Melbourne Track Classic 2010

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2010 Melbourne Track Classic Results

by: LetsRun.com
March 4, 2010

Results from the 2010 Melbourne Track Classic below.

The best race on the program was a matchup of Olympic 1500m gold medallist Asbel Kiprop of Kenya versus Olympic 1500m silver medallist Nick Willis of New Zealand.

And the winner was… Jeff Riseley of Australia. Riseley is a 3:50 miler (3:32.92 1500m), but does not get a lot of attention outside of Australia as he never has made an Olympic or World Championship final. Jeremy Roff (a 3:34 guy) was 2nd and Nick Willis 3rd and Kiprop fourth after Kiprop got clipped up and fell off the pack.

The performance of the meet was David Rudisha’s 1:43.15 800m which set a new Australian all-comers record. LetsRun.com fan favorite Ryan Gregson was 2nd in 1:46.04.

In case you forgot, like we did, Rudisha ran 1:42.01 last year. He clearly is the top 800m runner in the world right now. He told Runners Tribe, “I expected to run 1:43 today.”

Results compliments of IAAF

04/03/2010

Melbourne Track Classic
Melbourne (OP), 04/03/2010

Men’ results

100 Metres - Men Wind: +1.2 m/s

1 Lawal , Bola Gee                 NGR      10.33
2 Johnson , Patrick                AUS      10.42
3 Davies , Matt                    AUS      10.43
4 Turk , Mathew                    AUS      10.61
5 Rooke , Tim                      AUS      10.62
6 Sheehy , Keith                   AUS      10.64
7 Groth , Jacob                    AUS      10.65
8 Martin , Rodney                  USA      10.66

200 Metres - Men Wind: -0.1 m/s

1 Davies , Matt                    AUS      20.83
2 Lawal , Bola Gee                 NGR      20.91
3 Johnson , Patrick                AUS      21.11
4 Martin , Rodney                  USA      21.27
5 Sheehy , Keith                   AUS      21.36
6 Martin , Daniel                  AUS      21.42
7 Groth , Jacob                    AUS      21.44
8 Thumath , Jeffery                NZL      21.67

400 Metres - Men Race 1

1 Offereins , Ben                  AUS      45.73
2 Wroe , Sean                      AUS      46.18
3 Neville , David                  USA      46.37
4 Moore , Kevin                    AUS      46.49
5 Milburn , Joel                   AUS      47.01
6 Horigome , Yoshihiro             JPN      47.21
7 Watkins , Clay                   AUS      47.23
8 Boylett , Nick                   AUS      47.57

400 Metres - Men Race 2

1 Boudrie , Andrew                 AUS      47.15
2 Burke , David                    AUS      47.69
3 Jordan , Alex                    NZL      47.70
4 Bee , Joel                       AUS      47.72
5 Beck , Alexander                 AUS      47.79
6 Burch , Scott                    NZL      48.59
7 Fitzpatrick , Simon              AUS      48.86
8 Wurm , Ollie                     AUS      50.36

800 Metres - Men

1 Rudisha , David Lekuta           KEN    1:43.15
2 Gregson , Ryan                   AUS    1:46.04
3 Garrett , Tristan                AUS    1:46.66
4 Gurr , James                     AUS    1:46.77
5 Renshaw , Lachlan                AUS    1:47.26
6 Rowe , Alexander                 AUS    1:47.56
7 Bromley , Nicholas               AUS    1:47.60
8 Fox , Matthew                    AUS    1:48.94
9 Botha , Werner                   AUS    1:53.62
  Tangui , Sammy                   KEN        DNF

1500 Metres - Men

1 Riseley , Jeffrey                AUS    3:42.70
2 Roff , Jeremy                    AUS    3:43.06
3 Willis , Nicholas                NZL    3:43.33
4 Kiprop , Asbel                   KEN    3:43.67
5 Cheboi , Collins                 KEN    3:43.87
6 Kaan , James                     AUS    3:44.24
7 Rowe , Brenton                   AUS    3:45.58
8 Abdi , Youcef                    AUS    3:45.87
9 Nipperes , James                 AUS    3:47.00

10 Saunders , Philo AUS 3:47.45
11 Carson , Hamish NZL 3:47.69
12 Campbell , David IRL 3:48.80
13 Williamsz , Jordan AUS 3:51.06
14 Rotich , Andrew KEN 3:54.64
Woods , Brad AUS DNF
Kealey , Mitchell AUS DNF

5000 Metres - Men

1 Baddeley , Andrew                GBR   13:20.85
2 Komen , Jonathan Kipkoech        KEN   13:25.46
3 Blincoe , Adrian                 NZL   13:26.10
4 St.Lawrence , Ben                AUS   13:26.91
5 Birmingham , Collis              AUS   13:33.44
6 Adams , Liam                     AUS   13:45.73
7 Perrett , Clinton                AUS   13:46.22
8 Draper , Mark                    GBR   13:55.03
9 Dessaix-Chin , Russell           AUS   14:09.86

10 Craigie , Alan AUS 14:18.49
11 Page , Tim AUS 14:27.21
12 Engler , Dale AUS 14:31.33
13 Toomey , Benjamin AUS 14:33.65
14 Crowther , Samuel AUS 14:37.73
15 Krawitz , Shaaun NZL 14:52.45
16 Kelly , Stephen AUS 14:58.08
Woolhouse , Jason NZL DNF
Batt , Kevin AUS DNF
Terer , Patrick Kipyegon KEN DNF
White , Andrew AUS DNS

400 Metres Hurdles - Men

1 McFarlane , Danny                JAM      49.92
2 Cole , Brendan                   AUS      50.42
3 Brandwood , Danny                GBR      50.83
4 Roff , James                     AUS      51.17
5 Dewhurst , Ian                   AUS      52.12
6 Bennett , Leigh                  AUS      52.50
7 Ranasinghe , Kulan               SRI      54.70
  Carew , Alexander                AUS        DNF

High Jump - Men

1 Zamel-Paez , Liam                AUS       2.25
2 Hall , Josh                      AUS       2.21
3 Armet , Chris                    AUS       2.15
4 Pearce , Cal                     AUS       2.10
5 Brennan , Tom                    AUS       2.05
6 Lodge , Joshua                   AUS       2.05
7 Moroney , Nick                   AUS       2.05

Pole Vault - Men

1 Hooker , Steven                  AUS       5.65
2 Boyd , Matthew                   AUS       5.15
2 Lucas , Blake                    AUS       5.15
4 Filshie , James                  AUS       5.00
5 Möcks , Richard                  GER       4.80

Long Jump - Men
Wind
1 Noffke , Chris AUS 7.96 +0.2
2 Watt , Mitchell AUS 7.89 -0.6
3 Quinley , Trevell USA 7.72 +0.5
4 Lapierre , Fabrice AUS 7.65 -0.2
5 Howard , Mark AUS 7.22 -0.1
6 Leonard , Zane AUS 7.14 -0.2
7 Fletcher , Shaun AUS 7.13 +0.4
8 Newdick , Brent NZL 6.97 -0.4

Triple Jump - Men
Wind
1 Brigg , Kane AUS 16.42 +0.0
2 Jones , Alwyn AUS 16.34 -0.2
3 Lumley , Josh AUS 15.65 -0.3
4 Lawrence , Mark AUS 15.15 +0.8
5 King , Ben AUS 14.45 +0.3
6 Rauchfuss , Callan AUS 14.44 +1.0
Stewart , Alex AUS NM

Javelin Throw - Men

1 Pitkämäki , Tero                 FIN      83.32
2 Farquhar , Stuart                NZL      83.26
3 Bannister , Jarrod               AUS      81.32
4 White , Corey                    USA      78.79
5 Outzen , Matthew                 AUS      75.78
6 Castle , Brett                   AUS      74.31
7 Peacock , Hamish                 AUS      73.66
  Simmons , Iain                   AUS        DNS

4x400 Metres Relay - Men

1 Australia Green                  AUS    3:10.42
2 Australia Gold                   AUS    3:10.67
3 Australia Junior                 AUS    3:12.36
4 Actas                            AUS    3:12.44
5 Sydney Pacific                   AUS    3:12.63
6 Western Athletics                AUS    3:13.22
7 New Zealand                      NZL    3:13.70
8 Essendon                         AUS    3:20.34

Women’ results

100 Metres - Women Wind: +1.3 m/s

1 Breen , Melissa                  AUS      11.41
2 Whaler , Laura                   AUS      11.56
3 Smythe , Anna                    NZL      11.62
4 Knox , Jessica                   AUS      11.71
5 Wrench-Doody , Alicia            AUS      12.01
6 Pasternatsky , Larissa           AUS      12.03
7 Williams , Monique               NZL      12.04
  McLellan , Sally                 AUS        DNS

200 Metres - Women Wind: +0.4 m/s

1 McLellan , Sally                 AUS      23.59
2 Whaler , Laura                   AUS      23.78
3 Breen , Melissa                  AUS      23.83
4 Koenen , Andrea                  NZL      24.05
5 Butler , Hayley                  AUS      24.21
6 Gulli , Jessica                  AUS      24.45
7 Morton , Karlie                  AUS      24.60
8 Williams , Monique               NZL      24.72

400 Metres - Women

1 Henry , Jody                     AUS      52.41
2 Lewis , Tamsyn                   AUS      52.64
3 Cuddihy , Joanne                 IRL      52.95
4 Mägi , Maris                     EST      53.26
5 Steinert , Pirrenee              AUS      53.56
6 Boden , Lauren                   AUS      53.78
7 Willis-Pincott , Caitlin         AUS      54.41
8 Pape , Madeleine                 AUS      56.14

1500 Metres - Women

1 Delaney , Bridey                 AUS    4:14.52
2 Corrigan , Lisa                  AUS    4:16.17
3 McKnight , Kaila                 AUS    4:19.25
4 Sigmont-Fountain , Erica         AUS    4:20.91
5 Nicod , Lara                     AUS    4:24.21
6 Kennedy , Lucy                   AUS    4:24.31
7 Curnow , Eliza                   AUS    4:27.30
8 Hetherington , Kelly             AUS    4:27.81
9 Hall , Linden                    AUS    4:32.26

10 Kingdom , Trychelle AUS 4:37.25
11 Stanton-Smith , Lisa AUS 4:42.88
12 Barker , Sophie AUS 4:46.29

5000 Metres - Women

1 Cullen , Mary Teresa             IRL   15:27.75
2 Tamsett , Lara                   AUS   15:28.70
3 Chapple , Nicole                 AUS   15:38.87
4 Wellings , Eloise                AUS   15:42.58
5 Willis , Benita                  AUS   16:14.11
6 Brichacek , Emily                AUS   16:17.06
7 Trengove , Jessica               AUS   16:21.38
8 Palm , Tara                      AUS   16:32.55
9 Carvolth , Tamara                AUS   16:53.34

10 Allston , Hanny AUS 17:13.79
Drumm , Orla IRL DNF
Carberry , Josie AUS DNS

Shot Put - Women

1 Vili , Valerie                   NZL      20.05
2 Mirtschin , Joanne               AUS      15.64
3 Satupai , Margaret               SAM      15.19
4 Mulhall , Kimberley              AUS      14.93
5 Rai , Prabhjot                   AUS      13.53

Discus Throw - Women

1 Samuels , Dani                   AUS      62.97
2 Kaur , Harwant                   IND      57.93
3 Rumpf , Sabine                   GER      56.15
4 Lyon , Calista                   AUS      52.41
5 Satupai , Margaret               SAM      50.44
6 Mulhall , Kimberley              AUS      50.23
7 Rai , Prabhjot                   AUS      43.62
8 Clarke , Brydee                  AUS      39.38
  Bremser , Julia                  GER         NM

Javelin Throw - Women

1 Mickle , Kimberley               AUS      58.22
2 Mitchell , Kathryn               AUS      56.34
3 Cornford , Laura                 AUS      54.17
4 Davies , Annabel                 AUS      49.42
5 Maurer , Bianca                  AUS      44.08
6 Kaufman , Jessica                AUS      43.01
7 Ashmore , Kaitlyn                AUS      42.79
8 Roberts , Kelsey-Lee             AUS      41.54

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Thursday, 04 March 2010 Rudisha opens with blistering 1:43.15 in Melbourne, promises ‘more to come’ – IAAF World Challenge

Sensational 1:43.15 2010 opener for David Rudisha in Melbourne (Getty Images)

relnews Melbourne, Australia - David Rudisha closed 2009 with something special - a 1:42.01 800m at Rieti which put him behind only Wilson Kipketer, Sebastian Coe and Joaquim Cruz on the all-time performers’ list.

The tall, 21-year-old Kenyan, had his first race over 800m for 2010 as the IAAF World Challenge 2010 kicked of at the Melbourne Track Classic on Thursday night, and produced something special again. He predicted a 1:43 and delivered on the talk, running 1:43.15. Ryan Gregson took almost a full second off his previous best in second place, but his 1:46.04 saw him almost a full three seconds adrift.

There is, Rudisha said, more to come. Specifically, into the territory now occupied only by Messrs Kipketer, Coe and Cruz. Only Coe is officially a Lord, but these men are the aristocracy of the 800.

Rudisha needs only to find another 0.02 to join the club. “That is what I’m expecting,” he said after his race, “I want to run my personal best.”

The ease with which Rudisha tracked fellow-Kenyan Sammy Tangui through a first lap of precisely 50.00 suggests that a 1:41 is somewhere in the near future. For the moment, Rudisha picked up the Australian all-comers’ record, his time taking 0.82 from the mark set by David Lelei at this meeting in 2000.

Lelei was tragically killed last month in a head-on car accident in Kenya.

Upsets (almost) across the board

If Rudisha was nearly spot-on in fulfilling pre-meeting expectations, there were surprises galore everywhere else. None more so than in the men’s 1500m where Olympic gold and silver medallists Asbel Kiprop and Nick Willis were upstaged by Australians Jeff Riseley and Jeremy Roff in a bizarre race.

In other upsets, or near upsets, Steve Hooker cleared only his opening height of 5.65m in the pPole Vault before making a bit of a mess at his next height of 5.85m, Berlin bronze medallist Mitchell Watt was beaten in the Long Jump by a last-round 7.96m effort from Chris Noffke, Aaron Baddeley ran away from in-form Collis Birmingham to win the 5000m and Jody Henry inflicted a rare domestic defeat on Tamsyn Lewis in the women’s 400m.

There was almost another to add to the list as New Zealand’s Stuart Farquhar threw 83.26m in the fifth round of the javelin to take the lead from 2007 World champion Tero Pitkamaki only for the Finn to snatch it right back with an 83.32m to eke out a narrow victory.

Plans for a 3:32 1500 came unstuck in the first 100 metres, as Kiprop’s heel was clipped as he crossed over to take up a position behind pacemaker Andrew Rotich. The Olympic champion went from the lead to 10 metres off the back as he struggled to regain his rhythm.

Rotich continued on through a 1:55 first 800, 40 metres ahead of the rest of the field. No one chased him. At the bell, the ‘rabbit’ was still well clear, but finally the group swallowed him up in the last 300 metres. Kiprop and Willis looked in control but then Riseley burst through at 200 to go and Roff steamed home down the straight to produced an unlikely Aussie quinella.

Riseley’s winning time was a slowish 3:42.70, but he scarcely cared. It was the win that counted. “I’m really excited, it’s been a while since I stepped on a track,” he said.

Hooker looked on for another big night to match his 5.91m in Sydney when he soared over 5.65m at his first attempt. But he crashed out at his next height of 5.85m with three misses.

“I took a bigger pole and went up to 5.85 but it just didn’t work. I don’t know what to say.”

Conditions were ideal - warm and with a following wind. “Until I went out, I thought it was going to be a big night,” he said. “But it wasn’t.”

Watt led the Long Jump with his opening round 7.89m and followed it up with a 7.86m in the second round. He took no more jumps after that. Noffke matched the leading jump in the third round but still trailed on countback until his last-round winner at 7.96m.

Baddeley ran away with the 5000m over the last kilometre to win in 13:20.85, a personal best. Jonathon Komen of Kenya took second, some 30 metres back, with Adrian Blincoe, Ben St Lawrence and Collis Birmingham next.

In the women’s 400 Henry held off Lewis’s usual late-race charge to win, 52.41 to 52.64. It was a rare domestic defeat for Lewis, who has dominated successively at 800m and 400 over the past couple of years.

Vili, Samuels the exceptions

Valerie Vili and Dani Samuels at least lived up to expectations. Vili warmed up for the defence of her world indoor title in Doha with two throws over 20 metres to close her competition. The longer one went 20.05m, a meeting record.

Samuels was a little below her personal best form from Sydney, but she still won the competition easily with a best of 62.97m. She had another throw of the same distance, a 62.82m, a 61.81m and two fouls in an impressive display.

Danny McFarlane of Jamaica won the 400m Hurdles in 49.92 but not before flirting with disaster at the last hurdle. He looked on course for a sub-49 before that.

Sally McLellan concentrated on the 200 metres, winning in 23.59 while Ben Offereins maintained his supremacy this season in the 400, defeating national champion Sean Wroe, 45.73 to 46.18. Olympic bronze medallist David Neville of the USA was third in 46.37.

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The NSWIS 400 FastTrack project is alive and well and gathering pace it seems: From the Sydney meet last Saturday to Melbourne yesterday, the Central Coast teenager Kevin Young halved the time/distance between himself and those ahead of him and doubled the time/distance between himself and those behind him. It’s not that often you get to make direct comparisons, but the finishing order was essentially the same in Melbourne as in Sydney in the men’s 400m, although all the times in that event were slower.

It should also be noted that Moore ran from lane 8 in Sydney and had no one outside him. In Melbourne he ran from lane 2 and was able to keep an eye on everyone.

In the meanwhile, Moore’s training partner, Matt Lynch, who opened his account at 400m in 46.61 pre-Xmas, appears to be only a couple of weeks away from returning to competition after a silly self-inflicted hammy tear. I have received a message to say Matt Lynch clocked 300m (two straights) in training on Wednesday this week in 32.2 and then backed up 30sec later with a flying 60m. He completed a descending ladder to 20m. He threw up after the 60 and nearly again during the 40m.

The 400m program is essentially the same as described in great detail in the terminally long Lactate Threshold thread under Fundamentals on the CF forum.

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Thanks for the update. I’m guessing that programme is quite a change to what some of the coaches would have prescribed. Do you know what their reaction has been?

Were their athletes withdrawn / drop out as it appeared ‘wrong’?

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Hi John
So far as I’m aware the only personal coach who was not an NSWIS 400 FastTrack project coach (Penny Gillies is both) to commit totally to the program is Larry Spencer, from the Central Coast about an hour’s drive north of Sydney, Australia.

Larry gets the big picture, and he also understands the importance of technique. He coaches both Matt Lynch and Kevin Moore and he is a vital cog it seems in the local Hunter Valley sports academy with regards to coaching athletes in sprints and hurdles.

Others dropped out when their athlete became injured, usually playing some code of football, and then found it too hard to settle slowly back into the recommended recovery routine. Other coaches never replied to any correspondence even though they had perhaps the most talented kid in the age bracket. Some of those have progressed nicely anyway, others have plateaued and are now having serious second thoughts as to the wisdom of their treating the Project with contempt.

Most of the others were separated from the top echelon because they were too young, or too technically deficient and they have been graded into Basic and Intermediate squads. The technical work in those groups for sprints has been conducted by Robert Medlicott and the plyometric grounding has been conducted by Nicole Boegman - an Olympic long jump finalist and Commonwealth Games gold medallist who, like Robert, is now a program administrator fulltime staff at the New South Wales Institute of Sport at Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush - venue of course for the 2000 Olympic Games.

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When running a flying 60 as a back-up rep, how much of an acceleration zone is prescribe for the athlete? Also, how is this acceleration zone treated (e.g., are they driving to the start of the 60, taking a gradual, upright build-up, etc)? I guess I wonder the same about the initial 300 as well. I’m guessing this isn’t from a standing start. Does the athlete just take 5 meters or so to break inertia before hitting the start?

Forgive me if this kind of stuff is considered common sense or has been covered elsewhere.

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I’d say the 300 would be from standing, and the back up 60 is rolling, as it would be extremely hard to accelerate from standing when significantly lactated. what usually happens is the athlete will roll in, accelerate for as much as they can, then just hold. i find when doing these work outs the first rep feels awful, but the subsequent back up reps start to feel pretty good as the lactate is metabolised and converted to energy.

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Thanks for the response. So on the rolling 60m fly, the athlete isn’t really running much more than 60m. I agree: it would be tough to accelerate while fatigued after the 300m. I haven’t built these kinds of workouts into my training yet, but am considering doing so. All I know is that I am pretty cashed after running an aggressive 300. Any kind of back-up reps are going to be grueling!

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It doesn’t really matter. Do what feels best on the day. It’s only an issue if you’re trying to compare times between sessions. Obviously a standing or three-point start is likely to be slower than a running start. In the case above, Matt replied that he had a about a 10m walk up to the 300m start and a couple of steps walkup to the backup reps.

He did a couple of sets of 300 + 150 today (Sunday in Sydney). The 300s pace was “comehome” pace in a quickish 400m. He ran low 34sec for both, then diagonal jog across the infield to the 150m start - so about 70sec recoveries - and then a two step flying start to the 150s. The first set was something like 34.4 + 17.2 and after about 40mins the second set was 34.2 + 16.4; His training partner, Kevin Moore, ran 400m race rhythm for six x 150m around the full bend and into the straight. All of his 150s were in around low 16sec (mostly 16.2sec). This was identified from video of the Melbourne 400m race as a flaw in his race strategy. Kevin was absolutely last at 200m and still at 300m but unleashed a decent last 100m in about 12.1sec. He pulled up fresh so he needs to empty the tanks earlier to get the qualifying time he needs to earn national team selection and some financial support. The minimum 400m qualifying time would be 45.95sec .

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12.1 is an excellent last 100m. If that holds steady as the season progresses and he freshens up we should see some exciting times.

It was good to see Tristan Garrett and James Gurr break through in the 800m. I know James has the talent to run a qualifier inthe near future and hope that he gets the conditions for it soon.

Btw, does any one know what was up with the sprint times? The sprints seemed to be a bit off the pace compared
with Sydney, but the 800m was quite strong. Is it just a recovery thing?

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I was gunna ask the same thing. With regard to the 400 - could Offreins slower time be due still to a lack of recovery from his PR the previous week? I know short sprinters often lighten the load for more than a week after a PR so would the same apply for a 400?

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Question on Matt Davies.

He seems to be in the top 3 in Australia, at the moment, for the 200m but down the rankings for the 100m. Has he just done poorly at the 100 compared to his 200 times or is he a candidate for the 400 in a few years.

Is it an age thing? He is only reasonably young isn’t he?

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He was always a 200m athlete circa 2004. With a windy 20.95 heat time and 21.10w final behind Luke Mansfield 20.79w u20 Aust Champs.

He went missing for a while (told by a certain head relay coach that he was not professional enough) and returned running 100s. The emphasis may have been to lower his 10.70 to a faster time and return to the 200m.

At the end of the day he is finally running 200s again and the times are relevant to his 100m improvements. 400s are way to far for him. Stick with 200s and get selected every year if you run sub 20.65 or bust your ass year in year out and run 10.30 and never get picked in a national team.

Which way looks brighter?