Athletics Report
Another windy and showery day greeted the athletes at E.S. Marks Field last Saturday for the 3rd invitational athletics carnival of the season. The Shore athletes continued to show pleasing improvement across all the disciplines.
Lachy Brown and Myles Kinchington were the first Shore athletes to compete on the day. It was a welcome return to the track for Lachy who had been running in the national Cross Country titles in Adelaide. Myles returned to his fine Cross Country form to run a season’s best in the difficult conditions.
The hurdlers were next to perform, with Ben Gordon placing 2nd and Will Rintoul winning his hurdle heat in the Under 13s. Nick Wendt produced his best race of the season to win the Under 14 100m Hurdles, while Jack Riding was as consistent as ever in the Under 15 Championship race with Charlie Mott placing 2nd in the division. James Kase placed in the Under 17 Hurdles Championship, while Henry Murray was 2nd in the Opens race.
The 800m distance races are arguably our strongest event with numerous personal best performances. Ben Frantz and Ted Scott both ran 6-second personal best times and are showing the benefits of consistent training. Fraser Pandit continues to improve each week in the Under 14 age group. James Bestic and Ben Hocking both attacked their Under 15 race to record big personal best times, with James winning the race in 2m 05.1s. He had a fine day, backing up to win the 1500m race as well. The find of the season, so far, has been Will Nutt, who broke 2 minutes for the first time in his Under 17 800m race running 1m 59.2s. Nathan Stanmore continues to impress with his 1m 55.2s race.
The sprinters continue to see steady improvement each week, with Henry Trueman winning his 200m heat in the Under 13s, while Charlie Mott was 2nd in both the Under 15 100m and 200m. Hugo Orpin ran a season’s best from lane 1 to win the Under 17 200m race. Wylie Hockey had a big morning of races in the 100m, 200m and 400m.
While Shot Put was cancelled for the day, Lucas Wright won the Under 13 High Jump and Alex Segaert won the Under 16 High Jump. Captain of Athletics, Henry Murray, had another consistent day winning the Open Long Jump with 6.32m as well as placing 2nd in the Hurdles. The 4 x 100m relays also saw some nice changes between the Shore athletes as team combinations are developing, with one eye on the GPS Athletics which is now only two weeks away. Our final lead up carnival is this Saturday at Homebush, after which the final team for the GPS Championships will be selected.
Rev. Anthony Benn
Master in Charge, Athletics
Top image credit: Tom Kierse Under 14 Hurdles
