The first few years of the 1960's decade were very unremarkable ones for St Kevin's A.A.C. Limited impact was made by the Club in competition and by its athletes at State or National level. There were times when the Club only just maintained enough momentum to keep continuing. Dr Tom O'Donnell the Club's founder, had taken over the Presidency of the Club in 1958 after his father had held the post for nine seasons. Kevin Prendergast, later to coach successfully in Tasmania, was secretary, and Alan Lodge Treasurer.

Season 1960-61 would be the Club's last with Olympic Park as its home venue as the gradual expansion of the V.A.A's competition and teams would lead to dramatic changes for the 1961-62 season. 9th in B, 11th in C, and 7th in the Junior Grades was neither good nor bad. John Filgate was 5th in the 120 yards Hurdles and Bob McGuinness finished 5th in the 440 yards Hurdles at the Victorian Championships. Maurie Lynch broke the 3 mile Club Record (15:23.0) and Dick Graydon took the pole vault standard to 3.50 meters where it still remains the same thirty three years later.

Alan and Keith Lodge would in the Winter of 1961 conduct the first St Kevin's 10 mile handicap race around the Heyington property as part of the A.P.S.O.C programme. Bob McGuinness would be the Club's first winner of a Winter event. His win in the 10 mile Handicap as handicap winner and fastest time was the first occasion a St Kevin's runner won an A.P.S.O.C event in either of the aforementioned categories. Alan Lodge was the A.P.S.O.C secretary in 1961 and Paul Hardiman won the A.P.S.O.C 4km time trial handicap later in Winter. For the first time the Club finished teams in all four teams races: an indication of further improvement in Cross-Country.

In 1961-62 the Club was allocated to the Melbourne University track for interclub competition. At the time the relocation was considered to be quite a set back but the Uni' track would sustain the Club for anther ten seasons and be recalled fondly as a friendly and competitive venue. The venue had two unique qualities that were an advantage to athletes. The "schute", a straight lead-in to the 200m bend, aided fast 200m times. The track, sheltered on all sides by buildings, was less affected by wind and there were some that claimed a tail wind around the full 400m of the track was possible by the funnelling of the wind around the Varsity structures.

Even in the venue's own A Grade the Club struggled finishing 9th and 7th in C Grade. The Junior team finished 2nd in B section. Bob McGuinness would be the Club's outstanding athlete of the season running Club records in the 440 yards Hurdles (53.4) and 880 yards (1:57.8) and finishing 3rd and 2nd respectively in the Victorian titles in these events. He was good enough to finish 5th at the National titles in the 440 yard Hurdles. After finishing 4th in the State titles in 1962-63 in the same event he would transfer reluctantly to Box Hill to gain better competition. He would later make his name in another form of racing as a horse trainer.

The next few seasons were contained few highlights. The 1962-63 season saw Jack Baker hang up his spikes after not missing an interclub round since 1947. Jack had been a mainstay of the Club in this period as a sprinter, coach of junior athletes, Club delegate to the V.A.A council, and committeeman. He was almost immediately elected the Club's first Life Member.

Coinciding with the retirement of Jack Baker was the status of Club greats, Ray Mooney and Frank Devlin. Ray's impact would be almost immediate with wins in the Victorian U-19 Pentathlon in consecutive seasons 1962-63 and 1963-64, a 3rd in the U-19 Javelin (49.94m) in 1963-64, equalling the Club record in the high Jump (1.88m) in 1964-65, and breaking javelin record (51-65m). Frank Devlin would by decade's end be the Club's best distance runner to that point after years of progressive improvement.

The annual report of 1963 stated that "The 1962-63 season saw the Club at times struggle for its very existence" With only eleven actively competing members. Trophies for the season were donated by John Griffiths and won by :-- M Lynch - Best Athlete, A Hoare - Best Clubman, G Jensen - Most Consistent, R Mooney - Best Performance, J Allan - Most Promising.

Alan Lodge had by 1964 retired from the Club only to become actively involved in the Old Boys Tennis Club for many years. Into his place stepped Barry J.Jones and Geoff Westcott who would both become prominent in the A.P.S.O.C competition. Prominent runners in Winter in the period 1960-65 were Maurie Lynch, Geoff Westcott, Graham Stockdale, Frank Devlin, Keith Lodge, Terry O'Donnell, and Vin Lukaitis. Handicap winners in this era were Keith Lodge - 1964 10 mile Handicap, Des Dwyer - 1961 Orchard Handicap, Paul Hardiman - 1961 Jamieson Handicap, Vin Lukaitis - 1965 10 mile Handicap, and Barry J-Jones - 1965 Orchard Handicap.

Bill O'Conner returned in 1963-64 to compete for the Club and Finished 5th in 1964-65 in the Victorian Titles' Hammer Throw (44.62m). Another name from the 1950's Leo FitzGerald had returned briefly as Club President from 1961-63. Unfortunately, both he and Syd James passed away during this time. Leo's untimely death from cancer was a particularly sad blow given his youth and Syd, the Club's father figure and the man on whose knowledge the success of the 1950's was based, hit those who had been nurtured by his involvement.