ALL four clubs from Flack Advisory Services Group-backed Athletics Bendigo Region claimed at least one medal in the weekend's finale to Athletics Victoria's open and under-age track and field championships.
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Athletes from Bendigo Harriers, Bendigo University, Eaglehawk, and South Bendigo were in fine form across Saturday and Sunday at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne's Albert Park precinct.
Bendigo's medal tally on weekend two of the championships was four silver and five bronze.
Biggest haul was in the pole vault.
South Bendigo's James Woods was second in the under-20 final, clubmate Emma Orme earned silver in the under-15s, and Bendigo Harriers' Frances Leach was third in the under-17s category.
It was the first pole vault hit-out for Orme and Leach at state titles level.
Both performed extremely well to clear heights of 2.40m and 2.50m.
Although well-below his Bendigo Centre record-breaking leap of 4.95m, Woods cleared 4.50m to be runner-up in the under-20s.
Eaglehawk's Angus McKindlay put in a superb effort to run 57.60 seconds and earn second place in the under-20 400m hurdles.
At discus, Dunolly's Jake Gavriliadis who competes with Bendigo Harriers reached a mark of 50.22 metres to claim silver in the under-16 final.
After striking gold in the open shot put the previous weekend, South Bendigo's Emma Berg followed up with a mark of 41.21m to claim bronze in the open discus.
University's Jayden Padgham ran the under-17 3000m in 8:56.53 to add bronze to his medal tally.
Bendigo Harriers' Jorja Hill hit a mark of 31.87m to be third in the under-17 javelin.
South Bendigo's rising star Logan Tickell ran the 3000m in 9:10.89 as he earned bronze in the under-16 final.
Eaglehawk trio Kye Mason, James Bentley and Laura Kadri progressed to 200m finals.
Mason was fourth in the under-20s; Bentley was fifth in the under-18s; and Kadri was eighth in the under-20 class.
Meanwhile, round eight in AV Shield League will be run this Saturday afternoon at the Bendigo Region Athletics Complex in Retreat Road, Flora Hill.
Action starts at 1.30pm when sprint hurdles is contested.
Other events on the track program are 1500m or 3000m walk, 100m, 1500m, 2000m or 3000m steeple, and 400m.
Field disciplines are shot put, javelin, long jump, pole vault, and high jump.
A non-scoring 4 x 400m relay is on the schedule.
Register for events via the Athletics Bendigo website by 8pm on Thursday.
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