orths news June 1999 No. 99/3 Official newsletter of North Canberra Athletic Club Inc P.O. Box 1221, Belconnen, ACT 2616 Inside this issue Under 18 Male: Connell O’Neill Award winners • Competed at 1998 All Schools • Qualified for Nationals with a throw The winners of awards for the 1998-99 th Award winners season are listed below, together with a that would have placed him 5 , but unable to go. - most outstanding brief outline of their achievements. 1 Also included in this issue is a number of photos from the presentation night. Under 16 Male: Nicholas Kouparitsas Leading pointscorers • Bettered nationals qualifying distance - summer season 1. Most Outstanding Awards of 13.50m for the Shot Put - on two 2 occasions achieving 14.17m. Most Outstanding Athlete:Shaun • Close to qualifying in the discus. Leading pointscorers Creighton • Competed at 1998 All Schools - winter season • 1998 World Cup 5,000 m - 2nd th 2 • 1998 C’wealth Games 5000m - 4 Under 16 female: Marnie Ponton • 1998 World Cross Country • Competed at All Schools in Other winter awards Championships - 22nd December, finishing 12th in the th • 1999 Houston Marathon - 4 3000m. 2 • • Selected to represent Australia in the Only 10 days previously she smashed marathon at the 1999 World Champs the qualifying standard by 17 seconds. 2 Most improved athlete 2 Recent results Athlete profile – Jeffrey 2 Boreham 2 New committee World Cup campaign Shaun receiving his award from Ainslie Football Club’s Kevin Grace 3 Senior Male: Adam Leane Athlete with a disability: Damien Dunrossil get-together • A great run in 3km at the CocaCola Burroughs Distance Classic in November • Threw a world record in the discus at 3 • Zatopek - 12th (8th Australian) – the World Champs in Birmingham, ranking 11th in Australia this season. only to loose it to the eventual winner Coming events • ACT 5k champs time ranked him - won the silver medal 3 29th in Australia • A new PB of 41.52m and a gold • Gold Coast half marathon time medal at the National Championships ranked 10th in Australia • Silver medal in the Shot Put at Life membership to Ian Nationals 4 Mackenzie Under 20 Male: Rohan Walker • Won the Under 20 Decathlon title in Winter Athlete: Erwin McRae NC web site Hobart in February Won the ACT Cross Country 12km title • Won the Decathlon at the Australian in 37.01, just beating Adam Leane to 4 University Games the line by 1 sec. 1 June 1999 2. Leading Pointscorers In 1998, he was 12th (8th Australian) in 29:29.51. Athlete profile: Summer season Jeffrey Boreham Senior men: Andrew Lees: 403 pts Recent results Under 20 men: Jason Scoullar: 290 pts Under 18 men: Scott Crowe: 407 pts North Canberra athletes have been Under 16 men: Jeffrey Boreham: 605 pts – posting some great results in the first most points for North Canberra weeks of the winter season. • A good turn-out for the traditional Under 18 women: Erin Cooper: 603 pts, season starter, the Anzac Relays. 2nd in NC NC’s team of Susan Hobson, Jo Bailey, Kathy Southgate and Amy Winter season - Distance Runner Martyn posted an easy win in the of the Year awards women’s event, with Susan recording Senior male: Graham Burke: 118 pts, the fastest individual time. NC’s team School: Campbell High competed in all pointscore races of Martin Bye, Greg Webster, Chris Cook and Peter Haynes came second Favourite subject: PE in the men’s race. Greg backed up Most hated subjects: English, science again to run for NC’s B team, only and maths. running 40 secs slower the second When and where did you start time around! athletics? Corroboree LA’s at age of 6 • A double victory in the marathon eve years 10km event on 10 April, with Shaun Creighton winning the men’s event Favourite events: Javelin (breaking the record by 17 secs) and Best moment in athletics: When I heard Susan Hobson the women’s. I had broken the ACTLA championship record for Javelin as an U13 – a PB of 5 • Also on 10 April, but in New nd metres. Graham Burke and Susan Hobson Zealand, Paul Crake was 2 in the race up Auckland’s Sky Tower, with Worst moment in athletics: Having to Senior female: Nicki Taws: 60 pts fellow NC athlete Dave Osmond in do long runs Junior male: Martin Bye: 60 pts 4th. Other sports: soccer, tennis • Graham Burke may have dropped Junior female: Jennifer Beer: 60 pts Sporting heroes: No-one! one place in this year’s Canberra Career goals, sporting or otherwise: To Veteran male: Graham Burke: 160 pts Marathon, coming in 29th, but he become famous as a sportsman. improved his time by a massive 4min Favourite - 3. Other Winter Awards 18 secs. NC pundits believe this to be his best for some considerable time, if Pastimes: Playing soccer, training at Marathon Champion - male not a PB. athletics Graham Burke: 28th overall • Paul Crake and Chris Cook have TV show: action movies Cross Country Champion - male been selected in the ACT mountain Food: Chocolate. Erwin McRae: winner of ACT champs running team. David Osmond won Jeffrey was the top pointscorer for NC the ACT Champs, but will miss the in the 1998/99 season. Cross Country Champion - female Australian titles after taking up a Nicki Taws: winner of ACT Champs scholarship to study in the USA for a few months. New committee Mountain Running Champion - male rd Paul Crake: winner of the Australian • Greg Webster came 3 in the The incoming committee for 1999/2000 and ACT mountain running champs Canberra Half Marathon, 6 places better and nearly 3 mins faster than elected at the AGM is: Mountain Running Champion - female last year. Carol Harding: 3rd in ACT champs • The Sugden 4km race on 22 May saw President: Dudley Scoullar (6253 5223) the return of Louis Young to the Vice Presidents: Linda Butler (6254 2201) 4. Most Improved Athlete winner’s list, while Adam Leane came 2nd in the Clohessy 8km race. Owen Heness (6254 6332) Adam Leane • NC athletes came third in both the Secretary: Ian Mackenzie (6251 4263) It is not often that an athlete already men’s and women’s events of the Registrar and Treasurer: competing in senior ranks at an elite Sydney half marathon. Shaun Barbara Wagstaff (6251 6698) level manages to win this award. The Creighton came in behind two Committee: selection committee was particularly Kenyan runners, while in the women’s Adam Leane (6251 5639) impressed by the improvement in event it was a race of the mums – Liz Andrew Fiddian (6258 6320) Adam’s 10km time. In the 1997 Miller winning from Krisna Stanton Shaun Creighton (6247 0471) Zatopek, Adam was 21st in 30:15.18. and Susan Hobson. David Osmond (6251 2303) Martin Bye (6242 7034) 2 June 1999 essentially had 8 weeks of altitude World cup campaign training and was arguably in my best Coming Events by Shaun Creighton ever 5000m form, as evidenced by a very comfortable 13.34 to win the In early 1998 I'd set myself the goal of Commonwealth Games / World Cup Saturday, 12 June winning a medal in both theWorld Cup trial a few weeks beforehand. Apart Lake Tuggeranong 1/3/6k – junior and the Commonwealth Games 5000m from glory and pride, there was pointscore race events. The World Cup has only 8 in significant prizemoney on offer at the Anketell St Greenway the race, with one athlete from each WorldCup this year (as with all IAAF region, and thus only one African World events these days). Prize money athlete, but each of the other seven are went $US50,000, $US20,000, Saturday, 12 June fine competitors. In the Commonwealth $US10,000 for 1st, 2nd,, and 3rd, with Australian Mountain Running Champ. Games, conversely, the depth isn't so a 'thanks for coming' for 4th place. I Brisbane great, but there are 3 Kenyan athletes. knew a top three placing was possible but would require a very good run. The World Cup was held in After a mile, the African representative, Saturday, 19 June Johannesburg, with an altitude of 1997 World 5000m Champion Daniel Red Hill 1/4/8k 1700m. The "thinner air" favoured the Komen surged. The 1992 Olympic sprinters, but made it very difficult for Gowrie Dr Red Hill 5000m Champion Dieter Baumann distance running. It is still not clear immediately responded and covered whether training at high altitude Komen's move. Pueblo, the South Saturday, 19 June benefits performances at sea level, but American champion from Mexico, then Australian Cross-Country Champ. there is no doubting that to compete at followed and I followed Pueblo. One high altitude, you need to prepare at Brisbane lap later I looked up on the big screen high altitude. As such, my final 8 and realised the race was now down to weeks of preparation for the World Cup the four of us. Komen surged one lap Sunday, 20 June consisted of 3 weeks at Boulder later but we soon regrouped. One lap Terry Fox Fun Run Colorado, the city where 'Deek' trained further on Komen produced a surge for many years, then one week in the Forster Cres Yarralumla which finally split us into single file. altitude chamber at the AIS, and finally Baumann attempted to stay with 4 weeks at altitude in South Africa. Komen and I passed Pueblo and tried to Saturday, 26 June Training at Boulder was a terrific regain contact with Komen and Oakey Hill 1/3/6k – junior and senior experience and something I had wanted Baumann, but remained 50m adrift by pointscore race to do for some time.