Rineanna wrote:Ye've some great prospects down there
We've always had great under-age talent. The trick is to keep em in the sport.
Rineanna wrote:a ~4 metre improvement from her PB prior to 2009!
Her PB in 2001 as a 16 year old (and WY Champ) was nearly 52m - but then she had a few years away from the sport due to injury. It's great that she's still hangin in there after years of injury/disappointment and is having a really good season in 2009. Go Kim!
PS - WA State Champs results (Day 3 - today)
100 - Henry 11.60 (+2.0)
400 - Henry 53.49
PV - Bisk 4.15 Vicky P 4.00 Liz P 3.80
PPS
Brisbane - 13 March
SP - Justin Anlezark 19.64
Gold Coast - 15 March
PV - Alana Boyd 4.25
PV - Matt Boyd 5.20
LJ - MITCH WATT 8.17 (-1.0) Chris Noffke 7.85 (0.0)
Great sprinting in Canberra. Perfect conditions for 200m
McLellan 22.66 (!) 2.1m/s Breen 23.46 Lewis 23.48 ( I think those 2 times are correct) McLellan's bend was huge. Easily ran away from Breen who was on her inside.
Matt Davies 20.77 (1.) personal best
Rouge-Serret 20.82
I actually called the race but from the in-field with about 50m to go. Not the best view of the track, and I was really looking at Davies because he ran so strongly at the finish. When I spoke to Sheehy after he seemed pretty happy with his 21.00! so I just assumed that was correct.
22.66 is a great run for Sally, she must have been gutted to have seen the +2.1. Given that Breen ran mid 23s around her PB, it might be possible for Sally to get the time out in still conditions.
The Canberra track has seen a lot of fast 200m times, particuarly the women with the 22.42 track record from Tania Van Heer in 99. Lauren Hewitt ran 22.52 in 2000 there and Melinda Gainsford-Taylor ran 22.49 back in 1998.
Does that make Sally the fastest 100mh over the 200m at the current group of hurdlers?
Speedster knows that I'd put the house on Van Heer's 22.42 being a flyer and - from memory - I think it was +2.0 as well. Hobart was another good track for 200s.
Anyway here's the Aussie team for World Uni Games. Pretty good strength in a few events and good to see some just below the cusp of WC selection get a guernsey. Men's 4x4 might be good if they all stay healthy
God only knows why Wroe is bothering with the 100. He'll probably only get one run I guess..
Some of these are competing in U23/U20 nationals in Adelaide this weekend (link to start lists in Aus Champs thread)
MEN (21):
100m - Sean Wroe (Vic)
200m - Wroe, Kurt Mulcahy (NSW)
400m - Mulcahy
800m - Lachlan Renshaw (NSW)
1500m - Ryan Gregson (NSW)
5000m - Liam Adams (Vic), Richard Everest (SA)
110m H - Justin Merlino (NSW)
400m H - Tristan Thomas (TAS), Brendan Cole (ACT)
20km Walk - Adam Rutter (NSW), Tom Barnes (Vic), Ian Rayson (NSW)
High Jump - Liam Zamel-Paez (Qld)
Pole Vault - Blake Lucas (Vic)
Long Jump - John Thornell (NSW)
Triple Jump - Alwyn Jones (Vic), Henry Frayne (Vic)
Javelin Throw - Josh Robinson (Qld), Matthew Outzen (NSW)
4x400m - Wroe, Mulcahy, Thomas, Chris Troode (WA), Clay Watkins (SA)
WOMEN (13):
100m - Melissa Breen (ACT)
200m - Breen
400m - Madeleine Pape (Vic)
800m - Pape
1500m - Kaila McKnight (Vic), Bridey Delaney (NSW)
10000m - Lara Tamsett (NSW)
400m H - Lauren Boden (ACT)
20km Walk - Jillian Hosking (ACT)
High Jump - Ellen Pettitt (WA)
Pole Vault - Amanda Bisk (WA)
Long Jump - Jacinta Boyd (Qld)
Shot Put - Dani Samuels (NSW)
Discus Throw - Samuels
Javelin Throw - Laura Cornford (NSW)
Heptathlon - Lauren Foote (SA)
Speedster wrote:22.66 is a great run for Sally, she must have been gutted to have seen the +2.1. Given that Breen ran mid 23s around her PB, it might be possible for Sally to get the time out in still conditions.
It was funny - she was pleading with me saying are you sure that's right. maybe it's wrong!! I say.. hey I am just the announcer!
I guess Sally should be asking Sharon Hannon why she wasn't standing in front of the wind gauge!- The busiest spot at Perry Lakes is in front of that wind gauge ... and they are all coaches!
TVH's 22.42 still stands. Was it a flyer? Probably, still she did run 22.56 in Seville later than year with two rounds in her legs and a weaker tail wind. She also got a 0.106 reaction time in her first heat there so maybe she's just that good a starter?
Speedster wrote:I guess Sally should be asking Sharon Hannon why she wasn't standing in front of the wind gauge!- The busiest spot at Perry Lakes is in front of that wind gauge ... and they are all coaches!
TVH's 22.42 still stands. Was it a flyer? Probably, still she did run 22.56 in Seville later than year with two rounds in her legs and a weaker tail wind. She also got a 0.106 reaction time in her first heat there so maybe she's just that good a starter?
5000m: 13:16.26 Collis Birmingham
13:25.88 Ben St.Lawrence (age: 27)
13:28.81 Shawn Forrest
13:30.63 David McNeill (age:22)
The last time Australia had 3 men under 28min in a season was 2003 (also in 2002). There was only 2 sub-28s between 2004-8 (both by Mottram)
The last time there were 3 or more men under 13.30 was back in the Syndey Olympic year of 2000 (4, plus a 13.30.96). The average number since then: 1.25.
Looks like we might be seeing a Mottram-effect (i.e. if he can do it so can we...).
Exciting times - and with Mottram still to make his return (fingers crossed) and almost 7 months of racing left.
For those with an interest in the personal side of things, the Canberra Times had an article a few weeks back on Tristan Thomas and Melissa Breen being an item. I didn't read it because I know the sporting couple cliches off by heart but at least they're both not trying to run 400H, so it might last.....
El Toro wrote:For those with an interest in the personal side of things, the Canberra Times had an article a few weeks back on Tristan Thomas and Melissa Breen being an item. I didn't read it because I know the sporting couple cliches off by heart but at least they're both not trying to run 400H, so it might last.....
Vault-emort wrote:maybe a BARMY 14 degrees,,,,, it's been freeezing in Canberra for probably the last two months - it usually IS from Easter to Melbourne Cup..
I will admit that -6C last night was a bit chilly but this was the first negative this year and first time I had any ice on my windscreen and compared to my first year here in '99 when it happened on 11 April, it has been, indeed, balmy.
Still, it's a bit different to where I grew up, where 20C overnight was the harbinger of mid winter.....
Buckman bows out in semis of 800m - 2:04.68 for 12th. Seasons best, but not form she would have hoped for at start of season (when TFN was tipping her to win).
