Matthew Haynes, Ivanhoe Grammar School, won three events at the Victorian All Schools Track & Field Championships held at Olympic Park on the 6, 7, & 8th November. Haynes won the 100m, 200m and the Long Jump events.
Other local athletes to win gold at the Championships were Catherine Brennan (Loyola College) who won the Women's Under 18 100m event; Olivia Getson in the Women's U16 400m and Dean Neofitou (St Helena SC) who won the Men's U14 1500m event.
A total of 26 athletes from the Diamond Valley Athletic Club competed at the All Schools Championships.
Article and results compiled by Max Balchin. Photo courtsey of Ahtletics Victoria
| Under 14: | Maddi-Taylor Wilde (Viewbank SC) 100m: (heat) 15.75; 200m: (heat) 31.80; Kirby Smith (Buckley Park SC) 80m Hurdles: (heat) 3rd 13.83; (final) 6th 13.77 Tamika Anderson (Northside Christian College) 100m (heat) 14.01; 200m (heat) 28.90 |
| Under 15: | Monique Butler (Ivanhoe Grammar) 100m: (heat) 13.30; (final) 7th 12.68 Joanna Stewart (Our Ladies College) High Jump (final) 1.55m 2nd; 2kSC (final) 8:47.39 5th |
| Under 16: | Monica Brennan (Loyola College) 100m: (heat) 12.40; (final) 2nd 12.10
200m: (heat) 25.33; (final) 2nd 25.18 Amy Stirling (Eltham HS) Hammer Throw: (final) 4th 28.95m |
| Under 17: | Leah Phillips (Our Ladies College) 100m: (heat) 13.08; (final) 3rd 12.49
200m: (heat) 26.10; (final) 3rd 25.94 Olivia Getson (Our Ladies College) 400m: (final) 1st 60.56 |
| Catherine Brennan (Loyola College) 100m: (final) 1st 12.03
200m: (final) 2nd 25.33 Sarah Leeming (Montmorency SC) 800m (final) 6th 2:23.17 Anika Peachey (Maribyrnong College) Hammer Throw: (final) 2nd 35.64m Discus Throw: (final) 3rd 32.10m |
| Under 14: | Callum Jenkins (Diamond Valley SC) 100m: (heat) 12.80; (final) 4th 12.36
200m: (heat) 25.21; (final) 2nd 25.53 Tyson Deane (Plenty Valley CS) 100m: (heat) 13.37 200m: (heat) 26.93 Nicholas Phillips (Eltham HS) 90m Hurdles (heat) 16.53 High Jump (final) 8th 1.50m Dean Neofitou (St Helena SC) 800m: (heat) 2:17.09; (final) 1st 2:08.85 1500m: (heat) 4:43.06; (final) 3rd 4:35.47 Luke Kidgell (St Helena SC) 800m: (heat) 2:31.16 1500m (heat) 5:10.95 Cooper Owen (Watsonia Heights PS) 1500m Walk: (final) 4th 7:40.81 |
| Under 15: | Aaron Gardner (Maribyrnong College) 3000m Walk: (final) 4th 18:48.14 |
| Under 16: | Matthew Haynes (Ivanhoe Grammar) 100m: (heat) 11.35; (final) 1st 11.00
200m: (heat) 23.14; (final) 1st 22.74
Long Jump: (final) 1st 6.38m Matthew Sholakis (Strathmore SC) 200m (heat) 24.22(pb); 400m: (heat) 52.48; (final) 4th 52.33 800m (heat) 2:07.23 Jack Kidgell (St Helena SC) 800m: (heat) 2:13.51 1500m: (heat) 4:48.78 Amos Fun (Eltham HS) 1500m: (heat) 4:34.93 3000m: (heat) 10:23.10 Matthew Mineo (St Monica's College) Discus Throw: (final) 8th 34.76m Javelin Throw: (final) 6th 33.54m |
| Jack Lewis (Greensborough SC) 800m: (heat) 1:58.77; (final) 6th 1:58.89
Patrick Lacock-Smith (Greensborough SC) Javelin Throw: (final) 8th 29.18m
110m Hurdles: (heat) 19.07 Paul Townsend (Montmorency SC) 1500m (heat) 4:24.93 3000m (final) 9th 10:01.36 | |
| Under 18: | Iain Douglas (Eltham College) 400m Hurdles: (final) 4th 57.01 |