Double gold at Jells Park: XCR Round 2 recap
A genuinely big day for the club. Sandy fielded eight teams across the divisions at Jells Park on Saturday and walked away with two gold medals in the premier Open relays, the strongest start to a relay round in years.
Provisional results below from Athletics Victoria. The full official results are on the AV Results Hub under "XCR Round 2, XC Relays".
Round 2 — XC Relays, Jells Park
🏆 Male Open 6 × 6km Premier — Sandringham 1st (1:51:20)
What a performance. Sandringham 'M1.8' didn't just win the premier Male Open 6x6km, the team put more than two minutes into Western Athletics and almost four minutes into Bendigo Region in third. Six legs, every one under 19:10, three of them under 18:25. Special mention to William Garbelotto for the fastest Sandy split of the day (18:16), and to Logan and Bailey both clocking 18:22.
| Leg | Runner | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Logan Janetzki | 18:22 |
| 2 | William Garbelotto | 18:16 |
| 3 | Max Luke | 19:07 |
| 4 | Hamish Donohue | 18:32 |
| 5 | Callen Goldsmith | 18:41 |
| 6 | Bailey Murzecki-Hince | 18:22 |
Top teams: 1. Sandringham 1:51:20 · 2. Western Athletics 1:53:26 · 3. Bendigo Region 1:55:07 · 4. Vic Cross Country 1:55:33 · 5. Knox 1:56:20 · 6. Melbourne Uni 1:57:35 · 7. Glenhuntly 1:57:44
🏆 Female Open 5 × 6km Premier — Sandringham 1st (1:49:01)
The other half of the double. Sandringham 'F1.8' took the premier Female Open 5x6km in 1:49:01, 49 seconds clear of Box Hill and over two minutes ahead of Western Athletics in third. Mia Roux set the tone with the fastest Sandy women's leg of the day (21:16), and Meg closed out a famous Sandy win.
| Leg | Runner | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia Roux | 21:16 |
| 2 | Sienna Rowe | 21:43 |
| 3 | Alice Oakley Kerr | 21:48 |
| 4 | Meg Oakley Kerr | 22:34 |
| 5 | Saskia Lloyd | 21:40 |
Top teams: 1. Sandringham 1:49:01 · 2. Box Hill 1:49:50 · 3. Western Athletics 1:51:04 · 4. South Melbourne 1:57:27 · 5. Bendigo Region 2:01:10 · 6. Glenhuntly 2:01:10 · 7. Malvern 2:03:07 · 8. Ballarat Region 2:15:15
Female Division 2 (4 × 6km) — 1:34:49
Depth on top of the gold. Orla Shackcloth's 22:30 opener was the second-fastest Sandy women's leg of the day across both teams. Stella Crawford-Rust 23:55, Gabrielle Vincent 24:05 and Lucy Polkinghorne 24:19 backed it up.
Female Under 18 (3 × 3km) — 33:39
A genuinely exciting group. Elizabeth Craig opened with 10:58, the quickest Sandy 3km leg by anyone of any age, and Milla Malherbe (11:05) and Emily Wetzels (11:36) kept the pressure on.
Male Division 4 (5 × 6km) — 1:40:26
Tom Davoren got the team away with a 19:02 split. James Paproth (19:46), Maxy Letten (20:00), Ben Gibson (20:38) and Jake Malone (21:00) all under 21 minutes for back-to-back hilly 6km laps.
Male 40+ 3 × 6km (Division 11) — Sandy 4th and 5th
- Sandringham M40.7 — 4th, 1:14:46. Matthew Hodder 23:36, John McGuinness 24:20, Paul Azad 26:50.
- Sandringham M40.8 — 5th (two legs), 1:01:48. Mike Bryant 31:00, Jonathan Reeve 30:48.
Standouts of the day
- Fastest Sandy men's leg: William Garbelotto, 18:16 (Male Open Premier, gold)
- Fastest Sandy women's leg: Mia Roux, 21:16 (Female Open Premier, gold)
- Fastest Sandy Masters leg: Matthew Hodder, 23:36 (Male 40+)
- Quickest 3km leg: Elizabeth Craig, 10:58 (Female U18)
A look back at Round 1 — Lakeside 5km, 10 May
Female Open: Mia Roux 16:43, Saskia Lloyd 16:45, Alice Oakley Kerr 16:53, Meg Oakley Kerr 16:54, Orla Shackcloth 17:22, Gabrielle Vincent 17:44, Lucy Polkinghorne 18:08, Stella Crawford-Rust 18:19.
Male Open: Logan Janetzki 13:56, William Garbelotto 14:01, James Heneghan 14:13, Callen Goldsmith 14:20, Lachie Moorhouse 14:26, Hamish Donohue 14:28, Max Luke 14:37, Reece Langdon 14:40, Tom Davoren 14:50, James Paproth 15:21, Maxy Letten 15:43, Ben Gibson 15:52, John McGuinness 18:59, Paul Azad 20:12, Mike Bryant 23:03, Jonathan Reeve 24:39.
🥇 Round 1 club championship: Sandy won Male Division 4 (Sandringham 2, score 350).
Photos
Big thanks to Tim O'Shaughnessy and Peta Wetzels for the photos from the day.
