State XC Relay Championships

On Saturday Cross Country runners competed at two different venues. Athletes represented the Centre at the State Little Athletics Cross Country Relay Championships held at Cruden Farm, Langwarrin while the Centre’s regular weekly competition was held at Caledonian Park, Ballan.

At the State Championships Bacchus Marsh athletes Evelyn Grant and Emilia Ibrahim combined with Melton’s Sofia Anikeev to form a Western Metro Region Girls Under 9 team, producing a good solid team performance, finishing in 10th place. Harry Johansen, Auden Sundqvist and Cohen Mills formed a Under 9 BMLAC team and in a hot contested event finished in 11th place.

Under 10 athletes Joshua Askew, Angus Norman and Mitchell Tung formed a BMLAC team while Liam Way and Miller Clark were part of the WMR team combining with Melton’s Octavius Pirangi. The BMLAC team finished in 10th place with the Region’s finishing place to be confirmed (final results to be released early this week).

Lyla Clark and Anni Clarke advanced in age groups to form an Under 11 BMLAC team with Iyla Robinson. All girls produced excellent legs and the team finished a creditable 9th overall.

The final event for the Centre saw Under 12’s Elijah Sundqvist combine with promoted athletes Logan Simons and Zeke Horne. In some very tough conditions, the boys finished in 14th place.

Special thanks to Alli Grant who was our Team Manager for the day.