Maribyrnong parkrun

303 parkrunners ran and walked on Saturday morning in event #554, 9 were doing their first ever parkrun anywhere and 22 were tourists visiting Maribyrnong for the first time. 29 parkrunners recorded new Personal Bests (PBs).

Congratulations to Noah Irwin (25 finishes), Tania Smith (25 finishes), Mai Tran (25 finishes), Griffin Stevens (50 finishes) and Genevieve Trevaskis (250 finishes) for reaching milestones!

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Maribyrnong parkrun Results Page.

Thank you to our volunteers for making the event possible:
• Andrew Turner
• Aleisha Bald
• Louis Bravos
• Mark Chapman
• Sally Chapman
• Zane
• Sarah Keating
• Dang-Quan
• Ian Newey
• Stephanie
• Flavia Pinto
• Henry
• Michelle Roberts
• Harper
• Benjamin
• Merryn Steel
• Alex Stephenson
• John Thompson
• Sophia
• Rob Waters

First Timers (first parkrun ever):
• Cari Ah Sam
• Michaela Denny
• Jack Distefano
• Pamela Grandon
• Marcus Harding
• Rachel Kent
• Brian Vogelsinger
• Sarah Vogelsinger
• Scott Wood

First Timers (parkrun tourists visiting Maribyrnong for the first time):
• Ahmad Abdu
• Jack Bradford
• Sue Bradford
• Jack Brisbane
• John Debono
• Maighan Dowling
• Wasan Forsyth
• Sam Gray
• Will Halpin
• David Janetzki
• Eloise
• Gil Low
• Ferhan Parker
• Judith Pound
• Mathilde Richalot
• Charlee
• Alexandra Roger
• Malachi
• Tania Smith
• Alex Taylor-Bartels
• Halle Taylor-Pritchard
• Vincent Vong

PBs:
• Thomas Balaouras - new PB 30:41 (previous PB 58:18)
• Hugh Barter - new PB 17:42 (previous PB 20:01)
• Elyse Butler - new PB 26:46 (previous PB 27:50)
• Mark Carmody - new PB 25:11 (previous PB 25:38)
• Simon Chestnutt - new PB 37:15 (previous PB 39:52)
• Jac Diblasi - new PB 35:45 (previous PB 35:48)
• Brooke Elise - new PB 25:44 (previous PB 27:00)
• Allwyn F - new PB 25:57 (previous PB 26:59)
• Jessica Harte - new PB 26:47 (previous PB 27:30)
• Ellen Hewitt - new PB 34:33 (previous PB 36:14)
• Sandra Ho - new PB 28:20 (previous PB 33:13)
• Kate Janetzki - new PB 28:56 (previous PB 28:58)
• Ibrahim Jimi - new PB 21:50 (previous PB 22:18)
• Jake Johnstone - new PB 26:45 (previous PB 30:05)
• Alysha Literski - new PB 30:08 (previous PB 33:34)
• Joseph - new PB 21:38 (previous PB 22:46)
• Callum - new PB 24:57 (previous PB 25:24)
• Liam Matthews - new PB 27:33 (previous PB 27:58)
• Goran Necovski - new PB 24:28 (previous PB 24:31)
• Connor Oleary - new PB 23:30 (previous PB 23:39)
• Kristian Ortigas - new PB 18:43 (previous PB 19:16)
• Karlyn Read - new PB 28:57 (previous PB 28:58)
• Mark Scicluna - new PB 20:55 (previous PB 24:22)
• Phoebe Song - new PB 30:53 (previous PB 40:50)
• Simon Spong - new PB 26:01 (previous PB 29:46)
• Mai Tran - new PB 29:14 (previous PB 29:33)
• Nad Visseyrias - new PB 29:04 (previous PB 31:20)
• Leonie Volkmann - new PB 28:23 (previous PB 30:06)
• Ethan Wong - new PB 32:23 (previous PB 33:52)

Milestones:
• 25 finishes - Noah Irwin
• 25 finishes - Tania Smith
• 25 finishes - Mai Tran
• 50 finishes - Griffin Stevens
• 250 finishes - Genevieve Trevaskis

Congratulations go to our 19th finisher (and 1st female finisher) this morning - Genevieve Trevaskis - for finishing her 250th parkrun event!

Genevieve started parkrunning back in April 2014 (that's before there even was a "Maribyrnong parkrun") and 204 of Genevieve's 250 events have been at Maribyrnong, topped up with 46 tourist events at 16 other parkrun locations in Victoria, NSW and the ACT.

Along the way, Genevieve has racked up a very impressive 20 PBs and while this year she may not match her highest annual total of 39 events (set back in 2018), she's already recorded her highest ever age grade as a parkrunner. She's also been a versatile contributor to parkrun as a volunteer, taking on the pacer, number checker, funnel manager and finish tokens volunteer roles.

Congratulations Genevieve - welcome to the parkrun 250 (green t-shirt) Club!

This morning 465 parkrunners ran and walked in event #553, including 21 doing their first ever parkrun anywhere and 31 tourists visiting Maribyrnong for the first time - 70 parkrunners recorded new Personal Bests (PBs).

Congratulations to Josephine Huynh (25 finishes), Lucy Nguyen (25 finishes), Eleanor Sim (25 finishes), Jack Sperling (25 finishes), Sarah Turner (25 finishes), James Corteciano (50 finishes), Benjamin Millar (50 finishes), Jackie McLeod (100 finishes) and Peter Nelson (100 finishes) for reaching milestones!

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Maribyrnong parkrun Results Page.

Thank you to our volunteers for making the event possible:
• Adeline Teh
• Sarah Aygur
• Poppy Brown
• Mark Chapman
• Sally Chapman
• Isabelle
• Keith Dekok
• Zane
• Dang-Quan
• Janelle Lilley-Gawne
• Le Minh Bien
• Ian Newey
• John Papworth
• Miranda Phua
• Henry
• Michelle Roberts
• Benjamin
• Fiona Seymour
• Adrian Shiel
• Jacqueline Shiel

First Timers (first parkrun ever):
• Leander Ballugo
• Santiago Baracaldo
• Andy Buc
• Simon Chestnutt
• Georgia Childs
• Guilherme Dos Santos
• Alvaro Garcia
• Jude
• Bethany Hall
• Anthony Hew
• Bala Janaki
• Jake Johnstone
• Sam Marks
• Scott Pearson
• Gerard Pirie
• Roxanne Portolesi
• Maxwell
• Major Singh
• Helen Valero
• Ashu Vedula
• Leonie Volkmann

First Timers (parkrun tourists visiting Maribyrnong for the first time):
• Lauren Angela Ortega
• Lance Asetre
• Willow Autumn
• Gary Blake
• Fiona Delaney
• Jason Delaney
• Alyssa Di Martino
• Maddie Digby
• Duncan F
• Angelina Fuentes
• Ryan Gideon
• Jack Gray
• Jared Havemann
• Melanie Hird
• Peter Hird
• Therese Hird
• Prim Holland
• Melissa Joyce
• Des Keuken
• Volodymyr Lebediev
• Peter Nelson
• Ashley Niland-Rowe
• Heidi Niland-Rowe
• Liam Odonnell
• Anthony Paterra
• Juan Sabalza Juan Sabalza
• Katie Sambrook
• Mark Scicluna
• Reuben Silveira
• Amanda Tang
• Steven Warren

PBs:
• Michelle Artigas - new PB 30:16 (previous PB 31:42)
• Belinda Barr - new PB 26:21 (previous PB 27:46)
• Matilda - new PB 26:05 (previous PB 27:40)
• Blã¡Thnaid Bates - new PB 32:16 (previous PB 33:31)
• Liam Beattie - new PB 30:25 (previous PB 31:27)
• Melanie Bell - new PB 38:55 (previous PB 40:10)
• Jean Bremner - new PB 32:49 (previous PB 32:53)
• Luke Buckley - new PB 20:27 (previous PB 20:31)
• Nicholas Bui - new PB 35:04 (previous PB 36:47)
• Thomas - new PB 28:21 (previous PB 31:59)
• James C - new PB 23:46 (previous PB 23:57)
• Lachlan Clews-De Castella - new PB 21:46 (previous PB 22:13)
• Katie Condon - new PB 40:00 (previous PB 41:06)
• Taylah Cooke - new PB 31:08 (previous PB 31:18)
• Danielle Coppini - new PB 29:00 (previous PB 29:45)
• Luciano - new PB 27:44 (previous PB 29:29)
• Massimo - new PB 19:07 (previous PB 19:41)
• Thomas De Gabriele - new PB 29:06 (previous PB 30:05)
• Joe Degabriele - new PB 34:37 (previous PB 34:55)
• Jac Diblasi - new PB 35:48 (previous PB 35:54)
• S F - new PB 35:04 (previous PB 36:44)
• Arlen - new PB 23:06 (previous PB 23:18)
• Danielle Freeman - new PB 33:03 (previous PB 33:06)
• Ciela - new PB 20:49 (previous PB 22:00)
• Marietta - new PB 23:45 (previous PB 24:20)
• Stephanie Greenslade - new PB 27:55 (previous PB 29:51)
• Piper - new PB 25:48 (previous PB 25:50)
• Trevor Hang - new PB 20:10 (previous PB 20:15)
• Paul Heavey - new PB 33:08 (previous PB 38:19)
• Myra - new PB 34:56 (previous PB 35:04)
• Tanya Herriot - new PB 34:56 (previous PB 35:13)
• Jacki Holland - new PB 27:25 (previous PB 27:28)
• Mike I - new PB 26:37 (previous PB 26:41)
• David Jaggard - new PB 29:27 (previous PB 29:41)
• Nicole Jaggard - new PB 40:59 (previous PB 41:18)
• Rosie Jaggard - new PB 29:19 (previous PB 33:26)
• Zakaria Jibril - new PB 28:18 (previous PB 29:06)
• Anthony Jordan - new PB 27:21 (previous PB 27:27)
• Simay Keles - new PB 33:01 (previous PB 34:09)
• Madeleine Kerr - new PB 25:57 (previous PB 29:04)
• Michael Kipp - new PB 17:45 (previous PB 17:47)
• Emma - new PB 26:26 (previous PB 26:30)
• Aaron Korczak-Krzeczowski - new PB 18:40 (previous PB 20:33)
• Oscar Lau - new PB 30:05 (previous PB 37:38)
• Roger Lim - new PB 31:47 (previous PB 32:55)
• Laura Limone - new PB 39:00 (previous PB 39:12)
• Michelle Locsin - new PB 37:10 (previous PB 39:37)
• Diego - new PB 24:19 (previous PB 25:36)
• Hugh Ly - new PB 28:06 (previous PB 28:32)
• Callum - new PB 25:24 (previous PB 30:22)
• Edward Meehan - new PB 31:38 (previous PB 33:32)
• Benjamin Millar - new PB 20:10 (previous PB 20:21)
• Le Minh Bien - new PB 23:14 (previous PB 23:40)
• James Moore - new PB 28:10 (previous PB 32:41)
• Samantha Ng - new PB 30:53 (previous PB 31:09)
• Evie - new PB 54:06 (previous PB 56:35)
• Jessica Pearce - new PB 32:51 (previous PB 35:06)
• Yoko Reilly - new PB 28:27 (previous PB 29:33)
• Rosie - new PB 30:50 (previous PB 31:54)
• Gaurav Sehrawat - new PB 26:49 (previous PB 28:48)
• Theo - new PB 20:49 (previous PB 21:02)
• Ashleigh - new PB 25:38 (previous PB 26:17)
• Mai Tran - new PB 29:33 (previous PB 30:52)
• Victor Tran - new PB 30:07 (previous PB 33:16)
• Nad Visseyrias - new PB 31:20 (previous PB 32:51)
• Sidney Vo - new PB 31:13 (previous PB 32:44)
• Fiona Vuong - new PB 33:46 (previous PB 35:22)
• Elizabeth Warren - new PB 33:59 (previous PB 34:11)
• Yu Xia - new PB 27:24 (previous PB 28:10)
• Jing Yang - new PB 29:58 (previous PB 31:13)

Milestones:
• 25 finishes - Josephine Huynh
• 25 finishes - Lucy Nguyen
• 25 finishes - Eleanor Sim
• 25 finishes - Jack Sperling
• 25 finishes - Sarah Turner
• 50 finishes - James Corteciano
• 50 finishes - Benjamin Millar
• 100 finishes - Jackie McLeod
• 100 finishes - Peter Nelson

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This morning we had 465 people start their Saturday at Maribyrnong for event #553. There were 21 fresh faces doing their first ever parkrun, and 70 new personal bests recorded.

Thank you to our volunteers for making the event possible.

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Maribyrnong parkrun results page.

We're still looking for a photographer for tomorrow (August 29), and a volunteer to do "post-event close down" (take the equipment home after the event and prepare it for the next one, mostly a matter of sorting the finish tokens).

If you can help with either of these roles, please comment, send us a message or email [email protected].

Today we celebrated 12 years of Maribyrnong parkrun.

Across 551 events, Maribyrnong has recorded 144,819 finishes by 20,369 different people, supported along the way by 1,053 different volunteers.

Behind those numbers are thousands of Saturday mornings, friendships, milestones, first 5ks, PBs, coffees and conversations. And behind every one of those Saturday mornings are people who make sure the event can actually happen.

Today, as we celebrate everyone who has been part of Maribyrnong’s story, we also want to recognise two people who have made an extraordinary contribution to it: our Co-Event Directors, Chris Wootton and Stuart Hilton.

Chris has volunteered on 278 occasions, completing 267 volunteer tasks across 15 different roles. That includes 54 pre-event setups, 49 as Run Director, 35 as marshal, 32 post-event close downs, 26 barcode scanning and 23 timekeeping — along with finish tokens, First Timers Welcome, funnel managing, token sorting and more.

Among more than 1.1 million people who have volunteered at parkrun worldwide, Chris ranks 4,956th — placing him in approximately the top 0.45% globally.

Stuart has volunteered on 225 occasions, completing 159 volunteer tasks. He has been Run Director an extraordinary 77 times, as well as completing 45 pre-event setups and 23 post-event close downs, alongside photography, barcode scanning, First Timers Welcome and other roles.

Stuart ranks 8,894th among more than 1.1 million parkrun volunteers worldwide — approximately the top 0.8%.

Together, that’s 503 volunteer occasions.

But even those extraordinary numbers only tell part of the story.

Being a Co-Event Director is so much more than putting your name on the volunteer roster on a Saturday morning. For years, Chris and Stuart have committed to making sure Maribyrnong happens, week after week.

There are the countless hours most parkrunners never see: working with council, sponsors and parkrun; planning and organising; responding to issues; supporting volunteers; solving problems; and doing everything necessary behind the scenes so everyone else can simply turn up on Saturday morning and walk, run, volunteer and be part of the community.

An event reaching its 12th anniversary doesn’t happen by accident. It takes an enormous community, and today we celebrated everyone who has played a part in Maribyrnong’s story. But it also takes people prepared to carry the responsibility for keeping that community going.

In addition to Chris and Stuart, we also want to explicitly acknowledge all of the Run Directors from the past 12 years. The Run Directors are the people in charge on the day. We also want to thank everyone who has ever volunteered, participated, advocated for or recommended Maribyrnong parkrun. Collectively, this is your event and your success.

Chris and Stuart, thank you for the hundreds of Saturdays, the countless unseen hours and your extraordinary commitment to making Maribyrnong parkrun happen. 💚

And now we’d love to hear from you. What does Maribyrnong parkrun mean to you? Share a favourite memory, moment or story from your time at Maribyrnong in the comments — whether you’ve been here from the beginning or joined us somewhere along the way.

Join us tomorrow morning at the normal time to celebrate our 12th year at Maribyrnong parkrun and kick off our 13th.

If you'd like to dress up, the theme is "M" for Maribyrnong (things starting with the letter M).