Gippsland Track Club

Zali Metcalfe resets her 10km GTC road record by 26sec at the recent Lakeside:10

Record books rewritten in Monaco! Elly Fleming lowered her own GTC 1000m record with a victory in the Herculis Elite 1000m at the premeet of the Monaco Diamond League’s Meeting International d’Athlétisme Herculis. In the same race, Jerusha Jason delivered a huge performance, running 3:01.92 to move to #3 on the GTC all-time list while placing 9th.

What a day at the Victorian XC Championships for Gippsland.
Congratulations to Oscar Woodhouse Victorian U16 Cross Country Champion!
A huge congratulations also to Elodie Tehennepe, Eli Spargo, Yuki Braybrook, Sapphire Pratt and Sidney Box, who all booked their place on the Victorian Team for the Australian Cross Country Championships in Ballarat... the big dance on August 22!

Some massive year to year improvements across the board from GTC. Bring on Australia.

U14 Female
5th — Elodie Tehennepe (2025: 18th)
17th — Indi O’Brien (2025: 50th)

U14 Male
6th — Eli Spargo (2025: 151st)

U15 Male
49th — Jack Alcock (2025: 100th)

U15 Female
6th — Yuki Braybrook (2025: 21st)

U16 Female
10th — Sapphire Pratt (First Victorian Championships)

U16 Male
1st — Oscar Woodhouse (2024: 3rd)
10th — Sidney Box (2024: 18th)
59th — Thomas Kanavan (2025: 34th)

U17 Female
17th — Georgie Lindsay (2025: 15th)

U18 Female
20th — Claudia Rowan-Tierney (2024: 42nd)

U18 Male
13th — Ollie Sullivan (2025: 41st)
25th — Sam Crouch (First Victorian Championship)

U20 Male
9th — Rhylee Stewart (2025: 17th)

The West wins The GTC Lake Attack – Battle of Gippsland, taking the Wings from the East and levelling the all time series at 4–4.

We can’t wait for the Gippsland Championships later this year to see who takes the bragging rights.

Congratulations to Charles Leahy (West) and Elly Fleming (Easy), your 2026 Men’s and Women’s Champions, and to Glen Borch (East), whose persistence paid off with victory in this year’s Handicap event.

LAKE ATTACK
East Vs West
The Battle of Gippsland
Entries Now Open
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How good is it to be a Gippslander!!! A special two weeks on the national stage. A big thank you to the entire Gippsland Track Club community... your support truly lifts each other and creates a team space within GTC where every individual, no matter the pace, can grow, push, and flourish.

🥇 Matilda Read (U17 5000m Walk) – 24:38.02
🥉 Kaydence Fleming (U18 400m) – 56.37 PB (GTC Record)
🥉 Oscar Woodhouse (U16 3000m) – 8:50.40

🔥 Top Performers
• 4th – James Denton (U18 400m Final – 48.64)
• 5th – Oscar Woodhouse (U16 1500m – 4:06.47)
• 9th – Yuki Braybrook (U15 800m – 2:16.44)
• 10th – Kaydence Fleming (U18 200m – 25.09)

📖GTC Records
• James Denton – 48.64 PB (GTC Record) – 400m
• Kaydence Fleming – 56.37 PB (GTC Record) – 400m
• Elly Fleming – 2:08.16 PB (GTC #2 All-Time) – 800m
• Yuki Braybrook – 2:13.59 PB (GTC #4 All-Time) – 800m
• Elly Fleming best GTC female performance at an Aus Open Championships - 12th

FULL RESULTS
Female 200m (U18)
• 10th – Kaydence Fleming | Heats: 11th (10th Aus) – 25.09
Female 400m
• 3rd – Kaydence Fleming (U18) | Heats: 3rd Q – 56.37 PB (GTC Record) Final: 5th (3rd Aus) – 56.79
• 14th – Annabella Denton (U17) | Heats: 1:00.81
• 36th – Lily Marazzato (U20) | Heats: 8th – 1:02.19 (Debut)
Female 800m
• 9th – Yuki Braybrook (U15) | Heats: 3rd – 2:13.59 PB (GTC #4 All-Time) Final: 9th - 2:16.44
• 12th – Elly Fleming (Open) | Prelims: 2:09.36 (2nd Q) Heats: 2:08.16 – PB (GTC #2 All-Time)
• 18th – Indi O’Brien (U14) | Heats: 6th – 2:25.50
• 25th – Maddy Boyd (U20) | Heats: 9th – 2:26.03
• 36th – Lily Marazzato (U20) | Heats: 9th – 2:33.07 (Debut)
Female 3000m (U18)
• 13th – Amelie Saldanha | 10:55.55 (Debut)
Female 5000m Walk (U17)
• 1st – Matilda Read | 24:38.02
Male 200m (U18)
• 12th – James Denton | Heats: 5th – 22.38
Male 400m
• 4th – James Denton (U18) | Heats: 4th Q – 50.07 Final: 5th (4th Aus) – 48.64 PB (GTC Record)
• 15th – Lachlan Rosato (U17) | Heats: 3rd – 50.99
Male 800m (Open)
• 26th – Charles Leahy | Prelims: 1:52.27 (2nd Q) Heats: 8th – 1:54.47
Male 1500m
• 5th – Oscar Woodhouse (U16) | Final: 4:06.47
• 25th – Rhylee Stewart (U20) | Heats: 8th – 3:57.05
Male 3000m (U16)
• 3rd – Oscar Woodhouse | Final: 8:50.40

Third for Oscar Woodhouse in the Australian U16 3000m today. It's been an incredible season for Oscar, which started with a National Title in the U15 Australian XC Championships, followed by a Sub2 800m, Victorian Country 1500m Record, Australian All Schools silver and a 5th placing in the Australian U16 1500m.

Matilda Read is your 2026 Australian U17 5000m Walk Champion. A very special performance tonight in Brisbane. Matilda now completes the national double this season, after also winning the Australian All Schools U16 3000m Walk title in December.