THE FATMAN Volume 1, Issue 1 November/December Issue
- By Matt Dawson and Lauren Miller In this issue...
UWA Athletics Club 3UHVLGHQW·V&RUQHU 2 Notice Board As the season is upon us it seems an opportune time to inform the UWA sporting community of our plans and how we see UWAA
going forward. 4 Kylie @ the Olympics At present UWAA has a membership in excess of 550 which has occurred through the integration and affiliation that we have
struck with PLLAC. 6 Cross Country Results UWA Athletics Club has embarked on a process of increasing membership by embracing the junior members and ensuring that they are not lost to the sport of athletics at the age of 13 to 14 which has traditionally been the scenario. 9 Athlete Assistance Grants This initiative which is gaining fantastic momentum is allowing us to promote the sport of Athletics to aspiring young athletes by embracing and encouraging them to move into the seniors once they feel that they have outgrown the Little 10 2007/2008 Rankings Athletics structure.
Through our wonderful network of coaches under the guidance of our head coach Lyn Foreman, we are now seeing the benefits of our endeavors. We are 12 Club History very fortunate to have a coaching compliment of eight experienced and enthusi- astic volunteers some of whom coach both levels; Little Athletics as well as sen- iors. This has allowed the junior athletes to not feel intimidated by moving into a senior club, as they are familiar with the coaching staff and feel very comfortable 13 A Moment in History in coming down to training.
We are also very fortunate to have a wonderful group of dedicated senior athletes who have been amazing in encouraging and assisting our juniors. 14 Open Nationals
There is no one more inspirational and motivating than our Captain and es- teemed Heptathlete Kylie Wheeler. Kylie has just competed in her most suc- 15 Social Pages cessful Olympics achieving personal bests in two of her events and achieving her highest points tally ever. We are very proud to say that Kylie finished in the top 10 at the Olympics which is just an amazing achievement.
We are always looking at ways to improve our facilities and it is a pleasure work- ing with Craig Boyce who is in charge of UWA Sports Park. Craig is very keen for us to upgrade our image and facilities and we are working together to try and implement his vision.
As always a very big thank you to Chris Marsh and his team who consistently provides us with the best grass track in Australia, on that note I would just like to stress to all our members and athletes to look after this amazing track.
Dave Van der Walt President UWAA
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ID card as proof of membership. and Corporate Mile ³coming soon!!! All athletes are required to obtain an wing dates from the UWA Tennis Friday 13th February These can be obtained on the follo Club (near McGillivray Oval): All corporate teams please forward interest to lauren9 r 4-6pm [email protected] 21st Novembe . Friday pm November 4-6 Friday 28th More information i n following issue. on all athletes when using McGillivray ID cards will need to be kept Oval as ID checks will soon take place. UWA Quiz Night
Duty 29th November Club 14th November Days 15th March @ Newman College
All UWA athletes (or a represen $10 a head at one of the above competition days. Duties will be broken up into setup, hurdle moving du tative of theirs) need to assist Tables of 8 With lots of helpers it wil Athletes should nominate theirring preferred competition date to andKylie. pack up. Prizes to be -won!10 ([email protected])l end up being very light work. Details Page 15
ds d Frien mily an ents, Fa Par Attention s. alkers and Runner Jumpers, Throwers W Anyone who would like to get involved as offi- have a certain number L[UHSUHVHQWDWLYHVWRZULWHDQ cials at competitions please contact Kylie. ¶7KH)$70$1·LVORRNLQJIRUV article about one of the following: Each club is supposed to ily be a weekly com- of officials & we could do with some more!! High Jump
This would not necessar Long Jump/Triple Jump
mitment, but anyappreciated. assistance where possible Throws Walking would be greatly Long distance Sprints Uniforms Juniors All athletes should now be wearing the new The article could discuss recent competitions, competitors, uniform which may be purchased news etc. from Kylie at the Ath letica office (at 2 Perry Lakes). If you are interested please contact Lauren on: 0407 195 278, or
Ph: 9287 1200 [email protected] Calender November
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1st 2nd All Schools All Schools
3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th .
10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
QUIZ NIGHT Program B
17th 18th Duty19th Club 20th 21st 22nd 23rd Program C
24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th
Program D December
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Reduced Program & X-Mas Party
8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th Knockout UWAAC Program A Zatopek Christmas Party 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Sunday 7th DecemberȂ Reduced Prog. Hollywood Bowling ClubȂ after competition State Relays 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th
Christmas Boxing Day 29th 30th 31s 3 8:$$WKOHWH« Kylie Wheeler @ The Olympics
,¶GOLNHWRVWDUWE\VD\LQJDKXJHWKDQN\RXWRDOOWKRVHZKRKDYHHQ couraged & supported me on this Olympic journey. Not being a high profiled sports person & unaccustomed to the attention, I have been tickled pink by the support. It has been genuinely appreciated & wel- comed.
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The day before comp I briefly caught up with my mum & fiancée, but essentially laid low getting ready. After a reasonable night sleep de- spite the mind racing, I woke with nervous energy & raring to go. We were quite fortunate to have two days of sensational weather ± blue skies & warm, but not hot weather. The 100m Hurdles was a good start for me, just outside my personal best time. We then moved onto High Jump & after a couple of scares at the lower heights, I man- aged to keep scraping over the higher ones! It was the best HJ comp I have been in ± achieving a personal best that has been a long time coming.
Kylie celebrates in the Women's Heptathlon High Jump Final at the National Stadium after finishing the event in second place with a height of 1.89m With a long break between the HJ & shot put, I made my way back to the village for a brief rest & feed. Then the shot put was unfortunately nothing spectacular. I had thrown well in training & at my last compe- WLWLRQEXWXQIRUWXQDWHO\,MXVWFRXOGQ¶WJHW LW DOOWRJHWKHURQWKHGD\ 1HYHUWKHOHVV LW ZDVQ¶W GLVJUDFHIXO WKH VKRZ ZHQW RQ 7KH P felt like a good run, but I thought the time should have been faster. It was a solid effort, but once again nothing spectacular. At the end of the first day I was sitting in 9th spot & I required some medical treat- ment to make sure the body would still fire for day two after a twinge prior to the 200m!
When competition finishes late on day 1 & starts again early on day 2, unfortunately you just cant get as much sleep in as you would like, so reluctantly I woke & soon fired up for another day of comp. Long (L-R) Ganna Melnichenko of Ukraine, Kylie and Anna Bogdanova of jump normally being one of my strengths was very disappointing. I Russia compete in the Women's Heptathlon 200m Final warmed up gingerly & after putting my all in my first attempt, I started to feel a twinge in my right leg increase. After my second attempt I knew that something was wrong & reluctantly cut my losses by pass- ing my 3rd jump. That was difficult for me, as I had not posted a big jump & was sure I could do better, but then another part of me real- LVHGWKDW,SUREDEO\ZDVQ¶WJRLQJWREHDEOHWRJRDQ\IXUWKHUJLYHQ, was getting sorer & my first two attempts I had given my all. Without wanting to risk the remainder of my hep, I withdrew from the LJ & the PHGLFDO WHDP WKHQ ZRUNHG WKHLU PDJLF« $IWHU DQRWKHU ELJ EUHDN magic hands, I returned to the track in the evening for Javelin- my favourite! I managed to get all my three throws over my previous pb, which I was very happy about. Equally importantly I was not both- ered by my right leg for the remainder of the hep, which was good. 7KHQLWFDPHWRWKHGUHDGHGP«
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,¶GOLNHWRMXVWSRLQWRXWWKDWWKLVZDVWKHILUVWFRPSHWLWLRQ,KDYH ever moved up a place after the javelin! I went into the 800m in 10th place with a couple of girls quite close around me. I was in the perfect race & gave it a good go running a reasonable time. At the end of it all we did our usual group victory lap which is al- ways nice & I finished in 11th place with a personal best score of 6369 only one point behind 10th.
As it turns out, in the ensuing few days, it came to light that the athlete who finished 2nd returned a positive drug test & conse- quently was stripped of her medal ± I moved up to 10th!! Only have to wipe out a few more & I could get a medal!!
Kylie throwing her Javelin After my competition I enjoyed the whole Olympic experience. I caught up with the support crew & did the touristy thing. I cheered on fellow team mates & generally just had a good time (including indulging in the dining hall!). While I could be disap- SRLQWHGWKDW,GLGQ¶WGREHWWHURQWKHZKROH,DPKDSS\LQNQRZ ing I gave my all. The Australian T&F team excelled with some absolutely amazing results from medallists, Jarred Tallent, Sally McLellan & Steve Hooker as well as some other personal achievements. It was also wonderful to witness the successes achieved in other sports.
After being away for two months & preparing for a number of years, I am enjoying being home and having a break from train- ing. I know I have been privileged to be part of the magical spirit of the Olympic Games & can only wish all those wanting to achieve the same all the best. Although it will be a hard slog, it is definitely worth it. Unceremonious: Ukraine's silver medal winner Lyudmila Blonska (left) in the official medal ceremony for the Heptathlon, has tested positive for a banned substance ´3DLQLVWHPSRUDU\SULGHODVWVIRUHYHUµ - ǯ
Kylie after the final 800-meter run of the women's heptathlon during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium 5 UWAAC Website: www.uwaac.com UWA Cross Country Results Synergy Gallipoli Run 20 April 2008 Sunset Coast 10km Relay 18 May 2008
The 2008 Athletics WA Cross Country Season commenced on 20 The Sunset Coast Relays start at the car park of the Floreat Surf April with the tradition Gallipoli Run in Kings Park to commemo- Club. The relay requires teams of five, with the legs divided into rate the Anzacs first landing at Gallipoli in 1915. The event con- two 1km legs, two 2km legs, and one 4km leg. This format sists of an 8 km run and a 4km run. For the main 8 km event, makes it attractive to non-distance runners and school competi- the course consists of a two 4km lap circuit and tests out the tors. runners with the first 1.6km being completely uphill, but what goes up must come down, making for a flying finish down the Prior to the past 3 or 4 seasons, the relay traditionally started at grass vista toward the Synergy Parklands. Floreat Beach and continue up along the northern beach to past Marmion and Hillarys. The legs were generally longer and as a lot of travel by car to various check points was required, the Female 4km event was difficult to co-ordinate and not great for spectators. Place Name Time 2nd Catherine Swann 15:50 The new format as based on a 2km loop, starting north along the inner access road between Floreat Beach and Floreat Drain. 9th Zondile Chongwe 16:50 The Floreat Drain car park is the half way mark and the first 20th Loren Hadwiger 18:01 changeover point for 1km runners. 27th Jemima Guelfi 18:32 The course then runs back south along the dual walk/cycle path 29th Kylie Wheeler 18:42 along West Coast Highway. The next changeover occurs near Female 8km the start/finish line. The two 2km runners then complete a full No Runners loop, and tag the final 4km runners who complete two loops.
DĞŶ͛ƐϰŬŵ Spectators can use the sand dunes as a viewing point, which No Runners makes this relay interesting especially when there are close finishes involved. DĞŶ͛ƐϴŬŵ
No Runners Men 2x1km 2x2km 1x4km Place Names Time
DNF (no 4km C Piccoli, D Roffman, J Loffman, N DNF Carine Open Space Relay 10 May 2008 runner) Berry The Carine Relays provide a challenging cross country course for teams of two. Each runner is required to run two separate 3km :RPHQ¶V[NP[NP[NP ůĞŐƐŝŶĂƌĞůĂLJĨŽƌŵĂƚ͘/ƚ͛ƐĞĂƐLJƚŽƉƵƚĂƚĞĂŵƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞ Place Names Time changeover between runners creates interest for spectators as team positions often chop and change throughout the race. The 3rd T Beckett, K McGinnity, A Huston, 40.49 3km course starts at the barbecue area at Carine Glades. The K McGinnity, H Castle runners then run up a slight grass hill along Okely Road. After 500 metres, the course heads left, across some difficult terrain and on to a bush trail, weaving around the lake area with some small undulations. After approximately 2km spectators can see
Female U/20 Women (2x2x3km)
Place Names Time
1st R McCormick, M Hollick 48.00
5th L Hadwiger, E Moran, 54.56 the runners re-emerge as they work their way around the play- ing fields back to the changeover point/start-finish line.
6 UWAAC Website: www.uwaac.com Club newsletters can be downloaded in PDF format here UWA Cross Country Results
Secondary Schools Cross CountryͶMc Gillivray Oval 23 May 2008
This race is traditionally held at Perry Lakes Reserve, with run- ners starting opposite the Rugby Stadium near the lake and finishing either in the Rugby Stadium or on the 400m athletics track in the Stadium. This year the race was moved to McGil- livray Oval, which provided more vantage points for spectators to see the runners as they made their way around the open ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞĚ ŽĨ ϮŬŵ ůŽŽƉƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ perimeter of the reserve with some short hills, but mainly flat grass torrent. Most age groups ran 4kms, completing 2 loops of City to Surf Fun Run 31 August 2008 the course. The U/18 Boys run a 6km event, completing 3 loops.
ϯϲ͕ϴϮϱƉĞŽƉůĞƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂƚĞĚŝŶƚŚŝƐLJĞĂƌ͛ƐŝƚLJƚŽ^ƵƌĨĞǀĞŶƚ͘&Žƌ 15 Girls (4km) the second year runners were given the option to run either a Place Name Time half marathon (21.1km) event, the traditional12km event or 4km 1st Catherine van der Walt 14m53s run/walk event starting at Perry Lakes. The runners were greeted with cool but pleasant conditions which made for many rd 3 Hannah Castle 15m54s fast time and PBs. 5th Zondile Chongwe 16m16s 12km Event (Out of 21,846 finishers) 21st Jemima Guelfi NTR Place Name Time 26th >ĂƵƌĂK͛ƌŝĞŶ-Oxley NTR 13 Antony Liddell 40:29 17 Girls (4km)
14th Loren Hadwiger 17m08s 64 Sam Murphy 45:34
15th Chantel Weerasekera 17m15s 158 Jake Loffman 48:07
15 Boys (4km) 563 Lisa Hughes 53:12 8th Eoghan Curtin 13m55s 936 Alice Round 54:15 9th Andrew Dawson 13m58s 4983 Larissa Perry 1:05.56 51st Anton Karam NTR 11338 Meggie Ostle 1:27 17 Boys (6km)
9th Ken Duggan 21m23s 12,009 Catherine Swann 1:32.00 DNS Andrew Brannan DNF
4km Event (Out of 7,977 finishers)
UWA Masseuse 1 Chris DeBoer 13:49 Wayne Davies 80 Chantel Weerasekera 18:31 287 Jemima Guelfi 21:27 0438 273 125 Perry Lakes + Mc Gillivray $40 per hour
UWAAC Website: www.uwaac.com Competitors at the 2008 City to Surf event
"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting7 pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I loose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself." - Steve Prefontaine UWA Cross Country Results
Karri Valley Distance Camp 27 September- 1 October 2008 dŚĞ<ĂƌƌŝsĂůůĞLJĂŵƉŝƐŚĞůĚĂŶŶƵĂůůLJŽǀĞƌƚŚĞYƵĞĞŶ͛ƐŝƌƚŚĚĂLJ long weekend. Susan Andrews and Ken Bedwell did a tremendous amount of work to organise the camp and ensure its success.
The camp provides young distance athletes with an insight into the lifestyle and training of elite athletes. The camp environment pro- vides athletes with opportunity to focus solely on running, away from the competing pressures of work, study and family. Athletes learn about the necessary training methods, including the impor- tance of rest and recovery.
This year around young 30 athletes attended the camp situated at Karri Valley Resort in Pemberton. As Susan was busy in the hospi- tal looking after her newly born twin boys, Ashton and Kye, Ken was in charge of the camp. Also present were National Distance Co -ŽƌĚŝŶĂƚŽƌ͕dŝŵK͛^ŚĂƵŐŚŶĞƐƐLJ͕ĂŶĚtĞƐƚŽĂƐƚ ĂŐůĞƐĂŶĚt/^ Physio, Chris Perkins. Both gave the athletes presentations, Tim provided athletes with invaluable information about distance training methods and Chris with injury prevention and manage- ment advice.
UWA 800m runner, Chris de Boer also gave a presentation about his experience of competition in the United States. Chris was given the opportunity to train and race in the US earlier this year as part of an Athletics Australia Development Programme for middle dis- tance athletes. The UWA club provided Chris with a $1000 athlete assistance grant to help him meet some of the costs associated with the trip.
During the camp athletes did runs of between 6 and 16km along the Bibbulmun Track, as well as a sand hills session at the Yeagerup dunes.
All reports say the camp was very successful and it looks set to continue next year.
8 Athlete Assistance Grants
Last year the UWA Committee decided to make grants of $1000 available to athletes who had shown outstanding achieve- ment and service to the club. The grants are primarily designed to assist athletes with meeting the costs associated with travel to major competitions. It is hoped this scheme will encourage more athletes to strive to reach national and international levels of competition, with the knowledge there is financial support out there for those who deserve it.
This year the grants where made to three athletes: Chris De Boer (800m), Larissa Perry (Long Jump) and Zoe Timmers (High Jump).
CHRIS DE BOER After lowering his personal best from 1:53 to 1:48.26 last season, Chris De Boer was invited to compete in the United States as part of the Athletics Australia Development Programme.
During the domestic season, Chris won a number of interstate races and performed well in the Grand Prix series. Unfortunately, Chris was forced to pull of the 800m during the Mel- bourne Grand Prix with a calf injury. Chris also missed Nationals as a result of this injury. He was able to get back into training for the trip to the US in May.
During his time in the US, Chris faced some tough competition, competing against leading US Age- 24 College athletes and professional athletes. After starting the tour with a 1:50 800m perform- Event- 800m ance, Chris managed to improve with every race, and in his final race he ran a 1:48, just out- Coach- Susan Andrews side his PB. Chris hopes to start the season 2008/09 in the good form he finished his US Australian Ranking 07/08- campaign in. Also look for him to take a big chunk off his 1500m PB of 3:47, after a solid 7th Open Men winter season. PB- 1:48.26 (08 Canberra GP) LARISSA PERRY Larissa Perry won the U/20 title at the Australian Championship in both 2007 and 2008. 6KHLVWUDLQHGE\/\Q)RUHPDQDQGLVDOVRDKLJKO\UDQNHGVSULQWHUZLWKDVHDVRQ¶VEHVW last year over 200m of 24.83.
Following her success at the National Championship, Larissa was selected to represent Australia at the World Junior Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland after obtaining the A standard. Competing against the best junior athletes in the world, Larissa finished 11th in group with a best jump of 5.89m.
th If she had been able to produce her best jump of 6.17m, Larissa would have finished 8 Age- 19 the final²but such is the nature of international competition. Undoubtedly, this was an Event- Long Jump experience of a lifetime for Larissa and a great stepping stoned for future success. Coach- Lyn Foreman Australian Ranking 07/08- 5th We look forward to seeing PBs for Larissa during season 2008/09 in both the long jump pit Open Women (1st u/20s) and on the track. PB- 6.17m (2007) Zoe Timmers started high jump in 2002, during her time at Little Athletics. She ZOE TIMMERS improved her personal best from 1.80m to 1.84m during the 2007/08 season. After nd Age- 19 finishing 2 in the u/20 National Championships in 2007, Zoe won the same event Event- High Jump in 2008. Having an A qualifying standard to her name, Zoe was selected to repre- Coach- Nenad Peisker sent Australia at the World Juniors in Poland alongside Larissa. In Bydgoszcz, Zoe Australian Ranking 07/08- 5th was second in her group with a jump of 1.81m which qualified her for the final two st days later. In the final, Zoe rose to the occasion jumping 1.82m to finish an out- Open Women (1 u/20s) th PB- 1.84m (2008) standing 5 . The four women ahead of her all jumped the same height of 1.86m, and the medals were decided on count back.
Zoe trains with WAIS coach Nenad Peisker. Her training partners include Ellen Petit, Australian representative at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. We wishes Zoe all the best for her 2008/09 campaign. 9 UWAAC Website: www.uwaac.com 07/08 Season RankingsiWomen
UWA State Rankings Event Rank Name Club Time/ Height/ (List All UWA Athletes with top 5 State Ranking) Distance
Event Rank Name Club Time/ 2000m Steeple- 1 Murray Madelene UWA 7.24.26 Height/ chase Distance 2 Hadwiger Loren UWA 7.26.5 60m 1 Beahan Brianna West Track 7.84 3 Hallet Alicia Stirling Stirling 7.36.2 2 Knight Emma West Track 7.84 Swans Swans
3 Wheeler Kylie UWA 7.85 4 2¶'RQQHOO Caitlin LA 7.43.33
100m 1 Henry Jody Mandurah/ 11.68 5 Chongwe Zondile UWA 7.48.5 Rockingham 90m Hurdles² 5 2¶%ULHQ- Laura UWA 15.19 2 Knight Emma West Track 11.99 76cm Oxley
3 Cope Ebony UWA 12.17 100m Hurdles² 1 Beahan Brianna West Track 14.10 76cm 4 Ostle Meggie UWA 12.37 100m²84cm 1 Wheeler Kylie UWA 13.84 200m 1 Henry Jody Mandurah/ 24.15 Rockingham 2 Cope Ebony UWA 14.72
2 Wheeler Kylie UWA 24.33 3 Beahan Brianna West Track 14.92
3 Perry Larissa UWA 24.83 400m Hurdles 1 Pekin Lyndsay Karrinyup 59.88
4 Ostle Meggie UWA 24.88 2 Chiera Ashlyn UWA 64.80
400m 1 Pekin Lyndsay Karrinyup 54.86 3 Storey Lora Stirling 65.42 Swans 2 Wheeler Kylie UWA 55.84 Long Jump 1 Wheeler Kylie UWA 6.46 3 Perry Larissa UWA 56.67 2 Perry Larissa UWA 6.16
4 Miller Lauren UWA 57.03 3 Knight Emma West Track 5.84
800m 1 Miller Lauren UWA 2.10.06 High Jump 1 Pettitt Ellen West Track 1.91
2 Hollick Monique UWA 2.12.53 2 Timmers Zoe West Track 1.84
3 Doig Alanna Canning Dis- 2.13.45 3 Narrier Casey West Track 1.78 tricts 4 Wheeler Kylie UWA 1.78 4 VanderWalt Catherine UWA 2.13.76 Pole Vault 1 Parnov Vicky UWA 4.35
1500m 1 Miller Lauren UWA 4.31.89 2 Ditton R Unattached 4.10
2 Hollick Monique UWA 4.36.99 3 Birtles Rachel Karrinyup 3.90 4 Scroop Jamie UWA 3.90 3 VanderWalt Catherine UWA 4.39.32 5 Tiong Miranda UWA 3.90 4 Murray Madelene UWA 4.54.12 Discus 1 Glass Bryony UWA 36.86
5 Hadwiger Loren UWA 4.54.66 Shot Put²4kg 1 Wheeler Kylie UWA 12.99
3000m 1 Rogers Stacey Curtin 10.47.5 2 Delich Melissa North. Dis- 12.17 tricts 2 McClan B Unattached 10.51.0 3 Glass Byrony UWA 12.12 3 Crooks Jenelle Unattached 10.55.0 Hammer Throw 1 Glass Byrony UWA 55.76 4 Hadwiger Loren UWA 11.03.5
5 McNally Lisa UWA 11.04.0 Heptathlon 1 Wheeler Kylie UWA 6087
"Some people create with words, or with music, or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, "I've never seen anyone run like that before." It's more then just a race, it's a style. It's doing some- thing better then anyone else. It's being creative." - - Steve Prefontaine 07/08 Season RankingsiMen
07/08 UWA State Rankings (List of All UWA Athletes with top 5 State Ranking) WA State Records Event Rank Name Time/ Height/ Distance WA State Records²Women WA State Records²Men 800m 1 deBoer Chris 1.48.26 (as at April 2005) (as at April 2005)
1500m 1 deBoer Chris 3.47.63
110 Hurdles² 2 Nalapraya Adam 16.83 99cm 3 Johnson Brandon 17.70
110 Hurdles ± 3 Webber Mitchell 14.97 106cm
4 Rasti Kyle 15.01
5 Johnson Christopher 15.28
400m Hurdles² 2 DeCastro Felipe 52.74 91cm Cruz Long Jump 1 Rasti Kyle 7.32
3 Devenish Luke 6.75
4 Koudomakis Vayios 6.68
Triple Jump 1 Koudomakis Vayios 14.26
2 Dean Mathew 13.33
3 Dybdahl Carl 13.31
High Jump 2 Rasti Kyle 2.10
Pole Vault 2 Tzvetanov Matei 4.60 3 Devenish Luke 4.55
4 Johnson Christopher 4.50
5 Leask Michael 4.50
Discus 1kg 1 Wilks Cody 49.78
Discus 1.75kg 1 Johnson Brandon 29.03
Discus 2.0kg 2 Johnson Christopher 41.31
3 Day Jason 40.29
5 Rasti Kyle 37.89
Javelin²800g 4 Johnson Christopher 60.66
5 Rasti Kyle 55.84
Shot Put²6kg 3 Johnson Brandon 9.99
Shot Put²7.26kg 3 Johnson Christopher 12.89
Decathlon 1 Rasti Kyle 7444
2 Johnson Christopher 7224
3 Devenish Luke 6283 11 UWAAC Website: www.uwaac.com Club History 7KH+LVWRU\RI«7KH)DWPDQ Who Exactly is the Fatman????? Brief Overview
Born over 40 years ago the Fatman has long been WKH8:$$&¶VPDVFRW+HRULJLQDWHGLQWKHV when members decided to construct a tee-shirt for the club. According to Lyn Barry the possible GHVLJQ³KDGWREH*UHHNEHFDXVHRI0DUDWKRQ² DVWKDWLVZKDWDWKOHWLFVLVDOODERXW´7KXV%RUHDV was chosen whom soon became more commonly NQRZDVµ7KH)DWPDQ¶RQDFFRXQWRIKLVVKDSH UWA Archives
The following two explanations were researched and donated NLQGO\E\'RQ /\Q·V9HUVLRQ 6DP·V6WRU\ Lyn Barry, widow of Kevin (Sam) Barry, was responsible for The design of the Tee shirt is based on an ancient the initial production of the tee shirts and has given an ac- Greek burlesque vase on display at the Ashmolean count of the origin of the design : Museum, Oxford. It distorts a scene from "The Odyssey" in which Boreas, the God of the North I remember discussions about the possible design for a tee shirt - Wind, pursues across the Agean Sea a homeward it had to be Greek because of Marathon, and that is what athletics bound hero of the Trojan War, Odysseus, a great is all about! There was a strong faction of field events athletes who wanted a Discus Thrower motif but they were easily out athlete who was extremely cunning, resolute, in- voted. dustrious and courageous. In the caricature he is holding a "trident" which the heroes allegedly I don't know why Boreas was chosen except that there are not a used to ward off monstrous fish. The artist pokes lot of figures running in Greek art, and, being a caricature, repro- fun at the early Greeks ' love of wine by showing duction was easier. The Fatman name comes of course from Bo- Odysseus running over the sea on his wine skins. reas' shape, one which in those days none of our members ever The Greek word Trekor means , " I run ". imagined could be them. The first few batches of tee shirts and wind cheaters were printed µ A MOMENT IN It was not until his fifth attempt and he jumped from third into first posi- HISTORY tion, ahead of Danek. Earlier, Oerter had told Danek that if he did not win by Matt Dawson the competition with his first throw, he believed that he would not be able to win due to the pain his injury has causing him. In the end he In this section of the proved himself wrong by claiming victory with his fifth attempt, to beat newsletter we look ĂŶĞŬďLJĂŵĞƌĞϰϴĐĞŶƚŝŵĞƚƌĞƐ͘dŚĞƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞďĞŚŝŶĚKĞƌƚĞƌ͛ƐǀŝĐƚŽƌLJŝŶ back at great ath- 1964 made his third Olympic gold his most memorable. letes and events of the past. In the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City Oerter was thirty-two and he was trying to become the first athlete in track and field history to win four In this edition of the consecutive gold medals in the same event. He was up against fellow newsletter we are American Jay Silvester, who by that stage, held the world record for the looking at the story event. Silvester produced an Olympic record in the qualifying round; a of ůĨƌĞĚ͚ů͛KĞƌƚĞƌ͕ distance that was superior to anything that Oerter had ever produced. who won four con- Despite his dominance of the event in the lead up to the Olympic final in secutive Olympic 1968, Silvester was outdone by Oerter in the final. Once again, Oerter was Discus gold medals able to achieve an improbable victory with a brilliant performance in an between 1956 and Olympic final. Oerter threw a new Olympic record of 64.78 metres with 1968. his third attempt. Oerter defeated Ludvik Danek his main rival from four years earlier and Jay Silvester, the world record holder who produced Winning a gold ƚŚƌĞĞŶŽƚŚƌŽǁƐĂĨƚĞƌKĞƌƚĞƌ͛ƐƌĞĐŽƌĚďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐƚŚŝƌĚĂƚƚĞŵƉƚ͘ medal at the Olym- pics takes years of Oerter became the first track and field athlete to win four consecutive hard work and dedi- ŐŽůĚ ŵĞĚĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ͘ tŚŝůĞ KĞƌƚĞƌ͛Ɛ KůLJŵƉŝĐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ cation. It also takes a fair degree of good fortune, as an athlete must be at were dominant, he was never considered the favourite for the event. the peak of their powers at the time of the Olympics Games which only Oerter faced various challenges in the intervening years between Olympic come around every four years. The athlete has some control over when Games. From a near fatal car crash in 1957, to chronic injury prior to the they are at their peak, but the window of opportunity is often small. For 1964 Olympics, Oerter was able to overcome many personal battles in his these reasons winning consecutive gold medals for the same Olympic quest for Olympic glory. He was also faced with the prospect of compet- discipline is thought to be an improbable achievement. ing against the likes of Fortune Gordien, Rink Babka, Ludvik Danek and Jay Silvester all of whom had gained an edge over Oerter by setting world Some sports are more conducive to winning consecutive gold medals in records and defeating him in the lead up to the Olympic final. the same event than others. Sports such as swimming, rowing and diving all have a history of producing athletes who win gold medals over multiple Oerter was able to fight back and defeat his opponents, who often had Olympics. Track and Field is one of the sports where it is most difficult for ƐŚŽǁŶƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌĨŽƌŵƚŽŚŝŵƉƌŝŽƌƚŽƚŚĞĨŝŶĂů͘KĞƌƚĞƌ͛ƐĚŽŵŝŶĂŶĐĞŽĨƚŚĞ athletes to win the same events over multiple Olympics. Glancing over the one Olympic event over a 12 year period is one of the most supreme record books you can see that it is something than occurs quite rarely and Olympic achievements. Even after his Olympic days he continued to com- is something that is occurring less in the modern era. pete at the highest level. In 1980, at the age of 43 he set a personal best of 69.46 metres. In 1983, aged 47 Oerter managed to throw a 67.89 me- /ŶƚŚĞϭϵϱϲKůLJŵƉŝĐƐ͕ůKĞƌƚĞƌǁŽŶƚŚĞDĞŶ͛ƐŝƐĐƵƐŝŶĂŶĞǁKůLJŵƉŝĐ tres- a distance that would have been good enough to win him the Olym- record of 56.36 metres. The Melbourne Olympics were his first and at the pic final in the 1984 Games. age of twenty his victory came somewhat as a surprise. Four years later he won again in the Rome Olympics. He defeated fellow American Rink Oerter carried the American flag into the stadium at the Los Angeles Babka with another Olympic record-breaking distance of 59.18 metres. Olympics in 1984. His achievement of four consecutive gold medals in the Babka had earlier given Oerter his first defeat in two years at the U.S same track and field event has since been matched by another American. Olympic Trials. Oerter had joined an elite club, by winning consecutive Ăƌů>ĞǁŝƐĞƚĐŚĞĚŚŝƐŶĂŵĞĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞKĞƌƚĞƌ͛ƐǁŚĞŶŚĞǁŽŶĨŽƵƌĐŽŶƐĞĐƵͲ gold medals. tive long jump finals, starting in Los Angeles in 1984 and ending in Atlanta in 1996. The story of Al Oerter shows us the achievements that are possi- Oerter was back to defend his title four years later in the 1964 Tokyo ble with years of hard work and dedication and, of course a lot of talent. Olympics. He did not go into the competition as favourite. He had strug- Oerter shows us the importance of believing in your own ability, of taking gled with a cervical disc injury that caused him to wear a neck brace. In complete responsibility for the things that you can control and ignoring addition, he tore cartilage in his lower rib six weeks before the Games and the factors you have no control over. His story is one of self belief as much he was unable to train in this crucial period leading up to the Games. His as it is one of incredible talent. Czech opponent, Ludvik Danek had won 45 straight international discus competitions and he was the favourite to win in Toyko. Oerter produced the winning performance on his fifth throw, again setting an Olympic ƌĞĐŽƌĚŽĨϲϭŵĞƚƌĞƐ͘dŚŝƐǁĂƐďLJĨĂƌKĞƌƚĞƌ͛ƐŵŽƐƚĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐǀŝĐƚŽƌLJ͘,Ğ had to overcome a chronic injury that caused him visible pain with each of his attempts. 13 UWAAC Website: www.uwaac.com- Club newsletters can be downloaded in PDF format here Open Nationals 08 UWA Open Nationals Representatives Kylie Wheeler HepathlonȄGold Kyle Rasti DecathlonȄSilver (Open), Gold (U23) Chris Johnson Decathlon ȄSilver (U23) Lyndsay Peekin 400m HurdlesȄSilver Vicky Parnov Pole VaultȄSilver Miranda Tiong Pole Vault Jamie Scroop Pole Vault Zoe Timmers High Jump Brandon Johnson Decathlon Felipe DeCastro Cruz 400m Hurdles Lauren Miller 800m Championships (involves eating an entire dry weet- bix with no milk or water etc.) WAAR: 46s K.Mickle 2007 1st Felipe DeCastro Cruz 2nd Kim Mickle 3rd Brandon Johnson 4th Kylie Wheeler DNF Masseuse Wayne DNF Adam Erceg DNF Lauren Miller WAAR: WA Athletics Record SOCIAL PAGES ůƵďDĞŵďĞƌƐ͛ŝƌƚŚĚĂLJƐ November Birthdays December Birthdays 2nd Thomas Bruins 2nd Chris Johnson 6th Hannah Castle 3rd Chantel Weerasekara 14th Peter Drzal 5th Jemima Guelfi 15th Catherine van der Walt 6th Elora Bartlett 23rd Catherine Swann 8th Monique Hollick 30th Antony Liddell 11th Kylie Bent 14th Andrew Dawson 20th Michael Leask 28th Melanie McCoy Please send any season Design Competition PBs you (or any other We are looking for a creative person UWA member) has to design a t-shirt/singlet to replace achieved this Season the old FATMAN t-shirts. to: Please send all designs to Lauren at: [email protected] [email protected] Have Your Say If you have any ideas, photos, articles $/LWWOH%LWRI,QVSLUDWLRQ« or would just like to be part of this 0HPEHUV·IDYRXULWHTXRWHV paper please contact Lauren (0407 195 278) or Dz ǯ Ǧ Matt (0438 724 483 ). serves the credit , the man who knows the great UWA Head Coach Lyn Forman with Brandon and Petey devotions and strives valiantly, his place shall Next Issue never be among those cold and timid souls who - All Schools results dz - Interclub results ȄTheodore Roosevelt, 10th April 1910 (Matt Dawson) Check out the - Separate Jumps, Throws, Junior Runners, Dzǡ UWAAC Website: Distance and Sprints sections behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the - Meet your committee ǡ Ǥdz www.uwaac.com - Members & coaches interviews - Muhammad Ali (Michael Simon) Weddings UWA Athlete Ebony Talbert (Cope) was married in De- cember last year to Alistair Talbert (also a UWA ath- lete). 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