2008–09 Australian Athletics Championships Explained

2008–09 Australian Athletics Championships
Host City:	Brisbane, Australia
Dates:	19–21 March 2009
Stadium:	Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre
Previous:	2007–08
Next:	2009–10

The 2008–09 Australian Athletics Championships was the 87th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 19–21 March 2009 at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

Some long-distance events were staged separately. The 10,000 metres event took place at the Zatopek 10K on 11 December 2008 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, the men's 5000 metres was contested at the Melbourne Track Classic on 5 March 2009 at the Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne and the women's 5000 metres was held at the Sydney Track Classic on 28 February 2009 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medal summary

Men

100 metres (Wind: -0.4 m/s)	Josh Ross Victoria	10.34	Aaron Rouge-Serret Victoria	10.36	David Ambler	10.41
200 metres (Wind: -2.0 m/s)	Aaron Rouge-Serret Victoria	20.95	Matt Davies Queensland	21.17	Josh Ross Victoria	21.17
400 metres	Sean Wroe Victoria	45.07	John Steffensen New South Wales	45.51	Kurt Mulcahy New South Wales	46.33
800 metres	Nicholas Bromley New South Wales	1:47.76	Lachlan Renshaw New South Wales	1:48.17	Werner Botha Queensland	1:48.24
1500 metres	Jeff Riseley Victoria	3:35.71	Jeremy Roff New South Wales	3:37.62	Craig Huffer Victoria	3:41.67
5000 metres	Collis Birmingham	13:16.26	Andrew Baddeley	13:20.99	Bernard Kiplagat	13:25.64
10,000 metres	David McNeill Victoria	28:03.02	Bobby Curtis	28:06.74	Michael Shelley Queensland	28:08.96
110 metres hurdles (Wind: -0.6 m/s)	Tasuku Tanonaka	13.92	Justin Merlino New South Wales	13.95	John Burstow Queensland	14.15
400 metres hurdles	Tristan Thomas Tasmania	49.26	Brendan Cole Australian Capital Territory	50.11	Dane Richter Western Australia	51.35
3000 metres steeplechase	Youcef Abdi New South Wales	8:38.65	Peter Nowill Queensland	8:40.91	Matthew Johnsen Victoria	9:00.98
High jump	Liam Zamel-Paez Queensland	2.23 m	Chris Armet Victoria	2.20 m	Naoyuki Daigo	2.20 m
Pole vault	Blake Lucas Victoria	5.45 m	Joel Pocklington Victoria	5.20 m	Matt Boyd Queensland	4.90 m
Long jump	Fabrice Lapierre New South Wales	8.29 m (+0.8 m/s)	Mitchell Watt Queensland	8.10 m (+3.6 m/s)	Chris Noffke Queensland	8.00 m (+1.3 m/s)
Triple jump	Alwyn Jones Victoria	16.83 m (+0.8 m/s)	Joshua Lumley Queensland	15.84 m (+0.1 m/s)	Tomas Cholensky New South Wales	15.67 m (+1.1 m/s)
Shot put	Justin Anlezark Queensland	20.03 m	Dale Stevenson Victoria	17.59 m	Stuart Gyngell New South Wales	17.29 m
Discus throw	Bertrand Vili	61.81 m	Scott Martin Victoria	59.10 m	Aaron Neighbour Victoria	55.98 m
Hammer throw	Mark Dickson New South Wales	64.71 m	Tim Driesen Victoria	64.63 m	Darren Billett South Australia	64.35 m
Javelin throw	Stuart Farquhar	80.16 m	Park Jae-Myung	78.34 m	Benjamin Baker New South Wales	77.13 m
Decathlon	Brent Newdick	7618 pts^[4]	Stephen Cain Victoria	7137 pts^[5]	Aaron Page Victoria	6415 pts^[6]

Women

100 metres (Wind: -0.1 m/s)	Sally McLellan Queensland	11.32	Melissa Breen Australian Capital Territory	11.61	Alicia Wrench-Doody South Australia	11.77
200 metres (Wind: +0.0 m/s)	Monique Williams	23.74	Melissa Breen Australian Capital Territory	23.96	Alicia Wrench-Doody South Australia	24.33
400 metres	Tamsyn Lewis Victoria	51.42	Monique Williams	51.88	Madeleine Pape Victoria	53.08
800 metres	Madeleine Pape Victoria	2:02.57	Nikki Hamblin	2:03.23	Katherine Katsanevakis Victoria	2:05.91
1500 metres	Sarah Jamieson Victoria	4:16.15	Kaila McKnight Victoria	4:16.27	Bridey Delaney New South Wales	4:16.58
1500 metres	Melanie Daniels Tasmania	9:34.76	Lauren McKillop New South Wales	9:40.99	Narelle Coady Victoria	9:46.85
5000 metres	Sarah Jamieson Victoria	15:54.64	Lisa Jane Weightman Victoria	15:58.92	Donna MacFarlane Tasmania	16:00.43
10,000 metres	Lara Tamsett New South Wales	32:56.19	Cassie Fien Queensland	34:34.16	Belinda Wimmer	35:17.16
100 metres hurdles (Wind: -1.3 m/s)	Sally McLellan Queensland	12.74	Mami Ishino	13.73	Veronica Torr	13.99
400 metres hurdles	Tamsyn Lewis Victoria	56.27	Lauren Boden Australian Capital Territory	56.33	Lyndsay Pekin Western Australia	59.70
3000 metres steeplechase	Donna MacFarlane Tasmania	9:57.14	Ashlea Gilfillan Queensland	10:33.50	Andrea Ilakovac Australian Capital Territory	11:00.60
High jump	Petrina Price New South Wales	1.87 m	Ellen Pettitt Western Australia	1.84 m	Catherine Drummond Queensland	1.78 m
Pole vault	Alana Boyd Queensland	4.35 m	Amanda Bisk Western Australia	4.20 m	Vicky Parnov Western Australia	4.05 m
Long jump	Jacinta Boyd Queensland	6.40 m (+0.7 m/s)	Larissa Perry Western Australia	6.12 m (+0.1 m/s)	Stephanie Lockhart Victoria	5.98 m (+0.9 m/s)
Triple jump	Linda Allen Queensland	13.48 m (+2.5 m/s)	Fumiyo Yoshida	13.02 m (+1.3 m/s)	Marissa Pritchard	12.79 m (+1.7 m/s)
Shot put	Valerie Vili	20.22 m	Ana Pouhila	16.94 m	Dani Samuels New South Wales	16.30 m
Discus throw	Dani Samuels New South Wales	60.05 m	Kim Mulhall Victoria	52.18 m	Alifatou Djibril South Australia	49.63 m
Hammer throw	Bronwyn Eagles New South Wales	61.75 m	Karyne Di Marco New South Wales	61.70 m	Gabrielle Neighbour Victoria	60.89 m
Javelin throw	Kim Mickle Western Australia	60.69 m	Laura Cornford New South Wales	55.88 m	Gim Gyeong-ae	53.02 m
Heptathlon	Lauren Foote South Australia	5697 pts^[7]	Sarah Cowley	5609 pts^[8]	Rebecca Robinson Queensland	5136 pts^[9]

External links

• Athletics Australia website

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/lapierre-leaps-829m-in-brisbane-australian Lapierre leaps 8.29m in Brisbane - Australian Champs, day 3
2. http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_m_2008-09.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 2008–09
3. http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_w_2008-09.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 2008–09
4. (11.00 (+2.5), 7.33 m (+1.3), 13.86 m, 1.97 m, 50.11, 14.90 (-4.2), 40.92 m, 4.60 m, 47.33 m, 4:40.99)
5. (11.40 (+2.5), 6.80 m (+2.6), 12.66 m, 1.91 m, 51.60, 16.01 (-4.2), 38.71 m, 4.80 m, 54.26 m, 4:50.87)
6. (11.59 (+2.5), 6.75 m (+1.8), 11.03 m, 1.94 m, 52.53, 17.05 (-4.2), 33.92 m, 3.90 m, 45.05 m, 4:43.18)
7. (14.50 (+0.4), 1.77 m, 12.23 m, 24.91 (+1.9), 5.86 m (+1.3), 39.88 m, 2:21.46)
8. (14.11 (+0.4), 1.83 m, 11.33 m, 25.43 (+1.9), 5.85 m (+0.9), 32.37 m, 2:18.88)
9. (14.40 (+0.4), 1.53 m, 11.61 m, 25.22 (+1.9), 5.63 m (+2.2), 31.63 m, 2:21.01)