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To qualify and represent your state in a National Championship is a superb achievement. From 12th to 16th March, from the results I have seen to date, 18 SGDAC Junior members have done themselves and our club proud representing NSW in these national titles.

Some absolutely outstanding performances were achieved by many of our club athletes. In total: six national titles were claimed, one silver medal position, another six bronze medal placings, three new club records set, along with another seven results all well in the top eight.


Our National Junior Champions:

• Pita Toamotu
  - Men's U16 Discus and Shot Put, plus a new U16 Shot Put Club Record.
• Corey Anderson
  - Men's U16 Javelin Throw F20.
• Mitchell Lucas
  - Men's U18 400m Hurdles.
• Grace Robinson
  - Women's U18 Shot Put, plus a new U18 Shot Put Club Record.
• Matthew Rees
  - Men's U18 Javelin, plus a new U18 Javelin Throw Club Record.

Great results were also achieved in the following events:

• Women's U18 Shot Put -
  Grace Robinson
  Bronze medal.
• Men's U17 Shot Put -
  Pita Toamotu
  Silver medal and
  Mitchell Pepper
  Bronze medal.
• Men's U17 Discus Throw -
  Mitchell Pepper
  Bronze medal.
• Men's U16 Discus Throw F20 -
  Corey Anderson
  Bronze medal.
• Men's U15 3000m -
  Christopher Breen
  Bronze medal.
• Men's U15 Hammer Throw -
  Lewis Thompson
  Bronze medal.

For more details of all the great members results please review the results pages on the website. Please advise any missing results so we can update this information.

Thank you Athletics NSW for the photos above, which can be found via the ANSW Facebook page.

Regards,
Kim Delaney
President

Overall magnificent results were achieved from all 5 St George DAC Members who competed in these Australian Masters Titles from 8th to 10th March 2014 in Hobart.

• Samantha Latanis
  - Australian Masters Champion, Women's 40-44 Shot Put & Discus Throw; 2nd Javelin; 3rd Hammer Throw & High Jump; 4th Long Jump; and 5th Triple Jump.
• Robyn Basman
  - Australian Masters Champion, Women's 55-59 1500m and 800m.
• Karen Stanley
  - Women's 45-49, 2nd 1500m; 3rd 5000m.
• Frank Scorzelli
  - Men's 65-69, 2nd 10000m; 3rd 5000m.
• Jose Carvalho
  - Men's 55-59, 2nd 8km Cross Country; 5th 5000m.

Please find more details of these performances check out the club results events page.

Regards,
Kim Delaney
President

Plenty of St George DAC members have been competing in some of the biggest Australian athletics sporting events taking place this weekend.

The Bankstown Invitational on 6 March saw Cassie Dege competing in the 3000m Steeplechase, while Ben St Lawrence ran as pacer for the Men's 5000m.

The Australian Masters Athletic Championships have been held at the Domain Athletic Centre in Hobart, Tasmania. The NSW team has performed well, with the following results having been achieved:

• Robyn Basman
  - Australian Champion, Women's 1500m 55-59.
• Samantha Martin-Latanis
  - Australian Champion, Women's Discus Throw 40-45.
• Karen Stanley
  - Second, Women's 1500m 45-49.

Five St George members successfully completed the gruelling Six Foot Track Marathon from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains. Congratulations to (5th, 3:34:58), , , and (Buckle for 6 finishes).

Regards,
Kim Delaney
President

Eight St George DAC Members competed over the three days (28 Feb to 2 Mar) in the Red and Whites achieving some top performances.

• Two State Champions -
  Robyn Basman
  (10000m) and
  Bridey Delaney
  (800m).
• Two Silver Medal winners -
  Corey Anderson
  (Javelin) and
  Nicole Harris
  (Shot Put).
• One Bronze Medal winner -
  Natalie Murray
  (400m Hurdles).
• Six individual personal best performances.

Regards,
Kim Delaney
President

St George athletes have been raising the club banner high throughout the season, competing with excellent numbers at a wide variety of ANSW meets since the completion of the State Relay Championships in November 2013, and recording some top results.

A good number of our juniors and seniors have been contesting multiple track and field events each week, including plenty of new PB's with some keeping our record keeper busy updating our club records. , our Track Secretary, led the way with the most ANSW events contested since November - 24 already. , one of our Junior athletes is not far behind competing in 20 events, followed by 13 events, 12 events, 11, and both 8 each.

26 of our members competed in 91 events in the Treloar Shield rounds 5, 6, 7 & 8 gaining 16 first place positions, 16 second place positions and 7 third place positions.

20 St George members competed in 36 events in the Three Permit meets held since Jan 2014 with 8 first place positions, 6 second place positions and 5 third place positions.

St George members competed in 27 events at the NSW Club Championships over two days of competition achieving 1 first place, 4 second placings & two third placings, and a further 11 positions coming in the top eight.

At the ANSW Mile Championships six members competed extremely well with 3 state titles going to , (Possible Australian Age Record), and (Possible U8 World Record). claimed a silver medal and was just off the podium in 4th.

25 Junior members competed in 41 events at the NSW Junior Championships over two days claiming 7 State titles, 1 third placing with three new club records set at this event.

• Mitchell Pepper
  , State Champion Men's U18 Discus. Mitchell's throw of 54.94m breaks the previous Club Record of 52.22m set by J. Neale on 17 October 1981.
• Pita Toamotu
  , State Champion Men's U16 Shot Put. Pita's throw of 17.62m breaks the previous Club Record of 17.37m set by Nick Kipriotis on 3 March 2002.
• Matthew Rees
  , State Champion Men's U18 Javelin Throw. Matthew's throw of 70.27m breaks his own previous Club Record of 67.00m set on 8 December 2013.
• Dylan McCuaig-Walton
  , State Champion Men's U20 5000m.
• Grace Robinson
  , State Champion Women's U18 Shot Put.
• Mitchell Lucas
  , Bronze medal Men's U18 400m Hurdles 0.840m.

Seven members competed in the NSW 5000M Championships. Our fastest on the night was who ran a 14.49, then with 15.09. There were also two very nice PB's for our young guns and .

4 St George members competed in the NSW Masters Championships winning 7 Gold, 2 Silver & 2 Bronze. Magnificent results here:

• Samantha Latanis
  claimed 4 State titles (40+ Discus, Shot Put, Weight Throw, Hammer Throw), plus one Silver (Javelin) and two Bronze (Long Jump and Triple Jump).
• Robyn Basman
  claimed 2 State titles (55+ 5000M and 1500M) with a State Age record in the 5000M.
• Karen Stanley
  claimed the 45+ State title 5000M.
• David Kistle
  claimed the 40+ Silver medal 5000M.

Also two of our elites and have been performing really well in the Australian Track Classic events. Check out their performances noting Ben St Lawrence's run in the Men's 5000M in Hobart was a Commonwealth Games B Qualifier.

Regards,
Kim Delaney
President

Congratulations to following the belated recognition of new club records.

At the NSW Junior Championship competition at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on 12 February 2012 set a new record of 14.26m competing in the U16 4kg Shot Put. The U16 Club Record was recognised, however this result also bettered the U18 Club Record that had been previously set at 12.24m by Alice Iosefo on 20 October 2007.

Grace subsequently bettered this record on 8 December 2013 whilst again competing in the U16 category at the Australian All Schools Championship held in Townsville, QLD. Her throw of 15.38m remains the current U18 Club Record.

Details of the U18 Shot Put record progression can be found here.

Regards,
Bob Simpson
Track Secretary