The Gippsland Athletics Club 2025/26 Vern Curnow Pentathlon Championship was held on Tuesday 9th of December 2025.
EVENT RESULTS:
Records
U/16 Women’s Long Jump – Zaria Dalton 4.74m (4.72m previous record, Alana Green SCA, Feb 2008; 4.72m Sharna Warry, WEL, Dec 2023)
Masters Women’s Long Jump – Sarah Lewis 3.52m (3.30m previous record, Heather Daldry, WGL, Oct 2000)
Masters Women’s Pentathlon – Sarah Lewis 1601points (13.04 points previous record, Laura Tomic, SCA, Dec 2023)
200M
Women: U/14 – Brooklyn Wyatt 31.53, Xanthe Dalton 32.88; U/16 – Zaria Dalton 26.22,Masters - Sarah Lewis 29.91, Brandy Forgèt 44.88
Men: U/14 – Taj Makepeace 31.07; U/16 – Liam McCandless 27.00; Open – Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne dnf; Masters – Aaron Makepeace 31.50, Simon Van Baalen 35.07, Stuart Dalton 36.84, Wayne Seear 38.43
JAVELIN
Women: U/14 – Brooklyn Wyatt 22.95, Xanthe Dalton 10.29; U/16 - Zaria Dalton 10.29; Masters - Brandy Forgèt 18.89, Sarah Lewis 12.01
Men: U/14 – Taj Makepeace 13.00; U/16 – Liam McCandless 11.01; Open – Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 17.57; Masters – Simon Van Baalen 32.00, Aaron Makepeace 25.10, Stuart Dalton 22.92, Wayne Seear 22.07
800M
Women: U/14 – Xanthe Dalton 3:15.29, Brooklyn Wyatt 3:30.45; U/16 – Zaria Dalton 2:45.44; Masters - Sarah Lewis 2:34.20, Brandy Forgèt dnf
1500M
Men: U/14 – Taj Makepeace dnf; U/16 – Liam McCandless 5:50.61; Open – Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne dnf; Masters – Aaron Makepeace 5:57.58, Simon Van Baalen dnf, Stuart Dalton dnf, Wayne Seear dnf
Long Jump
Women: U/14 – Brooklyn Wyatt 3.43, Xanthe Dalton 2.91; U/16 – Zaria Dalton 4.74; Masters - Sarah Lewis 3.52, Brandy Forgèt 1.51
Men: U/14 – Taj Makepeace 4.44; U/16 – Liam McCandless 3.84; Open – Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 1.25; Masters – Aaron Makepeace 3.86, Simon Van Baalen 3.58, Wayne Seear 2.99, Stuart Dalton 2.81
DISCUS
Women: U/14 – Brooklyn Wyatt 27.64, Xanthe Dalton 18.06; U/16 - Zaria Dalton 20.85; Masters - Brandy Forgèt 25.17, Sarah Lewis 12.23
Men: U/14 – Taj Makepeace 17.72; U/16 – Liam McCandless 14.87; Open – Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 18.92; Masters – Simon Van Baalen 34.78, Wayne Seear 27.02, Stuart Dalton 26.78, Aaron Makepeace 18.98
To be eligible to contest the pentathlon for the perpetual trophies the competitors must be Athlete members with Athletics Victoria and a member of one of the 4 local clubs.
PENTATHLON PLACINGS
U/14 WOMEN 1st Brooklyn Wyatt GPA 1448
2nd Xanthe Dalton GPA 968
U/16 WOMEN 1st Zaria Dalton GPA 2163
MASTERS WOMEN 1st Sarah Lewis SCA 1601 Record
2nd Brandy Forgèt GPA 640
PENTATHLON PLACINGS
U/14 MEN 1st Taj Makepeace GPA 762
U/16 Men 1st Liam McCandless GPA 1138
OPEN MEN 1st Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne GPA 381
MASTERS MEN 1st Aaron Makepeace GPA 1104
2nd Simon Van Baalen GPA 1063
3rd Wayne Seear GPA 660
4th Stuart Dalton GPA 653
VERN CURNOW SHIELD PLACINGS – combined club scores
Gippsland Athletics were the winner’s of the club score award, with all athletes except one being from Gippsland Athletics Club this year.
Nitro XMAS Night will be run December 16th, 6pm at the Joe Carmody Track, Newborough
Events: 150m, Long Jump (cumulative), 5 min run for distance, throws event with targets
