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Athletics Australia Handbook of Records and Results 2012 Mitchell Watt Jarred Tallent 2012 Handbook of Records and Results Acknowledgements Compiled by Peter Hamilton and edited by Athletics Australia. Special thanks to the following for their support and contribution to Athletics Australia in the production of this publication. Awards Brian Roe Rankings Paul Jenes OAM (Athletics Australia Statistician) Records Ronda Jenkins OAM (Athletics Australia Records Officer) Results/Historical Peter Hamilton (Athletics Australia Track & Field Commission) Official Photographers of Athletics Australia Getty Images Athletics Australia Athletics House, Level 2, 31 Aughtie Drive Albert Park Victoria 3206 Australia Telephone 61 3 8646 4550 Facsimile 61 3 8646 4560 Email [email protected] www.athletics.com.au ABN 72 006 447 294 Contents 4 President’s Message 8 2012 Award Winners 17 2012 Results - Domestic 17 Track and Field 115 Cross Country and Road Racing 138 2012 Results - International 139 Olympic Games 2012 141 Paralympic Games 2012 144 World Indoor Championships 2012 144 World Half Marathon Championships 2012 145 World Junior Championships 2012 147 World Race Walking Cup 2012 148 World Student Cross Country Championships 148 100km World Championships 2012 148 World Mountain Running Championships 2012 149 Chiba Ekiden Relay 150 Records 150 Australian Outdoor Records (as at 31 December 2012) 166 Australian Indoor Records (as at 31 December 2012) 171 Rankings 171 Australian All-Time List 248 Australian Ranking List 2012 2 Athletics Australia 2012 Handbook of Records and Results MADE TO SUPPORT YOUR EVERY STEP THE NEW GEL-KAYANO 19 Get the stability you need from the new GEL-KAYANO 19, which is also the lightest in the series so far. With an improved Dynamic DuoMax Support System that distributes pressure evenly, pushing yourself out of your comfort zone has never been more comfortable. Learn more about the GEL-KAYANO 19 at ASICS.COM.AU GRA25179 GRA25179 v2F.indd 1 25/02/13 9:47 AM President’s Message Athletics Stadium in Perth in mid-March, before the 91st Australian Athletics Championships and Selection Trials see the return of ‘the Nationals’ to Sydney for the first time since 2006. We warmly acknowledge the invaluable support of the Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Government. The healthy partnerships we have with Qantas, Be The Influence, Asics, 2XU, Fit Health Insurance, the Art Series Hotel Athletics in Australia enters a season full of Group, Flight Centre Group Travel, Eventscorp excitement and potential, one which, after WA, Destination NSW and the Sydney Olympic the success of the 2012 London Olympic and Park Authority are also very important to us and Paralympic Games last year, looks ahead to the their support is deeply appreciated. 2013 IAAF World Championships and the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Moscow I commend the strong and important working (RUS) and Lyon (FRA) respectively. relationships we share with the Oceania Athletics Association, the Australian Olympic Australia’s finest athletes, international stars Committee, the Australian Commonwealth and an emerging brigade of new talent will be Games Association, the Australian Paralympic showcased in a domestic season that boasts Committee and Athletics International. We look Australian Athletics Tour meets in Sydney, Perth forward to continuing this tradition for many and Melbourne, all of which will once again years to come. be televised on the Nine Network less than 24 hours after their conclusion. I wish our athletes, coaches, their families and supporters of track and field the very best for National Athletics Series events will also be held a successful summer, and their campaigns in Newcastle, Adelaide, Hobart and Brisbane, for selection to the 2013 IAAF World while Canberra will welcome the Selection Trial Championships, the 2013 IPC Athletics World for the IAAF world cross country championships Championships and the 2013 IAAF World Youth and Hobart the Oceania and Australian 20km Championships. Race Walking Championships. The Qantas Melbourne World Challenge on April 6 is one of a fifteen-meet series hosted by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that continues in Kingston Rob Fildes OAM (JAM), Kawasaki (JPN), Rio de Janiero (BRA), President Daegu (KOR), Ponce (PUR), Rabat (MAR), Athletics Australia Hengelo (NED), Moscow (RUS), Dakar (SEN), Ostrava (CZE), Madrid (ESP), Berlin (GER), Zagreb (CRO) and Rieti (ITA). Now in its fourth year, the Australian Junior Athletics Championships, an event which continues to grow in size and esteem, will be hosted at the fantastic Western Australian 4 Athletics Australia 2012 Handbook of Records and Results Athletics Australia Office Bearers Founded 1897 Presidents (Formerly the Amateur Athletic Union of Men’s Association (AAU) 1897-1978 Australasia 1897-1927) 1897-1934 Richard Coombes NSW 1934-1938 Alfred G Fenner SA (Formerly the Amateur Athletic Union of Australia 1938-1942 George E Langford VIC 1927-1982 which merged with the Australian 1942-1957 Hugh R Weir NSW Women’s Amateur Athletic Union [1932-1978] 1957-1978 C Ronald Aitken SA in 1978) (Formerly the Australian Athletic Union Women’s Association (AWAAU) 1932- 1982-1989) 1932-1933 Louise Mills VIC 1933-1936 Emma Campbell SA Member of the International Association of 1936-1948 Mary Chambers NSW Athletics Federations 1948 Doris Carter VIC 1948-1952 Betty Beazley WA Affiliated with: 1952-1962 Doris Carter VIC 1962-1978 Mabel Robinson VIC Australian Olympic Committee Australian Commonwealth Games Association Australian Paralympic Committee Athletics Australia (1978- ) 1978-1983 Allan W McDonald VIC Member Associations 1983-1989 Graeme Briggs TAS 1989-1996 David Prince SA Athletics Australian Capital Territory 1996-1999 Terry Dwyer TAS Athletics New South Wales 1999-2004 Andrew Forrest WA Athletics Northern Territory (Chairman) Queensland Athletics 2004-2005 Ken Roche VIC Athletics South Australia 2005- Robin Fildes VIC Athletics Tasmania Athletics Victoria Athletics Western Australia www.athletics.com.au 5 Vice-Presidents Men’s Association (AAU) 1897-1978 Athletics Australia (1978- ) 1947-1950 Norman G Hutton TAS 1978-1979 Raymond M Durie NSW 1950-1957 C Ronald Aitken SA 1978-1980 Thomas C Blue QLD 1957-1966 Norman G Hutton TAS 1978-1984 Mabel Robinson VIC 1966-1978 Thomas C Blue QLD 1979-1983 Murray R Aitken SA 1972-1977 Allan W McDonald VIC 1980-1982 Florence E Wrighter NSW 1977-1978 Raymond M Durie NSW 1982-1983 Graeme T Briggs TAS 1983-1984 Denis P Wilson ACT 1983-1988 Florence E Wrighter NSW Women’s Association (AWAAU) 1932-1978 1988-1989 David Prince SA 1950-1952 Mabel Robinson VIC 1989-1999 Denis P Wilson ACT 1952-1954 Betty Beazley WA 1999-2004 Ken Roche VIC 1954-1956 Dorothy Spittles QLD 2004-2005 Herb Elliott WA 1956-1958 Mary Chambers NSW 2010- David Grace VIC 1958-1960 Doreen Kitchenman TAS 2010- Nick Moore NSW 1960-1962 Lillian Kavanagh SA 1962-1963 Beattie Mills QLD 1963-1964 Doris Willson VIC 1964-1965 Gwen Chester WA 1965-1966 Nell Gould NSW 1966-1967 Dame Mabel Miller TAS 1967-1968 Wendy Ey SA 1968-1969 Stella McMinn QLD 1969-1970 Joyce Davis VIC 1970-1971 Zora Fibbins NSW 1971-1972 Shirley de la Hunty WA 1972-1973 June Bowring TAS 1973-1974 Wendy Ey SA 1974-1975 Yvonne Lanyon-Owen QLD 1975-1976 Joyce Davis VIC 1976-1977 Zora Fibbins NSW 1977-1978 Stella McMinn QLD 6 Athletics Australia 2012 Handbook of Records and Results Honorary Secretaries / Secretaries / Honorary Treasurers Executive Director / CEO Men’s Association (AAU) 1897-1978 Men’s Association (AAU) 1897-1978 1897-1908 Ernest S Marks NSW 1897-1934 Ernest S Marks NSW 1908-1924 Stanley R Rowley NSW 1934-1942 Hugh R Weir VIC/NSW 1924-1936 William B Alexander NSW 1942-1944 Herbert W MacKinlay VIC 1936-1941 Robert P Heathwood NSW 1944-1947 Frank H Pizzey VIC 1941-1948 James A McDonald WA 1947-1974 Arthur J Hodson NSW 1948-1974 Arthur J Hodson NSW 1974-1975 A Lee Morrison VIC 1974 A Lee Morrison VIC 1975-1978 A Lee Morrison VIC 1974-1978 Edward J Sumner VIC (Secretary) Women’s Association (AWAAU) 1932-1978 Women’s Association (AWAAU) 1932-1978 1933-1940 Chrissie Dahm/Walter NSW 1932-1937 Doris Mulcahy VIC 1940-1978 Nell Gould NSW 1937-1940 Doris Magee NSW 1940-1942 Phyllis Cantwell VIC Athletics Australia (1978- ) 1942-1978 Doris Magee NSW 1978-1982 Edward J Sumner VIC 1982-1987 Joan Cross QLD Athletics Australia (1978- ) 1987-1989 Stan Guilfoyle VIC 1978-1979 A Lee Morrison VIC 1989-1990 Merv Lincoln VIC (Secretary) 1990-1991 Graeme Briggs TAS 1978-1985 Rick Pannell VIC 1991-1999 John Makarucha VIC (Executive Director) 1999- discontinued 1985-1989 Rick Pannell VIC (General Manager) 1989-1996 Neil King VIC (General Manager) 1997-1999 Martin Soust VIC (Nat Executive Director) 1999-2004 Simon Allatson NSW (CEO) 2004-2010 Danny Corcoran VIC (CEO) 2010- Dallas O’Brien VIC (CEO) www.athletics.com.au 7 2012 Award Winners 8 Athletics Australia 2012 Handbook of Records and Results Awards Honorary Life Governors Honorary Life Members † Mr Hugh R Weir CBE (1957) † Mr Julius L Patching AO OBE (V) (1968) † Miss Gwen Bull OAM (1962) Mrs Phyllis Andersson OAM (V) (1971) † Miss Nellie Gould OAM BEM (1962) Mrs Jean Harmey (N) (1971) † Mrs Doris I Magee AM MBE (1962) Mrs Noella M Greenham OAM (S) (1973) † Miss Lillian M Neville OAM (1962) Mrs Pat Peters AM (S) (1973) † Mrs Doris Mulcahy-Willson (1964) Mrs Amy Burow (V) (1974) † Mr C Ronald Aitken CBE (1965) Mrs Jean Gell OAM (V) (1974) † Mr Arthur J Hodsdon MBE (1965) † Mrs Joyce Davis MBE (V) (1975) †