Sun shines for penultimate round of Cross Country

Round 13: Maisie made it to her 500m finish line (SUPPLIED)

Jamie Strudley

It was a beautiful sunny morning at Elizabeth Bridge Reserve for Round 15 of the Yarra Ranges Athletics Cross Country season.

Spring was in the air and in the steps of our athletes with so many PB’s this late in the season.

Unofficial results are:

500m: Silas Dawson 2.28; Maisie McLeod 2.53; Rowan Coffey 3; Emily Cooke 3.01; Pippa Stark 3.22

1000m: Ivy Ingle 4.50; Elliott Dawson 5.26; Angus Clarke 5.31; Angus Congreve 5.35; Noah Hewatt 5.37;

Jasper Dean 6.09; Lola Farmilo 6.22; Willliam Hastewell 6.59; Thea Christian 7.32

1500m: Riley Yorke 5.52; Lucas Pauly 6.10; Victoria James 6.22; Milly Hall 6.27; Etta Thoma 6.59; Iola

MacKay 7.25; Georgia Cooke 7.33; Fletcher Norman 7.34; Indi Budin 8.02; Spencer Norman 8.03; Delia

Coffey 8.08; Tahlia Dawson 8.09; Winter Anderson-Bonsor 8.52; Byron Stark 9.10

2000m: Pippa Congreve 7.50; Lexi Aders 7.55; Caitlyn McKerlie 8.18; Dominic Nealon 8.35; Alice Sabo

8.41; Hugo Gibbs 8.46; Tess Hewatt 8.54; Jonty Friend 9.07; Zuri Dawson 9.08; Kirsten McKerlie 9.42;

Eamon MacKay 10.14;

3000m: Archie Budin 11.11; Ilikimi Tove 11.38; Daniel Gibbs 11.51; Hamish McKerlie 11.59; Corran Dunlop

12.02; Levi Kipchirchir 12.05; Tim Anderson-Bonsor 12.08; Riley Tancredi 12.29; Lily Clarke 12.45;

Mackenzie Graham 13.05; Tori Kincaid 13.37; Adele Ellis 13.38; Bryan Ackerly 15.13; Elizabeth Coffey

15.14; Elise Hall 15.39; Charlotte Strachan 16.06; Katie Clarke 16.39; Bradley McMeeken 18.15

Next Saturday we hold the last Cross Country event for our 2024 season, at Morrison Reserve.

Who will be the champions? The podium will be out, and medals presented to the first three athletes in each age group.

This will also be the last chance to get a PB too.

Yarra Ranges Athletics will have two athletes competing at the Australian Cross Country Championships next weekend.

Bria Keyser and Daniel Groves will travel to Launceston, Tasmania to test themselves against Australia’s best on what looks like a fast, reasonably flat course.

Training for all club members is at Morrison Reserve on Tuesday evenings from 5.30pm and Thursdays from 5.30pm at the Victoria Road Primary School gym.

Yarra Ranges Athletics welcomes and encourages all athletes of any age or ability.

New members and anyone interested in trialling are always welcome.

Go to www.lavic.com.au or www.athsvic.org.au or email info@yarrarangesathletics.org.au for information about events and registration.

For information on training, how to join or trial, photos, results and updated news, visit the website at

yarrarangesathletics.org.au or check them out on Facebook.