By JAMIE STRUDLEY
IT WAS a fantastic turnout of eager athletes for this week’s round of Yarra Ranges Athletics cross-country.
Great to see so many new faces, young and old(er), having a run around the picturesque courses.
Some fantastic performances from our athletes, as a result of the numbers and quality of athletes.
If smiles and laughter are anything to go by, the level of fun was very high as well.
Our senior athletes competed in the opening round of the Athletics Victoria XCR15, the cross country relays at Jells Park.
Thirty athletes, and equally as many supporters, enjoyed near perfect conditions to achieve some very good results.
The highlight of the day was the team win by our Under 14 Girls team of Georgia Laven, Zoe Sibley and Ruby Dixon.
This result continues the dominance of our Under 14 Girls from last year.
Our Men’s team competed in Division 4 after promotion from Division 5 in 2014.
Some exceptional performances saw the team finish second overall, a great performance with so many athletes unavailable.
Special mentions to Jayden Clarke and Emilya Toney for running with late notice to enable teams to field a full team.
Team results were Men Div 4 2nd, Men Div 6 10th, Men U16 7th, Men U14 5th, Women Div 4 4th, Women Div 5th 2nd, Women U18 14th, Women U16 7th and Women U14 1st.
Results and more information regarding the XCR15 season is available at www.yarrarangesathletics.org.au.
Next Saturday morning cross country is at Margaret Lewis Reserve, Coldstream.
Be there from 8.45am to register.
A full season calendar will be on our website shortly.
New members of all ages and abilities will always be welcomed at our club.
