2009–10 Australian Athletics Championships Explained

2009–10 Australian Athletics Championships
Host City:	Perth, Western Australia
Dates:	16–18 April 2010
Stadium:	Western Australian Athletics Stadium
Previous:	2008–09
Next:	2010–11

The 2009–10 Australian Athletics Championships was the 88th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 16–18 April 2010 at the Western Australian Athletics Stadium in Perth. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The 10,000 metres event took place separately at the Zatopek 10K on 10 December 2009 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne. The decathlon and heptathlon competitions were held in Hobart on 13 and 14 February 2010.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medal summary

Men

100 metres (Wind: +0.4 m/s)	Aaron Rouge-Serret Victoria	10.32	Matt Davies Queensland	10.44	Jacob Groth New South Wales	10.45
200 metres (Wind: +1.4 m/s)	Patrick Johnson Queensland	20.78	Aaron Rouge-Serret Victoria	20.82	James Dolphin	20.83
400 metres	Ben Offereins Western Australia	45.17	John Steffensen New South Wales	45.72	Joel Milburn New South Wales	45.75
800 metres	Lachlan Renshaw New South Wales	1:46.66	James Kaan New South Wales	1:47.04	James Gurr New South Wales	1:47.16
1500 metres	Ryan Gregson New South Wales	3:44.99	Jeff Riseley Victoria	3:45.15	Jeremy Roff New South Wales	3:45.37
5000 metres	Ben St Lawrence New South Wales	13:40.54	Collis Birmingham Victoria	13:42.61	David McNeill Victoria	14:00.80
10,000 metres	Collis Birmingham Victoria	28:04.14	Ben St Lawrence New South Wales	28:05.73	Michael Shelley Queensland	28:13.13
110 metres hurdles (Wind: +2.1 m/s)	Greg Eyears New South Wales	13.82	Daniel Small New South Wales	13.90	Daniel Martin Victoria	13.91
400 metres hurdles	Brendan Cole Australian Capital Territory	50.64	Tristan Thomas Tasmania	50.69	Danny Brandwood New South Wales	51.29
3000 metres steeplechase	Youcef Abdi New South Wales	8:36.63	Richard Everest South Australia	8:41.86	Daryl Crook Queensland	9:09.93
High jump	Liam Zamel-Paez Queensland	2.22 m	Josh Hall Queensland	2.22 m	Hikaru Tsuchiya	2.19 m
Pole vault	Steve Hooker Western Australia	5.80 m	Blake Lucas Victoria	5.05 m	James Filshie Victoria	5.05 m
Long jump	Fabrice Lapierre New South Wales	8.78 m (+3.1 m/s)	Chris Noffke Queensland	8.33 m (+1.2 m/s)	Robert Crowther Queensland	7.91 m (+1.6 m/s)
Triple jump	Henry Frayne Victoria	16.63 m (+0.2 m/s)	Kane Brigg Queensland	16.53 m (+0.0 m/s)	Alwyn Jones Victoria	15.99 m (+0.0 m/s)
Shot put	Scott Martin Victoria	19.83 m	Dale Stevenson Victoria	19.67 m	Chris Gaviglio Queensland	18.80 m
Discus throw	Benn Harradine Victoria	62.26 m	Scott Martin Victoria	60.25 m	Julian Wruck Queensland	57.48 m
Hammer throw	Hiroaki Doi	69.80 m	Hiroshi Noguchi	69.46 m	Simon Wardhaugh Queensland	69.37 m
Javelin throw	Jarrod Bannister Victoria	83.17 m	Stuart Farquhar	81.01 m	Matthew Outzen New South Wales	76.81 m
Decathlon	Stephen Cain Victoria	7427 pts^[4]	Kyle McCarthy Queensland	7331 pts^[5]	Cameron Crowley Queensland	6658 pts^[6]

Women

100 metres (Wind: +0.2 m/s)	Melissa Breen Australian Capital Territory	11.50	Anna Smythe	11.72	Laura Whaler New South Wales	11.72
200 metres (Wind: +1.3 m/s)	Jody Henry Western Australia	23.29	Joanne Cuddihy	23.38	Andrea Koenen	23.67
400 metres	Joanne Cuddihy	51.94	Jody Henry Western Australia	52.20	Pirrenee Steinert New South Wales	52.78
800 metres	Katherine Katsanevakis Victoria	2:04.58	Madeleine Pape Victoria	2:04.82	Trychelle Kingdom Victoria	2:05.50
1500 metres	Kaila McKnight Victoria	4:17.99	Bridey Delaney New South Wales	4:18.33	Zoe Buckman Australian Capital Territory	4:18.58
5000 metres	Eloise Wellings New South Wales	15:23.53	Lara Tamsett New South Wales	15:43.57	Tara Palm South Australia	15:52.36
10,000 metres	Eloise Wellings New South Wales	32:19.08	Lisa Jane Weightman Victoria	32:20.14	Lara Tamsett New South Wales	32:20.39
100 metres hurdles (Wind: +2.0 m/s)	Hayley Butler New South Wales	13.25	Shannon McCann Western Australia	13.43	Mami Ishino	13.54
400 metres hurdles	Lauren Boden Australian Capital Territory	55.86	Tamsyn Lewis Victoria	58.08	Lisa Spencer New South Wales	58.81
3000 metres steeplechase	Melissa Rollison Queensland	10:17.51	Lara Nicod New South Wales	10:33.43	Charlotte Wilson New South Wales	10:41.95
High jump	Petrina Price New South Wales	1.90 m	Janelle O'Sullivan Victoria	1.80 m	Hannah Alderton Victoria	1.80 m
Pole vault	Liz Parnov Western Australia	4.40 m	Alana Boyd Western Australia	4.40 m	Amanda Bisk Western Australia	4.20 m
Long jump	Jessica Penney Australian Capital Territory	6.18 m (+0.0 m/s)	Kerrie Perkins Australian Capital Territory	6.14 m (-0.5 m/s)	Corinna Minko Victoria	6.07 m (+1.4 m/s)
Triple jump	Meggan O'Riley Victoria	13.26 m (+0.0 m/s)	Emma Knight Victoria	13.22 m (+0.0 m/s)	Lisa Morrison New South Wales	13.12 m (+0.0 m/s)
Shot put	Joanne Mirtschin Australian Capital Territory	15.64 m	Kim Mulhall Victoria	15.08 m	Margaret Satupai Victoria	14.90 m
Discus throw	Dani Samuels New South Wales	63.61 m	Calista Lyon Victoria	54.25 m	Kim Mulhall Victoria	52.51 m
Hammer throw	Gabrielle Neighbour Victoria	64.80 m	Bronwyn Eagles New South Wales	63.74 m	Karyne Di Marco New South Wales	63.13 m
Javelin throw	Kim Mickle Western Australia	60.66 m	Kathryn Mitchell Victoria	56.15 m	Karen Clarke New South Wales	51.80 m
Heptathlon	Rebecca Robinson Queensland	5234 pts^[7]	Shayleigh Gould Queensland	5026 pts^[8]	Larna Dieckmann Queensland	4843 pts^[9]

External links

• Athletics Australia website

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/lapierre-sails-wind-assisted-878m-in-perth- Lapierre sails wind-assisted 8.78m in Perth - Australian champs
2. http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_m_2009-10.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 2009–10
3. http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_w_2009-10.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 2009–10
4. (11.35 (+0.3), 6.92 m (+0.2), 13.52 m, 1.85 m, 50.78, 15.55 (-1.8), 42.40 m, 4.60 m, 59.80 m, 4:40.36)
5. (11.55 (+0.3), 6.73 m (-0.1), 13.95 m, 1.88 m, 50.20, 15.26 (-1.8), 39.43 m, 4.40 m, 57.31 m, 4:34.71)
6. (10.93 (+0.3), 6.62 m (-0.2), 12.64 m, 1.91 m, 50.02, 16.60 (-1.8), 33.09 m, 3.80 m, 39.63 m, 4:39.58)
7. (14.26 (+0.5), 1.50 m, 12.04 m, 24.88 (+0.9), 5.70 m (+1.2), 32.76 m, 2:20.15)
8. (14.80 (+0.5), 1.50 m, 10.56 m, 24.89 (+0.9), 5.30 m (+1.1), 33.22 m, 2:14.96)
9. (15.35 (+0.5), 1.65 m, 10.30 m, 25.21 (+0.9), 5.23 m (+3.3), 26.92 m, 2:22.22)