Results in the running

YARRA Ranges athletes have been very successful over the past two weeks with impressive running times and results.
Saturday 19 October saw the opening round of the Athletics Victoria Shield for the new season.
Regions have been realigned and Yarra Ranges Athletes are now part of White Zone.
Round One was at Nunawading with 20 athletes in action.
The following day, 12 athletes were out in force at the Little Athletics Victoria 50th birthday celebrations at Landy Field in Geelong.
Lily P and Georgia were part of the EMR team for the region challenge.
Georgia missed the centre record for the 11 Girls 400 metres by 15 seconds and Lily smashed the 12 Girls 1500 meter record by almost nine seconds.
Yarra Ranges athletes Lee, Harrison, Alex, Dale, Olivia, Emily, Claire, Tammarah, Rickeylee and Madeline all took part in the Open Day that was held at the same time.
They came home with nine medals between them in the very warm blustery conditions.
The athletes then moved on to represent their schools in three competitions over the next week at Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park.
Yarra Ranges athletes had another very successful week with the first twilight meet of the season and Athletics Victoria Shield Round Two.
The beautiful weather on Friday night and enthusiastic athletes produced some great results all around.
Two records were broken in the 400 metre event.
Georgia Laven, Under 11 breaking a seven year record with 1.07.14 (previous record 1.07.48) and Lily Peacock, Under 12 breaking a six year record with 1.03.28 (previous record 1.05.69).
By the end of the evening many excellent performances were achieved in all age groups.
On Saturday the senior athletes headed down to Proclamation Park in Ringwood for Round Two of the AV Shield.
There were many new and returning athletes who took advantage of the sunny, warm afternoon to produce some outstanding results
Full results are not yet available however highlights included Lateisha Willis winning her heat of the 200 metre by over 20 meters, Andrew VanDuuren competing in shot put for the first time and measuring 8.63 metres and at the end of the day seeing five older athletes tackle the 3000 metre race.
For information about Yarra Ranges athletics go to www.yarrarangesathletics.org.au.