Athletics Australia-T&F Champ - Organization License
2012 Adelaide Track Classic
Santos Stadium, South Australia - 28/01/2012
Event 26 Men 400 Metre Open
Name Year Team Finals Points
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Finals
1 Ben Offereins WAIS 46.16
2 Matt Lynch NSW 46.48
3 Sean Wroe VIS 46.69
4 Kevin Moore NSWIS 46.86
5 Alexander Carew VIC 47.02
6 Clay Watkins SASI 47.40
7 Jarryd Buchan VIC 47.78
8 Andrew Giam 89 SA 49.59
Still many errors in execution of race plan but Lynch is getting it together. Arm swing and elbow angles poor final 50m - plenty of obvious gains there in a hurry if the training advocated is adhered to. With Kevin Moore, his proprioception deserted him on the back straight and he chopped his stride dramatically entering through the 200m start zone while his opponents stayed open and swept by. Kev did nothing through the third 100m segment and was trailing world student games medallist Sean Wroe by 7m with 50m to go. BUt Moore woke up and charged to the line 4th just a stride behind Sean. Much room for improvement but Kev was blindsided out in lane 6 and had not run a competitive 400m since early December.
Same day as this Adelaide GP, another 400m Fast Track squaddie, James Grimm, won the 400m in a stroll at the NSW Country champs in Newcastle and backed up to win the 200m next day in 21.55 into a 4m/psec headwind.
MEDALS CLEAN SWEEP TO COACH STUART MILLER
2012 NSW Country Track & Field Championships - 27/01/2012 to 29/01/2012
Athletics NSW
Hunter Sports Center, Glendale
Results - Sunday Track-Afternoon
Event 393 Men 200 metre Open
Meet Record: R 20.90 1973 Leo Hollesteele, LIT
Name Age Team Finals
Section 1 Finals Wind: -4.0
1 3168 Grimm, James 21 Athletics Wo 21.55 *
2 3454 Leeson., Brodie 18 Athletics Wo 22.28
3 3490 Miller, Justin 28 Athletics Wo 22.46
4 4016 Egan, Harry 25 Maquarie Hunter 22.74
5 582 Parry, Lachlan 21 Illawarra Bl 22.96
6 581 Parry, Joshua 23 Illawarra Bl 22.99
7 3186 Farrell, Benjamin 20 Arm (Armidale) 23.71
8 2307 Meers, Elliot 20 Maitland Sen 24.33
9 3096 McKay, Joshua 20 Athletics Wo 25.55
- Age refers to the age the athlete turns in 2012. None of the podium finishers will celebrate a birthday for quite a while yet. Leeson at 17 appears a good prospect for the 400m in time.
Justin Miller won the 100m title; Grimm also ran two rounds of 400m to win that title a day earlier. After the 200m sweep the boys received a standing ovation (but not from the rival Wollongong club, Illawarra Blue Stars, apparently. This trio departed the Blue Stars to join Athletics Wollongong after State Relays Champs early this season due to consistent meddling in their coaching affairs by a certain Blue Stars administrator who always thinks she knows better).