Great night at the Whitehorse Twilight
December 5, 2019
A big thanks to all the competitors, volunteers and spectators who made Box Hill Athletic Club’s Whitehorse Twilight meet a huge success.
A big thanks to all the competitors, volunteers and spectators who made Box Hill Athletic Club’s Whitehorse Twilight meet a huge success.
It was a good day for Box Hill at the Tan in the final event of the XCR ’19 season, with a win in the women’s Division 2 competition, 2nd place to our Premier Division men and Over 50 women and third place to the Over 50 men, the Under 20 men, the Under 20 women and the Under 16 men.
Box Hill athletes Nana Owusu-Afriyie (4x100m relay), Harry Summers (10,000m), and Georgia Griffith (1500m) have been selected to represent Australia at the World Athletics Championships in Doha later this month.
Congratulations to all those who participated in the Burnley Half Marathon. There were good individual results and Box Hill was 3rd in the women’s division 2 and 40+. The men’s 50+ team also scored a 3rd place.
Box Hill’s Andre Waring took home a silver medal and stepped on to the podium for the first time at the 15km road championship in Ballarat on 27 July. It was another great day for the club, with our women winning Division 2, Division 4 and the 50+ Division. Our mens 50+ team also claimed […]
Harry Summers and Ashlee Treagus shone at the Victorian Road Championships held at Albert Park on 14 July, with Courtney Powell, Liz Doueal, Andre Waring, Jack Ewison, Izak Bibile and Roxy Phipps also performing well to claim top 10 finishes.
Box Hill won four divisions at the Sundown Relays on 6 July, led by star performers Harry Summers, Courtney Powell and Doug Buckeridge.
Box Hill’s senior runners were in top form at the Anglesea Ekiden relays on 22 June, with our men and women over 50 teams both claiming first place. Our division 1 men, division 2 men and women over 40 teams were placed third.
Congratulations to Box Hill’s Harry Summers and Ashlee Treagus, who won gold at the Victorian Cross Country Championships at Bundoora Park on 15 June. In what was a great day for the club, Box Hill won the Premier division men’s competition as well as the men’s division 2, men’s over 50, women’s division 4, women’s division 5 and women’s over 50 competitions. Our teams finished 2nd in the men’s division 5, women’s division 2, and the women’s division 5.
Box Hill had a successful day at the 8km cross country event at St Anne’s Winery at Myrniong on 1 June. Our club won the men’s Premier Division event thanks to strong performances from Dejen Gebreselassie, Harry Summers, Will Potter, Nick Baggott, Andre Waring and Alex Ritchie.