Team named for Australian All Schools Championships
30 Oct 2014
Athletics Tasmania has announced the selection of 31 female and 25 male emerging teenage track and field athletes to represent the State at the Australian All Schools Track and Field Championships in Adelaide, South Australia in early December.
Following yesterday's announcement that 72 girls and boys have been chosen for the National Primary Championships, it means that 128 young Tasmanians will officially represent their State in track and field competitions over the next six weeks.
Like the primary team, the secondary athletes were named after the State All Schools Championships and Selection Trials at Penguin last weekend.
The Australian All Schools was first conducted in the mid 1970s and has since become a launching pad for many fine careers not only in athletics but also in other sports - rugby league's Jarryd Hayne is a former gold medallist. But it also serves as a high quality participation oportunity for youngsters who want to experience just that.
AT President Mike Gunson said that the meet provides a great opportunity for Tasmanian athletes to involve themselves in competition at the next level up.
"Whether an athlete is clearly already an emerging talent like Emma Keleher, Russel Taib or Jack Hale or an athlete going to their first Nationals, the chance to challenge themselves in a different environment and against different athletes is extremely valuable," Mr Gunson said.
"Our team this year has exactly that sort of mix and we know that each of them will prepare well over the next five weeks so that they have the best chance of a personal best or perhaps even a trip to the medal podium."
The Team comprises:
UNDER 14 BOYS (3)
Jesse James (Devonport)- 90m Hurdles; Long Jump
Raiden Lemon (Hutchins)- 100m, 200m, Javelin; Shot Put
Brock Young (Kings Meadows)- 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, Long Jump; Discus
UNDER 14 GIRLS (8)
Julia Direen (Friends)- Discus, Shot Put; Hammer; U16 Hammer
Cynthia Echetama (St Patricks)- 100m; 200m
Tamasin Fyfe (Marist)- High Jump; Long Jump
Amy Halaby (Scotch Oakburn)- 80m Hurdles; Shot Put
Ashley Meaburn (Friends)- 100m; 200m
Darcy Miller (Latrobe)- 400m, 800m; 1500m
Jessica Minifie (Clarence)- 80m Hurdles, Javelin; Discus;
Samantha Richardson (MacKillop)- 400m, 800m; 1500m
UNDER 16 BOYS (13)
Lachlan Bonney (Ulverstone)- 1500m; 3000m
Lachlan Chambers (Hutchins)- 800m
Jack Colgrave (Marist)- 100m, 400m; 200m Hurdles
Nathan Coleman (St Virgils)- 200m
Ryan Cooper (St Aloysius)- Long Jump; Triple Jump
Getasew Ferguson (St Patricks)- 3000m; 2000m Steeple
James Gill (MacKillop)- 100m; 200m
Max Green (St Brendan Shaw)- 400m; 800m
Owen Law (Hutchins)- 1500m
Thomas Maksimovic (St Virgils)- Discus
Benjamin Mommers (Huonville)- High Jump, Javelin; Shot Put
Henri Norton (St Virgils)- 100m, 200m;
Gus Tomlinson-Smith (Kingston)- 400m; 800m
UNDER 16 GIRLS (13)
Skye Baker (St Patricks)- 800m; 1500m
Mackensie Belbin (Mt Carmel)- 100m
Emily Canham (Fahan)- Javelin; Hammer; U18 Hammer
Chelsea Freestone (Scotch Oakburn)- 90m Hurdles
Brooke Hibbs (Queechy)- Javelin, Discus; Shot Put
Kysha Hill (St Patricks)- 200m, 90m Hurdles; 200m Hurdles
Lily James (Devonport)- Long Jump; Triple Jump
Brooke Jones (St Brendan Shaw)- 100m; 200m
Frances Lyall (Devonport)- 1500m, 3000m; 2000m Steeple
Lillian Lyall (Devonport)- 400m; 800m
Olivia Ollington (Burnie)- 100m; 200m
Alice Randall (St Mary’s)- 3000m Walk; Javelin
Ellie Ross (Rose Bay)- Long Jump
UNDER 18 BOYS (9)
Aaron Brown (St Brendan Shaw)- Hammer Throw, Discus; Shot Put
Nathan Claridge (Scotch Oakburn)- 800m; 1500m
Jack Hale (St Virgils)- 100m, 200m; Long Jump
Matthew Hosie (Clarence)- 110m Hurdles, Long Jump, Pole Vault, Javelin, Discus; Shot Put
Jimmy Lyall (Devonport)- 1500m, 3000m; 2000m Steeple
Nathaniel Mommers (Huonville)- Javelin, Discus, Shot Put; Hammer Throw
Ryan Powell (St Brendan Shaw)- 3000m
Mitchell Pulford (Reece)- Hammer Throw
Russell Taib (Hutchins)- 100m; 200m
UNDER 18 GIRLS (10)
Lily Castle (Guilford Young)- 100m; 200m
Alice Cox (Ogilvie)- Shot Put, Discus; Hammer
Jaymie Hall (Claremont College)- 100m; 200m
Tahlia Hunt (St Mary’s)- 5000m Walk
Emma Keleher (Guildford Young)- Hammer
Kelsey Leveridge-McNally (Elizabeth College)- 1500m; 3000m
Maddy Scott (Guildford Young)- 400m
Courtney Stanley (Launceston College)- 400m, 800m; High Jump
Jaimie Summers (Scotch Oakburn)- Javelin; Discus
Jasmine Turner (St Patricks)- Javelin, Discus; Shot Put
DETAILS FOR THE NATIONAL SECONDARY CHAMPIONSHIPS:
What: Australian All Schools Track and Field Champiionships
When: Friday 5 December to Sunday 6 December 2014
Where: Santos Stadium, Mile End, Adelaide (SA)
