February 25, 2015
UPCOMING EVENTS
February 27 – March 1, Victorian Championships (and multi event champs)
March 7, Saturday, AV Knockout Final – Albert Park
March 11-15, Australian Junior Championships, Sydney
March 14-15, Victorian Masters Championships, Doncaster
March 19, Thursday, Milers Club, Box Hill
March 21, Saturday, IAAF World Challenge, Melbourne
March 26-29, Australian Championships, Brisbane
April 3-6, Australian Masters Championships, Sydney
GOOD LUCK AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Good luck to all the Box Hill athletes who are competing in the Victorian track and field championships at Albert Park this weekend.
RESULTS FROM THE ADELAIDE TRACK CLASSIC
A number of Box Hill athletes competed in the Adelaide track classic last weekend. Special mention to Blake Lucas who won the pole vault and to juniors Nana Owusu-Afriyie and Mitchell Dyer, who performed well in open competition.
Results:
Blake Lucas 1st pole vault 5.25m
Flavien Basson 3rd pole vault 5.25m
Joel Pocklington 4th pole vault 5.10m
Nana Owusu-Afriyie 6th 100m 12.08, 1st 4x100m relay
Courtney Powell 6th 3000m 9:33.45
Mitchell Dyer 7th 3000m 8:29.03
RESULTS FROM RARE AIR CLUB AT MELBOURNE UNI, FEB. 24
Pole Vault Results
Women:
Olivia Carah 3.55m
Isabelle Napier 3.20m
Brigid Davis 2.30m
Men
Flavien Basson 5.30m
Blake Lucas 5.15m
Dalton DiMedio 3.40m
George Schillinger 3.05m
RESULTS FROM 5000m AT MELBOURNE UNI, FEB. 24
Peter Green 15:06.4
Dion Finocchiaro 15:23.4
James O’Connell 15:26.2
Ben Cox 15:51.5
Welday Mebrahtu 15:54.6
Klarie McIntyre 15:56.2
Tony Langelaan 17:27.5
Peter Stefanos 18:20.0
WANGARATTA RUNNING FESTIVAL
Congratulations to Molly Tilbrook (81:24) and Bec Rosel (82:15) who finished 1st and 2nd in the Wangaratta half marathon this morning. Also Charlie Blanch finished 3rd in the 10k (34:47) and Julie Norney finished 4th (first in her age group) in the 10k in 38:46
TRACK BOOKINGS
Please be aware that the track is sometimes booked by schools and other users (see club website for details). In particular note that the track is booked for a Miler’s Club meet on Thursday March 19, from 7:00pm. There is also a booking during the day on Wednesday, March 25, which will mean that the track is unavailable for training until 5:00pm
XCR’15 COMING SOON!
The 2015 cross country and road racing season starts in less than 7 weeks. The first event will be the cross country relays at Jells Park on Saturday, April 18. Let’s hope that Box Hill can have another successful winter season.