LALITH – LAST MAN STANDING TAKES OUT GOLD 

The DVAC involvement in this year’s Combined Events Championships was marked by the attrition brought on by the preparation and the competition that comes with the event. Asher Andrews (M20), a Gold medallist at last year’s Championships had to withdraw due to a serious ankle injury sustained at training. Toby Hamilton (M18) was another Valley athlete forced to withdraw due to injury. 

That left Elizabeth Horne (F18) and Lalith Udugampala (M50) to arrive at Casey Fields Athletic Centre on the Saturday ready to take on two days of tough competition. By the end of the first day’s four event schedule, Elizabeth had an aggravated hamstring and despite holding a narrow lead she was unable to continue on the Sunday. Elizabeth had posted a pb result in the Shot Put with a distance of 10.03m. 

Lalith Udugamala (M50) competed on both days and was the Gold medallist in the M50 Decathlon with a winning total of 2836pts. 

2026 AV Combined Events Championships 

Saturday 10th January 2026 & Sunday 11th January 2026 

Casey Fields Regional Athletics Centre 

DVAC Results: 

Female: 

Under 20 Heptathlon: 

Elizabeth Horne: 3rd 2802pts 

100m Hurdles: 15.51: (775pts); 

200m: 26.99: (713pts) 

Shot Put: 10.03m: (531pts) 

High Jump: 1.64m: (783pts) 

800m: DNS 

Javelin: DNS 

Male 50+ Decathlon: 

Lalith Udugampala: 1st 2836pts 

100m: 12.88: (488pts); 

400m: 69.71: (144pts); 

Long Jump: 4.96m: (375pts); 

Shot Put: 9.26m: (441pts); 

High Jump: 1.20m: (188pts); 

100m Hurdles: 20.60: (192pts); 

1500m: DNF: (nil pts); 

Pole Vault: 2.00m: (140pts); 

Javelin: 36.96m: (398pts); 

AV THROWERS, Meet #1 

Saturday 10th January 2026 & Sunday 11th January 2026 

Casey Fields Regional Athletics Centre 

DVAC Results: 

Discus: Jerome Nu’U: 40.30m (1.0kg) 

Wilson Riley: 38.07m (1.5kg) 

Shot Put: Jerome Nu’U: 12.91m (4kg) 

Hammer Throw: 

Chehan Udugampala: 45.29m (5kg) 

Wilson Riley: 38.42m (5kg) 

High Velocity Club: Meet #1 

Saturday 10th January 2026 & Sunday 11th January 2026 

Casey Fields Regional Athletics Centre 

100m: Elisha Blair: 12.50 (+2.6); Aria-Rose Cerqueira 13.12 (+6.3) 

200m: Elisha Blair: 27.37 (-1.3); Aria-Rose Cerqueira 28.48 (+2.9) 

DVAC CLUB HELPERS AT THE COMBINED EVENTS: 

DVAC was able to provide Club Helpers for all but one of its Rostered events across the weekend. The Club Helpers at Casey were: 

SATURDAY 10TH JANUARY 2026: 

FIELD TEAM 3: Long Jump: 11:10am – 12:10pm: Luke Hamilton; Max Balchin 

Long Jump: 12:55pm – 1:30pm: Luke Hamilton; Max Balchin 

Shot Put: 2:00pm – 2:35pm: Luke Hamilton; Max Balchin 

Long Jump: (HVC): 3:20pm – 4:20pm: Matthew Hall 

SUNDAY 11TH JANUARY 2026: 

FIELD TEAM 2: Discus: 9:40am – 10:25am: ___________ 

Discus: 11:00am – 11:35am: Chehan Udugampala 

Shot Put: 12:40pm – 1:15pm: Dianna Nu’U 

POLE VAULT: 

DVAC Pole Vaulter, Elyssia Kenshole has competed in New Zealand over the weekend and in a Pole Vault meet at Auckland she cleared 3.95m to lead the competition. Elyssia then had three attempts at 4.30m without success. Her best result is 4.35m achieved in December 2025. 

TWO BAYS TRAIL RUN 

Sunday 11 January 2026 

The Two Bays Trail Run starts at Cape Schank and crosses the Mornington Peninsula to reach Dromana after 27.55km. For most of the runners that was enough but for DVAC distance runners, Dylan Littlejohn and Mikaela Gray and 344 other runners, that was only halfway. After ‘ringing the bell’ the pair retraced the mountain trails to reach Cape Schank after 56km. Mikaela completed the journey in 5hrs22:21min to place third in the Female 18-39 category while Dylan finished in 5hrs12:48mins to place 5th in the Male 40-49 category. Dylan had rung the bell at 2hrs34:34min while Mikaela had gone through the halfway mark in 2hrs35:27min.