AVSL 2022/23 Round 6 Wrap
Glenhuntly Athletic Club – Latest News
Saturday 3rd December 2022
Summer definitely kicked in for AVSL Round 6 with the temperature soaring to 35 degrees, making for a hot and sweaty day of competition. Glenhuntly Athletic Club provided club helpers at the Yarra Ranges/Mt Evelyn venue and so we had a number of athletes competing there. We also had a fair showing of Hunters at the Tom Kelly Athletics Track in Doncaster. It was super to have Emerson School athletes join us at the Yarra Ranges and participate in a number of track and field events. Thank you to the AV officials for their fabulous support in accommodating the Emerson School athletes in the program on the day.
Emerson School athletes make their mark at Mt Evelyn
On Saturday, we welcomed 26 Emerson students and their teachers to Round 6 at Yarra Ranges. The students participated in the 100 m, 400 m, Discus and Long Jump. The students competed with great enthusiasm and provided a lot of energy to what was otherwise, a relatively quiet Yarra Ranges venue.
Glenhuntly Athletic Club has had an association with the Emerson School (https://www.emersonsc.vic.edu.au/) for a number of years, awarding an annual award of Glenhuntly AC/Athletics Victoria membership to a male and a female student. Supporting the strengthening of the association, Glenhuntly AC recently delivered 1 hour of coaching per week for six weeks to 22 Emerson School students, preparing them to compete at an AVSL round. Coaching was provided in throws, jumps, relay and running. Thanks to the following Glenhuntly AC members who provided the coaching:
Ralph Bennett
James Hatton
Michael Halloran
Scott Orchard
Genevieve O’Brien
Sam Toll
Andrew Crawley
Well done to all Emerson School athletes! It was a pleasure to have you on the Glenhuntly Team for AVSL Round 6, and we look forward to seeing you at another AVSL round in the new year. Special thanks to Chris Winter, Glenhuntly AC member who works at the Emerson School and provided not only coaching but a lot of the logistical support on the day.
- Photo Gallery Emerson School at AVSL 2022/23 Round 6 -
Photos from AV Facebook by Steve Alder-Goad (ADG Images)
Our standing on the Premiership Division Ladder
With probably our smallest turnout at AVSL this season, it was no surprise to see us finish 6th on the ladder this round. We still have our Power Play round to throw in the mix before the end of the season, so all is not lost. We look forward to seeing more Hunters sign up for the last 4 rounds to ensure we gain the points needed to achieve a much better place on the Premiers Ladder before the season's end.
Our Womens 40+ Masters team were outstanding, finishing 2nd overall in the State (wth a total of 5,647 points) on AV's 'State Age Group Scores', behind South Bendigo and ahead of Diamond Vally.
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Most Valuable Athletes
Congratulations to the following athletes who earned a place on Athletic Victoria's 100 Most Valuable Athletes list for Round 6:
18th Isabel Zhang 1,345 points F16
43rd Alexander Newman 1,229 points M45
47th Charlie Steen 1,217 points M18
87th Heather Carr 1,094 points F70
Highlights of the Day
Records
Anna Ross set a new record for the Hammer Throw F35–39 category with a throw of 11.29 m.
Gwen Steed re-broke her 1500m Walk record in the F80–84 category with a time of 10 m 40.9 seconds. We believe this also breaks her Victorian and Australian record, and await ratification.
Special mention to Aggie Byers who unofficially re-broke her 80m hurdles record in the F40–44 category with a time of 16.51 seconds (taking off a massive 1.5 seconds); albeit, the time was wind-assisted (>2.0) so cannot be officially recognised as a record.
Open Women
We had 4 athletes overall compete on the day - Avestina Zhong and Anna Ross at Doncaster and Katharine Wright and Catherine Burton at Yarra Ranges.
This small but strong contingent racked up 2, 156 points for the club and finished 5th on AV's 'State Age Group Scores'.
It was terrific to see Anna Ross back in action after minor injury, and breaking records while she was at it - congrats to Anna on her Hammer Throw club record.
Open Men
Four athletes held the fort for our Open Men's team on Saturday.
Great efforts by sprinters, Jesse McKenna, Attila Baranyay and Josh Steyn-Ross.
Thrower, Sebastian Zammit, earned the most points (796) for our Open Men.
Underage Women
We had good representation at both venues this week.
Well done to our 800 m runners who all ran strong races in Heat #1 at Doncaster: Tanasha Santosh F18 (3rd, 2:19.25), Emma Wadley F20 (7th, 2:22.45) and Thanya Vijayakumar F18 (10th, 2:25.43) and Ella Wilson F18 who took off more than 4 seconds off her debut run last week in Heat #4 this week (4th, 2:35.99).
Serena Bryant put in a great effort to finish 4th F14 over the line in the 3000 m at Doncaster (11:34.0)
Isabel Zhang F16 easily won her heat of the 400 m (63.74) at Yarra Ranges, her first time to run this as an individual race (having only ever run the distance in relays).
Layla Martin, our Emerson School scholarship recipient, also did well in her 400 m in the heat at Yarra Ranges (1:58.8)
Underage Men
After a few big weeks of All School and Vic Relay Championships, our numbers were down in the under age categories this week.
Charlie Steen was the highest points scorer for the team accumulating 1217 points across four events - 100m, discus, javelin and long jump - and making it into AV's Top 100 Athletes list.
It was good to see Jack Larner having his first run on the track for the club in the 3000 m after competing in the winter XC season - well done Jack.
Masters Women
It was great to see Kellie Macknamara run in her first AVSL race this season - 800 m (3:05.37) at Doncaster.
The rest of use were based at Yarra Ranges. Combined, we produced magnificent results to finish #2 on the W40+ state ladder.
Gwen Steed is smashing the walk, breaking her 1500 m Walk (10:40.89) club record again! We are awaiting to see if this also stands as the new Vic and Aus records.
Aggie Byers didn't miss a beat in her 80 m Hurdles (16.51) - she took 1.5 s off her own record, and would have surely sealed the record officially if it weren't for a tailwind of 2.6 ( a tailwind >2 means the record is not 'official').
Shout out to Svitlana Korchova who is proving herself to be a powerhouse on the track. A newcomer to track, she stripped seconds off her previous times in both the 100 m (15.79) and 400 m (75.90), coming within 0.5 s of Kellie Macknamara's 400 m W45-49 club record. Watch this space!
It was fabulous to see Kylie Irshad back in action and performing very strongly in the 3000 m Walk (17:09.99).
Heather Carr W70 (1,094 points) and Toni Matters W50 (746 points) earned the most points for W40+.
Masters Men
The Males Masters had another consistent contribution, with 8 blokes providing 5051 points to the club total. Athletes competed at both venues.
Blokes scoring more than 400 points included:
Antony Van Eeten (800m),
Mickael Soussan (1500m),
Peter Rushen (3000m),
Andrew Crawley (discus) and
Alexander Newman (discus and shot put)
Next Round
Round 7 will be a TWIGHLIGHT meet on Saturday 17th December 2022. Glenhuntly Athletic Club will be providing club helpers at the Casey Fields (the other venue hosting competition will be Moonee Valley Athletics Track in Aberfeldie).
Glenhuntly Athletic Club is allocated to Metropolitan Zone B (refer to AVSL Zones). Our club has rostering commitments to Zone B venues with respect to supplying Club Helpers at each round (refer to Zone B – Club Duty Roster), hence: Glenhuntly Athletic Club encourages our athletes to attend the Zone B venues for competition.
Note, we appreciate some athletes will preference Zone A for event-specific purposes – that is okay!
Here are the remaining Rounds/Venues in Zone B where Glenhuntly Athletic Club will need to supply Club Helpers:
Casey Fields Regional Athletics Centre (Casey) – Round 7
Mackinnon Athletic Track (Murrumbeena) – Round 8
Yarra Ranges Athletic Track (Yarra Ranges) – Round 9
Glenhuntly Results Round 6 – as posted on the Athletics Victoria Results Hub
FOP
100m: Katharine Wright 13.36 (3.3); Catherine Burton 16.94 (2.6);
200m: Avestina Zhong 27.86 (+0.0);
400m: Katharine Wright 63.70; Catherine Burton 80.44; Chiara Zagame DNS;
800m: Anna Ross 3:01.30;
Discus: Catherine Burton 16.52m;
Hammer: Anna Ross 11.29m;
Long Jump: Catherine Burton 3.25m (0.2);
Shot Put: Anna Ross 5.64m; Avestina Zhong DNS;
Triple Jump: Avestina Zhong 6.45m;
F20
200m: Emma Wadley 29.25 (0.7);
800m: Emma Wadley 2:22.45;
F18
800m: Tanasha Santosh 2:19.25; Thanya Vijayakumar 2:25.43; Ella Wilson 2:35.99;
Discus: Madeleine Edwards 27.23m;
F16
100m: Isabel Zhang 13.01 (-0.5); Alice Hollingsworth 13.04 (-0.5); Layla Marvin 21.08 (2.6);
400m: Layla Marvin 1:58.80; Isabel Zhang 63.74;
90m Hurdles: Alice Hollingsworth 14.48 (1.4);
Long Jump: Isabel Zhang 4.89m;
Triple Jump: Allegra Orso 11.46m;
F14
100m: Laura Wong 12.92 (+0.0);
3000m: Serena Bryant 11:34.0h;
80m Hurdles: Laura Wong 12.57 (1.3);
F40
100m: Aggie Byers 15.28 (2.8); Svitlana Korchova 15.79 (3.4); Lisa Deramond 18.90 (2.6); Louise McLean DNS; Kara Gilbert DNS;
200m: Kellie Macknamara DNS;
400m: Lisa Deramond 1:34.90; Kara Gilbert 75.31; Svitlana Korchova 75.90;
800m: Kellie Macknamara 3:05.37;
1500m: Kim Nanscawen 6:14.95; Kara Gilbert 6:23.80; Lisa Deramond 7:16.82;
80m Hurdles: Aggie Byers 16.51 (2.6);
1500m Walk: Gwen Steed 10:40.89;
3000m Walk: Kylie Irshad 17:09.99; Heather Carr 19:27.19;
Discus: Heather Carr 10.31m; Lisa Deramond NM; Kara Gilbert 10.11m;
Hammer: Toni Matters 20.51m;
Javelin: Heather Carr 9.78m;
Long Jump: Aggie Byers 3.55m;
Shot Put: Toni Matters 9.48m;
MOP
100m: Jesse McKenna 10.62 (2.2); Attila Baranyay 11.30 (2.2);
200m: Josh Steyn-Ross 22.65 (1.5); Theo Soldati DNS;
Discus: Sebastian Zammit 31.91m;
Javelin: Sebastian Zammit 35.53m;
M20
100m: Seb Hadaway 11.19 (2.2);
400m: Seb Hadaway DNS;
800m: William Howe 2:13.4h;
Discus: William Leaso 17.67m;
M18
100m: Charlie Steen 13.28 (2.3); William Wong DNS;
200m: Lachlan Marriner 22.57 (0.5); Jordan Drescher 23.27 (1.5); Tyler De Sa 24.75 (0.9); Nathan Golonka 25.16 (1.5);
110m Hurdles: William Wong DNS;
Discus: Charlie Steen 39.58m;
Javelin: Charlie Steen 37.79m; 40.87m;
Long Jump: Charlie Steen 5.03m;
Triple Jump: Nathan Golonka 11.49m;
M16
3000m: George Fowler 10:00.9h;
Triple Jump: Karar Al-Zubaidy DNS;
M14
3000m: Jack Larner 10:42.1h;
M40
100m: Alexander Newman 12.89 (0.9); Andrew Crawley 16.36 (0.7);
200m: Antony Van Eeten 28.55 (+0.0);
800m: Antony Van Eeten 2:15.0h;
1500m: Mickael Soussan 4:44.55;
3000m: Peter Rushen 11:01.8h; Jamie Rossjohn 11:04.2h;
1500m Walk: Ralph Bennett DQ;
Discus: Mickael Soussan 15.19m; Andrew Crawley 31.24m; Alexander Newman 35.86m; Jeff Lang 17.67m;
Javelin: Mickael Soussan 19.05m; Andrew Crawley 25.22m; Jeff Lang 13.28m;
Long Jump: Andrew Crawley 2.89m (2.8);
Pole Vault: Alexander Newman DNS;
Shot Put: Kurt Golonka 6.08m; Alexander Newman 10.34m
- Photo Gallery Round 6 AVSL 2022/23 -
Photos from AV Facebook by Steve Alder-Goad (ADG Images) and Joanna Margiolis, plus some personal pics by our members
Contributors: Team Managers - Jenny King (Open Women), Chris Byron (Open Men), Carl Hollins & Matt Firth (Underage W), Michael Halloran (Underage Men), Kara Gilbert (Masters Women), Andrew Crawley (Masters Men)
Curated by: Kara Gilbert
Date published: 7th December, 2022
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