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!