Led by handicap winner Kieran Lewis, Caulfield Grammarians have recorded their second successive Brighton-by-the-Sea teams victory, narrowly pipping Old Wesley. Sam McLean (OS) and Anna Kasapis continued their fine seasons, running the fastest…
APS United’s women’s team continued on its winning way at the Road 15 km Road Championships in Ballarat despite difficult weather conditions. Janice de Vries was second fastest in the…
Matt Clarke (OX) produced one of the individual performances of the season at the Hooley Relay, running the challenging 3 km course in 8:34 on his second time around. Matt managed…
A bitter wind and low temperatures greeted runners at the AV 10 km Road Championships at Albert Park. APSU’s best results were among the women, as Anna Kasapis and Nicole…
APS United men’s 40+ team was a convincing winner of its division at the AV Sandown Road Relays. The team of Sam McLean, Mark Frater and Luke Goodman continued APSU’s…
Team success has been rare for the club in recent years, but this year’s Williamson 5k saw a narrow win for Haileybury AC in division 1. Haileybury’s success was based on…
Perfect conditions saw more than one hundred runners tackle the Wise Mini Marathons this year. There were high quality performances across the board, with several athletes recording age gradings beyond 80%,…
APSU did not fare well in the open age divisions in the 10k cross country at Bundoora Park, but the M50+ team of Schwerkolt, Purvis and Edwards showed how it…
This year’s McPhail saw an impressive win by 17 year old James Lightfoot. Still at school, James is the son of David and Lisa, two of APSOC’s greatest runners and winners…
Two events means more for everyone, and with handicap and fastest time awards up for grabs, 115 APSOC athletes took to the Yarra bike path for the Lodge Handicaps. There were…
While the APS United men’s teams are doing it hard this season, the women’s team has continued its good form to place second in its division at Cruden Farm. Sam…
This year’s Dyson Relay was noteworthy for the appearance of two Olympians, Dave McNeill (OX) and Peter Bol (SK). While McNeill achieved individual success by running 10:54, one of the fastest…
Haileybury AC has ceased its affiliation with Athletics Victoria and this has hit APS United hard, with the loss of several key athletes going to competing clubs. So it was pleasing to…
Owing to a very late change in the date of the AV Half Marathon, APSOC has been forced to switch the Cooke-McClelland 8k to Saturday 19 August and the end of…
There are some outstanding young athletes coming through the APSOC ranks. James Lightfoot and Ed Beischer (both OS) are both still at school, but they were the two fastest runners at…
Jake Malone (CG) started last, but ran through the field to finish only four seconds behind the handicap winner, David Rayner (OC). Needless to say, Jake ran the day’s fastest…
The Athletics Victoria XCR ’17 series began with the traditional Jells Park cross country relays. It was a hard day at the office for APSU, with the women’s division 4…
It has been more than twenty years since St Kevin’s won a teams event in the APSOC competition. This was remedied by a dominant performance at the Jamieson. Led by two Olympians…
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It was a stellar day for APSU in the final event of the season, the Tan Relays. Our M40+ team capped a superb season with another win and the season…
APSU’s recruit of the year, Andy Allison, led our premier division team to another solid placing in the AV half marathon with a PB and top 20 placing. Our M40+ team strengthened…
Three teams have ended successful seasons by winning their respective divisions at Burke Hall to snare team premierships. Arguably the most significant of these was Caulfield Grammarians’ win in division 2,…
APSOC’s newest member club has won its first team event, the Brighton-by-the-Sea 9 km. Led, appropriately, by Andrew Hall (2nd) and Sarah Somes (5th), Caulfield Grammarians won the event, which…
APS United’s M40+ team continued its fine AV season with a second placing in the Ekiden Relay at Anglesea. Available runners were a bit hard to find, so Anna Kasapis…
For the second time this season, a runner has overtaken the entire field to record fastest time and a handicap win. This time it was Adam Pyke (OW) in the…