Results 2015
2015 QUEENSLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS
LILLI BURDON broke two state records, one from 1987, while JUSTIN CURRIE bettered a 24 year-old record at in the state championships , Oct.22-5, at QE11. We won 14 of a possible 36 middle distance gold medals (40%) and an equal-record 34 medals all up
GOLD
Lilli Burdon 17yrs 1500m 4.28 (REC)
Lilli Burdon 16/17yrs 3000m 9.35 (REC)
Brodie Modini 17yrs 1500m 3.56
Cara Feain-Ryan 16/17yrs steeple 6.56
Cara Feain-Ryan 16yrs 1500m 4.39
Issi Burdon 16yrs 800m 2.13
Callum Davies 16yrs 800m 1.57
Lachlan Cowley 16yrs 1500m 3.59
Courtney Thwaites 15yrs 800m 2.11
Justin Currie 15yrs 800m 1.55 (REC)
Lara Crouch 14yrs 1500m 4.35
Elle Rutherford 13yrs 800m 2.14
Mackenzey Ormiston 13yrs 1500m 4.39
Lily Dolton 18/19yrs 1500m 5.04
SILVER
India Williams 16yrs 1500m 4.43
Callum Davies 16yrs 1500m 4.01
Courtney Thwaites 15yrs 1500m 4.39
Justin Currie 15yrs 1500m 4.07
Elin Walters 13/15yrs steeple 7.13
Leah Simpson 14yrs 800m 2.12
Ellie Ryan 13yrs 800m 2.15
Ellie Ryan 13yrs 1500m 4.41
Trent Darbyshire 13yrs 800m 2.07
Lily Dolton 18/19yrs 3000m 11.15
Jayden Waldron 18/19yrs steeple 6.55
Daniel Bounty AWD 1500m n.a.
BRONZE
Jazmin Smith 15yrs 800m 2.13
Courtney Thwaites 13/15yrs steeple 7.20
Lara Crouch 14yrs 800m 2.14
Jack Salcedo 14yrs 1500m 4.17
Amelia Mabarrack 18/19yrs 1500m 5.07
Amelia Mabarrack 18/19yrs 3000m 11.29
Daniel Bounty AWD 800m 2.33
Alex Olders AWD 1500m n.a.
ANNA JONES and MAICEY LYNCH won 800m golds at the Queensland Primary Schools Championships in Townsville on Oct16-17 Seven of our runners made the Nationals:
GOLD Anna Jones 12yrs 800m 2.20;
Maicey Lynch 10yrs 800m 2.31;
Lara Pert 12yrs Multi-Event (800m) 2.31;
Ethan Smith 11yrs Multi-Event (800m) 2.27;
Trista Hockey 10yrs Mulit-Event (800m) 2.41.
SILVER Oscar Rutherford 11yrs Multi-Event (800m) 2.25
BRONZE Rebecca Webb 10yrs 800m 2.35
Rebecca Webb 10yrs Multi-Event (800m) 2.46
Also congratulations to our Sarah Champley (17yrs 400m) and Charlie Ormiston (AWD 200m) on their selection to represent NSW at National Schools.
2016 AUSTRALIAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 29 at Moonee Valley was cold with the odd sprinkle of rain, but nowhere near as bad as we expected. The course was flat and fast with little chance of recovery for those stuck at the back of the supposedly “fair” starting boxes. Four medals and five through to the World Interschool Cross-Country consolidated our position at the top of Australia’s junior squads. To put that in perspective, Victoria won seven junior medals and three of them came in one race! Our 13 year girls would’ve won the team gold medal had we competed as a State with five of them in the top 10.
GOLD Mackenzey Ormiston 13yrs 3000m 9.45
SILVER Justin Currie 14-15yrs 4000m 14.16
BRONZE Jacquie Soden U/20yrs 6000m 20.55
Lachlan Cook U/20 8000m 25.52
Off the track it’s fair to say St.Kildas’ Blue Fig was pillaged of every morsel of food, Acland Street cake shops did a roaring trade and Southern Cross Outlets/Vic Markets enjoyed a spike in trade.
Congratulations to our Lucinda and Lara Crouch, Issi Burdon, Brianna Campton and Alex Clements on their selection for the World Interschool Cross Country next year (Prague/Budapest/Vienna).
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State School Cross Country Championship action started with the NSW All-Schools held in icy conditions at Eastern Creek on July 17. The Sydney runners probably thought they’d take over after Mackenzey Ormiston relocated to Qld. Wrong! We just replaced one star with another:-
GOLD Morgan Mathews 13yrs 3000m 12.44
Finn Reece (5th/12yrs) and Casey O’Brien (13yrs) also made the NSW team for National Cross.
Two days later the newly-combined QUEENSLAND SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY took place at wind-blown Runaway Bay on a zig-zag course. Our 14-medal haul led all squads/clubs again and our 13 year girls won the trifecta:
GOLD Bradley Warnes 16yrs 6000m 20.24
Mackenzey Ormiston 13yrs 3000m 11.09
Dakota Farrell-Thomas 11yrs 3000m 11.52
Tayden Tomich 10yrs 2000m 8.01
Daniel Bounty AWD 3000m 12.47
SILVER Brodie Modini 17yrs 6000m 19.46
Lucinda Crouch 16yrs 4000m 14.54
Lara Crouch 14yrs 4000m 15.22
Alexander Stitt 13yrs 4000m 13.50
Chloe McLennan 13yrs 3000m 11.20
BRONZE Amelia Mabarrack 18yrs 6000m 23.53
Daisy Fahey 13yrs 3000m 11.25
Anna Jones 12yrs 3000m 11.47 Jack Partridge 12yrs 3000m 11.10
The state selectors also named Jayda Anderson (10yrs), Harrison Turner (11yrs), Tayla Behr, Ellie Ryan and Jaxon Paterson-Wright (13yrs), Bree Watson, Leah Simpson and Jack Salcedo (14yrs), Courtney Thwaites (15yrs), India Williams, Cara Feain-Ryan and Thwane Fouche (16yrs) and Lilli Burdon (17yrs) for the Nationals at Melbourne’s Moonee Valley Racecourse on Aug.29. Brianna Campton, Alex Clements and Issi Burdon (along with Lara and Lucinda) will also race in what is the World Interschool Cross-Country Trial at the Nationals.
The final State Cross Country championships was the Queensland Juniors and Open at hilly Limestone Park on a warmish August 1. Nine medals saw us lead the pack, with another sixteen nominating for state team selection.
GOLD JacquieSoden U20 6000m 20.55
Tayla Behr U14 3000m 10.27
Dakota Farrell-Thomas U12 2000m 7.43
SILVER Lachlan Cook U20 8000m 24.43
Natasha Yates 35-44yrs 8000m 35.03
Brianna Campton U16 4000m 15.10
Justin Currie U16 4000m 13.05
Emma-Kate Watt U12 2000m 7.52
Kyah Anderson U10 1000m 3.46
BRONZE Bree Watson U16 4000m 15.18
Selected on the Qld Heat team are:
13yrs Isabelle Gordon, Mackenzie Cullinane, Elin Walters,
Will O’Meara, Oliver Cronin
14/15yrs Christabel Kingdon, Katey Brassey, Justin Currie
Conor Oslington-Elliot, Tom Courtney, Kobi Rutherford
Daniel Bounty
16/17yrs April Scurr, Callum Davies, Lachlan Cowley, Marlie Campton
U20yrs Jacquie Soden, Lily Dolton, Kristy Rigby, Lachlan Cook
Jeremy Briggs, Jordan Pizzica
Open James Turner, Jayden Waldron
Congratulations all, and Victorians, here we come!
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The postponed QUEENSLAND ALL-SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS at Kedron on May 9 saw us capture 23 medals (30% of the total!), including 8 golds and the 13 year girls trifecta.
GOLD Amelia Mabarrack 18/19yrs 6km 25.30
Olivia Burdon 17yrs 4km 14.26
Brodie Modini 17yrs 6km 20.22
Isabella Burdon 16yrs 4km 15.29
Lara Crouch 14yrs 4km 15.29
Mackenzey Ormiston 13yrs 3km 10.51
Kody Hockey 8yrs 1km 3.54
Alexander Olders AWD 3km 12.20
SILVER Thwane Fouche 16yrs 4km 15.33
Bradley Warnes 16yrs 6km 21.22
Lucinda Crouch 15yrs 4km 15.28
Justin Currie 15yrs 4km 13.43
Tayla Behr 13yrs 3km 11.10
Anna Jones 12yrs 3km 11.45
Dakota Farrell-Thomas 11yrs 3km 11.49
Emily Olders 9yrs 1500m 6.15
Kyah Anderson 8yrs 1km 3.51
BRONZE Lily Dolton 18/19yrs 6km 26.27
Courtney Thwaites 15yrs 4km 15.33
Leah Simpson 14yrs 4km 15.58
Ellie Ryan 13yrs 3km 11.14
Jack Partridge 12yrs 3km 11.06
Emily Dreyzin-Howell 9yrs 1500m 6.17
With 6 individual Australian champions and eight silver medals, it’s safe to say we were again the No.1 middle distance squad at the Junior Nationals in Sydney on March 11-15. Taking the U/14 girls 1500m quinella was a rare feat. Other highlights included beanbag slides, watching Rudisha’s warmup (endless jog laps and combo drills) and a photo-ambush of Jack Hale by three of our girls at the airport.
GOLD Olivia Burdon U/18 1500m 4.26
Brodie Modini U/18 1500m 4.03
Lucinda Crouch U/16 2km steeple 6.57
Lara Crouch U/15 1500m 4.39
Mackenzey Ormiston U/14 1500m 4.47
Daniel Bounty AWD 1500m 5.19 (88%)
SILVER Olivia Burdon U/18 3000m 9.41
April Scurr U/17 3000m 10.12
Lucinda Crouch U/16 3000m 9.57
Justin Currie U/16 3000m 9.02
Lara Crouch U/15 800m 2.14
Elle Rutherford U/14 800m 2.14
Ellie Ryan U/14 1500m 4.51
Daniel Bounty AWD 800m 2.36 (84%)
Also congratulations to Amelia Schofield for her bronze medal in the U/15 girls 3000m walk, racing up an age and 1min-plus PB.
MACKENZEY ORMISTON earned selection for the Little Athletics Nationals (Perth, April 26) after her two medals at State in Brisbane on March 21-22. Our U/9 girls provided us a rare quadrella in the 800m with EMILY OLDERS fourth behind the medallists pictured on the front page.
GOLD Jake Lemke U/15 800m 2.11
Mackenzey Ormiston U/13 1500m 4.49
Lara Pert U/12 800m 2.28
Emma-Kate Watt U/11 800m 2.39
Maicey Lynch U/10 800m 2.44
Rebecca Webb U/9 800m 2.42*
*State Record
SILVER Courtney Thwaites U/15 800m 2.19
(2.18/Pentathlon)
Courtney Thwaites U/15 1500m 4.54
Mackenzey Ormiston U/13 800m 2.27
Emma-Kate Watt U/11 1500m 5.20
Tayden Tomich U/9 800m 2.44*
*Also broke State Record
BRONZE Isabella Schofield U/13 1500m 5.06
Amelia Schofield U/12 1500m 5.20
Dakota Farrell-Thomas U/11 800m 2.40
Dakota Farrell-Thomas U/11 1500m 5.24
Anika Clarke U/9 800m 2.51
Also congratulations to our race walking gold medallists Amelia Schofield, Scarlett Schofield and Adam Buchhorn.
The Queensland Junior Track Championships brought us a record 39 medal bonanza at QSAC on Feb 26 – March 1. This was up on last year’s record 32 medals and as a result QAA named 39 of our runners in it’s Heat team for the Nationals in Sydney Mach 11 – 15. Other highlights included Border Striders taking every girls 1500m except the U20’s, and the 1500 / 3000m U17 girls trifecta.
GOLD Lachlan Cook U20 5000m 14.55
Brodie Modini U20 1500m 3.55
Jordan Pizzica U20 3km steeple 10.29
Marlie Campton U18 1500m 5.18
Cara Feain-Ryan U17 3000m 10.15
India Williams U17 1500m 4.50
Justin Currie U16 3000m 9.14
Hugh Williamson U16 2km steeple 6.44
Lucinda Crouch U16 3000m 10.12
Lucinda Crouch U16 2km steeple 7.19
Courtney Thwaites U16 1500m 4.50
Courtney Thwaites U16 800m 2.14
Lara Crouch U15 1500m 4.51
Lara Crouch U16 800m 2.16
Mackenzey Ormiston U15 3000m 10.13
Mackenzey Ormiston U14 1500m 4.49
Elle Rutherford U14 800m 2.18
Daniel Bountry AWD 1500m 5.32
Daniel Bounty AWD 800m 2.42
SILVER Emily Beston U18 2km steeple 7.56
Sarah Champley U18 800m 2.15
Thwane Fouche U17 2km steeple 7.35
April Scurr U17 3000m 10.21
April Scurr U17 1500m 4.50
Lachlan Cowley U17 1500m 4.16
Justin Currie U16 1500m 4.18
Jazmin Smith U16 800m 2.18
Brianna Campton U15 800m 2.18
Ellie Ryan U14 1500m 4.54
Ellie Ryan U14 800m 2.22
BRONZE Lachlan Cook U20 1500m 3.57
John Lean U20 800m 1.56
Jayden Waldron U20 3km steeple 11.00
Marlie Campton U18 800m 2.19
Thwane Fouche U17 3000m 10.29
Thwane Fouche U17 1500m 4.56
Callum Davies U17 1500m 4.16
Callum Davies U17 800m 2.02
Bronte Thompson U16 3000m 10.45
Congratulations also to Jasmine Hayes who won the 200m hurdles, and to Adam Bucchorn and Amelia Schofield who won state U14 race walk titles. Adam’s win is the first time in Queensland that the victory has gone to an 11 year old!