VALLEY POWERS UP FOR POWER PLAY

With DVAC entries for AVSL Rd 4 running high, the decision was made to make the Valley Power Play and attempt to earn big points toward the season tally. After a valiant struggle with Eaglehawk, the Valley had to settle for 18 points instead of 20 points. The final score line saw Eaglehawk on 52,387 points to DVAC’s 50,550 points. The indication of the mighty effort by the Valley can be seen by the next club in the Premier Division for Round 4 being Essendon, who scored 35,395 points.

The 79 athletes (44 Women & 35 Men) who turned out for AVSL Rd 4 appeared as a ‘Green Wave’ at the Doncaster venue, with many of the events on the program being dominated by the Valley. There were DVAC Officials & Club Helpers in abundance and the ‘mob on the hill’ gave vocal support to our athletes throughout the afternoon. Our athletes all gave their very best efforts with many setting new ‘personal best’ standards in their events.

ALLY’S ALL-STAR DAY

Ally Brooks, WU16, led the charge for DVAC with a remarkable series of performances at the Doncaster venue. Ally’s day started by running her fourth 800m in the past week including her thrilling win in the WU16 800m at the Victorian All Schools Championships where she set a new personal best time of 2:14.95. At Doncaster, Ally still managed a 2:22.57 to earn 483 points. In the 200m, Ally lowered her time to 28.04 to earn 413 points. The current All Schools 2000m Steeplechase title holder was well clear of the field when she crossed in 7:32.7 to earn 501 points. To top off a great day, Ally ran to first leg of theWU16 4x100m Relay that completed the 400m in 56.64. This gave Ally a share of the points (93) to bring her points total for the Round to 1,490 – the highest by a DVAC athlete for the season & the second highest for all athletes in the state.

VALLEY TOP TENS

There is a growing band of DVAC athletes climbing up the ladder in their Division. In Round 4 the following athletes were listed inside the top ten for their Division:

Women:

U14: Zoey Ryan (7^th); U16: Ally Brooks (1^st); U20: Elyssia Kenshole (7^th); 45-49: Kate Ryan (5^th); 50-54: Anni Rowe (6^th), Gaelyne Kenshole 7^th; 55-59: Michelle King & Jo Moxon (9^th)

Men:

Open: Colin Newman (4^th); 50-54: Matthew Hall (1^st), Lalith Udugampala (5^th); 55-59: Luke De Biasi (2^nd); 60-64: Greg Luck (2^nd); 65-59: Bruce Wood (10^th)

TEAM RESULTS

Three DVAC teams claimed top spot in the state for Round 4 in their division and two DVAC teams finished the day in second place.

The Women Under 18 team had 11 members of the squad of 15 compete to produce a score of 7,383 points and lead the second placed team by 2,500 points. Tara Smith was at Doncaster but had to watch on in a Moon Boot after a Netball injury.

The Women Under 16 team had 10 of the squad of 15 compete to produce a score of 7,719 points to head the state in their age group for the round.

The DVAC Men 40+ had an emphatic win on the day, scoring 13,366 points and a break of 2,500 points over the next club, Essendon. There were 20 athletes from a total of 30 who competed in Round 4.

The DVAC Women’s Open team finished Round 4 second on the State ladder as did the Valley Under 20 Women’s team.

Other DVAC Team results were as follows:

Women: W40+ 3^rd/ 34 teams; WU18 1^st/32 teams; WU14 5^th/25 teams

Men: MOpen 11^th/40 teams; MU20 21^st/27 teams; MU18 17^th/33 teams; MU16 23^rd/37 teams; MU14 16^th/30 teams

WELCOME TO THE VALLEY

The continued growth in registered athletes at the Diamond Valley Athletic Club has reached an exiting point. In the season before Covid, 2018-2019, DVAC reached a total of 146 athletes. The current total is 144. It seems certain that the club will finally break the pre-Covid total. How welcome is that!

In Round 4 of the AVSL, DVAC welcomed four new athletes to the club.

Lucy Johns, WU14: Lucy made the transition from Little Athletics to seniors an impressive one by running a pb in her first race. Lucy finished the 800m in 2:58.00 and recorded 36.00 for the 200m. As well, Lucy made a Women Under 14 4 x 100m Relay team with Teagan Corden, Zoey Ryan & Hanna Rowe.

Alan Abolencia, M40+: Last season, Alan thought that his son, Sam should not be the only one having all the fun by competing with DVAC. So in Round 4, Alan ran the 200m (34.51) and ran a 4x100m Relay.

Craig McMillan, M40+: Craig has had a hankering to throw the Javelin for some time now & in Round 4 he realized his dream. The result – a throw of 36.55m that earned a score of 447 points! Some dream! As well, Craig threw the Discus 22.18m.

Erin Maloney, WU18: Erin’s father, Brett, was a long serving DVAC athlete as well as a club Treasurer so it was a double welcome when Erin came to the Valley. Erin plays Women’s football & showed all the courage required for that sport when she took on the 2000m Steeplechase as her first individual event in Round 4. Erin completed the event in 8:52.2.

It was also good to welcome Alannah Hoffman, WU18 & Zack Lambie, MU18 back to the Valley in Round 4. Alannah ran the 200m in 29.40 and Zack ran the 100m in 12.05.

SPECIAL MOMENTS

There not always pb’s or Club records, but these moments were special in Round 4.

Elyssia Kenshole (WU20) does Pole Vault: nothing newsworthy in that; after all, Elyssia is a national champion in Pole Vault with a pb of 4.26m. Thing is, this was Elyssia’s first attempt to Pole Vault after a long break through injury. Elyssia cleared 3.50m off an 8 step run up and could not have been more happy.

Jamieson Lander (WU16) does 400m Hurdles: The national qualifier for Jamieson’s age group (U17) is 72.14. Always a fluent athlete over the Hurdles, Jamieson looked at home in her first attempt at the 400m Hurdles and crossed in 70.36. Super! Charlee Dixon (WU18) is set to join Jamieson before long, clocking 72.90 in Round 4.

Alexandra Mills (W Open) throw the Discus a long way: Again, nothing special in this, except that Alex threw the 1kg Discus out for 43.00m to set a new DVAC record. The previous best throw for Alex was 42.44m in Round 1. Alex is edging to a national qualifier that sits at 44.00m. The WU23 qualifier is 40.00m.

Alexia Moxon goes over 2.00m in the Pole Vault: First time over 2.00m – enough said! Alexia has only just started her Pole Vault career.

Blake Barnes breaks 10minutes for the 3000m Steeplechase: This was late in the day, but well worth watching. Blake put on a demonstration class on how to clear the Water Jump. One foot just getting wet. A gruelling event, it seems worth more than 411 points! Blake’s previous best time for the event was 10:25.8.

Peter Van Der Kamp claims the Men 50-54 800m record. We know that Peter is having a great season – 2:41:25 Melbourne Marathon. Peter has approached this Club Record with the same meticulous planning that he approached the Marathon. Peter ran the 800m in 2:13.32 to break the Chris Lynch record of 2:13.50.

PB COUNTRY

It’s hard to get them all, but here are just some of the pb’s posted by DVAC athletes in Rd 4:

Women:

200m: Olivia Sheens (U18) 26.90; Jamieson Lander (U16) 27.53; Kate Ryan (W40+) 35.05

2000m Steeplechase: Poppy Scot-Dalgleish 8:25.6

Shot Put: Sarah Gittens (40+) 5.60m; Bianca Eiting-Brown (U18) 10.80m

Triple Jump: Hanna Rowe (U14) 5.16m; Kate Ryan (40+) 7.00m

Men:

200m: Riley Neecowen (U18) 23.75; Dillon Vidanapathirana (U20) 27.63; Ethan Armstrong-Bourne (U16) 27.16

800m: Dillon Vidanapathirana 2:29.00; Ethan Armstrong-Bourne (U16) 2:08.58; Josh Corden (U14) 3:17.23

2000m Steeplechase: Joel Imbriano (MU18) 7:07.2

2000m Walk: Jaime Hvalica (U14) 10:09.6

Shot Put: Colin Newman (Open) 12.14m (=pb)

VALLEY CLUB HELPERS

The Diamond Valley Athletic Club has much to thank a band of supporters who help in the current success of DVAC by taking on the role of Club Helpers. If you have not yet taken a turn, can you please consider answering the call in the near future.

AVSL Rd 4 Club Helpers:

SHOT PUT: Alexia Moxon, Bronwyn Neecowen, Greg Luck, Charmaine Smith, Jo Moxon, Scott Barnes, Kate Ryan, Toumas Rowe, Chris Whelan, Maryann Murray, Andrea Meagher, Anni Rowe, Hanna Rowe

HAMMER THROW: Luke De Biasi, Paula Merino, Michelle King, Matthew Hall, Kate Ryan

TRACK: Cyril Dixon

POLE VAULT: Tony Kenshole

FUNDRAISING BAR-B-QUE: As well, a band of Valley stalwarts helped man a Bar-b-que at the Littles Combine Champs on Friday night. The money raised is to go to the repair of the Throws Cage. The Helpers were: Lyal Douglas, Andrew Stirling, Keira Sanchez, Matthew Thompson, Tyler Murphy, Leigh Murphy, Sarah Gittins

AVSL RD 4

Saturday 12 November 2022

DVAC Results:

Women:

FOP
100m: Keely Boyne 12.77 (-1.3);
200m: Carly Lesha 31.60 (+0.0); Sarah Papadopoulos 38.52 (-0.7);
800m: Carly Lesha 3:02.01; Sarah Papadopoulos 3:27.55;
100m Hurdles: Keely Boyne 15.36 (-1.3);
4x100m: (Elyssia Kenshole, Erin Hanlon, Carly Lesha, Fieke Van Der Kamp) 59.93;
Discus: Alexandra Mills 43.00m;
Hammer: Shania Murray 13.52m; Emma Butler 25.68m;
Shot Put: Shania Murray 4.88m; Sarah Papadopoulos 5.28m; Emma Butler 11.21m; 11.36m;
Triple Jump: Sarah Papadopoulos 7.14m;
F20
200m: Erin Hanlon 30.03 (+0.0); Fieke Van Der Kamp 35.90 (-1.0);
800m: Fieke Van Der Kamp 2:36.95;
Pole Vault: Elyssia Kenshole 3.50m;
Shot Put: Elyssia Kenshole 9.73m; Fieke Van Der Kamp 4.69m; Erin Hanlon 7.17m;
Triple Jump: Erin Hanlon 9.00m (+0.0);
F18
100m: Katie Oliver 12.88 (-2.6);
200m: Olivia Sheens 26.90 (0.2); Sugi Neecowen 28.56 (+0.0); Charlee Dickson 28.57 (-1.8); Annalise Jones 28.73 (0.2); Alannah Hoffman 29.40 (+0.0); Sophie Compton Cook 30.73 (+0.0);
400m: Katie Oliver 61.60;
800m: Sugi Neecowen 2:31.68; Annalise Jones 3:01.66; Sophie Compton Cook 3:02.43;
2000m Steeple: Erin Maloney 8:52.2h;
400m Hurdles: Charlee Dickson 72.90;
2000m Walk: Tayla Borg 11:32.4h;
4x100m: (Sophie Compton Cook, Olivia Sheens, Erin Maloney, Sugi Neecowen) 55.26;
Hammer: Keira Sanchez 39.30m; Tara Smith DNS;
Javelin: Tayla Borg 20.02m;
Shot Put: Sugi Neecowen 5.98m; Keira Sanchez 11.12m; Sophie Compton Cook 6.97m; Tara Smith DNS; Bianca Eiting Brown 10.80m;
Triple Jump: Annalise Jones 8.90m; Sophie Compton Cook 8.67m; Tara Smith DNS;
F16
200m: Maddy Meagher 26.39 (-0.2); Jamieson Lander 27.53 (-1.8); Ally Brooks 28.04 (+0.0); Alexia Moxon 35.22 (-0.9);
800m: Ally Brooks 2:22.57; Poppy Scot-Dalgleish 2:24.65; Georgia L'Estrange 2:40.83;
1500m: Luella Wood 5:36.4h;
2000m Steeple: Ally Brooks 7:32.7h; Poppy Scot-Dalgleish 8:25.6h;
400m Hurdles: Jamieson Lander 70.36;
4x100m: (Ally Brooks, Poppy Scot-Dalgleish, Alexia Moxon, Maddy Meagher) 56.64;
Discus: Amelia Di Benedetto DNS;
Hammer: Vanessa Smith 35.48m; Amelia Di Benedetto 16.76m;
Javelin: Amelia Di Benedetto 23.15m;
Pole Vault: Alexia Moxon 2.00m;
Shot Put: Alexia Moxon 4.98m; Vanessa Smith 8.25m; Amelia Di Benedetto 8.15m;
Triple Jump: Alexia Moxon 7.75m; Vanessa Smith 8.19m; Maddy Meagher 9.40m;
F14
200m: Zoey Ryan 32.11 (+0.0); Lucy Johns 36.00 (-0.9); Teagan Corden 38.27 (+0.0);
800m: Lucy Johns 2:58.00;
4x100m: Diamond Valley 65.85;
Hammer: Hanna Rowe 28.07m; Zoey Ryan 22.80m; DNS;
Javelin: Ines Caton-Smith 30.42m;
Shot Put: Hanna Rowe 7.16m; Zoey Ryan 8.97m; Teagan Corden 5.56m;
F40
200m: Kate Ryan 35.05 (+0.0); Debbie McKenzie 37.45 (+0.0); Sarah Gittins 42.86 (-0.7); Jo Moxon 43.46 (+0.0); Gayle Clifford 50.81 (+0.0);
800m: Kate Ryan 3:05.54; Debbie McKenzie 3:06.21; Michelle King 3:29.11; Jo Moxon 3:35.53; Gayle Clifford 4:32.35;
1500m: Vula Sheens 5:43.4h;
4x100m: (Kate Ryan, Jo Moxon, Debbie McKenzie, Gaelyne Kenshole) 71.75;
Hammer: Anni Rowe 38.66m; Maryann Murray 18.32m; Michelle King DNS;
Pole Vault: Gaelyne Kenshole 2.30m;
Shot Put: Kate Ryan 6.18m; Gayle Clifford 5.16m; Jo Moxon 5.06m; Debbie McKenzie 5.00m; Gaelyne Kenshole 7.50m; Anni Rowe 7.91m; Maryann Murray 5.78m; Michelle King 7.23m; Sarah Gittins 5.60m;
Triple Jump: Kate Ryan 7.00m; Gaelyne Kenshole 7.93m;
 

Men:

MOP
200m: Jarryd Cripps 25.55 (-0.3); Michael Martello DNS; Josh Donnelly DNS;
800m: Jarryd Cripps 2:05.00;
3000m Steeple: Blake Barnes 9:58.1h;
4x100m: (Riley Neecowen, Harley Gilbert, Ethan Armstrong-Bourne, Dillon Vidanapathirana) 52.04;
Discus: Colin Newman 25.97m;
Hammer: Colin Newman 38.46m;
Javelin: Colin Newman DNS;
Shot Put: Colin Newman 12.14m;
M20
200m: Dillon Vidanapathirana 27.63 (-0.5); Elijah Zantey DNS; Hayden Moon DNS;
800m: Dillon Vidanapathirana 2:29.00;
M18
100m: Zack Lambie 12.05 (-1.4);
200m: Riley Neecowen 23.75 (-0.0); Harley Gilbert 26.07 (-2.4); Rowan Fletcher 30.15 (-1.3); Zachariah Margiolakis DNS;
800m: Riley Neecowen 2:18.26;
2000m Steeple: Joel Imbriano 7:07.2h;
Shot Put: Tuomas Rowe DNS; Rowan Fletcher 6.89m;
Triple Jump: James Hurley 11.78m; Zachariah Margiolakis DNS; Harley Gilbert 11.18m;
M16
200m: Ethan Armstrong-Bourne 27.16 (-1.3); Rhodri Whelan DNS;
800m: Ethan Armstrong-Bourne 2:08.58;
Shot Put: Rhodri Whelan 4.84m;
M14
100m: Jaime Hvalica 15.34 (-1.4);
200m: Felix Morgan DNS;
800m: Josh Corden 3:17.23;
2000m Walk: Jaime Hvalica 10:09.6h;
Shot Put: Josh Corden 4.61m;
M40
100m: Chris Boyne 13.14 (-2.5); David Hvalica 14.91 (-2.3); Lalith Udugampala DNS;
200m: Peter Van Der Kamp 26.96 (-1.3); Greg Luck 29.59 (-0.5); Cyrus Wong 31.21 (+0.0); Aaron Bourne 31.43 (-0.9); Mark Tapping 32.38 (-1.0); Lyal Douglas 33.85; Arunan Arumainayagam 34.37 (-1.0); Alan Abolencia 34.51 (-0.5); Andrew McKenzie 36.50 (+0.0); Jeff Young DNS; Ivan Dodin DNS;
800m: Peter Van Der Kamp 2:13.32; Aaron Bourne 2:34.85; Mark Tapping 2:43.08; Scott Barnes 2:50.43; Lyal Douglas 2:50.96; Rob Wendel 2:55.06; Andrew McKenzie 3:00.17; Cyrus Wong 3:01.49; Darren Corden 4:07.43;
300m Hurdles: Greg Luck DNS;
2000m Walk: Bernie Keirl 12:10.5h;
4x100m: (Greg Luck, Chris Boyne, Luke De Biasi, Peter Van Der Kamp) 53.42; (Aaron Bourne, David Hvalica, Alan Abolencia, Cyrus Wong) 59.26; (Lyal Douglas, Mark Tapping, Andrew McKenzie, Aaron Scot-Dalgleish) 73.35;
Discus: Lalith Udugampala 22.43m; Matthew Hall 27.46m; DNS; Craig McMillan 22.18m;
Hammer: Luke De Biasi 21.39m; Scott Barnes 17.39m; Jeff Young DNS; Bruce Wood 20.77m; Matthew Hall 28.31m; DNS;
Javelin: Lalith Udugampala 36.46m; Matthew Hall 28.07m; Craig McMillan 36.55m;
Long Jump: Lalith Udugampala 4.98m;
Shot Put: Luke De Biasi 10.13m; Scott Barnes 7.01m; Andrew McKenzie 5.56m; Greg Luck 6.58m; Mark Tapping 6.14m; Peter Van Der Kamp NM; Jeff Young DNS; Bruce Wood 8.37m; Matthew Hall 10.73m; Ivan Dodin DNS; Darren Corden 6.44m; Arunan Arumainayagam 6.43m; Alan Abolencia 7.02m;
Triple Jump: Luke De Biasi 9.84m; Greg Luck 8.13m; Cyrus Wong 7.52m; Arunan Arumainayagam 8.71m;