KELLY Ruddick completed the set of state walking titles at the Victorian Track and Field Championships at Olympic Park at the weekend.Ruddick, of Ballarat Harriers, claimed the open 5000 metres for the first time in her first race back after stomach surgery.She adds the crown to 10km, 15km and 20km championships on the road.She covered the 5000m in 23 minutes, 17.03 seconds � almost 35 seconds clear of teenager Amy Burren.Burren set the early pace in a bid to clock a world junior qualifying time, which she did in finishing second.Although slower than her winning time in the Victorian country titles in Ballarat earlier this year, Ruddick was delighted to capture the championship for the first time. Ruddick led a Ballarat female charge at the meet.Melbourne-based Eureka athletes Victoria Mitchell and Kathryn Mitchell also claimed state titles.Victoria Mitchell continued her comeback after about nine months off the track by taking out her signature event, the open 3000m steeplechase.In her first major test since returning from a spate of setbacks, she ran 10:12.02 to beat home Julia Webb from the United States by more than 10 seconds. Kathryn Mitchell defended her title in the open javelin with a throw of 52.70m.Paralympian Jodi Willis-Roberts completed a a golden double in the women's ambulant shot put and discus.Leading performances by Ballarat Regional Athletic Centre club members:Kelly Ruddick (Ballarat Harriers): open 5000m walk 1.Victoria Mitchell (Eureka): open 3000m steeplechase 1.Kathryn Mitchell (Eureka): open javelin 1.Jodi Willis-Roberts (Ballarat Harriers): ambulant shot put 1; ambulant discus 1.Brendan Sexton (Eureka): open invitation 3000m 1.James Devenny (Wendouree): ambulant discus; ambulant shot put 1.Caitlin Christie (Wendouree): open high jump 2.Joel Bee (Wendouree): open 400m 3.RESULTS1 5498 Sexton, Brendan 85 EKA 8:20.53 2 8984 Hartley, Chris 83 SA 8:21.82 3 8871 Morgan, Paul 83 SA 8:27.39