2007–08 Australian Athletics Championships

2007–08 Australian Athletics Championships
Dates	28 February – 1 March 2008
Host city	Brisbane, Australia
Venue	Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre
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The 2007–08 Australian Athletics Championships was the 86th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 28 February to 1 March 2008 at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Some distance events were held separately. The 10,000 metres event took place at the on 13 December 2007 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, the men's 5000 metres was held at the Melbourne Track Classic on 21 February 2008 at the Olympic Park Stadium, and the women's 5000 metres was held at the Sydney Track Classic on 16 February 2008 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney.^[1][2][3]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: -1.7 m/s)	Otis Gowa Queensland	10.63	New South Wales	10.67	Isaac Ntiamoah New South Wales	10.68
200 metres (Wind: -1.2 m/s)	Daniel Batman Australian Capital Territory	20.89	James Dolphin  New Zealand (NZL)	21.12	New Zealand (NZL)	21.42
400 metres	Joel Milburn New South Wales	45.90	John Steffensen Western Australia	46.17	Sean Wroe Victoria	46.23
800 metres	Lachlan Renshaw New South Wales	1:47.57	Nick Bromley New South Wales	1:48.48	Australian Capital Territory	1:48.63
1500 metres	Mitchell Kealey Queensland	3:40.62	New South Wales	3:40.91	Jeremy Roff New South Wales	3:42.66
3000 metres	Craig Mottram Victoria	7:48.26	Shadrack Kosgei  Kenya (KEN)	7:53.72	Collis Birmingham Victoria	7:55.47
5000 metres	Craig Mottram Victoria	13:11.99	Shadrack Kosgei  Kenya (KEN)	13:13.51	Abreham Cherkos  Ethiopia (ETH)	13:18.47
10,000 metres	Collis Birmingham Victoria	28:39.91	Martin Dent Australian Capital Territory	28:49.73	New Zealand (NZL)	29:12.42
110 metres hurdles (Wind: -0.2 m/s)	New South Wales	13.72	James Mortimer  New Zealand (NZL)	14.00	Western Australia	14.09
400 metres hurdles	Tristan Thomas Tasmania	51.41	Western Australia	51.50	Mowen Boino  Papua New Guinea (PNG)	52.39
3000 metres steeplechase	Martin Dent Australian Capital Territory	8:34.34	Kenya (KEN)	8:35.42	Youcef Abdi New South Wales	8:37.69
High jump	Queensland	2.22 m	Liam Zamel-Paez Queensland	2.19 m	Nick Moroney New South Wales	2.19 m
Pole vault	Steve Hooker Western Australia	5.55 m	Queensland	5.35 m	Victoria	5.25 m
Long jump	Robert Crowther Queensland	7.86 m (+0.3 m/s)	Tim Parravicini Queensland	7.71 m (+0.2 m/s)	Daisuke Arakawa  Japan (JPN)	7.71 m (+1.2 m/s)
Triple jump	Alwyn Jones South Australia	16.42 m (+0.8 m/s)	Michael Perry New South Wales	16.05 m (+1.4 m/s)	New South Wales	15.74 m (+0.8 m/s)
Shot put	Justin Anlezark Queensland	20.21 m	Scott Martin Victoria	20.19 m	Queensland	18.92 m
Discus throw	Benn Harradine Victoria	62.37 m	Peter Elvy New South Wales	58.92 m	Aaron Neighbour Victoria	57.35 m
Hammer throw	Hiroaki Doi  Japan (JPN)	68.70 m	South Australia	65.45 m	New South Wales	64.55 m
Javelin throw	Jarrod Bannister Queensland	89.02 m	Mike Hazle  United States (USA)	81.89 m	Stuart Farquhar  New Zealand (NZL)	78.92 m
Decathlon	Queensland	7783 pts[4]	Western Australia	7444 pts[5]	Queensland	7404 pts[6]

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: -0.9 m/s)	Queensland	11.80	Western Australia	11.84	New South Wales	11.85
200 metres (Wind: -0.4 m/s)	Makelesi Batimala  Fiji (FIJ)	23.76	Monique Williams  New Zealand (NZL)	23.79	New South Wales	23.86
400 metres	Tamsyn Lewis Victoria	51.44	Makelesi Batimala  Fiji (FIJ)	52.76	Monique Williams  New Zealand (NZL)	52.86
800 metres	Tamsyn Lewis Victoria	2:02.12	Madeleine Pape Victoria	2:03.52	Australian Capital Territory	2:03.91
1500 metres	New South Wales	4:20.85	Nikki Hamblin  New Zealand (NZL)	4:21.04	Georgie Clarke Victoria	4:21.55
3000 metres	New South Wales	9:27.63	New Zealand (NZL)	9:32.58	Australian Capital Territory	9:43.95
5000 metres	Georgie Clarke Victoria	15:24.03	René Kalmer  South Africa (RSA)	15:48.33	New South Wales	16:00.59
10,000 metres	Melinda Vernon New South Wales	34:28.85	Victoria	35:19.59	Tara Palm South Australia	35:49.40
100 metres hurdles (Wind: -2.7 m/s)	Andrea Miller  New Zealand (NZL)	13.56	Dedeh Erawati  Indonesia (INA)	13.72	Mami Ishino  Japan (JPN)	13.91
400 metres hurdles	Lauren Boden Australian Capital Territory	58.06	Western Australia	59.90	Australian Capital Territory	60.04
3000 metres steeplechase	Donna MacFarlane Tasmania	9:36.09	Melissa Rollison Queensland	9:50.59	Victoria Mitchell Victoria	10:03.35
High jump	Queensland	1.84 m	Queensland	1.81 m	Ellen Pettitt Western Australia	1.81 m
Pole vault	Alana Boyd Queensland	4.45 m	Vicky Parnov Western Australia	4.20 m	Victoria	4.20 m
Long jump	Bronwyn Thompson Queensland	6.67 m (+0.5 m/s)	Kerrie Taurima Australian Capital Territory	6.25 m (+0.3 m/s)	Queensland	6.17 m (+1.8 m/s)
Triple jump	Western Australia	13.18 m (+0.8 m/s)	Queensland	13.00 m (-0.7 m/s)	New South Wales	12.96 m (-0.4 m/s)
Shot put	Valerie Vili  New Zealand (NZL)	19.54 m	Ana Po'uhila  Tonga (TGA)	17.06 m	Kimberley Mulhall Victoria	14.94 m
Discus throw	Dani Samuels New South Wales	62.95 m	Beatrice Faumuina  New Zealand (NZL)	59.27 m	Alifatou Djibril South Australia	51.60 m
Hammer throw	Bronwyn Eagles New South Wales	63.65 m	Karyne Di Marco New South Wales	60.08 m	Victoria	58.37 m
Javelin throw	Kathryn Mitchell Victoria	58.77 m	Kim Mickle Western Australia	55.78 m	Victoria	51.99 m
Heptathlon	Kylie Wheeler Western Australia	6087 pts[7]	Rebecca Wardell  New Zealand (NZL)	5700 pts[8]	Sarah Cowley  New Zealand (NZL)	5483 pts[9]

References[]

External links[]

• Athletics Australia website