Born in 1960, Mark Tregellas grew up in Syndal, then a new and semi-rural suburb on the outskirts of Melbourne. Being only four years after the Melbourne Olympics, athletics had become as popular as cricket and football. Mark started athletics in 1966 and can remember hundreds of kids competing at Waverley every Saturday.

Cathy was one of the first wave of exceptional athletes to run at Waverley Little aths in the early days. Testament to this is the fact that she still holds no fewer than 6 sprint records, some 30 years later.

Michael has competed for Australia Internationally on more than 15 occasions. Predominantly a "race walker", he still runs Cross Country at State level and most recently in December 2004, completed the National Ironman (42km run , 10km swim , 100km bike) event in Perth. Michael held some walk records in the early years at Waverley - but these were over different distances to current and aren't recorded anywhere ! Michaels list of achievements in the race walking events over more than 20 years are enviable!

Aside from her athletic ability, Melanie was also a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, which I believe is where her career has now taken her.

The Pinnacle of Kate's athletics career came when she won the 1998 Commonwealth Games 5000m GOLD Medal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Now retired from competitive athletics, Kate is married to Stawell Gift Winner - Jason Richardson (who featured in our clubs 25th birthday celebrations in 1995), has two children and coaches athletics at Wesley College.

David continues to climb the Australian 5000m rankings with a fantastic 4th place at the Telstra A Series on Thursday 17th February 2005. David took the battle up to Craig Mottram and two Tanzanian runners and lead during parts of the race. He finished less than 10sec behind Mottram to record another PB of 13:37.57.

Sonia holds no records at Waverley Little Aths. She is now however, an outstanding athlete, who has persisted to follow her dream and practice hard ! Sonia was a VIS scholarship holder prior retiring from athletics in 2007, and is finally completing her Law/Medical Science degree. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Sonia finished 7th in the 400mh final. Many of you will have met Sonia at our Little Champions Coaching clinic that we had in November 2004 and last Sunday (2nd April 2006) at the Waverley Gift meeting, where she ran the 100m and 400m against the men (and was brilliant :-)

Brendan Cole was a member of Waverley Little Aths from the late 80's through to 1996. He is the son of Life Member Barry Cole. Judging from the previous Waverley Records that Brendan has held, he has always liked jumping LONG or HURDLES !!!

Peter excelled during his U13 - U15 years at Little Aths. Aside from holding a staggering 9 records all the way from 70m through to 1500m, he also teamed up to win many State Relay Championships as well.

Kevin was a member at Waverley from u7 to u12 (1971 - 1977) with the Waverley North Club. Whilst being very competitive during this time, he found himself in one of Waverley's most talented age groups, and holds no Little Aths Records. He did however begin to excel when he entered the Seniors ranks, and still holds the Athletics Waverley 400mh record.

One of the most talented athletes to come out of Waverley Little Aths during the 70's. I ran in the age group under Lisa some 28 years ago. I remember most of the kids were "in awe" of her speed at that time - and it appears with good reason too ! She shares the 100m record with Cathy Milburn, testament of her talent. Unfortunately, I don't know any more about her than this, but would welcome some input from anyone who does!

Peter Banks competed at Waverley LAC from 1981 to 1984. His father David was President from 82/84. During Peter's time at Waverley, he won 2 Silver and a bronze medal at the State Championships in HJ and discus.

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