It was a chilly but sunny morning that greeted runners for the Keith Haymes Championship. Hodges Track in the Ironbark’s proved once again to be a fitting challenge for the championship with 11 runners takingon the 5km course. Less than a minute separated first and third in the fiercely contested championship race. Sienna Santuccione claimed […]
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The first run on the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club syllabus saw 48 runners tackle the 5km, 3km and 1km distances across the senior, junior and sub-junior categories. The Iron Bark Forest provided some shade to runners on an unseasonably warm March day. Leon Monaghan attributed training on Big Hill to his win by nearly 3
The President and Committee of Stawell Amateur Athletic Club extend to all members and officials, a warm welcome to season 2023 of cross-country running. We welcome new sponsors this year and we would like to thank all of the past sponsors for their support. We have added a team relay race as a result of
The Chris Blake 3km Championship event’s final race of the season was run in perfect conditions Saturday 10th September in the Ironbarks. Col Barnett 12:10 stormed home to claim the fastest time followed by Drew Christian at 12:20, an the third fastest was Nathan Baker at 12:47. Jess Maffescioni at 13:37 was the fastest female
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
Winning the Stawell Toyota 8km handicap, was the icing on the cake for 18-year-old Monaghan. A clear victory with a 90-second lead over second place getter Simon Edge and two minutes clear of third placer, Drew Christian. Elise has put a lot of time into her running recently and ran a sub 6 minutes in
