Aths Victoria All Schools Knockouts

Three teams,totalling 21 CGS Athletes competed in the Athletics Victoria competition at Olympic Park on Wed 25th August.
In occasionally torrential rain, but otherwise excellent conditions, each division comprised around 20 schools and included many of the best school boy and school girl athletes from around Victoria. National and State champions set some blistering times, but it was encouraging to see many of the CGS boys up amongst the top results.
The Junior team was led by Marcel McClernon, who won his 90m hurdles convincingly. Kelvin Wong came 4th in his long jump and Matthew Appleby 7th in his 800m event. David Gray, Edan Runge and Declan Forbes were also very competitive in their various events.
The Intermediate team results were highlighted by a 7th placing in the unusual Swedish Relay (100/200/300/400). Aqshai Patel and Tobyn Temple-Smith also looked very strong over 100m, as did Adam Heard and Steven Clark over 200m. Daniel Ellis looks to be returning to previous form in his shot put and Justin Verrocchi and Daniel Bancroft both ran PBs in their 800m events. Finally Anthony Baron showed his versatility over previously untried hurdles.
Finally, the Senior Team faced some brutal competition from APS powerhouses Melbourne Grammar and St. Kevins, but performed well. Tom Stayner and Ben Thorn looked good over 400m, Alex Gregory-Allen and Matt Thorn ran PBs in their 1500m, whilst Lachlan McMillan and Daniel Tran were certainly not outclassed in their 100m. Ming Tee cleared 10.50m in his shotput and Marcus Tee was unlucky not to reach 6.00m in his LJ. Special mention to Max Morey, whose HJ was cancelled, but who benefitted from some wet night driving on his L-plates.
Full results CGS, Overall, Points

CGS Mini-Olympics - Box Hill 14th Aug

The annual CGS Mini-Olympics was held this weekend at the Box Hill Aths track. The event was open to all CGS athletes and four teams were selected on the day to compete for overall prizes as well as individual trophies.
With nearly 70 athletes competing, there was good depth in most of the key events, which bodes well for the upcoming finals. Some helpful tail winds favoured the sprinters, but others had to battle tough, cold, blustery weather - so well done to all who braved the conditions.
Team Captains Ming Tee, Lachlan McMillan, Marcus Tee and Alex Maklary did a great job of organising and motivating their chargers, but there could be only one victorious team on the day, as shown by the total points below. Well done to Lachlan's mob!

1. Lachlan McMillan 316
2. Ming Tee 296
3. Alex Maklary's 293
4. Marcus Tee 289

Full results can be found here, along with the performance standards that define the points calculations (here). We will continue to use this points system for the rest of the season, so keep logging your times, distances and heights to be in the running for more prizes.