What a record- breaking weekend Team Keilor had at the Northern Metro Region Individual Championships 2023.
For the first time at NMR Team Keilor finished on top of the
medal tally in the region with
148 medals in total
57 Gold
42 Silver
49 Bronze
NMR records for our individual events tumbled all weekend.
· Starting with Mark Mavrakis running a technique perfect race in the
U/16 Boys 300m hurdles to achieve a State Best Performance and an NMR Record in a time of 39.98sec. Beating the old record by over 2.5 seconds!
· Mark then did it all again on Sunday in the 100m Hurdles to break another NMR record in a time of 13.38sec.
· Our young U/10 Athlete Antonio Stamatis ran a great race in the U/10Boys 800m to break the record with the time of 2:35:33.
· In the 1500m early on Sunday morning our U/15 athlete Jonathan Neethling took on the U/16 & U/17 boys to outrun them all to achieve an excellent win and new NMR record of 4:15:31, breaking the old record by 5 sec!
· Ethan Stegehuis out sprinted his 2 Keilor teammates in the U/16 boys 400m gaining a New NMR Record with 53:85sec.
· Our U/14 Athlete Brandon Cvetanoski sailed through the air in the Triple Jump to record a massive 12:84m jump and a new NMR Record.
· And in one of the final field events of the weekend Stephanie Clarke U/11 performed a terrific jump to record a new NMR Long Jump record with 4:44m.
Along with these great performances came so, so many Best Performances from all our 97 athletes over the weekend. It was hard to keep up with all the medals and wonderful times, throw and jumps they all did.
Congratulations to the many athletes who gained medal places, many with multiple medals, to help us become the overall winning Club for the weekend.
U/17
Charlotte Duggan
Lucy Webber
U/16
Finn Daffey
Bailey Farrington
Isaac Faure
Ashton McMenamin
Noah McMenamin
Ryan O’Connell
Ethan Stegehuis
U/15
Kiara Boyd
Marcus Franze
Alicia Gec
Mitchell Iannello
Mark Mavrakis
Ella McMenamin
Roman Muse
Jonathan Neethling
Nifemi Olatunbosun
Lucas Scerri
U/14
Zara Brigham
Brandon Cvetanoski
Andre Faure
Zulqarnain Haider
Lillian Micallef
Abigail Pellow
Andre Schepis
Leila Stegehuis
Ella Sutherland
U/13
Asra Baro
Sienna Gec
Hannah Gec
Tayissa Kekoc
Jasmine Marshall
Alice Nelson
Michael Sayed
Archie Seidel
Emma White
Lucas Withers
U/12
Hakeem Baba
U/11
Stephanie Clark
Mason Cvetanoski
Josephine Jones
Cody Levidis
Parker Mangan
Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie
Jordi Seidel
Ruby Withers
U/10
Marcus Afedzie
Charlotte Darmanin
Olivia Marshall
Caitlin Sobell
Antonio Stamatis
Mason Sutherland
Lilah Viney
U/9
Josephine Ho
Juwon Olatunbosun
Ryan Pellow
For Sandra and I, there were many highlights over the weekend, some of our favourite were:
The sound of cheering for our Team Keilor. With such a large team of athletes and even bigger support crew of family and friends around the track it was a wonderful to hear.
The smiles on our energetic U/9 girls when cheering and supporting each other in the 60m Hurdles and then hugs all round at the end line.
Having Tim Golder turn up on both day and support all the athletes that he has gotten to know over the years through his Relay coaching.
Our State Best Performance from Mark Mavrakis.
We loved that it's not all about medals, athletes thrilled with new pbs against the best in the region. We had so many athletes tell us they got a PB in some or all their events.
With so much going on it was hard to see everything and everyone, so hearing all the Keilor Athlete names called to presentation was special... especially 3 in a row.
We enjoyed seeing the friendly rivalry between the athletes, athletes from other clubs who once were just an opponent, growing into friendships and offering support and cheering each other on.
Oh and finally, the water/ mist/ spray tent. That was huge highlight enjoyed by all who were aware of its existence - especially Sunday afternoon. We need one of those!!
This weekend cannot occur without our supportive Keilor committee. Getting everything organised for the weekend, setting up of Friday evening, completing duties, posting Facebook Pictures and packing up at the end of the weekend. It is a massive job.
Thank you to our coaching team who train the athletes at the club on Tuesday & Thursday nights and who were in attendance over the weekend for warmups and advice. Thank you, Riley, Bec, Wilson and Marie.
A very big thank you to the parents (Angela Mavraski, Coleen Leckie, Wayne Mangion, Karley Cromie & Jason Sobell) who took on Chief roles at Discus and Long Jump over the weekend – a huge responsibility.
We also had many of our talented Keilor starters helping, Chrissy, Jen, Calvin & Rebecca. No wonder our athletes know exactly what to do at the start of our races every Saturday.
And to all the parents who completed duties and helped when needed – a Big thank you.
Well done everyone. A great Team Effort.
Please look at our Keilor Little Athletics Club Facebook page for photos from the weekend.
We are looking forward to cheering on all the athletes who have progressed to the State event in March. Let’s continue breaking records!
Go Team Keilor
Sandra & Michelle