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ABN 72 006 447 294 athletics.com.au Athletics Australia 2007 Handbook of Records & Results CONTENTS President’s message 4 Athletics Australia life members and merit awards 7 Presidents 8 Honorary life members 8 Recipients of the merit award of Athletics Australia 9 Telstra Selection Trials and 85th Australian Athletics Championships 11 Women 12 Men 15 Telstra Australian Interstate Youth Match 20 Women 21 Men 22 Telstra Australian Under 20 and Under 23 Championships 24 Women 25 Men 27 Telstra Australian Club Championships 30 Women 31 Men 32 Telstra Australian Combined Events Championships 35 Australian Youth Combined Events Championships 38 Telstra Australian AWD Underage Championships (incorporating ACT Open AWD Championships) 40 Women 41 Men 43 Australian road & cross country championships 47 Mountain running 48 50km and 100km 48 Marathon and half marathon 49 Road walking 50 Cross country 51 CONTENTS Telstra Australian All Schools & Youth Athletics Championships 58 Women 59 Men 70 Schools Knockout National Final 82 Cup competition 83 Plate competition 87 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 93 Women 94 Men 95 Telstra A-Series meets (including 2008 10,000m championships at Zatopek) 98 Performances of Australian athletes in international competition 107 Ekidens 108 Marathons and road races 108 Cross country 109 Track and field 110 Outdoor records as at December 31, 2007 115 Indoor records as at December 31, 2007 134 Australian rankings for 2007 139 Men 140 Women 189 Australian all-time list 250 Men 251 Women 290 Statistical publications 330 athletics.com.au Athletics Australia 2007 Handbook of Records & Results PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Powell, Jeremy Wariner, Michael Frater, Darrel Brown and Sherone Simpson all confirmed to compete in Australia – which will hopefully push our Australian stars to Olympic qualifiers. Though we ended 2007 without Telstra, our principal sponsor of seven years, I would like to warmly acknowledge the support of the Australian Sports Commission. Athletics in Australia, by world standards, is still enormously under-funded with many countries now placing an incredible amount of funding and resources into their track and field programs. Australia In 2007, we not only celebrated two world needs to keep pace with these countries if we champions in Jana Rawlinson (400m are to remain competitive on the world stage. hurdles) and Nathan Deakes (50km walk), However, rest assured Athletics Australia is we had a World Walking Challenge victory working hard to fill what is a very valuable to Luke Adams and a heap of outstanding sponsorship property for a corporate partner. performances, including four medals, from our young guns at the World Youth Championships The healthy partnerships we have with in Ostrava. Asics, Novotel, SBS, Healthe, the Australian Olympic Committee, the Australian Paralympic Kurt Fearnley continued to dominate the Committee and the Australian Commonwealth international wheelchair racing circuit with 10 Games Association are also very important marathon wins out of 11 races. He also won to us and, of course, their support is always a world title in the 1500m at the Osaka World appreciated. Championships and the prestigious 10km road race in Atlanta. I thank our athletes, coaches, families and supporters for the year that’s been and wish We recently crowned our world champions, you all the very best for a successful summer, Jana and Nathan, with the 2007 Athlete of the the road to Beijing and your athletics goals into Year titles alongside Kurt and another top AWD the future. athlete Amanda Fraser; a host of other awards recognised our great athletes, coaches, media, officials and volunteers. We have an exciting domestic season underway with several National Series meets, the Grand Rob H Fildes OAM Prix meet in Sydney and the World Athletics President Tour meet in Melbourne, culminating at Athletics Australia the Australian Athletics Championships and Selection Trials in Brisbane. Our athletes will all be striving for Olympic Games selection with some fantastic international stars such as Asafa 4 SBS – Broadcast Partner of Athletics Australia World Athletics Tour, Melbourne 4VOEBZ'FCSVBSZBUBN 86th Australian Athletics Championships and Selection Trials – Brisbane 4VOEBZ.BSDIBUBN 9Zh^\cZY[dgcVijgVaa^k^c\ CDKDI:A!EGDJ9HEDCHDG D;6I=A:I>8H6JHIG6A>6 lll#cdkdiZa#Xdb#Vj 2007 AWARD WINNERS athletics.com.au 7 Athletics Australia 2007 Handbook of Records & Results ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA (Formerly the Australian Athletic Union 1982-1989) (Formerly the Amateur Athletic Union of Australia 1927-1982) (Formerly the Amateur Athletic Union of Australasia 1897-1927) Founded 1897 MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETICS FEDERATIONS Affiliated with: Australian Olympic Committee and Australian Commonwealth Games Association MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS Athletics Australian Capital Territory Athletics New South Wales Athletics Northern Territory Queensland Athletics Athletics South Australia Athletics Tasmania Athletics Victoria Athletics Western Australia PRESIDENTS Richard Coombes (NSW) 1897 – 1934 Graeme Briggs (TAS) 1983 – 1989 Arthur Fenner (SA) 1934 – 1938 David Prince (SA) 1989 – 1996 George Langford (VIC) 1938 – 1942 Terry Dwyer (TAS) 1996 – 1999 Hugh Weir (VIC) 1942 – 1956 Andrew Forrest (WA) 1999 – 2004 C Ronald Atkins CBE (SA) 1957 – 1978 Ken Roche AO (VIC) 2004 – 2005 Allan McDonald QC (VIC) 1978 – 1983 Rob Fildes OAM (VIC) 2005 – present HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS (Elected by A.A.U. of A.) (Elected by A.W.A.A.U.) Mr Hugh R Weir CBE † (1957) Miss Gwen Bull OAM † (1962) Mr C Ronald Aitken CBE † (1965) Miss Nell Gould OAM BEM † (1962) Mr Arthur J Hodsdon MBE † (1965) Mrs Doris Magee AM MBE † (1962) Mr Norman G Hutton † (1968) Miss Lillian Neville OAM † (1962) Mr Leonard B Curnow OBE † (1968) Mrs Doris Willson † (1964) Mr Robert E Graham OBE † (1968) Mrs Mavis Ebzery OAM † (1967) Mr F Theo Treacy OBE † (1969) Mrs Maisie McQuiston BEM † (1971) Mr George Soper † (1969) Mrs Margaret Cahill OAM † (1972) Mr C Herbert Gardiner QJM † (1974) Mrs Mabel Robinson MBE † (1973) Mr H George Carruthers MBE † (1977) Mrs Joyce Bonwick OAM (1978) 8 AWARD WINNERS RECIPIENTS OF THE MERIT AWARD OF ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA (Elected by Athletics Australia) Mr Thomas C Blue AM BEM † (1980) Mr George W Tempest (1994) Mr Clive D Lee AM (1984) Mr John Bailey AM (1995) Mrs Flo Wrighter OAM BEM † (1986) Mr Paul Jenes (1995) Mr Noel J Ruddock AM (1989) Mrs Margaret L Mahony OAM (1997) Mr Graeme T Briggs AM JP † (1990) Mr Denis P Wilson AM (1997) Mrs Brenda J Pearl OAM (1992) Mrs Gwen Chester † (1998) Mrs Stella McMinn AM JP (1992) Ms Ronda M Jenkins (2002) Mr Fred W Napier OAM † (1992) Mrs Jill Huxley (2003) The Hon Allan W McDonald QC (1993) Mr Reginald H Brandis (2005) (Elected by the A.A.U. of A. 1968-1978) Mr JD Bailey AM Q 1976 Mr TF Hantke † W 1968 Mr JB Barlow † Q 1968 Mr WW Huxley † Q 1973 Mr EW Barwick † T 1968 Mr HJ Lowe † S 1970 Mr FJW Budge † S 1977 Mr PS McCavanagh † S 1969 Mr HG Carruthers MBE † N 1970 Mr AH McIvor † S 1976 Mr R Clemson † V 1968 Mr E Moore † V 1974 Mr JW Cook † Q 1973 Mr CHF Morgan † S 1968 Mr RC Corish BEM † N 1970 Mr FW Napier OAM † W 1977 Mr TB Dodds † S 1968 Mr JL Patching AO OBE V 1968 Mr JE Draper † V 1971 Mr AE Robinson † V 1968 Mr HJ Eastaughffe † Q 1968 Mr FA Rose † T 1968 Mr ED Eastham † V 1978 Mr NJ Ruddock AM T 1975 Mr JK Faulkner † S 1968 Mr VB Sharp MBE † S 1968 Mr RC Frith OAM † N 1975 Mr GB Stringer † V 1970 Mr CH Gardiner QJM † V 1968 Mr WC Thompson † Q 1968 Mr ER Goodwin † Q 1974 Mr FT Treacy OBE † W 1968 Mr ER Graham † S 1978 Mr PD Walsh † N 1971 Mr JH Hanman † N 1972 Mr RPB White † N 1970 (Elected by the A.W.A.A.U. 1971-1978) Mrs P Andersson V 1971 Mrs N Greenham OAM S 1973 Mrs E Armstrong † V 1971 Mrs J Harmey N 1971 Mrs D Barnes † S 1976 Mrs A Kennedy BEM † V 1971 Mrs I Bennett V 1974 Mrs N