Winter Series: 31 August 2025

A crisp winter afternoon at the AIS and the FAST crew turned up in style—multiple wins in the jumps and throws, strong sprints across the card, and a tidy 400 m podium. Here’s the wrap of FAST athletes from the meet.

Highlights

• 🥇 Thivain Ariyadasa — Boys Long Jump (3.83 m, w+2.2), Boys Triple Jump (8.85 m, w+2.1), Shot Put (7.34 m)
• 🥈 Tindra Helgstedt — Girls 400 m (1:19.25), Long Jump (4.06 m), Triple Jump (8.80 m), Shot Put 3 kg (6.33 m)
• 🥇 Freya Marshall — wins the 100 m and Triple Jump
• 🥇 Zac Anderson-Rule — 1500 m Race Walk winner
• 🥉 Lewin Ainsworth — Hammer (4 kg) 32.62 m podium

Athlete-by-athlete

Freya Marshall (Gungahlin)

• 100 m: 14.05 (w+1.7) — 1st [Personal Best]
• 200 m: 29.63 (w+1.2)
• Triple Jump: 8.91 m (w+1.4) — 1st (8.91 / 8.53w / 8.62) [Personal Best]

Zac Anderson-Rule (Corroboree)

• 1500 m Race Walk: 9:41.62 — 1st
• 200 m: 37.40 (w+1.5)

Lewin Ainsworth (Gungahlin)

• Hammer Throw (4 kg, U16): 32.62 m — 3rd

Thivain Ariyadasa (Ginninderra)

• 100 m: 14.64 (w+1.7) [Personal Best]
• 200 m: 31.01 (w+1.5) [Personal Best]
• Long Jump: 3.83 m (w+2.2) 🥇
• Triple Jump: 8.85 m (w+2.1) 🥇 [Personal Best]
• Shot Put (2 kg): 7.34 m 🥇 (6.87 / 6.98 / 7.34)

Tindra Helgstedt (Tuggeranong)

• 100 m: 15.38 (w+1.7)
• 400 m: 1:19.25 🥈
• Long Jump: 4.06 m (0.0) 🥈 (4.06 / 3.98 / 3.81 / 3.87)
• Triple Jump: 8.80 m (w+2.0) 🥈 (8.49 / 8.80 / 8.52)
• Shot Put (3 kg): 6.33 m 🥈[Personal Best]

Estrid Helgstedt (Tuggeranong)

• 100 m: 16.32 (w+2.8)
• 200 m: 35.54 (w+2.5) [Personal Best]
• Triple Jump: 6.61 m (w+1.3) — 5th (6.61 / FOUL / 6.38)
• Shot Put (2 kg): 4.52 m — 2nd (3.94 / 4.27 / 4.52)

Nelum “Nel” Ganesalingam (Woden)

• 100 m: 15.20 (w+2.8) [Personal Best]
• 200 m: 32.07 (w+2.5)

Note: Winds above +2.0 are wind-assisted (not record-legal), but they’re still great indicators of competitive form.

Coach’s take

• Multi-event strength stood out—especially Thivain’s jumps/throws sweep and Tindra’s across-the-board podiums.
• Speed foundations are solid for Nel and Estrid; next block can target first-10 m projection, upright transition, and rhythm maintenance into the back half.
• Jumps focus: keep reinforcing penultimate mechanics (hip height/heel recovery) and stable take-off postures; the distances will follow as speed improves.

What’s next

We’ll feed these results straight into the next two weeks of sessions—refining acceleration and run-ups, consolidating throws rhythm, and dialing in race models before spring meets kick off.

Go FAST!