Matt Shirvington

[mastermulti]

Hi everyone..I just stumbled onto this site so I immediately registered.
If I may I'll introduce myself.
I'm a Masters Athlete (Aussie age pentathlon champ last year, NSW state
champ) who was inspired to start athletics again after two slipped discs in
my 40's and then seeing Shirvo run in '98. I've also just qualified as a
Personal trainer/Fitness instructor under the tutilage of Dr Paul Batman
(Daniel's dad).
I spoke at length with his dad (who's my age) at a meet one day in 2001
and I can confirm what a nice and supportive family he has. He also has a
TV career and a luxury car dealership owning father-in-law so it's
probably true that Matt doesn't have an instinct to escape "a lowly rut"
that life has served him, a position which often fuels success. He has
great control over his life without the NEED for T&F success.
I also think he lacks the emotional "head" to deal with the big situations.
But I still think he would like to break 10 seconds. He was promised
$1,000,000 to be the first Aussie (read white man) to do this although I
wonder how it'll be worded now since Patrick Johnson has achieved this.

I'll be going out to Homebush to watch the NSW champs tomorrow where
Matt will try again to qualify, but he has a good field to deal with
including the quartet who ran a 4x1 in 38.32? last year at the worlds.
So he'll be racing
Daniel Batman, Patrick Johnson, Joshua Ross, Kris Neofytou, Adam
Miller, Ambrose Ezenwa, all of whom can beat him on a given day. These
guys can all achieve a legal 10.30 or better with good conditions
tomorrow.
I hope he does it. He did a 10.37 with a -0.6 on Tuesday so what's that
with a tail wind and running into form? Unfortunately Homebush is often
cursed with a negative swirling wind so any prayers out there......get to it.
I'll be videoing the proceedings so I'l have chance to analyse it all before I
report back with results.

BTW, Matt is now coached by the same guy who coaches Marlon Devonish
(good 200 guy) and Tim Benjamin, the young Brit who beat Jeremy W over
400 twice this year, Tony Lester.Edited by: mastermulti

 

[SteveB]

Welcome to the forum. It is good to hear some first hand information from the guys "down under". I believe you're the second member we have from that part of the world. Kiwi posts here often from New Zealand. Good luck to Matt and Daniel.

 

[guest301]

Welcome to Caste football. That will be the biggest blow to the caste system to have a white guy to run the 100 in under 10 seconds. I wonder if shirvington is the guy anymore..he may have had his best days. I hope I am wrong.

 

[white lightning]

I used to think the same thing but I have now changed my mind.Matt is hungrier than ever.He already has the fame of a tv/movie star but wants more.Athletics made him what he is today.He wants to make history.I believe he will!You heard it here first.Remember that.He will go sub 10 in the 100 meters!Trust me on this guys.I am waiting to pop that bottle of champagne in his name!

 

[mastermulti]

well , as I feared, not only were there negative winds but rain squalls as
well at Homebush tonight.
Josh Ross10.48 (certainly negative but didn't appear on the screen)
Daniel Batman 10.50
Adam Miller10.52
MattShirvington10.57, all within a metre of one another.

Matt lead until 90m with one of his customary powerful starts. (that's
what got him fourth in 1999 and a fifth in 2002 in two world indoors 60m
finals with a 6.52 PB).
The other guys ran him down but he showed enough to me that he may
beat them in 2/3 weeks. Unfortunately Patrick Johnson pulled out with a
virus apparently or I think he would have won. He's qualified for the
C'wealth Games already so why chance his luck.
The wind, from what we'd seen throughout the afternoon, would have
added 0.3 to the times so I think we will have 4 or 5 x sub 10.25's within
3 weeks if conditions are friendlyEdited by: mastermulti

 

[surfsider]

Welcome mastermulti. How do you think Aussie track & field is affected by the seasonal differences re Europe and the US? Does it hurt, help or make little difference? Any website recommendations for keeping up with Aussie track?

 

[white lightning]

Good question surfsider.I have always thought myself that the Summer Season in our winter hurts both the Australian & South African Atheletes on the average.I think they are just too worn out to be effective come the summer season in Europe.I could be wrong but I would love to see some data referring to this.

I was glad to see Shirvo running a 200 meter race last weekend.I can't remember the last time I saw him compete over the deuce.He must be really serious about getting back to be one of Austalia's best sprinters.No one deserves a sub 10 more than Shirvo with all that he has went through.I wish him the best of luck.

 

[mastermulti]

 

[mastermulti]

http://www.athletics.org.au/
This site will give you the low-down on what's coming up and the results.
It's not great with updates but it will eventually get you there. Good to
add to "favourites"

You gentleman raise an interesting point. Yes, it's difficult having a
season that is out of sync with the rest of the world. Often's the time we
have guys running low 10.20's in January-February who are battling to
achieve mid 10.30's come your summer. We don't yet seem to have
coaches who can get our athletes to peak for March and then again for
September, probably since they don't face that situation too often.

Why not watch out for how the Aussies, NZers and Sth Africans go against
the Brits and Canadians in Melbourne come March and see if the shoe
isn't on the other foot.

 

[Colonel Callan]

Mastermulti, I spoke with John Walker years ago (I used to work in the
sport / media) and he felt that "peaking" twice a year helped him out.
That might not work for other athletes or events, but in his case, he felt it
made him stronger. Then again, he was freakishly talented. I always
thought that if he'd done more interval work in terms of short / fast runs
he'd have posted even faster times than he did. (For guys that don't
know, Walker was the first man to run the mile under 3:50 and was Oly
Champ besides setting several WRs) Snell, Walker, Elliot have all
remarked that back when they were competing, you'd get lots of athletes
out to run for teams, run in groups as the Africans do now. Now there
are very few youngsters giving it a go. In fact, Steve Cram mentioned this
also, and the numbers are telling, with less than a hundred youngsters
showing up for a national youth XC meet a couple of years ago -
compared to the 70's and early 80's when close to 2000 would enter.

Personally, I think it would hinder performance in certain events to have
to hit it twice during the year. This is similar to why so many American
college athletes, especially throwers and middle/long distance runners
burn out or fail to improve. They are competing during 'two seasons",
and competing too often over too long a period of time.

I'd have to say though that back in the day before the bolshevist inspired
"boycott" of S. African athletes (and in fact in the first couple of years of
the boycott), quite a few white runners of note performed well year
round. Danie Malan was probably as talented as Steve Ovett and Seb Coe,
at least over the mile. He posted fantastic times with little competition.

 

[mastermulti]

Hi again everyone.
Well, I saw it happening 2 weeks back. Today Matt won the 100 against
the same guys. Not spectacular times but 10.28 into a negative wind is
great with 6 weeks to got to the C'Wealth Games. Several guys in the 45's
for 400 and Daniel Batman ran a 20.30 PB x200.
The full results are yet to be posted but I can post the link for you guys
when they come up.
Our Nationals are 9 days away and Shirvo thinks with good conditions
they could get lots of "A" qualifiers in the 100.
He was interviewed on his way back to Sydney by one of the Sydney radio
stations. After talking about embarrassing himself when he ran the last
relay leg in the Helsinki 4x1 heat last year, he got on to how good his
new coach is and how he plans to return to England after the CG's to do
the European circuit this year. I haven't ever heard him so positive. He
feels he hasn't completed the job yet.

 

[white lightning]

Matt ran a 10.26 in the pre-lims wind legal and won the finals in a time of 10.28 into a negative 2.3 wind!That would have possibly go him the A Standard for the Commonwealth Team if not for the wind.That is one of his best races in years.He had two guys side by side with him but didn't tighten up.He showed great strength and ability to relax and maintain his speed.I am so happy for him.He needed this victory & times bad!

Congrats to Daniel Batman on a blazing 200 meters.That is one hell of a time.Adam Miller looked pretty good too.Australian Sprinting is on the way up!

 

[mastermulti]

yeah, we do alright for 20,000,000 people, (most of whom are at home
on their computers grrrr!)
In 1995 we got a relay 4x1 silver behind Canada you'll recall. That 38.17
was a classy time for 4 white guys from down under. That included my
favourite sprinter Damien Marsh (whom I have since talked to several
times and laughingly asked to knock his 35 year old 110kg(242lb) body
into shape to join my Masters relay team). Damien went to U.S in March
that year and got coached by Manly Waller (Gwen Torrence' husband), the
only white guy in the squad. Both he and Dean Capobianco from that
relay team had made the world 200 final in '93. Damien beat Linford,
Mike Marsh. Donovan Bailey and John Drummond in the Monaco Grand
Prix 100 in '95 also. Then his achilles exploded in the '96 Texas relays
and that was that!
But I think the guys we have now are a chance to reach their standard
given discipline and a good dose of luck

 

[mastermulti]

white lightning,
did you somehow get to see those 100 and 200 races or were they
reported on somewhere? Thanks, S

 

[mastermulti]

elstra A Series - Canberra 2006 - 26/01/2006
AIS AthleticsTrack, Bruce, ACT

Women 100 Metres Open Preliminaries:
1. McLellan, Sally, QAS, 11.42Q, w:2.8; 2. Kleeberg, Melanie, QAS,
11.43Q,
w:1.8; 3. Carey, Preya, NSWI, 11.55Q, w:1.6; 4. Attenborough, Crystal,
NTIS,
11.49Q, w:2.8; 5. Harris, Amy, QLD, 11.68Q, w:1.8; 6. Cullen, Fiona,
QAS,
11.72Q, w:1.6; 7. Hewitt, Lauren, VIS, 11.70q, w:2.8; 8. Williams, Sarah,
NSW,
11.82q, w:1.6; 9. Van-Heer Murphy, Tania, SA, 11.84q, w:1.6; 10. Knox,
Jessica, NSW, 11.87, w:1.8; 11. Cripps, Sharon, QAS, 11.95, w:1.6; 12.
Kay,
Melissa, TAS, 11.96, w:1.8; 13. Negus, Rebecca, QLD, 11.98, w:2.8; 14.
Tauro,
Olivia, NSWI, 11.99, w:1.8; 15. Chivers, Katie, VIC, 12.03, w:1.8; 16.
Moore,
Katie, VIC, 12.10, w:1.6; 17. Breen, Melissa, ACT, 12.19, w:1.8; 17.
Batman,
Nova, ACT, 12.19, w:1.6; 19. Gulli, Jess, VIS, 12.24, w:2.8; 20. Verlinden,
Laura, NSWI, 12.26, w:1.6; 21. Mollica, Stephanie, VIC, 12.29, w:1.8; 22.
Broadhead, Sophie, ACT, 12.44, w:2.8; 23. Chapman, Belinda, NSW,
12.93, w:2.8;
24. Studman, Bronwyn, ACT, 12.96, w:2.8; 25. Kinnane, Samantha, ACT,
13.51,
w:2.8; 26. Flanagan, Anna, ACT, 13.70, w:1.6.

Women 100 Metres Open Finals:
(w: 0.6) 1. McLellan, Sally, QAS, 11.41; 2. Kleeberg, Melanie, QAS, 11.46;
3.
Attenborough, Crystal, NTIS, 11.62; 4. Harris, Amy, QLD, 11.65; 5.
Cullen,
Fiona, QAS, J11.65; 6. Van-Heer Murphy, Tania, SA, 11.67; 7. Williams,
Sarah,
NSW, 11.69; 8. Hewitt, Lauren, VIS, 11.74.

Women 200 Metres Open:
(w: 0.6) 1. McLellan, Sally, QAS, 23.36; 2. Kleeberg, Melanie, QAS, 23.41;
3.
Hewitt, Lauren, VIS, 23.81; 4. Williams, Sarah, NSW, 23.90; 5. Wheeler,
Kylie,
WAIS, 24.03; 6. Tauro, Olivia, NSWI, 24.15; 7. Pittman, Jana, VIS, 24.33.

Women 400 Metres Open:
1. Lewis, Tamsyn, VIS, 52.48; 2. Willis, Caitlin, QAS, 52.75; 3. Smith,
Annabelle, NSWI, 52.85; 4. Robson, Renee, VIC, 53.22; 5. Hayward,
Rosemary,
NSWI, 53.77; 6. Irwin, Rebecca, NSWI, 54.04; 7. Marshall, Jennifer, VIC,
54.14; 8. Blackburn, Angeline, ACTA, 56.31.

Women 800 Metres Open:
1. Walsham, Suzy, NSWI, 2:02.78; 2. Roenholt, Rikke, DEN, 2:04.07; 3.
Allen,
Libby, VIC, 2:04.56; 4. Simpson, Brooke, NSWI, 2:05.35; 5. Buckman,
Zoe, ACTA,
2:05.70; 6. Molan, Veronique, NSW, 2:05.74; 7. Flore, Meike, NSW, 2:
06.12; 8.
Tye-Smith, Alicia, VIC, 2:06.36; 9. Sigmont, Erica, VIC, 2:06.92; 10.
Savage,
Debbie, ACT, 2:08.05; 11. Katsanevakis, Katherine, VIS, 2:11.58.

Women 1500 Metres Open:
1. Corrigan, Lisa, ACTA, 4:13.88; 2. Rilen, Emma, NSWI, 4:17.18; 3.
Brichacek,
Emily, ACT, 4:22.62; 4. Bonasera, Tiffany, NSW, 4:23.67; 5. Seibold-
Crosbie,
Kate, VIC, 4:25.11; 6. Salmon, Sarah, ACT, 4:31.72; --. Roberts, Kelly,
ACT,
DNF; --. Worland, Anna, VIC, DNF.

Women 3000 MetresLocal Open:
1. Heiner, Madeline, NSWI, 9:38.97; 2. Starrat, Lucy, NSWI, 9:55.37; 3.
Tighe,
Chloe, ACT, 10:11.72; 4. Lowe, Rebecca, NSW, 10:34.18; --. Delaney,
Bridey,
ACT, DNF; --. Tamsett, Lara, NSW, DNF.

Women 100 Metres Hurdles Open:
(w: 1.2) 1. McLellan, Sally, QAS, 13.17; 2. Cullen, Fiona, QAS, 13.29; 3.
Miller, Andrea, NZL, 13.66; 4. Cameron, Hayley, NSW, 13.72; 5. Wheeler,
Kylie,
WAIS, 13.90; 6. Munro, Jacquie, QAS, 14.14; 7. Gulli, Jess, VIS, 14.51; 8.
Mirzarazi, Keshvar, NSW, 14.54; 9. Shea, Jessie, NSW, 14.72.

Women 400 Metres Hurdles Open:
1. Pittman, Jana, VIS, 54.81; 2. Brito, Sonia, VIC, 57.08; 3. Boden, Lauren,
ACTA, 57.45; 4. Allen, Emily, VIC, 60.52; 5. Maguire, Evie, VIC, 61.29; 6.
Nevin, Tarin, NSW, 62.59; --. Jauncey, Lauren, VIC, DNF.

Women Pole Vault Open:
1. Howe, Kym, WAIS, 4.61m; 2. Grigorieva, Tatiana, QAS, 4.41m; 3.
Parnov,
Vicky, WAIS, 4.20m; 4. Young, Wendy, VIS, J4.20m; 5. Miroshnichenko,
Katrina,
QAS, J4.20m; 6. Lynn, Jacinta, VIC, J4.20m; 7. Boyd, Alana, QAS, 4.10m;
8.
Lu*******, Charmaine, QAS, J4.10m; 9. Ditton, Rosanna, VIS, 4.00m; 10.
Beckman,
Amy, QLD, 3.80m.

Women Long Jump Open:
1. Taurima, Kerrie, AIS, 6.56m, w:1.1; 2. Wheeler, Kylie, WAIS, 6.33m, w:
1.1;
3. Penney, Jessica, NZL, J6.33m, w:1.6; 4. Morrison, Lisa, NSW, 6.23m, w:
1.2;
5. Castlereagh, Fleur, NSW, 6.16m, w:1.0; 6. Bligh, Naomi, NSWI, 5.99m,
w:+0.0.

Women Hammer Throw Open:
1. Krueger-Billett, Brooke, SASI, 66.40m; 2. Di Marco, Karyne, NSWI,
62.06m;
3. Neighbour, Gabrielle, VIS, 61.45m; 4. Clement, Breanne, NSW, 55.07m;
5.
Craig, Lisa, NSW, 54.54m; 6. Warren, Raelene, VIC, 52.72m.

Women 100 Metres Ambulant:
(w: 1.2) 1. Harbeck, Courtney, QLD, 13.87; 2. McIntosh, Lisa, VIC, 13.93;
3.
Webb, Katrina, AIS, 14.42; 4. Proudfoot, Katherine, NSW, 14.88; 5.
Osborne,
Eowyn, ACT, 15.66; 6. Saville, Charlotte, VIC, 16.20; 7. Rotamah, Tahlia,
NSW,
17.17; 8. Wolf, Christine, ACT, 17.91.

Men 100 Metres Open Preliminaries:
1. Johnson, Patrick, AIS, 10.18Q, w:1.7; 1. Ezenwa, Ambrose, NSW,
10.18Q,
w:1.9; 3. Miller, Adam, AIS, 10.26Q, w:2.6; 4. Batman, Daniel, NSWI,
10.23Q,
w:1.9; 5. Shirvington, Matthew, NSWI, 10.26Q, w:1.7; 6. Ross, Joshua,
NSWI,
10.28Q, w:2.6; 7. Di Bella, Paul, QAS, 10.34q, w:1.7; 7. Allen, Nathan,
QLD,
10.34q, w:2.6; 9. Williams, Tim, VIS, 10.40q, w:1.9; 10. Basil, Adam, VIS,
10.43, w:2.6; 11. Tucker, Steven, WA, 10.53, w:1.7; 11. Neofytou,
Kristopher,
NSWI, 10.53, w:1.9; 13. Hollands, Shem, NSW, 10.55, w:1.9; 13.
Harrison, Lane,
VIC, 10.55, w:1.7; 15. Ntiamoah, Isaac, NSWI, 10.68, w:1.7; 16. Bateman,
Todd,
SASI, 10.71, w:2.6; 17. Galic, Brandan, ACTA, 10.76, w:2.6; 18. Lewis,
Justin,
VIC, J10.76, w:2.6; 19. Egan, Harry, NSW, 10.78, w:1.9; 20. Nielsen,
Kieran,
QLD, 10.81, w:1.9; 21. Jervis-Bardy, Jake, SA, 10.83, w:2.6; 21. Scott,
Thomas, NSW, 10.83, w:1.7; 23. Adams, John, NSW, 10.86, w:1.9; 24.
Watt,
Brendan, ACTA, 10.87, w:1.7; 25. Finegan, Gary, QLD, 10.92, w:1.7.

Men 100 Metres Open Finals:
(w: -2.3) 1. Shirvington, Matthew, NSWI, 10.28; 2. Ezenwa, Ambrose,
NSW,
10.29; 3. Johnson, Patrick, AIS, 10.30; 4. Miller, Adam, AIS, 10.33; 5.
Batman, Daniel, NSWI, 10.35; 6. Ross, Joshua, NSWI, J10.35; 7. Allen,
Nathan,
QLD, 10.46; 8. Williams, Tim, VIS, 10.50; 9. Di Bella, Paul, QAS, 10.53.

Men 200 Metres Open:
(w: 2.4) 1. Batman, Daniel, NSWI, 20.29; 2. Ezenwa, Ambrose, NSW,
20.59; 3.
Miller, Adam, AIS, 20.72; 4. Neofytou, Kristopher, NSWI, 21.16; 5.
Hollands,
Shem, NSW, 21.30; 6. Harrison, Lane, VIC, 21.47.

Men 400 Metres Open:
1. Hill, Clinton, NSWI, 45.06; 2. Wroe, Sean, VIS, 45.35; 3. Troode, Chris,
WAIS, 45.42; 4. Ormrod, Mark, SASI, 45.73; 5. Pearce, Paul, QLD, 46.05;
6.
Geddes, David, NSWI, 46.67; 7. Offereins, Ben, WAIS, 53.42.

Men 400 MetresB Open:
1. Titcombe, Jarret, NSW, 46.29; 2. Gurr, James, NSW, 46.53; 3. O'Dell,
Rowan,
VIC, 47.24; 4. Cowley, Jaryd, NSW, 48.07; 5. Evans, Simon, ACT, 48.35; 6.
MacFarlane, Iain, NSW, 48.87; 7. Reynolds, James, NSW, 49.37; 8.
Matthews,
Jesse, ACT, 49.87.

Men 800 MetresB Open:
1. Devjak, William, NSW, 1:50.58; 2. Hammond, Matthew, NSW, 1:50.93;
3.
Ridgewell, Ross, ACTA, 1:51.90; 4. Ross, Alister, QLD, 1:52.29; 5. Woods,
Brad, NSW, 2:01.63; 6. Toohey, Nicholas, QAS, 2:01.71.

Men 800 Metres Open:
1. Bromley, Nicholas, NSWI, 1:47.65; 2. Botha, Werner, QAS, 1:47.99; 3.
Abercromby, Mark, NSW, 1:48.40; 4. Renshaw, Lachlan, NSW, 1:48.88; 5.
Krumins,
Andrew, VIC, 1:49.80; 6. Taylor, John-Paul, WA, 1:50.02; 7. Richardson,
Tom,
NSW, 1:50.97; 8. MacDonald, Todd, NSWI, 1:53.20.

Men 1500 Metres Open:
1. Fountain, Mark, VIC, 3:41.35; 2. Rowan, Louis, VIC, 3:41.39; 3.
Birmingham,
Collis, VIC, 3:43.41; 4. Roff, Jeremy, NSWI, 3:43.97; 5. Tucker, Corey,
ACT,
3:45.01; 6. Hoffman, Paul, NSW, 3:46.00; 7. Kealey, Mitchell, QAS, 3:
47.21; 8.
Tucker, Mark, VIC, 3:47.29; 9. Graham, Adam, QLD, 3:47.88; 10. Marsh,
Julian,
VIC, 3:48.62; 11. Saunders, Philo, ACT, 3:52.55; 12. Norton, Tim, VIC,
3:59.78; --. Devjak, William, NSW, DQ.

Men 110 Metres Hurdles Open:
(w: 1.3) 1. Mortimer, James, NZL, 13.90; 2. Vander Kuyp, Kyle, VIS, 13.92;
3.
Cregan, Warwick, WA, 14.23; 4. Merlino, Justin, NSWI, 14.27; 5.
Anderson,
Stuart, QLD, 14.35; 6. Harvey, Duncan, NSW, 14.39; 7. Purcell, Ryan,
WAIS,
14.45; 8. Zeed, Mohamad, VIC, 14.47.

Men 400 Metres Hurdles Open:
1. Cole, Brendan, ACT, 49.94; 2. Rawlinson, Chris, GBR, 49.97; 3.
Douglas,
Matthew, GBR, 51.01; 4. Thomas, Tristan, AIS, 51.38; 5. O'Brien, Nic,
NZL,
51.45; 6. Bate, Peter, VIC, 52.10; 7. Bennett, Leigh, NSW, 52.79.

Men 3000 Metres Steeplechase Open:
1. Nowill, Peter, QAS, 8:38.75; 2. Dent, Martin, ACTA, 8:42.09; 3. Hunt,
Jeffrey, NSW, 9:02.62; 4. McTaggart, Scott, ACT, 9:06.92; 5. Russ, Jayden,
QAS, 9:13.91; 6. Thiele, Shane, SA, 9:49.11; --. Schmidlechner, Grant,
VIC,
DNF; --. Abdi, Youcef, NSWI, DNF; --. Jeremiah, Richard, VIS, DNF.

Men High Jump Open:
1. Moroney, Nicholas, NSWI, 2.18m; 2. Brigg, Kane, QAS, 2.15m; 3.
Lawton,
Daniel, NSW, J2.15m; 4. Lodge, Joshua, AIS, J2.15m; 5. Forsyth, Tim, VIC,
2.10m; 5. Haldane, Ewan, VIC, 2.10m; 7. Taylor, Mark, SCO, J2.10m; 8.
Zamel-Paez, Liam, QAS, J2.10m; 9. Wood, Dean, NSW, 2.05m.

Men Pole Vault Open:
1. Markov, Dmitri, SASI, 5.35m; 2. Vedelago, Luke, WAIS, J5.35m; 3.
Hooker,
Steve, VIS, J5.35m; 4. Filshie, James, VIC, 5.05m; 5. Boyd, Matt, QAS,
4.85m;
--. Pocklington, Joel, VIC, NH; --. Miroshnichenko, Alex, QLD, NH; --.
Burgess, Paul, WAIS, NH.

Men Long Jump Open:
1. Thornell, John, NSWI, 8.08m, w:1.6; 2. Crowther, Robert, AIS, 7.99m,
w:1.4;
3. Parravicini, Timothy, AIS, 7.91m, w:0.6; 4. Crowe, Scott, AIS, 7.89m,
w:1.7; 5. Parsons, Peter, NSW, 7.82m, w:3.3; 6. Curtis, Andrew, QLD,
7.75m,
w:1.6; 7. Noffke, Christopher, QAS, 7.74m, w:1.9; 8. Stevens, Robert,
VIC,
7.64m, w:1.6; 9. Noffke, Joel, QLD, 7.59m, w:0.7.

Men Triple Jump Open:
1. Jones, Alwyn, SASI, 16.79m, w:0.6; 2. Murphy, Andrew, NSWI, 16.74m,
w:2.9;
3. McReynolds, Jacob, AIS, 16.56m, w:1.7; 4. Perry, Michael, NSWI,
16.48m,
w:1.1; 5. Stewart, Alex, NSW, 15.86m, w:0.9; 6. Safiulin, Marat, SASI,
15.72m,
w:2.6; 7. Sumpton, Daniel, NSW, 14.58m, w:1.3.

Men Shot Put Open:
1. Martin, Scott, VIS, 19.40m; 2. Cross, Clay, NSWI, 18.73m; 3. Gaviglio,
Christopher, QLD, 18.46m; 4. Gyngell, Stuart, NSW, 18.26m; 5. Anlezark,
Justin, QAS, 17.90m; 6. Jones, Rhys, QAS, 17.46m.

Men Hammer Throw Open:
1. Rendell, Stuart, AIS, 75.23m; 2. Billett, Darren, SASI, 63.89m; 3.
McDonald, Justin, VIC, 63.81m; 4. Dickson, Mark, NSW, 63.72m; 5.
Harwood, Jon,
NSW, 54.44m.

Men Javelin Throw Open:
1. Dziubak, Oliver, WAIS, 80.62m; 2. Farquhar, Stuart, NZL, 77.76m; 3.
Hamlyn-Harris, William, NSWI, 76.66m; 4. Robinson, Joshua, QAS,
73.02m; 5.
Bannister, Jarrod, VIC, 72.06m; 6. Baker, Ben, NSW, 69.55m; 7. Castle,
Brett,
VIC, 69.10m; 8. Jessup, Chris, NSW, 64.87m.

Men 100 Metres Ambulant:
(w: 1.8) 1. Newell, Andrew, NSWI, 11.46; 2. Sullivan, Tim, VIS, 11.54; 3.
O'Hanlon, Evan, NSWI, 11.81; 4. Wilson, Stephen, NSW, 11.84; 5. Harpur,
Paul,
QAS, 11.92; 6. Bernard, Johnathan, QAS, 12.10; 7. Short, Russell, VIS,
12.76;
8. Hall, Ben, AIS, 13.08.

Men 200 Metres Ambulant:
(w: 0.1) 1. Francis, Heath, AIS, 22.28; 2. Newell, Andrew, NSWI, 23.11; 3.
Sullivan, Tim, VIS, 23.50; 4. Armstrong, Michael, ACTA, 23.93; 5.
Matthews,
Tim, VIS, 24.09; 6. Wilson, Stephen, NSW, 24.41; 7. Bernard, Johnathan,
QAS,
24.51; 8. Hall, Ben, AIS, 26.21.

Men 100 Metres Under 20:
(w: 0.2) 1. Egan, Harry, NSW, 10.79; 2. Robinson, Brett, NSW, 10.81; 3.
Galic,
Brandan, ACTA, 10.82; 4. Bateman, Todd, SASI, 10.85; 5. Watt, Brendan,
ACTA,
10.94; 6. Nielsen, Kieran, QLD, 11.13; 7. Elliott, Patrick, ACT, 11.65.

Mixed Shot Put Seated Open:
1. MacDonald, Hamish, AIS, 10.53m; 2. Hibberd, Greg, ACTA, 9.70m; 3.
Periac,
Frederic, ACTA, 9.38m; 4. Farr, Rod, SASI, 8.66m; 5. Ellery, Louise, ACTA,
5.39m.

 

[mastermulti]

sorry everyone..... I just read I cannot edit on this forum. That post was
stupidly long. White lightning, are you able to edit this down to the 100,
200, 400 only?
Nine people under 10.40, 6 of them legal and 3 slightly windy.
Shirvo's 10.28 (-2.3) equates to a 10.13 with zero wind or 10.00 with the
permissable +2m/s.. Let's hope he stays healthy

 

[white lightning]

I have to get to work but I will be back on here later today.I will work on it then.No,I wasn't able to see it live as I live in the US.I used to have a friend there that would sometimes tape things for me.I have some sources to still get some info but you are the number one man for now.It's great to have you here.I will talk to you later.Have a great day.

 

[mastermulti]

check www.athletics.org.au


look at that 100 metre finish, the top 6 within 85 cms (less than 3ft) of each other. What a race!


From bottom to top: Matt Shirvington, Adam Miller, Patrick Johnston, Ambrose Ezinwa, Daniel Batman (who backed up for a 20.29 in the deuce), Joshua Ross


With times corrected for zero wind we'd get everyone of those 6 in the 10.13 to 10.20 range. A week and a bit till our nationals so let's hope for ideal conditions.


Imagine if two or three Aussies cracked 10 before the world 2006 season starts.....


we can but dream!

 

[white lightning]

Daniel Batman has amazing potential as does Ross.I would really like to see Shirvo go sub 10 more than anyone.I have followed this guy since around 1998.I always hoped he could get over the hump.I really wish he could have made the 100 meter finals at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.I am rooting for him as hard as anyone can to finally get the monkey off his back.It would be fitting as I have said countless times to see him be the first white sprinter to go sub 10!He has worked his ass off to get back to this level and he deserves it.Here is to me cracking open a bottle of champagne and him winning gold at the Commonwealths in a sub 10!Now there is a dream with a nice ring to it.Keep up the great posts mastermulti.We need to get this track board going.

 

[mastermulti]

Sorry Colonel , I wasn't ignoring you.
Yes, John Walker used to come "over the ditch" from NZ to compete here
often. He really took the mile to another level...like you say, he broke
3.50. He had that really strange calf injury later. I never did hear the
result of that, but apparently his soleus or gastrocnemius was inhibited
from growing because of the muscle sheath or so! Bizarre.
I also saw Alan Wells, Don Quarrie, Hasley Crawford all competing here...
(they were friends as well as foes, would slap and tease each other) and
racing our number 1, Paul Narracott (he broke 10 seconds legal wind
hand timed on several occasions, ran 10.07 wind assisted at the '82
C'Wealth Games and was 7th in the 1983 World Championships won by
King Carl).
My dream would be to race Alan Wells. We're the same age.

I started track because of Matt S. I was laid up with a disc injury and
watched his '98 performances with joy. I decided since I was a reasonably
good athlete as a kid I'd like to do it again.
As a result, I run 12.5 at 53yo and collected merit awards (for scoring
over 600 points on the Decathlon scoring system) in 8 events this year,
all started since I turned 50. Pole Vault is getting close to the mark too.
That's not so much to boast, more to tell you younger guys it's never too
late if you have passion and perseverance.
And would you believe core training/ ab training for the sprints has
totally eliminated any back problems I had.

Now, I intend to digitally video the action at our championships Saturday/
Sunday week. I'm more than happy to share the results if someone can
organise with me how to make it available over the 'net. Maybe it's
impossible but maybe not.
BTW that photo of yesterday's finish is under the story titled "that's Howe
its done Shivo etc"

 

[mastermulti]

as you say "he's worked his ass off to get back to this level".
Yes, he has and that's why the poor guy burst into tears after yesterday's
run...... I think he can sense that monkey getting lighter!

 

[white lightning]

I've always loved the way Shirvo gets out of the blocks.He is an excellent starter similar to Morne Nagel of South Africa.By the way,Nagel is finally back in form similar to 2002 just like Shirvington.

I'm really excited about this new start for Shirvo.His new coach is working on his form and drive phase from what I hear.The results are starting to show.Matt & his wife must really love England in addition to Australia.
Do you think that he will go sub 10 this year?I have a feeling that there is a 50/50 chance.He wants it more than ever but it will take a perfect race with really good conditions.I wish him the best of luck.

 

[mastermulti]

I think he can... 6 months ago I would have said no.

His shape now shows me he's serious AND not sick with glandular fever
or whatever else he gets. Matt's often had these dark rings under his eyes
that looked like an allergy to me. He looks great now.
Matt said yesterday the thing he loves most about England is the thought
that he'll be on his way back to Australia whenever he wants.
The thing about his interview yesterday was that he sounded like a
mature thoughtful man, not the kid he was at Kuala Lumpur.
Yep, with the right conditions he can do it.
One thing's for sure ... he's so marketable as a sprinter and poster boy
that he SHOULD be the first whitey to go sub10... think of the
repercussions, all those fast white kids in the States told they have no
chance will realise it's crap. I think Jeremy Wariner has been good in that
regard too.
One thing I loved about Damien Marsh's philosophy when asked about his
chances of success in a "black man's" event. He said "I'm the only Damien
Marsh there's ever been. I don't know how good I can be!

 

[white lightning]

What do you think about the potential of Batman and Adam Miller?Daniel Batman is already stepping into the same category as Tobias Unger of Germany.He is almost down into the low to flat 20 second range in the deuce.He has really impressed me.

Adam Miller seems to still have alot of upside too and he is so young.What is your opinion of him.He looks like he is a little taller than Shirvo,Johnson & Ross.I would like to know more about him.Overall,the Aussie Track & Field Program is as fun to watch as in a very long time.Keep up the good work mates!

 

[mastermulti]

Ross is probably 6'1", Shirvo is 6"0" and Miller isn't much shorter but he
does have short legs for a sprinter of his height.
Batman is only 5"7" but has thighs like thunder.

And you know, no matter how hard I train I don't think I can beat any of
them hahaha

You saw the photo of the finish?
Imagine these 6 as our relay squad and a month's improvement to go!