Race 2 of the Bendigo Athletic Club has been won with ease by young club runner, Lachlan Perdon.

33 runners lined up in the 6.5km John Burke handicap sponsored by Mark and Helen Ruff held out at No.7 Reservoir.

Starting off on a handicap of 12 minutes and 30 seconds with fellow club runners ‘Rick Ermel’ and ‘Nick Edwards’, Perdon had some work to do to fend of Ermel and Edwards as well as catch the 21 runners in front of him.

Perdon timed his race to perfection, storming past Chook Stewart and Melinda Gilligan in the last 500m of the race to win by a margin of 12 seconds, which also earnt Perdon 1st place in the Under 23 category.

2nd to the line and 1st in the Veterans category was Chook Stewart with Melinda Gilligan coming in at 3rd and 1st in the women’s and open categories.

Earlier this year, Perdon won the final of the flack advisory distance series held at the Tom Flood Sports Centre.

Jacob Nolan ran fastest time of the day in 22:28 with Ingrid Douglas being the fastest female with a time of 29:50.

Next weekend will be a break due to mother’s day with racing resuming the following Sunday 20th May at Notley’s Reserve in Whipstick.

Category Results:

Under 23: 1st Lachlan Perdon, 2nd Sebastian Rossi, 3rd Nick Edwards.

Veterans: 1st Chook Stewart, 2nd Kane Ellis, 3rd Carol Stewart.

Open: 1st Melinda Gilligan, 2nd Matt Sullivan, 3rd Jacob Nolan

Women: 1st Melinda Gilligan, 2nd Carol Stewart, 3rd Lyn Crome.

Fastest time: 1st Jacob Nolan, 2nd Dan Ryan, 3rd Ben Goode.