The highlight (for me) of last weekend's Vets Championships was Maria O'Reilly's W50 1500 record. See the blog dated 25 January (in the archives) for a profile of Maria. In that post I said how difficult it was going to be to break any of the records in such a competitive age group. Well, she's done it in the 1500, and on a very hot day too, running virtually by herself.
As far as I know, this is Maria's first individual record.
ACT Veterans Track and Field Championships - full results (so there!)
Day 1 – Friday, March 11
100m Hurdles
W30 Penny Paabo 19.16
Discus
M35 John Donovan 20.72m
M40 Grant Edwards 37.74m
M55 Bob Banens 40.84m
M60 Ray Green 49.87m (ACT rec), John Payne 28.23m, Robin Whyte 24.40m
M65 Attila Spaits 35.09m, Don Fraser 31.64m, Christopher Yardley 19.32m
M75 John Burns 16.41m, Rad Leovic 15.95m
M80 Ewen Drummond 17.71m
W40 Jayne Hardy 35.07m
W55 Trish Thomas 21.24m
W60 Raylea Rudov 20.72m, Jan Banens 19.35m
W65 Jenny Bourke 20.87m
5000m Race Walk
M40 Mark Worrall 28:59.68,
M45 Lachlan Wilkinson 27:24.12
M50 Dez Wildwood 32:05.89
M60 Robin Whyte 28:31.65, Geoff Barker33:53.61
M65 Terry Munro 36:16.15
W45 Debbie Cowell 31:12.43
W60 Val Chesterton 37:34.34
80m Hurdles
M75 Rad Leovic 23.91
100m Hurdles
M50 Conrad Burge 16.06
M65 Don Fraser 19.89
110m Hurdles
M35 Rasalinkam Seeniya 21.68, John Donovan 23.38
Triple Jump
M30 Robert Gerrard 11.09m
M35 Rasalinkam Seeniya 10.22m, John Donovan 8.82m
M40 Andrew Endall 11.57m
M65 Don Fraser 9.41m (ACT rec), Ray Bramwell 8.04m, Warwick Allen 7.03m
M75 Rad Leovic 7.12m
W60 Val Chesterton 5.79m
Long Jump
W60 Val Chesterton 2.81m
Day 2 – Saturday, March 12
100m
M30 Robert Gerrard 13.21
M35 Rasalinkam Seeniya 13.49, John Donovan 14.81
M40 Ken Gordon 12.28, Michael Rutter 13.11
M45 Leo Kennedy 12.05, Kevin Matthews 12.17, Martin Crowe 12.80, Nick Farley 14.20
M50 Conrad Burge 13.39
M55 Peter Gately 15.63
M60 John Payne 13.68, Michael Roche 15.19, Kevin de Smet 17.12
M65 Ray Bramwell 15.39, Christopher Yardley 18.14
M75 John Burns 17.36
W30 Penny Paabo 14.34
W35 Sue Dowling 13.60
W45 Vicki Matthews 14.12
W50 Marlene Reid 14.37, W50 Maureen Rossiter 15.08
W55 Jill Brown 16.41
W65 Consie Larmour 17.64
400m
M35 Rasalinkam Seeniya 1:02.83, John Donovan 1:10.09
M40 Ken Gordon 55.13, Andrew Endall 57.65, David Houghton 58.95, Michael Rutter 1:00.38
M45 John Morton 55.68, Kevin Matthews 58.22
M50 Philip White 56.55
M55 Geoff Sims 59.20, Neville Rodwell 1:07.58
M60 Michael Roche 1:10.87
M75 Rad Leovic 1:26.29, John Burns 1:38.28
W35 Jenny Brichacek 1:00.27
W45 Vicki Matthews 1:08.68
W50 Maureen Rossiter 1:09.67, Marlene Reid 1:09.73
W55 Jill Brown 1:19.04
W60 Francis Harris 1:22.82
W65 Consie Larmour 1:35.03
1500m
M35 John Donovan 6:15.24
M40 Andrew Endall 4:46.19
M45 John Morton 4:29.04, Paul Considine 4:44.36, Don Smith 5:14.86
M50 Ken White 5:06.51
M55 Kevin Chamberlain 5:01.24
M65 Tony Booth 5:41.51, Christopher Yardley 7:56.19
M75 Rad Leovic 7:56.19
W30 Penny Paabo 6:19.39
W35 Jenny Brichacek 4:45.97
W40 Joanne Webster 6:12.12
W45 Kathy Southgate 5:02.19
W50 Maria O'Reilly 5:28.49 (ACT rec), Kathy Sims 5:51.18
Hammer
M35 John Donovan 17.19m
M40 Grant Edwards 46.86m
M55 Bob Banens 38.40m
M60 Ray Green 43.70m, Robin Whyte 21.96m, Bryan Thomas 18.65m
M75 John Burns 20.09m
M80 Ewen Drummond 22.58m
W30 Penny Paabo 20.96m
W40 Jayne Hardy 42.53m
W55 Trish Thomas 25.79m
W60 Jan Banens 36.00m, Raylea Rudov28.18m
W65 Jenny Bourke 22.37m
W70 Mary Wahren 22.20m
Shot
M35 John Donovan 7.48m
M40 Grant Edwards 13.97m
M55 Bob Banens 11.60m, Tim Gulliver 7.88m
M60 Ray Green 13.00m, Bryan Thomas 7.78m, Robin Whyte 7.68m
M65 Don Fraser 9.17m
M80 Ewen Drummond 7.18m
M65 Christopher Yardley 6.41m
W30 Penny Paabo 9.63m
W40 Jayne Hardy 10.37m
W45 Vicki Matthews 7.87m
W50 Maureen Rossiter 6.61m
W55 Trish Thomas 8.56m
W60 Jan Banens 7.88m, Raylea Rudov 7.80m
W65 Jenny Bourke 8.20m (ACT rec)
W70 Mary Wahren 6.04m
High Jump
M35 John Donovan 1.40m
M55 Peter Gately 0.86m
M65 Ray Bramwell 1.23m
M75 Rad Leovic 1.10m
M80 Ewen Drummond 0.80m
Day 3 – Sunday, March 13
3000m Steeplechase
M40 Andrew Endall 12:04.83
M45 John Morton 12:02.20
2000m Steeplechase
M60 Geoff Barker 10:06.87
M65 Ray Bramwell 10:54.94, Chris Yardley 12:12.19
M75 Rad Leovic 12:08.90
1500m Race Walk
M50 Dez Wildwood 8:54.46
M55 Rod Gilchrist 10:01.58
M60 Robin Whyte 8:12.46, Geoff Barker 9:11.66, Bryan Thomas 9:14.01
M65 Terry Munro 10:14.63
W35 Lisa Wilson, 7:40.79
W60 Val Chesterton 10:44.09
800m
M35 John Dovovan 3:51.89
M40 Andrewn Endall 2:13.57
M45 John Morton 2:07.25
M50 Phil White 2:13.35, Ken White 2:21.31
M55 Geoff Sims 2:21.54, Kevin Chamberlain 2:23.49
M65 Tony Booth 2:43.85
M75 Rad Leovic 3:01.91 (ACT Rec)
W35 Jenny Brichacek 2:15.80, Lisa Wilson 3:05.76
W45 Kathy Southgate 2:30.41 (ACT rec)
W50 Maureen Rossiter 2:54.07, Kathy Sims 2:55.84
300m Hurdles
M65 Ray Bramwell 1:03.67
M75 Rad Leovic 1:18.26
400m Hurdles
M50 Phil White 1:02.34 (ACT rec)
200m
M30 Robert Gerrard 27.91
M35 Rasa Seeniyar 27.44
M35 John Donovan 29.91
M40 Michael Rutter 26.41, David Houghton 27.62
M45 Leo Kennedy 24.66, Nick Farley 29.43
M50 Phil White 26.24, Pat Stakelum 27.74
M55 Peter Gately 37.51
M60 John Payne 27.92, Michael Roche 31.57
M65 Ray Bramwell 31.72, Chris Yardley 37.58
M75 Rad Leovic 36.04, John Burns 36.39
W30 Lynette Smith 27.73
W45 Vicki Matthews 29.50
W50 Maureen Rossiter 31.33
W55 Jill Brown 34.39
W65 Consie Larmour 37.67
W75 Gwen Gleeson 45.92 (Est ACT rec)
Heavy Weight
M40 Grant Edwards 14.58m
M45 Andrew Atkinson-Stewart 8.75m
M55 Bob Banens 14.69m
M60 Ray Green 16.23, Robin Whyte 9.52m
M80 Ewen Drummond 9.97m
W40 Jayne Hardy 13.30m
W55 Trish Thomas 9.21m
W60 Jan Banens 13.91, Raylea Rudov 13.45m
W65 Jen Bourke 10.53m
W70 Mary Wahren 7.40m
Pole Vault
M35 John Donovan 1.80m
W60 Val Chesterton 1.50m
High Jump
W30 Lynette Smith 1.48m
W60 Val Chesterton 1.00m
Long Jump
M30 Robert Gerrard 5.28m
M35 John Donovan 4.82, Rasa Seeniyar 4.17m
M40 Andrew Endall 4.82m
M45 Kevin Matthews 5.27m
M65 Ray Bramwell 3.54m, Christ Yardley 2.40m
M75 Rad Leovic 3.22m (ACT rec)
Javelin
M35 Rasa Seeniyar 27.74m, John Donovan 25.10m
M40 Grant Edwards 30.32m
M45 Andrew Atkinson-Stewart 41.00m, Kevin Matthews 35.36m
M55 Bob Banens 50.19m
M60 Ray Green 37.15, John Payne 29.14m, Robin Whyte 27.43m, Bryan Thomas 27.14
M65 Chris Yardley 17.20m
M80 Ewen Drummond 17.23m
W30 Lynette Smith 36.65m
W40 Jayne Hardy 36.86m
W45 Vicki Matthews 21.78m
W50 Maureen Rossiter 14.35m
W55 Trish Thomas 18.74m
W60 Fran Harris 22.78m, Jan Banens 21.32m, Raylea Rudov 18.74
W65 Jen Bourke 23.78m
W70 Mary Wahren 19.73
I did not attend as I had other commitments, although I did manage to fit in a run in the half marathon on Sunday morning - a very late decision! But the 5000 track won't be on until this Thursday evening and I hope to run in that.
As far as I know, this is Maria's first individual record.
ACT Veterans Track and Field Championships - full results (so there!)
Day 1 – Friday, March 11
100m Hurdles
W30 Penny Paabo 19.16
Discus
M35 John Donovan 20.72m
M40 Grant Edwards 37.74m
M55 Bob Banens 40.84m
M60 Ray Green 49.87m (ACT rec), John Payne 28.23m, Robin Whyte 24.40m
M65 Attila Spaits 35.09m, Don Fraser 31.64m, Christopher Yardley 19.32m
M75 John Burns 16.41m, Rad Leovic 15.95m
M80 Ewen Drummond 17.71m
W40 Jayne Hardy 35.07m
W55 Trish Thomas 21.24m
W60 Raylea Rudov 20.72m, Jan Banens 19.35m
W65 Jenny Bourke 20.87m
5000m Race Walk
M40 Mark Worrall 28:59.68,
M45 Lachlan Wilkinson 27:24.12
M50 Dez Wildwood 32:05.89
M60 Robin Whyte 28:31.65, Geoff Barker33:53.61
M65 Terry Munro 36:16.15
W45 Debbie Cowell 31:12.43
W60 Val Chesterton 37:34.34
80m Hurdles
M75 Rad Leovic 23.91
100m Hurdles
M50 Conrad Burge 16.06
M65 Don Fraser 19.89
110m Hurdles
M35 Rasalinkam Seeniya 21.68, John Donovan 23.38
Triple Jump
M30 Robert Gerrard 11.09m
M35 Rasalinkam Seeniya 10.22m, John Donovan 8.82m
M40 Andrew Endall 11.57m
M65 Don Fraser 9.41m (ACT rec), Ray Bramwell 8.04m, Warwick Allen 7.03m
M75 Rad Leovic 7.12m
W60 Val Chesterton 5.79m
Long Jump
W60 Val Chesterton 2.81m
Day 2 – Saturday, March 12
100m
M30 Robert Gerrard 13.21
M35 Rasalinkam Seeniya 13.49, John Donovan 14.81
M40 Ken Gordon 12.28, Michael Rutter 13.11
M45 Leo Kennedy 12.05, Kevin Matthews 12.17, Martin Crowe 12.80, Nick Farley 14.20
M50 Conrad Burge 13.39
M55 Peter Gately 15.63
M60 John Payne 13.68, Michael Roche 15.19, Kevin de Smet 17.12
M65 Ray Bramwell 15.39, Christopher Yardley 18.14
M75 John Burns 17.36
W30 Penny Paabo 14.34
W35 Sue Dowling 13.60
W45 Vicki Matthews 14.12
W50 Marlene Reid 14.37, W50 Maureen Rossiter 15.08
W55 Jill Brown 16.41
W65 Consie Larmour 17.64
400m
M35 Rasalinkam Seeniya 1:02.83, John Donovan 1:10.09
M40 Ken Gordon 55.13, Andrew Endall 57.65, David Houghton 58.95, Michael Rutter 1:00.38
M45 John Morton 55.68, Kevin Matthews 58.22
M50 Philip White 56.55
M55 Geoff Sims 59.20, Neville Rodwell 1:07.58
M60 Michael Roche 1:10.87
M75 Rad Leovic 1:26.29, John Burns 1:38.28
W35 Jenny Brichacek 1:00.27
W45 Vicki Matthews 1:08.68
W50 Maureen Rossiter 1:09.67, Marlene Reid 1:09.73
W55 Jill Brown 1:19.04
W60 Francis Harris 1:22.82
W65 Consie Larmour 1:35.03
1500m
M35 John Donovan 6:15.24
M40 Andrew Endall 4:46.19
M45 John Morton 4:29.04, Paul Considine 4:44.36, Don Smith 5:14.86
M50 Ken White 5:06.51
M55 Kevin Chamberlain 5:01.24
M65 Tony Booth 5:41.51, Christopher Yardley 7:56.19
M75 Rad Leovic 7:56.19
W30 Penny Paabo 6:19.39
W35 Jenny Brichacek 4:45.97
W40 Joanne Webster 6:12.12
W45 Kathy Southgate 5:02.19
W50 Maria O'Reilly 5:28.49 (ACT rec), Kathy Sims 5:51.18
Hammer
M35 John Donovan 17.19m
M40 Grant Edwards 46.86m
M55 Bob Banens 38.40m
M60 Ray Green 43.70m, Robin Whyte 21.96m, Bryan Thomas 18.65m
M75 John Burns 20.09m
M80 Ewen Drummond 22.58m
W30 Penny Paabo 20.96m
W40 Jayne Hardy 42.53m
W55 Trish Thomas 25.79m
W60 Jan Banens 36.00m, Raylea Rudov28.18m
W65 Jenny Bourke 22.37m
W70 Mary Wahren 22.20m
Shot
M35 John Donovan 7.48m
M40 Grant Edwards 13.97m
M55 Bob Banens 11.60m, Tim Gulliver 7.88m
M60 Ray Green 13.00m, Bryan Thomas 7.78m, Robin Whyte 7.68m
M65 Don Fraser 9.17m
M80 Ewen Drummond 7.18m
M65 Christopher Yardley 6.41m
W30 Penny Paabo 9.63m
W40 Jayne Hardy 10.37m
W45 Vicki Matthews 7.87m
W50 Maureen Rossiter 6.61m
W55 Trish Thomas 8.56m
W60 Jan Banens 7.88m, Raylea Rudov 7.80m
W65 Jenny Bourke 8.20m (ACT rec)
W70 Mary Wahren 6.04m
High Jump
M35 John Donovan 1.40m
M55 Peter Gately 0.86m
M65 Ray Bramwell 1.23m
M75 Rad Leovic 1.10m
M80 Ewen Drummond 0.80m
Day 3 – Sunday, March 13
3000m Steeplechase
M40 Andrew Endall 12:04.83
M45 John Morton 12:02.20
2000m Steeplechase
M60 Geoff Barker 10:06.87
M65 Ray Bramwell 10:54.94, Chris Yardley 12:12.19
M75 Rad Leovic 12:08.90
1500m Race Walk
M50 Dez Wildwood 8:54.46
M55 Rod Gilchrist 10:01.58
M60 Robin Whyte 8:12.46, Geoff Barker 9:11.66, Bryan Thomas 9:14.01
M65 Terry Munro 10:14.63
W35 Lisa Wilson, 7:40.79
W60 Val Chesterton 10:44.09
800m
M35 John Dovovan 3:51.89
M40 Andrewn Endall 2:13.57
M45 John Morton 2:07.25
M50 Phil White 2:13.35, Ken White 2:21.31
M55 Geoff Sims 2:21.54, Kevin Chamberlain 2:23.49
M65 Tony Booth 2:43.85
M75 Rad Leovic 3:01.91 (ACT Rec)
W35 Jenny Brichacek 2:15.80, Lisa Wilson 3:05.76
W45 Kathy Southgate 2:30.41 (ACT rec)
W50 Maureen Rossiter 2:54.07, Kathy Sims 2:55.84
300m Hurdles
M65 Ray Bramwell 1:03.67
M75 Rad Leovic 1:18.26
400m Hurdles
M50 Phil White 1:02.34 (ACT rec)
200m
M30 Robert Gerrard 27.91
M35 Rasa Seeniyar 27.44
M35 John Donovan 29.91
M40 Michael Rutter 26.41, David Houghton 27.62
M45 Leo Kennedy 24.66, Nick Farley 29.43
M50 Phil White 26.24, Pat Stakelum 27.74
M55 Peter Gately 37.51
M60 John Payne 27.92, Michael Roche 31.57
M65 Ray Bramwell 31.72, Chris Yardley 37.58
M75 Rad Leovic 36.04, John Burns 36.39
W30 Lynette Smith 27.73
W45 Vicki Matthews 29.50
W50 Maureen Rossiter 31.33
W55 Jill Brown 34.39
W65 Consie Larmour 37.67
W75 Gwen Gleeson 45.92 (Est ACT rec)
Heavy Weight
M40 Grant Edwards 14.58m
M45 Andrew Atkinson-Stewart 8.75m
M55 Bob Banens 14.69m
M60 Ray Green 16.23, Robin Whyte 9.52m
M80 Ewen Drummond 9.97m
W40 Jayne Hardy 13.30m
W55 Trish Thomas 9.21m
W60 Jan Banens 13.91, Raylea Rudov 13.45m
W65 Jen Bourke 10.53m
W70 Mary Wahren 7.40m
Pole Vault
M35 John Donovan 1.80m
W60 Val Chesterton 1.50m
High Jump
W30 Lynette Smith 1.48m
W60 Val Chesterton 1.00m
Long Jump
M30 Robert Gerrard 5.28m
M35 John Donovan 4.82, Rasa Seeniyar 4.17m
M40 Andrew Endall 4.82m
M45 Kevin Matthews 5.27m
M65 Ray Bramwell 3.54m, Christ Yardley 2.40m
M75 Rad Leovic 3.22m (ACT rec)
Javelin
M35 Rasa Seeniyar 27.74m, John Donovan 25.10m
M40 Grant Edwards 30.32m
M45 Andrew Atkinson-Stewart 41.00m, Kevin Matthews 35.36m
M55 Bob Banens 50.19m
M60 Ray Green 37.15, John Payne 29.14m, Robin Whyte 27.43m, Bryan Thomas 27.14
M65 Chris Yardley 17.20m
M80 Ewen Drummond 17.23m
W30 Lynette Smith 36.65m
W40 Jayne Hardy 36.86m
W45 Vicki Matthews 21.78m
W50 Maureen Rossiter 14.35m
W55 Trish Thomas 18.74m
W60 Fran Harris 22.78m, Jan Banens 21.32m, Raylea Rudov 18.74
W65 Jen Bourke 23.78m
W70 Mary Wahren 19.73
I did not attend as I had other commitments, although I did manage to fit in a run in the half marathon on Sunday morning - a very late decision! But the 5000 track won't be on until this Thursday evening and I hope to run in that.
