The celebrations will be loud and long at the end of this year’s women’s 120m handicap at the Keilor Gift meet but there will be an air of sadness surrounding the race as the athletics fraternity remembers star athlete Billie Jo Petersen.
The women’s 120m handicap will be named in honour of Petersen, a winner of the race in 2007 and beloved figure in Victorian athletics circles, who passed away unexpectedly in November last year.
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