By Jamie Strudley
YARRA RANGES ATHLETICS
YARRA Ranges Athletics had four athletes competing for Victoria at this weekend’s Australian All Schools Championships.
An event that is easily the biggest single event on the Australian sporting calendar, it brings together the best secondary school athletes from around Australia.
The championships are also widely regarded as a stepping stone to further athletics honours, including Commonwealth and Olympic Games.
Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes Lateisha Willis, Tayleb Willis and Georgia Laven competed on the Saturday, day two of the championships, Georgia and Sam Norton also compete on day three.
Lateisha stole the show with a dominant win in her 100m hurdles final, retaining the title she has held for the past two years.
Brother Tayleb was not to be outdone with a hard-fought bronze medal in his 90m hurdles.
Lateisha finished an excellent fifth in her 100m behind sprint sensation Riley Day and Georgia Laven finished tenth in a tough 1500m final.
The weekend before, the club had two athletes, Kiara Flavel and Maddie laven, competing at the Australian Primary School Championships in Sydney.
Both Kiara and Maddie ran personal bests in their 800m heats to qualify for the final.
Kiara ran a brave race to finish second and Maddie not far behind in eighth place.
An awesome effort from two talented athletes.
The club hosted another round of the AV Shield at Morrison Reserve on Saturday afternoon.
Sensational weather, warm and calm, provided perfect conditions for some excellent perfomances from athletes visiting fromthroughout the eastern suburbs of Mebourne.
Full results will be available at athsvic.org.au early in the week.
The little athletes enjoyed great morning conditions for their round of athletics.
Awards were handed out to athletes who had recorded four or more PBs in the previous round.
Congratulations to those athletes and the many more who recorded one or more PBs of the past few weeks.
Great to see all our athletes improving week to week.
There are only two more rounds of Little Athletics before Christmas. Next week is Saturday morning followed by the final round the following Friday night.
See you all on Saturday from 8am for help with set up. If you don’t set up, you need to help pack up!
For information on how to join or trial, photos, results and updated news, visit the all new and improved website at yarrarangesathletics.org.au or check the club out on Facebook.
Run, jump, throw … too easy!
