Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics

The Centre held a Twilight Meet last Friday evening due to the Region Relays being held on the Saturday. Athletes completed a modified program of 4 events each. Three Centre records were broken. Mackenzie Estlick bettered her own previous record in the Girls Under 16 100m running a new time of 13.17 secs. Mackenzie then backed up with a record of 26.46 secs in the 200m. In the same race, Emma Stewart set a new record of 29.79 secs for the Girls Under 17.

An amazing 320 PBs were recorded for the evening. A fantastic achievement, considering athletes only competed in four events. PB Stars of the Week were awarded to Mackenzie Estlick, Emma Stewart, Evie White, Angad Aujla, Kai Mills, Harrison Lovett, Jaz Ferreira, Alex Lloyd, Elise Holland, Sofia Tiricola, Caleb Hurst, Cormac Prentice and Paige Folley; recording PBs in all their events.

Prior to competition commencing, awards from last week’s Centre Combined Event were presented to age group award winners. The winners were presented with trophies while 2nd and 3rd placegetters received medallions. All competitors received a Participation Certificate with full results.

The Centre also celebrated Coles Community Round. Athletes were encouraged to wear Coles related dress or just something red for a chance to win 1 of 10 Coles vouchers. This was a great way to celebrate Little Athletics Australia’s partnership and provide the kids with something slightly different to the normal weekly program. Best dressed awards were presented to Isabelle Conroy, Evelyn Grant, Victoria Hannam, Genevieve Winfield, Molly Shea, Paige Foley, Lola Parsons, Remy Rowe, Tait Ash & Annalise Winfield.

On Saturday, 50 teams (61 athletes) represented BMLAC at the Western Metro Region Relay Carnival held at Melton City Athletics track. Three teams (Girls U11 4×200, Medley & Mixed U14 4×100) have now automatically qualified for the State Championships to be held at Lakeside Stadium on Saturday 16 December. With a large number of 2nd & 3rd places and some very close finishes, athletes will be anxiously awaiting progressions. Little Athletics Victoria will announce these later this week.