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Cross Country Season
- Winter 2008
Past
Season News
25th August 2008
National
Cross Country & Walks Championship Results
The National Cross Country Championship was held at Eastern Park in Geelong
from 22nd to 25th August 2008. It was a fantastic weekend of results by all
athletes competing against the best athletes in Australia.
Samantha Prime finished 1st to become National Champion for 13 year old girls
and the Victorian Team was awarded the Gold medal.
Charlie Jagusch came 4th & Jessica Cox came 10th for 11 year old girls
and were also awarded Team Gold Medals.
Jordan Nelson finished 9th in the Boys 16 - 17 years age group and won a Team
Silver Medal.
Siobhan Jagusch was recovering from illness and completed the race well.
Jade Sanders came 4th in the National walks held on Sunday 24th August, at
Albert Park Lake and won the Team Gold Medal.
All these athletes are proud members of Casey Little Athletics Centre.
Congratulations to all the athletes that competed at the National Cross Country
and Walks Championships.
10th
August 2008
Cross Country
On Saturday
9th August, Casey Little Athletics had it's Cross Country
Championship and Presentation Day to finish another
successful season of Cross Country running. A fun morning
was had by all athletes and parents with a special
guest 'Casey Clown' coming to cheer on the young athletes
in their 1000m race. All Children were excited as they
wanted to beat 'Casey Clown' to the finish line. Parents
joined in on the fun too, with a special 1000m adult
race. Presentation of Championship medals and Trophies
were awarded to athletes on the day.
Rod thanked all the parents that helped make the cross country run smoothly
over the season and congratulated all Athletes on their fantastic efforts.
Just a reminder, Registration days for the coming Track & Field season
will be held in the morning of Saturday 20th and 27th of September, 2008 At
Edwin Flack Reserve. Manuka Road, Berwick.
4th
August 2008
Cross Country
On
Sunday the 3rd August, 2008 Casey Little Athletics
centre competed in the Victorian State Cross
Country Championships at Lardner Park - Warragul
with exceptional results. The track was very
muddy and challenging.
All Casey Athletes put in a fantastic effort to compete against all the other
centres in the State.
Casey Athletics came home with 3 Individual Gold Medals and 2 Team Medals.
Individual
Gold Medals |
U15B Team
Gold Medals |
U12B Team
Silver Medals |
J.
Nelson
|
J. Nelson |
S. Weerasekera |
| S. Jagusch |
S. Murphy |
M. Hanson |
| S. Prime |
S. Cox |
D. Sheridan |
Congratulations ! Look
at the Results
for Casey Athletes here and the Results
for all centres here. Any
queries please contact Rod on 9796 7104.
Casey
Centre Cross Country
Championships & Presentation
Day
This Saturday, 9th August 2008, is the Casey Championship & Presentation
day, We have two events for the parents to join in on the day, a short 1km
run or a challenging 3km run. This is the last day of our Cross Country program. This
will be held at the Edwin Flack Reserve, Manuka Road, Berwick, Warm Up 9.15am –Race
Starts at 9.30am. Come and celebrate our Cross Country Season with a final
run followed by presentation of Medals and Ribbons. Athletes must have competed
in at least 6 competition days over the Cross Country Season.
28th July 2008
Cross Country
Many
of our 'young' Casey Little Athletes attended our
Casey Cross Country competition on Saturday July
26th.
We would like to congratulate all the Casey Athletes that competed for their
school at the "All Schools Cross Country Championship" at Bundoora.
This was an enormous competition for all Athletes and magnificent results were
achieved. Well Done !! Any queries about the Cross Country season please contact
Rod on 9796 7104.
Look at the Results here. Check out
the Cross
Country Calendar.
23th
July 2008
Cross Country
'Casey
Little Athletics' had a great turnout on Saturday 19 July with fantastic results
leading up to the State Competition.
This Saturday is the last normal Cross Country event at Casey for all athletes.
We wish any Athlete attending the "All Schools Cross Country Championship" at
Bundoora the best of luck.
Any queries about
the Cross Country season please contact Rod on 9796 7104.
Look at the Results here. Check out
the Cross
Country Calendar.
Start of Season Info
Venue:
Edwin Flack Reserve-Manuka Rd Berwick. Melways Map 111 H7.
Start Date: Every Saturday from April 12th through to
end of July, 2008
Time: 9:15am Warm up and Stretches. Race starts at 9:30am.
(Rain Hail or Shine)
All races finished by approximately
10:30 am.
Cost: Nil for currently registered VLAA athletes.
$30 for new winter registrations this provides athlete insurance.
Casey Cross Country Coordinator:
Rodney Prime -
Contact number: 9796-7104 / 0409 535-434
Assistant: Chris Nelson - Contact number: 0425 787 020
Approximate Distances:
Under 6-8s - 1000 metre circuit (1 Lap)
Under 9-12s- 2000 metres (2 Laps)
Under 13-15s, Interaths and Open - 3000metres (3 Laps)
(Athletes are welcome to run shorter or longer distances on the day of
normal Casey Competitions)
Parents are most welcome to run with their children or on their own.
However parents must sign our Centre indemnity form (as they are
not covered by VLAA
insurance).
Our Cross Country Program this year will include competing at Pakenham,
Dandenong, and Knox. The Region Championships will be held at Seaford on
28th June,
2008.
All Athletes wishing to compete at the State Cross Country Championships
on Sunday 27th July, at Lardner Park - Warragul have to complete their
run at
the Regional Cross Country Championships to qualify.
A copy of the Cross
Country Calendar will be available for all athletes
during the first weeks of competition.
Canteen: The Casey canteen will be operating on competition days. Tea,
Coffee, Milo and some snacks will be available for purchase.
So if you are up for the Challenge and can bear the Winter conditions join
us on Saturday mornings for The Casey Cross Country program offering Family, Fun and Fitness