2007–08 Australian Athletics Championships

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 Zatopek 10K 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	Jacob Groth 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	Matt Brown 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	Toby Sutherland Australian Capital Territory	1:48.63
1500 metres	Mitchell Kealey Queensland	3:40.62	Bradley Woods 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	Rees Buck New Zealand (NZL)	29:12.42
110 metres hurdles (Wind: -0.2 m/s)	Justin Merlino New South Wales	13.72	James Mortimer New Zealand (NZL)	14.00	Warwick Cregan Western Australia	14.09
400 metres hurdles	Tristan Thomas Tasmania	51.41	Dane Richter Western Australia	51.50	Mowen Boino Papua New Guinea (PNG)	52.39
3000 metres steeplechase	Martin Dent Australian Capital Territory	8:34.34	Collins Kosgei Kenya (KEN)	8:35.42	Youcef Abdi New South Wales	8:37.69
High jump	Cal Pearce 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	Matt Boyd Queensland	5.35 m	James Filshie 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)	Alexander Stewart New South Wales	15.74 m (+0.8 m/s)
Shot put	Justin Anlezark Queensland	20.21 m	Scott Martin Victoria	20.19 m	Chris Gaviglio 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	Darren Billett South Australia	65.45 m	Mark Dickson 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	Jason Dudley Queensland	7783 pts^[4]	Kyle Rasti Western Australia	7444 pts^[5]	Kyle McCarthy Queensland	7404 pts^[6]

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: -0.9 m/s)	Fiona Cullen Queensland	11.80	Jody Henry Western Australia	11.84	Laura Verlinden 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	Olivia Tauro 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	Rikke Albertsen Australian Capital Territory	2:03.91
1500 metres	Veronique Molan New South Wales	4:20.85	Nikki Hamblin New Zealand (NZL)	4:21.04	Georgie Clarke Victoria	4:21.55
3000 metres	Chloe Tighe New South Wales	9:27.63	Rowan Baird New Zealand (NZL)	9:32.58	Catherine Bryson Australian Capital Territory	9:43.95
5000 metres	Georgie Clarke Victoria	15:24.03	René Kalmer South Africa (RSA)	15:48.33	Emma Rilen New South Wales	16:00.59
10,000 metres	Melinda Vernon New South Wales	34:28.85	Josie Carberry 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	Lyndsay Pekin Western Australia	59.90	Brittney McGlone 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	Catherine Drummond Queensland	1.84 m	Vicki Collins 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	Rosanna Ditton 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)	Jacinta Boyd Queensland	6.17 m (+1.8 m/s)
Triple jump	Emma Knight Western Australia	13.18 m (+0.8 m/s)	Linda Allen Queensland	13.00 m (-0.7 m/s)	Lisa Morrison 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	Gabrielle Neighbour Victoria	58.37 m
Javelin throw	Kathryn Mitchell Victoria	58.77 m	Kim Mickle Western Australia	55.78 m	Rosie Hooper 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

^ Milburn upsets Steffenson as Australian Championships conclude. World Athletics (2008-03-01). Retrieved 2020-01-12.
^ Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 2007–08. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-12
^ Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 2007–08. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
^ (11.45 (-1.2), 6.97 m (+1.3), 14.70 m, 1.98 m, 50.16, 14.77 (-1.3), 49.34 m, 4.90 m, 61.66 m, 5:15.86)
^ (11.42 (0.2), 7.06 m (+0.7), 10.85 m, 2.10 m, 49.76, 15.01 (-1.3), 37.89 m, 4.40 m, 55.84 m, 4:34.99)
^ (11.69 (-1.2), 6.67 m (+1.0), 13.82 m, 1.95 m, 49.89, 15.41 (-0.4), 42.95 m, 4.50 m, 57.21 m, 4:40.34)
^ (13.84 (+0.8), 1.77 m, 12.69 m, 24.38 (+0.1), 6.33 m (+0.7), 38.68 m, 2:14.64)
^ (14.31 (+0.8), 1.62 m, 13.64 m, 24.89 (+0.1), 5.66 m (+3.1), 41.85 m, 2:15.27)
^ (14.11 (+0.8), 1.80 m, 11.98 m, 25.45 (+0.1), 5.88 m (+1.5), 34.34 m, 2:32.30)