Athletics Ballarat

Don't forget about the Calder Raceway Relays next Sunday 28th June! Ballarat Region will need to submit teams by Monday so please make sure you fill out the EOI form below 👇

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9cGcAMONHe9L-ytzyJnm_MkOa32gaNRrCvWOdyWOC_JL_Sg/viewform?pli=1

All information on the event by AV can be found here
https://athsvic.org.au/events/xcr-road-relays/

Looking forward to seeing you there! ⏱

Good luck to all our athletes heading to the Victorian All Schools Cross-Country Championships at Bundoora on Saturday.

Event address: Playground Drive, Bundoora Park, Bundoora

Big thank you to all officials heading down to the event too 🙌

Head here for all of the event information: https://athsvic.org.au/events/victorian-all-school-cross-country-championships/

Congratulations to Marg Nunn and Marita Rieniets for their acknowledgment of service to officiating in athletics

Marg Nunn received her 50 year service acknowledgment starting her officiating journey in 1976! Marg is a regular face around athletics in Ballarat being an official across AVSL and local championships events. She has covered just about every area of athletics in her 50 years of service

Marita Rieniets received her 25 years service to athletics moving into an officiating role after she retired from competing. Still officiating at local, state and national level you will often see her in various roles around an athletics facility.

Well done to both of these officials on their achievements 👏

Congratulations to everyone who competed in XCR Round 4 at Cruden Farm on Saturday.

As the annual Heritage Round, the event celebrated the history of Victorian athletics while providing athletes with a challenging cross-country course through the beautiful Cruden Farm grounds. Featuring a mix of grassland, rolling terrain and varied surfaces, the event tested endurance and race tactics.

Celebrating our Ballarat regions' juniors 👇👏

Photo credit 📸Samantha Gent

XCR R5 Road Relays

The next round of Athletics Victoria XCR is the Road Relays this year at Calder Raceway! Take on the course as part of the Ballarat Region relay teams with EOI now open.
Fill out the form and let us knw if you can make it
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9cGcAMONHe9L-ytzyJnm_MkOa32gaNRrCvWOdyWOC_JL_Sg/viewform

Reminder this is a SUNDAY event at Calder Raceway, please ensure you can make Sunday when filling out EOI form

We will contact you once teams are finalised

Congratulations to all athletes who have been added to the ALL-TIME rankings for the annual Athletics Ballarat Lap of the Lake

This year 7 new male athletes were added to the list with 5 more moving up higher after PB's. In the females we had 6 new athletes join the list with another 2 improve their records and Katherine Dowie lowered her #1 record

Athletics Ballarat ALL-TIME Lap of the Lake 👇
https://athleticsballarat.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Lap-of-the-Lake-Men-PDF-combined-2026.pdf

Time limits for all-time rankings
Male - Under 20 minutes
Female - Under 25 minutes

Lap of the Lake - Veteran and Club Results 👇

Well done to all our overage athletes taking on the 6km course at the lake, a strong showing to start the season
Here is all the overage individual top 3 for registered athletes, well done to all

Congratulations to Ballarat YCW who dominated the Women's club championships winning the Women A Grade, B Grade, C Grade and Women 40+. In the Men's it was Eureka with win the in the Men A Grade and B Grade
https://my.raceresult.com/399619/

To final all time rankings for Lap of the Lake will be out soon on our website

Lap of the Lake - Junior Results 👇

Well done to all juniors taking on either the U12 2km course or the Lake 6km course! A terrific weekend of racing at the Lake
Here are the top 3 individual registered athletes from each age group, well done to all athletes on their achievements

Well done to the Ballarat YCW Male U20 team for taking out the club premiership for this age category
Veteran results out soon, you can view them here
https://my.raceresult.com/399619/

Katherine Dowie makes history at Lake Wendouree ⏱

Eureka athlete Katherine Dowie has become the first female in history in run under 20 minutes at the famous Ballarat Lap of the Lake course. After recently being selected in the Victorian team for the Australian Half-Marathon Championships, Dowie took on the 6km course around Lake Wendouree finishing in a time of 19:46!

This was personal best and faster than her previous record of 20:08 minutes in 2024. Dowie becomes the first female under 20 minutes in almost 50 years of running the event and claims the title for the 3rd straight year

Dowie finished ahead of Ballarat YCW duo Paige Tuddenham (21:07) and Ava MacGowan (21:54) with Tuddenham also moving to inside the top 10 of all time at only 14 years of age!

In the men’s race, Old Scotch member Ben Beischer came up to Ballarat to take the win in a time of 17:41 ahead of Wendouree athlete Jacob Cheesman (17:46) and Ben Ludbrook (17:51) with all three entering the top 25 of all time

Well done to everyone who competed yesterday, a terrific day and thank you to all officials

More results including junior and veterans, will be out soon
For now, you can look over all results via our online system 👇
https://my.raceresult.com/399619/