tilley, Vivienne Lee, Kristine Hopkins, Kate Wall                8th  4:39.73