The second round of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season saw three or four of the Davies family runners place with Claire coming third in the seniors, and Hunter coming second just in front of his brother Flynn in the sub-juniors. Leon Monaghan won the senior’s 5k loop, culminating with the much dreaded ‘Bonnie Dundee’ …
On a true Autumn day, the SAAC cross country runners met at the Bonnie Dundee track for the Stephen Baird Handicap, with the infamous uphill finish. Drew Christain claimed victory in a fast time of 23:31 ahead of Claire Davies and Peter Hilbig. It was Drew’s second SAAC win from 2 seasons of running. He …
Ten-year-old Olivia Hunter became the youngest winner in the fifty-five year history of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club, when stride for stride she matched deceptively tiny motors with twelve-year-old Sienna Santuccione in the five kilometre Stephen Baird Handicap at Stawell on Saturday. Olivia had a mere four second margin on Sienna at the top of …
The Stawell Athletic Club’s oldest runner, Gary Saunders, defeated one of the newest in the five kilometre Stephen Baird Handicap on Saturday, and then offered some helpful hints to runner-up, Michelle Dunn, who is still to break through for her maiden win. The Bonnie Dundee course on the edge of the Ironbarks is notorious for …
It’s taken four years, including twelve months recovery from a ruptured Achilles tendon, and a lot of self-doubt for Naomi Hunter to finally achieve her maiden cross country win last Saturday. Hunter’s gutsy effort in the five kilometre Stephen Baird Handicap completed an unprecedented hat-trick of wins for Stawell Amateur Athletic club rookies in the …
Sharon Howden still managed a win despite taking a tumble near to the finish 5 seconds ahead of Vicki Tyler and coming in third Colin Barnett who was the winner of last week’s 10 kilometre race. Sharon said that was good to make amends for running an extra kilometre in last week’s race. “I had Vicki …
Kayleen Urquhart warmed up for a tilt at the Sydney Marathon in September by breaking through for her first-ever cross country win in the Stephen Baird five kilometre handicap at Stawell last Saturday. Urquhart, whose running goal is to finish a marathon in every state and territory in Australia, had won triathlons with Melbourne’s …
Col Barnett, one of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s most decorated runners, finally overcame a frustrating run of injuries to break a four year drought in the five kilometre Stephen Baird Handicap last Saturday. Barnett, 52, a club champion, veteran champion and aggregate winner on multiple occasions, had not won a race since the eight …
Reigning Stawell Amateur Athletic Club champion Nathaniel Warren wound up his preparation for the Adelaide Marathon on August 24 with a blistering win in the five kilometre Stephen Baird Handicap in the local Ironbarks last Saturday. Conceding as much as 12 to 16 minutes start to the slower front-markers “Rabbit” Warren scythed his way through …
It’s taken two years, 30 races and an astonishing back-to-back win but male athletes with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club finally cracked it for a one, two, three finish in the five kilometre Stephen Baird Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. Females have been dominant, winning 17 of the 30 and landing a host of “quinellas” …
