Victorious Vics at Aus Champs in Tassie

The Australian Championships carnival in Tasmania kicked off on Good Friday with the Australian Sprint Champs.  A compact school campus was made more complicated with well thought out use of artificial barriers, and a maze to run through on approach to the final controls.  Courses were fast and furious, with most winning times at the shorter end of the scale.

Victorians took out the prestigious M21E class with Aston Key winning by 13 seconds. Stepping up onto the podium with third was Torren Arthur, just 18 seconds behind Aston – a great run by Torren.  With Patrick Jaffe taking 5th and Jensen Key 9th, the Vic Vikings made a fantastic start to the 4 day competition.  Not to be outdone, Milla Key comfortably won W20E, in exactly the same time as Aston – 12:17!

Other Victorian winners and placegetters were:

• First – Bruce Arthur, Warren Key, Tim Hatley, Heather O’Donnell, Helen Alexander, Alex Tarr, Lachlan Kent, Alison Skarbek, Emily Wardrop
• Second – Eddie Wymer, Morten Neve, Roch Prendergast, Adisa Kozma
• Third – Alison Radford, Tim Wardrop, Ted van Geldermalsen, Tony Radford, Dennis Trewin, Judy Prendergast

Full results, splits and Livelox

Day 2 was the Australian Middle Distance Champs, on a new granite map with plenty of contours.  M21E went to another Victorian, Kylian Wymer – what a great carnival the Vikings are having!  Patrick Jaffe had another top 10 finish, with 6th, as did Milla Key with 4th in W20E.

Other Victorian winners and placegetters were:

• First – Sue Key, Helen Alexander, Eddie Wymer, Cormac McCarthy, Alex Tarr, Alison Skarbek, August Kent
• Second – Ella Maja Lang, Amber Riddle, Libby Meeking, Morten Neve, Bruce Arthur, Ted van Geldermalsen, Lachlan Kent, Santiago Neve Medina
• Third – Anna Skarbek, Nicola Dalheim, Tim Hatley, Leigh Privett, Adisa Kozma

Full results, splits and Livelox

The medal rush for Victoria continued with the Australian Long Distance Championships.  Milla Key claimed her second Championship title of the weekend, winning W20E by almost 3 minutes.  Kylian Wymer also stepped onto the podium with second in M21E, just 34 seconds behind the winner.  Patrick Jaffe was 4th.  Our men women also excelled in the 21Sport categories, with Amber Riddle winning, and Sophie Taverna second in Womens, while Todd Neve won the Mens, and Mason Arthur was third.  Sophie Arthur was second in W20Sport

Other Victorian winners and placegetters were:

• First – Melissa Gangemi, Natasha Key, Helen Alexander (clean sweep), Cormac McCarthy, Alex Tarr (clean sweep), Alison Skarbek, Santiago Neve Medina
• Second – Libby Meeking, Morten Neve, Bruce Arthur, Eddie Wymer, August Kent
• Third – Izzy Greenhalgh, Alan Kuffer, Simon Rouse, Warren Key, Ted van Geldermalsen, Leigh Privett, Lachlan Kent

Full results, splits and Livelox

The Easter weekend wrapped up with the excitement of the Australian Relay Championships.  Would our in-form teams take home the top prizes?  The Vic Vikings no 1 Mens 21E team were indeed victorious!  The team was led out by Kylian Wymer, who finished second and handed over to Torren Arthur. Torren had a great run, overhauling yesterdays Long Distance winner Sam Woolford from home state Tassie.  Patrick Jaffe finished things off, and the winning margin was over 6 minutes – an amazing team performance.  The Victorian no 2 team of Henri du Toit, Bruce Arthur and Jensen Key also had a strong finish in fifth.  Meanwhile the Vikings W21E team of Milla Key, Natasha Key and Sophie Taverna finished a strong 4th, just off the podium.

Other Victorian team results:

First place – Tim Hatley/Ted van Geldermalsen/Warren Key

Second place – Ben Greenhalgh/Tomas Lahde/Joshua Layton; Tony Radford/Dennis Trewin/Alex Tarr

Third place – Opus Greenhan/Neo Kozma/Mattias Preston; Peter Mousley/Dion Keech/Eddie Wymer; Romain Portier/Mark Besley/David Knight; Sue Key/Liz Wood/Carolyn Jackson