Australian Titles 2007

Members Area Race Reports
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Field finals to provide fine fare in Brisbane
World No.1 pole vaulter Steve Hooker might be ranked as the best on the planet, but he is yet to win the Australian title – something he hopes to address this weekend in a sensational line-up of field event finals at the Telstra Selection Trials and 85th Australian Championships in Brisbane.

Hooker will lead a cast of field event exponents that includes fellow Commonwealth Games champions Bronwyn Thompson (long jump) and Kym Howe (pole vault) along with World Junior champions Dani Samuels (discus) and Robbie Crowther (long jump).

In addition, three of the world’s best field athletes will take on Australia’s best in Brisbane. Six-metre pole vaulters – World Championships silver medallist Brad Walker and Athens Olympic silver medallist Toby Stevenson will challenge Hooker and world No. 2 Paul Burgess.

However the men’s shot put has lost some of its luster following the news last night that Commonwealth Games discus champion Scott Martin will undergo surgery on Saturday after injuring his foot in interclub competition in Melbourne on Tuesday night. Martin, 2006’s shot put and discus champion, will not defend his titles and is expected to be on the sidelines for up to two months – in a major blow to his World Championships hopes.

The giant that is World No. 2 and 2004 World Indoor champion Christian Cantwell will still compete in the shot put in Brisbane.

World Championships selection, national titles and pride will be on the line in Brisbane, with the 85th Australian Championships to also double as the Telstra Selection Trials for this year’s World Championships in Osaka, Japan.

Athletes who have achieved at least two ‘A’ standard performances during the qualifying period and finish first at this weekend’s selection trials will be guaranteed a spot on the Australian team and can automatically book their flights to Osaka on Monday morning.

Athletics Australia Media today previews the field events, following our track preview earlier in the week.

Pole vault – men
Steve Hooker’s mum Erica has won nine national titles and dad Bill four, but Steve is yet to open his account. The 2006 World Cup winner claimed victory in Melbourne against Burgess, Walker and Stevenson and will hope to do so again in Brisbane. Burgess is the defending champion and all four will have their sights set on the meet record of 5.80 set by Burgess last year.

Pole vault – women
Kym Howe (WA) missed last year’s nationals with a shoulder injury, but she still went on to win Commonwealth Games gold with a new Australian and Commonwealth record of 4.62m – a mark she subsequently improved to 4.72m in Ukraine last month. Howe is fit and in form but will have a battle on her hands against Queensland’s Alana Boyd who has twice jumped the World Championships A-qualifying mark of 4.45m this season. In the absence of four-time national champion Tatiana Grigorieva who has retired, her niece, World Junior Championships bronze medallist Vicky Parnov (WA) will be hard to beat for a spot on the podium. Expect Emma George’s 1998 meet record of 4.58 (a world record at the time) to fall.

High jump – men
NSW’s Nick Moroney has won the last six titles in the high jump but it is hard to see the Commonwealth Games representative making it number seven in Brisbane. Queensland’s Kane Brigg leapt a new personal best of 2.23m last weekend – the best jump in Australia this year and he should battle it out with training partners and fellow Queenslanders Joshua Heap and Cal Pearce who have jumped 2.17m and 2.13 respectively this season.

High jump - women
Ellen Pettit (WA) took the title last year, however, this season there have been limited opportunities for our female high jumpers to jump head-to-head. Young Queenslander Catherine Dummond won in Melbourne, but the first six all cleared the same height (1.81m). Pettitt has the best jump in 2007 (1.86m) so she is the logical favourite in a wide open event.

Long jump – men
For the Queensland fans this event promises to be the event of the championships; World Junior champion Robbie Crowther up against the World Youth champion Chris Noffke and Queensland champion Tim Parravicini. All are native to the host State and all are after the title. Noffke was the youngest ever winner in 2005 and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Fabrice Lapierre will be back to defend his title. Don’t discount John Thornell either in what should be a cracker of an event.

Long jump – women
World No. 2 and Commonwealth champion Bronwyn Thompson will be the red-hot favourite to win her fourth national title joining Erica Hooker and Lyn Jacenko with a quartet of wins if successful. Thompson will be after Nicole Boegman’s 1998 meet record of 6.81m. Jacinta Boyd missed last year’s meet (which doubled as the Commonwealth Games trials) with a broken leg and appears to be the only real danger to Thompson.

Triple jump – men
Andrew Murphy collected 13 national triple jump titles, including last year’s championships, but the veteran has finally hung up the spikes, leaving Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Alwyn Jones (SA) as the favourite. The event will also feature teenager Alex Lorraway (ACT), whose father Ken, who passed away suddenly in January, holds the meet record of 17.29 (1980).

Triple jump – women
Sixteen centimetres separate the top four on the national ranking list with Lisa Morrison (NSW) winning in Sydney. South Australian Meggan O’Riley has been the big improver this season.

Shot put – men
Along with the men’s pole vault and men’s long jump this event promised to be one of the events of the meet. However, news that Scott Martin has a foot injury that requires surgery robs the event of another head-to-head clash. World Indoor champion and world No. 2 Christian Cantwell is an imposing figure – weighing in at 165kg and a towering 198cm. He has a lifetime best of 22.54m and threw over 21.43m in interclub in Melbourne this week. The meet record is Justin Anlezark’s 20.96m (the national record) set in 2003 which looks to be an endangered species.

Shot put and discus – women
World Junior champion Dani Samuels is the defending champion in both the shot and the discus and will be once again favoured to win the Australian title in both events. 1997 world champion Beatrice Faumuina will be tough to toss in the discus having claimed seven titles along with the meet record of 68.28m in 1997. An interesting competitor is teenager Kimberley Mulhall – the niece of 11-time shot put and nine-time discus champ Gael Mulhall (Martin) who holds the meet record with Valerie Villi in the shot.

Discus – men
In the absence of Commonwealth Games champion Scott Martin who had won the last three discus titles, fellow 60m-men Benn Harradine, Aaron Neighbour and Graham Hicks will now fight this one out. The 1988 meet record of 62.48m by Werner Reiterer is certainly attainable.

Hammer – men
For the first time since 1996 we will have a new champion following the retirement of dual Commonwealth Game gold medallist and ten-time national champion Stuart Rendell. The event is wide open with Victorian-based Ukrainian Pavlo Milinevskyy the favourite.

Hammer – women
Defending champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Brooke Billett has only had a few low key outings in Adelaide this season and hasn’t entered the championships, leaving Karyne Di Marco (NSW) with her best opportunity to clinch her first national title.

Javelin – men
The men’s javelin will be a head-to-head battle between two Queenslanders – Jarrod Bannister and Josh Robinson. The duo has shared victories during the season with Bannister having the best throw of the season (82.17m) just ahead of Robinson’s 80.73m. New Zealand’s Stuart Farquhar was the winner last year and returns to defend his title.

Javelin - women
Commonwealth Games finalist Kim Mickle (WA) has won the past two titles and looks likely to make it a third in succession this weekend. The question is can she reach the World Championships qualifying mark – a distance that has just eluded her so far this season. NSW youngster Laura Cornford is the main danger having improved her personal best significantly in 2007.

Heptathlon
Australian team captain and two-time Commonwealth Games silver medallist Kylie Wheeler (WA) will attempt to win her fifth title – which would put her on top of the record books with the most wins in the women’s combined event – alongside Helen Firth, Erica Hooker, Glynis Nunn-Cearns and Jane Flemming. Rarefied company.

Decathlon
Queenslander Jason Dudley was a revelation last season, winning his first national title then breaking 8000 points for the first time in winning bronze at the Commonwealth Games. Unfortunately Dudley won’t line up this weekend leaving Richard Allan (QLD) and Eric Surjan (WA) as the favourites for the ten-event battle.

In addition, the men’s and women’s under-18 match and a full program of events for athletes with a disability will ensure a packed three days of athletics.

Competition commences at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre at 12.30pm on Friday with feature races commencing at 6.45pm. Action continues on Saturday (main program from 5.45pm and concludes on Sunday (main program from 3.00pm

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World Championships selection, national titles and pride are on the line in Brisbane this weekend, as Australia’s best athletes tackle the 85th Australian Championships which also double as the Telstra Selection Trials for this year’s world championships in Osaka, Japan.
Athletics fans have witnessed a sensational Telstra A-Series this season with stand out performances by emerging and established stars.

The outstanding performances look set to continue in Brisbane this weekend and the spotlight will be on the big names with a multitude of head-to-head clashes on offer. Highlights on the track include Joshua Ross endeavouring to claim his fourth consecutive 100m title, rising star Lisa Corrigan versus world number five Sarah Jamieson in the 1500m, Sally McLellan chasing Pam Kilborn’s 34-year-old Australia 100m hurdles record of 12.93 which has eluded her all season, Chris Troode and Sean Wroe looking to cause a major boil over by conquering Commonwealth Games champion John Steffensen in the 400m and Tamsyn Lewis chasing her eighth national title in the 800m.

Athletes who have achieved at least two ‘A’ standard performances during the qualifying period and finish first at this weekend’s selection trials will be guaranteed a spot on the Australian team and can automatically book their flights to Osaka on Monday morning.

Athletics Australia Media previews the track events today, with a field and combined events preview to be released tomorrow.

100m & 200m Men

Australian 100m record holder and reigning 200m national champion Patrick Johnson has been in a form slump in the latter half of the season and will face the in-form Joshua Ross over 100m and 200m this weekend. With two A-qualifiers to his name, Johnson will be as hungry as ever to cross the line in first place. Ross however is in outstanding form, with wins over 100m in Melbourne and 200m in Sydney. ‘The Boss’ will be out to claim his fourth consecutive 100m title and his first national 200m title.

Following on from the scintillating battle in the Peter Norman Memorial 200m on Friday night, Johnson and Ross will also face John Steffensen over 200m this weekend.

100m & 200m Women

Two-time national 100m champion Sally McLellan is expected to dominate in the 100m as she has done so all series with a season-best time of 11.25 set in Canberra. Can she do the 100m/100m hurdles double for the third year in a row?

Crystal Attenborough (NT) who won in Canberra and Sydney will start as favourite in the 200m with Queenslander Melanie Kleeberg hoping to cause an upset and defend her 2006 crown.

400m Men

The men’s 400m showdown at the Telstra Selection Trials in Brisbane has been heating up all season, with John Steffensen boldly announcing earlier this year that he can win the world title in Osaka. Can Steffensen win the 200m/400m national double for the first time since Darren Clark in 1989?

Having produced at least two world championships A-qualifiers each, WA’s Chris Troode and Canberra winner Sean Wroe (VIC) will be looking to cause a major boil over by conquering Steffensen, the Commonwealth Games champion, who took the honours in Sydney. The world-class one lap event will leave the Brisbane crowd on the edge of their seats.

note: steffensen has now withdrawn sighting a hamstring strain

400m Women

Victorian Tamsyn Lewis stepped down to the shorter distance at the Telstra A-Series in Melbourne on Friday night, and impressed her peers and her home crowd clocking a world championships B-qualifier of 51.74, just shy of the A-qualifying mark. With two nationals titles already credited to her name in the 400m, Lewis will be going for the trifecta in Brisbane this weekend.

800m Men

Jumping for joy after crossing the line in first place with a new personal best of 1:46.88 on Friday night, young in-form Victorian Jeff Riseley who also won in Canberra and Hobart, will be hoping to claim his first national title. Nick Bromley (NSW), who captured the national title over the previous two years, may have other ideas.

800m Women

Three-time Commonwealth Games relay champion Tamsyn Lewis will be out in force to register her eighth 800m national title this weekend – an extraordinary achievement. Without the pressure of Lisa Corrigan biting at Lewis’ heels, fellow Victorian Madeline Pape is likely to be the closest contender.

1500m Men

Victorian now US-based Mark Fountain, who has been on fire in the US indoor season, will have a fight on his hands in the men’s 1500m. Fountain who turns 24 on Saturday and has already posted two A-qualifiers, will be wishing for the best birthday present possible - a secured place on the Australian team with a win in Brisbane.

He will face strong opposition in the form of Jeremy Roff (NSW) who ran 3.38.20 in Melbourne, Ballarat’s Collis Birmingham who has been in sizzling form recently in the longer distances and New South Welshman Brad Woods.

1500m Women

In one of the most anticipated clashes of the Championships, young gun Lisa Corrigan (ACT) will take on her peer and world number five Sarah Jamieson (Vic) over 1500m.

Corrigan, who has arguably been the stand out athlete of the season, clocked her first A-qualifier and new personal best time of 4:05.25 over 1500m to win in Sydney three weeks ago. In outstanding form, the 22-year-old stormed past Jamieson in the home straight in the mile at the World Athletics Tour meet in Melbourne to eclipse the old Australian mile record.

Four-time national champion Sarah Jamieson, the Australian 1500 metre record holder, has dominated the 1500m in recent times and was unlucky to be pipped by Corrigan in the mile on Friday night. She will be able to book her flight to Osaka on Monday morning if she can take out her fifth title.

3000m Men

The men’s 3000m event has only been held once in the Telstra Australian Championships esteemed 85-year history - that honour bestowed to Michael Power in 2003. With national record holder and two-time world cup 3000m champion Craig Mottram out of the picture; the field will be wide open. Martin Dent (ACT), Mark Tucker (NSW), Michael Shelley (QLD) and Victorians Mark Fountain and David Ruschena will all be in the mix.

3000m Women

Victorian Anna Thompson who has her name stamped in the record books after claiming the last 3000m title held in 2003 will be chasing back-to-back titles. Standing in her way will be American 5000m champion Lauren Fleshman who defeated Benita Johnson in Melbourne over 5000m on Friday night, Irish golden girl Sonia O’Sullivan in what is most likely her last ever track event on Australian soil and Eloise Wellings who makes her much-anticipated return to racing in 2007 after a sensational European season last year which culminated in a fourth place at the World Cup over 3000m.

110m Hurdles Men

Hoping to follow in the footsteps of Kyle Vander-Kuyp who claimed 12 gold medals at the National Championships throughout his distinguished career, young gun Justin Merlino from NSW who produced a season best of 13.90 in Brisbane at the Australia Cup will take on fellow New South Welshman Greg Eyears in the 110m Hurdles event.

100m Hurdles Women

Two-time national 100m hurdles champion Sally McLellan has been chasing Pam Kilborn’s 34-year-old Australia record of 12.93 all the season, only to be denied by illegal tail winds. On home soil and with an enthusiastic home crowd behind her, surely the gods will smile down on her this weekend. The invaluable experience of racing against world champion Michelle Perry in Sydney and Melbourne will put her in good stead for this weekend as she hopes to add her second A-qualifier (12.96) to her list. Fiona Cullen who finished equal first alongside McLellan at the Nationals in 2005 will put up the strongest challenge.

400m Hurdles Men

Canberra-based Victorian Brendan Cole has also dominated the men’s 400m hurdles this season and enters the nationals as the strong favourite. With wins in Canberra and a world championships B-qualifying effort in Melbourne, the 25-year-old who finished a strong fifth at the Commonwealth Games last year, looks set to perform in Brisbane this weekend and attain back-to-back titles.

400m Hurdles Women

With the absence of 400m Hurdles world champion Jana Rawlinson (nee Pittman) who has recently given birth to baby boy Cornelis and the retirement of Commonwealth Games finalist Sonia Brito, 19-year-old Lauren Boden has stepped up to the plate this season with wins in Sydney and Canberra. The ACT-bred athlete looks set to claim her second Australian title in the 400m Hurdles

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Strong NZ representation at Aussie Champs

New Zealand will have a strong representation of eight sprinters contesting the Australian 200m championship in Brisbane on Sunday.
James Dolphin, who won his third straight New Zealand 200m title in Inglewood last Sunday heads the Kiwi charge. Dolphin will join Chris Donaldson, who he dead heated with in the national 100m final, Matt Brown, Cory Innes national 400m champion and third in the 200m, Andrew Moore, national M19 champion Daniel Natusch, Adam Sommerville and Jeffrey Thumath. Thumath will also take part in the long jump, while Innes is also down for the 400m.

Beatrice Faumuina will compete against world junior champion and defending champion Dani Samuels in the discus. Faumuina, the 1997 world champion, has won the Australian championship seven times and holds the meet record of 68.28m set in 1997.

Sarah Cowley, New Zealand high jump champion from last weekend in Inglewood, will compete in the heptathlon. Cowley represented New Zealand in the heptathlon at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Tim Prendergast will follow up his seventh placing in the New Zealand championship in 3m 55.55s with a start in the 1500m.

Chantal Brunner, Anna Smythe and Veronica Torr will contest the 100m, while in the men’s 100m Craig Bearda, Matt Brown, Chris Donaldson, David Falealili, Andrew Moore and Carl van der Speck have entered.

Monique Williams will carry on from her gold medal success in Inglewood and try and match the victories in the Australian 200m and 400m titles. Also entered in the 400m is Charlotte Osborne and in the 200m are Brunner and Smythe. Marissa Pritchard will contest the triple jump.

Kellie Palmer and Ashley Aitken are New Zealand’s entrants in the 800m, while Tim Hawkes will contest the men’s 800m.

Stuart Farquhar returns to defend his title in the javelin throw.

Nick Kalivati will compete in the 400m hurdles, while Andrea Miller and Torr will race in the 100m hurdles. James Mortimer is down for the 110m hurdles.

The championships, at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Nathan Brisbane, start tomorrow (Friday) and continue through Saturday and Sunday.

http://www.athletics.org.nz/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=1672

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The Telstra Selection Trials and 85th Australian Championships kicked off in Brisbane today highlighted by a dramatic fall in the men’s 3000m steeplechase and a return to form for Patrick Johnson in the 100m heats.

The most dramatic race of the evening was the men’s 3000m steeplechase. At the bell, Martin Dent (ACTAS), Youcef Abdi (NSWIS) and Peter Nowill (QAS) were neck and neck in the last lap before Abdi fell to the ground on at the third last hurdle. Local hero Nowill seized the chance to make a run for home and recorded his sixth Australian title, with Dent running second.

The steeplechasers have built a shared reputation for pace in recent times, but victory was the only thing on Nowill’s mind this evening. “I was after the win tonight, just racing and not worrying about times.”

As for the fall with 300m remaining: “I was running right beside him and we were running into the hurdle. He just drifted a little into my direction and he ran into my leg, I don’t know exactly what happened but he wasn’t too impressed, but those things happen in racing.”

Abdi failed to finish after being assisted by medial staff from the track. Unfortunately for Abdi, it brought back memories from the MCG last year when he was kneed to the head at the first water jump during the Commonwealth Games final. “I was running at the front and the next thing I know is that I am lying flat on the track. I have trained very hard and wanted to win the national title to qualify automatically for Osaka,” a very disappointed Abdi said post-race.

Patrick Johnson (AIS) returned to form winning his heat of the men’s 100m in 10.30sec (-0.8). Acknowledging his disappointing form of late, Johnson conceded he was trying to trim down. “I lost too many kilos recently, I sort of went from middleweight to featherweight, but now I’m back. This is a championship format now for me and that’s what I’ve set myself up for, just get through the rounds,” he said.

Cruising to victory in heat three was defending champion Josh Ross (NSWIS). After switching off midway through the race, Ross had a good look across the track to ensure he had the race won, crossing the line in 10.57 (-0.9). The final will be a hot race tomorrow night and although he will go in as the favourite, Ross is aware of the return to form of Australia’s fastest man. “Patrick can put it together whenever he wants to. He is a class athlete and I am not going to write anyone off, especially him.”

Adding further interest to the race which decides the title of Australian champion is Athens Olympian Adam Miller (AIS). Miller stormed home to record a season best in winning the final heat of the evening in 10.31 (+0.4), throwing himself into contention for tomorrow night’s final.

In the women’s 100m, two-time champion Sally McLellan (QAS) cruised through to tomorrow’s semi finals and looked most impressive as she searches for her third consecutive title.

Commonwealth Games representative Chris Troode joined defending champion John Steffensen on the sidelines, opening up the chances in the men’s 400m. The aesthetically pleasing Sean Wroe (VIS) and Kurt Mulcahy (NSW) then both cruised to victory in their respective heats.

Wroe was first up winning comfortably in 46.97. The young Victorian was confident of winning the Australian title, prior to the late withdrawals of his Commonwealth Games gold medal relay teammates. “I only found out late this afternoon and I thought to myself, ‘oh yeah’, this is going to be an easier title. But deep down I wouldn’t mind having another duel against him (Steffensen). John has a faster time than me, but I feel like I am closing the gap.”

Tamsyn Lewis (VIC) went through the motions in her heat of the women’s 400m winning in 53.53sec. Winner of the Sydney Telstra A-Series Morgan Whiley (TAS) was a late withdrawal due to the flu, leaving the race for the minor medals wide open in the final.

The women’s 3000m presented a repeat of the blistering final lap from Lauren Fleshman. The American blitzed the field including Benita Johnson in Melbourne last week in the final lap of the 5000m and hit the lead at the bell tonight to do the same. “It was tough staying mentally composed when I wanted to kick earlier. I was stuck in a box pretty much all of the race and it is something I am going to have to practise,” Fleshman said.

Ana Po’uhila of Tonga won the women’s shot put, with the Australian title going to Dani Samuels (NSWIS) after both athletes sent the shot 16.17m. For Samuels her final round throw was just 2cm short of her personal best.

Liam Zamel Paez (QAS) recorded a new personal best at the right time to take out the men’s high jump with a leap of 2.21m from defending champion Nick Moroney (NSW) and Kane Brigg (QAS).

Alwyn Jones (SASI) unleashed some ping in the men’s triple jump recording a world championships B-qualifier of 16.80m, albeit with a 3.8m tailwind.

Hiroaki Doi of Japan won the men’s hammer with a heave of 69.89.

The ever-cutthroat men’s 1500m heats were held and were made even more do or die given there were only two heats. The first four across the line in each heat proceeded through to the final, along with the next four fastest qualifiers.

Heat one saw previous national finalist Kym Morgan (SA) lead through a pedestrian pace, passing 800m in 2min 12sec. In-form youngster Collis Birmingham (VIS) decided not to leave it for a sprint finish, picking up the pace and taking the lead with 600m remaining. Birmingham led until the final metres switching off with a guaranteed spot in the final. Mark Fountain (VIC) crossed the finish line in 3.52.62 after a 55sec final lap, just ahead of Birmingham, Paul Hoffman (NSW) and Mark Abercromby (NSW) as the automatic qualifiers.

The second heat was taken out in a much faster pace by Philo Saunders (ACT) in 2min 4sec at 800m. Saunders remained at the front of the tightly bunched field until Jeremy Roff (NSWIS) made a run for home at the bell. Roff and his training partner Brad Woods crossed the line together booking automatic spots in the final along with Mitchell Kealey (QLD) and early leader Saunders. Due to the faster early pace, the first eight athletes across the line in the second heat were all promoted through to the final tomorrow night.

Following up from a fine victory at the Melbourne Telstra A-Series last Friday night, Brendan Cole (ACT) produced the fastest qualifying time of 50.34 in winning heat one. The winner of the second heat, LaBronze Garrett of the USA, was surprisingly quiet post event. When asked if he was going to avenge the defeat handed out by Cole last week, his response was “yeah!”

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Women 100 Metres Open Preliminaries
Heat 1: (w: -0.5) 1, Sally McLellan, QAS, 11.65Q. 2, Mae Koime, PNG, 11.94Q.
3, Katrina Steward, VIC, 12.19q. 4, Laura Duncan, NSW, 12.33q. 5, Stephanie
Mollica, VIC, 12.50. 6, Tamara Hamond, VIC, 12.78. 7, Catherine Hannell, QLD,
13.06.

Heat 2: (w: -1.5) 1, Crystal Attenborough, NTIS, 11.83Q. 2, Julia Nation,
VIC, 12.37Q. 3, Kylie Bent, WA, 12.52. 4, Lauren Johnston, NSW, 12.59. 5,
Mayumi Watanabe, JPN, 12.64. 6, Nicole Apps, NSW, 12.64. 7, Olivia Scott, QLD,
12.81.
Heat 3: (w: -1.9) 1, Fiona Cullen, QLD, 11.85Q. 2, Jody Henry, WA, 11.99Q. 3,
Laura Verlinden, NSWIS, 12.15q. 4, Hayley Cameron, NSW, 12.21q. 5, Raphaela
Baki, PNG, 12.63. 6, Veronica Torr, NZL, 12.70. 7, Angela Byrt, VIC, 12.74.
Heat 4: (w: -2.2) 1, Amy Harris, QLD, 12.14Q. 2, Chantal Brunner, NZL,
12.20Q. 3, Olivia Tauro, NSW, 12.28q. 4, Monique Booth, VIC, 12.74. 5, Melissa
Breen, ACTAS, 12.75. 6, Brooke Sawyer-Collins, SA, 12.87.
Heat 5: (w: -3.5) 1, Preya Carey, NSWIS, 12.01Q. 2, Anna Smythe, NZL, 12.09Q.
3, Jess Gulli, VIC, 12.26q. 4, Melissa Kay, TAS, 12.40. 5, Alison Glapa, NSW,
12.44. 6, Leanne Hodge, SA, 12.63.

Women 400 Metres Open
Heat 1: 1, Tamsyn Lewis, VIC, 53.53Q. 2, Trisha Holz, NSW, 54.49Q. 3, Satomi
Kubokura, JPN, 54.52Q. 4, Annabelle Smith, NSWIS, 54.92q. 5, Kristyn Mackrell,
QLD, 56.08. 6, Mayu Kida, JPN, 56.26. 7, Cara White, VIC, 56.57. 8, Charlotte
Osborne, NZL, 56.68. 9, Kylie Bent, WA, 58.98.
Heat 2: 1, Monique Williams, NZL, 54.68Q. 2, Makelesi Bulikiobo, FIJ, 54.83Q.
3, Rosemary Hayward, NSWIS, 55.07Q. 4, Rebecca Irwin, NSW, 55.44q. 5, Angeline
Blackburn, ACTAS, 55.88. 6, Toea Wisil, PNG, 57.06. 7, Amanda Crook, VIC,
57.11. 8, Alicia Keir, NSW, 57.45. 9, Makiko Yoshida, JPN, 57.79.

Women 3000 Metres Open
Section 1: 1, Lauren Fleshman, USA, 9:28.53. 2, Sonia O’Sullivan, VIC,
9:32.31. 3, Eloise Wellings, NSWIS, 9:35.88. 4, Kristy Villis, SA, 9:36.85. 5,
Lucy Starrat, NSWIS, 9:43.22. 6, Rebecca Lowe, NSW, 9:44.23. 7, Eliza Stewart,
NSW, 9:45.39. 8, Linden Hall, VIC, 9:48.93. 9, Bridey Delaney, NSW, 10:20.48.

Women Shot Put Open
Section 1: 1, Ana Po’uhila, TGA, 16.17m. 2, Dani Samuels, NSWIS, 16.17m. 3,
Alifatou Djibril, SA, 13.87m. 4, Joanne Mirtschin, QLD, 13.74m. 5, Lomana
Fagatuai, NSW, 13.64m. 6, Kimberley Mulhall, VIC, 13.44m. 7, Christie
Chamberlain, NSW, 13.27m. 8, Deborah Lovely, QLD, 12.84m. 9, Gail Miller, VIC,
12.81m. 10, Melissa Holahan, NSW, 12.80m. 11, Catherine Spink, QLD, 12.21m.
12, Mary Lange, SA, 11.61m. 13, Olivia Scott, QLD, 11.43m.

Heptathlon: #4 Women 200 Metres Open
Section 1: (w: -0.6) 1, Kylie Wheeler, WAIS, 25.01. 2, Sarah Cowley, NZL,
25.74. 3, Lauren Foote, SASI, 26.30. 4, Rebecca Robinson*, QLD, 26.70. 5,
Theodora Spathis, VIC, 26.83. 6, Danielle Senior, NSW, 27.44. 7, Jessica
Fisher, NSW, 27.68. 8, Breanna Hargrave, SA, 30.37. --, Ebony Cope, WAIS, DNS.

Heptathlon: #1 Women 100 Metres Hurdles Open
Section 1: (w: -1.9) 1, Kylie Wheeler, WAIS, 14.23. 2, Sarah Cowley, NZL,
14.36. 3, Ebony Cope, WAIS, 14.54. 4, Lauren Foote, SASI, 15.30. 5, Rebecca
Robinson*, QLD, 15.70. 6, Jessica Fisher, NSW, 15.80. 7, Theodora Spathis,
VIC, 15.97. 8, Danielle Senior, NSW, 15.99. 9, Breanna Hargrave, SA, 17.79.

Women 400 Metres Hurdles Open Preliminaries
Heat 1: 1, Lauren Boden, ACT, 58.88Q. 2, Lyndsay Pekin, WA, 59.45Q. 3, Jessie
Couch, VIC, 61.48Q. 4, Chloe Butler, QLD, 62.03q. 5, Tarin Nevin, NSW, 63.34q.
6, Catherine Brown, QLD, 63.99. 7, Emily Johnson, NSW, 64.03.
Heat 2: 1, Brittney McGlone, ACT, 61.30Q. 2, Yuki Mizukami, JPN, 61.82Q. 3,
Rebecca O’Loughlin, VIC, 62.81Q. 4, Cara White, VIC, 63.57. 5, Larna
Dieckmann, QLD, 63.82. 6, Lauren McAdam, QLD, 64.08. 7, Niketa Patterson, NSW,
64.09. --, Evie Maguire, VIC, DNS.

Heptathlon: #2 Women High Jump Open
Section 1: 1, Lauren Foote, SASI, 1.81m. 2, Kylie Wheeler, WAIS, 1.78m. 2,
Sarah Cowley, NZL, 1.78m. 4, Jessica Fisher, NSW, 1.75m. 5, Theodora Spathis,
VIC, 1.69m. 6, Danielle Senior, NSW, 1.63m. 6, Breanna Hargrave, SA, 1.63m. 8,
Rebecca Robinson*, QLD, 1.39m. --, Ebony Cope, WAIS, NH.

Heptathlon: #3 Women Shot Put Open
Section 1: 1, Kylie Wheeler, WAIS, 12.97m. 2, Theodora Spathis, VIC, 11.99m.
3, Lauren Foote, SASI, 11.78m. 4, Ebony Cope, WAIS, 11.27m. 5, Rebecca
Robinson*, QLD, 11.07m. 6, Sarah Cowley, NZL, 10.50m. 7, Jessica Fisher, NSW,
10.20m. 8, Danielle Senior, NSW, 9.32m. 9, Breanna Hargrave, SA, 7.92m.

Heptathlon: #4 Women 200 Metres Under 20
Section 1: (w: 2.7) 1, Joanne Waring, NSW, 26.07. 2, Celeste Norman, QLD,
26.30. 3, Ashleigh Reid, QLD, 27.42. 4, Brittany Knee, TAS, 28.45.

Heptathlon: #1 Women 100 Metres Hurdles Under 20
Section 1: (w: -2.8) 1, Ashleigh Reid, QLD, 15.46. 2, Joanne Waring, NSW,
16.06. 3, Celeste Norman, QLD, 16.31. 4, Brittany Knee, TAS, 16.79.

Heptathlon: #2 Women High Jump Under 20
Section 1: 1, Ashleigh Reid, QLD, 1.69m. 2, Joanne Waring, NSW, 1.63m. 3,
Brittany Knee, TAS, 1.51m. 4, Celeste Norman, QLD, 1.48m.

Heptathlon: #3 Women Shot Put Under 20
Section 1: 1, Brittany Knee, TAS, 10.80m. 2, Joanne Waring, NSW, 9.83m. 3,
Celeste Norman, QLD, 9.30m. 4, Ashleigh Reid, QLD, 8.48m.

Women 100 Metres Ambulant Preliminaries
Heat 1: (w: 1.5) 1, Courtney Harbeck, QAS, 13.39Q. 2, Kirrilee McPherson, SA,
15.42Q. 3, Lucy Larsen, QLD, 14.19q. 4, Tristra Moxham, QLD, 14.54. 5, Allyce
Keating, QLD, 17.38. 6, Eowyn Osborne, ACT, 15.21. 7, Nicole Spehar, VIC,
21.90.
Heat 2: (w: -0.7) 1, Kate Parrish, SA, 14.96Q. 2, Julie Smith, QLD, 14.32Q.
3, Lilly Looker, QLD, 13.87q. 4, Charlotte Saville, VIC, 16.19. 5, Stephanie
Schweitzer, NSW, 14.26. 6, Emily Davison, QLD, 18.60. 7, Jennea Kitt, QLD,
18.57.
Heat 3: (w: -1.4) 1, Christine Wolf, AIS, 17.69Q. 2, Elizabeth McIntosh, VIS,
15.09Q. 3, Angelique Booth, NSW, 14.51. 4, Katherine Proudfoot, NSWIS, 16.46.
5, Malini Sanmann, QLD, 14.91. 6, Kelly Cartwright, VIC, 20.54. 7, Miriam
Jenkins, NZL, 17.27. 8, Kristie Mahon, QAS, 18.12.

Women Long Jump Ambulant
Section 1: 1, Christine Wolf, AIS, 3.43m, w:-1.1. 2, Emily Davison, QLD,
2.87m, w:-1.0. 3, Eowyn Osborne, ACT, 3.59m, w:-2.9. 4, Amy Schroeter, SA,
2.52m, w:-3.0.

Women Shot Put Ambulant
Section 1: 1, Seona Rough, VIC, 10.33m. 2, Katherine Proudfoot, NSWIS, 8.12m.
3, Amanda Fraser, AIS, 9.33m. 4, Noni Thompson, VIC, 6.81m. 5, Jodie
Willis-Roberts, VIS, 9.60m. 6, Tanya Krome, QLD, 9.23m. 7, Kristie Mahon, QAS,
6.59m. 8, Julie Iles, NSW, 4.40m. 9, Jennea Kitt, QLD, 5.02m. 10, Nicole
Spehar, VIC, 2.73m.

Women Javelin Throw Ambulant
Section 1: 1, Katherine Proudfoot, NSWIS, 16.06m. 2, Charlotte Saville, VIC,
21.43m. 3, Seona Rough, VIC, 20.72m. 4, Debbie Wendt, QAS, 17.86m. 5, Amy
Schroeter, SA, 17.37m. 6, Camilla Hughes, VIC, 16.89m. 7, Tanya Krome, QLD,
27.11m. 8, Kristie Mahon, QAS, 15.90m. 9, Madeleine Hogan, VIC, 18.65m. 10,
Nicole Spehar, VIC, 6.80m. 11, Jennea Kitt, QLD, 11.37m. --, Noni Thompson,
VIC, ND.

Women Discus Throw Seated
Section 1: 1, Brydee Moore, VIS, 11.84m. 2, Jessica Hamill, NZL, 16.15m. 3,
Louise Ellery, ACTAS, 6.89m. 4, Jenny Bryce, ACT, 15.61m. 5, Cheryl
Buscemi-le-Brun, QLD, 14.11m.

Decathlon: #1 Men 100 Metres Open
Section 1: (w: -2.0) 1, Erik Surjan, AIS, 11.09. 2, Richard Allan, QLD,
11.18. 2, Jarrod Sims, SA, 11.18. 4, Luke Devenish*, WA, 11.41. 5, Christopher
Johnson*, WAIS, 11.52. --, Bruce Kupfer*, QLD, DNS.
Section 2: (w: -2.8) 1, Kyle McCarthy, QLD, 11.61. 2, Aaron Page*, VIC,
11.91. 2, Neil Joubert*, VIC, 11.91. 4, David O’Toole, TAS, 12.05. 5, Daniel
Lawton*, NSW, 12.06. 6, Michael Barber*, NSW, 12.22.

Decathlon: #5 Men 400 Metres Open
Section 1: 1, Jarrod Sims, SA, 49.14. 2, Kyle McCarthy, QLD, 50.02. 3,
Richard Allan, QLD, 50.70. 4, Erik Surjan, AIS, 52.22. 5, Christopher
Johnson*, WAIS, 52.52. 6, David O’Toole, TAS, 54.01.
Section 2: 1, Aaron Page*, VIC, 52.04. 2, Daniel Lawton*, NSW, 52.11. 3, Luke
Devenish*, WA, 52.73. 4, Michael Barber*, NSW, 52.93. --, Neil Joubert*, VIC,
DNF. --, Bruce Kupfer*, QLD, DNS.

Men 1500 Metres Open Preliminaries
Heat 1: 1, Mark Fountain, VIC, 3:52.62Q. 2, Collis Birmingham, VIS, 3:53.37Q.
3, Paul Hoffman, NSW, 3:54.75Q. 4, Mark Abercromby, NSW, 3:55.92Q. 5, Grant
Page, TAS, 3:56.49. 6, Jeffrey Hunt, NSW, 3:57.32. 7, Kym Morgan, SA, 3:58.11.
8, Timothy Prendergast, NZL, 3:58.19. 9, Anthony Craig, QLD, 3:59.48. 10,
Brendan Woodman, VIC, 3:59.58. 11, Stephen Stingemore, WA, 4:02.39.
Heat 2: 1, Bradley Woods, NSW, 3:48.65Q. 2, Jeremy Roff, NSWIS, 3:48.66Q. 3,
Mitchell Kealey, QLD, 3:49.48Q. 4, Philo Saunders, ACT, 3:49.60Q. 5, Matthew
Coloe, VIC, 3:50.15q. 6, Daniel Clark, VIC, 3:50.50q. 7, Nicholas Ashton, VIS,
3:50.86q. 8, Brenton Rowe, VIC, 3:52.46q. 9, Stephen Dinneen, VIC, 3:53.38.
10, Adam Graham, QAS, 3:57.04. 11, Michael Roeger, SA, 4:19.99.

Men 400 Metres Hurdles Open
Heat 1: 1, Brendan Cole, ACT, 50.34Q. 2, Mowen Boino, PNG, 51.70Q. 3, Nick
Kalivati, NZL, 52.48Q. 4, Leigh Bennett, NSWIS, 52.67q. 5, James Roff, NSW,
53.62.
Heat 2: 1, LaBronze Garrett, USA, 51.17Q. 2, Dane Richter, WA, 52.12Q. 3,
Felipe De Castro Cruz, WAIS, 52.82Q. 4, Wala Gime, PNG, 53.28q. 5, Tom Cade,
VIC, 53.59.

Decathlon: #4 Men High Jump Open
Section 1: 1, Daniel Lawton*, NSW, 2.05m. 2, Jarrod Sims, SA, 2.02m. 3,
Richard Allan, QLD, 1.90m. 3, Erik Surjan, AIS, 1.90m. 3, David O’Toole, TAS,
1.90m. 6, Kyle McCarthy, QLD, 1.84m. 7, Luke Devenish*, WA, 1.82m. 8,
Christopher Johnson*, WAIS, 1.79m. --, Bruce Kupfer*, QLD, DNS.
Section 2: 1, Aaron Page*, VIC, 1.87m. 2, Neil Joubert*, VIC, 1.81m. 3,
Michael Barber*, NSW, 1.72m.

Men Long Jump Open Preliminaries
Heat 1: 1, Tim Parracivini, AIS, 7.64mq, w:+0.0. 2, Chris Noffke, QAS,
7.57mq, w:-2.3. 3, Gavin Manoharan, QLD, 7.52mq, w:0.7. 4, Daisuke Arakawa,
JPN, 7.51mq, w:0.4. 5, Frederick Erin, FRA, 7.48mq, w:-2.6. 6, John Thornell,
NSWIS, 7.47mq, w:-0.5. 7, Peter Parsons, NSW, 7.45mq, w:-1.6. 8, Hiroyuki
Inaba, JPN, 7.44mq, w:3.0. 9, Robert Crowther, AIS, 7.41mq, w:-1.5. 10, Shaun
Fletcher, QLD, 7.36mq, w:-0.4. 11, Christopher Barakat, NSW, 7.04m, w:-0.9.
12, Jeffrey Thumath, NZL, 6.83m, w:0.5. 13, Robert Stevens, VIC, 6.81m,
w:-0.5. 14, Sandy Katusele, PNG, 6.77m, w:-2.9. 15, Julius Nyambane, QLD,
6.71m, w:0.2. 16, Fabrice Lapierre, NSW, 6.70m, w:-0.5.

Decathlon: #2 Men Long Jump Open
Section 1: 1, Erik Surjan, AIS, 7.55m, w:1.3. 2, Jarrod Sims, SA, 7.34m,
w:1.6. 3, Kyle McCarthy, QLD, 7.13m, w:1.0. 4, Richard Allan, QLD, 7.06m,
w:4.0. 5, Christopher Johnson*, WAIS, 6.53m, w:-0.1. 6, Luke Devenish*, WA,
6.48m, w:0.8. 7, Daniel Lawton*, NSW, 6.20m, w:2.7. 8, David O’Toole, TAS,
5.83m, w:0.3. --, Bruce Kupfer*, QLD, DNS, w:NWI.
Section 2: 1, Aaron Page*, VIC, 6.24m, w:0.2. 2, Michael Barber*, NSW, 6.03m,
w:0.4. 3, Neil Joubert*, VIC, 6.02m, w:-0.8.

Decathlon: #3 Men Shot Put Open
Section 1: 1, Erik Surjan, AIS, 14.49m. 2, Kyle McCarthy, QLD, 14.19m. 3,
Richard Allan, QLD, 13.79m. 4, Christopher Johnson*, WAIS, 12.86m. 5, Jarrod
Sims, SA, 12.10m. 6, Michael Barber*, NSW, 11.28m. 7, Daniel Lawton*, NSW,
11.14m. 8, David O’Toole, TAS, 11.04m. 9, Luke Devenish*, WA, 10.88m. 10, Neil
Joubert*, VIC, 9.93m. 11, Aaron Page*, VIC, 9.27m. --, Bruce Kupfer*, QLD,
DNS.

Decathlon: #1 Men 100 Metres Under 20
Section 1: (w: -3.5) 1, Matthew Harris, NSW, 11.56. 2, Stephen Buckley, NZL,
11.68. 3, Jasper Da Seymour, TAS, 11.81. 4, Sam Giatrakos, SA, 11.85. 5, Shaun
Hargreaves, VIC, 11.86. 6, Hamish Nelson, VIC, 11.95.

Decathlon: #5 Men 400 Metres Under 20
Section 1: 1, Stephen Buckley, NZL, 49.62. 2, Hamish Nelson, VIC, 49.88. 3,
Matthew Harris, NSW, 50.01. 4, Sam Giatrakos, SA, 51.81. 5, Shaun Hargreaves,
VIC, 52.32. 6, Jasper Da Seymour, TAS, 54.04.

Decathlon: #4 Men High Jump Under 20
Section 1: 1, Hamish Nelson, VIC, 1.87m.
Section 2: 1, Stephen Buckley, NZL, 1.87m. 1, Sam Giatrakos, SA, 1.87m. 3,
Matthew Harris, NSW, 1.84m. 4, Jasper Da Seymour, TAS, 1.78m. 5, Shaun
Hargreaves, VIC, 1.72m.

Decathlon: #2 Men Long Jump Under 20
Section 1: 1, Hamish Nelson, VIC, 6.97m, w:0.6. 2, Sam Giatrakos, SA, 6.76m,
w:-0.6. 3, Stephen Buckley, NZL, 6.67m, w:1.2. 4, Matthew Harris, NSW, 6.62m,
w:-0.5. 5, Shaun Hargreaves, VIC, 6.52m, w:-1.1. 6, Jasper Da Seymour, TAS,
6.27m, w:-1.0.

Decathlon: #3 Men Shot Put Under 20
Section 1: 1, Stephen Buckley, NZL, 13.89m. 2, Matthew Harris, NSW, 12.41m.
3, Hamish Nelson, VIC, 11.99m. 4, Shaun Hargreaves, VIC, 11.21m. 5, Jasper Da
Seymour, TAS, 10.17m. 6, Sam Giatrakos, SA, 9.31m.

Men 100 Metres Ambulant Preliminaries
Heat 1: (w: 2.9) 1, Evan O’Hanlon, AIS, 11.20Q. 2, Mathew Blematl, ACT,
12.68Q. 3, Colin Abbey, QLD, 11.94q. 4, Benjamin Hall, SASI, 13.23. 5,
Jonathan Bernard, QAS, 12.29. 6, Cameron Calkoen, NZL, 14.32. 7, Mark Brett,
NSW, 12.57. 8, Mitchell Pink, NSW, 14.75. 9, Eddie Buttimore, QLD, 20.28.
Heat 2: (w: -0.6) 1, Timothy Sullivan, VIS, 11.81Q. 2, Tom Evill, NSW,
12.61Q. 3, Nathan Sullivan, NSW, 12.09. 4, Robbie Van Allen, QLD, 12.64. 5,
Adam Cunningham, ACT, 14.55. 6, Brett Wilson, QLD, 13.35. 7, James Hackney,
QLD, 15.65. --, Wade McMahon, AIS, DNS.

Heat 3: (w: -1.4) 1, Andrew Newell, NSWIS, 11.42Q. 2, Travis Litwinczuk, AIS,
11.55Q. 3, Paul Benz, SASI, 12.62q. 4, James Mills, QLD, 12.59. 5, Nicholas
Harbutt, QLD, 12.57. 6, Matthew Bell, QLD, 14.42. 7, Craig Muhlbock, NSW,
12.87. --, Darren Thrupp, QAS, DNF.

Men 400 Metres Ambulant
Heat 1: 1, Heath Francis, AIS, 50.85Q. 2, Timothy Sullivan, VIS, 54.29Q. 3,
Darren Mc Faul, QLD, 54.53Q. 4, Mathew Blematl, ACT, 61.16q. 5, Matt
Cartwright, VIC, 64.54. 6, Malcolm Bennett, SASI, 67.86. 7, Craig Muhlbock,
NSW, 61.67.
Heat 2: 1, Christopher Mullins, VIC, 53.78Q. 2, Brad Scott, AIS, 56.92Q. 3,
Benjamin Hall, SASI, 58.76Q. 4, Paul Benz, SASI, 57.76q. 5, Mitchell Pink,
NSW, 69.09. 6, Adam Cunningham, ACT, 69.35.

Men Long Jump Ambulant
Section 1: 1, Paul Rawlings, QLD, 5.40m, w:1.7. 2, Mark Brett, NSW, 5.42m,
w:3.4. 3, Tom Evill, NSW, 4.61m, w:1.0. 4, Mathew Blematl, ACT, 4.58m, w:2.8.
5, Brett Wilson, QLD, 5.22m, w:0.3. 6, Craig Muhlbock, NSW, 5.07m, w:5.1. 7,
Nathan Sullivan, NSW, 4.97m, w:-0.1. 8, Adam Cunningham, ACT, 3.58m, w:2.2.

Men Shot Put Ambulant
Section 1: 1, Nicholas Krysytn Larionow, VIS, 11.28m. 2, Russell Short, VIS,
14.40m. 3, Paul Raison, QAS, 13.81m. 4, Lindsay Sutton, QAS, 9.81m. 5, Damien
Burroughs, ACTAS, 9.84m. 6, Preston Mallory, QLD, 9.07m. 7, Raymond Abdy, QLD,
8.56m. 8, Nicholas Harbutt, QLD, 7.02m.

Men Javelin Throw Ambulant
Section 1: 1, Wade McMahon, AIS, 47.38m. 2, Lindsay Sutton, QAS, 41.68m. 3,
Brett Wilson, QLD, 41.30m. 4, Craig Muhlbock, NSW, 37.35m.

Men Discus Throw Seated
Section 1: 1, Rod Farr, SASI, 15.96m. 2, Stephen Eaton, QAS, 30.90m. 3,
Damien Bowen, WA, 29.36m. 4, Hamish MacDonald, AIS, 28.41m. 5, Terry
Faleva’ai, NZL, 28.27m. 6, Gregory Hibberd, ACT, 27.07m. 7, Terry Pavlou, SA,
18.53m.

Men 100 Metres Open Preliminaries
Heat 1: (w: -0.8) 1, Patrick Johnson, AIS, 10.30Q. 2, Keith Sheehy, SA,
10.71Q. 3, Kane Watson, WA, 10.76Q. 4, Kieran Nielsen, QLD, 10.79. 5, David
Falealili, NZL, 10.81. 6, Thomas Scott, NSW, 10.85. 7, Justin Lewis, VIC,
11.30.
Heat 2: (w: 1.4) 1, Anthony Alozie, NGR, 10.48Q. 2, Aaron Rouge-Serret, VIS,
10.54Q. 3, Chris Donaldson, NZL, 10.61Q. 4, Henry Mitchell, NSW, 10.71q. 5,
Nathan Carr, QLD, 10.84. 6, Jared Bezuidehout, WA, 10.90. 7, Timothy Rooke,
VIC, 10.90.
Heat 3: (w: -0.9) 1, Joshua Ross, NSWIS, 10.57Q. 2, Isaac Ntiamoah, NSW,
10.73Q. 3, Tim Williams, VIC, 10.78Q. 4, Brandan Galic, ACTAS, 10.80. 5,
Andrew Moore, NZL, 11.02. 6, Mitchell Zilm, WA, 11.15. 7, Anton Lui, PNG,
11.28.
Heat 4: (w: 0.4) 1, Adam Miller, AIS, 10.31Q. 2, Steven Tucker, WA, 10.39Q.
3, Adrian Mott, VIC, 10.57Q. 4, Kristopher Neofytou, NSWIS, 10.69q. 5, Craig
Bearda, NZL, 10.69q. 6, Heath Goodall, QLD, 10.74q. 7, Wally Kirika, PNG,
10.93. 8, Elias Roboam, PNG, 11.14.

Men 400 Metres Open
Heat 1: 1, Sean Wroe, VIS, 46.97Q. 2, Joel Milburn, NSW, 47.52Q. 3, Clay
Watkins, SA, 47.67Q. 4, Jarret Titcombe, NSW, 47.74q. 5, Haden Martin, WA,
48.58. 6, James Reynolds, NSW, 48.93. 7, Niulai Fabian, PNG, 49.06. 8, Corwin
Pusch, VIC, 49.34.
Heat 2: 1, Kurt Mulcahy, NSW, 47.20Q. 2, Mark Ormrod, AIS, 47.56Q. 3, Cory
Innes, NZL, 47.60Q. 4, Alexander Bubner, SASI, 47.69q. 5, Rhett Medford, VIC,
48.12. 6, Shinji Itabashi, JPN, 49.08. 7, Kieran King, WA, 49.21. 8, Levi
Albert, PNG, 49.80.

Men 3000 Metres Steeplechase Open
Section 1: 1, Peter Nowill, QAS, 8:34.95. 2, Martin Dent, ACTAS, 8:40.07. 3,
Michael Hosking, ACT, 9:16.92. 4, Ben Ashkettle, VIC, 9:21.32. 5, Julian
Lennon, WA, 9:41.58. 6, Sapolai Yao, PNG, 9:48.82. --, Youcef Abdi, NSWIS,
DNF.

Men High Jump Open
Section 1: 1, Liam Zamel-Paez, QAS, 2.21m. 2, Nick Moroney, NSW, 2.18m. 3,
Kane Brigg, QAS, 2.15m. 4, Chris Armet, VIC, 2.10m. 5, Rhys Murphy, NSW,
2.10m. 6, Michael Hamlyn-Harris, NSW, 2.10m. 6, Cal Pearce, QLD, 2.10m. 8,
Yoshihiko Edo, JPN, 2.05m. 9, David Baskin, VIC, 2.05m. 10, Joshua Hall, QLD,
2.05m. 11, Dean Wood, NSW, 2.05m. 11, Joshua Heap, QLD, 2.05m. 13, Aaron
Chatman, AIS, 2.00m. 14, Thomas Brennan, WA, 2.00m. 15, Josh Lodge, NSW,
1.95m.

Men Triple Jump Open
Section 1: 1, Alwyn Jones, SASI, 16.80m, WCB, w:3.8. 2, Michael Perry, NSW,
16.40m, w:1.5. 3, Alexander Stewart, NSW, 15.79m, w:2.3. 4, Yujiro Sonoda,
JPN, 15.44m, w:2.3. 5, Adam Rabone, VIC, 15.18m, w:2.9. 6, Alex Lorraway, ACT,
15.08m, w:3.3. 7, Daniel Sumpton, NSW, 14.93m, w:2.8. 8, Jared Hunter, SA,
14.90m, w:1.9. 9, Sandy Katusele, PNG, 14.25m, w:0.2. 10, Ben King, VIC,
13.86m, w:-0.4.

Men Hammer Throw Open
Section 1: 1, Hiroaki Doi, JPN, 69.89m. 2, Pavlo Milinevskyy, VIC, 66.57m. 3,
Darren Billett, SASI, 66.09m. 4, Tim Driesen, AIS, 64.86m. 5, Mark Dickson,
NSW, 62.52m. 6, Joshi Philip, VIC, 56.32m. 7, Jon Harwood, NSW, 55.15m. 8,
Luke Stewart, NSW, 53.05m. 9, Brad Monk, QLD, 50.91m. 10, Bob Wagner, QLD,
49.75m. 11, Todd Hodgetts, TAS, 48.58m. 12, Lindsay Sutton, QAS, 38.06m.

6

Nowill takes Steeplechase title - Johnson, Ross advance - Australian Championships Day One
Friday 9 March 2007

Brisbane, Australia - Australia’s fastest man, Patrick Johnson, had rarely looked better but he had also rarely run slower than he did at last week’s Melbourne Track Classic. Something was wrong.

How was it possible that the national 100m record-holder (with 9.93) could clock only 10.47 (-1.0m/s) and finish back in fourth place in the opening event of the World Athletics Tour?

It was a question also asked by Welsh-born Tudor Bidder, his new coach at the Australian Institute of Sport, and the man who guided Johnson to his best international performance, a place in the 200m final at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.

The answer simply came down to an energy-deficient diet.

Johnson last night coasted to a 10.30 (-0.8m/s) win in his heat of the 85th Australian Championships which double as the Telstra selection trials for the World Championships in Osaka in August.

Explaining Johnson’s sudden about-face in form, Bidder said: “Patrick stopped eating. He decided he needed to lose some weight, get his skinfolds down. So he started eating salads and got off carbohydrates. It was a dietary intake problem.”

So, problem solved and Johnson appears to be ready to take the race up to three-time and defending champion Josh Ross, who was second fastest qualifier for today’s semi-finals with his heat win last night in 10.57 (-0.9m/s).

“I lost too many kilos recently. I sort of went from middleweight to featherweight, but now I’m back,” Johnson said, smiling. “This is a championship format now for me and that’s what I’ve set myself up for, just to get through the rounds.”

However there were some disasters which could not be overcome.

Deakes and Steffensen out injured

Three of last year’s Commonwealth Games gold medallists succumbed to injuries on the eve of these national titles.

Joshua Ross competing at the Australian Championships
(Getty Images)

Nathan Deakes, the 50km Walk World record-holder, withdrew from the meet because he is still building up training after an over-zealous physiotherapist (not his usual man) caused bleeding in his right hamstring.

John Steffensen, a 400m finalist at the last World Championships, also pulled out with a hamstring problem. He had hoped to become the first man to win the 200-400 double at the Australian Championships since Darren Clark in 1989, also then in Brisbane.

Scott Martin, the Commonwealth discus champion and now a consistent 20m shot putter, will have surgery on Saturday on his left foot after rupturing ligaments in the plantar plate. He faces at least two months out of the circle.

And Fabrice Lapierre, a gifted young US-based long jumper who was top 20 in the world last year with his best of 8.19m (Nuoro, 12 July 06), failed in the qualifying round yesterday. In wildly fluctuating wind, he managed to record a best of only 6.70m (-0.5m/s) on his third attempt after jumping well short of the board on his first and fouling his second.

For Steffensen, who opened his year with a 45.07 win over American prodigy LaShawn Merritt (45.78) in the Telstra Sydney Grand Prix on 17 February, the injury is minor if still highly annoying setback.

“It’s a little hiccup, but it should never have happened,” Steffensen said. “It’s an act of humility. I’m very upset. I take responsibility for my actions, but I couldn’t get an exemption (from the national championships) and that pressure to run quicker at this time of the year has brought this on.”

Steffensen, who ran a 200m personal best of 20.79 (0.01 behind the first Australian, third-placed Josh Ross) at the Melbourne Track Classic last week, is coached by American John Smith and is pretty much on a US timetable.

In his absence now, the 400m crown looks to be between Sean Rowe, Chris Troode, Mark Ormrod and perhaps the 17-year-old schoolboy from the northern NSW country town of Mullumbimby.

Nowill wins Steeplechase title after Abdi falls in last lap

In the most controversial race of the first day of these championships, Algeria-born Youcef Abdi fell heavily when leading with 350m to go in the men’s 3000m Steeplechase.

In the Sydney Grand Prix on 17 February, Abdi won the chase in a World Championship A-qualifying time of 8:22.7 (manual) from Martin Dent (8:24.2) with red-haired Queenslander Peter Nowill third in 8:30.1.

Last night in his own backyard Nowill won in 8:34.95 from Dent (8:40.07) with Abdi protesting he had been pushed down. He certainly lost plenty of skin from his shoulder and lay stunned on the track for quite a while.

“I was running right beside him (Abdi) and we were running into the (final) hurdle,” Nowill said. “He just drifted a little into my direction and he ran into my leg. I don’t know exactly what happened but he wasn’t too impressed. But those things happen in racing.”

For Abdi, who could not finish, the incident recalled a similar mishap in last year’s Commonwealth Games when he was kicked in the head during a fall at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

On this occasion, Abdi commented: “I was running at the front and the next thing I know is that I am lying flat on the track. I have trained very hard and wanted to win the National title to qualify automatically for Osaka.”

The only women’s track final saw visiting American Laura Fleshman, 25, win over 3000m in 9:28.53 from Irish great Sonia O’Sullivan, 37, (9:32.31) with Eloise Wellings, 24, (9:35.88) third.

And the rest…

On the field Dani Samuels, 18, the first Australian ever to win a World discus title, pulled out a dramatic sixth-round personal best 16.17m to tie with Tonga’s Ana Po’uhila in the open women’s shot put.

Samuels, who won the World junior discus crown in Beijing last year, lost the Australian title on a count-back with Po’uhila’s five other puts all superior to the Sydney girl’s next best mark.

Adelaide’s Alwyn Jones, bronze medallist at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, won the Triple Jump title with a leap of 16.80m (+3.8m/ps). His next best jump of 16.74m (+0.4m/s) confirmed his superiority over the field with NSW’s Michael Perry, second with a best of 16.40m.

Queensland junior Liam Zamel-Paez, 18, won the High Jump with a clearance of 2.21m from former national champion Nick Moroney, 35 this year, who took second with a jump of 2.18m.

Japan’s Hiroaki Doi, 30, produced the top four performances to win the Hammer Throw, his best of 69.89m too good on the night for Victoria’s Pavlo Milinevskyy (66.57m).

Mike Hurst (Sydney Daily Telegraph) for the IAAF

Peter Nowill in action at the Australian Championships
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400m Men

1 Sean Wroe 85 VIS 45.80 WCB
2 Kurt Mulcahy 89 NSW 46.36
3 Joel Milburn 86 NSW 46.79
4 Cory Innes 85 NZL 47.09
5 Mark Ormrod 82 AIS 47.10
6 Alexander Bubner 88 SASI 47.19
– Clay Watkins 87 SA DQ
– Jarret Titcombe 79 NSW DNS

100m Women
1 Sally McLellan 86 QAS 11.23MWCA 1.8
2 Mae Koime 83 PNG 11.37 WCB 1.8
3 Crystal Attenborou 83 NTIS 11.49 1.8
4 Fiona Cullen 79 QLD 11.59 1.8
5 Jody Henry 85 WA 11.72 1.8
6 Preya Carey 83 NSWIS 11.75 1.8
7 Amy Harris 80 QLD 11.82 1.8
– Anna Smythe 78 NZL DNS

100m Men
1 Joshua Ross 81 NSWIS 10.08MWCA 1.9
2 Patrick Johnson 72 AIS 10.27 WCB 1.9
3 Adam Miller 84 AIS 10.29 1.9
4 Aaron Rouge-Serret 88 VIS 10.39 1.9
5 Adrian Mott 85 VIC 10.43 1.9
6 Chris Donaldson 76 NZL 10.47 1.9
7 Isaac Ntiamoah 82 NSW 10.56 1.9
– Anthony Alozie 86 NGR DNS

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Women 400 Metres Open

Section 1: 1, Tamsyn Lewis, VIC, 51.71, WCB. 2, Monique Williams, NZL, 52.74.
3, Trisha Holz, NSW, 53.71. 4, Makelesi Bulikiobo, FIJ, 53.83. 5, Rosemary
Hayward, NSWIS, 54.46. 6, Satomi Kubokura, JPN, 54.55. 7, Annabelle Smith,
NSWIS, 54.73. 8, Rebecca Irwin, NSW, 55.29.

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Athletics Australia - Organization License
2007 Telstra National Open & AWD Championship - 9/03/2007 to 11/03/2007
QEII Stadium,Brisbane

Event 154 Men 200 Metres Open

World Record: W 19.32 1/08/1996 Michael Johnson, USA
All Comers: A 19.92 25/02/1999 Frankie Fredericks, NAM
Meet Record: M 20.29 1999 Damien Marsh, QLD
20.59 WCA
20.75 WCB
Name Year Team Finals Wind Points

Finals
1 Joshua Ross 81 NSWIS 20.51 WCA 4.7
2 Patrick Johnson 72 AIS 20.53 WCA 4.7
3 James Dolphin 82 NZL 20.71 WCB 4.7
4 Keith Sheehy 83 SA 21.11 4.7
5 Adam Miller 84 AIS 21.12 4.7
6 Rhett Medford 78 VIC 21.25 4.7
7 Adam Somerville 80 NZL 21.32 4.7
– Chris Donaldson 76 NZL DNF

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[i]Monique Williams wins Australian 200m title

Monique Williams explosive finish proved lethal as she powered to victory in the Australian women’s 200m title race on the final day of the championships in Brisbane tonight.
Williams recorded a wind assisted 23.28s (+2.6) in beating Mae Koime of Papua New Guinea who recorded 23.38s. Melanie Kleeberg of Queensland was third winning the Aussie title in 23.46s.
“I had a really strong finish, it was an amazing experience and it has been my goal this season to win here tonight,” said Williams.
Although she won Williams received no recognition what so ever at the victory ceremony.
For the first time at the Australian championships, athletes from other countries placed in the first three were not recognised at the victory ceremonies. :eek:
“I’m really upset,” said Williams.
“They don’t even read out our name at the ceremony,” she added.
Williams cruised through in the heats of the 200m in 24.03s (-0.6). Chantal Brunner just missed making the final with fourth place in her heat in 24.38s (+0.1).

Dani Samuels followed up her Australian shot put title on Friday with a winning throw of 60.40m in the discus scoring a win over Beatrice Faumuina who had to settle for second with her fifth round effort of 58.02m.
Like Williams Faumuina, who has won the Australian title on seven previous occasions and holds the championship record of 68.28m set in 1997, was disappointed there was no recognition given to New Zealand placegetters.
“I go home with nothing, at the New Zealand champs, an Australian placed goes home with a medal, but here nothing not even a mention at the victory ceremony,” said Faumuina.
“If I had known I wouldn’t have bothered coming, and saved the money to get here for a trip to Japan in a months time in preparation for the world champs,” she added. :rolleyes:

Fresh New Zealand national records were set in the finals of the sprint hurdles. James Mortimer bettered his record of 13.88s set in Melbourne a year ago finishing second in 13.71s (+1.5) in the 110m hurdles and Miller broke her record set at the same ground two weeks ago by one hundredth of a second taking third place in the final in 13.29s (+0.7) in the 100m hurdles. Mortimer qualified for the final with 14.03s (+1.5) in the heats. Justine Merlino of Australia won in a world championships qualifier of 13.55s and Sally McLellan won the women’s in an Australian record and championship qualifier of 12.92s.

Kellie Palmer finished fourth in the 800m in 2m 7.58s. Tim Hawkes led the field through the first lap in the men’s 800m final in 53.9s, but faded to seventh in 1m 59.63s.

James Dolphin won his heat of the 200m in 21.21s (-0.3) and finished third in the final in 20.71s (+4.7). Chris Donaldson qualified for the final with 21.27s (+0.2) for third in his heat, but did not finish in the final. Adam Somerville followed up a qualifying time of 21.34s (+0.8) in the heats with seventh in the final in 21.32s . Those who didn’t advance were Cory Innes 21.99s (-0.3), Daniel Natusch 22.22s (-0.3), Jeffrey Thumath 21.60s (+0.2), Andrew Moore DQ and Matt Brown DNS.

Kiri Kendall was sixth in the triple jump 12.50m (-0.8).

Terry Faleva’ai was second in the shot put seated with 10.12m. Cameron Calkoen was eighth in his heat of the 200m ambulant in 30.48s (+2.3). Jessica Hamill won the shot put seated with 6.88m. [/i]

http://www.athletics.org.nz/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=1680

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Sunday 11 March 2007

Brisbane, Australia - With a little charity from the starter after her blocks slipped and with the persistence of youth, Sally McLellan finally broke the 35-year-old national 100m Hurdles record on the last day of the 85th Australian Championships which doubled as the Telstra Selection Trials for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Osaka, Japan.

“It’s about time the record is gone”

Sally McLellan breaks Ryan’s hurdles record
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Pam Ryan (formerly Kilborn) ran a electronically timed Australian record of 12.93 in Warsaw in June 1972 en route to the Munich Olympics – the 12.5 second hand timed result of the same race (three watches – 12.5; 12.5; 12.6) being officially recognized as equalling the World record held by Anneliese Ehrhardt earlier that month…

Ryan, now 66, was delighted to present the 20-year-old Queenslander with a medal at the national championships today. Fiona Cullen (13.23) and New Zealand’s Andrea Miller (13.29) shared the occasion.

McLellan, the 2003 World Youth 100m Hurdles champion, ran 12.92 (+0.7) to break Ryan’s record and clinch the 100 sprint-100 hurdles double for the third year in succession, having clocked a personal best 11.23 on the flat the night before. No other Australian has ever won this double.

Josh Ross adds the 200m to complete the double
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“When I got over that line and I saw 12.94 (on the infield clock) I went ‘come on, be nice to me officials’ and then it was rounded down. That waiting, that two seconds, felt like a lifetime,” said McLellan, who is coached on the Gold Coast by Sharon Hannan.

Her record chase accelerated in Athens at the 2006 World Cup last September when she broke 13-seconds for the first time with her 12.95 to finish fourth. Then she twice bettered Ryan’s mark during the Telstra A-Series in Australia this year only to lose the record due to excessive wind assistance.

“I can’t understand why somebody hasn’t broken the record before now,” Ryan said. "I didn’t have tracks like this in my day. And we had one Australian Championship where everybody got together once a year, not like now when they have the (domestic) series.

Tamsyn Lewis - 400m/800m double - Australian Champs
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"The 100m Hurdles only came in as an event in 1969, so I had only nine races over 100m hurdles before I retired. All the others were over 80 metres.’’

In fact Ryan won the silver medal at the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games in the 80 Hurdles, behind fellow Australian Maureen Caird. Now McLellan brings fresh hope that an Australian can revisit those glory days in the sprint hurdles.

"It’s about time the record is gone, but I think Sally was very lucky the starter stopped the race. They all ran out a couple of steps and she put her hand up.

“Everyone else was already over the first hurdle and on their way to the second when the starter pulled the race up for her.”

Kym Howe - 4.55m vault at the Australian Champs
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McLellan revealed that her blocks had slipped and fortunately for her she had the maturity and presence of mind to raise her hand to indicate an unfair start. So Sally can be well pleased with the sometimes unfairly maligned officials who looked after her at the start of her record run - and at the photo-finish.

Pair of sprint titles for ‘The Boss’

Josh “The Boss” Ross, 26, also brought up a double - his first - adding the 200m (20.51, +4.7) to the 100m (10.08) title he earned a day earlier.

Patrick Johnson, a 2005 Helsinki World Championship 200m finalist, was a desperately close second in 20.53 with New Zealand’s James Dolphin third in 20.71.

“I could feel Johnson on the other side of the track and it was neck and neck the whole way down the straight and I just pipped him,” Ross said.

His new coach, Emil Rizk, later expressed his belief in Ross’s talent by declaring Australia’s sprint king would add the Long Jump to his competitive programme next year. Rizk said he thought Ross could reach 7.90m by the start of 2008.

“I started as a long jumper and moved to the sprint, only five years ago,” said Ross, determined to follow in the footsteps of other long jumper-sprinter types such as Allan Wells, Carl Lewis, Kareem Streete-Thompson and Jesse Owens to name a few.

“I got to about seven metres competing for Wallsend club (in the Newcastle inter-club series). I’d love to pop one out right now and see how far I could go. The Long Jump is going to work in well with my sprint training.”

Lewis also at the double

Tamsyn Lewis, 28, also brought up the 400-800m double for the first time in 26 years. Her two-lap run in 2:00.71 in the hot and blustery weather was impressive and her fastest for three years. Fellow Victorian, Madeleine Pape, 22, was a good second in 2:01.50.

World Junior Discus Throw champion Dani Samuels from Sydney led through every round and typically saved her best for the sixth and final attempt when she landed an Osaka B-qualifying distance of 60.40m to defeat former World champion, New Zealand’s Beatrice Faumuina (58.02m).

Another Kiwi, Monique Williams, fared better in winning the women’s 200m in 23.28 (+2.6) from the impressive Papua New Guinea sprint queen, Mae Koime (23.38) who had also run a close second in the 100m the previous day.

Sydney’s Justin Merlino looks like the next big thing in Australian men’s hurdling after winning the Men’s 110m hurdles crown in 13.55 (+1.5) to the delight of his motherly coach Fira Dvoskina. Slashing his previous best of 12.98, Merlino’s Osaka B-qualifier made him also the second fastest Australian, behind 1996 Atlanta Olympic finalist, Kyle Vander-Kuyp.

Nick Bromley took his third 800m title in a row in a tactical race won in 1:48.42, turning the tables on Victorian Jeff Riseley (1:48.55) who a week earlier won the Melbourne Track Classic in a huge personal best of 1:46.88.

After a five-year hiatus, Tim Parravicini, 26, regained the Long Jump title but he sailed close to disaster, fouling his first two attempts before risking all on his third jump for a winning 8.01m (+1.2). He then fouled his next two attempts and passed on his last. World Youth champion Chris Noffke was second with 7.97m (+1.3) ahead of Frederick Erin of France (7.89m, +1.8) and World Junior champion Robbie Crowther (7.88m, +1.3) in a star-studded competition.

West Australia’s Kym Howe, 26, cleared a World Championship A-qualifying height of 4.55m to win the women’s Pole Vault from Queenslander Alana Boyd, 22, who vaulted an Osaka B-qualifying 4.35m.

And Melbourne-based Ben Harradine continues to impress, winning the Discus Throw title with 60.89m.

Mike Hurst (Sydney Daily Telegraph) for the IAAF

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