Aussie Results/News 2023

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Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Franklin Field - Philadelphia, PA


Alexander Kolesnikoff (b.2000) (NSW), Harvard [JR], won the MSP with 19.92 in the first round, more than 2m over 2nd place. His series was very consistent with: 19.92 - 19.86 - x - 19.71 - x - 19.67. Those first two throws are superior to his PB at the end of 2022, along with many other of his throws this year.

He also finished 5th in the MDT with 52.71 PB (was 51.74 '22).


Duncan Miller (b.2000) (ACT), Princeton [SR], has set a new outdoor PB of 3:40.61 in April at the Wake Forrest Invite, putting him 4th on the Princeton AT list and qualifying him for the NCAA East, where he currently ranks 25.

This improved his 3:42.33 from 2022 and went with his performances earlier in the year, when he ran what appears to be his 2nd sub-4 mile of 3:56.77i PB in February (was 3:57.04 '22) with an en route 1500 time of 3:40.23i.

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Mountain West Championships, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Clovis, CA

Today, I'm catching up with AUS athletes at the University of New Mexico, located in Albuquerque at an elevation of 1,619m just a bit higher than Dinner Plain, Australia's highest town without a ski lift at 1570m. However, population wise, Albuquerque wins hands down 916,528 (metro) to 230!

One of the very good things about the athlete pages at NM is the use of an audio player with name pronunciation - watch, listen and learn, IAAF. They also provide competition profiles for all the major USA data sites as well as the IAAF. Here's a sample:https://golobos.com/sports/track/ros...a-leszczynska/


Amelia Mazza-Downie (b.1999) (VIC), New Mexico [JR], won the W5000 in 15:44.37 well clear of 2nd place teammate, Gracelyin Larkin in 16:03.44. This is her first conference win at this distance after finishing 3rd in both 2021 and 2022. While down on her 15:18.54 PB from the Husky Classic in February, she should be ready to improve on her 16th place at last year's NCAA Champs in a few weeks time.

Mazza-Downie also broke Weini Kelati (USA). formerly (ERI)’s, New Mexico record in the 10,000 at the Bryan Clay Invitational earlier this year, running 32:07.62. Again, she should be in a position to improve her 9th placing from last year but it's a matter of seeing whether she does both races like last year or goes for her best distance.

It's worth noting that her NM record beat Kelati’s record of 32:09.10 from 2019, the year she won the NCAA W10000 title. Kelati has since improved to 31:10.08 and represented USA at the WXC in Bathurst this year, finishing in 21st place. Hopefully and indicator of good times ahead for Mazza-Downie.

In the AUS context, at the end of last year, Mazza-Downie was at 37th on the AUS all time list for W10000 but now resides at 22nd ahead of Jess Trengove, Krishna Stanton and not far behind the 32:06.32 of Genevieve Gregson in 20th. The 5000 position were 44(!) and 18, one place ahead of Linden Hall.


Ethan Brouw (b.2002) (NSW), New Mexico [SO], came 3rd in the M800 in 1:49.65 after a 1:54.56 Heat. He was also a DNF in the M5000

He's set PBs this year of 1:47.21/1:48.67i in his main event, as well as more modest results over 1500/mile of 3:48.07 and 4:16.03i. Brouw has hovered in the 1:51-1:52 range since his schooldays in AUS, so this is the first year where he has substantially improved.

He now sits at 9th on the AUS season list but only in the high 50s on the AT list, just behind Tony Blue's 1:47.2h from 1960 but well ahead of now coaching guru, Justin Rinaldi.

Despite all that, he still has some way to go to beat the NM record of 1:46.22 set 46 years ago in 1977 by Sammy Kipkurgat (KEN). It's not hard to believe how long it's lasted when you realise that Kipkurgat made the 1976 Kenyan OG team, along with legend Mike Boit, only to miss out due to the African boycott.


Annamaria Leszczynska (b.2000) (ACT), New Mexico [JR], came 2nd in the W400H in 59.06 after a 60.50 Heat.

Her flat times haven't improved from her AUS competition days where she had 2018 PBs of 25.44 (+0.1)/56.32. However, in her main event the 400H, she ran 58.57 PB at the Bryan Clay Invitational this year. A run that finally improved her 2018 400H best of 58.87 set in the AUS Champs SF, the same year she made the U-20 WC team.


Klara Dess (b.2000) (VIC), New Mexico [Grad], did not compete. She is in her first year at NM after looking like she attended uni in the ACT and making a few finals at Nationals with PBs of 2:07.24/4:21.08 set in 2022. At NM earlier this year, she was a member of the winning Distance Medley Relay team at the Mountain West Indoor Champs in a time of 11:31.55.


Sarah Eckel (b.1999) (SA), New Mexico [SO] finished 16th in the W5000 in 17:00.61 PB (debut). It's worth noting by way of comparison that she did run a 16:16 road 5k in 2021.

Like Dess, she was also a member of the winning relay team at the Mountain West Indoors and has also set a number of modest indoor bests, also on debut this year. Her highest quality performances are still from AUS where she set PBs of 2:05.24 ('18)/4:14.11 ('18)/9:26.10 ('19), with her 1500 PB good enough for 6th at Nationals to go along with a U-20 title, and a trip to Tampere for the U-20 WC.

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Mountain West Championships, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Clovis, CA

Today, I'm catching up with AUS athletes at the University of New Mexico, located in Albuquerque at an elevation of 1,619m .....

Minor nit-pick: I believe the NM track is at 1561m.

[LuckySpikes]

At today's Lange Laufnacht meeting in Karlsruhe (GER), a Conti Tour Challenger meeting ...

800: 1 Filip Ostrowski (POL) 1:45.62 ... 5 Joseph Deng 1:48.17 (former Aussie, Jared Micallef was 4th in 1:46.50)
1500: 1 Jochem Vermeulen (BEL) 3:35.80 ... 4 Jye Edwards 3:36.77

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Live Streaming Links thread at https://forum.athleticsweekly.com/fo...aming-links

Thanks for all the work you do in listing all these streams Lucky - saves a heap of time for me particularly with some meets.

Happily watching WLJ & MJAV while waiting for the WA stream to start.

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Thanks for all the work you do in listing all these streams Lucky - saves a heap of time for me particularly with some meets.

Happily watching WLJ & MJAV while waiting for the WA stream to start.

You're welcome.

Good crowd by the LJ pit. I love their gasps at the longer jumps.

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Brooke Buschkuehl had a good day at the office with a season's best for 2nd and a pretty decent series. The gusty cross-winds made it hard for some athletes (including Cam McEntyre in the jav) to manage their run-ups, but Brooke was spot on for a few of her jumps.

McEntyre 4th - 78.62m
Buschkuehl 2nd - F, 6.64m (1.7), F, 6.65m (2.6), 6.77m (1.7), 6.68m (1.7)

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Browning 10.11 (1.5) 2h1 & 2nd 10.10 (0.4)
Doran 10.19 (1.7) 4h1 & 9th 10.28
Beck 8th - 46.33
Bruce 11th 7-51.98 & Thomas 13th 8-02.55
McCorry 7th 13.48 (0.8) PB
Clarke 4th - 8-26.47
Baden 2nd - 2.15m o 2.20m o 2.25m xo 2.29m xo 2.32m - 2.35m xxx
Frayne 3rd - 7.99m (2.6) 7.85 (-0.8), F, F, F, 7.86m (1.1)

Lewis 3rd 11.42 & Masters 4th 11.43 (-0.4)
Davies 2nd 8-44.07 PB & Batt-Doyle 4th 8-53.81
Mucci 4th 12.93 & Jones 7th 12.97 (0.4)
Little 1st - 61.77m, 61.33m, 64.10m, 60.95m, 61.30m, 63.07m
Barber 3rd - 52.74m, 56.41m, 52.76m, 61.95m, 58.57m, 59.58m

Kelsey only just scraped through to get a final three jumps and then came out with a big SB. Mackenzie Little continues her improvement on the international stage - I reckon that might be the first time she has managed 6 throws over 60m in a series.

A pretty good day for all Aussies except Jude Thomas who was well outside his PB.

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A pretty good day for all Aussies except Jude Thomas who was well outside his PB.

Agree. I'm also a bit worried about Doran's seeming inability to back up. He ran well in the Heat and then dropped back in the final, whereas Browning and Tiaan Whelpton of NZL both improved despite less wind assistance.

Still, there's a long way to go and we don't know exactly where they are in training so it will be interesting to see the season unfold.

I've done some expanded commentary and taken an ANZ approach to the reporting below.


M100 Heat 1

Rohan Browning (b.1997) 2nd in M100 (H1) with 10.11 (+1.5) behind Fred Kerley, 9.88.

This is his 9th fastest time ever and much better than when he ran in this meet last year. At that outing he ran 10.29 (-0.4) H and 10.23 (+0.1) F, although it is worth noting that it was 2 weeks earlier than this year. He went on to run a SB of 10.08 (+1.6) at La Chaux-de-Fonds and 10.10 (+0.9) at the CWG.

Tiaan Whelpton (b.2000) (NZL), continued his fine year with a 10.15 (+1.5) PB, replacing his 3xPB of 10.18 (+1.9) at the 2022 Potts Classic and 10.18 (+0.4) H and 10.18 (0.0) F at this year's Potts Classic.

M100 Heat 2

Jake Doran (b. 2000) finished 4th in H2 with 10.19 (+1.7) his =2nd fastest run ever behind his ancient 10.15 (+1.5) run in Jämsä, Finland ahead of the 2018 U-20 WC. His other 10.19 had +1.2 and won him the Oceania Champs last year.

M100 Final

Fred Kerley (USA) takes the win in 9.91 (+0.4).

Rohan Browning (b.1997) 2nd in 10.10, showing his OS season is starting where it peaked last year. Let's see if he can make the expected progress and visit the 9.9s in still conditions.

Tiaan Whelpton (NZL), 5th in 10.14 PB, replacing his 10.15 (+1.5) from the Heat. Whelpton is on fire! Oh, and Eddie who?

Jake Doran 9th in 10.28, a full tenth down on his heat time.


MJT

Cameron McEntyre (b.1999) finished 4th with 78.62 on his first throw. While not going to set the world on fire, this is quite a reasonable first outing overseas because he's only ever been an occasional 80m thrower and mostly throws in the 78-79 range.

Series: 78.62 - × - × - 74.40 - × - ×

WLJ

Brooke Buschkuehl (b. 1993), finished with 6.77 (+1.7) behind Maryse Luzolo (GER) 6.79 (+2.5). Luzolo's best legal jump was 6.68 (+1.3), raising a "what if?".

Series: × - 6.64 (+1.7) - × - 6.65 (+2.6) - 6.77 (+1.7) - 6.68 (+1.7)

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MHJ

Joel Baden (b.1996) finished 2nd with 2.29, losing on countback to Sanghyeok Woo (KOR) who cleared the winning height on his first attempt compared to Baden's 2nd. But first, Woo xed out at 2.32, which Baden passed to attempt a PB of 2.35 but failed. Baden set his PB of 2.33 back in March, so this was either a confident risk or pointless waste of time! The rest of the season will inform us.

Series:
2.15 o
2.20 o
2.25 xo
2.29 xo
2.32 -
2.35 xxx

Hamish Kerr (b.1996) (NZL) finished down the pack with his only clearance at 2.20.
Series:

2.15 -
2.20 o
2.25 xxx

WJT

The southern hemisphere dominated this competition, taking the 1st 3 placings.

Mackenzie Little (b.1996) winning with 64.10 in R3. This is her 2nd 64m throw and not far off her 64.27 PB set when taking silver at the CWG last year. This is a very promising start to the northern campaign and 2m better than any throw in the domestic season. Series: 61.77 - 61.33 - 64.10 - 60.95 - 61.30 - 63.07

Tori Peeters (b.1994) (NZL) took 2nd with 63.26 PB NR, improving on her 62.40 at Hawkes Bay in 2022.

Series: 58.78 - 59.45 - 60.60 - 63.26 - × - 62.06

Kelsey-Lee Barber (b.1991) opened solidly with 61.95 for 3rd in her overseas opener. Barber clearly trained straight through the domestic season with just one comp just over 60m. After some early rubbish, she settled into a much better standard in her final 3 rounds.
Series: 52.74 - 56.41 - 52.76 - 61.95 - 58.57 - 59.58.

MLJ

Henry Frayne (b.1990) finished 3rd with 7.99 (+2.7), well down on Hiromichi Yoshida (JPN) 8.26 (+1.0) and Jianan Wang (CHN) 8.22 (+1.5). Fraynes's best legal jump was 7.86 (+1.1) in the final round, which is better than his SB of 7.81 (-0.2) when 5th at Nationals.

Series: 7.99 (+2.7) - 7.85 (-0.8) - × - × - × - 7.86 (+1.1)

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W1500

Madeleine Murray (b.1993) finished 4th with 4:13.16. She was shown as (AUS) in the results but IAAF shows her as GBR but she has been living here since 2017 and even ran in the 1500 final at Nationals. Maybe she has finally formally transferred?

M3000SC

Matthew Clarke (b.1995) finished 4th 8:26.47 SB, his 3rd fastest time ever after two 8:22s in 2021, lead by his 8:22.13 PB. Clarke finished 2nd at Nationals in this event and 5th in th 5000.

M400

Alex Beck (b.1992) finished 8th in 46.33, well ahead of his domestic season where he finished at AUS champs in the 47+ range. His only resonable run was his 46.05 at Canberra in January but after that he dropped 1-1.5s for the rest of the season. I don't know if he was injured or trained through but hopefully he is inline to get back into the 45s on a regular basis to fulfill Vault-emort's mixed relay fantasy.

W100H

Celeste Mucci (b.1999) was 4th in 12.93 (+0.4) in her 4th fastest time ever after 12.84 (+0.6), 12.92 (-0.3) and 12.92 (-0.1), all from this year, with the last result getting her silver at Nationals.

Hannah Jones (b.1995) was 7th in 12.97 (+0.4) her 5th fastest ever and 6th time under 13. Her PB is 12.91 (+0.5) from 2021

M110H

Jacob McCorry (b.1997) finished 7th in 13.48 (+0.8) PB, his first time under 13.50 and trimming his 13.54 (+0.3) from the Sydney Track Classic earlier this year.

He is now 3rd on the AUS AT performer list behind Kyle Vander-Kuyp's ancient 13.29 (+0.6) NR and the 13.38 (-0.3) of Nicholas Hough when he finish 3rd in the 2018 CWG. He is =19th performance after 13 x KV-K and 5 x NH.

W100

Zoe Hobbs (b.1997) (NZL) wins in 11.20 (-0.4)

Torrie Lewis (b.2005) 3rd in 11.42, her 7th fastest time ever.

Bree Masters (b.1995) 4th in 11.43

The closeness of Lewis and Masters reflect their common PBs of 11.23 both set earlier this year.

M3000

Julian Oakley (b.1993) (NZL), spanks the Aussies and take the win in 7:50.60 PB MR , upgrading his 7:52.29 in Cork in 2017.

Jack Bruce (b.1994) was first AUS in 9th place with 7:51.98 SB, also under the MR but just shy of his 7:51.81 PB set winning the AUS championships at Box Hill in 2021.

Jude Thomas (b.2002) was lucky 13th in 8:02.55. He's had a low competition year so far, improving none of his main distance PBs, although he did set a 3:56.87 mile PB at the Maurie Plant meet but did not compete at Nationals. Still, he's only 21 this year, so he should be able to rebuild and produce some better times in the lead up to Paris.


W3000

Teresiah Muthoni Gateri (KEN) takes the win with 8:43.81 MR.

Rose Davies (b.1999) in 2nd with 8:44.07 PB, also under the MR. This is a near 6s improvement on her 8:49.86 in Rabat last year where she finished 7th.

Isobel Batt-Doyle (b.1995) in 4th with 8:53.81 SB (debut) and her 2nd fastest ever after her 8:51.82 PB in Adelaide 2021.

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Maybe she has finally formally transferred?

I checked WA's transfer of allegiance before excluding her. With the W1500 strength of AUS & GBR at the moment, she should probably do a 'Dhruv' to the East Islands if she wants to compete internationally in a Games of some sort.

Vault-emort's mixed relay fantasy.

I imagine you have had quite a few vinos already... but beware....I have plenty of my own here which I am about to get stuck into

Bolds thrown in as it seems El Terror favours them.. a lot...

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W3000

Teresiah Muthoni Gateri (KEN) takes the win with 8:43.81 MR.

Rose Davies (b.1999) in 2nd with 8:44.07 PB, also under the MR. This is a near 6s improvement on her 8:49.86 in Rabat last year where she finished 7th.

Isobel Batt-Doyle (b.1995) in 4th with 8:53.81 SB (debut) and her 2nd fastest ever after her 8:51.82 PB in Adelaide 2021.

As a distance fan I enjoyed watching Rose Davies giving it a real good go against the (complacent?) 3 young Kenyans. Around 2:50-flat for Rose's last 1000 I think. It's easy to forget she's still quite young herself.

[Vault-emort]

I'm also a bit worried about Doran's seeming inability to back up. He ran well in the Heat and then dropped back in the final, whereas Browning and Tiaan Whelpton of NZL both improved despite less wind assistance.

Jake Doran (b. 2000) finished 4th in H2 with 10.19 (+1.7) his =2nd fastest run ever behind his ancient 10.15 (+1.5) run in Jämsä, Finland ahead of the 2018 U-20 WC.

Jake Doran 9th in 10.28, a full tenth down on his heat time.

I think you're being a bit harsh on Jake. That Finland PB was an outlier and I was quite suss about it at the time. A full 0.2 better than his PB which he had run earlier in that day. And the next week in Tampere he was back to his normal times of the period - 10.4s.

If we remove that outlier from his list of PBs, it's a fairly steady improvement:

2017 10.47
2018 10.35
2019 10.30
2020 10.24
2021 10.50
2022 10.19
2023 10.19

We can put the 2021 stagnation down to covid and the transition to senior ranks.

He's still only 22 and has never competed in a Northern Hemisphere circuit meet and never run two rounds of a 100m on the same day against a senior international field.

As one of the less experienced athletes in yesterday's 100m, he was probably more affected by those false starts than his rivals. I was pleased he could even manage 10.19 in the heat as I wasn't expecting much from him.

Hopefully he gets to run a few meets on the European circuit this year and gains some extra experience. And doesn't go completely backwards over his next few years as Mr Hale did.

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A couple of 20yo female javelin throwers are starting to nip at the heels of our established stars in the event - Mackenzie Mielczarek threw 59.59m in a meet in Germany over the weekend, Lianna Davidson 57.65m at a college meet in the US the other week.

A couple of multi-event results from Greece last week too - Tori West 5819, Christian Paynter 7416, a PB for him.