The club returned with18 gold in a host of medal-winning performances during competition on Friday, Saturday and Sunday to finish sixth behind overall winner, Bendigo Harriers.

Eureka was 12th, Ballarat Harriers 15th and Ballarat YCW Harriers 16th.

Bendigo clubs filled the top three positions, with South Bendigo second and Eaglehawk third.

Wendouree was the leading Ballarat club in both the men’s and women’s sections, finishing sixth and eighth respectively.

BALLARAT MEDALLISTS

GOLD 

Kelly Ruddick (Harriers): women’s open 5000m race walk

Eden Squire (Harriers): women’s under-14 long jump

Peter O’Dwyer (Harriers): men’s 40-plus 100m

Grace O’Dwyer (Harriers) women’s under-18 400m

Ella Squire (Harriers): women’s under-16 triple jump

Chris Lang (Wendouree): men’s 50-plus men’s 400m hurdles

Michelle Hawkes (Wendouree): women’s 40-plus 5000m

Stephen McLennan (Wendouree): men’s 50-plus 3000m steeplechase

Nicholas Fidler (Wendouree): men’s under-16 2000m steeplechase

Narelle Lehmann (Wendouree): women’s 40-plus 100m

Narelle Lehmann (Wendouree): women’s 40-plus 200m

Rob Lehmann (Wendouree): men’s 40-plus 200m

Rob Lehmann (Wendouree): men’s 40-plus 400m

Nicholas Milton (Wendouree): men’s under-20 110m hurdles

Chris Lang (Wendouree): men’s 50-plus 100m hurdles

Sam Williams (Wendouree): men’s under-16 1500m

Natasha Typuszak (Wendouree): women’s open 800m

Sam Williams (Wendouree): men’s under-16 800m

Ashlea Bylsma (Wendouree): women’s under-18 long jump

Rob Lehmann (Wendouree): men’s 40-plus long jump

Angela Williams (Wendouree): women’s 40-plus 10,000m

Angela Williams (Wendouree) women’s 40-plus 1500m

Brendan Hawkes (Wendouree): men’s 40-plus discus

Katherine Dowie (Eureka): women’s under-18 3000m

Katherine Dowie (Eureka): women’s under-18 2000m steeplechase

Laura Hutchins (Eureka): women’s under-20 discus

Laura Hutchins (Eureka): women’s under-20 hammer throw

Cassie Dege (Eureka): women’s open 3000m steeplechase

Ross Darlow (Eureka): men’s under-18 3000m race walk

Ellen Dowie (Eureka): women’s under-18 3000m race walk

Annaliese Bush (Eureka): women’s under-18 triple jump

Annaliese Bush (Eureka): women’s under-18 100m hurdles

Emma Werner (Eureka): women’s open triple jump

Courtney Scott (Eureka): women’s open 1500m

Tara Jasper (Eureka): men’s 50-plus pole wault

Tara Jasper (Eureka): women’s under-16 high jump

Amy Canavan (Eureka): women’s under-14 800m

Amy Canavan (Eureka): women’s under-14 1500m

Darcy Edgerton (Eureka): men’s under-16 javelin

Alanna Peart (YCW): women’s under-14 1500m race walk

Tahl VanRoosmalen (YCW): women’s under-16 2000m steeplechase

Natalie Hall-Dekleva (YCW): women’s under-18 800m

Wendouree: women’s under-18 4x100m (Jessica Lehmann, Ashlea Bylsma, Grace Nichols, Jenna Cartledge)

Wendouree: men’s 40-plus 4x100m relay (Derek Milton, Chris Lang, Brendan Hawkes, Rob Lehmann)

Wendouree: women’s open 4x400m (Ashlea Bylsma, Natasha Typuszak, Grace Nicholas, Narelle Lehmann)

SILVER

Nicholas Milton (Wendouree): men’s under-20 400m hurdles

Nicholas Fidler (Wendouree): men’s under-16 3000m

Aeron Johns (Wendouree): women’s under-14 long jump

Ryan Friedrichs (Wendouree): men’s under-14 javelin

Ryan Friedrichs (Wendouree): men’s under-14 discus

Aeron Johns (Wendouree): women’s under-14 100m

Chris Lang IWendouree): men’s 50-plus 100m

Bridget Powell (Wendouree): women’s under-20 100m

Rob Lehmann (Wendouree): men’s 40-plus 100m

Annaliese Bush (Wendouree): women’s under-18 long jump

Chris Lang (Wendouree): men’s 50-plus long jump

Ashlea Bylsma (Wendouree): women’s under-18 javelin

Elijah Dale (Wendouree): men’s under-18 javelin

Jemma Peart (YCW): women’s under-16 3000m race walk

Tahl VanRoosmalen (YCW): women’s under-16 1500m

Natalie Hall-Dekleva (YCW): women’s under-18 1500m

Matilda Hill (YCW): women’s under-14 1500m race walk

Alexander Howard (YCW): men’s open 10,000

Cleo Anderson (Harriers): women’s under-18 400m

Liam Procaccino (Harriers): men’s under-20 400m

Peter O’Dwyer (Harriers): men’s 40-plus 400m

Sue Anderson (Harriers): women’s 40-plus 800m

Sue Anderson (Harriers): women’s 40-plus 400m

Emma Werner (Eureka): women’s open hammer throw

Tara Jasper (Eureka): women’s under-16 100m

Josh Attwood (Eureka): men’s open 800m

Sam Carr (Eureka): men’s under-18 long jump

Cassie Dege (Eureka): women’s open 1500m

Wendouree: women’s open 4x100m (Narelle Lehmann, Anna-Maria Rice, Bethany Simpson, Bridget Powell)

BRONZE

Ellen Dowie (Eureka): women’s open 5000m race walk

Cassie Dege (Eureka): women’s open 5000m

Annaliese Bush (Eureka): women’s under-18 100m

Katherine Dowie (Eureka): women’s under-18 1500m

Emma Werner (Eureka): women’s open shot put

Tracie Dekleva (YCW): women’s 40-plus 5000m

Matthew Blood (YCW): men’s open 400m hurdles

Lucy Wheatland (YCW): women’s under-18 400m

Meg Lehmann (Wendouree): women’s under-14 long jump

Lachlan Hawkes (Wendouree): men’s under-14 javelin

Lachlan Hawkes (Wendouree): men’s under-14 discus

Caitlin Christie (Wendouree): women’s open high jump

Ethan Johns (Wendouree): men’s under-14 shot put

Aaren Johns (Wendouree): women’s under-14 200m

Bridget Powell (Wendouree): women’s under-20 200m

Bridget Powell (Wendouree): women’s under-20 high jump

Jamie Johns (Wendouree): men’s 40-plus 200m

Ashlea Bylsma (Wendouree): women’s open long jump

Ryan Friedrichs (Wendouree): men’s under-14 long jump

Liam Procaccino (Harriers): men’s under-20 200m

Stuart Aberdein (Harriers): men’s under-20 400m

Wendouree: women’s under-16 4x100m (Meg Lehmann, Lilly Beechey, Aeron Johns, Holly Nichols)

Wendouree: men’s under-16 4x100 (Nicholas Fidler, Sam Williams, Josh Hawkes, Tyler Davis)

Wendouree: men’s under-20 4x100m (Rod Davis, Nicholas Milton, Elijah Dale, Corey Baker)

Eureka: men’s open 4x100m ( Darcy Edgerton, Daniel Fairhurst, Sam Carr, Josh Attwood)

Eureka: men’s open 4x400m (Daniel Fairhurst, Sam Carr, Darcy Edgerton, Josh Attwood)