 Milburn
Wins in Ironbarks
Stawell
Amateur Athletics
Club held
the Barham
Insurance
8km Handicap
last Saturday,
in mostly
fine but
cool conditions.
A field of
21 senior
runners lined
up for the
start of
the course
through the
ironbarks
on the northern
edge of town.
Gary
Saunders
lead the
field off,
followed
closely
by David Milburn, who
took to the challenging
and rough
conditions
to eventually
capture
the lead. As
the race
progressed,
and with
the backmarkers
drawing
ever closer, David
dug deep
and managed
to
hang on
to take out
his first
race for
the season
by a good
margin
of 25 sec.
Peter
Hilbig
put in a good
performance to come in
second
with the ever
persistent
Gaynor
Radovic third.
 The
fastest senior
male was Colin
Barnett in
29 min 25
sec
and
the fastest
senior female
was Jacinta
Collier in
a
time of 35
min 36 sec.
Both
continue to
have good
seasons
and are excellent
prospects
to
take out the
club championships.
The
junior
field was
again
impressive,
with numbers
continuing to climb, almost weekly. Honours
over the
2km handicap
went to
Naomi in
8 min
59 sec,
her first win with the club, with Marcus
second (7:49)
and Alastair
third (8:01).
 Naomi
has commenced
running regularly
with the
club this year and
is presenting
well each
time she runs. Aaron
was the fastest
junior male
in 7 min
43 sec
and the fastest
junior female
was Lucy
Alexander in a time of
8 min 15
sec.
In
the sub-junior
race, again
a 2km handicap,
Jackson (9:53)
ran an excellent
race to hold
off a hard
finishing
Harrison
(11:11) with
Tobias (10:34)
in third.
Nathan was again the fastest sub-junior in a
time of 8 min 52 sec, with Sophie the fastest
sub-junior girl in a time of 9 min 28 sec.
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