Box Hill’s Georgia Griffith raced courageously at the National Open Track and Field Championships on the Gold Coast last weekend, claiming second in the 800m and cementing her place in the Commonwealth Games team.
Seven Box Hill teams are in the top two and two are in the top three, with one round remaining before AV Shield Finals.
Round 10 of AV Shield was delayed a day due to heat, and held on Sunday at two venues – Lakeside Stadium and Knox.
Despite the inclement weather, we managed to get through the whole program and there were some outstanding performances – including two new club records! Congratulations to Mac Anderson, who ran 9:06.2 for 3000m to break the U15 club record and to Anastasia Purcell whose time of 56.00 broke the club 400m record for the U16 and U17 age groups.
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.
Athletes were spread across Melbourne on Saturday, with most of our athletes competing at Knox, but some competing at Werribee.
Numbers were down in some age groups at Nunawading last Saturday. Thank you to all those who acted as club helpers!
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!
After a tremendous eight rounds of XCR competition by our men’s team, things were not looking great for round 9, with a number of our best runners ill, injured or unavailable for the half marathon at Burnley on 10 September. But some exceptional individual efforts ensured a strong team performance.
Tom Sellwood and Will Potter raced superbly in the Australian Cross Country Championships on August 26, leading a successful Box Hill contingent.