Maya Piras stormed into the final of the under 18 girls 100m hurdles at the Australian All Schools Championships in Perth on Saturday.
Maya was a close second in her heat and goes into tomorrow’s final as third fastest qualifier.
Maya Piras stormed into the final of the under 18 girls 100m hurdles at the Australian All Schools Championships in Perth on Saturday.
Maya was a close second in her heat and goes into tomorrow’s final as third fastest qualifier.
Maya Piras will contest her first Australian All Schools championships in Perth this weekend.
The Dubbo athlete, who does her hurdles training with the Ron Bendall squad via correspondence, will represent NSW in the girls under 18 years 100m hurdles.
Dave Turner and Caerl Murray went one-two in the men’s 40+ years 100m at Northern Zone competition on Saturday at Rotary Field.
It continued Dave’s remarkable improvement since returning to athletics earlier this season at the age of 43 years.
Pascale La Hei ran her best 400m of the season at Saturday’s Treloar Shield competition at SOPAC.
She convincingly won her heat of the open women’s race in season’s best time.
Fellow Ron Bendall squad member Jacob Orr also ran a good 100m, finishing third in his heat of the open men’s race.
Steph Potter has been named Sydney International Grammar School’s Sportswoman of the year.
The Ron Bendall squad member also received the Senior Athletics Award and the Cox Prize for the Year 12 student who maintained a high level of academic and sport achievement during the final year of high school.
At the NSW Relays Champion ships at Campbelltown on the weekend, Ron Bendall squad athletes:
State record:
Club records:
Gold medals:
Silver medals:
Bronze medals:
Ron Bendall squad members Kai Zhe Tan and Sam Holmes with their under 14 years 4x100m teammates Angus and Matthew Hunt at Campbelltown on Sunday
The records continued to tumble for Ron Bendall squad athletes on Day 2 of the NSW Relays Championships at Campbelltown.
Ashley McMahon was a member of the UTS Norths team which won gold and broke the club record in the men’s 200+ years 4x200m.
And Ryan Dowling was in the UTS Norths team which set club records in the men’s 120+ years, 160+ years and 200+ years hammer throw teams event.
Other Ron Bendall squad members to also excelled.
Record breakers . . . Dave Turner, Ken Elias and Ashley McMahon with coach Ron Bendall at Campbelltown on Saturday
Monique Perry and Janet Naylon shared in a State record on Day 1 of the NSW Relays Championships at Campbelltown.
Janet ran the first leg and Monique the second in the UTS Norths team in the women’s 200+ years 4x100m.
And Dave Turner, Ken Elias and Ashley McMahon entered the UTS Norths record books when they blitzed the field in the men’s 160+ years 4x200m relay.
They joined a host of Ron Bendall squad members who won gold, silver and bronze medals for their club.
Ron Bendall squad sprinters were close to their personal bests despite running on grass in Saturday’s Northern Zone competition at Rotary Field on Saturday.
Monique Perry set the trend winning the women’s 40+ years 60m in fast time just outside her club record. Monique also won the 200m.
Koray Kirk won the open men’s 60m and Ken Elias took out the men’s 30+ years 60m.
In the men’s 40+ years 60m, squad members completed the trifecta with Ashley McMahon winning from David Turner and Caerl Murray.
Kai Zhe Tan won both the under 12 years boys 60m and 200m. He also took out the high jump and triple jump.
Janet Naylon was third in the women’s 50+ years 60m as well as second in the shot put..
Maria Cimino won the women’s 40+ years shot put, discus and weight throw.
David Turner was second in the men’s 40+ years shot put.
Four Ron Bendall squad athletes ran personal best times in far from ideal conditions in Treloar Shield competition at SOPAC on Saturday.
Jasmin Guthrie lopped five seconds off her pb when finishing third in her heat of the open women’s 800m.
Curtis Kingsmill also excelled in the open men’s 800m, taking two seconds off his pb.
Koray Kirk ran a personal best in winning his heat of the open men’s 200m while masters athlete Ken Elias turned back time to his teenage years to equal his 200m pb.
Kirk also won his heat of the open men’s 60m, while Elias was third in his.
Other squad members to run well included Bella Guthrie who was third in the open women’s 400m hurdles; Xin Min Tan who won her heat of the open women’s 200m and was second in her heat of the 60m; Ryan Dowling who was third in his heat of the 60m and third in his heat of the 800m.