Sam Baines Explained

Sam Baines (born 8 February 1991 in Melbourne) is an Australian track and field athlete, specialising in the 110 m Hurdles.

Biography

Baines was born in Melbourne.He holds the Australian U/18 Record for the 110m Hurdles and also holds the Commonwealth Youth Record. He is coached by James Karageorgiou and competes for the Old Melburnians Athletics Club.^[1]

2008

At the III Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India he placed 1st in a Commonwealth Youth record time of 13.77s.

He was ranked number 1 in the world for U/18 110m Hurdles.

2010

He competed at the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics and placed 4th in the Final.^[2]

Personal bests! Event !! Venue !! Time

100m	Melbourne	10.75
110mH(91 cm)		13.28
110mH(99 cm)		13.53
110mH(106 cm)	Brisbane	13.54
400m	Canberra	48.87

External links

• • Sam Baines at Australian Athletics Historical Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baines bags new national record en route to world junior titles . Athletics Australia . 11 July 2010 . 7 September 2012.
2. Web site: RT Interviews: Sam Baines . The Runners Tribe . 3 April 2010 . 7 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105205443/http://www.runnerstribe.com/article/post/show/id/751-RT-Interviews-Sam-Baines . 5 November 2012 . dmy-all .