Secondary Team Named for 2009 UTAS Australian All Schools and Youth Championships
11 Nov 2009
89 athletes have earned selection in the Tasmanian team to compete in the 2009 UTAS Australian All Schools and Youth Athletics Championships to be held at the Domain Athletic Centre in Hobart from 4 to 7 December.
Athletics Tasmania President Brian Roe said that the Association was very pleased with the size and quality of the team list, which is led by World Youth Championships hammer throw finalist, Huw Peacock (Hutchins/Eastern Suburbs).
"This competition is the largest athletics event held in Australia each year and draws together the best talent from around the country," Mr Roe said.
Not only is Athletics Tasmania sending its largest team to the championship in recent years, it is also responsible in staging the event, which was last held in Hobart in 2002.
"It is a challenge for our association and its hard working organising committee to put everything in place to stage the event but even more so for the athletes and their coaches to initially earn selection and then prepare to do their very best come the time of the Championships," Roe added.
The 2009 UTAS Australian All Schools and Youth Championships will attract thousands of visitors to Tasmania for the duration of the competition.
Mr Roe said that around 1500 of Australia's best teenage athletes are expected to take part in the Championships, that will feature teams from all states and territories. The Championships will also double as the Athletics Australia selection trials for the IAAF World Junior Championships to be contested in Moncton, Canada in 2010.
The team comprises:
GIRLS
Under 14
Mollie Allison (Scotch Oakburn/NL) - 80m hurdles, pole vault, 4x100m
Susanna Cox (Ogilvie/ES) - high jump, 4x100m
Sophie Eberhardt (Ogilvie/OVA) - 1500m walk
Tiffany Henricks (St Patricks/WS) - 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m
Caitin Newson (Mt Carmel/ES) - 100m, 200m, 4x100m
Lisa McConnon (Dominic College/NS) - 800m
Claire McClenaghan (Scotch Oakburn/NHC) - shot put, javelin
Zoe Moss (Taroona/SB) - 400m, 800m, 1500m
Georgia Parry (St Marys College/NS) - shot put, discus, javelin
Skye Ranicar (Scotch Oakburn) - high jump
Rachelle Taylor (St Patricks/WS) - 1500m walk
Rebecca Wells (Ogilvie) - 100m, 4x100m
Under 15
Sophie Adams (Scotch Oakburn/NL) - high jump
Allison - pole vault
Eberhardt - 3000m walk
Natasha Fitzpatrick (St Marys College/NS) - 1500m, 3000m, 2000m steeple
Mikayla Genge (St Marys College/OVA) - hammer
Kaitlin Morgan (St Marys College/OVA) - high jump, long jump, triple jump
Olivia Karas (MacKillop/ES) - 100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x200m
Ella Scott (Mt Carmel/ES) - 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m, 4x200m
Emma Walker (St Patricks/WS)- 3000m walk
Under 16
Georgia Baldwin (Kingston/ES) - 100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x200m
Sara Browning (Oglivie/OVA) - 3000m
Claudia Conley (MacKillop/ES) - 400m
Rebecca Direen (Friends/ES) - shot put, hammer
Jennifer Isles (Collegiate/SB) - triple jump
Danielle McConnell (Cosgrove/ES) - shot put, discus, hammer
Chloe Ranicar (Scotch Oakburn/NL) - 90m hurdles, 200m hurdles, 4x100m, 4x200m
Erin Robottom (Rose Bay/ES) - hammer
Natalea Smith (Grammar/Tamar) - 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 2000m steeple
Felicity Stringer (Taroona/OVA) - 400m, 800m
Anna Wade (Friends/ES) - 100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x200m
Under 17
Miranda Allender (Fahan/SB) - 400m hurdles
Conley - 800m
Ashleigh Corbett (Sheffield/NW) - 200m, 400m, 4x100m, 4x400m
Direen - hammer
Lauren Free (Claremont College/NS) - 100m hurdles, high jump, long jump, triple jump, discus, 4x100m, 4x400m
Genge - hammer
Sarah Guest (Scotch Oakburn/NHC) - hammer
Ali Guy (St Patricks/Riv) - 3000m
Jillian Lyall (Grammar/NW) - 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 200m steeple
Morgan - high jump
Robottom - hammer
Nicola Rowe (Mt Carmel/SB)- 100m, 4x100m
Stringer - 400m hurdles
Abbey Walters (Deloraine/NL) - 200m
Kate Walters (Deloraine/NL) - triple jump
Under 18
Felicity Bird (Rosny College/ES) - high jump
Direen - shot put
McConnell - hammer
Jessica Morey (Guilford Young/OVA) - 400m, 800m, 1500m, 4x400m
Laura Nicholson (Launceston College/NL) - 100m, 200m, 100m hurdles, long jump, 4x100m, 4x400m
Kara Walker (Grammar/NL) - 100m hurdles, javelin, 4x100m, 4x100m
Kirsty Yates (Don College/NW) - 400m, 4x400m
BOYS
Under 14
Kale Adams (Ulverstone/NW) - 800m, 1500m
Jordan Bennett (Kings Meadows/WS) - 200m, 400m, 4x100m
Nicholas Bennett (Kings Meadows/ WS) - 400m, 4x100m
Tim Coad (Clarence/ES) - high jump, 4x100m
Biniyam Hagos (St Virgils/ES) - 800m, 1500m
Vandy Kanneh (New Town/) - 100m, 200m, 4x100m
Timothy Jones (Scotch Oakburn/NL) - 90m hurdles, 4x100m
Louis Rose (New Town Primary/OVA) - 1500m walk
Jesse Usoalii (Hutchins/ES) - 100m, 4x100m
Mitchell Walker (St Virgils/OVA) - 1500m walk, high jump
Nathan Zanetto (Riverside High/NHC) - javelin
Under 15
Jacob Birtwhistle (Riverside High/Riv) - 1500m, 3000m, 2000m steeple
Ben Covington (Sorell/SB) - 800m, 1500m, 2000m steeple
Benjamin Goodwin (MacKillop) - 100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x200m
Brendan Hay (Hutchins) - 200m, 400m, 800m
Sam Price (Huonville/ES) - 400m
Rose - 3000m walk
Brodie Steer (St Patricks/NH) - discus, hammer
Under 16
Joshua Grant (St Virgils) - triple jump
Darcy Lahey (Grammar/NL) - 400m, 4x100m, 4x200m
Brent O'Leary (St Virgils/OVA) - 100m hurdles, 200m hurdles, 4x100m, 4x200m
Tom Parry (St Virgils/NS) - 400m, 4x400m
Joby Reynolds (Lilydale/WS) - 100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x200m
Aidan Rigby (Prospect/WS) - 200m hurdles
Jonty Roberts (St Virgils/NS) - 800m
Jordan Tyler (St Patricks/WS) - 400m, 800m, 1500m
Max Waldron (Hutchins/SB) - 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m, 4x200m
Shannon Weedon (Kings Meadows/NL) - 100m hurdles
Under 17
Chris Bray (Friends/OVA) - 800m, 4x400m
Ben Catterall (St Patricks/WS) - 400m hurdles
Brandon Clark (New Town/NS) - triple jump
James Hansen (Riverside High/NL) - 800m, 4x400m
Joseph Lowe(Prospect/NL) - 100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x400m
Shaun O'Boyle (Latrobe/NW) - 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m, 4x400m
Josh Zeitzen (St Virgils/NS) - 400m hurdles
Under 18
Tyler Bailey (Elizabeth College/ES) - triple jump, discus
Dejen Gebreselasie (/ES) - 3000m
Jarrod Gilroy (Guilford Young/SB) - 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m, 4x400m
Thomas Graves (Guilford Young/OVA) - 100m, 200m, 4x100m
Tyler Heron (WS) - 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 4x100m
Phillip McConnon (Guilford Young/NS) - 1500m, 3000m
Joel Mason (Elizabeth College/ES) - high jump
Joshua Mason (Claremont College/NS) - high jump
Huw Peacock (Hutchins/ES) - shot put, discus, hammer, javelin
Julian Rushworth (Elizabeth College/ES) - long jump, triple jump
Alec Thomas (Latrobe/NW) - 800m
Note: additional athletes within team may be added to relay squads.