Cross Country Relays now open!

2021 State Cross-Country Relays Championships

The State Cross-Country Relay Championships is a Teams event, where 3 athletes complete a Relay over a Cross-Country course. The distances are less than the individual Cross-Country distances to allow greater flexibility and formation of Teams. Athletes do not carry a baton, they start and finish within a transition zone.

Date: Saturday, 5th June 2021

Location: Cruden Farm, Langwarrin (Map)

Age Groups: U9 – U16 Athletes

Are you interested in being part of the Keilor team for this exciting event? If so, please register your interest via this link here:

Please have submissions in by Sunday 16 May.

2021 State Track & Field Championships

After a shortened covid affected season and the on & off & on again program of NMR individual track & field events it was wonderful to see over 50 of our Keilor athletes attend our State Championships at Lakeside Athletics Stadium over the weekend of 13th & 14th March.

Although Saturday started off with a beautiful red & orange sky and sunshine the conditions changed and challenged our athletes especially our 800m & 200m runners with pouring rain all afternoon. Sunday the weather was sunny and our team spirit and cheering stepped up a notch to support our many stars and medal winners

This event saw athletes from across the state competing against one another and challenging each other to perform at their very best. And the very best we did, with many outstanding performances and Team Keilor collecting 19 medals.

Six of our athletes achieved multiple medals:

• Zulqarnain Haider U/12 our sprinting sensation was recognised for his Victorian Best Performance in the 200m and gained Gold medals in 100m, 200m & 400m.

• Dilan Egodawatte U/15 ran 2 inspiring races in the 800m & 1500m leading from start to finish to achieve Gold medals in both events.

• Ethan Steg  U/14 Finished his great season with a Gold medal in the 200m Hurdles and a Sliver medal in the 400m.

• Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie U/9 is our up and coming sprinting star with 3 medals from 3 starts with a Silver medal in the 200m, and Bronze medals in the 100m & 400m

• Sienna Gec U/11 continued her medal winning achievements at State events with              Bronze medals in the 400m & 1500m.

• Ruby Withers U/9 showed her grit and determination over the weekend and always with a smile on her face to come home with Bronze Medals in the High Jump and 400m.

A special mention to Marie McEvoy U/16. Maire has being a strong member of our club for many years, was one of our Keilor Captains last season and helps coach our younger athletes in long jump. This year in her final year of Little Athletics has achieved two great results at States in her favourite event of the hurdles. On Saturday she finished 4th in the 200m hurdles and then on the Sunday she ran a super race to achieve a Silver Medal in the 90m Hurdles. It was so wonderful to see that smile across her face all afternoon and see her supporting all our younger athletes throughout the day. Congratulations Marie.

 A final BIG congratulations to the many athletes who gained personal best performances.  A fantastic achievement.

Congratulations to all of TEAM KEILOR, the athletes and families for a great weekend of sportsmanship, wonderful personal best performances and positive support (especially shown by our older athletes towards or younger athletes) and loud cheering for all our athletes. A fantastic effort.

Go Team Keilor - Let’s do it all again next year.

Michelle Graham & Sandra Withers

2021 Medal Winners for TEAM KEILOR:

GOLD:

Zulqarnain Haider U/12                              100m, 200m & 400m

Dilan Egodawatte U/15                               800m & 1500m

Ethan Stegihuise U/14                                200m Hurdles

Max Busuttil  U/15                                       100m

SILVER:

Ethan Stegehuis U/14                                 400m

Maire McEvoy           U/16                            90m Hurdles

Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie U/9                         200m 

Brandon Cvetanoski U/12                          Triple Jump

BRONZE:

Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie U/9                         100m & 400m

Ruby Withers U/9                                         High Jump & 400m

Sienna Gec    U/11                                       400m & 1500m

Tayissa Kekoc U/11                                    80m Hurdles

Nate Pokorzynski U/11                               100m

A weekend of Records - Northern Metro Region Track and Field Carnival 2021

Congratulations to all the Keilor Athletes who competed at the NMR Track and Field Carnival in Coburg.

Our amazing seventy athletes were amazing, all striving for the personal bests and claiming so many medals along the way.  

Zulqarnain Haider U/12 has continued his record-breaking season with 2 new records and 4 Gold Medals in the 100m, 200m 400m & Shot Put at the NMR event on the weekend.

Zulqarnain broke the Victorian State 200m record with a time of 25:17sec and NMR 100m record with 12:56sec.  A fantastic achievement.

Sienna Gec U/11 also achieved the clean sweep with gold medals in all 4 events.  She attained Gold in the 400m, 800m, 1500m & Triple Jump.

Special congratulations to all our U/16 Boys Kristain Barresi, Calven Lipec and Ariel Melnik who competed in their final NMR competition.  Great to see the continued achievements from these aspiring athletes, with all of them attaining at least one medal.

And, to our newcomers, our U/9 athletes, so many PB performances and medal placings. It was great to witness your enthusiasm and excitement over the weekend. I hope this is the first of many NMR events.

As you will have seen in the photos on our facebook page so much determination from all our athletes to succeed.

Congratulations to all our wonderful athletes on their great performances.

Overall Team Keilor achieved:

35 GOLD,   29 SILVER,  & 27 BRONZE medals

Fantastic efforts by all our medal winners.

Ariel Melnik                         U/16              3 Bronze

Kristian Barresi                   U/16              1 Gold

Calven Lipec                         U/16              1 Bronze

Brianna Mastin                   U/15              1 Gold, 3 Silver

Samuel Scodella                 U/15              1 Gold

Max Bussuttil                       U/15              1 Gold

Anika Edmonds                   U/15              1 Silver

Jasmine Galang                   U/15              1 Silver

Charlotte Duggan               U/15              2 Bronze

Ethan Stegehius                  U/14              3 Gold, 1 Silver

Lawrence Cassar                 U/14              2 Silver, 1 Bronze

Connor  Muse                      U/14              1 Gold, 1 Silver

Sukhnoor Rangi                  U/14              1 Gold, 1 Bronze

Charlotte Gray                    U/14              1 Silver,1 Bronze

Noah Mc Menamin            U/14              1 Gold

Ashton Mc Menamin        U/14              1 Silver

Finn Daffey                          U/14              2 Bronze

Celina Aguilar                      U/14              1 Bronze

Alicia Gec                              U/13               2 Gold, 1 Silver

Mark Mavrakis                    U/13              1 Gold, 2 Silver

Nifemi Olatunbosun          U/13               1 Gold, 1 Silver

William Hurt            U/13              2 Silver

Emmelene Phair                 U/13              1 Bronze

Zulqarnain Haider              U/12              4 Gold

Brandon Cvetanoski          U/12              2 Gold, 1 Silver

Leila Stegehuis                    U/12              1 Bronze

Abigail Pellow                      U/12              2 Bronze

Sarah Cook                           U/12              1 Silver

Sienna Gec                           U/11               4 Gold

Tayissa Kekoc                      U/11              1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze

Nate Pokorzynski               U/11              2 Gold

Hannah Gec                         U/11              2 Silver, 2 Bronze

Oliver Sobell                        U/11              2 Silver

Michael Sayed                    U/11              1 Bronze

Prabhpreet Rangi               U/11              1 Bronze

Phoenix Cotsis                     U/10              1 Silver

Abigail Pellow                      U/10               1 Bronze

Charlotte Pellow                 U/10              1 Bronze     

Stephanie Clark                  U/9                 3 Gold, 1 Bronze

Gabriel Owusu-Afriyie      U/9                 2 Gold, 1 Bronze

Ruby Withers                       U/9                 1 Gold, 3 Silver

Parker Mangan                   U/9                 1 Gold

Cody Levidis                         U/9                 1 Gold

Mason Cvetanoski             U/9                 1 Bronze

Brooke Waring                    U/9                 1 Bronze

Ebony Ciopicz                      U/9                 1 Bronze

Once again congratulations to all our Athletes - Keilor LAC is very proud of you. 

GO TEAM KEILOR!

State Relay Championships 2020 - 2021

Casey Fields Athletics Track, Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 March

What a gruelling ride it has been to get to the State Relays.  Changes this season to accommodate COVID restrictions, shifting the Relays to the end of the season instead of the usual November/December timeslot, cancellation of our Regional events and, finally, only having 4 x 100m events has meant a long and interrupted preparation for all our teams. But we got there!

Our Keilor team of over 60 athletes in 36 different 4 x 100m relay teams should be congratulated for their persistence and training over this extended period. Over the weekend they ran brilliantly while displaying amazing team spirit and support for each other. To ensure that every athlete who wished to run got the chance to, we need to say a very big thank you to athletes who volunteered to run up an age group to help fill teams. A big effort!

Although not every team came home with a medal, all age groups and teams showed great strength and determination to achieve their best. We had many PB performances. Fifteen teams finished in the Top 10 in the State. And another six teams achieved podium finishes.  Amazing results!

U/9 teams: Our new relay stars for Tim to coach for the next six years. What a terrific bunch of athletes, who are keen to learn and so excited to be running at their best. They unfortunately had to contend with the wet, blustery conditions on Saturday morning, but they did not seem concerned and put in wonderful performances to come home with Silver & Bronze medals and a fifth place. A great start to their Relay adventure.

U/10 team: What a fabulous four athletes we have at this age group. Only four athletes continued to train throughout the season and persisted to the end to run on Saturday. Well done, Girls.

U/11 teams: Our U/11s really missed the longer relays and medley events this year, but they showed determination to work as hard as possible and aim for PB performances in the 4 x 100m. Of their six teams, three finished in the Top 8. We look forward to seeing you again next year on top of the podium.

U/12 teams: What to say about our amazing U/12 teams, except WOW!

In the Boys A team, the first three runners – Brandon Cvetanoski, Koby Bewick and Luke Becvinoski – all ran excellent legs, allowing Zulq Haider to collect the baton in first place at the final change. So it was just a matter of how fast this team could go. And fast they did, crossing the line in the GOLD MEDAL position with a New Victorian Record time of 51:68sec.

In the three mixed teams, we saw some excellent teamwork and running to achieve PBs and a Bronze medal for the Mixed A team.

U/13 teams: With nine teams competing, this shows the continued strength of this age group and the close relationships they have formed with each other and their coaches, Tim & Yanah. Eight teams recorded PBs. The Boys and Girls A teams finished in fifth place. Congratulations all four mixed teams. The mixed A team finished a very close fourth and the mixed C team demonstrated great resilience to pick themselves up and finish the race in 59:14sec.

U/14 teams: Our U/14s were another age group disappointed that the longer relays and medley events were not held this year. They nevertheless worked hard together at training to have four teams representing the age group. The two mixed teams crossed the line within one second of each other, finishing in sixth and seventh positions overall. After easily winning their heat, the Boys’ team finished fourth overall. The Girls came ninth. All four teams finished in the Top 10 in the state – a great effort.

U/15 teams: GOLD in the Boys 4 x 100m... again! For the third season in a row, the Boys team has finished with the gold medal – an amazing achievement. This group of boys has created such a strong bond over the years of training with Steve. They team together so well that their baton changes seem to be set on automatic. All Boys ran so well despite injuries throughout the season and last-minute concerns of fitness. The Mixed team clicked again this year and ran a very strong race to gain a Bronze Medal. We sincerely hope to see you all again at the club next year for your U/16 season.

U/16 teams: Our six U/16 athletes competed in the relays for the last time. Some of these athletes have being training with Brian as part of the relay teams for the past six years – an amazing commitment to Team Keilor. Congratulations to our U/16 teams, who finished seventh and eighth on Sunday.

Team Keilor came home with:

2 GOLD

1 SILVER

3 BRONZE

Our medal winning teams were:

U/15

·         GOLD: 4 x 100m Boys

·         BRONZE:        4 x 100m Mixed

U/12

·         GOLD: 4 x 100m Boys

·         BRONZE:        4 x 100m Mixed

U/9

·         SILVER:           4 x 100m Boys

·         BRONZE:        4 x 100m Mixed

Thank you to our wonderful team of coaches and their assistants.

U/9 Tim Golder 

U/10 Rachel & Matt Pellow

U/11 Michael & Maryanne Gec

U/12 Tim Golder 

U/13 Tim Golder & Yanah Cini

U/14 Louise Muse

U/15 Steve Scodella                   

U/16 Brian McEvoy

Finally, a big thank you to the parents for getting your children to training sessions throughout the season, driving them to competitions and completing duties when needed. Your support of the athletes and Team Keilor is hugely appreciated.

Make sure you look at all our relay photos on our Facebook page.

Team managers:

Michelle Graham & Sandra Withers

Go Team Keilor

Let’s do it all again next season

Only six months away!

Cross Country Information and Results

With the summer athletics season now over, this means the winter cross country season starts soon!  We are looking to boost our participation numbers this season and if you are a member of Keilor Little Athletics Centre for the 2020/21 season, then you membership for cross country is paid as part of your fees.

Cross country training will continue on Sat April 24 at 9am at the Keilor track.  The session will run for 45 mins so come down have a chat with the team and we will be happy to answer all of your questions.

The first weekly cross country competition will be at Essendon track on May 1 at 9am.

NMR Important Dates

Saturday 1st May Essendon

Saturday 8th May Essendon

Saturday 15th May Keilor

Saturday 22nd May Keilor

Saturday 29th May Sunbury

Saturday 5th June Keilor

Saturday 12th June division one open day Essendon

Saturday 19th June Region CC - Bundoora Park

Saturday 26th June Craigieburn

Saturday 3rd July Sunbury

Saturday 10th July Keilor

Saturday 17th July Craigieburn

Saturday 24th July Keilor

Saturday 31st July State at Lake Dewar

Saturday 7th August Presentation/Super Handicap Essendon

Starting time: 9am (8:30 registrations start)

Weekly fees: $2 per athlete, max $5.00 per family

All athletes will need to wear their name tags from the summer season.

LA Vic Important Dates

Saturday 5th June: State Cross-Country Relays Championships – Cruden Farm

Saturday 19th June: Region Cross-Country Carnivals

Saturday 31st July: State Cross-Country Championships – Lake Dewar.

What is cross country?

Cross-country season begins May 1 and runs through to the end of July. Unlike track and field in the summer, the venue for cross-country events changes weekly with locations including the Aberfeldie athletics track in Essendon, our track at Keilor, Coburg, Craigeburn and Sunbury. There are also regional and state championships for cross country with the dates published above.

Cross-country involves athletes running just one event, with distances listed below for the various age groups. Cross-country events are never cancelled for wet or cold weather - instead please ensure that your athletes are dressed appropriately, which can include long black pants, and warm black tops under the Keilor top. Commonwealth Bank name patches are still required with the Coles badge above the LA Vic logo. Races start at 9am and are usually completed by 11am.

Northern Metro Region (NMR) and Little Athletics Victoria (LA Vic) host region and state events for cross-country with road relay championships and State Championships over the same distances.

Keilor members who have have joined for the preceding summer track and field season can compete in cross-country without paying additional registration fees, although a weekly $2 event fees will be payable per athlete ($5 per family). In addition athletes who did not register for the summer season can join for the cross-country season only, at the reduced fee of $70 per athlete - Click the JOIN/TRIAL button on our website.

Cross country distances:

U6                   Boys & Girls              500m

U7-8               Boys & Girls              1000m

U9-10             Boys & Girls              1500m

U11-12           Boys & Girls              2000m

U13-16           Boys & Girls              3000m

State Combined Event, 30th and 31st January 2021

Over the weekend (Jan 30th & Jan 31st )15 of our Keilor Athletes competed in the 1st State LAVic event for over 12 months. Although there were co-vid 19 restrictions on athlete numbers and spectators if was wonderful to see so many athletes striving for PB’s at Lakeside Stadium - It was a great sight.

The Combined Events consisted of five events for U/9 – U/14 athletes and seven events for U/15 & U/16 athletes. The Combined competition requires a strength in a variety of disciplines and endurance to compete over a long time. Each athlete competes in all events and points are awarded for each event. At the end of the day after their final 800m event the points are then tallied for an overall winner.

Our athletes showed a strong determination to strive towards personal best performances with every athlete recording at least 1 PB and some athletes achieving a PB in all 5 events. A fantastic effort considering the limited training and competitions over the past 12 months.

Keilor had two Under 9 athletes, Ruby Withers and Parker Mangan experience their 1st State event - what a fantastic job they did and always with a smile on their faces. We hope this is the start of a long association with Little Athletics state events.

Congratulations to our ribbon winners for their age,

a fantastic effort all day.

Mark Mavrakis U/13: 4th place

                                       Tayissa Kekoc U/11:  5th place

                                       Sienna Gec U/11: 7th place

                                       Ruby Withers U/9:    7th place

Congratulations to all our Keilor athletes.

U/9’s

Ruby Withers

Parker Mangan

          U/11’s

Hannah Gec

Sienna Gec

Tayissa Kekoc

Nate Pokorzynski

U/12’s

Jamie Bartsch

U/13’s

Kiara Boyd

Mischa Atkinson

Alicia Gec

Mitchell Iannello

Mark Mavrakis

           U/14’s

Finn Daffey

Noah McMenamin

Lawrence Cassar

Please see our Facebook page for some photos of our Keilor athletes, besides the images below:

KEILOR LITTLE ATHLETICS COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

As per the Little Athletics Victoria Metropolitan Melbourne COVID-19 protocols, the following guidelines must be adhered to by all attendees to the Keilor Little Athletics Centre venue:

Attendance:

• Attendees contact details will be recorded prior to each sanctioned activity.

• Physical distancing (>1.5 metres) must be observed by all attendees at all times.

• Attendees essential to the conducting of sanctioned activities only are to be present.  This includes supervising parents/guardians.

• Only one parent/guardian is permitted to be present to supervise their child/children at all times. Note: where a family is rostered on, regularly volunteers, or is selected to fulfill volunteering duties, both parents/guardians are permitted to be in attendance for purposes of child supervision.

• Spectators are not required or essential to the conducting of sanctioned activities and cannot attend.

• Participants must use hand sanitiser prior to commencement and completion of any sanctioned activity.

• Face masks are to be worn by all attendees 12 years of age and older, including athletes when not competing, that is when they are not on the field of play.

• A “Get in, Train/Compete, Get Out” approach to sanctioned activities.

• If a parent/guardian or athlete feels unwell, they are not to attend competition or training until they feel well and have no symptoms.

• If the COVID Safe Official, coach or committee member observes a parent/guardian or athlete is unwell, the parent/guardian and athlete will be required to return home immediately.

Venue:

• Access to change rooms and toilets is permitted.

• Access to clubrooms and pavilions is not permitted prior to 11.59pm on 8th November 2020.

• Face masks are to be worn by all attendees 12 years of age and older, including athletes when not competing, that is when they are not on the field of play.

• Canteens are permitted to operate in accordance with ‘Accommodation and food services sector guidelines’.

• A regular and thorough cleaning schedule to disinfect all common areas and high touch surfaces will be maintained.

• The toilets must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before and after each competition and training session.

Competition & Training:

• Athletes are encouraged to bring their own water bottles, towels and other personal items to avoid sharing where possible.

• Competition (track and field events) cannot exceed 10 athletes at a time. Officials & volunteers conducting the event are in addition to the athletes.

• Training (track & field events) group sizes cannot exceed 10 athletes at a time. Coaches & volunteers conducting the event are in addition to the athletes.

• Field events: athletes must maintain 1.5m physical distancing while waiting for their attempts.

• Track events: physical distancing of 1.5m between athletes is not required while competing (i.e. standing at start line and during the race).

• Attendees should avoid all contact with others, such as handshaking and giving high fives.

• For Competition & training, athletes will be required to only use the equipment allocated to them unless they supply their own.

• Participants must use hand sanitiser prior to commencement and completion of any sanctioned activity.

Further information can be found on the Little Athletics Victoria website :

KLAC (Online) Annual General Meeting - Thursday 7th May at 7.30pm

While we normally hold our AGM during our Centre Championships, these championships were not held this year.

So we have rescheduled our AGM to Thursday 7th May at 7.30pm - as a Zoom meeting, via the details below.

Join with Google Meet

meet.google.com/mqq-zygi-ywu

Join by phone

‪+61 3 8594 6848‬ PIN: ‪985 602 536‬#

Or dial in: +61 3 7018 2005 - Meeting ID: 836 5570 8886, Password: 485056

KLAC Presentation Day! Full list of results found here

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The full list of results are found via the button below.

You can watch the Presentation Day live feed again via this link - https://youtu.be/Vgb6NVdT1eo

Picking up of medals and trophies

Sorry, but at this stage no one will be able to pick up medals or trophies.

This is in line with the directives of the Federal and Victorian governments to avoid all non-essential activities.

1920/20 KLAC Track and Field season has now ended.

Following in from the corona virus crises, the Centre Championships have been cancelled, and the Presentation Day has been postponed until a more suitable date. We may end up changing the format of this.

At this stage, no decision has been made on the cross-country season, but this may be delayed or cancelled.

We thank you for your support of the club this past season, and we look forward to the resumption of the sport when this is possible.

Northern Metro Region Track and Filed Carnival 2020

What a Huge weekend Keilor Little Athletics Club had this weekend hosting the NMR Track and Field Carnival. We hosted athletes from eight other clubs at our track to compete in all events for a chance to compete at States in March.

The effort, not only by the committee members but so many of our Keilor families before the day and over the weekend ensuring the all was ready for the NMR was incredible. We had parents fulfilling athletics duties - race  starting/ discus/ long jump/ medal presentations, running the canteen, cooking the BBQ, cleaning clubrooms, making sandwiches, setting up marquees & equipment, pressure hosing all the mud from paths on Saturday evening and packing it all up on Sunday afternoon.  A HUGE Thank You - you are what makes this club so special.

And, then we have our amazing  ninety athletes,  striving in all events for the personal bests and claiming so many medals along the way. Competing in the rain on Saturday did not deter our athletes with many still gaining PB’s in the track events on a rain soaked track. It was great to see some sunshine on Sunday and it seemed to lift our athletes’ spirits and improve their performances.

As you will have seen in the photos on our Facebook page so much determination from all our athletes to succeed.

Congratulations to all our wonderful athletes on their great performances.

Overall Team Keilor achieved:

• 28 GOLD 

• SILVER

• 36 BRONZE  

• 3rd overall in the Team results

Special congratulations to all our U/16 athletes who competed in their final  NMR competition.  Great to see continued support and leadership from these aspiring athletes, with all of them gaining at least one medal.

Abby Cain        Lucas Leong       Ebony Mangion Jackson Mc Menamin        

  Maddison Reynolds      Michelle Spurrell Teagan Walshe      

Fantastic effort by all our medal winners.

Jackson Mc Menamin       U/16              3 Gold, 1 Silver

Lucas Leong                         U/16              1 Gold, 1 Silver

Maddison Reynolds           U/16              1 Gold, 1 Bronze

Ebony Mangion                  U/16              1 Silver, 1 Bronze

Michelle Spurrell                U/16              1 Bronze

Abby Cain                             U/16              1 Bronze

Teagan Walshe                   U/16              1 Bronze

Maire McEvoy                     U/15              1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze            

Sajidian Haider                    U/15              2 Silver

Ariel Melnik                         U/15              1 Bronze

Kristian Barresi                   U/15              1 Bronze

Chanachai Kankratok        U/14              1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze

Marco Spagnuolo               U/14               1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze

Dilan Egodawatte               U/14              2 Gold

Max Busuttil                        U/14               2 Gold

Brianna Mastin                   U/14              3 Silver, 1 Bronze

Susana Siale                         U/14              2 Bronze

Samuel Scodella                 U/14              1 Bronze

Noah Mc Menamin            U/13              1 Gold, 1 Silver 2 Bronze

Connor  Muse                      U/13              1 Gold, 1 Silver

Sukhnoor Rangi                  U/13              1 Gold

Khushnoor Rangi                U/13              1 Gold

Dakota Reynolds                U/13              3 Silver

Finn Daffey                          U/13              1 Silver, 2 Bronze

Ethan Stegehius                  U/13              2 Bronze

Damon Aguis                       U/13              1 Bronze

Cianah Dal Ben                    U/13              1 Bronze

William Hurt            U/12              1 Gold, 2 Silver

Alicia Gec                              U/12               1 Gold, 2 Silver

Coleen Egan                         U/12              2 Silver

Mark Mavrakis                    U/12              1 Silver, 1 Bronze

Cooper Matthews              U/12              1 Silver

Noah Maffia                        U/12              2 Bronze      

Zulqarnain Haider              U/11              3 Gold, 1 Silver

Lachlan Fabbri                     U/11              1 Gold, 1 Bronze    

Leila Stegehuis                    U/11              2 Sliver, 1 Bronze

Abigail Pellow                      U/11              2 Bronze

Brandon Cvetanoski          U/11              1 Bronze

Sienna Gec                           U/10               2 Gold, 1 Silver

Tayissa Kekoc                      U/10              1 Gold, 3 Silver

Nate Pokorzynski               U/10              1 Gold, 2 Silver

Hannah Gec                         U/10              2 Silver

Archie Seidel                        U/10               1 Silver, 1 Bronze

Michael Sayed                    U/10              1 Silver

Oliver Sobell                        U/10              1 Silver

Prabhpreet Rangi               U/10              1 Bronze

Phoenix Cotsis                     U/9                2 Gold           

Charlotte Pellow                 U/9                1 Silver, 1 Bronze  

Evan Manefield                   U/9                 1 Silver, 1 Bronze

Charlie De Bono                  U/9                 1 Silver         

Once again congratulations to all our Athletes - Keilor LAC is very proud of you.

We look forward to cheering many of you on at the State event in March 

GO TEAM KEILOR!

STATE COMBINED EVENT, 1st & 2nd February

Congratulations to our State Champions

SIENNA GEC U/10 and FRANK MAZZA U/15   

     SIENNA GEC U/10

This is the 2nd Year in a row Sienna has won this competition.  On Saturday Sienna competed against over 80 other athletes from around the state. A great show of continued development and stamina over the past 12 months. Go Girl!

FRANK MAZZA U/15

For Frank, he is continuing his dominance in Multi event competitions. Earlier in the season, Frank won the State Senior Aths U/15 Title in the Athletics Victoria Vic Multi-event Championships in Bendigo achieving a State record. Frank is heading to America soon to compete in the Simplot Games and will compete in the Australian National Event in Sydney later in the year. A fantastic achievement Frank - wish you Good Luck.

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In total thirty athletes represented Keilor Athletics Club at the State Combined Events over the weekend at Lakeside Stadium.

The Combined Events consist of five events for U/9 – U/13 athletes and six events for the U/14’s and seven events for U/15 & U/16 athletes. The Combined competition requires strength in a variety of disciplines and endurance to compete over a long time. Each athlete competes in all events and points are awarded for each event. At the end of the day, points are then tallied for an overall winner.

It was great to see so many athletes attend this Combined event, many for the first time. Our athletes showed a strong determination to strive towards personal best performances and work hard all day, especially in their final event, the 800m.

Congratulations to all of our Keilor athletes.

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U/9’s

Charlotte Pellow

Charlie DeBono

Yasr Hannie

U/10’s

Hannah Gec

Sienna Gec

Tayissa Kekoc

Nate Pokorzynski

Prabhpreet Rangi

Michael Sayed

Oliver Sobell

U/11’s

Abigail Pellow

Brandon Cvetanoski

James Darmanin

Jamie Postregna

U/12’s

Kiara Boyd

Alicia Gec

Liam Fagone-Lazita

Marcus Franze

Mitchell Iannello

Mark Mavrakis

Lucas Scerri

Luca Vella

U/13’s

Finn Daffey

Noah McMenamin

Sukhnoor Rangi

Khushnoor Rangi

U/14’s

Jasmine Galang

U/15’s

Maire McEvoy

Frank Mazza

U/16’s

Maddison Reynolds

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Fantastic results Team Keilor – Hope to see more of our athletes try this event next season.

Please see our Facebook page for some photos of our State Champions and other Keilor athletes.

Keilor Gift - U12 Handicap race, Saturday 15th Feb - Winners announced!

Updated 15 February 2020 - Winners announced!

Congratulations to our 2020 Keilor Gift U12 winners Roman Muse and Charli Mangan. As always it was a tight race, but Roman and Charli pulled that little extra out to cross the line first in their races.

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Many people would have heard of the Stawell Gift, a famous handicap running race held in Stawell every Easter. In fact, this is one of a series of such races, including the Keilor Gift, which will be held next Saturday at the Keilor Football Club.

As part of this, the Keilor Gift holds an U12 handicap event for both girls and boys, and our club invites our U12 (and U11) athletes to participate.

The list below shows the Keilor athletes who will be participating, and the distances that they will start of - we thank all athletes and their families for representing Keilor.

To read the table, if we take the Boys race for example, Noah and Antoinee will start at 0 Metres (run the full race), while Connon Prendergast will start 15m in front of him. The aim of the handicapper is that all of the athletes finish at the same time - last year it was a very close and exciting finish, so hopefully we get the same this year.

In both the boys and girls races, the last listed athlete (in italics) is the emergency, in case one of the top 8 cannot compete.

Boys Under 12 (some athletes are under 11)

Girls Under 12 (and U11)

We wish all athletes the best of luck on the day! - anyone can win this race…….

Results from Keilor Essendon Challenge are now available.

Check out the link below

KLAC 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner - Friday 7th Feb 2020, from 7pm. Tickets SOLD OUT

50 years ago this summer, a group of people came together to form Keilor Little Athletics - and we think that both this, and the 50 years of effort and achievement since then, are well worth celebrating.

And we are going to do this on Friday 7th February 2020 at 7pm, with a special dinner at lakeside Banquet & Convention Centre in. Taylors Lakes . This will include a 3-course meal with beer, wine or soft drinks, and music entertainment. This should be a great night as the past and current officials and parents come together to celebrate 50 years of helping young people grow as athletes and people.

Tickets are now SOLD OUT - Thank to all whom have supported this event.

Any questions? Contact (KLAC past president) Sam Barbuto on 0415 688 674, or current president Wayne Mangion on 0410 406 708.

Where?

The location of the Lakeside Banquet & Convention Centre in Taylors Lakes is shown below.