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SUMMARY:Jamieson 5k
DESCRIPTION:The Alex Jamieson 5km teams race and sealed handicap at Scotch College is one of the highlights of the APSOC calendar. The event was first held in 1950 and women first competed in 1981. It has been the traditional opening race of our winter season since 1995. The usually kind weather\, convenient location and short course length has proved to be an attractive mix\, resulting in fields of over 200 runners. Check-in is between the tennis courts and the Cardinal Club boatshed at the Yarra River end of Morrison Street. The runners then walk through the school back to the soccer pitch for the start of the race. There is car parking opposite the tennis courts and along Morrison Street. \nThe Jamieson course was changed for the 2015 race with the removal of the famous Glenferrie Road hill. The new course remains a varied one\, with the terrain from flat ground to short\, sharp hills. Running surfaces are generally good. The course commences with a spectacular charge from the soccer pitch across the rugby and around the boundary of the lower ovals\, before a tight U-turn takes runners up on to the Gardiners Creek levee bank. Then it’s back around the soccer pitch before the competitors must climb the service road to the Main Oval. From there\, the runners turn right and head for the Monash Drive past the chapel and out into Morrison Street. Then there is a slight downhill section almost to the river\, where runners cut back left to follow the Gardiners Creek levee bank once again. The same circuit (levee bank-soccer pitch-service road-Main Oval-Monash Drive-Morrison Street-levee bank is repeated until the runners dip down from the levee bank and head back around the lower ovals and across the rugby oval to the finish line on the soccer pitch. \nAs the Jamieson is a scratch race with all competitors starting together\, the handicap event is a “sealed” handicap\, based on runners’ previous performances in the APSOC competition. The Jamieson has a long and proud history. Old Scotch Collegians Athletic Club provides a generous afternoon tea after the race on the Cardinal Club balcony overlooking the Yarra River\, at which the team and individual awards are announced. \nCourse records: \nOld course: Men – Paul Wilson (OS) 14:47 1998; Women – Anna Thompson (OW) 16:03 2006 \nNew course: Men – David McNeill (OX) 15:17.0 2019; Women – Michaela Parsons (OH) 18:10.2 2019
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/jamieson-5k/
LOCATION:Scotch College\, Morrison Street\, Hawthorn\, Victoria\, 3122\, Australia
CATEGORIES:APSOC
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SUMMARY:Cooke-McClelland 8k
DESCRIPTION:It is fitting that the event which started it all back in 1931\, when the first challenge race took place between Old Xaverians\, Old Scotch and Old Wesley through the paddocks of Kew and Hawthorn\, usually takes pride of place as the final race on the APSOC winter calendar. The Cooke-McClelland is also the last of the five premiership races\, which means that the results of the event often determine the champion teams and athletes of the year. \nThe race is named after two of the founding members of Old Xaverians Athletic Club\, John “Jack” Cooke and Tom McClelland. It is run over a testing 8 km course around the Kew Boulevard and Yarra Bend. The course rises and falls several times\, and many athletes have suffered late in the race after going out too hard on the early hills. \nThe Cooke-McClelland course has remained relatively unchanged over almost half a century until 2022\, allowing direct comparisons between performances during that time. Only five male athletes have broken 25 minutes\, with Nick de Castella (OX) doing it twice and setting the course record of 24:37 in 1981. The outstanding quality of this run explains why it remains the oldest record on the APSOC books. Anna Thompson (OW) dominates the fastest women’s times\, with 27:25 being her best in 2002. The open team’s race is always hotly contested\, with Old Scotch holding the three lowest team scores under the current scoring system.  \nRoad safety considerations necessitated changes to the iconic course and the race is now run over two laps of 4 km\, but retaining the tough uphill section to the finish\, which will be completed twice\, once on each lap. \nPerhaps because it is the last event in the season\, the afternoon tea at Burke Hall is always one of the best of the year.
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/cooke-mcclelland-8k/
LOCATION:Burke Hall\, Studley Park Road\, Kew\, Victoria\, 3101\, Australia
CATEGORIES:APSOC,Old Xaverians
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