Athletics Australia Almanac - 2006 - Australian Athletics

168 Pages·2007·4.6 MB·English

by  Athletics Australia

HANDBOOK OF
RECORDS & RESULTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Special thanks to the following for their support
and contribution to Athletics Australia and the
production of this publication.
Rankings
Paul Jenes (Athletics Australia Statistician)
Records
Ronda Jenkins
(Athletics Australia Records Officer)
Results
Peter Hamilton
(Athletics Australia Track & Field Commission)
Paul Jenes, David Tarbotton
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CONTENTS
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Messages– Athletics Australia 8 Australian Road & Cross Country Championships 56
– Australian Sports Commission 10 Mountain Running 57
50km and 100km 57
Athletics Australia Life Members & Merit Awards 11 Marathon and Half Marathon 58
Honorary Life Members 12 Road Walking 59
Recipients of the Merit Award of Athletics Australia 13 Cross Country 61
All Schools Cross Country 63
2006 Results Australian All Schools & Youth Athletics Championships 68
Telstra Selection Trials & 84th Australian Athletics Championships 15 Women 69
Women 16 Men 80
Men 20 Schools Knockout National Final 91
Australian Interstate Youth (Under 18) Match 25 Cup Competition 92
Women 26 Plate Competition 96
Men 27 Telstra A-Series Meets (including 2007 10,000m Championships at Zatopek) 102
Australian Under 20 & Under 23 Athletics Championships 29 Performances of Australian Athletes in International Competition 113
Women 30 Ekidens 114
Men 33 Marathons & Road Races 115
Telstra Australian Club Championships 36 Cross Country 116
Women 37 Track & Field 118
Men 39 Walks 132
Telstra Australian Club Relay Championships 41
Women 42 2006 Records 134
Men 43 Outdoor records as at December 31, 2006 135
Telstra Australian Combined Events Championships 45 Indoor records as at December 31, 2006 152
Australian Youth Combined Events Championships 48
Australian Athletes with a Disability Underage Championships 49 2006 Rankings 156
Women 50 Australian Rankings List – January 1 to December 31, 2006 157
Men 52 Australian All-Time List 249
Abbreviations Used 323
Statistical Publications 323
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Athletics Australia MESSAGES
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Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters, Kerryn McCann celebrates her gold medal
especially our principal sponsor Telstra who has win in the women’s marathon at the
2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
supported athletics for many years and continues
to be a fantastic supporter of sport in Australia.
Thanks also to our new footwear and apparel
sponsor, Asics, and other supporters Accor and
SBS. A special thank you to the Australian
Sports Commission for their consistent and
The Athletics Australia Handbook of Records growing support of athletics. Also thanks to the
& Results is the definitive guide to Australian Australian Olympic Committee, the Australian
athletics statistics, and is a valuable tool for Paralympic Committee and the Australian
all statisticians, media, athletes, coaches, Commonwealth Games Association.
administrators, and those with a general interest
The 2006/07 domestic season features several
in athletics. This publication includes results,
National Series meets andthe peak of the
records and rankings for 2006 and is the 56th
domestic competition, the Telstra A-Series,
year of issue for the Handbook.
concluding at the Telstra Selection Trials and
President’s message Australian Athletics Championships. Our athletes
will have to show extraordinary feats of physical
Enclosed you’ll find the records and results from and mental endurance to chase selection to the
2006, a sensational year of athletics. Twenty-eight 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka,
Australians were ranked in the top twenty - ten Japan, where they will be competing at a World
who’d reached the top ten, thirteen personal bests Championships in our time zone for the first time
produced over the European season and three in 15 years.
Australian records broken, plus World Cup wins
I wish all athletes, their coaches, family and
to Craig Mottram and Steve Hooker and a World
supporters all the very best for their athletics
Athletics Final victory to Paul Burgess.
goals in 2007.
We certainly enjoyed much success at the
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games with
some outstanding performances, an incredible Rob H Fildes OAM
group of juniors coming through to lead us to President
the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and beyond and Athletics Australia
a medal tally that any country would be proud
of. Australia was the number one country in
athletics with 41 medals in total.
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The Commission works closely with a range
of sports, state and local governments, schools
and community groups to ensure sport is well
run and accessible, so that everyone can
participate and enjoy the benefits. The
Commission also works through the Australian
The Australian Sports Commission is proud
Institute of Sport and the respective state and
to support Athletics Australia.
territory institutes and academies of sport, to 2006
The Australian Government is a strong develop Australia’s elite sportsmen and women.
supporter of Australian sport. The Australian
The Australian Sports Commission strives to
Sports Commission is the government body that
uphold the integrity of sport through innovative
develops, manages and invests in sport at all
programs that promote ethical sporting practices
levels in Australia.
and improvements in access to quality sporting AWARD WINNERS
In 2006-07, the Australian Government, through opportunities for all Australians.
the Australian Sports Commission has allocated
2006 was an outstanding year for Australian
nearly $5 million to Athletics Australia in support
athletics and I congratulate all concerned, for
of its programs, including high performance, sport
the enormous steps taken by the sport.
development, Indigenous sport and the Australian
Institute of Sport Athletics program. In addition,
$306,000 has been allocated to Australian track
Mark A Peters
and field athletes under the Australian Government Chief Executive Officer
Sports Training Grants scheme. Australian Sports Commission
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ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA RECIPIENTS OF THE MERIT AWARD OF ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA
(Formerly the Australian Athletic Union 1982-1989) (Elected by the AAU of A 1968-1978)
(Formerly the Amateur Athletic Union of Australia 1927-1982) Mr JD Bailey AM Q 1976 Mr TF Hantke † W 1968
(Formerly the Amateur Athletic Union of Australasia 1897-1927) Mr JB Barlow † Q 1968 Mr WW Huxley † Q 1973
Founded 1897 Mr EW Barwick † T 1968 Mr HJ Lowe † S 1970
MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETICS FEDERATIONS Mr FJW Budge † S 1977 Mr PS McCavanagh † S 1969
Affiliated with: Australian Olympic Committee and Australian Commonwealth Games Association Mr HG Carruthers MBE † N 1970 Mr AH McIvor † S 1976
Mr R Clemson † V 1968 Mr E Moore † V 1974
MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS
Mr JW Cook † Q 1973 Mr CHF Morgan † S 1968
Australian Capital Territory Athletics
Mr RC Corish BEM † N 1970 Mr FW Napier OAM † W 1977
Athletics New South Wales
Mr TB Dodds † S 1968 Mr JL Patching AO OBE V 1968
Northern Territory Athletics
Mr JE Draper † V 1971 Mr AE Robinson † V 1968
Queensland Athletics
Mr HJ Eastaughffe † Q 1968 Mr FA Rose † T 1968
Athletics South Australia
Mr ED Eastham † V 1978 Mr NJ Ruddock AM T 1975
Athletics Tasmania
Mr JK Faulkner † S 1968 Mr VB Sharp MBE † S 1968
Athletics Victoria
Mr RC Frith OAM † N 1975 Mr GB Stringer † V 1970
AthleticA (Western Australia)
Mr CH Gardiner QJM † V 1968 Mr WC Thompson † Q 1968
Mr ER Goodwin † Q 1974 Mr FT Treacy OBE † W 1968
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS Mr ER Graham † S 1978 Mr PD Walsh † N 1971
Mr JH Hanman † N 1972 Mr RPB White † N 1970
(Elected by AAU of A) (Elected by AWAAU)
(Elected by the A.W.A.A.U. 1971-1978)
Mr Hugh R Weir CBE † (1957) Miss Gwen Bull OAM † (1962)
Mrs P Andersson V 1971 Mrs N Greenham OAM S 1973
Mr C Ronald Aitken CBE † (1965) Miss Nell Gould OAM BEM † (1962)
Mrs E Armstrong † V 1971 Mrs J Harmey N 1971
Mr Arthur J Hodsdon MBE † (1965) Mrs Doris Magee AM MBE † (1962)
Mrs D Barnes † S 1976 Mrs A Kennedy BEM † V 1971
Mr Norman G Hutton † (1968) Miss Lillian Neville OAM † (1962)
Mrs I Bennett V 1974 Mrs N Keily † V 1974
Mr Leonard B Curnow OBE † (1968) Mrs Doris Willson † (1964)
Mrs G Bergman N 1978 Mrs Y Lanyon-Owen Q 1971
Mr Robert E Graham OBE † (1968) Mrs Mavis Ebzery OAM † (1967)
Mrs L Berzinski † V 1974 Mrs E McBeth † V 1971
Mr F Theo Treacy OBE † (1969) Mrs Maisie McQuiston BEM † (1971)
Mrs J Bonwick OAM Q 1971 Mrs S McMinn AM JP Q 1971
Mr George Soper † (1969) Mrs Margaret Cahill OAM † (1972)
Mrs A Burow V 1974 Mrs M McQuiston BEM † V 1974
Mr C Herbert Gardiner QJM † (1974) Mrs Mabel Robinson MBE † (1973)
Mrs M Cahill OAM † S 1972 Mrs P McWillie † W 1973
Mr H George Carruthers MBE † (1977) Mrs Joyce Bonwick OAM (1978)
Mrs L Cavanagh † S 1971 Mrs D Magee AM MBE † N 1971
Mrs G Chester † W 1973 Miss E Morris † V 1974
(Elected by Athletics Australia)
Mrs D Clarke † N 1971 Miss L Neville OAM † V 1971
Mr Thomas C Blue AM BEM † (1980) Mr George W Tempest (1994)
Mrs E Clay † W 1975 Mrs Y Neasbey † N 1977
Mr Clive D Lee AM (1984) Mr John Bailey AM (1995)
Mrs M Cuthbert † N 1978 Mrs BJ Pearl OAM S 1976
Mrs Flo Wrighter OAM BEM † (1986) Mr Paul Jenes (1995)
Mrs D Davis † V 1974 Mrs P Peters AM S 1973
Mr Noel J Ruddock AM (1989) Mrs Margaret L Mahony OAM (1997)
Mrs J Davis MBE V 1975 Mrs M Robinson MBE † V 1971
Mr Graeme T Briggs AM JP † (1990) Mr Denis P Wilson AM (1997)
Mrs N Davey † N 1977 Mrs G Rose † V 1971
Mrs Brenda J Pearl OAM (1992) Mrs Gwen Chester † (1998)
Mrs M Ebzery OAM † T 1972 Mrs J Saunders † V 1974
Mrs Stella McMinn AM JP (1992) Ms Ronda M Jenkins (2002)
Mrs N Edwards † N 1973 Mrs E Schulz Q 1978
Mr Fred W Napier OAM † (1992) Mrs Jill Huxley (2003)
Mrs Z Fibbins OAM † N 1971 Mrs G Sheldon N 1971
The Hon Allan W McDonald QC (1993) Mr Reginald H Brandis (2005)
Mrs M Fitzgibbons N 1975 Mrs D Spittles † Q 1971
† Deceased Mrs M Fraser* V 1973 Mrs D Stanton † V 1971
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RECIPIENTS OF THE MERIT AWARD OF ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA
(CONTINUED)
Mrs J Gell V 1974 Mrs F Venn † V 1974
Mrs E Godfrey* N 1971 Mrs F Wrighter OAM BEM † N 1971
Miss N Gould OAM BEM* N 1971
(Elected by Athletics Australia 1979-2006)
Mr M R Aitken S 1993 Mr J Jarver OAM † S 1994
Mr EC Bartholomeusz Q 1986 Mr P Jenes V 1992 2006
Mr DF Bell OAM † V 1985 Ms RM Jenkins V 1998
Mr RH Brandis Q 1998 Mr DW Jowett OAM Q 1993
Mr GT Briggs AM JP † T 1981 Mr PW Lucas N 1989
Mr LR Boyd V 1995 Mrs ML Mahony OAM V 1994
Mr DP Cross Q 1994 Mr ES Martin † Q 1991
RESULTS
Mrs JM Cross OAM Q 1985 Mr G Martin N 2003
Mr D Culbert V 2006 Ms M Mathews AM N 1988
Mr DB Cundy A 1997 Ms L Morgan AM V 2002
Dr JA Daly OAM S 1993 Mrs E Murphy OAM Q 1990
Mr F Day OAM † W 1991 Mrs R Owens N 1996
Ms J Eldridge N 2004 Mr RW Pannell † V 1992 TELSTRA SELECTION TRIALS
Mrs WM Ey BEM † S 1993 Miss MJ Patterson OAM V 1986
Mr DG Ferrier † V 1984 Mrs JM Petfield OAM Q 1987
Mr W Fletcher T 2006 Mr M Plant V 2006 & 84TH AUSTRALIAN
Mr JD Forrest † Q 1984 Mr HL Ralph OAM † N 1979
Mr I Galbraith A 1994 Mr BS Roe T 1996
Mr G Gilbert A 2003 Mr HJ Schubert MBE † V 1987 ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Mr AK Gordon OAM S 1994 Mr GW Tempest W 1990
Mr PI Hamilton N 1996 Mrs P Turney V 1994
Mrs M Heffernan OAM S 1980 Mr C Wilson T 2006
Dr B Hodgson V 1994 Mr DP Wilson AM A 1994
Mr RK Hood AM T 1989 Mr CA Wise † T 1979
Mr LA Hutton N 1993 Mr I White N 2004
Mrs J Huxley N 1996
†Deceased
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