2026 Track Results

White Lightning said:
In my opinion Eddie Nketia is not loyal. He ran for New Zealand, Then he quit athletics for Rugby. Then he quit Rugby and took a track
scholarship in the US. Then when he was done with school he changes countries to run for Australia. He is talented but a bit of a head case in my opinion. Then you have a guy like Rohan Browning who has been running for Australia for a decade. I prefer that to guys that keep switching their allegence every year or two.

On top of that I have always said that we should have true countrymen running for their nation & not imports.
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i don't like that either - optimising his chances by his choices. What it did comprehensively show to the unwashed athletic public was that hype about how quick "fast Eddie" is was all formed based on his over the limit wind times in the U.S. He did OK with his new 10.03 PB but the final showed he can't touch Kennedy as yet.
I constantly corrected everyone who wrote tripe like that and explained the reality of how the sprints work (I don't know how many listened :rolleyes:) ........ but the Australian selectors weren't ever going to jeopardise our relay chances by parachuting him in - good for them.
 
Another Aussie that I don’t believe has been mentioned here is Alexander Colgan. He had a 10.15 +1.9 a couple years ago and then didn’t seem to run much last year and regressed. But this year he has had some improvement again and has a 10.22 +1.9, although his times are a bit all over the place. He seemed to run into a headwind quite a lot as well and hasn’t run since April. He’s only 21 so plenty of time to improve. MM, maybe you know more about this young man?
 
How many white Australian sprinters have broken 10.10? I remember another one named Sultana who just kind of disappeared.

This Australian sprinting renaissance is awesome!!
 
Trae Williams who has a p.b. of 10.10 was another Australian Sprinter to leave track to play Rugby. It's alot easier to make money that
way sadly. We lose so many of our best men to other sports. He would have went sub 10 in my opinion. What a explosive sprinter!

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Marco Ferreira of South Africa won his heat at the U20 World Championships in 10.11 (1.2w).
Chun Ting Kwok of Hong Kong and Wyatt Lee were 2nd and 3rd in the same time of 10.29.
 
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In the 2026 World Under 20 Championships our guys went through to the semifinals.

Marco Ferreira 10.11 +1.2 to win his heat

Wyatt Lee 10.29 +1.2

Jakob Kemminer 10.32 +1.4

Zavier Peacock 10.32 with 0 wind

I must say that Marco Ferreira is going to be a very special sprinter for South Africa. He hadn't raced in over a month. It's been a
very long season and yet he cruised to that 10.11 like a jog in the park. The kid may go sub 10 & he is only 19. He is a talent that
is far beyond his years. Exciting to see as they need someone to continue & go beyond what guys like Morne Nagel and Emile Erasmus started.
 
Australia looked good in the 4x400m mixed relay, coming 2nd to the USA in their heat.
South Africa also came in 2nd in their heat, running (surprisingly) an all white quartet.
 
freedom1 said:
How many white Australian sprinters have broken 10.10? I remember another one named Sultana who just kind of disappeared.

This Australian sprinting renaissance is awesome!!
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he's doing a slow recovery from injury - he's quite slight and probably needs to get some more strength - he is nominally in our 4 x 100m squad
 
freedom1 said:
How many white Australian sprinters have broken 10.10? I remember another one named Sultana who just kind of disappeared.

This Australian sprinting renaissance is awesome!!
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1 9.85+1.3Lachlan KENNEDY04 NOV 2003
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AUS		2f1Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow (GBR)28 JUL 20261259
2 9.93+1.8Patrick JOHNSON26 SEP 1972
AUS
AUS		1Mito (JPN)05 MAY 20031231
3 10.00+0.9Gout GOUT29 DEC 2007
AUS
AUS		1f1QSAC State Athletics Facility, Nathan, Brisbane (AUS)21 FEB 20261206
4 10.01+0.8Rohan BROWNING31 DEC 1997
AUS
AUS		1h7National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)31 JUL 20211203
5 10.03-0.1Matt SHIRVINGTON25 OCT 1978
AUS
AUS		4Kuala Lumpur (MAS)17 SEP 19981196
5 10.03+1.1Eddie NKETIA08 MAY 2001
AUS
AUS		2sf3Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow (GBR)28 JUL 20261196
7 10.08+1.9Joshua ROSS09 FEB 1981
AUS
AUS		1Brisbane (AUS)10 MAR 20071179
8 10.09+1.1Joshua AZZOPARDI27 NOV 1999
AUS
AUS		2f1WA Athletics Stadium, Perth (AUS)01 MAR 20251176
9 10.10+0.4Trae WILLIAMS05 MAY 1997
AUS
AUS		1Gold Coast (AUS)16 FEB 20181172
10 10.11+1.1Sebastian SULTANA15 SEP 2005
AUS
AUS		3f1WA Athletics Stadium, Perth (AUS)01 MAR 20251169
11 10.12+1.5Jack HALE22 MAY 1998
AUS
AUS		1h2WA Athletics Stadium, Perth (AUS)01 FEB 20201165
12 10.13+0.1Damien MARSH28 MAR 1971
AUS
AUS		1Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON)09 SEP 19951162
13 10.14+1.9Jake PENNY02 MAY 1996
AUS
AUS		1f1Allmend, Meilen (SUI)17 JUN 20231159
13 10.14+0.1Jackson ROWE01 DEC 2003
AUS
AUS		1f1Barden Ridge Athletics Track, Sydney (AUS)07 FEB 2026
 
mastermulti said:
he's doing a slow recovery from injury - he's quite slight and probably needs to get some more strength - he is nominally in our 4 x 100m squad
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It would be great if he could train alongside Lachlan Kennedy. They are both only 22 years of age!
 
jacknyc said:
Ferreira wins his semi-final in 10.13.
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Sad that Wyatt Lee didn't make it. He ran a time of 10.32 for 5th in his heat.

Happy for the Estonian Sprinter Dimitri Petrogradov who ran a new Under 20 Estonian Record of 10.31. If this kid would have got out
of the blocks better he would have been faster. He fell alseep in the staring blocks yet still broke the record. :)
 
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