KLAC News
The KLAC committee and the Grants Manager have been working hard during the winter season to obtain grants to make the Keilor Little Athletics experience even better for our kids and families!
Today Coles announced that we were one of 23 Victorian centres to receive funding from Coles! The funding will be used to purchase a number of marquees to shade our athletes and volunteers during the summer season.
You can read the media release via the link below.
2021 State Cross-Country Relays Championships
The State Cross-Country Relay Championships is a Teams event, where 3 athletes complete a Relay over a Cross-Country course. The distances are less than the individual Cross-Country distances to allow greater flexibility and formation of Teams. Athletes do not carry a baton, they start and finish within a transition zone.
Date: Saturday, 5th June 2021
Location: Cruden Farm, Langwarrin (Map)
Age Groups: U9 – U16 Athletes
Are you interested in being part of the Keilor team for this exciting event? If so, please register your interest via this link here:
Please have submissions in by Sunday 16 May.
After a shortened covid affected season and the on & off & on again program of NMR individual track & field events it was wonderful to see over 50 of our Keilor athletes attend our State Championships at Lakeside Athletics Stadium over the weekend of 13th & 14th March.
Although Saturday started off with a beautiful red & orange sky and sunshine the conditions changed and challenged our athletes especially our 800m & 200m runners with pouring rain all afternoon. Sunday the weather was sunny and our team spirit and cheering stepped up a notch to support our many stars and medal winners
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 and Team Keilor collecting 19 medals.
Six of our athletes achieved multiple medals:
Zulqarnain Haider U/12 our sprinting sensation was recognised for his Victorian Best Performance in the 200m and gained Gold medals in 100m, 200m & 400m.
Dilan Egodawatte U/15 ran 2 inspiring races in the 800m & 1500m leading from start to finish to achieve Gold medals in both events.
Ethan Steg U/14 Finished his great season with a Gold medal in the 200m Hurdles and a Sliver medal in the 400m.
Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie U/9 is our up and coming sprinting star with 3 medals from 3 starts with a Silver medal in the 200m, and Bronze medals in the 100m & 400m
Sienna Gec U/11 continued her medal winning achievements at State events with Bronze medals in the 400m & 1500m.
Ruby Withers U/9 showed her grit and determination over the weekend and always with a smile on her face to come home with Bronze Medals in the High Jump and 400m.
A special mention to Marie McEvoy U/16. Maire has being a strong member of our club for many years, was one of our Keilor Captains last season and helps coach our younger athletes in long jump. This year in her final year of Little Athletics has achieved two great results at States in her favourite event of the hurdles. On Saturday she finished 4th in the 200m hurdles and then on the Sunday she ran a super race to achieve a Silver Medal in the 90m Hurdles. It was so wonderful to see that smile across her face all afternoon and see her supporting all our younger athletes throughout the day. Congratulations Marie.
A final BIG congratulations to the many athletes who gained personal best performances. A fantastic achievement.
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.
Go Team Keilor - Let’s do it all again next year.
Michelle Graham & Sandra Withers
2021 Medal Winners for TEAM KEILOR:
GOLD:
Zulqarnain Haider U/12 100m, 200m & 400m
Dilan Egodawatte U/15 800m & 1500m
Ethan Stegihuise U/14 200m Hurdles
Max Busuttil U/15 100m
SILVER:
Ethan Stegehuis U/14 400m
Maire McEvoy U/16 90m Hurdles
Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie U/9 200m
Brandon Cvetanoski U/12 Triple Jump
BRONZE:
Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie U/9 100m & 400m
Ruby Withers U/9 High Jump & 400m
Sienna Gec U/11 400m & 1500m
Tayissa Kekoc U/11 80m Hurdles
Nate Pokorzynski U/11 100m
Congratulations to all the Keilor Athletes who competed at the NMR Track and Field Carnival in Coburg.
Our amazing seventy athletes were amazing, all striving for the personal bests and claiming so many medals along the way.
Zulqarnain Haider U/12 has continued his record-breaking season with 2 new records and 4 Gold Medals in the 100m, 200m 400m & Shot Put at the NMR event on the weekend.
Zulqarnain broke the Victorian State 200m record with a time of 25:17sec and NMR 100m record with 12:56sec. A fantastic achievement.
Sienna Gec U/11 also achieved the clean sweep with gold medals in all 4 events. She attained Gold in the 400m, 800m, 1500m & Triple Jump.
Special congratulations to all our U/16 Boys Kristain Barresi, Calven Lipec and Ariel Melnik who competed in their final NMR competition. Great to see the continued achievements from these aspiring athletes, with all of them attaining at least one medal.
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 much determination from all our athletes to succeed.
Congratulations to all our wonderful athletes on their great performances.
Overall Team Keilor achieved:
35 GOLD, 29 SILVER, & 27 BRONZE medals
Fantastic efforts by all our medal winners.
Ariel Melnik U/16 3 Bronze
Kristian Barresi U/16 1 Gold
Calven Lipec U/16 1 Bronze
Brianna Mastin U/15 1 Gold, 3 Silver
Samuel Scodella U/15 1 Gold
Max Bussuttil U/15 1 Gold
Anika Edmonds U/15 1 Silver
Jasmine Galang U/15 1 Silver
Charlotte Duggan U/15 2 Bronze
Ethan Stegehius U/14 3 Gold, 1 Silver
Lawrence Cassar U/14 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
Connor Muse U/14 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Sukhnoor Rangi U/14 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Charlotte Gray U/14 1 Silver,1 Bronze
Noah Mc Menamin U/14 1 Gold
Ashton Mc Menamin U/14 1 Silver
Finn Daffey U/14 2 Bronze
Celina Aguilar U/14 1 Bronze
Alicia Gec U/13 2 Gold, 1 Silver
Mark Mavrakis U/13 1 Gold, 2 Silver
Nifemi Olatunbosun U/13 1 Gold, 1 Silver
William Hurt U/13 2 Silver
Emmelene Phair U/13 1 Bronze
Zulqarnain Haider U/12 4 Gold
Brandon Cvetanoski U/12 2 Gold, 1 Silver
Leila Stegehuis U/12 1 Bronze
Abigail Pellow U/12 2 Bronze
Sarah Cook U/12 1 Silver
Sienna Gec U/11 4 Gold
Tayissa Kekoc U/11 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
Nate Pokorzynski U/11 2 Gold
Hannah Gec U/11 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
Oliver Sobell U/11 2 Silver
Michael Sayed U/11 1 Bronze
Prabhpreet Rangi U/11 1 Bronze
Phoenix Cotsis U/10 1 Silver
Abigail Pellow U/10 1 Bronze
Charlotte Pellow U/10 1 Bronze
Stephanie Clark U/9 3 Gold, 1 Bronze
Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie U/9 2 Gold, 1 Bronze
Ruby Withers U/9 1 Gold, 3 Silver
Parker Mangan U/9 1 Gold
Cody Levidis U/9 1 Gold
Mason Cvetanoski U/9 1 Bronze
Brooke Waring U/9 1 Bronze
Ebony Ciopicz U/9 1 Bronze
Once again congratulations to all our Athletes - Keilor LAC is very proud of you.
GO TEAM KEILOR!
Casey Fields Athletics Track, Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 March
What a gruelling ride it has been to get to the State Relays. Changes this season to accommodate COVID restrictions, shifting the Relays to the end of the season instead of the usual November/December timeslot, cancellation of our Regional events and, finally, only having 4 x 100m events has meant a long and interrupted preparation for all our teams. But we got there!
Our Keilor team of over 60 athletes in 36 different 4 x 100m relay teams should be congratulated for their persistence and training over this extended period. Over the weekend they ran brilliantly while displaying amazing team spirit and support for each other. To ensure that every athlete who wished to run got the chance to, we need to say a very big thank you to athletes who volunteered to run up an age group to help fill teams. A big effort!
Although not every team came home with a medal, all age groups and teams showed great strength and determination to achieve their best. We had many PB performances. Fifteen teams finished in the Top 10 in the State. And another six teams achieved podium finishes. Amazing results!
U/9 teams: Our new relay stars for Tim to coach for the next six years. What a terrific bunch of athletes, who are keen to learn and so excited to be running at their best. They unfortunately had to contend with the wet, blustery conditions on Saturday morning, but they did not seem concerned and put in wonderful performances to come home with Silver & Bronze medals and a fifth place. A great start to their Relay adventure.
U/10 team: What a fabulous four athletes we have at this age group. Only four athletes continued to train throughout the season and persisted to the end to run on Saturday. Well done, Girls.
U/11 teams: Our U/11s really missed the longer relays and medley events this year, but they showed determination to work as hard as possible and aim for PB performances in the 4 x 100m. Of their six teams, three finished in the Top 8. We look forward to seeing you again next year on top of the podium.
U/12 teams: What to say about our amazing U/12 teams, except WOW!
In the Boys A team, the first three runners – Brandon Cvetanoski, Koby Bewick and Luke Becvinoski – all ran excellent legs, allowing Zulq Haider to collect the baton in first place at the final change. So it was just a matter of how fast this team could go. And fast they did, crossing the line in the GOLD MEDAL position with a New Victorian Record time of 51:68sec.
In the three mixed teams, we saw some excellent teamwork and running to achieve PBs and a Bronze medal for the Mixed A team.
U/13 teams: With nine teams competing, this shows the continued strength of this age group and the close relationships they have formed with each other and their coaches, Tim & Yanah. Eight teams recorded PBs. The Boys and Girls A teams finished in fifth place. Congratulations all four mixed teams. The mixed A team finished a very close fourth and the mixed C team demonstrated great resilience to pick themselves up and finish the race in 59:14sec.
U/14 teams: Our U/14s were another age group disappointed that the longer relays and medley events were not held this year. They nevertheless worked hard together at training to have four teams representing the age group. The two mixed teams crossed the line within one second of each other, finishing in sixth and seventh positions overall. After easily winning their heat, the Boys’ team finished fourth overall. The Girls came ninth. All four teams finished in the Top 10 in the state – a great effort.
U/15 teams: GOLD in the Boys 4 x 100m... again! For the third season in a row, the Boys team has finished with the gold medal – an amazing achievement. This group of boys has created such a strong bond over the years of training with Steve. They team together so well that their baton changes seem to be set on automatic. All Boys ran so well despite injuries throughout the season and last-minute concerns of fitness. The Mixed team clicked again this year and ran a very strong race to gain a Bronze Medal. We sincerely hope to see you all again at the club next year for your U/16 season.
U/16 teams: Our six U/16 athletes competed in the relays for the last time. Some of these athletes have being training with Brian as part of the relay teams for the past six years – an amazing commitment to Team Keilor. Congratulations to our U/16 teams, who finished seventh and eighth on Sunday.
Team Keilor came home with:
2 GOLD
1 SILVER
3 BRONZE
Our medal winning teams were:
U/15
· GOLD: 4 x 100m Boys
· BRONZE: 4 x 100m Mixed
U/12
· GOLD: 4 x 100m Boys
· BRONZE: 4 x 100m Mixed
U/9
· SILVER: 4 x 100m Boys
· BRONZE: 4 x 100m Mixed
Thank you to our wonderful team of coaches and their assistants.
U/9 Tim Golder
U/10 Rachel & Matt Pellow
U/11 Michael & Maryanne Gec
U/12 Tim Golder
U/13 Tim Golder & Yanah Cini
U/14 Louise Muse
U/15 Steve Scodella
U/16 Brian McEvoy
Finally, a big thank you to the parents for getting your children to training sessions throughout the season, driving them to competitions and completing duties when needed. Your support of the athletes and Team Keilor is hugely appreciated.
Make sure you look at all our relay photos on our Facebook page.
Team managers:
Michelle Graham & Sandra Withers
Go Team Keilor
Let’s do it all again next season
Only six months away!
With the summer athletics season now over, this means the winter cross country season starts soon! We are looking to boost our participation numbers this season and if you are a member of Keilor Little Athletics Centre for the 2020/21 season, then you membership for cross country is paid as part of your fees.
Cross country training will continue on Sat April 24 at 9am at the Keilor track. The session will run for 45 mins so come down have a chat with the team and we will be happy to answer all of your questions.
The first weekly cross country competition will be at Essendon track on May 1 at 9am.
NMR Important Dates
Saturday 1st May Essendon
Saturday 8th May Essendon
Saturday 15th May Keilor
Saturday 22nd May Keilor
Saturday 29th May Sunbury
Saturday 5th June Keilor
Saturday 12th June division one open day Essendon
Saturday 19th June Region CC - Bundoora Park
Saturday 26th June Craigieburn
Saturday 3rd July Sunbury
Saturday 10th July Keilor
Saturday 17th July Craigieburn
Saturday 24th July Keilor
Saturday 31st July State at Lake Dewar
Saturday 7th August Presentation/Super Handicap Essendon
Starting time: 9am (8:30 registrations start)
Weekly fees: $2 per athlete, max $5.00 per family
All athletes will need to wear their name tags from the summer season.
LA Vic Important Dates
Saturday 5th June: State Cross-Country Relays Championships – Cruden Farm
Saturday 19th June: Region Cross-Country Carnivals
Saturday 31st July: State Cross-Country Championships – Lake Dewar.
What is cross country?
Cross-country season begins May 1 and runs through to the end of July. Unlike track and field in the summer, the venue for cross-country events changes weekly with locations including the Aberfeldie athletics track in Essendon, our track at Keilor, Coburg, Craigeburn and Sunbury. There are also regional and state championships for cross country with the dates published above.
Cross-country involves athletes running just one event, with distances listed below for the various age groups. Cross-country events are never cancelled for wet or cold weather - instead please ensure that your athletes are dressed appropriately, which can include long black pants, and warm black tops under the Keilor top. Commonwealth Bank name patches are still required with the Coles badge above the LA Vic logo. Races start at 9am and are usually completed by 11am.
Northern Metro Region (NMR) and Little Athletics Victoria (LA Vic) host region and state events for cross-country with road relay championships and State Championships over the same distances.
Keilor members who have have joined for the preceding summer track and field season can compete in cross-country without paying additional registration fees, although a weekly $2 event fees will be payable per athlete ($5 per family). In addition athletes who did not register for the summer season can join for the cross-country season only, at the reduced fee of $70 per athlete - Click the JOIN/TRIAL button on our website.
Cross country distances:
U6 Boys & Girls 500m
U7-8 Boys & Girls 1000m
U9-10 Boys & Girls 1500m
U11-12 Boys & Girls 2000m
U13-16 Boys & Girls 3000m
Over the weekend (Jan 30th & Jan 31st )15 of our Keilor Athletes competed in the 1st State LAVic event for over 12 months. Although there were co-vid 19 restrictions on athlete numbers and spectators if was wonderful to see so many athletes striving for PB’s at Lakeside Stadium - It was a great sight.
The Combined Events consisted of five events for U/9 – U/14 athletes and seven events for U/15 & U/16 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. At the end of the day after their final 800m event the points are then tallied for an overall winner.
Our athletes showed a strong determination to strive towards personal best performances with every athlete recording at least 1 PB and some athletes achieving a PB in all 5 events. A fantastic effort considering the limited training and competitions over the past 12 months.
Keilor had two Under 9 athletes, Ruby Withers and Parker Mangan experience their 1st State event - what a fantastic job they did and always with a smile on their faces. We hope this is the start of a long association with Little Athletics state events.
Congratulations to our ribbon winners for their age,
a fantastic effort all day.
Mark Mavrakis U/13: 4th place
Tayissa Kekoc U/11: 5th place
Sienna Gec U/11: 7th place
Ruby Withers U/9: 7th place
Congratulations to all our Keilor athletes.
U/9’s
Ruby Withers
Parker Mangan
U/11’s
Hannah Gec
Sienna Gec
Tayissa Kekoc
Nate Pokorzynski
U/12’s
Jamie Bartsch
U/13’s
Kiara Boyd
Mischa Atkinson
Alicia Gec
Mitchell Iannello
Mark Mavrakis
U/14’s
Finn Daffey
Noah McMenamin
Lawrence Cassar
Please see our Facebook page for some photos of our Keilor athletes, besides the images below:
As per the Little Athletics Victoria Metropolitan Melbourne COVID-19 protocols, the following guidelines must be adhered to by all attendees to the Keilor Little Athletics Centre venue:
Attendance:
Attendees contact details will be recorded prior to each sanctioned activity.
Physical distancing (>1.5 metres) must be observed by all attendees at all times.
Attendees essential to the conducting of sanctioned activities only are to be present. This includes supervising parents/guardians.
Only one parent/guardian is permitted to be present to supervise their child/children at all times. Note: where a family is rostered on, regularly volunteers, or is selected to fulfill volunteering duties, both parents/guardians are permitted to be in attendance for purposes of child supervision.
Spectators are not required or essential to the conducting of sanctioned activities and cannot attend.
Participants must use hand sanitiser prior to commencement and completion of any sanctioned activity.
Face masks are to be worn by all attendees 12 years of age and older, including athletes when not competing, that is when they are not on the field of play.
A “Get in, Train/Compete, Get Out” approach to sanctioned activities.
If a parent/guardian or athlete feels unwell, they are not to attend competition or training until they feel well and have no symptoms.
If the COVID Safe Official, coach or committee member observes a parent/guardian or athlete is unwell, the parent/guardian and athlete will be required to return home immediately.
Venue:
Access to change rooms and toilets is permitted.
Access to clubrooms and pavilions is not permitted prior to 11.59pm on 8th November 2020.
Face masks are to be worn by all attendees 12 years of age and older, including athletes when not competing, that is when they are not on the field of play.
Canteens are permitted to operate in accordance with ‘Accommodation and food services sector guidelines’.
A regular and thorough cleaning schedule to disinfect all common areas and high touch surfaces will be maintained.
The toilets must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before and after each competition and training session.
Competition & Training:
Athletes are encouraged to bring their own water bottles, towels and other personal items to avoid sharing where possible.
Competition (track and field events) cannot exceed 10 athletes at a time. Officials & volunteers conducting the event are in addition to the athletes.
Training (track & field events) group sizes cannot exceed 10 athletes at a time. Coaches & volunteers conducting the event are in addition to the athletes.
Field events: athletes must maintain 1.5m physical distancing while waiting for their attempts.
Track events: physical distancing of 1.5m between athletes is not required while competing (i.e. standing at start line and during the race).
Attendees should avoid all contact with others, such as handshaking and giving high fives.
For Competition & training, athletes will be required to only use the equipment allocated to them unless they supply their own.
Participants must use hand sanitiser prior to commencement and completion of any sanctioned activity.
Further information can be found on the Little Athletics Victoria website :
While we normally hold our AGM during our Centre Championships, these championships were not held this year.
So we have rescheduled our AGM to Thursday 7th May at 7.30pm - as a Zoom meeting, via the details below.
meet.google.com/mqq-zygi-ywu
+61 3 8594 6848 PIN: 985 602 536#
Or dial in: +61 3 7018 2005 - Meeting ID: 836 5570 8886, Password: 485056
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The full list of results are found via the button below.
You can watch the Presentation Day live feed again via this link - https://youtu.be/Vgb6NVdT1eo
Sorry, but at this stage no one will be able to pick up medals or trophies.
This is in line with the directives of the Federal and Victorian governments to avoid all non-essential activities.
Following in from the corona virus crises, the Centre Championships have been cancelled, and the Presentation Day has been postponed until a more suitable date. We may end up changing the format of this.
At this stage, no decision has been made on the cross-country season, but this may be delayed or cancelled.
We thank you for your support of the club this past season, and we look forward to the resumption of the sport when this is possible.
What a Huge weekend Keilor Little Athletics Club had this weekend hosting the NMR Track and Field Carnival. We hosted athletes from eight other clubs at our track to compete in all events for a chance to compete at States in March.
The effort, not only by the committee members but so many of our Keilor families before the day and over the weekend ensuring the all was ready for the NMR was incredible. We had parents fulfilling athletics duties - race starting/ discus/ long jump/ medal presentations, running the canteen, cooking the BBQ, cleaning clubrooms, making sandwiches, setting up marquees & equipment, pressure hosing all the mud from paths on Saturday evening and packing it all up on Sunday afternoon. A HUGE Thank You - you are what makes this club so special.
And, then we have our amazing ninety athletes, striving in all events for the personal bests and claiming so many medals along the way. Competing in the rain on Saturday did not deter our athletes with many still gaining PB’s in the track events on a rain soaked track. It was great to see some sunshine on Sunday and it seemed to lift our athletes’ spirits and improve their performances.
As you will have seen in the photos on our Facebook page so much determination from all our athletes to succeed.
Congratulations to all our wonderful athletes on their great performances.
Overall Team Keilor achieved:
28 GOLD
SILVER
36 BRONZE
3rd overall in the Team results
Special congratulations to all our U/16 athletes who competed in their final NMR competition. Great to see continued support and leadership from these aspiring athletes, with all of them gaining at least one medal.
Abby Cain Lucas Leong Ebony Mangion Jackson Mc Menamin
Maddison Reynolds Michelle Spurrell Teagan Walshe
Fantastic effort by all our medal winners.
Jackson Mc Menamin U/16 3 Gold, 1 Silver
Lucas Leong U/16 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Maddison Reynolds U/16 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Ebony Mangion U/16 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Michelle Spurrell U/16 1 Bronze
Abby Cain U/16 1 Bronze
Teagan Walshe U/16 1 Bronze
Maire McEvoy U/15 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Sajidian Haider U/15 2 Silver
Ariel Melnik U/15 1 Bronze
Kristian Barresi U/15 1 Bronze
Chanachai Kankratok U/14 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
Marco Spagnuolo U/14 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
Dilan Egodawatte U/14 2 Gold
Max Busuttil U/14 2 Gold
Brianna Mastin U/14 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
Susana Siale U/14 2 Bronze
Samuel Scodella U/14 1 Bronze
Noah Mc Menamin U/13 1 Gold, 1 Silver 2 Bronze
Connor Muse U/13 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Sukhnoor Rangi U/13 1 Gold
Khushnoor Rangi U/13 1 Gold
Dakota Reynolds U/13 3 Silver
Finn Daffey U/13 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
Ethan Stegehius U/13 2 Bronze
Damon Aguis U/13 1 Bronze
Cianah Dal Ben U/13 1 Bronze
William Hurt U/12 1 Gold, 2 Silver
Alicia Gec U/12 1 Gold, 2 Silver
Coleen Egan U/12 2 Silver
Mark Mavrakis U/12 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Cooper Matthews U/12 1 Silver
Noah Maffia U/12 2 Bronze
Zulqarnain Haider U/11 3 Gold, 1 Silver
Lachlan Fabbri U/11 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Leila Stegehuis U/11 2 Sliver, 1 Bronze
Abigail Pellow U/11 2 Bronze
Brandon Cvetanoski U/11 1 Bronze
Sienna Gec U/10 2 Gold, 1 Silver
Tayissa Kekoc U/10 1 Gold, 3 Silver
Nate Pokorzynski U/10 1 Gold, 2 Silver
Hannah Gec U/10 2 Silver
Archie Seidel U/10 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Michael Sayed U/10 1 Silver
Oliver Sobell U/10 1 Silver
Prabhpreet Rangi U/10 1 Bronze
Phoenix Cotsis U/9 2 Gold
Charlotte Pellow U/9 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Evan Manefield U/9 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Charlie De Bono U/9 1 Silver
Once again congratulations to all our Athletes - Keilor LAC is very proud of you.
We look forward to cheering many of you on at the State event in March
GO TEAM KEILOR!
Congratulations to our State Champions
SIENNA GEC U/10 and FRANK MAZZA U/15
SIENNA GEC U/10
This is the 2nd Year in a row Sienna has won this competition. On Saturday Sienna competed against over 80 other athletes from around the state. A great show of continued development and stamina over the past 12 months. Go Girl!
FRANK MAZZA U/15
For Frank, he is continuing his dominance in Multi event competitions. Earlier in the season, Frank won the State Senior Aths U/15 Title in the Athletics Victoria Vic Multi-event Championships in Bendigo achieving a State record. Frank is heading to America soon to compete in the Simplot Games and will compete in the Australian National Event in Sydney later in the year. A fantastic achievement Frank - wish you Good Luck.
In total thirty athletes represented Keilor Athletics Club at the State Combined Events over the weekend at Lakeside Stadium.
The Combined Events consist of five events for U/9 – U/13 athletes and six events for the U/14’s and seven events for U/15 & U/16 athletes. The Combined competition requires 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. At the end of the day, points are then tallied for an overall winner.
It was great to see so many athletes attend this Combined event, many for the first time. Our athletes showed a strong determination to strive towards personal best performances and work hard all day, especially in their final event, the 800m.
Congratulations to all of our Keilor athletes.
U/9’s
Charlotte Pellow
Charlie DeBono
Yasr Hannie
U/10’s
Hannah Gec
Sienna Gec
Tayissa Kekoc
Nate Pokorzynski
Prabhpreet Rangi
Michael Sayed
Oliver Sobell
U/11’s
Abigail Pellow
Brandon Cvetanoski
James Darmanin
Jamie Postregna
U/12’s
Kiara Boyd
Alicia Gec
Liam Fagone-Lazita
Marcus Franze
Mitchell Iannello
Mark Mavrakis
Lucas Scerri
Luca Vella
U/13’s
Finn Daffey
Noah McMenamin
Sukhnoor Rangi
Khushnoor Rangi
U/14’s
Jasmine Galang
U/15’s
Maire McEvoy
Frank Mazza
U/16’s
Maddison Reynolds
Fantastic results Team Keilor – Hope to see more of our athletes try this event next season.
Please see our Facebook page for some photos of our State Champions and other Keilor athletes.
Updated 15 February 2020 - Winners announced!
Congratulations to our 2020 Keilor Gift U12 winners Roman Muse and Charli Mangan. As always it was a tight race, but Roman and Charli pulled that little extra out to cross the line first in their races.
Many people would have heard of the Stawell Gift, a famous handicap running race held in Stawell every Easter. In fact, this is one of a series of such races, including the Keilor Gift, which will be held next Saturday at the Keilor Football Club.
As part of this, the Keilor Gift holds an U12 handicap event for both girls and boys, and our club invites our U12 (and U11) athletes to participate.
The list below shows the Keilor athletes who will be participating, and the distances that they will start of - we thank all athletes and their families for representing Keilor.
To read the table, if we take the Boys race for example, Noah and Antoinee will start at 0 Metres (run the full race), while Connon Prendergast will start 15m in front of him. The aim of the handicapper is that all of the athletes finish at the same time - last year it was a very close and exciting finish, so hopefully we get the same this year.
In both the boys and girls races, the last listed athlete (in italics) is the emergency, in case one of the top 8 cannot compete.
Boys Under 12 (some athletes are under 11)
Girls Under 12 (and U11)
We wish all athletes the best of luck on the day! - anyone can win this race…….
Check out the link below
