One of if not the youngest runner, ‘Sebastian Rossi’ has won race 8 of the Bendigo Athletic Club.

Only 11 years old, Rossi on Sunday, took his place amongst the pantheon of race winners to win the 6.5km event in a time of 30:16.

A first-year runner with the club, Rossi ran three 17th placings including a 20th placing in previous season races before taking out the Schultz and Stewart sponsored event.

With a starting handicap of 8:20, Rossi set off with co-marker Charlie Wardrop and started making his move through the field of 28 runners.

Working his way through the 6.5km course, Rossi took off from Wardrop and caught the six runners in front of him one by one until he eventually held the lead.

Backmarkers Dan Ryan and Ben Goode made a desperate attempt to catch Rossi but the younger runner proved to good by winning with a comfortable margin of 35 seconds from Dan Ryan in 2nd and Ben Goode in 3rd.

Meanwhile Nolan had his work cut out for him to defend the fastest time title with the return of former club champion Josh Sait. Nolan had the advantage of race toughness on his side however and managed to take out the title of fastest in a time of 22:25 from Sait in 22:53.

Next weekend is a break for the Bendigo Athletic Club with racing returning the following Sunday, 15th July, with a 5km event at the Mandurang Cricket Ground, commencing at 10:30am.

Category results:

Under 23: Sebastian Rossi, Nick Edwards, Demi Goodall-Hoffman.

Open: Dan Ryan, Ben Goode, Josh Sait.

Fastest: Jacob Nolan, Josh Sait, Dan Ryan.

Veterans: Mark Perdon, Ingrid Douglass, Brett Gilligan

Womens: Demi Goodall-Hoffman, Ingrid Douglass, Donna Todd.