Congratulations to ASR members on a week of excellent performances, Some of the highlights were:
* Don Wallace and Nickey Carroll’s team set a new record in the Kokoda Challenge Trail Race in the Gold Coast Hinterland. Glenn Barltrop, Cassie Brown and Connor Stanton also competed in the event.
* Hamish Granger was selected in the Queensland Team for the National Cross Country Championships after finishing fifth in the State Titles last Saturday. Tim Gibson has also been selected in the State Team.
* At the World University Orienteering Championships Rachel Effeney represented Australia well in a number of events with her best result being 25th place in the Sprint event, only dropping down from 6th place in the last four minutes of the event.
* At the Nickey Carroll Shield meet at St Paul’s Hubertien Wichers, Lisa O’Donovan and Lynda Bateson made it a trifecta in taking out the individual and teams results in the Masters Women’s 4k Championship. Ron Peters won the Men’s 50+ while Daryl Crook finished in fourth placing in the Open Men’s. Osman Saleh also set a new PB of
21.38 in the 6k event.
* At The Gap High School’s athletics carnival there were a number of good efforts from club athletes. Among those who recorded victories that I was able to come across were:
Tim Hurley - Open Boys 100m, 200m and 400m Heat
Tim Gibson - Open Boys 400m Heat
Alex Dalzell - Open Boys 800m (2.09) and 1500m (4.41)
Eleanor Dalzell - 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m (Dead-Heat)
Jared Easterbrook and Josh Gibson also performed well across a number of events, with the 800m and 1500m being highlights for Jared.
* At the World Junior Athletics Championships former club member Adrian Plummer has made it through to the semi-finals of the 800m with a clocking of 1.50.0. Adrian and his coach Bill Francis worked extensively over the years with some of our key support people like physio Michael Dalgleish and podiatrist Ash Mahoney. In an environment where distance runners in Australia have tended to be pretty nonchalant about the importance of strength work, the dedication that Adrian showed in this area as a younger athlete appears to now be paying full dividiends. Adrian joined the Gold Coast club where he lives a couple of years ago after being a member of Ashgrove for a number of years.
John