Aussie Results/News 2023

[El Toro]

FBK Games

MPV

Kurtis Marschall finishes 2nd with 5.81, behind WR holder Duplantis at 5.91.

Series:
5.41 o
5.61 xo
5.71 xo
5.81 o
5.91 xxx

M1500

Jye Edwards 3rd in 3:38.24. Edwards was leading at 1200m but finished 0.27 behind the winner.
Matthew Ramsden 8th in 3:40.21


W1500

Linden Hall 7th in 4:03.66

[El Toro]

Portland Track Festival Day 1 03 June 2023

M3000SC

6. Kale Adams 8:51.44 (PB=8:45.23, 2018)

W3000SC

2. Amy Cashin 9:38.27 (PB=9:21.46, 8th in H2 WC2022)

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Also Bisset in the 800.

Second to Reekie in 1-59.22.

Wonder what Browning's run was about. 10.3 is pretty slow compared to what he should do clocking at this stage of his season.

[El Toro]

Sparkassen Gala Regensburg, 03 June 2023

M1500

Sam Blake DNF (PB=3:38.43, 2022)

M400H

4.Conor Fry 51.27 (PB=50.38, 2023)

[El Toro]

Janusz Kusociński Memorial

M100

2. Rohan Browining 10.32 -1.4 (Doesn't answer V-e but winner was Dominik KOPEĆ in 10.21 off a 2022 PB of 10.20 +0.5 and he's 2 years older than Browning)

W800

2. Catriona Bisset 1:59.22 just behind Jemma Reekie (GBR) 1:58.94

[El Toro]

Music City Track Carnival, Nashville

M800 Final 3

5.Dylan Burrows 1:48.03 PB (was 1:49.17, 2022) Attends Oklahoma Christian and finished 10th with 1:51.16 in the NCAA Division II Championships this year.

M1500

4. Jack Anstey 3:39.83 SB (PB=3:36.54, 2022)

MMile

2. Matthew Scarr 3:59.87 PB (was 4:10.21 at same meet 2022 and 4:03.21i 2023, 1500PB= 3:43.25 2022)

M400H

6. Chris Douglas 52.71 (PB=49.50, 2021, SB=50.15)

[El Toro]

MEETING INTERNAZIONALE CITTA' DI LUCCA

M800

4. Lachlan Raper 1:47.95
5. Brad Mathas (NZL) 1:48.11

[El Toro]

Trond Mohn Games, Bergen. 03 June 2023

M800

2. Joseph Deng (b.1998) 1:46.70 SB (was 1:46.86 28 May. PB=1:44.21, 2018)
8. Jye Perrott (b.1998) 1:49.77 (SB=1:46.74 28 May. PB=1:45.61, 2022)

M3000

13. Callum Davies (b.1999) 7:55.54 PB (was 7:59.51, 2021)
15. Jude Thomas (b.2002) 8:03.04 6th best time (SB=7:48.25 11 Mar. PB=7:47.26, 2022)

MLJ

1. Jalen Rucker (b.1997) 7.84 (+1.1) =7th best comp (SB/PB=8.02 (+0.4), 2 APR)

W200

1. Torrie Lewis (b.2005) 23.23 (+0.1) 5th best time, best OS(debut). (SB/PB=23.02 (+0.8), 02 Apr)

W800

4. Ellie Sanford (b.1997) 2:03.67 (SB/PB=2:00.50, 02 Apr, best OS=2:01.98, 2022)

W1500

6. Sarah Billings (b.1998) 4:11.93 4th best time, 2nd best OS after 4:10.46, 2022. (SB/PB=4:08.32, 01 Apr)

W5000

1. Rose Davies (b.1999) 15:10.30 SB, 3rd best time, 2nd best OS after 15:08.48, 2022. (SB was 15:23.25, 02 Apr. PB=15:07.49, 2022)

WHJ

3. Emily Whelan (b.2000) 1.78 worst jump this year, previously 1.83 x 2 at NSW Country and NSW Open champs (SB/PB=1.87 23 Feb) Hope she just had a bad day rather than dealing with injury, especially as it looked like this was going to be her first year all above 1.80 after jumping 3 times over her old 1.85 PB from 2021.

[El Toro]

El Toro, enjoy your Aussie posts! I'm very curious how the Aussue 'elite of the elite' deal with a year like '23 with an August WC and Sept DL final.... do they just have one long 10+ month track season?

This depends on a lot of variables because the Australian domestic season is not like a northern indoor season which is optional for athletes.

The Australian season needs to be a showcase of the sport for Athletics Australia, so it requires "support for the domestic season" as a precondition for selection to international teams, otherwise our best athletes would hardly compete in Australia.

How this affects individuals depends substantially on how good athletes are. At the very top end, they can turn up to major domestic competitions in heavy training and still win or place high, supporting the sport while still planning everything towards the northern season as their peaking goal.

The not so good athletes have to peak domestically in order to try and hit Q times, beat other contenders, build up ranking points or be considered worthy of an OS start somewhere. Ideally, they would then go back into heavier training before a second peak later in the year but if they get offered OS races in April/May, right after AUS champs, they miss that option and have to try and extend their domestic peak.

Of coures, if they then improve, they might get offered more competitions, so they can end up on the "one more comp and I'll get the Q" treadmill, and even if they do make a team, they are at high risk of dropping off the performance cliff at the critical part of the season.

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This depends on a lot of variables because the Australian domestic season is not like a northern indoor season which is optional for athletes.

The Australian season needs to be a showcase of the sport for Athletics Australia, so it requires "support for the domestic season" as a precondition for selection to international teams, otherwise our best athletes would hardly compete in Australia.

How this affects individuals depends substantially on how good athletes are. At the very top end, they can turn up to major domestic competitions in heavy training and still win or place high, supporting the sport while still planning everything towards the northern season as their peaking goal.

The not so good athletes have to peak domestically in order to try and hit Q times, beat other contenders, build up ranking points or be considered worthy of an OS start somewhere. Ideally, they would then go back into heavier training before a second peak later in the year but if they get offered OS races in April/May, right after AUS champs, they miss that option and have to try and extend their domestic peak.

Of coures, if they then improve, they might get offered more competitions, so they can end up on the "one more comp and I'll get the Q" treadmill, and even if they do make a team, they are at high risk of dropping off the performance cliff at the critical part of the season.

Thanks ET, as a multis fan it seem even more difficult if one is on the bubble for WC/OG in a multi.... only 'positive' I can think of is your weather : ) I traveled to Brisbane in July 2001 for world masters meet, winter 'weather' was perfect multis weather that week.

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Thanks ET, as a multis fan it seem even more difficult if one is on the bubble for WC/OG in a multi.... only 'positive' I can think of is your weather : ) I traveled to Brisbane in July 2001 for world masters meet, winter 'weather' was perfect multis weather that week.

For an Aussie multi-eventer, these days the schedule should be something like December comp (Brisbane), Nationals comp (around March) and then maybe Gotzis before preparing for Worlds/Olympics later in the season. And pray for no injuries.

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How this affects individuals depends substantially on how good athletes are. At the very top end, they can turn up to major domestic competitions in heavy training and still win or place high

I can remember Linford Christie saying something like this /in the 90s when he ran fast in Australia in Jan/Feb. "Top athletes should be able to perform at near their best every week of the year."

I think it's tougher for sprinters to do that but distance runners and field eventers should have a 'training session' standard that would place well in most domestic level meets.

[El Toro]

Shirvo is the new Kochie on the Sunrise program.

His PB of 10.03 ( -0.1) in finishing 4th in the 1998 CWG makes him still the "2nd fastest Australian" according to the article. I'll have to give the TV writer a pass because that's what the AUS Olympic Committee says. The reality is 3rd after Browning's 10.01 in Tokyo OG heats.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/sunrise-announces-david-koch-s-replacement-20230605-p5ddwd.html

[El Toro]

Thanks ET, as a multis fan it seem even more difficult if one is on the bubble for WC/OG in a multi.... only 'positive' I can think of is your weather : ) I traveled to Brisbane in July 2001 for world masters meet, winter 'weather' was perfect multis weather that week.

Yes, and that is reflected in the changes in relative performance power over the years. Broadly, the southern states used to dominate the sport in the olden days but Qld now has a greater proportion of quality athletes, partly due to the weather.

For decathlon, in 1987 there were only two Qld athletes in the AUS top-20 AT, now there are 7 (+1 ex-Qlder). MIld winters for the win!

[AS]

So, male qualifiers for NCAA finals:

Shot Put
Alexander Kolesnikoff (Harvard)

Hammer
James Joycey (North Carolina)

800m
Kash Powell (Long Beach State)

1500m
Jesse Hunt (North Carolina)
Adam Spencer (Wisconsin)
Alex Stitt (Oklahoma State)

5000m
Zach Facioni (Wake Forest)
Ky Robinson (Stanford)
Jackson Sharp (Wisconsin)
Toby Gillen (Saint Louis)

Steeple
Ed Trippas (Washington)

10000m
Haftu Strintzos (Villanova)
Ky Robinson (Stanford)

Possibly also Colby Eddoes (Arkansas State) in Decath (he's currently ranked 29th on the year list (so needs a few to not declare to crack the top 24)

To follow up on this, Eddoes did NOT get a Decath spot. All others above are declared.

Camryn Newton-Smith DOES start in Hept.