YCW Junior Athletics held their ‘Wal Brown Memorial’ Junior 4k handicap race at Magpie on Saturday ,with 2012 winner Liam Berrigan repeating his victory again,with another win .
Running off the same handicap ,Lim Berrigan and Wren Dreger ran together for much of the 4k ,before Berrigan broke away near the finish to win by 6 seconds from Wren Dreger. Bailey O’Keefe started 2m30s behind the leading pair , and missed second place by one second in a fine run through the field ,recording fastest time of 15m43 along the way .Also running well was Natalya Hall-Dekleva ,second fastest in 15m49 ,and sixth place .
The U/12 2k handicap , Eliza Lepair ran her fastest race in 8m37 to easily take out the win ,but Anika Jones had to work hard to hold second , just holding off the backmarker Felix Oliver who had stormed through the field in 7m47 in a fast run to 3rd place ,and the boys win by 2 seconds from Callum Parkinson who had a good run also .
Frontmarker Callum Shillington had to work hard for the win in the U/10 1k handicap , three seconds clear of the girls winner Kayla Bridges in 2nd place , and a similar gap to the backmarker Jack Vanroevan who passed 9 runners on his way through to 3rd place ,and running a fast 3m53 time ,his fastest for the season .
Just three second separated the placegetters in the U/8 600m handicap in good runs from all , with Alice Lepair winning in 2m39 from a much improved Hamish Jones and Ziggy Lee in 3rd . Axel Caldow was fastest in 2m32 from Archie Caldow 2m35 and Ryan Otto 2m37 .
Erica Jones came from behind to take out the win in the U/6 300m handicap in 1m36v,the fastest time of the day . Madilyn Dawe ran 1m38 on her way to 2nd place ,just ahead of the boys winner Hugh Myers ,1m37 and third overall ,with all three placegettere close on times .
GIRLS U/6 1st Erica Jones , 2nd Madilyn Dawe . 3rd Jorja talent .
“ U/8 1st Alice Lepair . 2nd Ashlee Gleeson . 3rd Matilda Myers .
GIRLS U/10 1st Kayla Bridges . 2nd Mia Lepair . 3rd Halle Martin .
“ U/12 1st Eliza Lepair . 2nd Anika Jones . 3rd Jessica Bridges .
“ U/14 1st Wren Dreger .
“ U/16 1st Natalya Hall-Dekleva .
BOYS U/5 1ST Hugh Myers . 2nd Jonti Lee .
“ U/8 1st Hamish Jones . 2nd Ziggy Lee . 3rd Scott Peart .
“ U/10 1st Callum Shillington . 2nd Jack Vanroevan . 3rd Ted Archer .
“ U/12 1st Felix Oliver . 2nd Callum Parkinson . 3rd Rory O’Keefe .
“ U/14 1st Liam Berrigan , 2nd Bailey O’Keefe . 3rd Josh Huggett . |