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Box Hill Twilight

October 7, 2024

The Box Hill Twilight is back on the 31st October 2024. The Box Hill track is the home of the PB and pacing lights. (new pacing light features coming soon!)

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2022 Winter Season Success

September 26, 2022

A very successful XCR’22 winter season concluded with some great performances at the Tan Relays last Saturday. Box Hill had 52 runners competing, of which 32 picked up medals on the day.
 
Box Hill had many good results over the season, with special mention to our Under 16 men’s team of Kalan Luong, Campbell Brooks, Jack Ewison, Fabiano Aguiard and Andre Maillardet. who won the premiership in their division. 
We had one of our best years for individual results, with Andre Waring being crowned the winter champion and six other Box Hill athletes winning their age group titles.
 
XCR’22 Cross Country and Road Racing Season Results
Men Premier Division: 2nd
Women Premier Division: 3rd
Men Under 16: Premiers!
Women Under 14: 2nd
Men Over 40: 2nd
Women Over 50 (short course): 2nd
 
Individual Athletics Victoria winter champions:
Men Open winter champion: Andre Waring
Women Under 20 winter champion: Amelie Alleva
Men Under 16 winter champion: Campbell Brooks
Men Over 40 winter champion: Steve Dinneen
Women Over 50 winter champion: Julie Norney
Women Over 50 (short course): Pia Hunter
Men Over 60 (short course): Chris O’Connor
 
In other results, Melissa Duncan, Georgia Hansen and Victoria Skaltsonis finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the open women’s winter championship. Doug Buckeridge finished 2nd in the under 20 men, Kerry Putt 2nd in the Over 50 women (short course) and John Meagher 2nd in the over 55 Men.

XCR Round 10 Tan Relays 2022

September 21, 2022

The Tan Relays Saturday 17 September

The last Athletics Victoria event of the winter season was held on Saturday 17 September with the various divisions commencing at or just after 9.00 a.m. It was overcast and cool, but the rain held off until well after the last runners had completed their circuit of the course. Junior relay races were held concurrently with the senior grades. Box Hill has a great record in the senior men’s Division 1 event, but this year the women’s Division 1 team outshone the men in terms of their finishing position, even with the absence of Melissa Duncan, Georgia Hansen and others.

The Box Hill women’s team performed very strongly to win silver medal in the Division 1 race.  The Glen Huntly women’s team had won eight out of the nine previous races with only Box Hill greeting the finishing line ahead of them in the first race of the season in the Cross Country relays at Jells Park.  Glen Huntly have had incredible depth over the winter races with 13 different athletes representing them in Division 1 and they took out the victory by two minutes and seven seconds.  Box Hill started off really well with Victoria Skaltsonis running first and bringing the team in second position, behind Glen Huntly’s first runner, Keeley Small, Victoria has had a brilliant season, always trying her best, finishing as high as fourth in the winter races. Other elite female athletes now see her as a threat for a podium finish.  She recorded a top 10 time (13:21), which is an excellent accomplishment and points to an upward trajectory next year.

Julie Fitt ran the second leg and was pitted against Sarah Howe (GHY) and Gabrielle Vincent (SME) who was their fastest athlete on the day.  Julie brought Box Hill to the changeover in third place having been overtaken by Vincent running along Birdwood Avenue. Third out was Amelia Morton who put in a solid effort and held third position in the race securely. At the end of the third lap, Box Hill trailed Glen Huntly by one minute and 46 seconds and South Melbourne by 45 seconds.

Our fourth competitor was Hayley George who has acquitted herself rather well during the winter season. She ran a very similar time to Amelia and had the misfortune to be up against Linden Hall (ATE) who ran the fastest lap of the day by a female (12:26).  This lap changed the dynamics of the race.  Glen Huntly maintained their lead over second-placed South Melbourne by two minutes 22 seconds.  Hall passed Hayley late in the lap, so Box Hill was 19 seconds behind South Melbourne and seventeen seconds behind Essendon.  Importantly, Hayley had taken 26 seconds out of the fourth South Melbourne athlete and with Sarah Billings running in our last leg, she had given Box Hill a real opportunity to gain a bronze medal or better.

Sarah took off really strongly and she ran the second fastest lap by a female recording the excellent time of 12:29. In doing that, she quickly gathered in the final Essendon runner and then further around Birdwood Avenue she caught and passed the South Melbourne runner so that Box Hill beat South Melbourne by 38 seconds, and we were two minutes and seven seconds down on Glen Huntly. This was an excellent result for all team members and everyone did the best that they could on the day to secure the silver medal.

Box Hill also did really well in a number of other female age divisions. Full race details can be found below.

Our 40+ team, consisting of Kaman Ip, Lynda Allan, and Rachel Johnson, won the bronze medal, with Glen Huntly first and South Melbourne second.

Our 50+ team, consisting of Pia Hunter, Kerry Putt and Julie Norney also won the bronze medal, behind first-placed APS United, and second placed Mentone. Julie Norney ran an exceptionally fast leg.

We had an under 16 team which won the bronze medal, with team members Hannah Rusmir, Thea Prattley and Khushi Deol, finishing behind Mornington and Diamond Valley.

Our under 14 team won the gold medal with team members Monique Williams, Lacey Williams and Priya Deol combining well to defeat Mornington.

The Division 1 men’s race was an interesting event.  Box Hill did not have Andre Waring who was in Adelaide to run a fun run.

Peter Green made a return to racing after a long injury-affected break and he completed the first lap in Box Hill’s fastest circuit recording 11:10. This was a top-ten result on the day and he put Box Hill in a position where winning a medal was possible. This effort suggests that he has a number of excellent performances coming up on the track and road. Andy Buchanan (BER) took Bendigo to first place, which was where they stayed for the whole race. SSH’s Olympic representative, Ben Buckingham ran 10:59, followed by Toby Mendey (GER, who ran 11:01 and Nathan Pearce (WES) who recorded 11:07. Next over the line was Box Hill.

Nick Baggott stepped up to the changeover point and departed swiftly. When the runners came back into view, he had passed Western Athletics’ Matthew Schaumberg and lifted Box Hill into fourth with Bendigo in the lead, Geelong Region 37 seconds in arrears in second spot, with SSH five seconds down on Geelong.  Box Hill was one second behind SSH. Nick recorded the second fastest Division second leg time.

Alex Ritchie was the next Box Hill athlete. He ran 11:49 and held Box Hill in fourth place.  Bendigo (33:32) had a lead of 36 seconds over SSH, with Geelong Region nine seconds further back and Box Hill a further eight seconds adrift in fourth. Glen Huntly was a further 19 seconds back and Melbourne University had narrowly passed Western Athletics, and they were drifting back, the further the race progressed, The other teams were a long way further back. It looked at this stage that Bendigo had a big enough lead not to be challenged and there were four other teams, including Box Hill, which would challenge for the minor medals.

Nathan Tiemens had been selected in the Division 1 team to run the fourth lap and he gave a good account of himself, recording 11:42. More importantly, he lifted Box Hill into third place, overtaking Samuel Quirk (SSH). Bendigo (45:35) surrendered distance to Geelong, represented by former Victorian Cross Country champion, Nick Wightman.  Bendigo’s lead was 10 seconds, with Box Hill, another18 seconds behind.  SSH was fourth, nine seconds behind Box Hill and Glen Huntly, fifth a further 11 seconds behind.  Melbourne University was another 45 seconds behind in sixth position.

Our fifth leg runner was Josh McLeod, and he maintained our team’s position.  His circuit was completed in 11:48. Bendigo (56:50) led Geelong by 41 seconds, with Box Hill 24 seconds further back. Glen Huntly was 35 seconds behind our team, ahead of SSH by 12 seconds, and Melbourne University were another 16 seconds down.

There was no certainty that we had any medal guaranteed because of the close proximity of four other clubs.  So, Doug Buckeridge had the job in front of him and he responded exceptionally well, stopping the clock at 11:29 and narrowly missed picking up the second-placed Geelong team.  When he crossed the line, he was just four seconds behind Geelong.  Bendigo held on for the win with a margin of 65 seconds over Geelong, Box Hill third, with Glen Huntly 15 seconds behind our team in fourth place. Melbourne University ran over the top of SSH to claim fifth, and Western Athletics was next to greet the finish. Thus, Box Hill performed very creditably to win a well-deserved bronze medal.

Box Hill’s Division 2 team was made up of Klarie McIntyre (13:00), Zac Hunter (12:30), Murray Lovass (13:17), Michael Petridis (12:45), Adam Schlicht (12:47) and Sam Rattray who ran his lap in the notable time of 11:49. They finished in eighth position behind Mentone, first, Knox, second, and Essendon, third.

Box Hill’s Division 3 team was made up of Sajan Deol (14:17), Jackson Deane (14:11), Derek Allan (14:58), Lucas Pamminger (13:46) and Scott Benedict (12:52).  The team finished in ninth position, with Yarra Ranges first, Mansfield second and Melbourne University third.

The 40+ Division team had another great outing, winning the gold medal by 18 seconds from Richmond with Geelong Region third. After two sound legs from Justin Jeffery and Michael Sleap, Steve Dinneen ran the amazing time of 11:39 to anchor the team to victory.

The male 50+ Division team, represented by John Meagher, Peter Stefanos and Chris O’Connor, placed fifth, behind Glen Huntly, APSU, Waverley and Mornington.

The male under 18 team had a successful outing, winning the silver medal, 25 seconds behind Collingwood and ahead of third-placed Diamond Valley. Each of the athletes ran very creditable legs, represented by Toby Griffith (11:53), Jack Waters (12:46) and Izak Bibile (11:33). Izak’s time was so good that it would have earned him a run in the Premier Division team, which is very impressive for an under 18 athlete.  It’s also worth mentioning that Box Hill’s time was the same in the results as the third-placed Geelong Region team’s time, and it was Izak’s mighty and determined finish which made the difference between the silver and bronze medal positions..

The male under 16 team also had an excellent outcome, also winning the silver medal in their age group. Campbell Brooks (13:02) was out first, followed by Jack Ewison (13:31) and then by Kalan Luong (13:00).  Essendon eclipsed them by just over one-and-a-half minutes, with Diamond Valley placing third. 

 

Male Premier Division

Leg 1

 

 

Leg 2

 

 

Leg 3

 

 

Position

Club

Time

Position

Club

Time

Position

Club

Time

1

BER

10.42

1

BER

21.53

1

BER

33.32

2

SSH

10.48

2

GER

22.30

2

SSH

34.08

3

GER

11.01

3

SSH

22.35

3

GER

34.17

4

WES

11.07

4

BOH

22.36

4

BOH

34.25

5

BOH

11.10

5

GHY

22.45

5

GHY

34.44

6

GHY

11.10

6

WES

23.02

6

UNI

35.02

7

UNI

11.37

7

UNI

23.25

7

WES

35.03

 

Leg 4

 

 

Leg 5

 

 

Leg 6

 

 

Position

Club

Time

Position

Club

Time

Position

Club

Time

1

BER

45.35

1

BER

56.50

1

BER

68.15

2

GER

45.45

2

GER

57.31

2

GER

69.20

3

BOH

46.07

3

BOH

57.55

3

BOH

69.24

4

SSH

46.16

4

GHY

58.30

4

GHY

69.39

5

GHY

46.27

5

SSH

58.42

5

UNI

70.45

6

UNI

47.12

6

UNI

59.08

6

SSH

71.20

7

WES

47.13

7

WES

59.09

7

WES

71.26

 

1       Bendigo Region         1:08:15                                                                                

2       Geelong Region         1:09:20

3       Box Hill                    1:09:24                                                                                              

4       Glenhuntly                 1:09:39                                                                                               

5       Melbourne Uni           1:10:45                                                                                               

6       St Stephens                1:11:20                                                                                               

 

Fastest on the day                                                                                                                       

Seth O’Donnell                   MEN                         10:41

Andy Buchanan                   BER                          19.42

Lachlan Herd                      KNA                         10.48

Ben Buckingham                 SSH                          10.58

Archie Noakes                     ATE                          10.58

Toby Mendey                      GER                          11.01

William Lewis                     STK                          11.04

Abere Belay                        ATE                          11/06

Nathan Pearce                     WES                         11.07

Peter Green                       BOH                         11.10

 

Box Hill individual leg times

Peter Green:                        11:10

Nicholas Baggott:                11:26

Alexander Ritchie:               11:49

Nathan Tiemens:                 11:42

Joshua McLeod:                  11:48

Douglas Buckeridge:            11:29

 

Male Division 2

1       Mentone                    1:11:41                                                                                  

2       Knox                         1:12:20                                                                                 

3       Essendon                   1:13:11                                                                                               

8       Box Hill                    1:14:19

 

Individual leg times

Klarie McIntyre:                  13:00

Zac Hunter:                         12:30

Murray Lovass:                   13:17

Michael Petridis:                  12:45

Adam Schlicht:                    12:47

Samuel Rattray:                   11:49

 

Male Division 3

1       Yarra Ranges             1:00:29                                                                               

2       Mansfield                  1:02:54                                                                               

3       Melbourne Uni1:        1:05:21                                                                               

9       Box Hill                    1:10:04

 

Individual leg times                                                                                                

Sajan Deol:                         14:17

Jackson Deane:                    14:11

Derek Allan:                       14:58

Lucas Pamminger:               13:46

Scott Benedict:                    12:52

  

Male 40+ Division

1       Box Hill                    38:15

2       Richmond                  38:34                                                                                                  

3       Geelong Region         38:51                                                                                                  

 

Individual leg times                                                                                                

Justin Jeffery:                      12:40

Michael Sleap:                    13:56

Stephen Dinneen:                11:39                                                                                        

 

 

Male 50+ Division

1       Glenhuntly                 39:35                                                                                                

2       APS United                42:36                                                                                                

3       Waverley                   42:55                                                                                                

4       Mornington                42:59                                                                                                

5       Box Hill                    45:08

Individual leg times                                                                                                

John Meagher:                     13:02

Peter Stefanos:                    15:59

Christopher O’Connor:         16:07

 

Male under 18 Division

Collingwood                       35:51

Box Hill                              36:12

Geelong Region                  36:12                                                                                    

Individual leg times                                                                                                

Toby Griffith:                      11:53

Jack Waters:                        12:46

Izak Bibile:                         11:33                         \                                                

 

Male under 16 Division                                                                                                              

 

1       Essendon                   38:00                                                                                                 

2       Box Hill                    39:33                                                                                                 

3       Diamond Valley         40:01            

 

Individual leg times                                                                                                

Campbell Brooks:                13:02

Jack Ewison:                       13:31

Kalan Luong:                      13:00

 

Female Premier Division

Leg 1

 

 

Leg 2

 

 

Leg 3

 

 

Position

Club

Time

Position

Club

Time

Position

Club

Time

1

GHY

12.57

1

GHY

26.43

1

GHY

40.19

2

BOH

13.21

2

SME

26.51

2

SME

41.20

3

SME

13.31

3

BOH

27.31

3

BOH

42.05

4

ATE

13.52

4

ATE

28.11

4

UNI

42.56

5

UNI

14.26

5

UNI

28.17

5

ESS

43.37

6

WES

14.56

6

WES

29.33

6

WES

44.40

 

Leg 4

 

 

Leg 5

 

 

Position

Club

Time

Position

Club

Time

1

GHY

53.39

1

GHY

66.42

2

SME

56.01

2

BOH

68.49

3

ESS

56.03

3

SME

69.27

4

BOH

56.20

4

UNI

71.56

5

UNI

57.23

5

ESS

74.32

6

WES

59.44

6

WES

75.26

 

1       Glenhuntly                 1:06:42                                                                                              

2       Box Hill                    1:08:49                                                                                              

3       South Melbourne        1:09:27                                                                                              

4       Melbourne Uni           1:11:56 

5       Essendon                   1:14:32                                                                                              

6       Western Athletics       1:15:26

 

Fastest on the day                                                                                                                       

Linden Hall                         ETA                     12.26

Sarah Billings:                   BOH                    12:29

Madeleine Murray               SSH                      12.3r4

Keeley Small                       GHY                     12.57

Emma Hogan                      GHY                     13.03

Amy Robinson                    MFD                     13.11

Whitney Sharpe                   SSH                      13.18

Cassie Little                        GHY                     13.20

Gabrielle Vincent                SME                     13.20

Victoria Skaltsonis             BOH                    13.31

 

Box Hill individual leg times

Victoria Skaltsonis:              13:21

Julie Fitt:                             14:30

Amelia Morton:                   14:14

Hayley George:                   14:15

Sarah Billings:                     12:29

 

Female Division 4 leg times (incomplete team)

Shweta Ilango                      15:07

Holly Pedersen                    21:01

 

Female 40+ Division

1       Glenhuntly                 44:20                        

2       South Melbourne        48:29                                                                                                

3        Box Hill                    50:18

 

Individual leg times

Kaman Ip:                           16:16

Lynda Allan:                       17:32

Rachel Johnson:                   16:30                                                                    

 

Female 50+ Division

  • APS United 47:04                                                                           

2       Mentone                    48:06                                                                                                 

3       Box Hill                    48:24

Individual leg times

Pia Hunter:                          16:37

Kerry Putt:                          17:17

Julie Norney:                       14:30                                                                                                 

Female under 16 Division

1        Mornington                44:09

2        Diamond Valley         44:53                                                                                                

3       Box Hill                    45:29

Individual leg times

Hannah Rusmir: 13:59

Thea Prattley: 17:26

Khushi Deol: 14:04                                                                                                             

 

Female under 14 Division

1        Box Hill                    45:57

2        Mentone                    47:22

 

Individual leg times

Monique Williams:              15:24

Lacey Williams:                  15:35

Priya Deol:                          14:58



 

 

 

Box Hill Classic 2022

February 5, 2022

The Box Hill Classic returns on 24 March 2022, with 1500m, 3000m and elite 800m events. Click here for more event information. 

Box Hill Burn 2022

The Box Hill Burn is back again on Tuesday 8 March 2022, featuring 1000m and 5000m events. Click here for more information.

The BOX HILL CLASSIC

March 23, 2021

The Box Hill Classic is ON!

Events: 1500m & 3000m

THURSDAY 1st of April

Tickets are on sale NOW but hurry, entries close 5pm Sunday 28th of March.

Event page is here: https://www.boxhillathleticclub.org/the-box-hill-classic/

Box Hill Burn 2021

January 6, 2021

Join us at Box Hill Athletic Club for an exciting night of racing on Tuesday 2nd March 2021. 1000m and 5000m events. To register and for more information CLICK HERE

The Box Hill Classic is BACK in 2020!

January 6, 2020

Box Hill Athletic Club are hosting 200m, 800m, 3000m running events and Triple jump/High jump on Thursday the 30th of January 2020. Details here

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. 

There was a record number of participants, and perfect weather conditions ensured that there were plenty of PBs.

Congratulations to our two winners of the 1500m A grade events. Andre Waring won the Graham Crouch trophy for the men’s A grade race and Sarah Billings won the trophy for the women’s A grade race.

Results

XCR Round 10 – Tan Relays

September 22, 2019

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.
Despite several withdrawals from our Premier Division men’s team, the team ran very well to put our team in contention all the way and finish a close 2nd. Special mention to Adrian Potter, who ran a brilliant first leg in the fast time of 10:49 for his lap of the Tan and to 16 year Doug Buckeridge, who stepped up to the open Premier Division team and held his own against older more experienced opponents.

Our Division 2 women’s team were clear winners and cemented their place on top of the ladder and will now be promoted back to the Premier division next year.

Results

Men Premier Division (Team place: 2nd)
Adrian Potter         10:49
Nick Baggott           11:18
Doug Buckeridge    11:41
Michael Dowel       11:36
Alex Ritchie            11:37
Andre Waring         11:14 
Men Division 2 (Team place: 10th)
Michael Vaughan    12:58
Russell Clowes      13:03
Dylan Perera          13:08
Josh de Stefanis      12:47
Paul Prentice           13:56
Raymond Chan       13:30 
Men Division 3  (Team place: 14th)
Kennedy Chen        14:17
Simon St. Hill         16:18
Jack Ewinson         13:46
Shane Holt             13:36
Ross Thomas         13:13 
Men Division 5
Andrew Tunne        
Scott Bowman          
Men Over 50  (Team place: 3rd)
Peter Stefanos         15:00
Chris O’Connor       15:14
John Meagher         12:48 
Men Under 20  (Team place: 3rd)
Jack Stummer         12:572
Darcy Powne          12:373
Josh McLeod           12:17 
Men Under 16  (Team place: 3rd)
Jordan Abbott         12:40
Thomas Diamond   14:17
Izak Bibile              12:42 
Women Division 2  (Team place: 1st)
Marlie Campton      13:50
Steph Kondogonis  14:11
Katherine Foley      14:33
Courtney Powell     13:02 
Women Over 40  (Team place: 4th)
Caitlin Harrison      18:19
Kerry Putt               17:57
Kamaan Ip              17:11 
Women Over 50  (Team place: 2nd)
June Petrie              15:53
Amanda Harper      16:43
Pia Hunter               15:53 
Women Under 20 (Team place: 3rd)
Breanna Croall        15:14
Christine Ashton     15:45 
Sophie Westcott      15:05 
Women Under 161. Khushi Deol            16:02

XCR’19 Premierships 
Congratulations to our Women’s Division 2 team, Women over 50 and Men over 50,  who all won XCR’19 premierships.
Our men’s Premier division team also performed extremely well this year. Having won four of the last five premierships, we encountered tough opposition and some back luck throughout the year to finish in second place
Let’s hope that we can get back on top next year.