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Congratulations to for setting a new Club Record.

At the Athletics Wollongong Throwers Meeting held at Kerryn McCann Athletic Centre (Wollongong) on 9 August 2014 Samantha broke the Senior Women's 4kg Hammer Throw Club Record. Samantha's throw of 29.90m broke the previous record of 29.66m that had been set on 13 October 2007 by Natasha Iosefo.

Details of the Senior Women's 800m record progression can be found here.

Regards,
Bob Simpson
Track Secretary

has continued to rewrite the record books with her result at the ANSW Hunter Winter Series event at Glendale on 13 July.

Imogen's 1000m run of 3:12.90 has been recognised as a world age record for 8 year old girls and 9 year old girls.

Further details are here: http://age-records.125mb.com/.

Today saw thousands of the best junior runners in NSW compete at the 20th running of the Combined 2014 NSW PSSA/CHS/All Schools State Cross Country Championships at Eastern Creek Raceway, Sydney Motorsport Park. This is the true test of the best in NSW as every runner in every age group does not miss this event. It is considered the peak event of the season for many athletes, and I am privileged to be able to announce some extraordinary results from SGDAC junior members.

Congratulations to: , , , , , , , , , , , , and for being selected to represent either Sydney East, Mackillop or NSW CCC/CIS at this event.

Whilst all runners competed extremely well, I would like to highlight a few achievements from our athletes.

• Imogen Stewart
  - NSW PSSA State Champion - 8/9 Years Girls 2km
• Alexia Kalamvokis
  - NSW PSSA Bronze Medallist - 8/9 Years Girls 2km
• Christopher Breen
  - NSW All Schools Silver Medallist - 14 Years Boys 4km

Other notable performances include:

• Eloise Carey
  - 4th - 8/9 Years Girls 2km
• Finn Macmillan
  - 6th - 11 Years Boys 3km (Reserve for NSW PSSA State Team)
• Nathan Breen
  - 7th - 17 Years Boys 6km (Reserve for NSW All Schools Team)

Regards,
Greg Breen
SGDAC Distance Secretary

Thank you to all the runners who made the trip up to the Central Coast for the 2014 NSW Road Relay Championships. It was a great day and we saw our small, but strong team of runners show the rest of the state that we are a force to be reckoned with.

All runners are to be congratulated for competing with the club spirit that St. George is renowned for showing and hopefully we will see a few more make the trek up next year.

We especially congratulate our State Road Relay medallists for 2014:

• U12 Female 4x 2km - 2nd -
  Imogen Stewart
  ,
  Eloise Carey
  ,
  Alexia Kalamvokis
  ,
  Lauren Carey
• U18 Male 4x 4km - 2nd -
  Nathan Breen
  ,
  Mark Simpson
  ,
  Daniel Ison
  ,
  Chris Breen
• 35+ Female 4x 4km - 1st -
  Belinda Martin
  ,
  Robyn Basman
  ,
  Karen Stanley
  ,
  Suzanne Harrington
• 45+ Male 4x 4km - 1st -
  Jose Carvalho
  ,
  Sean Hogan
  ,
  David Sullivan
  ,
  Louis Stergio

A special mention also goes to our runners who competed in two teams: , , and . Thank you for showing your club spirit in making sure everyone gets a run.

The next state event on the agenda is on Saturday 2nd August at Upjohn Park, Rydalmere. This is the NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships.

Good luck to all our junior members who will be representing their school and region at the NSW All Schools Cross Country Championships at Eastern Creek Raceway this Friday. All the hard work leads up to this moment!

See you all next Saturday back at Scarborough Park for the beginning of the Super Series. This is the start of a new pointscore with a 2km at 2pm and 4km at 2.30pm.

Greg Breen
Distance Secretary

has been re-writing history with her results over the last six months.

Imogen's first recognised world record was achieved on 10 December 2013 at the ANSW "Night Of Miles" Permit Meeting at The Crest Athletic Track. Her 1 Mile time of 5:43.5 has been recognised as the world record for 8 year old girls.

On 7 June 2014 Imogen competed at the ANSW Sanctioned "Hunter Winter Series" Meeting at The Hunter Sports Centre, Glendale. Imogen's 800m time of 2:29.01 has been recognised as the world record for 8 year old girls.

Further records were set with Imogen's 1500m run on 22 June 2014 at the ANSW "Pre-Departure Series" Meeting at Campbelltown Sports Centre, Lumeah. Her time of 4:59.42 has been recognised as the world record for both 8 year old girls and 9 year old girls.

Congratulations to Imogen for these remarkable achievements.

Further details are here: http://age-records.125mb.com/.

finished the Gold Coast Marathon in 6th place with the wonderful time of 2:57:31. The NSW team of Melanie McDonald, Jane Farndell, Lisa Davis and Suzanne Harrington easily secured the National Teams Title.

In the 10km event, Bridey Delaney