Interclub 3 - Results, Reports, Photographs
Published Mon 15 Nov 2021
The predicted rain stayed away for Round 3 of the Copyworld Toshiba Interclub season on Saturday, but athletes had to tackle strong wind at the SA Athletics Stadium for most of the afternoon.
2021-22 Copyworld Toshiba Interclub Points Table
Several records were collected, most notedly Keira Post's U15 F37 Long Jump National Record of 3.67m, who had to wait for the wind to die down just enough before she commenced her run up to ensure that the jump could legally be recorded.
"It is really exciting to break a State Record, it means a lot," Post said.
"The wind was really tough to deal with, but I am really happy with the result.
"I have increased my training schedule and I have seen a lot of improvement lately, I have really increased my stamina in both my Long Jump and running events."
Keira Post, right, waits patiently as her Long Jump record is measured
ON THE TRACK
Post, an Adelaide Harriers athlete, also ran a 100m U15 T37 National Record on Saturday, 15.14.
Spectators enjoyed a thrilling Men's 1500m race, which saw Saints Athletics Club runner Jonathan Harris surge home from fifth place to take the win in a time of 3:58.24.
Harris seemingly ran the perfect race, sitting behind the leaders for most of the run, and centered the back straight for the final time in fifth place.
It was at the 100m mark that Harris kicked and in the blink of an eye charged past Max Spurling, Cam Clohesy, Jack Atherton and Lachlan Scott. 
The middle stages of the Men's 1500m race. Lachlan Scott of Flinders (1098) leads the race, ahead of Marco Els (1089) and Jack Hunter (1064).
Hills athlete, Spurling responded with a sprint to the finish, but finished second to Harris with a time of 3:58.67, while Flinders Athletics Club's Clohesy finished third, 3:59.26.
Caitlin Slobedman of Hills won the Women's 1500m race in a time of 4:43.72, holding off Port Adelaide U14 runner Tessa Ebert, 4:45.30, and Flinders U16 runner Grace Deacon, 4:47.40.
Ebert and Deacon both ran National Qualifying times in their respective age groups.
Twelve-year-old Western Athletics Club athlete Iluka-Rose Taylor continues to impress, winning Heat 1 of the Women's 400m race om 58.06 and the U14 Long Jump (4.91m), while finishing second in her U14 and running 13.30 in the first Heat of the Womem's 100m.
Jordi McMillan of the Saints Athletics Club won Heat 1 in a time of 12.32, ahead of Port Adelaide's Ellie Whittingham (12.76) and Saint Abbey Matsen (12.96).
Joshua Love claimed Heat 1 of the Men's 100m in a time of 10.91, ahead of Saints teammate Jack Doney (10.98) and Michael Moschou (11.09) of Western.
Saints made up six of the eight runners in Heat 1 of the Men's 100m, highlighting the club's current crop of local sprinters, with McMillan and Matsen also donning the Saints' blue and white.
In other efforts on the track, Western's Blake Jones ran 49.05 to claim Heat 1 of the Men's 400m, while Alex Dunn ran a lightening wind assisted 13.13 in the U16 Men's 100m hurdles (National qualifing time is 15.44).
IN THE FIELD
There were plenty of impressive efforts in the trowing circles this week, as athletes participated in Hammer Throw and Discus competitions.
As usual, Athletics SA Emerging Athlete Program (ASA EAP) members Darcy Miller and Marley Raikiwasa performed well in their Discus competitions.
Raikiwasa (Tea Tree Gully) threw 48.00m to comfortably take out the U18 Women's Discus, while Miller (Saints) launched the 1.5kg U18 Discus 60.83m.
Tea Tree Gully thrower Marley Raikiwasa is a member of the Athletics SA Emerging Athlete Program.
Northern District's Lachlan Page won the Open Discus competition with a throw of 53.39m, ahead of Agyapal Singh (49.66m).
Noah Schoepf (Northern) won both the U16 Discus and Hammer Throw competitions, with attempts of 58.73m and 49.72m respectively, while Madeline Bennett (Northern) won the U16 Hammer competition with 41.77m.
Taylor Larsson threw 40.28m in the U16 Women's Discus, defeating her Northern's teammate Bennett (35.87m).
Western Athletics Club had a good day in the jumps competitions, with Oli Callahan claiming the Open Men's Long Jump competition with 7.00m, while Western's U16 athlete Orlanzo Bernhardt cleared 4.10m in the Men's Pole Vault, which smashes the National qualifying standard height of 2.40m.
Fellow Western athletes, Courtney Smallacombe (3.80m) and Madeline Lawson (3.65m) finished first and second in the Women's Pole Vault in difficult, windy conditions for Vaulters.
Western Athletics Club Pole Vaulter Courtney Smallacombe.
Multiple State Record holder, Lillee Wakefield (Western) threw 24.42m and 32.12m in her respective F20 Discus and Hammer Throw competitions.
Western Athletics Club athlete Tommy Mattinson became the first South Australian to compete in F32 seated throws, therefore claiming several discus State Records.
This weekend Athletics SA will host the State Relay Championships at the SA Athletics Stadium - contact your local Athletics club to enter your team.
Registration is now open for the State 5000m Championships, which will be held at the Stadium on Saturday, November 27.
Register for the 5000m here: