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Page 6 — June 2013 VetrunnerRUNNERS-UP for the FRISTAD AWARDWOMEN – JANICE BANENS W70: Janice’s bestperformances this year were as good as second place in thehammer, third in the heavy weight, fourth in the throwspentathlon, seventh in the shot put and eighth in thejavelin at the most recent WMA Championships. Janicewas also the Most Outstanding Female Athlete at the AMAWinter Throwing Championships. She also won all sixthrowing events at the Pan Pacific Masters Games whereshe set Games Records in both hammer and heavy weight.Janice has rewritten the ACTVAC throwing records for herage group.MEN – BRUCE GRAHAM M50: Bruce’s bestperformances in the 5000 and 10,000m would have placedsecond in both at Sacramento. At the recent nationalsBruce was the fastest of all age groups in both longdistance track races and was only headed by a muchyounger man in the 8km cross country. Locally Bruce wonboth the Moore and the Pennington Series at the track. Onthe road he was second outright and first M50 in theCanberra Half Marathon and also M50 winner and 11thoutright in the Canberra Times Fun Run. He was also M50runner-up in the City 2 Surf.WINNERS of the 2013 AUDUN FRISTAD AWARDfor ATHLETICS EXCELLENCEWOMEN – JAYNE HARDY W50: Jayne’s bestperformances in the hammer and the heavy weight throwwould have earned second and third place respectively atthemost recent WMA Championships while her efforts in thejavelin and throws pentathlon would have been fourth. Inthe discus she would finish fifth and in shot put eighth. Atthe recent nationals Jayne won all throwing disciplines andwon the Royce Foley Trophy for having the highest pointscore in the throws pentathlon. At the AMA Awards DinnerJayne was acknowledged as the AMA Thrower of the Year.Jayne performed well at the AMA Winter ThrowingChampionships; having the best throws of all women indiscus and javelin and second best in hammer, shot, heavyweight and both the 56 and 100lb ultra heavy weight to thecurrent NZ champion.MEN – RAD LEOVIC M85: Rad being a joint recipientof the AMA Multi-Event Athlete of the Year at the recentAMA Awards Dinner sums up his numerous outstandingachievements over the last 12 months.His performances in the 400, 800 and 1500m werebetter than those of the winners at Sacramento. In the200m, 5000m, high jump and pole vault he would havebeen runner-up while in the shot put he would be fourthand in both the 100m and javelin his best would be fifth.Locally Rad also participated in the steeplechase and the10,000m neither of which had an M85 participant at theWorld Championships. Last August, just a week short ofturning 85 Rad was again the M80 champion in the VetsHalf Marathon.(This year’s selection panel consisted of Val Chesterton,Mick Horan and Trish Thomas. The citations were writtenby Bryan Thomas).Fristad Winners: Jayne Hardy, Rad Leovic, Bruce Graham, Kathy Sims, Alex Lloyd, Phil White,Michael Roden and Jan Banens2013 AMA National Championships Photos and StoriesA Results Booklet is currently being compiled for printing by Bob Banens which willcontain all results from the 41st Australian Masters Athletics (AMA) Track & FieldChampionships. Those individuals who have ordered and paid for their copy will receive itin the mail.For more information regarding the booklet please contact Bob and Jan Banens atbanens@ozemail.com.au . In the meantime members can continue to access theChampionship results via the website: https://sites.google.com/site/ama2013canberra/Articles written by Bryan Thomas, Jan Banens and Consie Larmour, which wonderfullyrecap and detail the highlights of the Championships can be found on pages: 15 and 21-26.Photos of the Awards Night and various exciting moments from the four-day event can befound on pages 2 and 35. Thank you to all photographers who sent the photos in!!