With seven Box Hill athletes in Sydney for the weekend, the Box Hill senior mens teams were greatly depleted and failed to fill the A grade team for the first time in many years. Despite this absence, the four Box Hill runners who travelled to Ballarat all ran well around the course at Ballarat Uni. Chris O'Connor was the first Box Hill runner to finish in 68th position, closely followed by Tony Bird (86th) then David Boyd (146th) and Ian Sloane (205th).