Box Hill athletes collected 10 gold, 13 silver and nine bronze medals at the Victorian Track and Field Championships held over the first two weekends in March. Congratulations to all of our athletes!
A great night of racing was promised, and Box Hill Athletic Club delivered! National qualifiers were achieved, PBs were slashed and the record 410 athletes gave spectators an exciting night of tightly contested races.
Harry Summers has been selected to represent Australia in the World Cross Country Championships to be held in Denmark on March 30. This is a great reward for all the work Harry has put in to get back into his best form. Congratulations to Harry and to his coach, Steve Dinneen.
The highly successful Box Hill Classic is back! As we move toward the pointy end of the track season, the Box Hill Classic on Thursday 7 February is a great opportunity to trim your PB or try for a national qualifying time.
Runners Tribe has interviewed our very own 800m star Georgia Griffith and Nikki Chapple, who is the club record holder for 5000m, 10,000m and marathon.
The Box Hill Athletics track will be closed for resurfacing from Monday November 13. It is expected the resurfacing will take about three months.
Box Hill Athletic Club is holding a comedy fundraising evening on Friday, 20 October. Doors open at 7pm for pizza and drinks, and the show starts at 8pm. Tickets are available online – bring friends and family to support the club!
Tom Sellwood and Will Potter raced superbly in the Australian Cross Country Championships on August 26, leading a successful Box Hill contingent.
Congratulations to Box Hill’s Nicola Hogg, who won a silver medal in the Australian All Schools Cross Country Championships in Hobart on August 12.
Box Hill’s Premier Division men’s team once again claimed victory in Ballarat on 29 July. Fighting windy conditions over the 15km course, and with several regular runners missing, Box Hill had six men in the top 42 finishers.