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Season 2011-12

The 2011-12 season is off and running with a good turn out of keen young athletes wanting to learn or improve their athletic skills.

SMR Cross Country Challenge

The SMR Cross Country & Race Walking Challenge will be held at St Leonards School - Riverend Road, Bangholme on Saturday June 18, 2011.
Walk the course at 9.15am, marshalling first event at 9.45am.
Full details on this Challenge Flyer
Note  that the flyer was amended on 27-5-2011

Season 2010-11

State Track & Field Championships 2011

U9 Girls - Isabella Austin - 80mHurdles - 6th in 15.55 seconds
U9 Girls - Ruby Ferrier - Triple Jump 20th 6.68m
U13 Girls - Poppy Willis - Triple Jump 6th 10.13m
U13 Boys - Max Tulen - 1500m 7th in  4:56.60, 800m 14th in 2:30.55


100m Handicap Races

Girls U9-15                                       Boys U9-15
1. Ashleigh McCall 13.37 U9 (20m)           1. Jacob Taylor       13.12 U10 (25m)
2. Jordyn Bone       13.43 U12 (10m)          2. Isaac Kneeshaw 13.55 U14 (scratch)
3. Issabella Austin 13.55 U9 (20m)            3. Ben Willis            14.02 U9 (18m)
4. Emily Ferrier     13.56 U13 (13m)          4. Bryce Clark        14.14 U9 (18m)
5. Poppy Willis       13.65 U13 (3m)            5. Leigh Gigliotti     14.87 U13 (scratch)
6. Ella Hinson        13.77 U10 (17m)          6. Jake Peel              14.92 U11 (10m)
7. Ruby Ferrier      13.90  U9 (20m)     

The first three placegetters in the boys all ran faster than their heat times with Isaac posting a personal best for the season in both races.
Ashleigh McCall not only won the 100m handicap race but also the 800m race for U6-9 girls.
Jordan Bone ran a great race for second with all the girls in a very close finish.

Girls U6-8                                                     Boys U6-8
1. Stella Wright         17.53 U7 (16m)            1. Charlie Robinson-Clay 14.77 U7 (15m)
2. Kaylee Wheeler     17.53 U6 (30m)            2. Kade Seymour              15.49 U7 (15m)
3. Breanna Kilkenny 17.87 U8 (3m)               3. Max Piotrowski            15.54 U8 (12m)
4. Tara Bull               18.20 U7 (15m)             4. Aiden Hinson                16.11 U8 (12m)
5. Elle Hibbs              18.40 U6 (25m)            5. Oscar Aumont               19.84 U6 (23m)
6. Lilybelle Twaites   18.68 U8 (6m)               6. Jackson Guy-Toogood   19.96 U6 (40m)
7. Lily Milsom           18.83 U8 (5m)

   Girls 800m
    Boys 800m
    Girls 1500m
    Boys 1500m
1. Ashley McCall
 U9
 3:26.20
 1. Aiden Hinson
 U9
 3:18.46
 1. Emily Ferrier
 U13
 5:57.68
 1. Jake Peel
 U11
 5:56.91
2. Isabella Austin
 U9
 3:43.03
 2. Bryce Clark U8
 3:19.84
 2. Jessica Guy-Toogood
 U10
 6:48.95
 2. Jamieson Guy-Toogood
 U11
 7:01.00
3. Sarah Kennedy
 U9
 3:45.03
 3. Max Piotrowski U8
 3:36.45
 3. Bridget Kennedy
 U10
 7:01.50


4. Breanna Kilkenny
 U8
 3:46.03
 4. Declan Aumont
 U8
 3:40.54
 4. Ella Hinson
 U10
 7:36.90


5. Alexei Guy-Toogood
 U8
 4:20.80
 5. Rhett Clark
 U7
 3:44.03
 5. Cathy Runting
 U14
 7:48.15


6. Stella Wright
 U7
 4:31.64
 6. Sam Kennedy
 U8
 3:46.81





7. Lily Milsom
 U8
 4:41.20
 7. Benjamin Willis
 U9
 3:52.18





8. Tara Bull
 U7
 4:51.89
 8. Kade Seymour
 U7
 3:53.81





9. Louise Pendred
 U8
 4:55.44
 9. Charlie Robinson-Cay
 U7
 4:00.20





10.James Pendred
 U8
 5:01.90
 10.Conor Finlayson
 U8
 4:17.73








11.Cameron Austin
 U7
 4:34.31








12.Jackson Guy-Toogood
 U6
 5:00.87







Club championships were on March 12.

SMR championships have been run with all of our athletes doing very well.
Four members have made it through to the state championships and they are Isabella Austin in the U9 girls 80m Hurdles, Ruby Ferrier in the U9 girls Triple Jump, Poppy Willis in the U13 girls Triple Jump and Max Tulen in the U13 boys 800m & 1500m.

Last year's results are also now on our website.

Registrations can be done at any time on line at www.lavic.com.au

Season 2009-10

SMR Cross Country Challenge will be at Penbank School on June 26.
Cancelled due to heavy rain

The State Cross Country Championships will be held at Geelong Racecourse on Sunday 1st of August.

Little Athletics Gala Awards - will be at The Best Western , 243 Jells Road, Wheelers Hill starting at 1.30pm.
The new name for our association will be launched at the awards.

The state timetable for next season has been released and is quite different to previous years.
Check out the calendar on the VLAA website before making any long term plans.

The SMR relays will be held at the Springvale Centre for the next two seasons.
Frankston was the only centre to nominate for the Track & Field championships and they will again host the SMR championships for the next two seasons.
Oakleigh/Skye Valley were voted to host the U6-8 Carnival for the next two seasons and is very popular with our younger athletes.

State Track & Field Championships 2010
Congratulations to Max Westle with a great run in the U12 boys 1500m race to finish third.
Great effort by Poppy Willis, Natasha Ormond-Hall and Keisha Nash to make it to state and we hope that they can learn from their experience
and are able to come back next year and perform even better.

100m Handicap Races 2010
The girls U9-16 race was won by Alysha Eccles from Poppy Willis and Jordan Bone in a time of 13.21 seconds.
The boys U9-16 race was won by Darcy Underwood from Daniel Pangbourne and Thorin Brooks.
The girls U6-8 race was won by Isabella Austin from Lillybelle Twaites and Holly Gray.
The boys U6-8 race was won by Max Piotrowski from Aiden Hinson and Mitchell Webb.
It was a great effort by all the selected runners who were the fastest in their age groups and present on the day.
Those that won were able to produce an effort above their personal best to be able to get their names engraved on the perpetual trophy.

The 800m and 1500m races were also great for our distance runners to be able to show their talents.

SMR Track & Field Results
State qualifers :-
U12 Boys - Max Westle - 800m & 1500m
U12 Girls - Poppy Willis - High Jump & Long Jump
U13 Girls - Natasha Ormond-Hall - 200m & Long Jump
U14 Girls - Keisha Nash - 200m
Full Westernport Results

SMR Relays were held on Saturday 14 November at the Caulfield track located at Murrumbeena Road, Glenhuntly.
The under 16 mixed 4x100m and 4x200m teams won their events.
The under 14 girls ran a very good time to finish fourth in 2:10.48 for the 4x200m event. They were even faster in the 4x100m for another fourth place finish. The girls again ran well in the medley to finish third.
The under 12 boys and girls teams both finished sixth in the 4x100m and 4x200m races and third in the mixed 4x100m race. The medley team ran really well to make the finals and ran even faster to finish a good fourth place.
The under 10 boys did well to make the finals of both the 4x100m and 4x200m events. They will do better next year with a bit more training.
The under 10 girls had a great experience and enjoyed their racing against other centers.

Note that the SMR Coaching camp at Merricks has been cancelled for this season

The under 6-8 carnival was held on November 29 at the Casey center.
It is a great fun day with plenty of giveaways for the athletes.

Race Walking State Qualifying Standards

Event Boys & Girls
U9 - 1100m Walk 8 mins 30 secs
U10 - 1100m Walk 8 mins 00 secs
U11 - 1500m Walk 10 mins 30 secs
U12 - 1500m Walk 10 mins 15 secs
U13 - 1500m Walk 9 mins 45 secs
U14 - 1500m Walk 9 mins 30 secs
U15 - 1500m Walk 9 mins 30 secs


Check out the Westernport relay results on the Relay Page

Page last updated on 8-10-2011