Round 5 took the season off the country and onto the road for the relays at Calder Raceway — a change of format that always shuffles the pack. Sandy's Male Open Premier team ran home second of ten, just 36 seconds off the win, and the Female Open Premier team finished third of ten. A solid day's work across five squads kept the club near the top of both ladders heading into the run home.

Full official results are on the AV Results Hub — XCR Round 5, Affiliations.

Relay Results — Sandy teams

Male Open Premier Division — 6 × 7.4km — 2nd of 10

Sandy's premier men clocked 2:11:06, second behind Bendigo Region (2:10:30) and just ahead of Western Athletics (2:11:29). James Heneghan ran the fastest Sandy leg of the day in 21:11, with Ben Buckingham (21:18), Lachie Moorhouse (21:40) and Hamish Donohue (21:49) all inside 22 minutes. Reece Langdon (22:07) and Thomas Thorpe (23:01) completed the six.

RunnerLeg time
James Heneghan21:11
Ben Buckingham21:18
Lachie Moorhouse21:40
Hamish Donohue21:49
Reece Langdon22:07
Thomas Thorpe23:01
Team total2:11:06

Female Open Premier Division — 5 × 7.4km — 3rd of 10

The premier women stopped the clock at 2:12:54 for third, behind Box Hill (2:06:42) and Western Athletics (2:07:28). Orla Shackcloth led them off in 25:51, with Alice Oakley Kerr a single second back in 25:52. Gabrielle Vincent (26:45), Andrea de Jong (27:08) and Lucy Polkinghorne (27:18) brought it home.

RunnerLeg time
Orla Shackcloth25:51
Alice Oakley Kerr25:52
Gabrielle Vincent26:45
Andrea de Jong27:08
Lucy Polkinghorne27:18
Team total2:12:54

Male Under 20 — 3 × 7.4km — 5th of 7

Yianni Seretis (25:10), Joel Davies (25:50) and Linus Hunter (26:00) combined for 1:17:00, good for fifth.

Male 40+ — 3 × 7.4km — 4th of 7

Matthew Hodder (27:34), John McGuinness (28:28) and Paul Azad (31:41) ran the masters relay in 1:27:43 for fourth.

Male Under 16 — 3 × 3.7km — 13th of 16

Elliot Hunter (14:23) and Finn Polkinghorne (14:48) fielded a two-man team and ran 43:40.

Team Results — Round 5 Premier Division

Sandy's Male Open Premier team took second (9 ladder points) and the Female Open Premier team third (8 ladder points). Full official team scores are on the AV Results Hub.

Season Ladder — after Round 5

Both Sandy premier teams remained near the top of their ladders after the relays, setting up a strong run into the final rounds. Full standings on the AV Results Hub.

Photos

From the Round 5 Road Relays at Calder Raceway.

The Sandy Male Open relay team with their medals at Calder Raceway
Sandy runner powering along a road relay leg at Calder Raceway
Sandy runner driving through his relay leg at Calder Raceway
Sandy runner in the women's relay at Calder Raceway
Sandy runner in the women's relay at Calder Raceway
Sandy runner in the women's relay at Calder Raceway
Sandy runner in the women's relay at Calder Raceway
Sandy masters runner in the road relay at Calder Raceway
Sandy runner rounding the bend on the road relay at Calder Raceway
Young Sandy runner on the road relay at Calder Raceway
Sandy runner on the relay circuit at Calder Raceway
Sandy runner pushing hard on his relay leg at Calder Raceway

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