2017–18 Australian Athletics Championships Explained

2017–18 Australian Athletics Championships
Host City:	Gold Coast, Australia
Dates:	15–18 February 2018
Stadium:	Carrara Stadium
Previous:	2016–17
Next:	2018–19

The 2017–18 Australian Athletics Championships was the 96th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 15 to 18 February 2018 at Carrara Stadium in Gold Coast, Queensland. It served as the selection meeting in athletics events for Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Distance events were held separately, with the 10,000 metres taking place at the Zatopek 10K on 14 December 2017 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne and the 10,000 metres race walk was held in Canberra on 14 January 2018.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medal summary

Men

100 metres (Wind: +0.4)	Trae Williams Queensland	10.10	Rohan Browning New South Wales	10.20	Josh Clarke New South Wales	10.31
200 metres (Wind: -2.1)	Alex Hartmann Queensland	20.57	Joseph Millar	20.60	Zane Branco Queensland	20.83
400 metres	Murray Goodwin Queensland	46.24	Daniel Mowen Queensland	46.37	Alex Beck Queensland	46.61
800 metres	Luke Mathews Victoria	1:45.90	Josh Ralph New South Wales	1:46.85	Jeff Riseley Victoria	1:47.04
1500 metres	Ryan Gregson Victoria	3:39.66	Jordan Williamsz Victoria	3:39.85	Rorey Hunter New South Wales	3:40.12
5000 metres	Morgan McDonald New South Wales	13:19.05	David McNeill Victoria	13:19.51	Stewart McSweyn Tasmania	13:19.96
10,000 metres	Stewart McSweyn Tasmania	28:37.28	Patrick Tiernan Queensland	28:38.94	David McNeill Victoria	28:47.54
110 metres hurdles (Wind: -0.2)	Nicholas Hough New South Wales	13.76	Justin Merlino New South Wales	13.94	Jacob McCorry New South Wales	14.02
400 metres hurdles	Ian Dewhurst Western Australia	49.80	Angus Proudfoot Australian Capital Territory	50.37	Leigh Bennett New South Wales	50.73
4 × 100 m relay		40.45		41.13		41.29
4 × 400 m relay		3:10.96		3:11.80		3:15.59
High jump	Brandon Starc New South Wales	2.28 m	Nik Bojic Queensland Joel Baden Victoria	2.21 m	Not awarded
Pole vault	Kurtis Marschall South Australia	5.55 m	Declan Carruthers Western Australia	5.45 m	Nicholas Southgate	5.25 m
Long jump	Christopher Mitrevski Victoria	8.09 m (+2.1 m/s)	Liam Adcock Queensland	7.81 m (+0.7 m/s)	Henry Smith Victoria	7.78 m (+0.2 m/s)
Triple jump	Emmanuel Fakiye New South Wales	16.08 m (-0.8 m/s)	Alwyn Jones Victoria	15.99 m (+0.9 m/s)	Shemaiah James Queensland	15.92 m (-0.1 m/s)
Shot put	Damien Birkinhead Victoria	20.02 m	Aiden Harvey New South Wales	17.82 m	Matthew Cowie Western Australia	17.70 m
Discus throw	Matthew Denny Queensland	64.03 m	Benn Harradine Queensland	63.56 m	Julian Wruck Queensland	60.96 m
Hammer throw	Matthew Denny Queensland	72.78 m	Jack Dalton Victoria	65.78 m	Costa Kousparis New South Wales	65.42 m
Javelin throw	Hamish Peacock Tasmania	79.38 m	Benjamin Langton Burnell	78.20 m	Josh Robinson Queensland	77.21 m
Decathlon	Cedric Dubler Queensland	8229	Kyle Cranston New South Wales	7786	Alec Diamond New South Wales	7405
10,000 metres walk	Perseus Karlström	39:22.41	Evan Dunfee	40:11.80	Marius Žiūkas	40:43.17

Women

100 metres (Wind: -0.4)	Riley Day Queensland	11.56	Zoe Hobbs	11.70	Mia Gross Victoria	11.81
200 metres (Wind: -1.7)	Riley Day Queensland	22.93	Maddie Coates Victoria	23.06	Larissa Pasternatsky New South Wales	23.27
400 metres	Anneliese Rubie New South Wales	51.92	Bendere Oboya New South Wales	51.94	Morgan Mitchell Victoria	52.69
800 metres	Brittany McGowan Queensland	2:00.24	Angie Petty	2:00.73	Georgia Griffith Victoria	2:02.09
1500 metres	Linden Hall Victoria	4:07.55	Zoe Buckman Victoria	4:08.15	Chloe Tighe New South Wales	4:11.12
5000 metres	Celia Sullohern New South Wales	15:34.42	Madeline Hills New South Wales	15:35.50	Eloise Wellings New South Wales	15:37.47
10,000 metres	Celia Sullohern New South Wales	32:31.22	Jessica Trengove South Australia	32:35.06	Eloise Wellings New South Wales	32:41.96
100 metres hurdles (Wind: +1.1)	Sally Pearson Queensland	12.73	Michelle Jenneke New South Wales	13.14	Brianna Beahan Western Australia	13.16
400 metres hurdles	Lauren Wells Australian Capital Territory	56.06	Daniela Roman Victoria	56.59	Sarah Carli New South Wales	56.87
3000 metres steeplechase	Victoria Mitchell New South Wales	9:45.37	Paige Campbell New South Wales	9:49.00	Rosie Donegan Victoria	9:50.61
4 × 100 m relay		45.61		46.25		46.29
4 × 400 m relay		3:37.15		3:40.52		3:40.94
High jump	Cassie Purdon Queensland	1.86 m	Eleanor Patterson Victoria	1.83 m	Zoe Timmers Western Australia	1.80 m
Pole vault	Nina Kennedy Western Australia	4.60 m	Liz Parnov Western Australia	4.25 m	Olivia McTaggart	4.10 m
Long jump	Brooke Stratton Victoria	6.66 m (+1.7 m/s)	Naa Anang Queensland	6.66 m (+1.3 m/s)	Lauren Wells Australian Capital Territory	6.49 m (+0.1 m/s)
Triple jump	Meggan O'Riley Victoria	13.44 m (+1.5 m/s)	Ellen Pettitt Victoria	13.17 m (+0.9 m/s)	Tay-Leiha Clark New South Wales	13.16 m (+0.2 m/s)
Shot put	Maddi Wesche	16.45 m	Chelsea Lenarduzzi Queensland	15.93 m	Sarah Thorpe Queensland	14.00 m
Discus throw	Dani Stevens New South Wales	65.30 m	Taryn Gollshewsky Queensland	58.67 m	Te Rina Keenan	56.39 m
Hammer throw	Alexandra Hulley New South Wales	64.84 m	Lara Nielsen Queensland	64.69 m	Kaysanne Hockey Queensland	57.59 m
Javelin throw	Kathryn Mitchell Victoria	65.51 m	Kelsey-Lee Roberts Australian Capital Territory	62.21 m	Kathryn Brooks Victoria	51.31 m
Heptathlon	Celeste Mucci Victoria	5812 pts^[4]	Kiara Reddingius Western Australia	5742 pts^[5]	Alysha Burnett New South Wales	5699 pts^[6]
10,000 metres walk	Beki Smith New South Wales	45:56.08	Alana Barber	46:03.24	Claire Tallent South Australia	46:06.59

External links

• Athletics Australia website

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/australian-championships-2018 Day leads youth break-out at Australian Championships
2. http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_m_2017-18.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 2017-18
3. http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_w_2017-18.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 2017-18
4. (13.86 (-1.8), 1.75 m, 11.13 m, 24.28 (+1.1), 6.25 m (+1.5), 40.78 m, 2:26.96)
5. (14.32 (-1.8), 1.72 m, 12.11 m, 24.48 (+1.1), 5.68 m (+2.9), 44.49 m, 2:20.31)
6. (14.70 (-1.8), 1.81 m, 12.96 m, 25.97 (0.0), 5.88 m (+1.5), 45.64 m, 2:28.50)