Impressive Medal Haul at Bundoora

July 18, 2026

AV 10k/3k Cross Country Race Report by Christine Williams

Well done today to all Old Xavs athletes who ran at Bundoora. A challenging cross country course showcased some great runs for the Red & Black Army.

Medals For The Young Guns (3k)

Under 20 Men’s Para 3km: It was great to welcome Laurie Tod back to racing, and while he was under instruction to take it easy he still ran at a pace to pick up a silver medal closely followed by Christos Tsorlinis who had a great run to pick up the bronze medal. Special welcome to Ryder Tremewen who made his OXAC debut.

Under 20 Women’s Para: Eloise Valentini kept the U20 medal haul going taking home the gold medal.

Open Men’s Para 3km: Cam Marshall led this race the whole way, just being overtaken in the finish chute for overall honours, but winning gold in the para category. It was an Old Xavs clean sweep with Carlos Manolitsas taking second and Finn Harvey third.

Open Women’s Para 3km: Georgia Powning took the gold, sharing the podium with Amelie Lague, who had the run of the day to take the bronze medal.

Michael Tsorlinis on his way to team bronze for M50

Medals For Over-Age Athletes (10k)

Belinda Blackburn took the bronze medal in the W50+ age group, Alan Colman picked up the silver medal in the M55+ age group, and Bruce Davie rounded out the medal haul with the bronze in the M60+ age group. With Michael Tsorlinis completing the M50+ team, there was a team bronze in that division as well.

Annie Colman was fastest Xaverina on the day, running strongly to finish 20th overall in the open field and Tim Tyers was our fastest male runner.

Belinda was pleased with her bronze medal performance

Full OXAC Results

  • Female Open Para 3km: Georgia Powning 11:52; Amelie Lague 14:40; Clara Campillos 14:59; Lexi Guiney 15:05;
  • Female Open 10km: Annabelle Colman 39:19; Julie Pearsons 47:04; Belinda Blackburn 47:57; Di Guiney 51:07; Fleur Shaw-Jones 53:50; Josita Hicks 1:00:25;
  • Female U20 Para 3km: Eloise Valentini 21:39;
  • Male Open Para 3km: Cameron Marshall 09:58; Carlo Manolitsas 12:10; Finnian Harvey 12:55;
  • Male Open 10km: Tim Tyers 37:49; Alan Colman 39:16; Bruce Davie 40:35; Michael Tsorlinis 43:04; David Martini 46:22; Thuan Ma 46:44; Gus Llano 52:40; Sebastian Harvey 53:53; Alexander O’Callaghan 57:04; Christopher Worsnop 1:03:22
  • Male U20 Para 3km: Laurence Tod 11:12; Christos Tsorlinis 11:14; Ryder Tremewen 13:34
  • Male U20 8km: Zachary Taylor 30:22;
  • Male U18 6km: Joshua Llano-Machado 22:32.
Georgia and Amelie share the open para podium.

Thank you to everyone that supported and cheered all our athletes running. Special mention to Josi Hicks, who was the crowd favourite and received the most cheers and enthusiastic support as she ran the 10km race.