List of Oceanian youth bests in athletics explained

Oceanian youth bests are ratified by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) and comprise the all-time best marks set in competition by Oceanian athletes aged 17 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance. OAA does not maintain official indoor bests. All indoor bests shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by the governing body.

Outdoor

Key:

h = hand timing
Mx = Mixed gender race

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	10.27 (+0.8 m/s)	Sebastian Sultana		30 October 2022	Illawong High Velocity Meet #4	Sydney, Australia
200 m	20.87 (-0.1 m/s)	Gout Gout		15 April 2023	Australian U18 Championships	Brisbane, Australia		^[1]
300 m	33.16	Paul Greene		26 January 1989		Canberra, Australia
400 m	45.96	Paul Greene		19 August 1989		Saga, Japan
	45.53	Newbyior Islandton		24 February 2024		Brisbane, Australia
800 m	1:47.24	Paul Byrne		11 December 1993		Canberra, Australia
1000 m	2:23.1	Michael Power		7 January 1993		Melbourne, Australia
1500 m	3:33.26	Cameron Myers		16 July 2023	Kamila Skolimowska Memorial	Chorzów, Poland		^[2]
Mile	3:55.44	Cameron Myers		23 February 2023	Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne	Melbourne, Australia		^[3]
2000 m	5:15.5	Mark Arens		23 March 1962		Adelaide, Australia
3000 m	7:52.06	Cameron Myers		11 March 2023	Sydney Track Classic	Sydney, Australia		^[4]
5000 m	14:07.92	Sam Clifford		14 November 2019		Box Hill, Australia
10000 m	30:18.85	Alex Harvey		6 January 2024		Geelong, Australia
Half marathon
Marathon
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	12.87 (+1.6 m/s)	Sasha Zhoya		6 July 2019	French U18 Championships	Angers, France
110 m hurdles (99/100 cm)
110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	51.62	Jack Love		16 April 2023	Australian U18 Championships	Brisbane, Australia		^[5]
400 m hurdles (91.4 cm)
2000 m steeplechase (91.4 cm)	5:43.73	Aaron Hunt		5 December 1988		Sydney, Australia
3000 m steeplechase
High Jump	2.29 m	Tim Forsyth		12 August 1990		Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Pole Vault	5.56 m	Sasha Zhoya	/	1 April 2019	Australian Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia		^[6]
Long Jump	8.01 m (+0.5 m/s)	Darcy Roper		16 July 2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia
Triple jump	15.84 m	Dylan James		23 November 2019		Perth, Australia
Shot put (5 kg)	22.53 m	Jacko Gill		5 August 2010		Stockholm, Sweden
	22.86 m	Jacko Gill		11 December 2010		Hastings, New Zealand
	24.45 m	Jacko Gill		19 December 2011	Auckland Millenium Shot Put Invitational	Auckland, New Zealand		^[7] ^[8]
Shot put (6 kg)	22.31 m	Jacko Gill		5 December 2011		North Shore City, New Zealand		^[9]
Shot put (7.26 kg)	20.38 m	Jacko Gill		5 December 2011		North Shore City, New Zealand		^[10] ^[11]
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	68.44 m	Werner Reiterer		2 November 1985		Melbourne, Australia
Discus throw (1.75 kg)
Discus throw (2 kg)	60.10 m	Werner Reiterer		21 December 1985		Melbourne, Australia
Hammer throw (5 kg)	81.44 m	Matthew Denny		9 June 2013		Brisbane, Australia
Hammer throw (6 kg)
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)
Javelin throw (700 g)	77.80 m	Conor Warren		6 December 2015		Melbourne, Australia
Javelin throw (800 g)
Octathlon	6491 pts	Jake Stein		6–7 July 2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France		^[12] ^[13]
	11.52 (-0.5 m/s) (100 m), 7.22 m (+1.2 m/s) (long jump), 17.22 m (shot put), 51.32 (400 m) / 14.25 (-1.0 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 1.98 m (high jump), 59.65 m (javelin), 2:52.93 (1000 m)
Decathlon (Youth)	7559 pts	Ashley Moloney		29–30 March 2017	Australian U18 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Mile walk	6:08.45	Riley Coughlan		14 December 2023	Collingwood Classic	Melbourne, Australia		^[14]
3000 m walk	11:42.04	Troy Sundstrom		21 February 1998		Sydney, Australia
	11:32.9	Douglas Connolly		27 November 1999		Sydney, Australia
5000 m walk	19:58.64	Douglas Connolly		12 December 1999		Sydney, Australia
	19:51.81	Isaac Beacroft		15 April 2023	Australian U18 Championships	Brisbane, Australia		^[15]
5 km walk (road)	20:55	Owen Toyne		12 February 2023	Australian U20 Race Walk Championships	Fawkner Park, Australia		^[16]
10000 m walk (track)	42:01.26	Marcus Wakim		31 March 2023	Australian U20 Championships	Brisbane, Australia		^[17]
	41:30.77	Bailey Housden		28 January 2024	Supernova	Canberra, Australia		^[18]
10 km walk (road)	39:56	Isaac Beacroft		21 April 2024	World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships	Antalya, Turkey		^[19]
20000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)
50000 m walk (track)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	40.85	Barnett Richardson Manns Chodat		4 December 2008		Canberra, Australia
	40.48			14 March 2014
4 × 200 m relay	1:26.75	Wong Easton Lilley Cox		9 December 1981		Brisbane, Australia
4 × 400 m relay	3:14.39	Klabbers Nevin Longmuir Reed		30 March 1984		Melbourne, Australia
4 × 800 m relay	7:46.20	Andreatti Fitzgerald Bromley Hall		17 December 2000		Sydney, Australia
4 × 1500 m relay	16:04.7	Ellis Howley McMahon Millichamp		17 December 1989		Melbourne, Australia
Swedish medley relay	1:53.98	Browning Wood Shelley Stenmark		7 December 2014		Adelaide, Australia

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	11.20 (+1.2 m/s)	Raelene Boyle		15 October 1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico
200 m	22.74 (+2.0 m/s)	Raelene Boyle		18 October 1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico
400 m	51.80	Jana Pittman		12 December 1999		Sydney, Australia
800 m	2:00.81	Keely Small		12 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia		^[20]
1000 m	2:36.72	Claudia Hollingsworth		8 March 2021		Box Hill, Australia
1500 m	4:06.77	Georgie Clarke		30 January 2000	Optus Grand Prix	Hobart, Australia
Mile	4:32.73	Susan Power		17 December 1992		Melbourne, Australia
2000 m	5:56.3	Angela Raines-White		27 November 1988		Brisbane, Australia
3000 m	9:02.11	Eloise Poppett		28 February 1999^[21]		Sydney, Australia
5000 m	16:06.01	Katrina Robinson		16 June 2001		Brisbane, Australia
	15:18.6	Eloise Poppett		18 October 1999		Sydney, Australia
10000 m
Half marathon
Marathon
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.02 (+1.8 m/s)	Delta Amidzovski		16 April 2023	Australian U18 Championships	Brisbane, Australia		^[22]
100 m hurdles (84 cm)
200 m hurdles	27.91	Jess Gulli		21 March 2003		Sydney, Australia
400 m hurdles	56.23	Jana Pittman		18 December 1999		Sydney, Australia
2000 m steeplechase	6:25.77	Melissa Rollison		1 May 2000		Sydney, Australia
3000 m steeplechase	10:10.73	Melissa Rollison		25 February 2000	Australian Championships	Sydney, Australia		^[23]
High jump	1.96 m	Eleanor Patterson		7 December 2013	Australian All Schools Championships	Townsville, Australia		^[24]
Pole vault	4.40 m	Vicky Parnov		30 June 2007		Saulheim, Germany
		Liz Parnov		17 April 2010		Perth, Australia
		Nina Kennedy		24 July 2014		Eugene, United States
	4.40 m	Olivia McTaggart		14 January 2017	Potts Classic	Hastings, New Zealand		^[25]
Long jump	6.55 m (+1.9 m/s)	Nicole Boegman		15 October 1983		Sydney, Australia
Triple jump	13.30 m (-0.1 m/s)	Tianna Boras		6 August 2022	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia		^[26]
Shot put (3 kg)	17.54 m	Valerie Adams		2 June 2002		Hamilton, New Zealand
Shot put (4 kg)
Discus throw	58.52 m	Dani Samuels		26 November 2005		Sydney, Australia
Hammer throw (3 kg)	71.14 m	Alexandra Hulley		6 December 2014		Adelaide, Australia
Hammer throw (4 kg)
Javelin throw (500 g)	56.01 m	Annabel Thompson		15 July 2004		Grosseto, Italy
	61.47 m	Mackenzie Little		11 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine
Heptathlon	5650 pts	Sharon Joklofsky		24 February 1985		Brisbane, Australia
3000 m walk (track)	12:36.21	Natalie Saville		9 December 1995		Sydney, Australia
5000 m walk (track)	21:39.03	Katie Hayward		22 October 2016		Brisbane, Australia
5 km walk (road)	22:44	Katie Hayward		30 July 2017		Brisbane, Australia
	22:39	Tanya Holliday		5 November 2005		Adelaide, Australia		^[27]
10000 m walk (track)
10 km walk (road)
20000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	45.48	New South Wales Team O'Gready Thornton Geddes Kyriacou		14 March 2014		Sydney, Australia
4 × 200 m relay	1:38.41	New South Wales Team Gardner Bannister Turner Morton		9 December 2007		Sydney, Australia
Swedish relay	2:06.58	Jessica Gulli Olivia Tauro Megan Hill Jaimee-Lee Hoegbergen		17 July 2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco
4 × 400 m relay	3:42.47	Alton Babbage Hall Moroney		21 March 1982		Brisbane, Australia
4 × 800 m relay	8:57.62	Kajan Tomsett Neville Doyle		21 November 2005		Sydney, Australia
4 × 1500 m relay	18:22.47	Blacktown Team L. Harding-Delooze Evans Hopper A. Harding-Delooze		15 November 2015		Sydney, Australia

Mixed

Indoor

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
50 m
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1000 m
1500 m
Mile
2000 m
3000 m
5000 m
50 m hurdles (91.4 cm)
50 m hurdles (99/100 cm)
50 m hurdles (106.7 cm)
60 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	7.48	Sasha Zhoya		24 February 2019	French U18 Championships	Liévin, France		^[28]
60 m hurdles (99/100 cm)
60 m hurdles (106.7 cm)
High jump
Pole vault	5.32 m	Sasha Zhoya		23 February 2019	French U18 Championships	Liévin, France		^[29]
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put (5 kg)
Shot put (6 kg)
Shot put (7.26 kg)
Heptathlon (Youth)
Heptathlon (Junior)
Heptathlon (Senior)
5000 m walk
4 × 200 m relay
4 × 400 m relay

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
50 m
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1000 m
1500 m	4:13.21	Georgie Clarke		10 March 2001	World Championships	Lisbon, Portugal		^[30]
Mile
2000 m
3000 m
5000 m
50 m hurdles (84 cm)
60 m hurdles (76.2 cm)
60 m hurdles (84 cm)
High jump
Pole vault	4.10 m	Olivia McTaggart		22 February 2017	Vertical Pursuit	Auckland, New Zealand		^[31]
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put (3 kg)
Shot put (4 kg)
Pentathlon (Senior)
3000 m walk (track)
4 × 200 m relay
4 × 400 m relay

References

General

• Oceania Records 2 July 2024 updated

Specific

Notes and References

1. News: Alfred, Wilson and Lyles secure double success in Florida. World Athletics. 15 April 2023. 18 April 2023.
2. Web site: 1500m Results. sportresult.com. 16 July 2023. 18 July 2023. 18 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230718123109/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/SILESIA2023/PDF_ATHM1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1.PDF?h=PgAIlQ9StesyTemWK4fsZcUhjUQ=. dead.
3. Web site: Kerley and local heroes fire up a revived Melbourne. World Athletics. Len Johnson. 23 February 2023. 8 March 2023.
4. Web site: Hull Sets National 3000m Record At Sydney Track Classic. insideathletics.com.au. 12 March 2023. 25 May 2023.
5. Web site: Amidzovski Breaks Pearson’s Australian U18 Hurdles Record. insideathletics.com.au. 16 April 2023. 28 May 2023.
6. News: West Aussie teen Sasha Zhoya leaps into record books with pole vault effort. thewest.com.au. Steve Butler. 1 April 2019. 1 April 2019.
7. News: Athletics: NZ shot putter Jacko Gill breaks world record. The New Zealand Herald. 19 December 2011. 17 December 2013.
8. News: Jacko Gill topples another shot world record. www.stuff.co.nz. Ben Stanley. 19 December 2011. 17 December 2013.
9. News: Gill improves on his New Zealand senior shot put record. IAAF. 6 December 2011. 6 December 2011.
10. News: Athletics: Gill grabs Olympics qualifier. nzherald. 5 December 2011. 5 December 2011.
11. News: Gill improves on his New Zealand senior shot put record. IAAF. 6 December 2011. 6 December 2011.
12. Web site: Octathlon Results. IAAF. 7 July 2011. 8 July 2011.
13. News: World Youth bests by Gill and Stein in - Lille 2011 - Day 2, Evening Report. IAAF. David Martin. 7 July 2011. 8 July 2011.
14. Web site: Mile Walk Result. racewalkaustralia.com. 14 December 2023. 10 February 2024.
15. Web site: U17 5000m Race Walk Results. liveresults.qldathletics.org.au. 15 April 2023. 29 May 2023.
16. Web site: 2023 Australian Racewalking Championships Results. marciadalmondo.com. 8 June 2023.
17. Web site: 2023 Australian Open and U20 Championships – Friday Results. watchathletics.com. 17. 31 March 2023. 29 May 2023.
18. Web site: Dunfee shatters Canadian record, Montag opens her Olympic campaign in style at Supernova. Athletics Australia. 28 January 2024. 30 January 2024.
19. Web site: Beacroft blazes to U20 men's 10km title in Antalya. World Athletics. Jess Whittington. 21 April 2024. 25 April 2024.
20. Web site: 800m Round 1 Heat 1 Results. gc2018.com. 12 April 2018. 16 April 2018.
21. 20 February 1999 by IAAF source
22. News: Alfred, Wilson and Lyles secure double success in Florida. World Athletics. 15 April 2023. 18 April 2023.
23. Web site: Australian Track & Field Championships - 1999-2000. Athletics Australia. 1 November 2020.
24. News:
    1. Townsville2013: Records a plenty as Patterson excels
    . Athletics Australia. 7 December 2013. 7 December 2013.
25. News: Olivia McTaggart breaks Eliza McCartney records at Potts Classic. Newshub. Matt Tewhatu. 15 January 2017. 1 November 2020.
26. Web site: Women's Triple Jump Final Results. World Athletics. 6 August 2022. 8 February 2023.
27. Web site: All time Top lists – 5 Kilometres Race Walk Women. World Athletics. 1 November 2020.
28. Web site: 23/02/19 - Championnats de France cadets et juniors en salle. French Athletics Federation. French. 22 March 2021.
29. Web site: 23/02/19 - Championnats de France cadets et juniors en salle – Perche - Salle / CAM. French Athletics Federation. French. 22 March 2021.
30. Web site: WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Heat 1 – 1500 METRES WOMEN. World Athletics. 22 March 2021.
31. News: Eliza McCartney ecstatic as she makes statement with 4.70 clearance at Britomart. Stuff. 23 February 2017. 22 March 2021.