Lake Wendouree was alive on Saturday with the annual BRAC Lap of the Lake a major event on the Ballarat athletics calendar. Over 115 participants took to the Lake with the rain clearing in the afternoon for the event.

Athletes took off from Windmill Drive this year with an exciting race in the Men’s 6km seeing a brilliant 17 athletes finishing the course in under 20 minutes! Eureka’s Ben Stevens made the most of the conditions finishing in 18:18 minutes to claim first place over fellow team mates Joshua Johnston (18:22m) and Charles Chandler (18:30m). Ballarat legend Steve Moneghetti won the 60+ category finishing in 19:52 minutes on the same track that is named after him!

In the Women’s race, Ballarat YCW star Eliza Lepair came in 1st with a time of 21:13 minutes to cap off her terrific start to the season. She was followed by junior athletes Lucy Jones (21:47m) and Daisy Sudholz (22:08m) who stamped their authority as future stars of the sport. In a junior dominated event Rose Ashman, Paige Tuddenham & Aria Volini all finished inside the top 6 while being under the age of 16! Angela Williams again showed her strength winning the 50+ category and 8th overall.

In the club stakes, Eureka Athletics took the A & B Grade Men plus the U14 Men while Ballarat YCW cleaned up the other categories in style. YCW also took home A, B, C & U16 Women’s titles with Wendouree ending up with 40+ and Eureka with U18 Women’s.

Well done to all athletes who participated in the event and thank you to all of the officials who made the day possible. The next Ballarat event is the Chas Suffren while Athletics Victoria XCR will return on Saturday 17th June.