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Victorian Cross Country League

Whether you would prefer the occasional run or want to compete weekly, we would love you to have you join us.

The Victorian Cross Country League holds weekly races throughout metropolitan Melbourne from April until September with distances ranging from 5 to 10 kilometres.

14/09/2026

The last race of Season 2026 was on Saturday! The Tan Relays - here is how we went!

M Premier Div- 6th
Jackson Unthank- 11.12, Joshua Unthank 11.17, Michael Ryder 11 35, Daniel Lawlor 12.58, Ashley Cowen 11.52, Michael Marantelli 11.43

MDiv 5 7th
Fraser Murray 16.18, Hayden Squance 16.34, Brigette Humphrey 13.47, Meg Deane 14.04

We held a 2026 Aggregate:-
Michael Ryder 1st
Liam Stocky 2nd
Brigette Humphrey 3rd

BIG THANKS to President Brian Marantelli for being at the races and all you do behind the scenes!
Great running everyone-

I have put together a 📸 gallery of all the runners who represented us this year (sorry Rob Haala I could not find one). In the comments I have put some info on each runner. Sorry Meg you are out of order!
You are all Champs! GOOD LUCK to all of you in all your running endeavours in summer and SEE YOU NEXT SEASON!!!

09/09/2026

The Burnley 15km was on the weekend!

M Premier 8th
Michael Ryde 49.25, Liam Stocky 50.52,Joel Donnar 52.14, Jackson Unthank 54.08, Michael Marantelli 54.58 and Joshua Unthank 1.03.44

Mdiv5 - 13th missing 3 runners
Ash Cowen 1.05.32

4km - Fraser Murray- 17.06 - 3rd in his age group!!!!!

Male 14 - 4km Archer Morrison- 14.33 and 9th!

Now for our ladies ,Wdiv3- 3rd!!! Missing 1 runner!
Brigette Humphrey 57.11 - Meg Deane 1.05.32, Olivia Bury 1.05.42
Welcome back Olivia! Champs!

Last race for the Season on Saturday - the Tan Relays! Good luck all and come along and support your team 👍

11/08/2026

A 2 races in 1 post!
Albert Park 10km
Premier team - 6th
Joshua Unthank- 30.38, Jackson Unthank 30.44, Michael Ryde 31.53, Ash Cowen 32.11, Gerry Stamoulis 32.12, Liam Stocky 32.20

Mdiv 5 12th - 1 runner short
Andrew Leggo 34 12, Hayden Squance 43.19, Fraser Murray 45.14

WDiv 3 6th - 1 runner short
Brigette Humphrey 37.41, Meg Deane 38.46, Emily Dalziel 39.29

Joel Donnar also ran but due to niggles unfortunately had to pull out. Great to see some returning athletes from injuries!

Now to:-
Ballarat 1/2 marathon

Premier- 10th
Liam Stocky 1.11.08, Michael Ryde 1.13.11, Ash Cowen 1.13.28 Michael Marantelli 1.13.42, Andrew Leggo 1.17.05

Mdiv 5 - 3 runners short
Alex Bacalja 1. 24.15

M 50+ short course 6km
Fraser Murray 26.29 and top 10!

Fdiv 3 - 6th 2 runners short
Brigette Humphrey- 1.22.40

Welcome back Michael Marantelli! Great running guys!

Brigette Humphrey, you are going strength to strength! Brigette was the 15th overall female runner! Keep going!

Thanks to AV for the great photos that come through each race that I am able to share with you!

21/07/2026

CONGRATULATIONS Corina Kapusta! Corina won the W50 XCR championship! She is also sitting in No. 1 spot in the season points

Wdiv.3- 7th - missing 2 runners
Brigette Humphrey- 39.47!
Corina Kapusta- 44.07
We are sitting 3rd on the season ladder

M Premier - 10th - missing 3 runners
Gerry Stamoulis- 33.49
Liam Stocky - 42.13
Fraser Murray- 48.19
We are 4th on the season ladder

M14 - 6th! 3km
Archer Morrison - 11.02
Congrats Archer - great running!

Next up is the Lakeside 10km at Albert Park. Don't forget to get your rego in by tomorrow lunch time- I am on volunteer duty so see you there! GO VCCL! OH - if you want to come along and cheer our runners on please do!

01/07/2026

The Calder Park 7.5km relays where on the weekend! This is how we went:-

Mdiv1 - premier x 6 runners - 5th place
Enzo Noel- 22.04, Joel Donnar - 22.00, Joshua Unthank - 21.44, Jackson Unthank - 22.03, Hayden Squance- 22.25, Michael Ryde- 23.21

Mdiv5 - x 4 runners - 2nd place
Andrew Leggo - 24.16, Tobias Lawrence - 26.12, Gerry Stamoulis- 23.47, Daniel Lawlor- 24.37

Mdiv7- x 3 runners needed 1 available
Fraser Murray- 31.38

Wdiv3- 4 runners needed 3 available which pushed us from 1st to 8th
Meg Deane - 27.18, Emily Dalziel- 27.33, Olivia Bury- 30.11

Well done runners! Some great times and efforts! Thanks Brian for volunteering with me - BIG THANKS to Jules for the great snaps and to the AV photographers.

Good luck in the next race!

16/06/2026

Cruden Farm 12km was on the weekend!

M premier- 6th - Hayden Squance - 40.53 - Joel Donnar - 41.33 - Gerry Stamoulis- 41.48 - Michael Ryde - 41.56 - Daniel Lawlor- 44.15 - Tobias Lawrence- 47.35

MDiv 5 - 12th Fraser Murray- 59.49- holding his own - champ

WDiv. 3 - 5th Meg Deane - 54.52 - Olivia Bury - 57.13 - Corina Kapusta- 57.56

Ladders to date :-
M Premier- 4th
Mdiv 5 - 1st
Mdiv7 - 3rd
Wdiv3 - 2nd

As for the Athlete ladder - Will Lovett is 4th!

Thank you Colin for volunteering with me!

02/06/2026

In Bendigo we had an 8km race at St Anne's Winery. We did well and Congrats to all the runners:-

Men Premier team- 4th
Will Lovett- 3rd overall - 25.25
Michael Ryde - - 27.34
Gerry Stamoulis- - 27.42
Liam Stocky- - 27.51
Ash Cowen - 28.17
Hayden Squance- 28.22

Men's Div. 5 - 9th
Daniel Lawlor - 102nd - 29.44
Fraser Murray- 253rd - 38.46
We where down 2 runners so this was a good effort!

Women Div. 3 - 7th
Meg Deane- 35.21
Corina Kapusta- 37.22
Olivia Bury- 38.01
We were 1 runner short so also a great effort

A HUGE congrats to Will Lovett! Well done Champs 🏆 3rd overall is a fantastic achievement!

20/05/2026

Now for a catchup for the Jells Park relays!
First of all, we received our winning penant for last year's win in Div. 2. Our hard working, consistent and down right great guy, Fraser Murray picked it up for us! Now to times and places:-

Men Premier a very close race - 4th
Joshua Unthank 19.19, Jackson Unthank 19.12, Enzo Noel 19.26, Hayden Squance 19.51, Michael Ryde 19.19 and Will Lovett 18.26

Men's Div 5 1st!
Joel Donnar 19.35, Andrew Leggo 21.38
Ash Cowen 19.36, Liam Stocky 20.29

Men's Div 7 1st!
Alex Bacalja 22.05, Tobias Lawrence 22.12 Robert Haala 25.38, Daniel Lawlor 21.13 Fraser Murray 27.10

Female Div 3 1st!
Brigette Humphrey 22.45, Corina Kapusta 26.11, Emily Dalziel 24.24, Meg Deane 24.30

A very successful day! Well run all!
Fraser did remind us that Sean Quilty would have turned 60 on that day. I think he would be very proud of the club he loved

11/05/2026

We are off and running for season 2026!

Our Mdiv 1 - premier team came a very decent 6th with Will Lovett running 14.09 and 10th overall. There were 6 runners in this team:-
Enzo Noel - 14.39
Joshua Unthank - 14.41
Jackson Unthank - 14.57
Michael Ryde - 15.04
Ash Cowen - 15.26

Mdiv 5 was 1st - great result
Gerry Stamoulis - 15.28
Liam Stocky - 15.37
Daniel Lawlor - 16.42
Alex Bacalja - 17.32

Mdiv7 - the one and only
Fraser Murray - 21.51

Male - Under 14
Archer Morrison - who was 6th

Wdiv 3 - 1st !!
Eliza Howard - 17.22
Brigette Humphry - 17.52
Meg Deane - 18.50
Olivia Bury - 20.24

Congrats to all our runners! Welcome back to our regulars and to some past members coming back after a break!
To all our new members a hearty welcome and enjoy the season of running ahead.

05/05/2026

Hi - just a reminder that you will have to register for the Albert Park race by tomorrow before 12pm. Good luck!

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http://www.vccl.org.au/

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