5@theLake results

• the seventh in the 2018-19 “5@theLake” series, of eleven runs in all
• 39 starters
• first time a junior has been the fastest on the day
• 8 pbs
• 3 best times this series
• 3 first-timers
• 7 members have run all 7 events this series

Notwithstanding the rain threatening, the conditions were ideal for some good running. As it turned out, the early finishers got home dry while the rest of the field encountered a very decent downpour. But all had fun.

We had 39 starters. including three first-time starters, two of whom raced the finishing curve to the mats. Up front Jack Wedgwood and Steve Pappas had their own battle with Jack coming home the stronger in the time of 19:10 from Steve’s 19:28. In doing so Jack became the first junior to ever finish at the front of the 5k field. Two of our first timers, Daniel Lakkis and Jamie Alford, crossed the mats with a chip time of 20:10 (only hundredths in it), which was the third fastest time of the day.

There were 8 pbs and 3 achieved their best time in the current series. A couple warrant special mention ... Owen Forest-Jones improved his pb from a time ran back in April’17; dad Ian ran his best time also since April’17; and Reg Sexton, not having missed the 5k event for nearly two years, did miss the mass start but got going and found his best since June’18.

All participants are to be congratulated. Thank you to all for assistance with the set-up and clean-up afterwards.

This event is not necessarily about the quickest. It really is about doing your best against yourself, ergo the pbs, and maybe then the others in your age categories.

There are 5 attachments to reflect the results.

• Rep1 – Across the Line/Chip Times
• Rep2 – Pointscores
• Rep3 – Performance Points – Cumulative for 2018-19
• Rep4 – Chip Times for 2018-19
• Rep5 – Across the Line – in Age Category

The first report is straight-forward - reporting the chip time of all finishers.

By category, the quickest were:
Males:  Jack Wedgwood 19:10, Steve Pappas 19:28 and Daniel Lakkis 20:10
Females:  Sophie Trinh 24:52, Sue White 24:58 and Sue Chenery 25:13
Juniors:
under 16 – Male:  Jack Wedgwood 19:10, Nathan Tran 24:10 and Owen Forest-Jones 26:31
under 16 – Female:  -
16-18 – Male:  -
16-18 – Female:  Sophie Trinh 24:52

The second report reflects the calculated points and our real champs of the day, based on the international formula for gender and age against world record, and reported in ‘points’ sequence. It can be that the early finishers may not be the highest point-scorers and vice-versa.

Our winners:
Steve Pappas  480 points  -  second across the line
Sue Chenery  470 -  eighteenth
Dean Turner  463  -  seventh
Jack Wedgwood  462 -  first

The third report is a cumulative result to-date of performance point-scores.
The 5@theLake is conducted through the Westies year. The competition winner will be the one with the highest cumulative point-score from eight of the eleven events.
The point-score report now reflects tallies less the 3 worse scores.

The fourth report is a listing of the 2018-19 participants with their recent times history. You can track results across the month, including consistencies, personal bests, et alia. It can be seen that the majority of our participants this month returned slower efforts than last month when conditions invited faster times.

The fifth report reflects the participants’ placings within age and gender categories.

To all our participants, thank you for being part of the event.

Thanks as always to the many helpers with the set-up and the mat put-away.
Top efforts all. 

Winners of the draws:
(Please remember you must be present to receive the draw prizes, else re-drawn).
Random placing draw winners were #35 Ian Jones, #22 Owen Forest-Jones and #33 Misbah Faiz. The lucky tickets were won by Joan Eisenhuth & Chandra Gurung.

Vic.

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2019 March 5@theLake - Rep1 - Across the Line 2019 March 5@theLake - Rep2 - Pointscores 2018-19 5@theLake - Rep3 - Performance Points - Cumulative - (as at March19) 2018-19 5@theLake - Rep4 - Chip Times (as at March19) 2019 March 5@theLake - Rep5 - Across the Line - in age category