2008/09 AV Shield North West Region
Round 11 - Aberfeldie
Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Results are now in from last Tuesday's Round 11 meet of the Athletics Victoria Shield North West Region competition. Held in warm conditions, the Coburg Harriers had their biggest turnout since Round 3 and the club scored very well across the board as a result. The club's Division 2 men were beaten narrowly for the second week in a row, but maintain a healthy 14.5 point lead on top of the ladder and will finish the season in first place. Our men's 40 + team returned to the winners list (after their first defeat of the season in Round 10) and with a 19 point gap to second will also finish on top of the ladder. The club's U18 and U16 men both finished third in Round 11 to maintain third place on their respective ladders and their participation in the Region Final looks assured. On the women's side, our U16 women scored a very narrow victory and should finish the season on top of their ladder

 

In his debut performance for the season, Rohan King won the Div 2 Shot Put, while Ben Webber won in Div 3. The U16 girls 4 x 100 m relay team won their division in a time quicker than our Open women. In 40+ men, Joe Brown won the 200 m, Warren Burke was first in the 400 m and third in the 200 m, Ken Carter won the Discus, Hammer and came third in the Shot Put. Leah Polycarpou (U16) was runner up in the 3000 m, Steven Marsh (U18) was third in the 200 m before running second in the 400 m and Liam Magee was runner up in the 1500 m and 5000 m. For 40 + men, Tim Erickson was second in the Walk, Brian Delaney was second in the 400 m and Philip van Dueren was second in the 5000 m and Hammer to go with his third placing in the 1500 m! Third place also in the U16 women's Discus and Shot Put went to Kira Davey, Tim Conway (U16) was third in the 400 m, Matthew Smith (U18) was third in the 1500 m, Ben Webber (Div 2) was third in the Triple Jump and in 40+ men Gary Blake came third in the 400 m and Daryl Thomson was third in the Discus

There were eight club records broken. In the 4 x 100 m Relay, the women's U16 team broke their own record - congratulations to Jessica Farrugia, Kira Davey, Matina Konstantinakos and Amber Dominutti. Joe Brown broke his own M60-64 record in the 200 m, Ken Carter broke the Discus record for M55-59 and added a season best in the Hammer.  Kira Davey broke the U14 record in the 80 m Hurdles, then set a new U14 & U15 record for the 4 kg Shot Put before recording a season best in the 200 m. Leah Polycarpou broke the U13 women's record for 1500 m and 3000 m and Roxanne Watts broke her own club F35-39 record for the Discus

 

And plenty of personal and season bests. Apologies if some of these are both. Personal bests to Jay Blake in the 400 m, Sam Dragon in the 3000 m, Alana Guerin in the 1500 m smashing the six minute mark and Josh Persson and Matthew Smith in the 1500 m. Season bests went to Warren Burke in the 1500 m, Tim Conway in the 200 m and 400 m, Adrianna Crea in the 200 m and 400 m, Amber Dominutti had a big night with season bests in the 1500 m, 200 m, and 400 m. Matina Konstantinakos a season best in the 200 m, Steven Marsh in the 400 m, Megan Marsh in the Discus, Mohamed Reese in the 1500 m and 200 m,  Benny Tancredi a season best in the 200 m, Daryl Thomson in the 1500 m, Julie Torrini with a season best in the 200 m, Philip van Dueren in the 1500 m and 5000 m and Robert Virgona with a big season best in the 5000 m after a leg of the 4 x 100 m Relay