Gippsland Track Club

LAKE ATTACK
East Vs West
The Battle of Gippsland
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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.

National bronze for Kaydence 🥉
Kaydence Fleming is third Australian across the line in today’s Australian U18 400m Championship final, securing a national bronze medal with a time of 56.79.
It has been a successful season so far for Kaydence, who now holds the GTC 100m, 200m, and 400m records.
Kaydence now turns attention to the 200m heats tomorrow.

James Denton becomes the first GTC athlete to break 49 seconds in the 400m, placing 5th (4th Australian) at the 2026 Australian U18 400m Championship. Season time goal: ✅ 50.18 > 48.64

A big step forward for Kaydence Fleming, who broke 57 seconds for the first time tonight in the Australian U18 400m heats in Brisbane, setting a new GTC 400m record, previously held by her sister Elly (56.88), and clocking a personal best by 0.64 seconds.

Kaydence now holds the GTC 100m, 200m, and 400m records. She qualified third-fastest for the U18 400m final and will line up tomorrow at 12:50pm.

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A career milestone for Charles Leahy and Elly Fleming, competing at the Australian Open Championships for the first time, becoming the 5th and 6th athletes to represent GTC at these Championships.

Both athletes progressed through the prelims with 2nd-place finishes to automatically qualify for the heats. In the heats, Charles finished 26th overall, while Elly placed 13th overall (12th Australian). Elly’s placing is the highest ever by a female GTC athlete at an Australian Open Championships.

Elly also recorded a personal best of 2:08.16, #2 on the GTC all-time list.