The Gippsland Athletics Club 2023/24 Vern Curnow Pentathlon Championship was held on Tuesday 12th of December 2023.
EVENT RESULTS:
Records
Womens U/14 200m – Zaria Dalton 27.06 (27.08 previous record, Angela Byrne SCA 23/11/2004)
Womens Masters Pentathlon – Laura Tomic 1304 (929 previous record, Janine Wynen SCA 27/02/2018)
200M
Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 27.06, Scarlett Tomic 39.94; Open – Courtney Clark 34.29; Masters – Laura Tomic 30.84, Colleen Clark 40.69
Men: U/14 – Ben Bellairs 32.85, Jordan Tomic 41.44; U/20 – Miles Wrigley 24.00; Open – Lachlan Coleman 26.18, Mark Coulter 26.84, Cameron Hughes 29.07; Masters –Simon Van Baalen 33.13, Bill Barry 34.53, Stuart Dalton 34.97, Adam Bellairs 35.12, Wayne Seear 39.37, Ian Twite 41.04
JAVELIN
Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 11.23, Scarlett Tomic 5.01; Open – Courtney Clark 12.89; Masters – Laura Tomic 12.62, Colleen Clark 9.39
Men: U/14 – Ben Bellairs 14.27, Jordan Tomic 10.30; U/20 – Miles Wrigley 22.12; Open – Cameron Hughes 37.47, Lachlan Coleman 23.72, Mark Coulter 21.85; Masters –Simon Van Baalen 28.99, Wayne Seear 19.52, Stuart Dalton 17.98, Bill Barry 16.51, Ian Twite 16.28, Adam Bellairs 15.00
800M
Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 2:53.61, Scarlett Tomic 3:49.46; Open – Courtney Clark 3:27.40; Masters – Laura Tomic 2:35.99, Colleen Clark 3:52.98
1500M
Men: U/14 – Ben Bellairs 4:57.16, Jordan Tomic 3:52.66; U/20 – Miles Wrigley 5:23.92; Open – Mark Coulter 4:50.41; Lachlan Coleman 5:52.38, Cameron Hughes 6:10.23; Masters – Adam Bellairs 5:08.14, Bill Barry 5:42.15, Ian Twite 6:48,90, Simon Van Baalen DNF, Wayne Seear DNF, Stuart Dalton DNF
Long Jump
Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 4.09, Scarlett Tomic 2.42; Open – Courtney Clark 2.95; Masters – Laura Tomic 3.75, Colleen Clark 2.19
Men: U/14 – Ben Bellairs 3.68, Jordan Tomic 1.55; U/20 – Miles Wrigley 5.54; Open – Lachlan Coleman 4.84, Mark Coulter 4.36, Cameron Hughes 3.77; Masters –Adam Bellairs 3.89, Simon Van Baalen 3.53, Stuart Dalton 2.98, Bill Barry 2.96,Wayne Seear 2.72, Ian Twite 1.92
DISCUS
Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 13.25, Scarlett Tomic 4.69; Open – Courtney Clark 11.40; Masters –Colleen Clark 11.76, Laura Tomic 11.05
Men: U/14 – Ben Bellairs 15.97, Jordan Tomic 12.53; U/20 – Miles Wrigley 22.75; Open – Cameron Hughes 23.82, Mark Coulter 20.72, Lachlan Coleman 17.56; Masters –Simon Van Baalen 34.54, Wayne Seear 26.64, Stuart Dalton 23.82, Ian Twite 22.66, Bill Barry 18.08, Adam Bellairs 17.98
To be eligible to contest the pentathlon for the perpetual trophies the competitors must be Athlete members with Athletics Victoria and a member of one of the 4 local clubs.
PENTATHLON PLACINGS
U/14 WOMEN 1st Zaria Dalton GPA 1730
OPER WOMEN 1st Courtney Clark SCA 751
MASTERS WOMEN 1st Laura Tomic SCA 1304 RECORD
2nd Colleen Clark SCA 526
PENTATHLON PLACINGS
U/14 MEN 1st Ben Bellairs SCA 1120
U/20 Men 1st Miles Wrigley SCA 2106
OPEN MEN 1st Mark Coulter SCA 1796
2nd Cameron Hughes GPA 1436
MASTERS MEN 1st Simon Van Baalen GPA 1067
2nd Adam Bellairs SCA 1064
3rd Bill Barry SCA 801
4th Wayne Seear GPA 590
5th Stuart Dalton GPA 578
6th Ian Twite TH 534
VERN CURNOW SHIELD PLACINGS – combined club scores
1st South Coast Athletics 9468
2nd Gippsland Athletics 5401
3rd Traralgon Harriers 541
Nitro XMAS Night will be run December 19th, 6pm at the Joe Carmody Track, Newborough
Events: 150m, High Jump, 1000m obstacle run, 5 min run for distance, throws event with targets