Ringwood Athletic Club

On what was a typical Sandown day we had a very cold southerly wind with the rain hovering in the background.  Thankfully the rain held off.  Athletics Vctoria made an early weather call and shortened this years event to be one lap of 3.1 km for all the grades and ages. Normally the Seniors would run two laps.  In hindsight the weather held and they could have gone ahead as normal, but I didn't hear too many complaints about the shorter race.

We can now add a one lap time for the Seniors to the Sandown All Time Lists.

The senior women where led off by Shannon McDade in 11:19 for our fastest womens time of the day.  Scott Benedict was our fastest in the U20 men with 10:26 and just outside his PB.  Ruby Crisp who ran second for the U20 women had the fastest time for the junior girls and was also second fastest overall for our ladies.

Thanks to our timekeeprs for braving the elements, it is greatly appreciated.

Shannon McDade	Lana Mooney	Ben Reid	Lavinia Petrie
Mitch Graham	Scott Benedict	Lana, Darren, Ruby, Tracy and Haley	Lana, Ruby and Haley
Tracey and Ruby

If you have seen our recruiting poster, then your here to find out how you can Run for Ringwood.  You can also Walk, Jump, Hurdle and Throw.

The Ringwood Athletic Club  has members from 11 years old to a lot older than that, but we won't give away how old some of our 60+ members are.  As a Club we are involved in both Summer and Winter competitions.

The Winter season is made up of Cross Country and Road runs for indivduals and Team Relays.  Those runs vary in distance and are usually about three weeks apart and are mostly Saturday afternoon with a couple of Sunday mornings as well.  Winter season is from April to September

The Summer season is made up of all the events you see when you watch the Olympics and Commonwelth Games.  Running from 100m to 5000m, Walking, Jumping and Throwing events.  Summer season is from October to March.

The Club has a range of coaches who can help you with your interest.

Contact the Club via email for more information. 

Travelling to Port Vila, Nanuatu AIden Saluni-Kettle represented Australia in the U18 110m Hurdles.  Aiden won the event in 14.29 into a -1.8 headwind.  An oustanding time over the 110s, just missing the Olymic Youth qualifying.

We ventured out to a new course at St Anne's Vineyard this year for the first individual cross country event.  The St Anne's is between Bachus Marsh and Ballarat.  The course itself was very undulating with either up or down and not a lot of flat sections.  Not to mention the cow pats.  The rain also held off for pretty good weather all day.

Best place finisher was Lana Mooney 10th in the U20 womens race.  The Under 20 men finished the teams event in 5th with Scott Benedict just a wisker off breaking 15 minutes.  Our senior women came third in the 55-59 category.

Ben Reid	Lana Mooney	Mitch Graham
Ruby Crisp	Scott Benedict	Kathy Green
Lana Mooney	Mitch Graham (background)

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  The Australian Masters Championships were held in Perth and we were represented by Lavinia Petrie.  Lavinia not only won her four events but was also awarded:
  
  Highest Age Graded performance overall (800m and 1500m)
  Australian Female Middle Distance Athlete of the Year
  Runner Up for World Female Middle Distance Athlete of the Year
  Inducted into the Australian Masters Athletics Hall of Fame.
  
  

On a perfect sunny day the 2018 - 2019 Athletics season kicked off with the opening cross-country relays held at Jells Park.  A few PBs and some close times to last year for our runners.  Shannon McDade was the fastest for the womens team, whilst Scott Benedict led the U20 men and Josh Wright the U18 men.  Many thanks to our time keepers and officials and to Lana and Ruby for stepping into the senior team.  Welcome to new member Corey McNamara.

Jack Dalton became the latest Australian Representative for Ringwood, competing in the Commonwealth Games.  Jack produced a PB and new Club Record in the Hammer Final throwing 68.28m.  Jack finished 8th in a top class field, an outstanding effort.