2016–17 Australian Athletics Championships Explained

2016–17 Australian Athletics Championships
Host City:	Sydney, Australia
Dates:	30 March – 2 April 2017
Stadium:	Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre
Previous:	2015–16
Next:	2017–18

The 2016–17 Australian Athletics Championships was the 95th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 30 March – 2 April 2017 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney. It served as the selection meeting for Australia at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Distance events were held separately, with the 10,000 metres taking place at the Zatopek 10K on 8 December 2016 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne and the 5000 metres taking place at the Summer of Athletics Meet in Canberra on 11 March 2017.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medal summary

Men

100 metres (Wind: +0.1)	Joseph Millar	10.25	Trae Williams Queensland	10.29	Aaron Bresland Western Australia	10.46
200 metres (Wind: -3.1)	Joseph Millar	21.09	Alex Hartmann Queensland	21.19	Craig Burns Queensland	21.61
400 metres	Steven Solomon New South Wales	46.66	Jackson Collett New South Wales	46.77	Alex Beck Queensland	46.83
800 metres	Luke Mathews Victoria	1:46.71	Josh Ralph New South Wales	1:46.76	Alexander Rowe Victoria	1:47.29
1500 metres	Ryan Gregson Victoria	3:52.86	Matthew Ramsden Western Australia	3:53.12	Will Austin-Cray New South Wales	3:53.68
1500 metres	David McNeill Victoria	13:47.18	Jordan Gusman Australian Capital Territory	13:48.56	Stewart McSweyn Tasmania	13:49.04
10,000 metres	Patrick Tiernan Queensland	27:59.74	Stewart McSweyn Tasmania	28:29.65	Chris Hamer Victoria	29:02.00
110 metres hurdles (Wind: +3.5)	Nicholas Hough New South Wales	13.53	Justin Merlino New South Wales	13.66	Wataru Yazawa	13.76
400 metres hurdles	Ian Dewhurst New South Wales	49.77	Keisuke Nozawa	50.25	Leigh Bennett New South Wales	51.21
3000 metres steeplechase	Hashim Salah	8:51.79	James Nipperess New South Wales	8:52.89	Nathan Percy Victoria	8:56.42
4 × 100 m relay		40.56		40.82		40.95
4 × 400 m relay		3:12.16		3:12.81		3:15.98
High jump	Lee Hup Wei	2.24 m	Nauraj Singh Randhawa	2.21 m	Joel Baden Victoria	2.18 m
Pole vault	Kurtis Marschall South Australia	5.45 m	Nick Southgate	5.30 m	Angus Armstrong New South Wales	5.30 m
Long jump	Christopher Mitrevski Victoria	7.90 m (+2.6 m/s)	Liam Adcock Queensland	7.84 m (+3.7 m/s)	Shemaiah James Queensland	7.83 m (+1.1 m/s)
Triple jump	Ryoma Yamamoto	16.61 m (+0.5 m/s)	Alwyn Jones Victoria	16.13 m (+0.7 m/s)	Benjamin Cox New South Wales	15.95 m (+0.2 m/s)
Shot put	Damien Birkinhead Victoria	19.80 m	Aiden Harvey New South Wales	17.16 m	Matthew Cowie Western Australia	17.11 m
Discus throw	Julian Wruck Queensland	61.56 m	Matthew Denny Queensland	61.28 m	Yuji Tsutsumi	56.45 m
Hammer throw	Matthew Denny Queensland	73.37 m	Jack Dalton Victoria	68.14 m	Huw Peacock Tasmania	64.94 m
Javelin throw	Hamish Peacock Tasmania	84.36 m	Luke Cann Western Australia	79.58 m	Sumedha Ranasinghe	77.92 m
Decathlon	Cedric Dubler Queensland	7779 pts^[4]	John Lane	7362 pts^[5]	Aaron Booth	7246 pts^[6]
10,000 metres walk	Dane Bird-Smith Queensland	38:34.23	Rhydian Cowley Victoria	41:35.60	Tyler Jones New South Wales	42:01.39

Women

100 metres (Wind: +0.4)	Toea Wisil Queensland	11.42	Melissa Breen Australian Capital Territory	11.64	Margaret Gayen South Australia	11.78
200 metres (Wind: -2.4)	Toea Wisil Queensland	23.76	Ella Nelson New South Wales	23.91	Larissa Pasternatsky New South Wales	24.28 24.271
400 metres	Morgan Mitchell Victoria	52.08	Olivia Tauro New South Wales	53.10	Lauren Wells Australian Capital Territory	53.84
800 metres	Lora Storey New South Wales	2:05.56	Anneliese Rubie New South Wales	2:05.93	Georgia Griffith Victoria	2:06.00
1500 metres	Heidi See New South Wales	4:23.99	Zoe Buckman Victoria	4:24.33	Linden Hall Victoria	4:24.53
5000 metres	Heidi See New South Wales	15:51.97	Jessica Trengove South Australia	16:02.66	Paige Campbell New South Wales	16:09.26
10,000 metres	Camille Buscomb	32:34.41	Bridey Delaney New South Wales	33:04.72	Makda Harun Victoria	33:05.73
100 metres hurdles (Wind: +2.3)	Sally Pearson Queensland	12.53	Brianna Beahan Western Australia	12.96	Michelle Jenneke New South Wales	13.12
400 metres hurdles	Lauren Wells Australian Capital Territory	56.60	Genevieve Cowie New South Wales	58.41	Sara Klein New South Wales	58.68
3000 metres steeplechase	Victoria Mitchell Victoria	9:44.09	Stella Radford Victoria	9:56.47	Charlotte Wilson Victoria	10:03.85
4 × 100 m relay		46.07		46.32		46.43
4 × 400 m relay		3:39.79		3:42.26		3:42.52
High jump	Eleanor Patterson Victoria	1.83 m	Zoe Timmers Western Australia	1.83 m	Clare Gibson Western Australia	1.83 m
Pole vault	Eliza McCartney	4.50 m	Liz Parnov Western Australia	4.30 m	Olivia McTaggart	4.30 m
Long jump	Naa Anang Queensland	6.50 m (+1.5 m/s)	Margaret Gayen South Australia	6.27 m (+1.2 m/s)	Kelsey Berryman	6.24 m (+0.6 m/s)
Triple jump	Meggan O'Riley Victoria	13.30 m (+0.6 m/s)	Tay-Leiha Clark New South Wales	13.26 m (+0.9 m/s)	Kaede Miyasaka	13.20 m (+1.2 m/s)
Shot put	Alifatou Djibril South Australia	14.56 m	Siiva Tafiti Queensland	14.23 m	Brianna Bortolanza Queensland	14.21 m
Discus throw	Dani Stevens New South Wales	65.07 m	Taryn Gollshewsky Queensland	57.05 m	Kimberley Mulhall Victoria	54.17 m
Hammer throw	Lara Nielsen Queensland	66.31 m	Alexandra Hulley New South Wales	64.25 m	Akane Watanbe	60.97 m
Javelin throw	Kelsey-Lee Roberts Australian Capital Territory	61.40 m	Tori Peeters	56.74 m	Risa Miyashita	54.07 m
Heptathlon	Alysha Burnett New South Wales	5817 pts^[7]	Portia Bing	5752 pts^[8]	Kiara Reddingius Western Australia	5382 pts^[9]
10,000 metres walk	Katie Hayward Queensland	45:51.09	Rachel Tallent Victoria	46:24.07	Jessica Pickles Queensland	46:31.34

External links

• Athletics Australia website

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/australian-championships-2017-pearson Tears of joy as Pearson crowns successful comeback at Australian Championships
2. http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_m_2016-17.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 2016-17
3. http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_w_2016-17.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 2016-17
4. (10.93 (+1.2), 7.25 m (-0.4), 11.14 m, 2.04 m, 49.56, 14.53 (0.0), 40.43 m, 5.10 m, 54.18 m, 4:48.52)
5. (10.81 (+1.2), 6.74 m (+0.1), 12.86 m, 1.89 m, 48.62, 15.14 (0.0), 41.87 m, 4.70 m, 42.71 m, 4:48.73)
6. (11.15 (+0.9), 7.01 m (-0.7), 13.02 m, 1.95 m, 51.27, 15.95 (0.0), 39.93 m, 3.80 m, 62.44 m, 4:39.74)
7. (14.27 (+1.0), 1.78 m, 13.02 m, 26.20 (-0.3), 6.12 m (+0.5), 47.92 m, 2:28.91)
8. (13.98 (+1.0), 1.69 m, 13.01 m, 24.77 (-0.3), 5.64 m (+0.8), 39.59 m, 2:14.98)
9. (14.07 (+1.0), 1.60 m, 11.60 m, 24.99 (-0.3), 5.46 m (0.0), 40.83 m, 2:22.97)