Team for Australian Titles in Adelaide
19 Jul 2012
Athletics Tasmania is pleased to announce a team of 76 to represent Tasmania next month in Adelaide at the Australian Cross Country and Australian Road Race Walking Championships.
The Championships will be held in Adelaide on August 24 and 25. They will include races for athletes from 10 years of age, right through to open.
Each athlete named below won their right to represent the state following their performance at the recent IGA Tasmanian All Schools Cross Country Championships and the Tasmanian Race Walking Championships.
For the past two years, Tasmania has brought home gold medals, with Biniyam Hagos winning the under 14 boys in 2010 in Brisbane and last year, Getasew Ferguson took out the 12 year boys race. Both young men have been selected once again for the Tasmanian team heading to Adelaide.
Another key member of the team includes World Schools Cross Country Champion Jake Birtwhistle. The Western Suburbs athlete is yet to win a medal at the Australian Cross Country Championships, but this year he will line up with the confidence of being the current world champion.
The full team is;
Tasmanian Team for Australian Cross Country Championships
U20 Men
James Hansen Launceston College
Jonathon Butler St Patricks College
Jordan Tyler St Patricks College
U20 Women
Natalea Smith Launceston Church Grammar
Grace Rowe-Smith The Friends School
Felicity Stringer Hobart College
Katherine Whitmore Launceston Church Grammar
Emily Scott St Michaels Collegiate
U18 Men
Jacob Birtwhistle Launceston College
Kale Adams Ulverstone High School
Hugh Nicklason Taroona High School
Deon Kenzie Devonport High School
Dylan Meldrum Don College
Michael Harries Taroona High School
Scott Plummer Claremont College
U18 Women
Julia Minnucci Guilford Young College
Kelsie Rainbow Scotch Oakburn College
Kelsey Johnstone Marist Regional College
Bryony Margetts Ogilive High
Christina Auckland Scotch Oakburn College
U16 Men
Biniyam Hagos St Virgils College
Jimmy Lyall Devonport High School
Tyler Gibson Devonport High School
Ryan Powell St Brendans Shaw College
Robert Law The Hutchins School
U16 Women
Teesa Johns Fahan School
Claudia Nicklason Taroona High School
Madeline Murphy Penguin High School
Sabrina Shields Ulverstone High School
Tamsyn Ayres St Aloysius Catholic College
U14 Men
Getasew Ferguson Star of the Sea College
William Cleaver Ulverstone High School
Owen Law The Hutchins School
Gus Tomlinson Smith Kingston High School
Nathaniel Mollison The Hutchins School
Max Green St Brendans Shaw College
U14 Women
Macklyn Sutcliffe Triabunna District High School
Amy Joseph St Brendans Shaw College
Hannah Richardson Clarence high School
Lilli Sage Marist Regional College
Sophie Scott Mount Carmel College
12 year boys
Oliver Marshall Scotch Oakburn College
Declan Smith Stella Maris Primary
Tom Roberts Nixon Primary School
Charlie Griffiths Scotch Oakburn College
Chayce Jones Longford Primary School
12 year girls
Ebony Webb Calvin Christian School
Inighion Quinn Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Frances Lyall Sassafras Primary
Skye Baker Hagley Farm School
Ruby Smee Snug Primary
11 year boys
Jacques Draschkowitz - Wade Montagu Bay Primary
William Hodgman Hutchins School
Mackenzie Evans Snug Primary
Sorin Vanzino Snug Primary
Joseph Mulcahy Taroona
11 year girls
Arabella Phillips Norwood Primary
Raphaela Corney Taroona
Georgie Williams Riverside Primary School
Amy Halaby Scotch Oakburn College
Jade Longstaff Summerdale Primary
10 year boys
Sam Ashlin Exeter Primary
Benjamin Saint John Stella Maris Primary
Chris Law Hutchins School
Sam Clifford Riverside Primary School
Oliver Luders Hutchins School
10 year girls
Mikayla Cooper St Michael's Collegiate
Sophie Botterill-James Fahan School
Ruby-Questa Collis Taroona
Ashya Rodman Ulverstone Primary School
Macenzie Kerison Ringarooma
Tasmanian Team for Australian Road Race Walking Championships
OPEN MEN - 20KM
Daniel Coleman OVA Southern Saints
OPEN WOMEN - 20KM
Stephanie Stigwood OVA Southern Saints
U/16 MEN - 5Km
Louis Rose OVA Southern Saints
U/16 WOMEN - 5Km
Tahlia Hunt OVA Southern Saints
U/14 WOMEN - 3KM
Alice Randall OVA Southern Saints
The state open men and women teams will be selected following the Tasmanian Cross Country Championships at Pontville on Saturday 28 July.
