Aussie Results/News 2023

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WC Day 3 Evening Session - Results

WPV Qualifying - 4.65 or at least 12 best

Group B Group B (18 competitors)

1. Nina Kennedy 4.65 Q, =1st overall

Series: 4.20 p - 4.35 p - 4.50 O - 4.60 O - 4.65 O

W400H Heats - first 4 + next 4 fastest

6. Sarah Carli 55.76 DNQ, 24th fastest overall, her 5th fastest this year

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WC Day 3 Evening Session - Matt Denny tribute post.


MDT Final

4. Matt Denny (b.1996) 68.24 PB/NR, was 68.20 Benn Harradine Townsville 10 MAY 2013. Highest AUS placing in a WC MDT, was Harradine in 5th with 64.77 in 2011.

Series: 66.39 - X - X - 68.24 - X - 65.92

This is by far the furthest throw by an Oceania athlete in a stadium, noting that the 70.39 AR by Alex ROSE (SAM) was at Millican Field this year in windy Oklahoma where "field" means exactly what it says).

For a more accurate comparison of throwing ability, Rose has never beaten Denny in the last two CWG and three WC, with Rose finishing 12th in the final here with 61.69, the 3rd OCE athlete behind 10th place Connor Bell (NZL) 63.23.

More notes on Denny's performance:

- furthest throw in a WC for 4th
- only thrower to set a NR in 4th at WC
- 2nd thrower to set PB in 4th at WC after Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) 67.57, 2001.
- would have got WC Bronze in every previous WC
- would have got WC Silver in every previous WC except 2001 (69.40 Alekna), 2003 (69.01 Fazekas), 2005 (68.57 Kanter), 2022 (69.27 Alekna Jnr)
- would have got WC Gold in 1983, 1991, 1993, 2015 & 2019
- 3rd furthest throw ever for 4th place after:
68.61 Gerd Kanter (EST) Shanghai 23 May 2010
68.40 Gejza Valent (CZE) San José 25 May 1985
68.24 Matthew Denny (AUS) Budapest 21 Aug 2023

Denny also holds furthest throw ever for 6th place at 66.47 at the 22 WC

Table of WC 4th places in order of distance:

Year	Athlete	Distance	Record
2023	Matt Denny (AUS)	68.24	PB/NR
2001	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	67.57	PB
1999	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	67.53
2022	Daniel Ståhl (SWE)	67.10
2019	Alin Firfirică (ROM)	66.46
2009	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	66.36
2003	Lars Riedel (GER)	66.28
1997	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	66.12
1987	Rolf Danneberg (FRG)	65.96
2017	Fedrick Dacres (JAM)	65.83
1995	Attila Horváth (HUN)	65.72
1983	Ari Huumonen (FIN)	65.44
1993	Costel Grasu (ROM)	65.24
2007	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	65.24
2011	Märt Israel (EST)	65.20
2013	Martin Wierig (GER)	65.02
2005	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	64.84
2015	Gerd Kanter (EST)	64.82
1991	Wolfgang Schmidt (GER)	64.76

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Some nice little clips:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g92y9WfvtwU&ab_channel=AthleticsAustralia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMiSJh17QGM&ab_channel=AthleticsAustralia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOPKtKOAahY&ab_channel=AthleticsAustralia


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9oDJfLrLS4&ab_channel=AthleticsAustralia

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WC Day 3 Evening session

upcoming action with some AUS vs NZL action with many regular visitors to our shores + a sad reminder of the woeful state of AUS female sprinting.

WPV Qualifying - 4.65 or at least 12 best

Group A

Olivia MCTAGGART (NZL) 4.71 SB/PB, WRK=14

Imogen AYRIS (NZL) 4.53 SB/PB, WRK=40

Group B

Nina KENNEDY 4.77/4.82 SB/PB, WRK=2

Eliza MCCARTNEY (NZL) 4.85/4.94 SB/PB, WRK=10


W400H Heats - first 4 + 4 fastest to Semi

Heat 1. Portia BING (NZL) 56.24/55.44 SB/PB, WRK=90

Heat 4. Sarah CARLI 54.66 SB/PB, WRK=16

MDT Final

Matthew DENNY 66.84/67.26 SB/PB, WRK=7

Connor BELL (NZL) 66.23 SB/PB, WRK=15

W100 Semi-finals - first 2 + 2 fastest

SF2 Zoe HOBBS 10.96 SB/PB, WRK=13

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Baden's marks back 6 months ago are WC-worthy but has he shown anything since? No.

Early season (domestic + Seiko)
04 MAR 2.33
11 MAR 2.23
01 APR 2.32
21 MAY 2.29 Mean = 2.29

Euro season
23 JUL 2.16
29 JUL 2.24
06 AUG 2.20 Mean = 2.20

WC
20 AUG 2.14

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WC Day 2 - Evening Session results

W1500 Semi-finals - first 6 only.

SF1
8. Linden Hall 4:03.96 DNQ

SF2
6. Jessica HULL 3:57.85 Q, her 2nd fastest ever and 3rd fastest AUS performance.

9. Abbey CALDWELL 3:59.79 SB/PB DNQ, was 4:01.15, Doha 05 MAY. 3rd AUS under 4:00 surpassing Georgia Griffith and Sara Jamieson on the AT list.

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M1500 Semi-finals - first 6 only

SF1
13. Matthew RAMSDEN 3:36.83 DNQ & DNFall

SF2
13. Adam Spencer 3:42.10 DNQ

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WC Day 2 - Evening Session results

M100 Semi-finals - first 3 and 2 fastest

SF 3
4. Rohan Browning 10.11 (-0.3), 14th fastest overall compared to WRK of 19, =1st fastest AUS at WC in any round along with his Heat time of 10.11 (-0.4). Slowest 2023 q time = 10.01 (+0.3) Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN), 3rd Heat 1.

Still no AUS finalist since Paul Narracott in 1983. Still, he beat some decent runners in his Heat, especially Prescod:

Reece PRESCOD (GBR) 9.99/9.93
Brendon RODNEY (CAN) 10.00/10.00
Raphael BOUJU (NED) 10.02/10.02
Henrik LARSSON (SWE) 10.13/10.13

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Joel Baden 2.18 DNQ & WTF?

When I think of some of the athletes of old who missed out and see some of this year's team..

I used to think AA's selectors were too cruel. Now I kinda miss them.

Baden's marks back 6 months ago are WC-worthy but has he shown anything since? No.

Starc perhaps not as deserving on paper, but he gets the job done.

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WC Day 2 - Morning Session results


W100 Heats - First 3 + 3 fastest

Heat 5
6. Torrie LEWIS 11.45 (+0.4) DNQ, 39th overall

Heat 6
5. Bree MASTERS 11.43 (+0.9) DNQ, =36th overall

Heat 7 to show how it's done...
3. Zoe HOBBS (NZL) 11.14 (+0.2) Q, 17th overall


MHJ Qualifying - 2.30 or at least 12 best

Group A
Joel Baden 2.18 DNQ & WTF?

Group B
4. Brandon Starc 2.28 q, 10th overall with 13 proceeding at 2.28


M110H Heats - first 4 + 4 fastest (slowest q in 2023 = 13.56)

Heat 3
5. Jacob MCCORRY 13.67 (0.0) DNQ, 28th fastest overall, but he now has a win over sub-13 man Rasheed Broadbell...

Heat 5
9. Nick ANDREWS 13.92 (-0.9) DNQ, 39th overall

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WC Day 2 - AUS athletes coming up

Morning session

MHJ - 2.30 or at least 12 best, highest non-Q = 2.29 2015, 2017, lowest Q this century = 2.24 2005

Group A Joel BADEN 2.33 SB/PB, WRK 15
Group B Brandon STARC 2.29 SB/ 2.36 PB, WRK 22

M110H - first 4 + 4 fastest, WC fastest non-Q in Round 1 = 13.47 1991, slowest Q this century = 14.12 2005 (only time ever over 14!) Slowest over 2011-202 = 13.63 2015

Heat 3 Jacob MCCORRY 13.48 SB/PB, WRK 62


Evening Session

M100 Semi-finals - first 2 + 2 fastest

SF 3 Rohan BROWNING 10.02 SB/ 10.01 PB, Heat 10.11 (14th fastest), WRK 19

WC fastest non-Q to Final sob-10.20 (last 3 editions in bold)

10.00 2013
10.00 2015
10.04 2009
10.08 2005
10.11 2019
10.12 2017
10.12 2022
10.13 1999
10.14 2011
10.17 1991
10.18 1997
10.19 2003
10.19 2007


W1500 Semi-finals - first 6, fastest non-Q in semis = 4:01.80 2022.

SF 1 Linden HALL 3:57.27 SB/PB, WRK 12

SF 2 Jessica HULL 3:57.29 SB/PB, WRK 9
----- Abbey CALDWELL 4:01.15 SB/PB, WRK 18


M1500 Semi-finals - first 6, fastest non-Q in semis = 3:36.32 2022.

SF 1 AUS Matthew RAMSDEN 3:35.52 SB/ 3:34.08 PB, WRK 61

SF2 Adam SPENCER 3:31.81 SB/PB, WRK 57

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WC Day 2 Morning

First AUS medal thanks to Jemima Montag in the RW

W20kmRW Final

2. Jemima MONTAG 1:27:16 PB/NR/AR, 25 seconds behind winner. Was all her 1:27:27, 13 FEB 2022, Adelaide. Now 57th AT performer. [edit to add sentence] Best medal at distance and only 2nd medal all time (see list below).

33. Rebecca HENDERSON 1:35:51

Olivia SANDERY DQ

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AUS women in top-10 at WC with Montag only person to do it more than once:

2. Jemima MONTAG (Vic) 1:27:16 2023
3. Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW) 1:31:18.0 1999
4. Jemima MONTAG (Vic) 1:28:17 2022
7. Jane SAVILLE (NSW) 1:32:13.0 1999
10.Jemima MONTAG (Vic) 1:36:54 2019


WDT Qualifying - 64.00 or at least 12 best

Group A

11.Taryn GOLLSHEWSKY 58.63 Very unlikely to qualify as nothing lower as furthest non-Q since 1987 (58.50) and 1983 (57.64) and has not been under 60m since 2011 (59.88).

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Adam's run was the best M1500 Aussie qualifier I seen since....well ever.... (as I wasn't born when Herb was running).

His positioning could do with some work (that’s probably just lack of experience), but he’s got quite a kick.

Are we sure he’s Australian? 😁

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WC WLJ non-Qs


WC Longest non-Qs [AUS best in Q]

6.65 2015 [6.64 DNQ Buschkuehl]
6.62 1999 [6.63 q Boegman]
6.62w 1991 [6.57w DNQ Boegman]
6.60 2022 [6.76 q Buschkuehl]
6.60 2023 [6.55 DNQ Buschkuehl]
6.58 2007 [6.46 DNQ Thompson]
6.57 1997

AUS non-Qs by distance:

6.64 (-0.9) Brooke BUSCHKUEHL (Stratton) (Vic) 2015
6.57 (+3.6) Nicole BOEGMAN (NSW) 1991
6.55 (-0.5) Brooke BUSCHKUEHL (Stratton) (Vic) 2023
6.51 (-0.9) Nicole BOEGMAN (NSW) 1995
6.46 (+0.4) Bronwyn THOMPSON (Qld) 2007
6.35 (+1.5) Samantha DALE (NSW) 2023
6.27 (-1-1) Naa ANANG (Qld) 2017
6.04 (-0.9) Samantha DALE (NSW) 2022

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WC Day 1 Evening Session

Final results

MDT Qualifying - 66.50 or at least 12 best.

Group B

6. Matthew DENNY 64.29 q, 9th overall. 3rd best ever AUS Q at WC after his 66.98 2022 & 65.08 2019.

Series: 61.70 - X - 64.29


MTJ Qualifying - 17.15 or at least 12 best

Group A

Julian Konle NM DNQ, first AUS TJer at WC to have a NM.

Series: x - x - x

Group B

Aiden Hinson DNS


M100 Heats - first 3 and next 3 fastest

Heat 2

7. Jake DORAN 10.48 (-0.6) DNQ, 47th overall out of 56.

Heat 4

2. Rohan BROWNING 10.11 (-0.4) Q, 14th fastest overall.

First time he's made it past the Heats at WC. Fastest AUS ever in Heats, was Patrick JOHNSON (ACT) Ht3 2nd 10.20(+0.9), 2005. Browning's previous fastest WC heat was 10.22(-0.1) DNQ, 2022.

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3. Adam SPENCER 3:34.17 Q,

Adam's run was the best M1500 Aussie qualifier I seen since....well ever.... (as I wasn't born when Herb was running).

And he looked like he had more gas in the tank.

If only Ollie was racing in Budapest as well.