2008–09 Australian Athletics Championships

The 2008–09 Australian Athletics Championships was the 87th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 19–21 March 2009 at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

2008–09 Australian Athletics Championships
Dates19–21 March 2009
Host cityBrisbane, Australia
VenueQueensland Sport and Athletics Centre

Some long-distance events were staged separately. The 10,000 metres event took place at the Zatopek 10K on 11 December 2008 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, the men's 5000 metres was contested at the Melbourne Track Classic on 5 March 2009 at the Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne and the women's 5000 metres was held at the Sydney Track Classic on 28 February 2009 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney.[1][2][3]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(Wind: -0.4 m/s)
Josh Ross
Victoria
10.34 Aaron Rouge-Serret
Victoria
10.36 David Ambler
  New Zealand (NZL)
10.41
200 metres
(Wind: -2.0 m/s)
Aaron Rouge-Serret
Victoria
20.95 Matt Davies
Queensland
21.17 Josh Ross
Victoria
21.17
400 metres Sean Wroe
Victoria
45.07 John Steffensen
New South Wales
45.51 Kurt Mulcahy
New South Wales
46.33
800 metres Nicholas Bromley
New South Wales
1:47.76 Lachlan Renshaw
New South Wales
1:48.17 Werner Botha
Queensland
1:48.24
1500 metres Jeff Riseley
Victoria
3:35.71 Jeremy Roff
New South Wales
3:37.62 Craig Huffer
Victoria
3:41.67
5000 metres Collis Birmingham
  Australia (AUS)
13:16.26 Andrew Baddeley
  Great Britain (GBR)
13:20.99 Bernard Kiplagat
  Kenya (KEN)
13:25.64
10,000 metres David McNeill
Victoria
28:03.02 Bobby Curtis
  United States (USA)
28:06.74 Michael Shelley
Queensland
28:08.96
110 metres hurdles
(Wind: -0.6 m/s)
Tasuku Tanonaka
  Japan (JPN)
13.92 Justin Merlino
New South Wales
13.95 John Burstow
Queensland
14.15
400 metres hurdles Tristan Thomas
Tasmania
49.26 Brendan Cole
Australian Capital Territory
50.11 Dane Richter
Western Australia
51.35
3000 metres steeplechase Youcef Abdi
New South Wales
8:38.65 Peter Nowill
Queensland
8:40.91 Matthew Johnsen
Victoria
9:00.98
High jump Liam Zamel-Paez
Queensland
2.23 m Chris Armet
Victoria
2.20 m Naoyuki Daigo
  Japan (JPN)
2.20 m
Pole vault Blake Lucas
Victoria
5.45 m Joel Pocklington
Victoria
5.20 m Matt Boyd
Queensland
4.90 m
Long jump Fabrice Lapierre
New South Wales
8.29 m
(+0.8 m/s)
Mitchell Watt
Queensland
8.10 m
(+3.6 m/s)
Chris Noffke
Queensland
8.00 m
(+1.3 m/s)
Triple jump Alwyn Jones
Victoria
16.83 m
(+0.8 m/s)
Joshua Lumley
Queensland
15.84 m
(+0.1 m/s)
Tomas Cholensky
New South Wales
15.67 m
(+1.1 m/s)
Shot put Justin Anlezark
Queensland
20.03 m Dale Stevenson
Victoria
17.59 m Stuart Gyngell
New South Wales
17.29 m
Discus throw Bertrand Vili
  France (FRA)
61.81 m Scott Martin
Victoria
59.10 m Aaron Neighbour
Victoria
55.98 m
Hammer throw Mark Dickson
New South Wales
64.71 m Tim Driesen
Victoria
64.63 m Darren Billett
South Australia
64.35 m
Javelin throw Stuart Farquhar
  New Zealand (NZL)
80.16 m Park Jae-Myung
  South Korea (KOR)
78.34 m Benjamin Baker
New South Wales
77.13 m
Decathlon Brent Newdick
  New Zealand (NZL)
7618 pts[4] Stephen Cain
Victoria
7137 pts[5] Aaron Page
Victoria
6415 pts[6]

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(Wind: -0.1 m/s)
Sally McLellan
Queensland
11.32 Melissa Breen
Australian Capital Territory
11.61 Alicia Wrench-Doody
South Australia
11.77
200 metres
(Wind: +0.0 m/s)
Monique Williams
  New Zealand (NZL)
23.74 Melissa Breen
Australian Capital Territory
23.96 Alicia Wrench-Doody
South Australia
24.33
400 metres Tamsyn Lewis
Victoria
51.42 Monique Williams
  New Zealand (NZL)
51.88 Madeleine Pape
Victoria
53.08
800 metres Madeleine Pape
Victoria
2:02.57 Nikki Hamblin
  New Zealand (NZL)
2:03.23 Katherine Katsanevakis
Victoria
2:05.91
1500 metres Sarah Jamieson
Victoria
4:16.15 Kaila McKnight
Victoria
4:16.27 Bridey Delaney
New South Wales
4:16.58
1500 metres Melanie Daniels
Tasmania
9:34.76 Lauren McKillop
New South Wales
9:40.99 Narelle Coady
Victoria
9:46.85
5000 metres Sarah Jamieson
Victoria
15:54.64 Lisa Jane Weightman
Victoria
15:58.92 Donna MacFarlane
Tasmania
16:00.43
10,000 metres Lara Tamsett
New South Wales
32:56.19 Cassie Fien
Queensland
34:34.16 Belinda Wimmer
  New Zealand (NZL)
35:17.16
100 metres hurdles
(Wind: -1.3 m/s)
Sally McLellan
Queensland
12.74 Mami Ishino
  Japan (JPN)
13.73 Veronica Torr
  New Zealand (NZL)
13.99
400 metres hurdles Tamsyn Lewis
Victoria
56.27 Lauren Boden
Australian Capital Territory
56.33 Lyndsay Pekin
Western Australia
59.70
3000 metres steeplechase Donna MacFarlane
Tasmania
9:57.14 Ashlea Gilfillan
Queensland
10:33.50 Andrea Ilakovac
Australian Capital Territory
11:00.60
High jump Petrina Price
New South Wales
1.87 m Ellen Pettitt
Western Australia
1.84 m Catherine Drummond
Queensland
1.78 m
Pole vault Alana Boyd
Queensland
4.35 m Amanda Bisk
Western Australia
4.20 m Vicky Parnov
Western Australia
4.05 m
Long jump Jacinta Boyd
Queensland
6.40 m
(+0.7 m/s)
Larissa Perry
Western Australia
6.12 m
(+0.1 m/s)
Stephanie Lockhart
Victoria
5.98 m
(+0.9 m/s)
Triple jump Linda Allen
Queensland
13.48 m
(+2.5 m/s)
Fumiyo Yoshida
  Japan (JPN)
13.02 m
(+1.3 m/s)
Marissa Pritchard
  New Zealand (NZL)
12.79 m
(+1.7 m/s)
Shot put Valerie Vili
  New Zealand (NZL)
20.22 m Ana Pouhila
  Tonga (TGA)
16.94 m Dani Samuels
New South Wales
16.30 m
Discus throw Dani Samuels
New South Wales
60.05 m Kim Mulhall
Victoria
52.18 m Alifatou Djibril
South Australia
49.63 m
Hammer throw Bronwyn Eagles
New South Wales
61.75 m Karyne Di Marco
New South Wales
61.70 m Gabrielle Neighbour
Victoria
60.89 m
Javelin throw Kim Mickle
Western Australia
60.69 m Laura Cornford
New South Wales
55.88 m Gim Gyeong-ae
  South Korea (KOR)
53.02 m
Heptathlon Lauren Foote
South Australia
5697 pts[7] Sarah Cowley
  New Zealand (NZL)
5609 pts[8] Rebecca Robinson
Queensland
5136 pts[9]

References

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  1. ^ Lapierre leaps 8.29m in Brisbane - Australian Champs, day 3 . World Athletics (2009-03-21). Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  2. ^ Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 2008–09. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-11
  3. ^ Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 2008–09. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  4. ^ (11.00 (+2.5), 7.33 m (+1.3), 13.86 m, 1.97 m, 50.11, 14.90 (-4.2), 40.92 m, 4.60 m, 47.33 m, 4:40.99)
  5. ^ (11.40 (+2.5), 6.80 m (+2.6), 12.66 m, 1.91 m, 51.60, 16.01 (-4.2), 38.71 m, 4.80 m, 54.26 m, 4:50.87)
  6. ^ (11.59 (+2.5), 6.75 m (+1.8), 11.03 m, 1.94 m, 52.53, 17.05 (-4.2), 33.92 m, 3.90 m, 45.05 m, 4:43.18)
  7. ^ (14.50 (+0.4), 1.77 m, 12.23 m, 24.91 (+1.9), 5.86 m (+1.3), 39.88 m, 2:21.46)
  8. ^ (14.11 (+0.4), 1.83 m, 11.33 m, 25.43 (+1.9), 5.85 m (+0.9), 32.37 m, 2:18.88)
  9. ^ (14.40 (+0.4), 1.53 m, 11.61 m, 25.22 (+1.9), 5.63 m (+2.2), 31.63 m, 2:21.01)
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