Warren's
Rabbits Scamper to Victory
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club
held their annual Meumann Teams Relay event last
Sunday, with four teams of 5 runners competing over
the 1900m course.
Both senior and junior runners
complete 2 laps of the course, while sub-junior runners
did one.
The sub-junior runners did
their lap first, with Liam Burns coming in ahead
of Somer Darnell, then India Burns and Scarlet Burns.
Then the rest of the field took over.
Scotties Tissues
team captain Ray Scott got the his team away to a
great start, with Ebony Darnell putting Barney’s
Stragglers into second place, ahead of Rhonda Clarke
of Warren’s
Rabbits, then Gary Saunders of Howden’s Hounds.
Scotties
Tissues maintained their lead for the next three
laps, until Warren’s Rabbits team captain
Nathaniel Warren put in the fastest leg of the day
to grab the lead. Col Barnett and Liam Scott both
put in good legs to keep Barney’s Stragglers
in second place, while Gary Howden, with the help
of Garry Rice lifted his team Howden’s Hounds
from 4th place into third.
Over the remaining laps,
Warren’s Rabbits maintained their lead, to
finish a over a minute ahead of Barney’s Stragglers.
Howden’s Hounds finished third, after a great
battle with Scotties Tissues in which they alternated
places right to the last lap.
Warren’s Rabbits
team members were Nathaniel Warren, Nat Watson, Sharon
Howden, Rhonda Clark, and Liam Burns.
For a full
list of team members, see the results sheets page.
Fastest
time of the day was 6 minutes 23 seconds by Nathaniel
Warren.
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