1998–99 Australian Athletics Championships Explained

1998–99 Australian Athletics Championships
Host City:	Melbourne, Australia
Dates:	18–20 February 1999
Stadium:	Olympic Park Stadium
Previous:	1997–98
Next:	1999–00

The 1998–99 Australian Athletics Championships was the 77th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 18–20 February 1999 at the Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. The 10,000 metres event took place separately at the Zatopek 10K on 5 December 1998 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne. The combined events were also held separately at the Hobart Grand Prix on 25–26 February 1999.^[1] ^[2]

Medal summary

Men

100 metres (Wind: -0.8 m/s)	Matt Shirvington New South Wales	10.24	Adam Basil Victoria	10.34	Chris Donaldson	10.37
200 metres (Wind: -0.4 m/s)	Chris Donaldson	20.71	Matt Shirvington New South Wales	20.77	Marc Foucan	20.86
400 metres	Brad Jamieson South Australia	45.59	Ibrahima Wade	46.03	Casey Vincent Victoria	46.16
800 metres	Noah Ngeny	1:47.70	Grant Cremer New South Wales	1:48.10	Brendan Hanigan Tasmania	1:48.72
1500 metres	Paul Cleary Victoria	3:43.59	Scott Petersen Victoria	3:43.99	Justin Rinaldi Victoria	3:44.25
5000 metres	Benjamin Maiyo	13:26.09	Mizan Mehari Australian Capital Territory	13:31.02	Martin Keino	13:35.09
10,000 metres	Luke Kipkosgei	27:22.54	Benjamin Maiyo	27:40.34	Lee Troop Victoria	28:04.64
110 metres hurdles (Wind: -0.6 m/s)	Kyle Vander-Kuyp Victoria	13.73	Rodney Zuyderwyk Queensland	14.05	David Rose South Australia	14.17
400 metres hurdles	Dai Tamesue	49.39	Zid Abou Hamed New South Wales	49.47	Rohan Robinson Victoria	49.57
400 metres hurdles	Martin Dent New South Wales	8:39.33	Stephen Thurston South Australia	8:41.50	Hiromitsu Sakakieda	8:54.97
4 × 100 m relay		40.00		40.16		44.98
4 × 400 m relay		3:09.31		3:09.93		3:12.28
High jump	Ronald Garlett South Australia	2.18 m	Christopher Anderson Western Australia	2.14 m	Nick Moroney New South Wales	2.14 m
Pole vault	Viktor Chistiakov South Australia	5.40 m	Paul Burgess Western Australia	5.30 m	David Cardone South Australia	5.10 m
Long jump	Shane Hair New South Wales	8.01 m (+0.3 m/s)	Jai Taurima Queensland	7.99 m (+0.2 m/s)	Leigh Stuart Victoria	7.72 m (+0.3 m/s)
Triple jump	Andrew Murphy New South Wales	17.04 m (+0.6 m/s)	Jacob McReynolds Queensland	15.92 m (+0.9 m/s)	Takashi Komatsu	15.89 m (+0.7 m/s)
Shot put	Clay Cross New South Wales	18.89 m	Aaron Neighbour Victoria	18.26 m	Rhys Jones Queensland	16.81 m
Discus throw	Gerard Duffy Queensland	53.32 m	Peter Elvy New South Wales	52.71 m	Yohan Amerasekera Victoria	51.81 m
Hammer throw	Stuart Rendell Australian Capital Territory	70.79 m	Justin McDonald Tasmania	64.25 m	Russell Devine Victoria	62.04 m
Javelin throw	Andrew Currey New South Wales	76.67 m	Richard Brockett Queensland	72.46 m	Victor Tipotio	71.51 m
Decathlon	Scott Ferrier Victoria	8056 pts^[3]	Jagan Hames South Australia	7488 pts^[4]	Warren Evans Queensland	6869 pts^[5]

Women

100 metres (Wind: -0.9 m/s)	Lauren Hewitt Victoria	11.48	Jodi Lambert Western Australia	11.65	Sharon Cripps Queensland	11.68
200 metres (Wind: -0.4 m/s)	Lauren Hewitt Victoria	23.08	Jodi Lambert Western Australia	23.48	Sharon Cripps Queensland	23.74
400 metres	Cathy Freeman Victoria	50.94	Tania Van Heer South Australia	51.28	Susan Andrews Western Australia	52.01
800 metres	Tamsyn Lewis Victoria	2:02.29	Georgie Clarke Victoria	2:02.49	Faith Macharia	2:03.65
1500 metres	Sarah Jamieson Victoria	4:18.75	Mandy Giblin Tasmania	4:22.67	Christine Pfitzinger	4:24.27
5000 metres	Natalie Harvey Victoria	15:34.07	Kylie Risk Tasmania	15:38.42	Susie Power Victoria	15:41.69
10,000 metres	Natalie Harvey Victoria	32:20.58	Kerryn McCann New South Wales	32:23.79	Kylie Risk Tasmania	32:33.18
100 metres hurdles (Wind: +0.5 m/s)	Eunice Barber	13.36	Nicole Ramalalanirina	13.36	Jacquie Munro New South Wales	13.51
400 metres hurdles	Lauren Poetschka Western Australia	57.05	Evette Cordy Victoria	57.09	Nicola Kidd	57.14
400 metres hurdles	Melissa Rollison Queensland	10:15.77	Mary Fien New South Wales	10:28.68	Karen Murphy	10:34.24
4 × 100 m relay		46.24		48.39		48.95
4 × 400 m relay		3:42.84		3:44.26		3:45.37
High jump	Alison Inverarity Western Australia	1.88 m	Leah Alexander Victoria	1.84 m	Sherryl Morrow Victoria	1.84 m
Pole vault	Tatiana Grigorieva South Australia	4.25 m	Kym Howe Western Australia	4.15 m	Bridgid Isworth Victoria	4.00 m
Long jump	Eunice Barber	6.74 m (+0.7 m/s)	Nicole Boegman New South Wales	6.53 m (+1.2 m/s)	Chantal Brunner	6.48 m (+0.2 m/s)
Triple jump	Carmen Miller Tasmania	13.26 m (+0.5 m/s)	Nicole Mladenis Western Australia	13.21 m (+0.8 m/s)	Paula Lodge South Australia	12.91 m (-0.2 m/s)
Shot put	Tressa Thompson	17.86 m	Amy Palmer	16.55 m	Tania Senior	15.44 m
Discus throw	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari Queensland	61.72 m	Alison Lever Queensland	60.92 m	Aretha Hill	57.75 m
Hammer throw	Deborah Sosimenko New South Wales	62.77 m	Karyne Perkins New South Wales	62.59 m	Amy Palmer	61.89 m
Javelin throw	Hayley Wilson	47.48 m	Linda Polelei	46.75 m	Jane Jamieson New South Wales	45.10 m
Heptathlon	Sherryl Morrow Victoria	5722 pts^[6]	Clare Thompson Queensland	5464 pts^[7]	Virginia Young New South Wales	5090 pts^[8]

External links

Athletics Australia website

Notes and References

http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_m_1998-99.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 1998–99
http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_w_1998-99.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 1998–99
(10.96 (+2.1), 7.29 m (+0.8), 14.33 m, 2.09 m, 49.12, 14.46 (-0.3), 44.19 m, 4.80 m, 60.59 m, 5:01.92)
(10.87 (+2.1), 7.23 m (+0.9), 14.53 m, 2.18 m, 50.43, 14.49 (-0.3), 45.55 m, 4.60 m, 58.84 m, DNF)
(10.96 (+2.1), 6.87 m (-0.7), 12.68 m, 1.79 m, 50.71, 16.24 (-0.3), 40.86 m, 4.30 m, 52.07 m, 5:18.52)
(13.95 (-3.1), 1.88 m, 10.97 m, 25.77 (-5.7), 5.73 m (0.0), 43.37 m, 2:25.73)
(14.32 (-3.1), 1.73 m, 11.14 m, 25.44 (-4.6), 6.02 m (+1.4), 34.91 m, 2:24.60)
(15.14 (-3.1), 1.67 m, 11.47 m, 26.85 (-4.6), 5.66 m (+1.7), 32.92 m, 2:20.24)