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2015 Winter Bulletin No. 20

August 12, 2015

UPCOMING EVENTS

August 15, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 8, Ekiden Relay, Angelsea

August 29, Saturday, National Cross Country Champs, Moonee Valley Race Course

September 6, Sunday, XCR’15 Round 9, Burnley half-marathon

September 13, Sunday, Bunnings BBQ

September 19, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 10, Tan Relays

Saturday, October 10, Shield Competition, Round 1, Nunawading

Saturday, October 17, TRIVIA NIGHT, Chatham Primary School

 

 

XCR’15 ROUND 8 AT ANGLESEA ON THIS SATURDAY

The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the Anglesea Ekiden Relay on this Saturday, August 15. This is the first year this event will be held (replacing the Harcourt to Bendigo “Coliban” relay, last held in 2012). This promises to be an exciting new event, with each runner on a relay team running a different distance.

Draft teams are listed below. If you are listed to run but cannot take part, please let us know as soon as possible. If you are not listed in a team but wish to run, please let us know, as the teams are subject to change and not all teams have been filled as yet.

We desperately need volunteers to help at timekeepers. If you can help, let us know as soon as possible.

Please read the attached event information.

 

12:30pm Men Division 2

9.8km         Oscar Robinson

8.8km         Michael Vaughan

7.9km         Welday Mebrahtu

6.0km         Trent Collins

5.2km         Andrew Hester

4.6km         Tony Langelaan

12:35pm Men Division 3

9.8km            Chris O’Connor

8.8km            Russell Clowes

7.9km         Jack Hill

6.0km         Andrew Tunne

5.2km         Simon St. Hill

12:40pm Men Premier Division

9.8km            Steve Dinneen

8.8km            Will Potter

7.9km         Michael Dowel

6.0km         Dion Finocchiaro

5.2km         James O’Connell

4.6km         Nick Baggott (Peter Green?)

12:40pm Women Premier Division

9.8km            Julie Norney

8.8km            Hayley Tomlinson

6.0km         Georgie Meehan

5.2km         Grace Kalac

4.6km         Sarah Cant

12:45pm Men Division 6

9.8km

8.8km

7.9km

5.2km

12:50pm Women Division 2

9.8km            Liza Henshall

7.9km         Amelia Savige

6.0km         Kelly Ulf

4.6km         Nicole Smith

12:55pm Men 50+

9.8km         John Meagher

7.9km         Peter Stefanos

5.2km         Graeme Olden

1:00pm Women Division 5

8.8km

7.9km

5.2km

1:05pm Women 40+

8.8km            June Petrie

6.0km            Pia Hunter

5.2km         Megan Sloane

1:05pm Men Under 20

8.8km           Carlos Norman

7.9km         Jack Prendergast

6.0km         Peter O’Leary

1:20pm Women Under 18

7.9km

6.0km

4.6km

1:25pm Men Under 18

7.9km         Scott McKenzie?

6.0km         Alex Ritchie

4.6km         Lucas Pamminger

 

 

MICHALE DOWEL 12TH IN SYDNEY

Several Box Hill athletes travelled north to take part in the world’s biggest fun run, the Sydney city to Surf. Michael Dowel put in an outstanding effort to finish 12th among over 65,000 finishers, running a time of 44:51 for the hilly 14km course. Other Box Hill athletes who performed extremely well were, Peter Green, 23rd in 45:45, James O’Connell 32nd in 46:29, Ben Cox 43rd in 47:15 (3rd junior), John Meagher, 47th in 47:32 (1st over 50), Scott McKenzie, 80th in 48:52, Daniel Balassone, 116th in 49:41 and Aidan McCormack who finished 117th in a time of 49:43

 

 

BOX HILL ATHLETES AT THE WORLD MASTERS GAMES

Karen Carah, Andrew Wilcox, Amanda Harper and Simon Evans are currently competing in the world masters games in Lyon, France. Full results next week.

 

 

BRIMBANK PARK CROSS COUNTRY

Ian Sloane’s report of last week’s race:

16 K Cross Country Brimbank Park Keilor 1 August 2015

This is probably the toughest in the winter calendar, with a monster of a hill after a long uphill incline to get there. Weather conditions were very cool, with few spots of rain and mainly overcast conditions.  There was some wind, but the race conditions were better than the weather forecast suggested.

Box Hill had a few competitors in the junior races.  Murray Lovass represented the club in the under 14 race and ran really well to place 10th with a barnstorming finish to pass another competitor in sight of the line.  He has been performing well in all the races that he has entered and looks to be a performer of the future.

Paris Powell ran in the under 20 race and did really well to finish 5th, also producing a great surging finish passing others in the last 600 metres and one competitor in the last 100 metres in a very determined effort.  Paris has been improving noticeably this year and looks to have a good future in the sport.

Carlos Norman ran a steady race in the under 20 Men’s division and finished 19th.  This was probably the best that he has run this season and he is obviously getting fitter.

Lucas Pamminger ran 23rd in the under 18 Men’s race.  Amy Atkinson ran impressively to finish in 9th place in the under 16 Women’s race and did well in the latter part of the race.  Zoe Schwerkolt placed 13th in the under 18 Women’s race.

The Women’s race saw a low turnout for the club with only seven female Box Hill runners contesting the 6 k race.  Courtney Powell ran brilliantly over the one lap course and won the race from Gemma Maini (Frankston) and Sarah Klein (Frankston).  Running with the two Frankston women in the early stages of the race until the hill, Courtney asserted her superiority in the latter stages of the race to pull away from Maini and Klein. She beat Maini by eight seconds with Klein a further 13 seconds in arrears.  Courtney is in really good form at the moment and there will be more top performances coming during the winter season.  There was a massive gap then to fourth position, showing the difference in fitness and speed between these three leading athletes and the rest of the field.  June Petrie was 51st and was our second runner across the line.  June clearly won the gold medal in her age division by a huge 52 second margin.  She was followed in by Pia Hunter, who was placed 114th. Megan Sloane was third in her age division and finished 131st. Kelly Ulf finished shortly after in 139th position, followed by Caitlin Harrison, 145th and Nicole Smith, 156th.

Box Hill’s ranks were also thin in the Men’s race with only 13 starters, two of whom failed to finish the event. The Men’s open division was keenly contested with 336 finishers and there was a group of 10 athletes who broke clear early on in the race.  Leading this pack were Steve Kelly who was in front after 2 kilometres, closely followed by Will Potter, second.  Others in the lead pack were Steve Dinneen, Liam Adams (Essendon), Julian Spence (Geelong), Zac Newman (Melbourne University), Matt Davy (Frankston), Nick Earl (Melbourne University, but wearing an unrecognisable singlet with red and yellow vertical stripes), Harry Smithers (Geelong) and Mitchel Brown (Essendon).

By the end of the first 4k loop, Steve Dinneen had got to the front, flowed closely by Liam Adams, second. Steve Kelly, 3rd, Matt Davy, 4th, Will Potter 5th and Mitchel Brown, 6th. Dion Finocchiaro was 12th, Michael Dowel was 18th, John Meagher was 30th, Nick Baggott was around 60th, James O’Connell, about 65th, followed by Dave Jimenez and Peter Stefanos.  Graeme Olden and Chris O’Connor were both further back.

At the conclusion of the second lap, which included the long grinding hill, the leading athletes were in the same position as they would finish the race. Liam Adams had surged to the lead, with Steve Kelly in the silver medal position and Zac Newman in third, arguably his best ever performance.  Mitch Brown was 4th, Julian Spence 5th, Will Potter 6th, Steve Dinneen 7th and Dion Finocchiaro was around 13th.  Michael Dowel was also progressing well, running a very sensible race and he had gas in the tank for the last lap which included another assault on the hill. He would have been about 15that this stage of the race.

In the concluding stages the top five athletes consolidated their positions and the race was won by Liam Adams, followed in by Steve Kelly, Zac Newman, Mitchel Brown and Julian Spence.  Steve Dinneen, 6th, passed Will Potter, 7th, in the final lap.  Nick Earl clung onto 8th, ahead of the fast-finishing Dion Finocchiaro, who surged home picking up four places in the last leg, an impressive finishing burst. Michael Dowel also impressed, picking up several places in the concluding stages to place 13th, a fine effort.  John Meagher completed the division 1 team in recording 38th place (37th in the provisional results).  Other Box Hill athletes to complete the course were David Jimenez, 52nd, Nick Baggott, 55th, Peter Stefanos, 182nd, Graeme Olden, 195th and Chris O’Connor, 224th.

We had a clear victory in the Premier Division teams’ race, ahead of the Melbourne University and Geelong, but were one runner short of a team for Division 2.  We are looking pretty solid in the Premier Division having won five of the events to date, with a supporting second in the Sandown

Estimated Premier Division team placings

1            Box Hill                            75 points

2            Melbourne University       152

3            Geelong                          179

4            Frankston                       207

5            Glenhuntly                      272

6            Collingwood                    278

 

XCR15 – Round 7 – Brimbank Park Cross Country – 1 August 2015

August 5, 2015

16 K Cross Country Brimbank Park Keilor 1 August 2015

This is probably the toughest in the winter calendar, with a monster of a hill after a long uphill incline to get there. Weather conditions were very cool, with few spots of rain and mainly overcast conditions.  There was some wind, but the race conditions were better than the weather forecast suggested.

Box Hill had a few competitors in the junior races.  Murray Lovass represented the club in the under 14 race and ran really well to place 10th with a barnstorming finish to pass another competitor in sight of the line.  He has been performing well in all the races that he has entered and looks to be a performer of the future.

Paris Powell ran in the under 20 race and did really well to finish 5th, also producing a great surging finish passing others in the last 600 metres and one competitor in the last 100 metres in a very determined effort.  Paris has been improving noticeably this year and looks to have a good future in the sport.

Carlos Norman ran a steady race in the under 20 Men’s division and finished 19th.  This was probably the best that he has run this season and he is obviously getting fitter.

Lucas Pamminger ran 23rd in the under 18 Men’s race.  Amy Atkinson ran impressively to finish in 9th place in the under 16 Women’s race and did well in the latter part of the race.  Zoe Schwerkolt placed 13th in the under 18 Women’s race.

The Women’s race saw a low turnout for the club with only seven female Box Hill runners contesting the 6 k race.  Courtney Powell ran brilliantly over the one lap course and won the race from Gemma Maini (Frankston) and Sarah Klein (Frankston).  Running with the two Frankston women in the early stages of the race until the hill, Courtney asserted her superiority in the latter stages of the race to pull away from Maini and Klein. She beat Maini by eight seconds with Klein a further 13 seconds in arrears.  Courtney is in really good form at the moment and there will be more top performances coming during the winter season.  There was a massive gap then to fourth position, showing the difference in fitness and speed between these three leading athletes and the rest of the field.  June Petrie was 51st and was our second runner across the line.  June clearly won the gold medal in her age division by a huge 52 second margin.  She was followed in by Pia Hunter, who was placed 114th. Megan Sloane was third in her age division and finished 131st. Kelly Ulf finished shortly after in 139th position, followed by Caitlin Harrison, 145th and Nicole Smith, 156th.

Box Hill’s ranks were also thin in the Men’s race with only 13 starters, two of whom failed to finish the event. The Men’s open division was keenly contested with 336 finishers and there was a group of 10 athletes who broke clear early on in the race.  Leading this pack were Steve Kelly who was in front after 2 kilometres, closely followed by Will Potter, second.  Others in the lead pack were Steve Dinneen, Liam Adams (Essendon), Julian Spence (Geelong), Zac Newman (Melbourne University), Matt Davy (Frankston), Nick Earl (Melbourne University, but wearing an unrecognisable singlet with red and yellow vertical stripes), Harry Smithers (Geelong) and Mitchel Brown (Essendon).

By the end of the first 4k loop, Steve Dinneen had got to the front, flowed closely by Liam Adams, second. Steve Kelly, 3rd, Matt Davy, 4th, Will Potter 5th and Mitchel Brown, 6th. Dion Finocchiaro was 12th, Michael Dowel was 18th, John Meagher was 30th, Nick Baggott was around 60th, James O’Connell, about 65th, followed by Dave Jimenez and Peter Stefanos.  Graeme Olden and Chris O’Connor were both further back.

At the conclusion of the second lap, which included the long grinding hill, the leading athletes were in the same position as they would finish the race. Liam Adams had surged to the lead, with Steve Kelly in the silver medal position and Zac Newman in third, arguably his best ever performance.  Mitch Brown was 4th, Julian Spence 5th, Will Potter 6th, Steve Dinneen 7th and Dion Finocchiaro was around 13th.  Michael Dowel was also progressing well, running a very sensible race and he had gas in the tank for the last lap which included another assault on the hill. He would have been about 15that this stage of the race.

In the concluding stages the top five athletes consolidated their positions and the race was won by Liam Adams, followed in by Steve Kelly, Zac Newman, Mitchel Brown and Julian Spence.  Steve Dinneen, 6th, passed Will Potter, 7th, in the final lap.  Nick Earl clung onto 8th, ahead of the fast-finishing Dion Finocchiaro, who surged home picking up four places in the last leg, an impressive finishing burst. Michael Dowel also impressed, picking up several places in the concluding stages to place 13th, a fine effort.  John Meagher completed the division 1 team in recording 38th place (37th in the provisional results).  Other Box Hill athletes to complete the course were David Jimenez, 52nd, Nick Baggott, 55th, Peter Stefanos, 182nd, Graeme Olden, 195th and Chris O’Connor, 224th.

We had a clear victory in the Premier Division teams’ race, ahead of the Melbourne University and Geelong, but were one runner short of a team for Division 2.  We are looking pretty solid in the Premier Division having won five of the events to date, with a supporting second in the Sandown Road Relay and a fourth in the opening Cross Country Relay event.

The next event will be the Eikeden relay event on the surf coast, and all Box Hill runners are asked to advise Chris \O’Connor of your availability so we can enter an appropriate number of teams.

 

Results

Under 14 Boys

10          Murray Lovass                   15:02.6

Under 16 Girls

9            Amy Atkinson                     24:32.5

Under 18 Girls

13          Zoe Schwerkolt                  31:15.0

Under 18 Boys

23          Lucas Pamminger               11:41.9

Under 20 Women

5            Paris Powell                        14:47.5

Under 20 Men

19          Carlos Norman                   22:25.6

Open Women

1            Courtney Powell                 20:17

51          June Petrie                          25:01

114        Pia Hunter                          28:21

131        Megan Sloane                     29:10

139        Kelly Ulf                            30:12

145        Caitlin Harrison                  30:48

156        Nicole Smith                      32:26

 

Open Men

  • Liam Adams 49:54
  • Steve Kelly 50:27
  • Zac Newman 50:39

6            Steve Dinneen                    51:09

7            Will Potter                          51:11

9            Dion Finocchiaro               52:01

13          Michael Dowel                   52:37

38          John Meagher                     55:05

52          David Jimenez                   57:30

55          Nick Baggott                      57:45

182        Peter Stefanos                    66:49

195        Graeme Olden                    67:56

224        Chris O’Connor                  70:50

 

Estimated Premier Division team placings

1            Box Hill                             75 points

2            Melbourne University        152

3            Geelong                              179

4            Frankston                           207

5            Glenhuntly                         272

6            Collingwood                       278

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 19

August 4, 2015

XCR’15 ROUND 8 AT ANGLESEA ON SATURDAY WEEK

The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the Anglesea Ekiden Relay on Saturday, August 15. This is the first year this event will be held (replacing the Harcourt to Bendigo “Coliban” relay, last held in 2012). This promises to be an exciting new event, with each runner on a relay team running a different distance. Please let us know as soon as possible if you are available for this event, so that teams can be organised.

We will also need timekeepers and 2 volunteer officials. If you can help please let us know as soon as possible.

 

 

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – ENTER NOW!

The Australian Cross Country Championships will be held at Moonee Valley race course on Saturday, August 29. The Victorian teams for this event have already been selected but others can enter as in the open and U20 events as additional competitors. Entries via the AV website close at noon on Thursday August 6.

 

 

GOLD TO POWELL, SILVER TO KELLY AT BRIMBANK PARK CROSS COUNTRY

Box Hill had another successful day in round 7 of XCR’15 at Brimbank Park on Saturday. Courtney Powell won the gold medal in the women’s 6km event and Steve Kelly scored the silver medal in the men’s 16km race. Famous for its tough hill, it proved to be a challenging course, but Box Hill athletes put in some great performances. Despite numbers being down somewhat for this event, Box Hill had five of the top 13 finishers in the men’s event and easily won the premier division teams race. We also appear to have won the men’s 50+ division. Aspecial thank you to Rachel Johnson, Francis Pamminger, Kelly Ulf and Nicky Smith who volunteered to help on the day.

Results:

Men Open 16km cross country

2. Steve Kelly          50:27

6. Steve Dinneen      51:09

7. Will Potter            51:11

9 Dion Finocchiaro     52:01

13. Michael Dowel     52:31

37. John Meagher     56:05

52. David Jiminez      57:30

55. Nick Baggott       57:45

182. Peter Stefanos  66:49

195. Graeme Olden   67:56

224. Chris O’Connor  70:50

Women Open 6km cross country

1. Courtney Powell 20:17

 50. June Petrie 25:01

114. Pia Hunter 28:21

131. Megan Sloane 29:10

139. Kelly Ulf 30:12

145. Cailin Harrison 30:48

156. Nicole Smith 32:26

Juniors

Murray Lovass U14 4k 10th 15:02

Paris Powell U20 4k 5th 14:47.5

Carlos Norman U20 6k 19th 22:25

Amy Atkinson U16 6k 9th 24:32

Zoe Schwerkolt U18 6k 13th 31:15

Lucas Pamminger U18 8k 29:41 24th

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 18

July 29, 2015

XCR’15 ROUND 7 AT BRIMBANK PARK THIS SATURDAY

The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the Brimbank Park cross country on Saturday, August 1. If you do not have a series ticket you must enter for this event online, via the AV website. Entries close at noon on Wednesday, July 29. After the first six rounds of XCR’15, Box Hill in position to win up to four premierships this season, with our men’s premier division, division 2, Over 50s and women over 40 either on top or close to the top of the ladder. Let’s hope we can have another great team performance at the Brimbank Park cross country event.

Program:

12:00 noon: 4km cross country (Women U20, U14, Men U14)

12:20pm: 6km cross country (Women U16, U18, Men U16, U20)

12:50pm: 6km cross country (Women Open)

1:35pm:  8km cross country (Men U18)

2:05pm: 16km cross country (Men Open)

We need 3 volunteers to act as officials on Saturday. Please let us know if you can help.

 

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS KLARIE

Congratulations to Klarie McIntyre who won the Run Melbourne half marathon in a time of 71:02. Klarie finished ahead of more than 5000 runners. A great effort. Congratulations also to Georgie Meehan who was the first women in the 5km event in a time of 18:43

 

 

 

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – ENTER NOW

The Australian Cross Country Championships will be held at Moonee Valley race course on Saturday, August 29. The Victorian teams for this event have already been selected but others can enter as in the open and U20 events as additional competitors. Entries via the AV website close at noon on August 6.

 

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 17

July 20, 2015

XCR’15 ROUND 7 AT BRIMBANK PARK ON AUGUST 1

The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the Brimbank Park cross country on Saturday, August 1. If you do not have a series ticket you must enter for this event online, via the AV website. Entries close at noon on Wednesday, July 29. After the first six rounds of XCR’15, Box Hill in position to win up to four premierships this season, with our men’s premier division, division 2, Over 50s and women over 40 either on top or close to the top of the ladder. Let’s hope we can have another great team performance at the Brimbank Park cross country event.

  

TRACK BOOKED ON TUESDAY

Please be aware that there are a number of school track bookings over the next few weeks. In particular the track is booked from 4:00pm to 6:30pm this Tuesday, July 21 as well as on Friday, July 24 and next Tuesday, July 28. Unfortunately the track will not be open to training at these times. Apologies for any inconvenience.

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 16

July 15, 2015

XCR’15 ROUND 7 AT BRIMBANK PARK ON AUGUST 1

The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the Brimbank Park cross country on Saturday, August 1.

 

BOX HILL SUCCESS AT THE SANDOWN ROAD RELAYS

Box Hill won a swag of medals at the Sandown road relays on Saturday. While the Geelong team led by Craig Mottram was too strong in the men’s Premier Division, our team performed well to take the silver medal. Our women’s premier division team, led by Courtney Powell, medalled for the first time this season taking the bronze. Box Hill won gold in the men’s over 50 competition and silver in the men’s under 20, men’s under 18 and women’s under 16 races. We also picked up a bronze medal in the women’s under 18 event. Our women’s division 5 team also did well to finish 3rd in their division.

See below for Ian Sloane’s report.

A big thank you to Rachel Johnson, Katherine Foley and Francis Pamminger who volunteered to act as officials and to Ian Sloane, Michael Vaughan, Kelly Ulf, Simone Lovass and Michelle Atkinson who helped as timekeepers.

Results:

Men Premier Division (2nd)

  1. Will Potter            18:53
  2. Klarie McIntyre     20:08
  3. Steve Dinneen      18:48
  4. Peter Green         19:10
  5. James O’Connell    19:34
  6. Steve Kelly          18:37

Men Division 2          (5th)

  1. Nick Baggott        19:51
  2. Michael Dowel       19:19
  3. David Jiminez       21:07
  4. Raymond Chan     22:12
  5. Welday Mebrahtu  21:26
  6. Michael Vaughan   21:34

Men Division 3  (11th)

  1. Trent Collins         21:28
  2. Carlos Norman     22:18
  3. Jack Hill               26:15
  4. Graeme Olden      24:28
  5. Russell Clowes      24:34

Men 40+   (9th)

  1. Tony Langelaan     23:18
  2. Simon St. Hill        28:40
  3. Chris O’Connor     24:27

Men 50+   (1st)

  1. John Meagher       20:37
  2. Andrew Egginton   22:37
  3. Peter Stefanos     23:35

Men Under 20 (2nd)

  1. Ben Cox               20:09
  2. Vaughan Smith     20:17
  3. Zac Hunter           20:25

Men Under 18 (team 1 – 2nd)

  1. Alex Ritchie          9:49
  2. Scott McKenzie     9:30
  3. Tom Selwood       10:13

Men Under 18 (team 2 – 8th)

  1. Lucas Pamminger  10:40
  2. James Bernstein   11:12
  3. Aidan McCormack  10:03

Women Premier Division (3rd)

  1. Courtney Powell    20:41
  2. Sarah Cant          24:17
  3. Grace Kalac         24:44
  4. Georgia Hansen    23:01
  5. Julie Norney         22:29

Women Division 2 (10th)

  1. Liza Henshall        26:43
  2. Megan Sloane       29:01
  3. Amelia Savige       28:01
  4. Caitlin Harrison     29:28

Women Division 5  (3rd)

  1. Kelly Ulf              30:07
  2. Nicole Smith         31:55
  3. Pia Hunter            28:14

Women 40+  (4th)

  1. June Petrie           25:55
  2. Meagan Harvey     24:41
  3. Amanda Harper    25:32

Women Under 20 (6th)

  1. Chloe Metzeling     12:26
  2. Lucy Steele          12:01
  3. Imogen Purcell      13:45

Women Under 18 (3rd)

  1. Paris Powell          11:02
  2. Holly Pedersen      11:55
  3. Louise Ton           11:47

Women Under 16 (2nd)

  1. Tamsyn Lovass     11:20
  2. Amy Atkinson       11:34
  3. Molly McCarthy     11:44

 

 

 

TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIPS

In conjunction with Athletics Victoria, Trailsplus are hosting the AV trail championships this Sunday. The event is held at the You Yangs this Sunday July 19th. AV members are invited to attend and have had a special reduced entry fee set.

For more information please visit www.trailsplus.com.au/you-yangs

REGSTER HERE

info@trailsplus.com.au

Brett Saxon

Trailsplus

P.O.Box 119, Keilor, VIC 3036

Mob: 0418 557 052

Email: brett@trailsplus.com.au

Web: www.trailsplus.com.au

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE STUDIED?

Deakin University in Burwood are currently conducting a research project looking at how individuals of different training backgrounds (sprinters and long distance runners) respond to a new type of weight training called blood flow restriction exercise (BFR).

They are looking for males 18-40 years of age that have been training competitively in endurance sports (eg long distance running, cycling, mtb) or sprint sports (100-400 metres, sprint cyclists, etc) for at least the past 6 months (the longer the better).

One of the major benefits of participating will having a VO2 max test taken which can be quite valuable for athletes as it may aid in training prescription etc, and usually costs around $200-300. Another reason to participate would be to learn about this novel training technique and how it may be used in training to potentially increase performance.

If there is anyone at the club that may be interested please get in contact with Nelson Lay at 0432691445 or email nelson@deakin.edu.au.

Nelson Lay
BExSS/Sport Mgmt
?Honours Student
Deakin University, Burwood?
0432691445
nelson@deakin.edu.au

XCR15 – Round 6 – Sandown Road Relays – 11 July 2015

July 13, 2015

BOX HILL SUCCESS AT THE SANDOWN ROAD RELAYS

Box Hill won a swag of medals at the Sandown road relays on Saturday. While the Geelong team led by Craig Mottram was too strong in the men’s Premier Division, our team performed well to take the silver medal. Our women’s premier division team, led by Courtney Powell, medalled for the first time this season taking the bronze. Box Hill won gold in the men’s over 50 competition and silver in the men’s under 20, men’s under 18 and women’s under 16 races. We also picked up a bronze medal in the women’s under 18 event. Our women’s division 5 team also did well to finish 3rd in their division.

A big thank you to Rachel Johnson, Katherine Foley and Francis Pamminger who volunteered to act as officials and to Ian Sloane, Michael Vaughan, Kelly Ulf, Simone Lovass and Michelle Atkinson who helped as timekeepers.

See below for Ian Sloane’s report:

Weather conditions were atrocious for the Sandown relay meeting this year. It was windy, cold, with a forecast temperature of 12 C, and rain fell a number of times throughout the afternoon.  This was the 38th time that your correspondent has attended the Road Relay Championships, which have always been held at Sandown, apart from one year (1984 from memory) when the Sandown circuit was being re-laid and the races were held at La Trobe University. That year, Box Hill great and Olympian, Bill Scott, competed after a period of semi-retirement. There was much argument, when the race returned to Sandown the following year about whether the course was longer, shorter or about the same, and observers held strong opinions until, over a period of time, times resembling those run on the old layout were much the same as those run on the new course.  Conditions this year were equal to the worst that can be thrown up, leading to very soggy recording sheets and holes in the paper when writing down performances and elapsed times, a nightmare for Team Managers and Recorders. Umbrellas were essential for a good part of the race.

Little Athletics were also conducting their road relay championships at the same time as the first group were dispatched.  All the senior races, overage races and the under 20 men’s race commenced at the same time. Thirty minutes later, the remaining underage races, in which Box Hill had strong representation, commenced.

The Box Hill men’s Premier Division team looked strong on paper, but we have all learned not to count our chickens before they have hatched.  This year AV decided for the first time to run the course backwards in a clockwise direction. It was not clear what the rationale was for this, but many athletes were unhappy with the change.

Our lead-off Division 1 athlete, Will Potter, set out with the leaders after the starter fired the gun and ran through the first lap of two in the smart time of 9:26.  Craig Mottram (Geelong) had broken clear of the field and went through first in the time of 9:18.  He was followed by Toby Rayner (Glenhuntly) in 9:22 and Jordan Nelson (Knox) was third through in 9:23.  Will was running with two other athletes from Melbourne University (Nick Earl) and APS and they all crossed the line at the same time.  Mottram extended his lead over the field completing his leg in 18:26, from Toby Rayner, 18:43, with Nick Earl (Melbourne University) narrowly edging out Will Potter for third with times of 18:52 and 18:53 respectively.  Knox were 10 seconds behind in fifth and APS sixth in 19:17.  This performance was a major breakthrough for Will.  Any time under 19:00 is very respectable and it appears that this is the first time that Will has dipped under that barrier.

Klarie McIntyre took off next and ran his first lap in 9:59, holding fourth place, with Geelong ahead by 36 seconds, Knox second 14 seconds further back with Melbourne University third, 10 seconds behind and holding a 12 second advantage over Box Hill.  Klarie conceded one position to APS in the second lap.  At the front, Knox took over from Geelong, with Craig Appleby running a fast leg of 18:36. Zac Newman from University maintained third position nearly half a minute further back with a 28 second lead over the APS athlete, Mark de Luca, and our team, fifth, a further 10 seconds behind.  The other teams were falling out of contention after two legs.

Steve Dinneen was our third team member, and is a proven performer at Sandown.  He set about his business in a very determined manner and left the Melbourne University runner and the APS athlete in his wake in recording 9:23 for the first of his two laps. Geelong got past Knox to lead them by 16 seconds.  Steve was 40 seconds behind Knox in third place, five seconds clear of Melbourne University, and APS were 39 seconds in arrears of University in fifth. This dashing effort put Box l in with a very strong chance of a medal. Steve’s time was very fast (18:48).

Peter Green acquitted himself really well in the fourth leg for Box Hill having a real ding-dong battle with his Knox opponent, Mark Richards.  He turned a 12 second deficit into a one second advantage at the end of the first lap, in second position, 49 seconds adrift of Geelong who were still first. Melbourne University and Glenhuntly had dropped further back and it appeared that the first three clubs were running for the medals. Even though Peter ran his second lap faster than his first lap, his Knox opponent had kept something in reserve, and reclaimed a 12 second lead.  Peter, nevertheless, ran nine seconds faster than his Knox opponent and he also ran his best ever time at Sandown, 19:10, an excellent effort. Box Hill was third at the end of the fourth leg.

James O’Connell was our fifth runner and tackled his work with fortitude, running 9:32 for his first circuit, making up ground on second placed Knox runner, Adam Pyke, to cross the line four seconds adrift.  However, his Knox opponent also had something in reserve and James was not able to close the gap any further, but, importantly, held a clear third place of two minutes 22 over fourth place.  When James handed over to Steve Kelly to run the last leg, we were one minute 14 down on Geelong and 33 seconds down on Knox.  His time of 19:34 was respectable, and ensured that Box Hill was to be a medallist.

Steve Kelly rose to the challenge in commanding fashion and had closed the 33 second gap behind Sam Crowther (Knox) down to four seconds at the conclusion of his first lap.  Meanwhile Geelong had consolidated their lead and was 77 seconds ahead of Box Hill.  Steve quickly accelerated past Sam Crowther, running 18:37, our fastest time for the day (18:37) , to cross the line second, 31 seconds ahead of Crowther, with Geelong winning the race, anchored by in-form athlete Nick Wightman (who ran 18:29) reaching the finish 81 seconds in advance of Box Hill. So it was a silver medal today for Box Hill, after four wins in a row.

Box Hill’s Division 2 team was comprised of Nick Baggott, who ran extremely well, to crack the 20 minute barrier for the first time (19:51), Michael Dowel, who ran the fastest Division 2 time (19:19), David Jimenez (21:07), Raymond Chan (22:12), Welday Mebrahtu (21:40) and Michael Vaughan (21:20).  Two Essendon athletes excelled in Division 2, with Mitch Brown recording 18:10, only to be exceeded by Liam Adams, who ran the incredible time of 17:41 in very poor conditions. Not unexpectedly, Essendon won Division 2 by a long way.

We believe that Box Hill finished in 6th position in Division 2, with Essendon winning from Doncaster, second, and Western Athletics placing third.

Premier Division Box Hill male performances

Athlete First lap Second lap Total Elapsed time Position
Will Potter 9:26 9:27 18:53 18:53 4
Klarie McIntyre 9:59 10:09 20:08 39:01 5
Steve Dinneen 9:23 9:25 18:48 57:49 3
Peter Green 9:36 9:34 19:10 75:59 3
James O’Connell 9:32 10:02 19:32 96:33 3
Steve Kelly 9:15 9:22 18:37 115:10 2

 

Team places

  1. Geelong 113:49
  2. Box Hill 115:10
  3. Knox 115:41
  4. Uni. 118:41

 

Division 2 male performances

Athlete First lap Second lap Total
Nick Baggott 9:53 9:58 19:51
Michael Dowel 9:40 9:39 19:19
David Jimenez 10:46 10:21 21:07
Raymond Chan 11:00 11:17 22:12
Welday Mebrahtu 10:51 10:49 21:40
Michael Vaughan 10:35 10:45 21:20

Team places

  1. Essendon
  2. Doncaster
  3. Western Athletics
  4. Box Hill

Fastest times (Provisional)

Liam Adams (Ess.)                  17:41

Mitch Brown (Ess.)                 18:10

Craig Mottram (Geel.)             18:26

Nick Wightman (Geel.)           18:29

Craig Appleby (Knox)            18:36

Steve Kelly (BH)                    18:37

Toby Rayner (GH)                  18:43

Steve Dinneen (BH)               18:48

Nick Earl (Melb. Uni.)            18:52

Will Potter (BH)         18:53

 

Men Division 3  (11th)

  1. Trent Collins         21:28
  2. Carlos Norman     22:18
  3. Jack Hill               26:15
  4. Graeme Olden      24:28
  5. Russell Clowes      24:34

Men 40+   (9th)

  1. Tony Langelaan     23:18
  2. Simon St. Hill        28:40
  3. Chris O’Connor     24:27

Men 50+   (1st)

  1. John Meagher       20:37
  2. Andrew Egginton   22:37
  3. Peter Stefanos     23:35

Men Under 20 (2nd)

  1. Ben Cox               20:09
  2. Vaughan Smith     20:17
  3. Zac Hunter           20:25

Men Under 18 (team 1 – 2nd)

  1. Alex Ritchie          9:49
  2. Scott McKenzie     9:30
  3. Tom Selwood       10:13

Men Under 18 (team 2 – 8th)

  1. Lucas Pamminger  10:40
  2. James Bernstein   11:12
  3. Aidan McCormack  10:03

Women Premier Division (3rd)

  1. Courtney Powell    20:41
  2. Sarah Cant          24:17
  3. Grace Kalac         24:44
  4. Georgia Hansen    23:01
  5. Julie Norney         22:29

Women Division 2 (10th)

  1. Liza Henshall        26:43
  2. Megan Sloane       29:01
  3. Amelia Savige       28:01
  4. Caitlin Harrison     29:28

Women Division 5  (3rd)

  1. Kelly Ulf              30:07
  2. Nicole Smith         31:55
  3. Pia Hunter            28:14

Women 40+  (4th)

  1. June Petrie           25:55
  2. Meagan Harvey     24:41
  3. Amanda Harper    25:32

Women Under 20 (6th)

  1. Chloe Metzeling     12:26
  2. Lucy Steele          12:01
  3. Imogen Purcell      13:45

Women Under 18 (3rd)

  1. Paris Powell          11:02
  2. Holly Pedersen      11:55
  3. Louise Ton           11:47

Women Under 16 (2nd)

  1. Tamsyn Lovass     11:20
  2. Amy Atkinson       11:34
  3. Molly McCarthy     11:44

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 15

July 7, 2015

XCR’15 ROUND 6 – SANDOWN ROAD RELAYS ON THIS SATURDAY

The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the Sandown Road Relays on this Saturday, July 11. Enter the Sandown Racecourse via Racecourse Drive off the Princes Highway.

The open and overage (and under 20 men) ran 2 laps each of the motor racing circuit (6.2km), while all other junior age groups run 1 lap each (3.1km).

Draft teams are listed below, but some people have not yet confirmed their availability, so there are likely to be changes made.

All open and overage (and under 20 men) races start at 12:45pm. So please arrive by noon. Junior races start at 1:15pm and again, please try to arrive at least 45 minutes before your race just in case any changes need to be made.

If anyone listed below is unable to run, please let us know as soon as possible. Likewise, if your name is not listed but you want to compete, please let us know.

HELP NEEDED: WE ALSO NEED PEOPLE TO HELP AS TIMEKEEPERS AND VOLUNTEER OFFICIALS. If you can help please let us know as soon as possible.

Likely teams:

Men Premier Division

  1. Will Potter
  2. Michael Dowel
  3. Steve Dinneen
  4. Peter Green
  5. James O’Connell
  6. Steve Kelly

Men Division 2

  1. Nick Baggott
  2. Klarie McIntyre
  3. David Jiminez
  4. Michael Vaughan
  5. Oscar Robinson
  6. Dion Finocchiaro

Men Division 3

  1. Raymond Chan
  2. Trent Collins
  3. Luke Crozier
  4. Jack Prendergast
  5. Welday Mebrahtu

Men Division 6

  1. Carlos Norman
  2. Russell Clowes
  3. Jack Hill
  4. Simon St. Hill

Men 40+

  1. Tony Langelaan
  2. Dino Crivelli
  3. Graeme Olden

Men 50+

  1. John Meagher
  2. Andrew Egginton
  3. Peter Stefanos

Men Under 20

  1. Ben Cox
  2. Zac Hunter
  3. Vaughan Smith

Men Under 18 (team 1)

  1. Alex Ritchie
  2. Scott McKenzie
  3. Tom Selwood

Men Under 18 (team 2)

  1. Lucas Pamminger
  2. James Bernstein
  3. Aidan McCormack?

Women Premier Division

  1. Sarah Cant
  2. Julie Norney
  3. Grace Kalac
  4. Hayley Tomlinson
  5. Courtney Powell

Women Division 2

  1. Liza Henshall
  2. Megan Sloane
  3. Amelia Savige
  4. Caitlin Harrison

Women Division 5

  1. Kelly Ulf
  2. Nicole Smith
  3. Pia Hunter

Women 40+

  1. June Petrie
  2. Meagan Harvey
  3. Amanda Harper

Women Under 20

  1. Chloe Metzeling
  2. Lucy Steele
  3. One More

Women Under 18

  1. Georgia Hansen
  2. Paris Powell
  3. Holly Pedersen (Genevieve Wah?)

Women Under 16

  1. Tamsyn Lovass
  2. Amy Atkinson
  3. Molly McCarthy

 

XCR’15 SEASON

Winter Calendar

July 11, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 6, Sandown Road Relays

August 1, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 7, Brimbank Park Cross Country

August 15, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 8, Ekiden Relay, Angelsea

August 29, Saturday, National Cross Country Championships, Melbourne

September 6, Sunday, XCR’15 Round 9, Burnley half-marathon

September 19, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 10, Tan Relays

 

CONGRATULATIONS JULIE

Congratulations to Julie Norney who won her age group at the Gold Coast half marathon running the distance in 79:48

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 14

July 1, 2015

XCR’15 ROUND 6 – SANDOWN ROAD RELAYS ON SATURDAY WEEK

The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the Sandown Road Relays. The open and overage and under 20 men ran 2 laps each of the motor racing circuit (6.2km), while all other junior age groups run 1 lap each (3.1km).

We will be entering teams in most age groups and divisions, so please let us know as soon as possible whether or not you are available to compete.

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BIG V MEMBERS

Congratulations to Steve Kelly, Will Potter, Courtney Powell, Spencer Anderson, Tom Selwood (emergency), Georgia Hansen, Molly McCarthy, Tamsyn Lovass, Genevieve Wah, Laura Powell, Paris Powell, Ben Cox, Scott McKenzie, Aidan McCormack and Sebastian Failla who will all represent Victoria at the national cross country championships at the end of August.

 

 

COURTNEY DOMINATES AND THE BOX HILL MEN WIN AGAIN AT ALBERT PARK

Courtney Powell dominated the state 10km road championships at Albert Park on the weekend. In near perfect conditions, Courtney ran a huge PB of 32:33 to win by well over a minute. In the men’s race Steve Kelly placed 3rd, Will Potter 8th, Steve Dinneen 10 and James O’Connell 13th to lead Box Hill to another win in the men’s Premier Division team competition.

Please click here for Ian Sloane’s full report.

Results

Men Premier Division (Team place: 1st)

3. Steve Kelly                 30:10

8. Will Potter                  30:30

10. Steve Dinneen          30:55

13. James O’Connell       31:08

24. Klarie McIntyre         31:43

25. Dion Finocchiaro       31:44

Men Division 2

27. Daniel Clark              31:48

28. Peter Green              31:48

29. Nick Baggott             31:49

50. Michael Dowel           32:29

56. John Meagher           32:47

78. David Jiminez           33:52

Men Division 3

80. Michael Vaughan      33:53

92. Welday Mebrahtu      34:18

147. Trent Collins           35:52

154. Andrew Hester        36:02

170. Luke Crozier            36:32

Men Division 6

225. Tony Langelaan      37:58

226. Peter Stefanos        37:59

269. Chris O’Connor       39:21

334. Dino Crivelli            41:15

Men Division 7

314. Russell Clowes        42:31

425. Simon St. Hill          45:35

Men Under 20

15. Zac Hunter                33:57

18. Vaughan Smith          34:04

21. Raymond Chan          34:43

28. Carlos Norman          37:41

Men Under 18

10. Alex Ritchie               35:22

21. Lucas Pamminger      37:29

Women Premier Division

1. Courtney Powell          32:33

10. Julie Norney              35:58

37. Grace Kalac               39:07

52. June Petrie                39:48

55. Meagan Harvey          40:05

Women Division 2

66. Amanda Harper         40:51

99. Liza Henshall             42:35

155. Megan Sloane          47:03

157. Amelia Savige          47:14

Women Division 5

188. Kelly Ulf                  51:34

202. Nicole Smith            53:49

Women Under 20 (3km)

12. Chloe Metzeling        11:21

Women Under 16 (3km)

4. Tamsyn Lovass           10:23

Men Under 14 (3km)

10. Connor Olgilvie          10:34

11. Murray Lovass           10:36

 

 

DION WINS THE TRARALGON MARATHON

Congratulations to Dion Finocchiaro, who won the Traralgon marathon on June 21 in the time of 2:31:19. Even more impressive was the fact that Dion was back racing for Box Hill the following weekend and running a 10km PB!

 

 

XCR’15 SEASON

Winter Calendar

July 11, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 6, Sandown Road Relays

August 1, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 7, Brimbank Park Cross Country

August 15, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 8, Ekiden Relay, Angelsea

August 29, Saturday, National Cross Country Championships, Melbourne 

September 6, Sunday, XCR’15 Round 9, Burnley half-marathon

September 19, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 10, Tan Relays 

 

 

BODYKNOTS STUDIO

Tom Chuang from Body Knots Studio is still offering great discounts on massage and kinesio taping to Box Hill members. Call Tom on 0430 179 168 for more information.

 

XCR15 – Round 5 – Albert Park Road Races – 28 June 2015

June 29, 2015

Albert Park 10 K Road Championship for Men and Women 28 June 2015

Weather conditions were absolutely brilliant for the running of the premier road championship of the AV Calendar, calm, temperate, high cloud, but bright; exceptional really compared with conditions in some recent years. There was a massive number of people at the course to compete or watch the athletes. There were 467 open age group male finishers and 218 female finishers.  With 25 under 18 finishers and 30 under 30 finishers, this meant that there were at least 740 athletes on the starting line.  Fortunately, there did not appear to be any falls at the start, which is always a risk with an enormous field like this one.

The first race was the underage 3 K road race, commencing at 8.30. Box Hill had a modest number of competitors.  In the Under 14 boys’ race both our boys ran particularly well, finishing one after the other.  Connor Ogilvie was seventh in 10:44 and Murray Lovass was eighth in10:46.4.  This was an excellent effort from both of them.

In the under 16 girls’ race Tamsyn Lovass placed fourth in 10:23, just four seconds behind the girl who claimed the bronze medal. This was an excellent effort.  Well done, Tamsyn.

In the under 20 women’s race Chloe Metzeling finished 12th in 11:31.

The Open men’s and women’s races were combined and the under 18 and under 20 men also started at the same time.  Division 1 and 2 runners (men and women) were afforded a priority start.  The gun was fired by Brendan Ferrari, and a huge field got underway.

The halfway point was in Lakeside drive close  to Albert Road on the return lap of the two out and back parts of the course. When the leaders reached the five kilometre mark, there was a leading pack of around nine runners.  Steve Kelly was marginally in the lead at this point.  Will Potter was holding sixth position.  The leading group recorded 15:04 to 15:05 as they passed through.  Other athletes prominent in this lead pack were Nick Wightman (Geelong), Nick Earl (Melb. Uni), Ryan Geard (Ess.), Josh Harris (Fra.) and Tim Norton (Ringwood). Ten to fifteen metres behind was a second pack of athletes, and there were four Box Hill athletes in or near this group, including Steve Dinneen, about 10th, Daniel Clark, perhaps 11th or 12th, James O’Connell 14th (15:11). Nick Baggott passed the 5 K mark in 15:24.  Peter Green was approximately 20th and Klarie McIntyre was around 21st, just ahead of Dion Finocchiaro, about 24th.  Others who were prominent were John Meagher,15:54, Michael Dowel, 16:33, Michael Vaughan, 16:46, Welday Mebrahtu, 16:56, and David Jimenez, recording a split of 16:58.  Courtenay Powell had opened up a very sizeable gap over Gemma Maini (Fra), with Karina Fyfe (GH) up in the field.  Julie Norney was running well and went through the halfway point 17:49. Grace Kalac also looked to running strongly, a little further back in the field recording a halfway time of 18:53.

By the time the leading runners reached the stadium, where they had about 250 metres to run, Nick Wightman was holding a lead of 10 metres of Mitch Brown, with Steve Kelly a further 20 metres behind in third place.  Steve was being shadowed by Nick Earl. Brown unleashed what could only be described as a withering finishing burst, with in twenty metres of unleashing this mighty sprint, he had caught and passed Wightman.  Wightman didn’t flinch and continued trying to cover all the way to the line, but Brown’s momentum was phenomenal.  Meanwhile, Earl momentarily closed the gap on Steve Kelly, who found extra which propelled him to the line to take yet another bronze medal.

Shortly after Will Potter raced into the stadium, with Josh Harris (Fra.) edging past him.  Will is having a brilliant season, and he raced to the line as fast as he possibly could, placing 8th, another really splendid effort.  The provisional results were inaccurate after fourth because the Ringwood runner, Tim Norton had a chip failure when crossing in 5th place.  There were at least five other athletes whose chip did not operate correctly on the finishing scanning device. Steve Dinneen was our next competitor to finish.  He was in tenth place.  James O’Connell emerged as our next finisher, sprinting flat out to defeat Zac Newman (Melb. Uni), a very accomplished athlete.  James has had a magnificent season to date, and is now an established member of the core of our Premier Division team. He has got himself so fit that we are now always on the lookout for a top 15 finish at each outing from him.  A short gap occurred before Klarie McIntyre reached the track and powered home strongly in 25th place. Dion Finocchiara was breathing right down Klarie’s neck in 26th place and missed catching him by a metre\ or so, with half a second or so separating them.

Almost immediately after these two finished, Daniel Clark came into the finish, 28th, followed by Peter Green, 29th and Nick Baggott, 30th. Michael Dowel was the next Box Hill athlete home in 49th place.  John Meagher was in 54th position, winning his age group title. David Jimenez, who is having a renaissance this season and running really well placed 74th.  Michael Vaughan was two places further back in 76th position. Welday Mebrahtu also made the top 100, placing 88th.

Just before John Meagher completed the course, Courtney Powell raced to the finish with a massive lead.  Courtnery ran a time that was of international quality, stopping the clock at 32:36.  This was an excellent performance.  Julie Norney also out did herself, placing 10th, and running a really fast time (35:58). This may well have been a PD for her. She had a massive win in her age group.  Grace Kalac placed 37th. Other Premier Division team members were June Petrie, 51st, and Meagan Harvey, who joined the club recently, 54th.

Box Hill had two representatives in the male under 18 race and three in the male under 20 race.  In the under 18 race, Alexander Ritchie ran well to place 9th in 35:22.  Lucan Pamminger recorded 37:29 in placing 20th. There were three Box Hill representatives in the under 20 event: Zac Hunter who ran well to claim 14th position in 33:57, Raymond Chan, 18th in 34:43 and Carlos Norman, 24th in 37:41.  It appears that Box Hill might have claimed the bronze medal in the teams’ race behind Western Suburbs, first, and Knox, second.