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GEELONG REGION [T CROSS.COUNTRY TEAM (t NEWSLETTER q.$, lssue # 23 Oct. 20A2 GEELONG MEN CONSOLIDATE Magher, who battled on bravely for I kilometres before wisely part FIFTH PLACE AT A HOT AND WINDY deciding that discretion was the better of valour. BURNLEY HALF MARATHON BURNLEY HALF MARATHON A small but determined band of Geelong athletes made the trek up (Sunday 1 Sth September) the Melbourne Road to contest the last race of the Athletics Victoria Winter Season, the Burnley Half Marathon. At stake was MEN'S OPEN HALF MARATHON not only individual pride in performance but also a top five placing Darren Riviere 33rd 75.56 in the prestigious Division One Men's Team Competition. Geoffrey Purnell 64th 81.48 And with a top temperature ol26 degrees with gusty norlherly Paul Wilson 152nd 90.35 winds forecast, the 21.1 kilometre course along the Yarra River Neil MacDonald 173rd 92.54 needed to be treated with respect. Simon Watson D.N.F. Geelong's'marathon man', Darren Riviere was using the Burnley Fastest - GWoyecha (Doncaster) - 65.04 race as a tune-up run before the Melbourne Marathon and was - M Michelsson (Collingwood) - 65.24 planning to 'roll home' in a relatively comfortable 75 - 76 minutes - S Nankervis (Ballarat YCW) - 65.45 - 'marathon pace' for Darren. Perfect, thought Geoffrey Purnell - - P Sly (Peninsula R.R.) - 65.53 Darren can act as pace-maker for me as I'm hoping to run at a - J Meagher (Box Hill) - 67.45 similar pace for the first ten kilometres. Well, it was a great plan in - D Wilson (Old Scotch) - 68.23 theory but once the gun was fired, a slightly less hirsute Geoff - P Wilson (Old Scotch) - 69.50 took off like a startled rabbit and flew through the first three - G Guzzo (lnv.) - 70.06 kilometres in 10 minutes and 30 seconds (for a projected finish - N Cope (lnv.) - 70.26 time of under 74 minutes!) - T Coady (Glenhuntly) - 70.29 Understandably, Geoff did slow a little as the race progressed but - G Lyons (Old Scotch) - 71.08 still finished with a very respectable time and placing. - N Harrison (Glenhuntly) - 71.33 lncidently, Geoff was the only senior Geelong athlete to compete - D Eadie (Glenhuntly) - 71.36 in every 2002 Athletics Victoria Winter Season race. Great effort - D Ruschena (Glenhuntly) - 71.40 and a fabulous commitment to the team, Geoff. - J Atkinson (Aths. Waverley) - 71.42 - R McGuire-White (Glenhuntly) - 71.52 Despite trying to'pace' his good mate from 50 metres behind, - P Bowes (South Melb.) - 72.07 Darren Riviere was eventually able to reel in the overly optimistic - G Olden (Box Hill) - 72.24 Purnell. He then picked up the pace over the last few kilometres in - P Hulbert (Glenhuntly) - 73.1A a great marathon trial. Well done, Darren and all the best for the - R Schwerkolt (Old Scotch) - 73.11 Melbourne Marathon on October 13. WOMEN'S OPEN HALF MARATHON Quite often, athletes not suited to or not ready to race the longer lnge Magher D.N.F. events run them at an easy long run training pace to help with team points. Such was the case with Paul Wilson, who ran comfortably Fastest - H Stanton (Ballarat YCW) - 81.21 over the undulating Yarra Boulevard Course. Thanks, Paul - we - K Seibold (Malvern) - 81.35 really appreciate your efforts this season for the team. - L Healey (Melbourne Uni.) - 86.32 - C Stephens (Ballarat Harriers) - 86.48 Simon Watson also had similar thoughts of using the Half - N Mills (Ath. Essendon) - 88.05 Marathon as a long, easy training run. However, once the gun fired - S Prosenica (Ath. Essendon) - 89.07 a mix of adrenaline and a competitive nature meant that Simon was - M Bernecker (Melbourne Uni.) - 89.55 running just off the lead pack at the three kilometre mark. - W Williams (Melbourne Uni.) - 89.55 Unfortunately, lower leg problems meant that Simon was unable to - B Dwyer (KnoxAthletic.) - 90.15 finish. Hope the new odhotics are more comfortable and effective, - A Hancox (lnv.) - 92.02 Simon. Four Geelong finishers were needed to score valuable team points and as it turned out, four Geelong athletes crossed the Burnley VOTES FOR Half Marathon finish line. Eventually, after all the calculations were ''BEST PERFORMED GEELONG completed, the Geelong Division One Men's Team finished fifth in REGION ATHLETES'' AT THE the eleven team competition. Considering the talent that was BURNLEY HALF MARATHON unavailable for all or most of this season (Mottram, Troop, Lynch, Perrott, Fountain, Tucker, McNaughton to name a few) fifth placing Men. was a fantastic effort. Senior 3. Darren Riviere Geoffrey Purnell Our sole representative in the Women's Half Marathon was lnge 2. 1. Paul Wilson 2OO2 ATHLETICS VICTORIA 16th Rebecca Wiasak (Geelong) 2 INDIVIDUAL WINTER RANKINGS 16th Libby Crowe (Geelong) 2 UNDER 18 WOMEN (Four Best Performances) MEN'S OPEN (Five Best Performances) Penny Brown (Ringwood) 40 1st Nick Harrison (Glenhuntly) 40 1st Marnie D'Ademo (Knox 27 2nd Simon Field (St. Kevins) 34 2nd Ath.) 3rd Rachael Ferry (Peninsula 26 3rd Gemechu Woyecha (Doncaster) 29 R.R.) Ashleigh Wall (Geelong) 16 4th Shane Nankervis (Ballarat YCW) 22 Bth sth Mark Thompson (Glenhuntly) 20 UNDER 16 WOMEN (Four Best Performances) sth Steve Moneghetti (Ballarat YCW) 20 1st Fiona Nash (Doncaster) 40 7lh Lee Troop (Geelong) 17 2nd Hayley Tomlinson (Box Hill) 33 12th Craig Mottram (Geelong) 11 3rd Taryn Rau (Geelong) 25 Brianna Ricketts UNDER 20 MEN (Four Best Performances) 4th (Geelong) 23 Bianca Cheever (Geelong) 11 1st Clinton Perrett (Sandringham) 42 8th 1 Chelsea Merry (Geelong) 10 2nd Collis Birmingham (Eureka) 34 Oth Laura Stekelenburg (Geelong) 2 3rd Shawn Forrest (Ath. Nunawading) 30 22nd 15th Travis Trevarthen (Geelong) 4 UNDER 14 WOMEN (Four Best Performances) Simone Boorn-Wells UNDER 18 MEN (Four Best Performances) 1st (Eureka) 38 Kelsey Rau (Geelong) 37 1st Sam Ellis (Eureka) 38 2nd 3rd Sarah Grahame (Knox Ath.) 37 2nd Ben Toomey (Knox Ath.) 30 3rd Zane Holland (Frankston) 30 8th Andrew Tucker (Geelong) 12 WOMEN'S 40 + VETERAN (Five Best Perf.) 15th Tyson Mahon (Geelong) 5 1st Sharon Higgins (Richmond) 48 Chris UNDER 16 MEN (Four Best Performances) 2nd O'Halloran (Ballarat) 38 Janette Chapman (Collingwood) 25 1st Sam Gibb (Ballarat YCW) 33 3rd Patricia Galvin (Geelong) 18 2nd Nick Bracks (Williamstown) 32 6th 3rd Dane Frey (Frankston) 22 1 1th Michael Kenny (Geelong) 12 FINAL TEAM LADDERS 12th Brenton Rowe (Geelong) 1 1 18th Steven Wishart (Geelong) 3 AllTeam Premiership Ladders have been decided with the running of the Burnley Half Marathon UNDER 14 MEN (Four Best Performances) 1st Craig Huffer (Glenhuntly) 40 Well done to all teams but especially so to our Under 16 and 2nd William Barber (Eureka) 39 Under 20 Women who have capped off an excellent Winter 3rd Tim Johnson (Glenhuntly) 31 Season with Team Premierships. 10th Ben Lynch (Geelong) 10 18th Will Schofield (Geelong) 4 MEN'S DIV. 1 MEN'S DIV.4 Glenhuntly 109 Keilor St. B. 92 MEN'S 40 + VETERAN (Five Best Perf.) Doncaster 100 Diamond V. 76 1st Greg Lyons (Old Scotch) 55 APS United 83 Knox Ath. 67 2nd Don Nicholson (Malvern) 32 Box Hill 81 Geelong 61 3rd Peter Fitzgerald (Ath. Essendon) 3'l Geelong 61 Glenhuntly 52 Peninsula R.R. 58 MEN'S 45 + VETERAN (Five Best Perf.) 1st Phillip Bowes (South Melb.) 55 2nd Peter Gaffney (Keilor St. Bern.) 47 M EN'S DIV. 7 WOMEN'S DIV. 1 3rd Berl Pelgrim (Ringwood) 32 Traralgon 84 Glenhuntly 89 sth Geoffrey Purnell (Geelong) 26 Oakleigh 70 Ath. Essendon 83 Keilor St. B. 62 Peninsula R.R. 77 WOMEN'S OPEN (Five Best Performances) Geelong 37 Knox Ath. 73 1st Kate Seibold (Malvern) 32 Coburg 36 Geelong 25 2nd Anna Thompson (Glenhuntly) 31 (1oth) 3rd Serena Gibbs (Peninsula R.R.) 25 4th Susan Michelsson (Collingwood) 24 MEN'S UNDER 18 WOMEN'S UNDER 20 sth Leah Rogers (Glenhuntly) 23 Keilor St. B. 76 Geelong 68 Frankston 58 Box Hill 65 UNDER 20 WOMEN (Four Best Performances) Glenhuntly 46 Keilor St. B 49 1st Clare McKechnie (South Bendigo) 44 Ballarat 22 St. Stephens 31 2nd Emily Smith (Box Hill) 32 Geelong 19 Peninsula Fl.R. 9 3rd Emily Rooke (Geelong) 29 16 18 8th Jo Wall (Geelong) 1 1 MEN'S UNDER WOMEN'S UNDER 13th Phoebe Darbyshire (Geelong) 5 Williamstown 45 Ballarat 62 13th Ashleigh Wall (Geelong) 5 Knox Ath. 28 Ringwood 35 Frankston 26 Glenhuntly 32 Glenhuntly 24 Box Hill 21 weeks training in San Diego then onto the European season. Geelong 13 (6rh) Geelong 6 (12th) My trip was pretty up and down. Probably the toughest part of the year was lasting the four and a half months away, so that WOMEN'S UNDER 16 WOMEN'S UNDER 14 was an achievement in itself. However, being able to train and Geelong 61 Keilor St. B. 83 race overseas for such an extended period will certainly stand Ballarat 52 Ballarat 64 me in good stead for future trips away. Doncaster 37 Frankston 26 N.M. Last year you became a little homesick Box Hill 33 Keilor St. B. 2 26 and came home a few weeks early. What was the Ringwood 22 Geelong 22 difference this time? C.M. Probably because I didn't go as well as I would have liked in Europe and I was always looking for the next AROUND THE TRACKS AND TRAILS oppofiunity to prove myself. Also, the World Cup in Madrid was the last official race for everyone and I really wanted to Not all our athletes confine their sporting talents to running.