At Casey Fields Athletics track on Saturday 14th December we had 46 teams competing - Keilor’s highest number of teams ever - at the State Relay Championships.
Our team of over 80 athletes should be congratulated for their determined running, and for demonstrating excellent team spirit and support for each other throughout the long day. You gave your parents, family and coaches many reasons to cheer, smile and be extremely proud of your efforts.
Although not every team came home with a medal, all age groups and teams showed great strength, resilience and commitment with many PB’s smashed from the Regional Event to the State event. We are excited to see what you can produce next season!
Special mention goes to all the coaches – Tim Golder, Brian McEvoy, Steve Scodella, Louise Muse & Michelle Graham, Zlatan & Maryanne Gec and Warren Hosking and all their assistants. A thank you to all the parents who take their kids to training and lead up events to ensure they are prepared for racing and to represent Keilor. Lastly a huge thanks to Michelle Graham who was the Team Manager at Regional and State relay events. Michelle puts in a lot of work to get the roster correct, planning for the events and dealing with protests and other issues on the day. We are indebted to Michelle for her commitment and passion to the role.
U/9 teams: It was the athletes first experience in relays and got better every time they got out on the track. We look forward to seeing these athletes develop and improve in the coming seasons.
U/10 Teams: this group seems to always have fun at training and they replicated their fun on the track and were a delight to watch. All teams did really well and the friendships this group has formed will only grow and will show even more in their results in seasons to come.
U/11 Teams: All 11 athletes produced some great performances on the day and their training and hard work was evident on the day. We look forward to watching this group develop together and performing at relay events.
U/12 Teams: over 20 athletes (record for Keilor) competed in eight different events – what a strong depth of talent we have at this age group. We look forward to more achievements next season.
U/13 Teams: All six teams that ran finished in the top 8 in the state – an excellent achievement.
U/14 Teams: High expectations were placed on the U14 teams and they did not disappoint. The team has a great synergy and friendships amongst the athletes and those connections will only improve for the next couple of seasons.
U/15 Teams: A small team but full of heart performed well and did Keilor and their families proud.
U/16 Teams: 12 athletes competed in the relays for the last time. Some of these athletes have being training with Tim for the past 6 years, demonstrating an amazing friendship and connection between the athletes, with loads of talent and deep respect between the coach and his athletes. They have achieved a lot together. All seven teams that ran finished in the top 6 in the state. Congratulations to all the U/16 teams.
Team Keilor came home with
6 GOLD
6 SILVER
2 BRONZE
Our medal winning teams were:
U/16
· GOLD: 4 x 100m Boys team
· SILVER: 4 x 100m Mixed team
· SILVER: 4 x 200m Mixed team
U/15
· BRONZE: 4 x 200m Boys team
U/14
· GOLD: 4 x 100m Mixed team
· GOLD: 4 x 100m Boys team
· BRONZE: 4 x 200m Boys team
· SILVER: 4 x 200m Mixed team
U/12
· SILVER: 4 x 100m Mixed team
U/11
· GOLD: 4 x 200m Boys team
· GOLD: Medley Boys team
U/10
· GOLD: 4 x 200m Mixed team
· SILVER: 4 x 200m Girls team
· SILVER: 4 x 100m Mixed team
Thank you also to our wonderful team of coaches and their helpers:
U/16, U12 & U/11 Tim Golder,
U/15 Brian McEvoy,
U/14 Steve Scodella,
U/13 Louise Muse,
U/10 Zlatan & Maryanne Gec
U/9 Warren Hosking
Make sure you look at all our relay photos on our Facebook page.
Go Team Keilor – Let’s do it all again next year.
