Briggs Athletics Classic - 2009 wrap up

30 Jan 2009

Local star 400m hurdler Tristan Thomas has continued his purple patch at the Briggs Athletics Classic in Hobart tonight, running the fastest time of his career and posting his second world championships ‘B’ qualifier in the process.

The night concluded on a high note with Victoria’s Collis Birmingham running a top-class 5000m to record his first world championships ‘B’ qualifier and his third successive meet title.

The enthusiastic crowd at the Domain Athletics Centre also witnessed encouraging early season performances from Beijing Olympians Sean Wroe (200m – 21.13), Madeleine Pape (800m – 2:07.53), Jeff Riseley (1500m – 3:40.79) and Lisa Corrigan (1500m – 4:11.11), whilst sprinter Anthony Alozie ran a swift 10.29 (1.0) in the men’s blue-riband 100m.

In the first major meeting of the 2009 Australia season, Thomas ran an impressive one-lap race right up until the final hurdle, the 22-year old smashing the barrier, causing him to stumble before powering to the finish line in 49.61.

The result was another confidence boosting performance for Thomas who has been in good form this season, breaking the Tasmanian 400m flat record in Canberra and taking out the 800m at the Zatopek – three personal bests over three events, in less than seven weeks.

It was also the second time Thomas has broken his personal best in the 400m hurdles this week, after another quality run at an intra-club meet in Canberra on Tuesday night.

Although he may have just missed the A qualifier of 49.25 on this occasion, the much sought after mark is just around the corner.

“All I need is a good clean race, and the A could happen,” said Thomas who is now based at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

“I’m very happy it’s all starting to come together and it’s good to have a PB on my home track,”

“It’s exciting that finally after so many years (of injury) I’m able to put my training into practise and get some runs on the board.”

Birmingham’s victory tonight completed a hat trick of victories for the Victorian in the 5000m at the Briggs Athletics Classic. Dictating the final laps of the race, the 24-year-old crossed the line finish line more than ten seconds ahead of Queensland’s Michael Shelley to win in 13:27.25.

“I’ve come down here for the last three years and it’s the fastest time I’ve done,” Birmingham said.

“I was really happy with my finish. I went with three laps to go and threw in a couple of 59 second laps.

“At the Olympics last year I couldn’t really do that at the end of the race and hopefully that’s one thing I have improved on and can now make it though the heats at a major championship.

“My coach Nic Bideau has always said it’s an accumulative thing, training on top of training and I’m starting to reap the benefits now.”

Birmingham will now head to Canberra next Sunday (February 8) for the World Cross Country before tackling the 5000m national championship at the World Athletics Tour – Melbourne on March 5.

Beijing 400m runner Sean Wroe eclipsed his 200m personal best by two hundredths of a second to steal victory away from renowned sprinters Ray Williams and Jacob Growth in 21.13. The Victorian has been working on his speed over 100m and 200m of late and will return to his pet 400m at the later stages of the domestic season.

Nigerian-born Anthony Alozie, who received Australian citizenship in November,

clocked 10.29 (1.0) to defeat Joshua Ross (10.43) and Aaron Rouge-Serret (10.46) in the men’s 100m.

Alozie is the in-form sprinter of the nation at this early stage of the season, after running a wind-assisted 10.16 in Canberra two weeks ago.

In an exciting twist for locals at the end of the program, Tasmania's Open men's 4 x 100m relay team took a surprise victory, after the Australia A and Jump Start to London teams were disqualified.

Victorian Olympian Madeleine Pape seems to have the upperhand over her frustrating run of foot and leg injuries, coming home strong to win the women’s 800m in 2:07.53. Pape was content on sitting midfield until making her move at the top of the back straight on the final lap. Her class shone through from there, as she put a gap on the field who fought it out closely for the minor places.

In other results, Victorian Alwyn Jones (16.45m) conquered in the triple jump, Petrina Price (1.86m) of New South Wales took out the women’s high jump and Victorian Gabrielle Neighbour threw 61.88m in the women’s hammer.

RESULTS

2009 Briggs Athletics Classic

Domain Athletic Centre, Hobart - 30/01/2009

Women

100 Metres ASICS

Section 1: (w: -0.9) 1, Laura Whaler, NSW, 11.79. 2, Monique Williams, NZL,

11.82. 3, Leanne Hodge, SA, 11.90. 4, Jody Henry, WA, 11.91. 5, Crystal

Attenborough, NT, 12.07. 6, Karlie Morton, NSW, 12.18. 7, Ashleigh Whittaker,

VIC, 12.19.

200 Metres ASICS

Section 1: (w: 0.9) 1, Monique Williams, NZL, 23.71. 2, Jody Henry, WA,

23.93. 3, Jess Gulli, VIC, 24.44. 4, Crystal Attenborough, NT, 24.64. 5,

Olivia Tauro, NSW, 24.72. 6, Caitlin Sargent, QLD, 24.72. 7, Morgan Whiley,

NWAC, 25.06. 8, Larissa Pasternatsky, NSW, 25.30.

800 Metres

Section 1: 1, Madeleine Pape, VIC, 2:07.53. 2, Katherine Katsanevakis, VIC,

2:10.12. 3, Bronte Gange, VIC, 2:10.98. 4, Nicole Perry, NWAC, 2:12.26. 5,

Cara Peake, VIC, 2:12.73. 6, Anna Kasapis, VIC, 2:13.33. 7, Lisa Stanton

Smith, VIC, 2:17.65. 8, Natalea Smith, TAM, 2:20.19. 9, Allie Britton, SBHC,

2:22.72.

1500 Metres R4YL

Section 1: 1, Lisa Corrigan, VIC, 4:11.11. 2, Kaila McKnight, VIC, 4:13.17.

3, Nikki Molan, NSW, 4:17.05. 4, Chloe Tighe, NSW, 4:22.44. 5, Donna

MacFarlane, SBHC, 4:22.58. 6, Martine Daniliuc, VIC, 4:31.21. 7, Melanie

Daniels, NS, 4:31.43. 8, Sophie Barker, VIC, 4:37.71. 9, Jillian Lyall, NWAC,

4:51.55. 10, Jessica Morey, OVA, 4:51.95. 11, Jacqui Dalwood, NS, 4:54.03. --,

Lauren Boden, ACT, DNF. --, Annika Rikberg, FIN, DNF.

400 Metres Hurdles (.76m)

Section 1: 1, Lauren Boden, ACT, 58.00. 2, Lyndsay Pekin, WA, 59.22. 3,

Karoline Curtis, VIC, 67.37.

High Jump

Section 1: 1, Petrina Price, NSW, 1.86m. 2, Catherine Drummond, QLD, 1.81m.

3, Vicki Collins, QLD, 1.76m. 4, Sophie Manning, ES, 1.61m. 4, Kaitlin Morgan,

OVA, 1.61m.

Triple Jump

Section 1: 1, Linda Allen, VIC, 13.15m, w:-0.4. 2, Meggan O'Riley, VIC,

12.75m, w:0.2. 3, Tracey Barnett, QLD, 12.39m, w:NWI. 4, Lauren Free, OVA,

11.64m, w:-0.1.

Shot Put (4kg)

Section 1: 1, Kim Mulhall, VIC, 14.89m. 2, Lomana Fagatuai, NSW, 14.45m. 3,

Vika Lolo, NSW, 14.19m. 4, Danielle Byrnes, VIC, 13.14m. 5, Brittany Knee,

VIC, 11.22m. 6, Rebecca Direen, ES, 11.02m. 7, Victoria Lynd, NWAC, 10.48m.

Hammer Throw (4kg)

Section 1: 1, Gabrielle Neighbour, VIC, 61.88m. 2, Bronwyn Eagles, NSW,

61.65m. 3, Natalie Debeljuh, VIC, 51.12m. 4, Haruka Murata, JPN, 50.97m. 5,

Danielle McConnell, ES, 40.80m. 6, Mikayla Genge, OVA, 37.50m. 7, Nicole

Ristrom, NS, 35.85m. 8, Rebecca Direen, ES, 35.48m. 9, Alicia Pelham, ES,

29.46m. 10, Erin Rowbottom, ES, 27.54m.

Men

100 Metres IGA

Section 1: (w: 1.0) 1, Anthony Alozie, VIC, 10.29. 2, Josh Ross, VIC, 10.43.

3, Aaron Rouge Serret, VIC, 10.46. 4, Matt Davies, QLD, 10.48. 5, Sean Wroe,

VIC, 10.50. 6, Jacob Groth, NSW, 10.54. 7, Bola Lawal, NGR, 10.60. 8, Jake

Hammond, NSW, 10.76. 9, Otis Gowa, VIC, 10.85. 10, Ray Williams, WA, 11.46.

200 Metres IGA

Section 1: (w: -0.4) 1, Sean Wroe, VIC, 21.13. 2, Ray Williams, WA, 21.16. 3,

Jacob Groth, NSW, 21.29. 4, Daniel Martin, VIC, 21.44. 5, Bola Lawal, NGR,

21.60.

800 Metres

Section 1: 1, Matt Hammond, NSW, 1:48.27. 2, Simon Fitzpatrick, VIC, 1:50.32.

3, Tristan Garrett, NSW, 1:51.18. 4, Justin Evans, VIC, 1:52.22. 5, Nathan

Morey, OVA, 1:55.16. 6, Dominic Anastasio, OVA, 1:55.37. 7, Daniel White, VIC,

1:56.75. 8, Tom Beard, OVA, 1:57.48.

1500 Metres

Section 1: 1, Jeff Riseley, VIC, 3:40.79. 2, Lachlan Chisholm, NSW, 3:42.84.

3, Craig Huffer, VIC, 3:42.92. 4, Grant Page, NS, 3:44.09. 5, Daniel Clark,

VIC, 3:45.39. 6, Brenton Rowe, VIC, 3:46.13. 7, Philo Saunders, ACT, 3:46.17.

8, Matt Coloe, VIC, 3:47.91. 9, Richard Olsen, NZL, 3:51.06. 10, PJ Bosch, SA,

3:51.22. 11, Adam Bishop, SA, 3:51.75. 12, James Connor, NSW, 3:51.80. 13, Sam

Burke, WA, 3:51.89. 14, Chris Hartley, SA, 3:53.26. 15, Adam Byles, NSW,

3:53.55. 16, Sam Fergusson, NWAC, 3:53.56. 17, Josh Harris, TAM, 3:55.53. --,

Richard Welsh, NWAC, DNF.

Men 5000 Metres R4YL

Section 1: 1, Collis Birmingham, VIC, 13:27.25. 2, Michael Shelley, QLD,

13:38.30. 3, Liam Adams, VIC, 13:45.41. 4, Richard Everest, SA, 13:59.71. 5,

Clint Perrett, VIC, 14:04.05. 6, Duer Yoa, VIC, 14:04.75. 7, Luke Hurring,

VIC, 14:05.49. 8, Toby Rayner, VIC, 14:05.92. 9, Harry Summers, NSW, 14:15.69.

10, Jason Woolhouse, NZL, 14:20.83. 11, Patrick Nispel, SUI, 14:42.29. 12,

Kane Willie, VIC, 14:45.16. 13, Sam Ellis, VIC, 14:47.00. 14, Adrian McGregor,

VIC, 14:49.28. 15, Ryan Christian, VIC, 15:04.60. 16, Steve Kelly, VIC,

15:25.51. 17, Ryan Mathews, VIC, 16:04.32. --, Lachlan Chisholm, NSW, DNF. --,

Ben St Lawrence, NSW, DNF.

400 Metres Hurdles (.91m)

Section 1: 1, Tristan Thomas, AIS, 49.61. 2, Brendan Cole, ACT, 51.05. 3,

Sasha Alexeenko, QLD, 51.60. 4, Felipe de Castro Cruz, WA, 52.27. 5, Danny

Brandwood, GBR, 53.49. 6, Alexander Carew, VIC, 54.96. 7, Stephen Rae, ES,

55.62.

High Jump

Section 1: 1, Ben Rickards, OVA, 1.97m. 2, Simon Bennett, NS, 1.95m. 3, Joel

Mason, ES, 1.81m.

Triple Jump

Section 1: 1, Alwyn Jones, VIC, 16.45m, w:0.5. 2, Henry Frayne, VIC, 16.33m,

w:-0.8. 3, Adam Rabone, VIC, 15.09m, w:-0.1. 4, Alex Stewart, NSW, 14.95m,

w:-2.1. 5, Callan Rauchfuss, VIC, 14.16m, w:-0.9. --, Tyler Bailey, ES, FOUL.

--, Ben King, VIC, FOUL.

Shot Put (7.26kg)

Section 1: 1, Dale Stevenson, VIC, 16.48m. 2, Aaron Neighbour, VIC, 15.86m.

3, Todd Hodgetts, NHC, 15.63m. 4, Andrew Peska, VIC, 15.14m. 5, Chris Edwards,

ES, 12.22m.

Discus Throw (2kg)

Section 1: 1, Aaron Neighbour, VIC, 57.98m. 2, Graham Hicks, VIC, 56.20m. 3,

Dale Stevenson, VIC, 52.40m. 4, Andrew Peska, VIC, 51.02m.