By Jonty Ralphsmith
The Berwick Little Athletics Club accumulated eight gold, nine silver and four bronze at the State Junior Track and Field Championships at Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne.
The event took place on the weekend of 12 and 13 March and 85 athletes from the club attended.
Steve Woolfe, competition manager at Berwick Little Athletics Club, encouraged the kids to have fun and enjoy the occasion.
“It’s the pinnacle of the track and field season,” he said.
“To make it to states is just an awesome achievement in itsef regardless of where you place.
“Out of the 15,000 odd members across the state, there are only a certain few that can get to the state championships so it’s an awesome effort and they should all be proud of themselves.”
Theo Eliadis won gold in the U13B Discus and Shot Put and Ariela Sprague won gold in the U13G 100m and 200m.
The pair will represent the state at the U13 national championships in late April.
“They have both been training really hard so it was great reward for them,” Woolfe said.
Along with Theo and Ariela, the following athletes from Berwick all won gold medals in their events: Indigo Marshall-Moodie U9G 700 metre walk, Yenuka Perera U12B Gold in the 80 metre hurdles, Brayden Attwood U16B in the 300 metre hurdles, Ferdinand Yermias U16B 40 metres.
The Berwick Centre Championships will be held on Saturday 19 March enabling children of all levels at the club to compete after a significantly hindered two years of competition due to the pandemic.
