HOBART runners dominated the sprint finals at yesterday’s Launceston Athletics Carnival at St Leonards, taking home the spoils in both the men’s and women’s gift finals for the second successive year.
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Jarrod Gilroy took out the men’s 200-metre gift title from fellow Hobartian Jacob Despard, with Launceston’s Ross Lovell finishing third.
Gilroy’s handicap mark was 13m and his winning time was 20.80 seconds.
Despard ran off 7m and Lovell off 12m.
The women’s 100m gift final was won by Hobart’s Kimberley Geelan, who beat home last year’s winner, Lily Castle, with Launceston’s Laura Nicholson third.
Geelan ran off a mark of 7m and her winning time was 11.27.
Castle ran from 6.25m and Nicholson 7m.
Despard won the men’s 100m final from his mark of 3m, in 10.34.
Gilroy (5m) was second and Penguin’s John Howe (3.75m) was third.
Hobart’s Michelle Davis took out the women’s 200m final, off 19m, in a time of 23.20.
Nicholson (19m) was second and Geelan (19m) was third.
The maiden 200m title went to Launceston’s Jarrod Thomas from Grady Stretton and Kysha Hill.
The open 1600m was won by Darren Brown, off 240m, in a time of 4:10.64.
Gerard Lohrey (280m) was second and Corey Stanley (150m) was third.
The open 600m went to Davis off 75m in 1:19.46 with Courtney Stanley (70m) second and Mitchell Gowen (10m) third.
Launceston’s Matthew Zegveld took out the master’s 300m from a mark of 30m in 37:01, from David Chapman off 40m.
