BALLARAT teenager Mason Keast makes his open gift debut at Run for the Willow at Shepherd’s Flat on Saturday.
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While it is a big step for the 15-year-old, he takes winning form into the Daylesford Gift heats.
Keast had his biggest moment on the Victorian Athletic League circuit at Maryborough on Friday, taking out the restricted 120 metres.
His only previous victory had been in an under-17 100m, at Sandringham last season.
Keast, who started off 10m with only two rivals behind on the starting blocks, said he was unsure whether he had won as he hit the tape.
“All I knew was that it was close.”
He said he just focused on going hard to the line.
Keast was given the verdict over fellow Ballarat runner Alec Wiltshire by the barest of margins – 0. 002 seconds.
Keast is in his third season of professional running and is coached by Rob Lehmann.
Lehmann, who as a youngster also won the restricted 120m at the same carnival, was not at Maryborough, but congratulated his young charge by phone shortly after the success.
This was Keast’s first VAL meet of the season, having undergone nose surgery late last year to correct an injury suffered last football season.
Keast will line up in the last of seven Daylesford Gift heats over 100m. Khan Marr, who ran in Friday’s Maryborough Gift final on Friday, is the backmarker in the heat, which also features Noddy Angelakos, who finished second at Princes Park.
The Daylesford Gift also features Ballarat 400m powerhouse Liam Procaccino.
SCHEDULE
11.35am: Graphic Print 800m heats
11.50: Central Highlands Water 70m heats
12.20pm: VCCL 1600m novice
12.30: 70m final
12.40: Hocking Stuart women's 100m heats
12.57: Telstra Daylesford Gift 100m heats
1.25: 800m final
1.35: women's 100m final
1.45: Telstra Daylesford Gift semi-finals
2.00: Daylesford District Community Bank 300m masters heats
2.16: Intersport SportzBiz “Roz Moynihan” restricted 400m heats
2.32: Daylesford Accommodation Escapes women's 400m heats
2.44: VRTA “William Lee Snr” 400m heats
3.10:Daylesford Gift final
3.20: Rotary Club of Daylesford under-18 100m
3.30: Camp Quality kids races
3.40: Biggin and Scott “Mick O’Connor Mile” 1600m
3.50: 300m masters final
4.00: restricted 400m final
4.10: women's 400m final
4.20: VRTA 400m final
4.30: Central Highlands Garden Supplies four-legged gift
DAYLESFORD GIFT 100M
HEAT 1 - 12.57pm
RED Matthew Hargreaves (Werribee) 5
WHITE Paul Cracroft-Wilson (Surfers Paradise) 5.75
BLUE Dion Paull (Croydon) 6.75
YELLOW Stuart Rooke (Beaumaris) 6.75
GREEN Glenn Ross (Scarborough) 8.25
PINK Darren Whittaker (Mordialloc) 10.25
BLACK David Polichovski (Seaford) 11.5
GREY Glenn Stephens (Epsom) 13.25
HEAT 2 - 13.00
RED David Kenny (Highton) 5
WHITE Liam Hanrahan (Navigators) 6.25
BLUE Sheldon Ronald (Pakenham) 6.75
YELLOW Joshua Tiu (Doncaster) 6.75
GREEN Chris Diegan (Williamstown) 8.5
PINK Lawrence Coop (Lower Templestowe) 10.5
BLACK Tim Rosen (Bentleigh East) 11.5
GREY Hayley Openshaw (Warradale) 14
HEAT 3 - 13.03
RED Cory Innes (Elwood) 5
WHITE Cam Dunbar (Ringwood) 6.25
BLUE Brian Hamilton (Flagstaff Hill) 6.75
YELLOW Ryan Hancock (Adelaide) 6.75
GREEN Lee Tzilantonis (Ferntree Gully) 10
PINK Andrew Wilcox (Templestowe) 10.75
BLACK Stephanie Richards (Maidstone) 15.75
HEAT 4 - 13.06
RED Carl Morehouse (Mt Waverley) 5
WHITE Adam Coote (Brighton) 6.25
BLUE Liam Procaccino (Ballarat) 6.75
YELLOW Benjamin Farrell (Geelong) 7
GREEN Jake Ryder (Thornton) 10
PINK Jonathon Rogers (Lysterfield) 11.5
BLACK Richard Norris (Coorparoo) 17.5
HEAT 5 - 13.09
RED Thomas Moloney (Ballarat) 5.25
WHITE Michael Kember (Cromer Heights) 6.25
BLUE Paddy McDonald (Mordialloc) 6.75
YELLOW Samuel Grouios (Altona) 7.5
GREEN Dominic Condello (Moonee Ponds) 10
PINK Kelly Sheldrick (Vermont) 12.5
BLACK Tony O'Shea (Dandenong) 20
HEAT 6 - 13.12
RED Robert Spencer (Essendon) scr
WHITE Paul Tancredi (Essendon) 5.75
BLUE Dylan Panizza (Wembley Downs) 6.5
YELLOW Doug Greenough (Bentleigh) 6.75
GREEN Rhys Parkinson (Melton) 7.5
PINK Tom Morehouse (Chelsea Heights) 10.75
BLACK Eliza Wilson (Perth) 12.5
HEAT 7 - 13.15
RED Khan Marr (Williamstown) 2.75
WHITE Bros Kelly (Hastings) 5.75
BLUE Mason Keast (Delacombe) 6.75
YELLOW Dean Stojanovic (Spotswood) 6.75
GREEN Leigh Phelan (Brighton) 7.5
PINK Noddy Angelakos (Keilor) 10.25
BLACK Vic Sharma (Winston Hills) 11.25
GREY Angela Byrt (Marshall) 12.5
WOMEN'S VASE 100M
HEAT 1 - 12.40
RED Eliza Wilson (Perth) 4
WHITE Melanie Purkiss (Hamprton) 5.75
BLUE Jenna Cartledge (Ballarat) 6
YELLOW Jody Richards (Maidstone) 8.25
GREEN Claire Thiele (Southbank) 10.25
PINK Megan McMahon (Sunshine) 13.75
BLACK Rita Pana (Hadfield) 19.25
GREY Mandy Emmett (The Basin) 20.5
HEAT 2 - 12.43
RED Angela Byrt (Marshall) 1.75
WHITE Tamara Hamond (Essendon) 4.5
BLUE Brittanny Brymer (Brighton) 5.75
YELLOW Stephanie Richards (Maidstone) 6.25
GREEN Cleo Anderson (Buninyong) 7
PINK Alex Tzilantonis (Ferntree Gully) 8.25
BLACK Kasey Moore (Wantirna) 10.75
GREY Sonya Pollard (Mt Waverley) 14.5
HEAT 3 - 12.46
RED Grace O'Dwyer (Ballarat) 1.75
WHITE Stephanie Mundy (Ross Creek) 5.5
BLUE Grace Nichols (Ballarat) 6.75
YELLOW Hayley Openshaw (Warradale) 7.25
GREEN Claire Douglas (Mt Waverley) 8.25
PINK Celeste Dyer (Croydon) 10.75
BLACK Tiana Shillito (Brown Hill) 11.25
GREY Danielle McDowell (Diamond Creek) 16
HEAT 4 - 12.49
RED Tara Domaschenz (Newington) 3.25
WHITE Melissa Howard (Surfers Paradise) 5.75
BLUE Kaleigh Spithoven (Booragoon) 8.25
YELLOW Stephanie Jinks (Aberfeldie) 9
GREEN Nadeen Brown (Bundoora) 11.5
PINK Catherine Hibberd (South Yarra) 16
BLACK Elissa Ward (Preston) 20
