NMR Relay Carnival 2024/2025

The NMR Relay Carnival 2024/2025 was held on Saturday, 16th November 2024, at the Diamond Valley Little Athletics Centre. Team Keilor delivered an outstanding performance, with 129 teams of over 150 athletes. Their collective efforts secured Keilor the prestigious NMR Relay Trophy, with a remarkable tally of:

• 34 Gold Medals

• 24 Silver Medals

• 17 Bronze Medals

This event's success would not have been possible without the dedicated Keilor committee. Their hard work included organising logistics for the weekend, setting up a fantastic base on the Friday, coordinating duties, managing social media updates, and packing up at the end of the event. A heartfelt thank you goes out to all involved in these efforts as it is a massive job! 

A special acknowledgment goes to the coaches—Anthony, Seona, Ana, Stephanie, Tony, Julia, David, Arch, Maryanne, Anthony, Mandy, and Rocky—whose training and commitment ensured our athletes were competition ready.

A very BIG thank you to parents who took on Chief roles, including Matt, Harri, Jarrod, Tammy, and Dale, as well as Keilor starters Bec, Chrissy and Jen. To all the parents who contributed by completing duties or stepping up as needed—your support is invaluable, and without you this event would not go ahead. 

Record-Breaking Achievements:
Several Keilor teams broke NMR records, including:

• Girls U17 4x200m

• Girls U9 Medley

• Girls U15 Medley

• Boys U15 Medley

• Boys U17 Medley

• Mixed U13 4x200m

Additionally, two teams broke both NMR records and Victorian Best Performance records:

• Girls U16 Medley

• Girls U17 Medley

Highlights of the Day:

• Almost all parent duties were filled before the event began, ensuring its smooth operation. The dedication of our parent helpers was evident, with nearly everyone arriving on time to fulfil their roles and offer support wherever needed.

• Watching Keilor athletes not only cheering for teammates but displaying great sportsmanship by congratulating competing teams.

• Under 9 athletes shining in their debut and their outstanding efforts resulted in multiple medal wins.

• Under 17 mixed 4x100m team A & B both crossing the finish line together and receiving gold! 

• Tim Golder's presence brought inspiration as he cheered on the athletes he has mentored throughout the years, and showed his support for up-and-coming talent.

• The loud cheering from Team Keilor's athletes, family, and friends filled the track with a supportive and uplifting energy.

A few words from Keilor Centre Captain & Vice Captain: 

“I enjoyed being a part of Team Keilor at region relays. There was a great team atmosphere at the track. There were a lot of team colours on display – such as face painting and ribbons. I was really proud of the efforts on the day, everyone put in 100%.

My highlights were the camaraderie between the whole Keilor family, celebrating their successes and the support from the club shown by complimentary icy poles and cordial. A special moment for me was the U16 and U17 girls team huddle before the 4x100m race to keep morale and stay positive.” - Leila, Centre Captain

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“A few thoughts on the success of the NMR relay day are cluttered mainly with the absurd heat but include stand-out highlights and successes, such as three gold medals which I hope all athletes get to experience at least once during their time at Keilor. Along with the success, there were near misses and shaky changes, though all but drowned out by the overall joy of the day. One of my highlights must be the first warm-up with my U17 age group, jamming to music (courtesy of James) as we smiled, lip-synced and showed off some moves, it really instilled in us all the motivation we sought to push through the heat (and headwind on the back straight). My other highlights of the day include group photos and face paint, but the overbearing positive of the day was undoubtedly the club and athletes' success. With all the achievements and qualifications it makes me incredibly proud to represent such a diverse and sportsmanlike group. 

Thanks for the great day, team Keilor.” - Roman, Centre Vice Captain

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“The regional relay competition was a truly rewarding experience for us u17 athletes.

Notably we won a series of medals and gained some NMR records throughout the day, reflecting our training prior and team spirit.

For me, a major highlight was the tie for equal first in the 4x100 mixed event, with both teams finishing with a time of 49.19.

But the best memories occurred away from the track; The chaos during warm-ups, the laughter, the heat. Spending these moments with good friends is what always makes relays so special. 

I wanted to send a massive thank you to all of the coaches and officials who made this great day possible.” Alicia, Centre Vice Captain

Our medal winning teams:

Under 9

• Gold - Girls 4x100m team A

• Gold - Boys 4x100m team A

• Gold - Girls 4x200m team A

• Gold - Boys 4x200m team A

• Gold - Mixed 4x200m team A

• Gold - Girls Medley team A

• Gold - Boys Medley

• Silver - Mixed 4x200m team B

• Bronze - Mixed 4x100m team A

Under 10

• Gold - Mixed 4x100m team A

• Silver - Boys 4x200m team A

• Silver - Boys Medley team A

• Bronze - Girls 4x200m

• Bronze - Mixed 4x200m team A

Under 11

• Gold - Boys 4x200m team A

• Silver - Boys 4x100m team A

• Silver - Girls 4x200m team A

• Silver - Mixed 4x200m team A

• Silver - Girls Medley team A

• Bronze - Girls 4x100m team A

• Bronze - Mixed 4x100m team A

Under 12

• Gold - Girls 4x100m team A

• Gold - Mixed 4x200m team A

• Gold - Girls Medley team A

• Silver - Mixed 4x100m team A

• Silver - Boys Medley

• Bronze - Boys 4x100m

• Bronze - Girls 4x200m team A

• Bronze - Girls Medley team B

Under 13

• Gold - Boys 4x100m team A

• Gold - Mixed 4x100m team A

• Gold - Mixed 4x200m team A

• Gold - Boys Medley

• Silver - Girls 4x100m team A

• Silver - Girls 4x200m team A

• Bronze - Boys 4x200m

• Bronze - Girls Medley 

Under 14

• Silver - Boys 4x100m

• Silver _ Boys 4x200m

• Bronze - Mixed 4x100m

• Bronze - Girls 4x200m team A

Under 15

• Gold - Girls 4x100m 

• Gold - Girls 4x200m team A

• Gold - Girls Medley team A

• Gold - Mixed 4x200m team A

• Gold - Boys Medley team A

• Silver - Boys 4x100m

• Silver - Mixed 4x100m team A

• Silver - Boys 4x200m team A

• Silver - Mixer 4x200m team B

• Silver - Boys Medley team B

• Bronze - Girls 4x200m team B

• Bronze - Boys 4x200m team B

• Bronze - Mixed 4x200m team C

Under 16

• Gold - Girls 4x100m 

• Gold - Boys 4x100m

• Gold - Mixed 4x100m team A

• Gold - Girls 4x200m

• Gold - Girls Medley

• Silver - Mixed 4x100m team B

• Silver - Boys 4x200m

• Silver - Boys Medley 

Under 17

• Gold - Boys 4x100m team A

• Gold - Mixed 4x100m team A

• Gold - Mixed 4x100m team B

• Gold - Girls 4x200m team A

• Gold - Boys 4x200m team A

• Gold - Mixed 4x200m team A

• Gold - Girls Medley

• Gold - Boys Medley team A

• Silver - Girls 4x100m team A

• Silver - Boys 4x200m team B

• Silver - Mixed 4x200m team B

• Bronze - Boys 4x100m team B

• Bronze - Boys Medley team B

Keilor's athletes set a high standard at the NMR relay carnival and are now eagerly preparing for the State event in December. We look forward to cheering them on once again. Go Team Keilor!

Melinda Hill 

Keilor Team Manager 

Summer track and field competition has begun

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Registration is now open for Little Athletics!

REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN

New and existing members, our portal is now open for the 24/25 Summer Track + Field Season.

Existing Members

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100 metre finals and 800m handicap - list of entrants. Races are Saturday 23rd March 2024

Below is the list of entrants for the 100m Handicap finals - and the Warren Hosking 800m Handicap, to be held this Saturday 23 March, as part of Presentation Day.

We wish the best of luck for all entrants!

Timing of events

In order to not hold up the all of the families that will be there on the day, we ask for;;

• All Tim Golder 100m finalists to arrive and assemble by 8:45 am. The races will commence at 9am sharp.

• All Warren Hosking 800m runners to arrive and assemble by 9am. The races will begin at 9.20

It goes without saying that if you are late, we will start the races without you. And yes, if you are lucky enough to be in both races, we will allow for that.

Girls – Tim Golder 100m Handicap - Start List

Lane	Athlete	Age	Handicap, m
1	Giulianna Ocean Pacifique	7	32
2	Giselle Koulouriotis	8	27
3	Tayla Koutsogiannis	10	21
4	Cecilia Koesasi	13	20
5	Indie Viney	8	18
6	Asra Baro	14	14
7	Olivia Marshall	11	13
8	Stephanie Clark	12	5
9	Scarlett Koutsogiannis	13	5
10	Leila Stegehuis	15	0

Boys – 100m Handicap - Start List

Lane	Athlete	Age	Handicap, m
1	Max Morello	7	40
2	Hayden Smith	8	29
3	Reuben Findlay	9	28
4	Brandon Hill	9	13
5	Juwon Olatunbosun	10	13
6	Thomas Leong	12	13
7	Gabriel Osusu-Afriyie	12	6
8	Evan Manefield	13	5
9	Baxter Van de Velde	14	3
9	Michael Sayed	14	0

Girls - Warren Hosking 800m Handicap - Start List

Name	Handicap, sec
Amy Waring	0
Madison Dettman	8
Hajra Ali	13
Brooklyn Dettman	15
Elenoa Pantlin	18
T J	19
Amelija Walton	24
Naomi Faure	27
Zuri Derodra	27
Aisha Baro	30
Lara Pavlovic	37
Dakotah Dettman	39
Ruby Withers	41
Tahlia De Bono	44
Harriet Findlay	44
Adrian Avenell	44
Ruby Huggard	49
Brooke Waring	50
Ava Stergiou	50
Asra Baro	61
Piper Van de Velde	61
Josephine Ho	61
Ella McMenamin	65
Zara Brigham	65
Lilah Viney	65
Sienna Gec	71
Alicia Gec	73
Hannah Gec	75
Leanne Ellis	81

Boys- Warren Hosking 800m Handicap - Start List

Name	Handicap, secs
Samar Singh	0
Patrick Pirotta	1
Isaac Lickiss	5
William Hannaford	11
Billy Taylor	21
Patrick Carland	24
Harry Quach	25
Marcud Panuccio	35
Hayden Avdija	40
Reuben Findlay	40
Lucas Hannaford	42
Harper Simpson	42
Connor Tomlinson	44
Cosimo Pannucio	44
Maxwell Ah San	49
Leonardo Georgeades	53
Ciaran Grieve	54
Ruairi Grieve	57
Sonny Charles	58
Lucas Withers	59
Finn Taylor	59
Gabriel Osusu-Afriyie	59
Rio Pavlovic	59
Liam Tomlinson	64
Marcus Afedzie	66
Aiden Pizzinga	67
Jordi Seidel	77
Harrison Avenell	77
Anakin Van de Velde	80
Antonio Stamatis	99
Alex Harbour	100
Noah Pizzinga	100
Luca Vella	100
Andre Faure	100
Marcus Franze	100
Elijah Marshall	105
Finn Daffey	108

2023 - 2024 State Track & Field Championships

With a change of venue and very hot and windy conditions our Team Keilor Athletes were outstanding over the weekend and performed to their very best with many of our 70 athletes achieving Personal Best performance in one or more of their events.

These performances along with many other fantastic efforts led to Team Keilor collecting 37 medals. We seem to be achieving more each year.

A huge congratulations to our U/17 Boys who in their last year of Little Aths demonstrated great performances and showed their determination to keep trying to our younger athletes. Between them they received 10 medals, gained 5 STATE Best Performances and many personal best performances. A super effort boys.

State Best Performances

Ethan Stegehuis U/17:  110m Hurdles with a time of 13.51s

                                         300m Hurdles with a time of 37.99s

Bailey Farrington U/17:   Long Jump with a jump of 6.58m

Noah Mc Menamin U/17: High Jump with a jump of 2:00m

Finn Daffey U/17:  800m with a time of 2m 04.62s

William Hurt U/16:  100m with a time of 10.76s

                                 200m with a time of 22.07s

Thirteen of our athletes achieved multiple medals:

Alexis Borkovic U/9:         Our up-and-coming U/9 star in the sprinting events, with  

                                            Gold in the 70m, 200m & 400m and Silver in the 100m.

                                            A fantastic weekend of running Alexis.

Brandon Hill U/9:               Another U/9 athlete showing lots of promise, with Bronze               

                                            in 3 events, the 70m, 100m & 60m Hurdles.

Ethan Stegehuis U/17:      Our hurdling expert, winning the 110m Hurdles & 300m

                                            Hurdles, and gaining a Silver Medal in the 200m  

William Hurt U/16:             A sprinting double with Gold Medals in the 100m & 200m.

Bailey Farrington U/17:    Gold in the Long Jump and Bronze in the 100m

Noah Mc Menamin U/17:  Our Jumping expert, winning Gold in the High jump &

                                            Bronze in the Triple Jump.

Leila Stegehuis U/15:        Silver in 200m & Bronze in the High Jump

Charlotte Darmanin U/11:Bronze in 200m & 400m

Ruby Withers U/12:           Our throwing star with Silver in Discus & Bronze in Shot Put

Our long-distance runners showed great stamina over the weekend in such hot and windy conditions. They were all exhausted at the end of the races and needed that drink and fan at the end line. The following athletes achieved medals in 2 events.

Leanne Ellis U/16:              Sliver in the 800m & 1500m.

Isaac Faure U/17:              Bronze in the 800m and 1500m

Cody Levidis U/12:           Bronze in the 800m & 1500m.

Antonio Stamatis U/11:    Bronze in the 400m and 800m.

For Sandra and I, there were many highlights over the weekend, some of our favourite were:

• Athletes giving us thumbs up every time we asked “did you get a PB?”

• Watching our U/9 athletes in their 1st State event and seeing them give it their “ALL”

• The exhaustion/heat shown on faces of our athletes and tired parents while patiently waiting for hours between events and trying to keep cool in the shade!

• The support & sportsmanship our Keilor athletes demonstrated not only to their Keilor teammates but to athletes from other centres.

• The Team Keilor supporters on the fence line cheering on our Athletes.

• Watching Noah U/17 performing in High Jump and seeing that great 2.00m  State record jump – Lucky he didn’t jump any higher because I don’t think the side supports were long enough…

• Watching Josephine U/10 throw a PB in all 4 throws in Shot Put and claim a Silver medal – her smile all day was priceless

• ·The determination of all our athletes in very hot and windy conditions not only running but trying to jump into a headwind in LH & TJ and throwing the Discus & Javelin with the wind swirling around.

Congratulations to all of TEAM KEILOR, the athletes and families for a great weekend of sportsmanship, wonderful personal best performances and positive support.

A fantastic effort.

This weekend cannot occur without our supportive Keilor Club committee and members. Thanks to the coaching team who train the athletes at the club on Tuesday & Thursday nights, our Keilor starters helping at State level over the weekend,  Allison for posting  all the Facebook Pictures and to all the parents who completed duties and helped out when needed – a Big thank you.

Well done everyone. A great Team Effort.

Please look at our Keilor Little Athletics Club Facebook page for photos from the weekend.

Go Team Keilor - Let’s keep improving.

Michelle Graham & Sandra Withers

2023 - 2024 Medal Winners for TEAM KEILOR:

12 GOLD: 

Alexis Borkovic U/9                                      70m, 200m & 400m

Ethan Stegehuis U/17                                 300m Hurdles & 100m Hurdles

Finn Daffey U/17                                          800m

Bailey Farrrington U/17                               Long Jump

Noah Mc Menamin U/17                             High Jump

William Hurt U/16                                         100m & 200m

Ella Sutherland U/15                                   Discus

Jordi Seidel U/12                                          Triple Jump

10 SLIVER:

Leanne Ellis U/16                                        800m & 1500m

Ethan Stegehuis U/17                                 200m

Mark Mavraski U/16                                    400m

Leila Stegehuis U/15                                   200m

Scarlett Koutsogiannis U/13                      Long Jump

Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie U/12                       80m hurdles

Ruby Withers U/12                                      Discus

Josephine Ho U/10                                     Shot Put

Alexis Borkovic U/9                                      100m

15 BRONZE:

Brandon Hill U/9                                           70m, 100m, & 60m Hurdles

Isaac Faure U/17                                         1500m & 800m

Charlotte Darmanin U/11                           200m & 400m

Cody Levidis U/12                                        1500m & 800m

Antonio Stamatis U/11                                400m & 800m

Bailey Farrrington U/17                               100m

Noah Mc Menamin U/17                             Triple Jump

Leila Stegehuis U/15                                   High Jump

Ruby Withers U/12                                      Shot Put

Tim Golder 100m Handicap - heats this Sat 2nd March at 8.30 am. List of entrants

This Saturday the 2nd of March, Keilor Little Athletics Club will be running the heats of the Tim Golder 100 metre handicap races starting at 8:30am sharp.

If you are on the start list for the heats of the Tim Golder 100m (see below), please be at the track by 8:15am so we can start the heats on time.

Athletes who arrive after 8.15 am will be substituted by an emergency to ensure we do not delay the start of the Sat program.

The list of qualifiers and emergency athletes are listed below. Athlets were selected on the following basis:

1. Athletes or their families had applied to enter the handicap.

2. Athletes and families had met participation and duty requirements.

3. The fastest 100m runner in each age group, if meeting 1) and 2), got automatic selection.

4. If the fastest 100m runner in an age group had not nominated for the handicap, the 2nd fastest got selected if they had nominated.

5. Other athletes were randomly selected.

Junior Girls				Junior Boys
Lane Draw	Athlete	Age group	Handicap Distance, m		Athlete	Age group	Handicap Distance, m
1	Annie Findlay	U7	29		Max Morello	U7	33
2	Angel Georgeades	U7	23		Nathan Sayed	U8	22
3	Giselle Koulouriotis	U8	21		Harrison Pantlin	U8	20
4	Sofia Walton	U8	20		Hayden Smith	U8	19
5	Brooklyn Dettman	U9	16		Reuben Findlay	U9	18
6	Milla Sparrey	U8	15		James Strangis	U7	16
7	Shira Manders	U8	15		Ibrahim Baro	U8	14
8	Avah Dinatale	U9	11		Oliver Charles	U8	5
9	Indie Viney	U8	10		Brandon Hill	U9	3
10	Alexis Borkovic	U9	0		Sonny Charles	U9	0
Emergency Runners					Emergency Runners
Emergency 1	Giulianna Ocean Pacifique	U9	22		Oliver Lickiss	U7	18
Emergency 2	Aaliah Ocean Pacifique	U8	15		Isaac Lickiss	U9	15

Intermediate Girls				Intermediate Boys
Lane Draw	Athlete	Age group	Handicap Distance, m		Athlete	Age group	Handicap Distance, m
1	Tayla Koutsogiannis	U10	19		Patrick Carland	U10	26
2	T J	U11	19		Xavier Kiprillis	U10	17
3	Elenoa Pantlin	U10	17		Hunter Vaughan	U10	16
4	Aisha Baro	U10	15		Leonardo Georgeades	U10	16
5	Laylah Blanco	U10	11		Thomas Leong	U12	13
6	Lilah Viney	U11	11		Juwon Olatunbosun	U10	9
7	Ruby Withers	U12	10		Liam Rozario	U12	8
8	Willow Karlic	U12	3		Maxwell Ah San	U11	7
9	Zoe Strangis	U11	1		Marcus Afedzie	U11	2
10	Stephanie Clark	U12	0		Gabriel Osusu-Afriyie	U12	0
Emergency Runners					Emergency Runners
Emergency 1	Olivia Marshall	U11	9		Lucas Hannaford	U11	25
Emergency 2	Harriet Findlay	U11	19		Anakin Van De Velde	U12	23

Senior Girls				Senior Boys
Lane Draw	Athlete	Age group	Handicap Distance, m		Athlete	Age group	Handicap Distance, m
1	Cecilia Koesasi	U13	20		Ethan Pizzinga	U13	27
2	Asra Baro	U14	14		Lucas Withers	U14	21
3	Indiana Stott	U17	8		Charlie De Bono	U13	20
4	Jasmine Marshall	U14	8		Finn Taylor	U13	18
5	Hannah Gec	U14	6		Evan Manefield	U13	15
6	Tayissa Kekoc	U14	4		Noah Mcmenamin	U17	12
7	Scarlett Koutsogiannis	U13	3		Nate Pokorzynski	U14	12
8	Sienna Gec	U14	3		Michael Sayed	U14	12
9	Nifemi Olatunbosun	U16	0		Lucas Scerri	U16	4
10	Leila Stegehuis	U15	0		Bailey Farrington	U17	0
Emergency Runners					Emergency Runners
Emergency 1	Alicia Gec	U16	3		Marcus Franze	U16	8
Emergency 2	Tyler Stott	U15	6		Baxter Van De Velde	U14	15

Registration for the 2023/2024 season is open!

And already registrations are flowing in.

To register your athlete, click the Join button above, or even the join button below:

What age group is my athlete?

Little Athletics goes by the ‘Under X’ system., where the age group is set by the age of the athlete as of Jan 1st midway through the summer season.

In other words, if your athlete is 7 years old as at 1 January 2024, they wil be in the U8 age group for this current season.

Still not 100% sure? An age group calculator can be found here, which hopefully helps you decide which age group is correct.

Program announced for the 2023/24 Track and Field season

We are pleased to announce that dates have been finalised for this upcoming season.

Some of the highlights are:

• Two Come and Try Days, on the 9th and 23rd September. These days are a great opportunity for new families to find out what we do

• Regular season kicks off on 7th October.

• We then compete most weeks until (our one) Sunday 17th December, which is our Xmas round

• We expect the annual joint round with Essendon and Craigieburn to be on 27 Jan 2024, and to be held at Essendon.

• Regular competition resumes on 3 Feb, and then will be on most weeks until the final week of regular competition on 2nd Mar 2024

• Centre Championships on 16 March.

• Presentation Day on 23th March.

For full details of the program, check out the calender via the button below:

RECORDS, RECORDS, AND MORE RECORDS!!!! - Northern Metro Region Individual Championships 2023.

What a record- breaking weekend Team Keilor had at the Northern Metro Region Individual Championships 2023.

For the first time at NMR Team Keilor finished on top of the

medal tally in the region with

148 medals in total

57 Gold 

42 Silver

49 Bronze

NMR records for our individual events tumbled all weekend.

·      Starting with Mark Mavrakis running a technique perfect race in the

U/16 Boys 300m hurdles to achieve a State Best Performance and an NMR Record in a time of 39.98sec. Beating the old record by over 2.5 seconds!

·      Mark then did it all again on Sunday in the 100m Hurdles to break another NMR record in a time of 13.38sec.

·      Our young U/10 Athlete Antonio Stamatis ran a great race in the U/10Boys 800m to break the record with the time of 2:35:33.

·      In the 1500m early on Sunday morning our U/15 athlete Jonathan Neethling took on the U/16 & U/17 boys to outrun them all to achieve an excellent win and new NMR record of 4:15:31, breaking the old record by 5 sec!

·      Ethan Stegehuis out sprinted his 2 Keilor teammates in the U/16 boys 400m gaining a New NMR Record with 53:85sec.

·      Our U/14 Athlete Brandon Cvetanoski sailed through the air in the Triple Jump to record a massive 12:84m jump and a new NMR Record.

·      And in one of the final field events of the weekend Stephanie Clarke U/11 performed a terrific jump to record a new NMR Long Jump record with 4:44m.

Along with these great performances came so, so many Best Performances from all our 97 athletes over the weekend. It was hard to keep up with all the medals and wonderful times, throw and jumps they all did.

Congratulations to the many athletes who gained medal places, many with multiple medals, to help us become the overall winning Club for the weekend.

U/17

Charlotte Duggan

Lucy Webber

U/16

Finn Daffey

Bailey Farrington

Isaac Faure

Ashton McMenamin

Noah McMenamin

Ryan O’Connell

Ethan Stegehuis

U/15

Kiara Boyd

Marcus Franze

Alicia Gec

Mitchell Iannello

Mark Mavrakis

Ella McMenamin

Roman Muse

Jonathan Neethling

Nifemi Olatunbosun

Lucas Scerri

U/14

Zara Brigham

Brandon Cvetanoski

Andre Faure

Zulqarnain Haider

Lillian Micallef

Abigail Pellow

Andre Schepis

Leila Stegehuis

Ella Sutherland

U/13

Asra Baro

Sienna Gec

Hannah Gec

Tayissa Kekoc

Jasmine Marshall

Alice Nelson

Michael Sayed

Archie Seidel

Emma White

Lucas Withers

U/12

Hakeem Baba

U/11

Stephanie Clark

Mason Cvetanoski

Josephine Jones

Cody Levidis

Parker Mangan

Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie

Jordi Seidel

Ruby Withers

U/10

Marcus Afedzie

Charlotte Darmanin

Olivia Marshall

Caitlin Sobell

Antonio Stamatis

Mason Sutherland

Lilah Viney

U/9

Josephine Ho

Juwon Olatunbosun

Ryan Pellow

For Sandra and I, there were many highlights over the weekend, some of our favourite were:

The sound of cheering for our Team Keilor. With such a large team of athletes and even bigger support crew of family and friends around the track it was a wonderful to hear.

The smiles on our energetic U/9 girls when cheering and supporting each other in the 60m Hurdles and then hugs all round at the end line.

Having Tim Golder turn up on both day and support all the athletes that he has gotten to know over the years through his Relay coaching.

Our State Best Performance from Mark Mavrakis.

We loved that it's not all about medals, athletes thrilled with new pbs against the best in the region.  We had so many athletes tell us they got a PB in some or all their events.

With so much going on it was hard to see everything and everyone, so hearing all the Keilor Athlete names called to presentation was special... especially 3 in a row.

We enjoyed seeing the friendly rivalry between the athletes, athletes from other clubs who once were just an opponent, growing into friendships and offering support and cheering each other on.

Oh and finally, the water/ mist/ spray tent. That was huge highlight enjoyed by all who were aware of its existence - especially Sunday afternoon.   We need one of those!! 

This weekend cannot occur without our supportive Keilor committee. Getting everything organised for the weekend, setting up of Friday evening, completing duties, posting Facebook Pictures and packing up at the end of the weekend. It is a massive job.

Thank you to our coaching team who train the athletes at the club on Tuesday & Thursday nights and who were in attendance over the weekend for warmups and advice.  Thank you, Riley, Bec, Wilson and Marie.

A very big thank you to the parents (Angela Mavraski, Coleen Leckie, Wayne Mangion, Karley Cromie & Jason Sobell) who took on Chief roles at Discus and Long Jump over the weekend – a huge responsibility. 

We also had many of our talented Keilor starters helping, Chrissy, Jen, Calvin & Rebecca. No wonder our athletes know exactly what to do at the start of our races every Saturday.

And to all the parents who completed duties and helped when needed – a Big thank you.

Well done everyone. A great Team Effort.

Please look at our Keilor Little Athletics Club Facebook page for photos from the weekend.

We are looking forward to cheering on all the athletes who have progressed to the State event in March. Let’s continue breaking records!

Go Team Keilor

Sandra & Michelle

2022 - 2023 State Track & Field Championships

This event saw athletes from across the state competing against one another and challenging each other to perform at their very best. And the very best we did, with many outstanding performances (some 5 - 15 sec BP’s in our 800m & 1500m races, a 3m PB in Discus and 10cm PB in High Jump). Amazing!

These performances along with many other fantastic efforts led to Team Keilor collecting 34 medals. Our biggest ever medal tally.

Six of our athletes achieved multiple medals:

• Stephanie Clarke U/11 represented Keilor in 5 events and came away with    a Gold in Triple Jump, Silver in 400m and bronze medals in both the 200m & Long Jump.

• Jordi Seidel U/11 achieved another Gold medal performance in the 80m Hurdles, gained a Bronze medal in Triple jump and then jumped for joy when he jumped a PB in his last jump in Long Jump to gain a Silver medal.

• Mark Mavraski U/15 had a busy weekend competing in 4 events and coming home with a Gold in the 400m, Silver in both the 300m Hurdles & Triple Jump and a Bronze medal in the 200m.

• Jonathon Neething U/15 ran 2 inspiring long-distance races with such a relaxed running style to finish with a Silver medal in 1500m & and a Bronze medal in the 800m.

• Bailey Farrington U/16 our jumping guru finished with Silver in LJ and Bronze in TJ and then top his weekend off with the Bronze in the 200m.

• Ethan Stegehuis  U/16 finished his weekend of exceptional racing with Gold medals in both hurdle events over 100m &  300m. He also ran in the 200m to gain a Silver medal & a Bronze in the 400m. 

A special mention to our Club Captain Charlotte Duggan U/17. Charlotte has been a member of our club for many years and continued each year to strive for her personal best in all events. This year in her final year of Little Athletics she won a Bronze medal in the 1500m race and 2 top 8 positions in the 800m and 100m Hurdles. Congratulations Charlotte.

For Sandra and I, there were many highlights over the weekend, some of our favourite were:

• Athletes striving to achieve those PBs

• Smiling faces of the athletes and parents through the weekend

• The support & sportsmanship out Keilor athletes demonstrated not only to their Keilor teammates but to athletes from other centres.

• The exhaustion shown on faces of our athletes at the end of the 400, 800m and 1500ms races showing that they had given their “ALL’

Congratulations to all of TEAM KEILOR, the athletes and families for a great weekend of sportsmanship, wonderful personal best performances and positive support (especially shown by our older athletes towards or younger athletes) and loud cheering for all our athletes. A fantastic effort.

This weekend cannot occur without our supportive Keilor Club committee and members. Thanks to the coaching team who train the athletes at the club on Tuesday & Thursday nights, our Keilor starters helping at State level over the weekend,  Allison for posting  all the Facebook Pictures and to all the parents who completed duties and helped when needed – a Big thank you.

Well done everyone. A great Team Effort.

Please look at our Keilor Little Athletics Club Facebook page for photos from the weekend.

Go Team Keilor - Let’s keep improving.

Michelle Graham & Sandra Withers

2022 - 2023 Medal Winners for TEAM KEILOR:

12 GOLD MEDALISTS: 

Ethan Stegehuis U/16                            300m Hurdles & 100m Hurdles

Finn Daffey U/16                                    800m

Isaac Faure U/16                                   1500m

Noah Mc Menamin U/16                         High Jump

Mark Mavraski U/15                               400m

Brandon Cvetanoksi U/14                       Triple Jump

Lillian Micallef U/14                                Triple Jump

Leila Stegehuis U/14                              High Jump

Jordi Seidel U/11                                    80m Hurdles

Ruby Withers U/11                                 Discus

Stephanie Clark U/11                             Triple Jump

8 SILVER MEDALISTS:

Ethan Stegehuis U/16                            200m

Bailey Farrrington U/16                           Long Jump

Mark Mavraski U/15                               300m Hurdles & Triple Jump

Jonathan Neethling U/15                        1500m

Ella Sutherland U/14                              Discus

Jordi Seidel U/11                                    Long Jump

Stephanie Clark U/11                             400m

14 BRONZE MEDALISTS:

Charlotte Duggan U/17                           1500m

Ethan Stegehuis U/16                            400m

Bailey Farrrington U/16                           Triple Jump & 200m

Ryan O’Connell U/16                              100m

Mark Mavraski U/15                               200m

Mitchell Iannello U/15                             400m

Jonathan Neethling U/15                        800m

Jordi Seidel U/11                                    Triple Jump

Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie U/11                    80m hurdles

Mason Cvetanoski U/11                         Javelin

Stephanie Clark U/11                             200m & Long Jump

Josephine Jones U/11                            High Jump

State Relays 2022/2023

What an amazing day of running “Team Keilor” showed at

Lakeside Athletics Track at the State Relay Championships on

Saturday 4th Feb 2023.

We had 76 teams competing - Keilor’s highest number of teams ever - at the State Relay Championships.

Our Keilor Team of over 80 athletes just seem to be getting better and better every year. They should be congratulated for their determined running, for demonstrating excellent team spirit and support for each other throughout the very long day.  You gave your parents, family and coaches many reasons to cheer, smile and be extremely proud of your efforts.

Although not every team came home with a medal, all age groups and teams showed great strength and resilience to work together and strive for Team Best Performances.

U/9 teams: Our first-time relay stars trained hard for Tim over the past few months and showed they are keen to learn and so excited to be running at their best. They unfortunately had to start the day in wet conditions, but they did not seem concerned and put in wonderful performances in all races throughout the day to come home with 2 Bronze medals and 2 more top 10 place finishes. A great start to their Relay adventure.

U/10 teams: What a fabulous group of athletes we have at this age group under the coaching of Derek & Julia.  They competed in 8 different races and came home with 5 top 10 finishes and Silver & Bronze medals. We look forward to watching them continue to develop into a stronger team in U/11 and gain podium finishes.

U/11 teams: Our Superstars, this group of athletes showed determination to work as hard as possible and aim for PB performances in all of their 9 races. Tim had the combinations of athletes in the mixed races and Medleys so spot on they finished the day with 5 Medals, 1 Gold, 3 Silvers and a Bronze medal and another 3 top 10 finishes.

U/12 teams:

What a fabulous small group athletes we have at this age group. The boys trained hard throughout the season and showed great determination to run PB’s in their 2 races on Saturday. Well done boys.

U/13 teams: With ten teams competing, this shows the continued strength of this age group. With the help of their coach, Seona, the teams recorded many PBs. They collected a Silver Medal in the Mixed 4X100m, a close fourth in the Girls Medley event and 3 more top 10 places.

U/14 teams: GOLD in the Boys 4 x 100m & Medley, GOLD in the Girls 4 x 200m, SILVER in the Mixed 4 x200m, BRONZE in the Girls 4 x100m and Mixed 4 X100 makes our U/14 team our most successful team for the day. The team had over 20 athletes competing in thirteen different events. What a strong depth of talent we have at this age group – it is big achievement to get Teams A, B & C to the State Championship. This group has created such a strong bond over the years of training with Tim, their baton changes seem to be set on automatic.

U/15 teams: This amazing group of athletes competed in 15 races throughout the day, that’s a lot of juggling and cooperation between coach (Tim), parents and athletes to ensure everyone knows their race and is ready at the correct time. Well done team! Some of these athletes have been training with Tim as part of the relay teams for the past seven years – an amazing commitment to Team Keilor.  For all their hard work the team was rewarded with 5 Medals, 3 Sliver & 2 Bronze, 8 more top 10 performances and many PB’s. We look forward to more achievements next year.

U/16 teams:  Louise has got this team working so well together that although they were missing a team member due to injury, they all stepped up, changed races & running positions to make it work. And work it did! The team finished in the top 5 in all of their 7 races, with 2 Gold medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze for the boys’ teams.  With only 1 U/16 Girl, a big thank you to the U/15 athlete for running in our 4 X 100 Mixed team and finishing a close 4th. 

U/17 teams:  Our 3 U/17 female athletes competed in the relays for the last time.  With the help of Boys from U/16 and Girls from U/15 & U16 teams they were able to compete in 4 races. In all 4 races they finished in the top 6 in the state. A great achievement in their last year of Little Athletics. Well done girls.

Team Keilor came home with 25 Medals.

6 GOLD

10 SILVER

9 BRONZE

Our medal winning teams were:

U/16

·         GOLD:             4 x 100m Boys team

·         GOLD:            Medley Boys team A

·         SILVER:           4 x 200m Boys team

·         BRONZE:        Medley Boys team B

U/15

·         SILVER:           4 x 200m Boys team

·         SILVER:           4 x 200m Mixed team

·         SILVER:           Medley Boys team

·         BRONZE:        4 x 100m Boys team

·         BRONZE:        4 x 100m Mixed team

U/14

·         GOLD:             4 x 200m Girls team

·         GOLD:             4 x 100m Boys team

·         GOLD:             Medley Boys team

·         SILVER:           4 x 200m Mixed team

·         BRONZE:        4 x 100m Girls team

·         BRONZE:        4 x 100m Mixed team

U/13

·         SILVER:           4 x 200m Mixed team

U/11

·         GOLD:             4 x 100m Mixed team

·         SILVER:           4 x 200m Boys team

·         SILVER:           4 x 200m Mixed team

·         SILVER:           4 x 100m Boys team

·         BRONZE:        4 x 100m Girls team

U/10

·         SILVER:           4 x 100m Mixed team

·         BRONZE:        4 x 100m Boys team

U/9

·         BRONZE:        4 x 100m Boys team

·         BRONZE:        Medley Boys team

 A HUGE thank you to our wonderful team of coaches and their helpers.

U/17 & U/16: Louise Muse

U/15, U14, U/11 & U/9: Tim Golder  

U/13 & U/12: Seona Baro

U/10: Derek & Julie Darmanin

Make sure you look at all our relay photos on our Facebook page.

Go Team Keilor!

Keilor athlete excel at State Combined Event, 11&12 Nov 2022

STATE COMBINED EVENT

Congratulations to our medal winners

Zulq Haider U/14 GOLD

Noah McMenamin U/16 BRONZE

Stephanie Clark U/11 BRONZE

Congratulations to our ribbon winners (top 8) for their age group.

Sienna Gec U/13: 4th place

Mark Mavrakis U/15: 4th place

Bailey Farrington U/16: 5th place

Charlotte Darmanin U/10:   6th place

Ethan Stegehuis U/16: 6th place

Ryan Pellow U/9: 7th place

Alexander Pammer U/10: 8th place

Lillian Micallef U/14: 8th place

Over the weekend (12th & 13th Nov 2022) 34 of our Keilor Athletes competed in the State Combined event.

The Combined Events consisted of five events for U/9 – U/12 athletes, six events for U/13’s and seven events for U/14, U/15, U/16 & U/17 athletes. The Combined competition requires a strength in a variety of disciplines and endurance to compete over a long time. Each athlete competes in all events and points are awarded for each event. After their final 800m event the points are then tallied for an overall winner.

For many of our athletes this was their first experience at the combined event, especially Keilor U/9 athletes experienced their 1st ever State event.  They all showed a strong determination to strive towards personal best performances in each of their events.  There were many, many PB’s over the weekend. We hope this is the start of a long association with Little Athletics state events.

Our older athletes, U/13 - U/16 have continued to perform at this State level year after year we achieved 10 top 10 places in the state. These strong performances are a credit to their persistence and training over the years to achieve their best. They are a great example for our younger athletes.

Josephine Ho U/9 led the charge in our 800m races and gave all our Keilor supporters a reason to get on our feet and cheer her gutsy 800m run win on Saturday. This was followed by 6 more very impressive 800m wins on Sunday with Stephanie Clark U/11, Cody Levidi U/11, Dolly Negi U/12, Zulq Haider U/14, Mitchell Iannello U/15 & Mark Mavrakis U/15 all taking line honours in their respective 800m races.  Sensational runs. We must be doing something right at our centre coaching sessions!

           Fantastic results Team Keilor – We hope to see more of our athletes try this event next season.

 A very big thank you to all our parents & families. Your support of our Keilor team and completing the duties needed to ensure we can run these events for our children is what makes our Keilor club so special.  THANK YOU.

Go Team Keilor.

Michelle & Sandra

Please see our Facebook page for some photos of our Keilor athletes.

Keilor athletes excel at 2022 Chemist Warehouse Australian Track & Field Championships

At Keilor we believe that the performance of every athlete is important - hence our PB medal program. Nonetheless, we can also celebrate the performance of our athletes when they excel at state or national level - and this week we have a lot to celebrate.

Our congratulations to :

• Zulqarnain Haider for winning gold medals in the U13 100m, 200, 400m and the 4*100m relay (as part of the Victorian team)

• Sukhnoor and Khushnoor Rangi for winning gold and silver respectively in the U15 pole vault

• Brandon Cvetanoski for winning silver in the U13 200m triple jump.

• Ethan Stegehius came 5th in his heat in the hurdles, setting a PB

We also congratulate current or former Keilor LAC athletes Ethan Stegehius, Riley Caines, Rebecca Cain, Maire McEvoy and Wilson Cram for also participating at these nationals. These championships have not ended yet - we wish all participants the best of luck for all remaining events.

The photos below show Zulq with all 4 of his gold medals, and Zulq and Ethan along with their proud KLAC coach Riley Caines.

Northern Metro Region Track and Field Carnival 2022

Congratulations to all the Keilor Athletes who competed at the NMR Track and Field Carnival at the Diamond Valley Athletics Track.

 Our amazing seventy-seven athletes were all striving hard in hot conditions to run, throw and jump personal bests and claimed so many medals along the way. It was our largest ever haul of medals at any NMR event.

 Zulqarnain Haider U/13 has continued his record-breaking season with a new Victorian STATE record in the 200m Hurdles with a time of 26.04sec. This is the 2nd year he has gained a state record. He ran in the 100m, 200m 400m 80m Hurdles & 200m Hurdles and won 5 Gold Medals.  A fantastic achievement.

 U/10 athletes Stephanie Clark & Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie continued their great running at NMR events this year with 5 medals each. Stephanie gained 4 Gold medals for the 70m, 100m, 200m & 400m and a Bronze medal in the Long Jump and Gabriel received Gold medals in the 70m & Shot Put, Silver in the 200m  and Bronze in the 100m & 400m. A great effort from you both.

 Charlotte Darmanin U/9 had a fantastic weekend at her 1st ever NMR event with medals in all her 5 events. Gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 400m & High Jump and a Bronze medal in the 60m Hurdles.

Special congratulations to all Keilor Centre Captains: Jasmine Galang U/16 and Isaac Faure U/15 for your own individual achievements but more so for inspiring and supporting our younger athletes.

To our U/16 Athletes competing in their final NMR competition, great to see you gaining many medals and many more BP’s and having fun over the weekend.  

And, to our newcomers, our U/9 athletes, so many PB performances and medal placings. It was great to witness your enthusiasm and excitement over the weekend. I hope this is the first of many NMR events.

As you will have seen in the photos on our Facebook page so many smiles from all our athletes.

Congratulations to all our wonderful athletes on their great performances and a HUGE thanks to you to all families for your support in completing duties and cheering all our athletes throughout the weekend.

TEAM KEILOR

48 GOLD, 35 SILVER & 48 BRONZE medals.

Congratulations to all our medal winners

U/9

Marcus Afedzie                 G:  H J        S: 100m      B: L J

Xavier Cipriano                 S:  70m

Mason Sutherland           B: S P

Charlotte Darmanin         G: H J, 100m, 200m & 400m        B: 60m Hur

Olivia Marshall                  S:  70m

Caitlin Sobell                      S: 100m

Charlotte Stegehuis        B: H J

Chloe White                       B: S P

U/10 

Cody Levidis                       G 400m & 800m

Parker Mangan                 B: 70m & 800m

Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie   G 70m & S P     S: 200m      B: 100m & 400m

Liam Rozario                      B: H J

Jordi Seidel                         S: L J & 60m Hur        B: S P & 200m

Stephanie Clark                 G: 70m, 100m, 200m & 400m       B: L J

Ruby Withers                     G: 60m Hur      S: H J              B: S P & 400m

U/11 

Charlie De Bono                B: L J

Evan Manefield                B: 200m               

Phoenix Cotsis                   B: 400m & 800m

Charlotte Pellow               B: Javelin

U/12

Nat Pokorzynski                G: 200m & 100m       S: 400m          B: T J

Prabhpreet Rangi             S: Javelin

Michael Sayed                   S: 80m Hur        B: 100m

Archie Seidel                      G:  T J            B: L J & S P

Oliver Sobell                       B: Javelin

Lucas Withers                    S: Discus

Hannah Gec                       S: 400m        B: Discus & 1500m

Sienna Gec                          G: Javelin      B: 400m & 800m

Tayissa Kekoc                    S: S P

Jasmine Marshall              S: 80m Hur

Emma White                      G: Discus        B: T J

U/13 

Brandon Cvetanoksi        G:  TJ, L J & Javelin         B: 100m

Zulq Haider                         G: 100m, 200m, 400m, 80 Hur & 200m Hur

Lillian Micallef                   G: T J

Grace Murray                    S: 200m & L J          B: 400m

Abigail Pellow                    B: 800m, 1500m & Discus

Ella Sutherland                  G: Discus          S: S P           B: Javelin

Kiara Boyd                           S: S P

Alicia Gec                            G: 400m & 800m             S: 1500m

U/14 

William Hurt                       G 100m & 200m

Mark Mavrakis                  G: 90 Hur & 400m

Ella MC Menamin            S: Discus

Nifemi Olatunbosun        B: 100m & 200m

U/15 

Bailey Farrington              G: T J & 200m       S: L J & 100m

Isaac Faure                         B: 400m

Ashton Mc Menamin      B H J

Noah Mc Menamin         G: H J           S: TJ & Discus         B: 100m Hur

Connor Muse                     S: 100m H

Ethan Stegehuis                G: 100m Hur & 300m Hur         S: 200m & 400m

Celina Aguilar                     B: 200m

Khushnoor Rangi              G: L J & T J         S: S P    B: Javelin

Sukhnoor Rangi                 G: Javelin          S: T J

U/16 

Anika Edmonds                 B: 300m Hur

Jasmine Galang                 S: S P          B: Discus

Lillie Ground                      S: LJ            B:  200m

Amy Hawkings                   G: S P & Discus        S: Javelin                    B: T J

Brianna Mastin                  G:  L J                         S:  200m & T J           B: 100m

Lara Sacaner                      G: 400m & 800m