The club's track and field meet saw impressive performances across all age groups, with several standout achievements in both track and field events.
In the Open Men's 100m, Zac Urbach demonstrated exceptional speed, clocking 10.90 seconds with a favourable tailwind of 2.4 m/s. Promising juniors, Olly McDonald and Lars Ackland also showed promising form, both breaking the 11.20-second barrier in challenging headwind conditions.
The Women's Open sprints were particularly competitive, with Samara Bond leading the charge in both the 100m and 200m events. Bond recorded impressive times of 12.43 and 24.87 seconds respectively, while Alexandra Richards and Maia Madden Khan also delivered strong performances in the sprint events.
The Masters categories saw some remarkable achievements, particularly from Christine De Vries in the Women's 50+ division. At 61 years old, De Vries posted an outstanding time of 13.74 seconds in the 100m. In the Men's 35-49 category had first timer Matteo Passerini showing impressive form with a 12.87-second performance in the 100m.
Middle-distance events were highlighted by Ashton Hanna's commanding performance in the Men's Open 800m, crossing the line in 1:54.26 and just missing out on the auto qualifier for Nationals. In the Women's U18 category, Laura Jones showed promising talent with a strong 2:21.33 in the 800m.
Field events saw multiple notable performances, including Brianna Worsfold's impressive throws in both discus (39.87m) and shot put (11.32m) in the Women's Open division. Tim McGrath demonstrated remarkable versatility in the Men's 50+ category, excelling across multiple events including pole vault (2.70m), discus (37.52m), and shot put (11.34m).
The relay events provided an exciting conclusion to the meet, with the Women's teams particularly successful and the club claiming 1st of 2nd in four events.
Club President Joanna Davis commented, "The depth of talent across all age groups continues to impress, and it's particularly encouraging to see strong performances from both our younger athletes and masters competitors. These results show the strength and inclusivity of our club's program."
The meet also featured several para-athletic performances, including Sybella Warton (T/F37) in the Women's Open 100m, highlighting the club's commitment to inclusive competition.
Athletes will now focus on securing a final berth in Round 6 as we head into the silly season with many looking well-positioned to achieve qualifying standards for higher-level competition.
Continued support from Ku-Rin-Gai Little Athletics and other centres continue to do enough to strengthen the younger divisions while our competitors have explored inclusivity and embracing the parents and grand parents of their incorporated little athletics centres. Well done, and we look forward to seeing them in the final.
