by Larry Eder
Sally Pearson, 2014 World Indoors, photo by PhotoRun.net
Sally Pearson opened her outdoor season well, doubling in the 100 meters and 100 meter hurdles, with two wins. LaShawn Merritt won the 400 meters, David Oliver won the 110m hurdles and Duane Solomon won the 800 meters. A nice day of athletics in Melbourne!
22/03/2014
IAAF World Challenge Melbourne
Melbourne (Albert Park), 22/03/2014
Men’ results
100 Metres – Men Wind: -0.3 m/s
1 Gamble , Tom AUS 10.41
2 Leathart , Tim AUS 10.44
3 Bee , Joel AUS 10.50
4 Hammond , Jake AUS 10.55
5 Forsythe , Mario JAM 10.60
6 Jung , Jin Su AUS 10.61
7 Bresland , Aaron AUS 10.70
8 Hartmann , Alexander AUS 10.82
200 Metres – Men Wind: +0.6 m/s
1 Geddes , Jarrod AUS 21.10
2 Forsythe , Mario JAM 21.17
3 Hammond , Jake AUS 21.38
4 Hartmann , Alexander AUS 21.42
5 Brown , Joel USA 21.60
6 Kermond , James AUS 21.66
7 Debernardi , Aidan AUS 22.04
400 Metres – Men
1 Merritt , LaShawn USA 46.32
2 Steffensen , John AUS 47.18
3 Burns , Craig AUS 47.22
4 Grant , Dylan AUS 47.49
5 Watkins , Clay AUS 47.72
6 Stone , Nelson PNG 48.58
7 Douglas , Iain AUS 48.68
8 Lawson-Matthew , Deluca AUS 48.70
800 Metres – Men
1 Solomon , Duane USA 1:45.17
2 Ralph , Joshua AUS 1:45.80
3 Riseley , Jeffrey AUS 1:46.15
4 Rowe , Alexander AUS 1:46.74
5 West , Jared AUS 1:47.60
6 Harik , Timas AUS 1:48.64
7 Gurr , James AUS 1:49.05
8 Mathews , Luke AUS 1:50.09
9 Mathas , Brad NZL 1:52.71
Vining , Edward AUS DNF
1500 Metres – Men
1 Magut , James Kiplagat KEN 3:40.39
2 Wright , Joshua AUS 3:42.19
3 Carson , Hamish NZL 3:42.83
4 Birmingham , Collis AUS 3:44.45
5 Fawthorpe , Tom AUS 3:46.47
6 Stapleton , Jack AUS 3:48.73
7 Page , Cameron AUS 3:49.04
8 Saunders , Philo AUS 3:49.75
9 Patterson , Zak AUS 3:54.37
10 Bradney , David AUS 4:05.15
Rotich , Andrew Kiptoo KEN DNF
5000 Metres – Men
1 Koech , Isiah Kiplangat KEN 13:29.05
2 St.Lawrence , Ben AUS 13:46.17
3 Hicks , Malcolm NZL 13:47.21
4 Rowe , Brenton AUT 13:51.46
5 Adams , Liam AUS 13:56.50
6 Hanrahan , Mark IRL 13:58.03
7 Brown , Mitchel AUS 13:59.10
8 Hamer , Christopher AUS 14:01.95
9 Hargreaves , Brandon AUS 14:10.16
10 Threlfall , Brady AUS 14:29.05
11 Cox , Matthew AUS 14:29.54
Elliott , Jackson AUS DNF
Geard , Ryan AUS DNF
110 Metres Hurdles – Men Wind: 0.0 m/s
1 Oliver , David USA 13.57
2 Hough , Nicholas AUS 13.93
3 Burstow , John AUS 14.28
4 Khongbut , Ben AUS 14.31
5 Conway , Jack AUS 14.33
6 Watton , Brett AUS 14.83
Brown , Joel USA DQ
400 Metres Hurdles – Men
1 Cochrane , Michael NZL 49.74
2 Thomas , Tristan AUS 49.84
3 Dewhurst , Ian AUS 50.12
4 O’Shea , Daniel NZL 50.57
5 French , Cameron NZL 51.76
6 Bennett , Leigh AUS 52.65
7 Yoshida , Kazuaki JPN 52.83
8 Roff , James AUS 53.58
Pole Vault – Men  
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1 Pocklington , Joel AUS 5.25
2 Mishchenko , Maxim AUS 5.15
3 Boyd , Matthew AUS 4.90
4 Lucas , Blake AUS 4.70
Kethers , Pascal NZL NM
Cross , Brodie AUS NM
Thomson , David AUS NM
Long Jump – Men
Wind
1 Frayne , Henry AUS 8.10 +0.1
2 Smith , Henry AUS 7.68 +2.0
3 Lapierre , Fabrice AUS 7.64 +0.5
4 Crowther , Robert AUS 7.61 +1.9
5 Jenner , Kurt AUS 7.49 +3.2
6 McGuire , Tim AUS 7.48 +1.1
7 Soliman , Tom AUS 7.44 0.0
8 Stratton , Jamie AUS 7.37 +1.8
Shot Put – Men
1 Walsh , Tomas NZL 21.16
2 Birkinhead , Damien AUS 19.31
3 Cowie , Matt AUS 17.39
4 Heinze , Courtney AUS 16.08
5 Carstairs , Shane AUS 15.40
Discus Throw – Men
1 Harradine , Benn AUS 63.59
2 Denny , Matthew AUS 56.84
3 Loveridge , Shane AUS 53.66
4 Vassilopoulos , Michael AUS 53.62
5 Melin , Robert SWE 51.43
Women’ results
100 Metres – Women Wind: +1.0 m/s
1 Pearson , Sally AUS 11.34
2 Breen , Melissa AUS 11.45
3 Hastings , Natasha USA 11.51
4 Whittaker , Ashleigh AUS 11.56
5 Wisil , Toea PNG 11.68
6 Cutmore , Michelle AUS 11.76
7 Graff , Elly AUS 11.86
8 Basic , Hana AUS 11.86
9 Wearne , Christine AUS 1
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1.90
10 Coates , Maddison AUS 11.91
200 Metres – Women Wind: +0.1 m/s
1 Hastings , Natasha USA 23.35
2 Nelson , Ella AUS 23.83
3 Whittaker , Ashleigh AUS 24.03
4 Rubie , Anneliese AUS 24.12
5 Turner , Laura AUS 24.34
6 Brennan , Monica AUS 24.60
7 Wisil , Toea PNG 24.62
8 Lawson , Emily AUS 24.77
800 Metres – Women
1 Sum , Eunice Jepkoech KEN 2:02.99
2 Wassall , Georgia AUS 2:03.23
3 Hetherington , Kelly AUS 2:03.41
4 McGowan , Brittany AUS 2:03.54
5 Katsanevakis , Katherine AUS 2:04.66
6 Kelly , Rosie AUS 2:06.42
7 Young , Kelly AUS 2:09.74
8 Kajan , Selma AUS 2:10.37
Mitchell , Morgan AUS DNF
1500 Metres – Women
1 Cherono , Mercy KEN 4:08.57
2 Buckman , Zoe AUS 4:09.59
3 Delaney , Bridey AUS 4:10.35
4 Duncan , Melissa AUS 4:13.73
5 Blundell , Jenny AUS 4:13.89
6 Hamblin , Nikki NZL 4:14.19
7 McKnight , Kaila AUS 4:14.63
8 Gregson , Heidi AUS 4:14.75
9 Crowe , Laura IRL 4:18.87
10 Buscomb , Camille NZL 4:18.88
11 Van Dalen , Lucy NZL 4:20.18
12 Laman , Anna AUS 4:23.30
Grange , Bronte AUS DNF
3000 Metres Steeplechase – Women
1 Mitchell , Victoria AUS 9:56.23
2 Flanagan , Rosa NZL 9:56.97
3 Spencer , Kate AUS 10:02.85
4 LaCaze , Genevieve AUS 10:14.09
5 McSweeney , Sarah NZL 10:27.01
6 Kondogonis , Stephanie AUS 11:47.98
100 Metres Hurdles – Women &nbs
p;Wind: -0.2 m/s
p;Wind: -0.2 m/s
1 Pearson , Sally AUS 12.83
2 McCann , Shannon AUS 13.24
3 Jenneke , Michelle AUS 13.28
4 Morrison , Fiona NZL 13.54
5 Beahan , Brianna AUS 14.02
6 Taddeo , Abbie AUS 14.06
7 Gill , Rasvinder AUS 14.09
8 Trad , Virginia AUS 14.29
400 Metres Hurdles – Women
1 Wells , Lauren AUS 57.20
2 Gulli , Jessica AUS 57.30
3 Pekin , Lyndsay AUS 57.47
4 Klein , Sara AUS 59.17
5 Carli , Sarah AUS 1:00.84
6 Black , Felicity AUS 1:01.04
7 Horrobin , Ashleigh AUS 1:01.34
8 Davidson , Trudy AUS 1:03.34
High Jump – Women
1 Patterson , Eleanor AUS 1.92
2 McDermott , Nicola AUS 1.83
3 Joye , Hannah AUS 1.83
4 Pejkovic , Amy AUS 1.80
5 Cowley , Sarah NZL 1.80
6 Reid , Ashleigh AUS 1.80
7 Lamb , Elizabeth NZL 1.80
8 Timmers , Zoe AUS 1.80
Triple Jump – Women
Wind
1 Leverton , Linda AUS 13.36 +0.4
2 Pettitt , Ellen AUS 13.12 +2.6
3 Knight , Emma AUS 12.91 0.0
4 Johnson , Aliyah AUS 12.61 0.0
5 Guy , Erin AUS 12.38 0.0
6 Okpala , Nneka NZL 12.28 0.0
7 Ruse , Alison AUS 11.91 0.0
Shot Put – Women
1 Adams , Valerie NZL 19.68
2 Mulhall , Kimberley AUS 15.05
3 Djibril , Alifatou TOG 14.90
4 Hamilton , Ashley &n
bsp; AUS 14.30
bsp; AUS 14.30
5 Chamberlain , Christie AUS 13.56
Discus Throw – Women
1 Samuels , Dani AUS 63.89
2 Gollshewsky , Taryn AUS 52.20
3 Kennedy , Alix AUS 52.14
4 Chamberlain , Christie AUS 50.94
5 Mulhall , Kimberley AUS 50.76
6 Djibril , Alifatou TOG 49.33
Javelin Throw – Women
1 Mickle , Kimberley AUS 66.83
2 Mitchell , Kathryn AUS 62.58
3 Roberts , Kelsey-Lee AUS 56.70
4 Clarke , Karen AUS 51.96
5 Brooks , Kathryn AUS 43.81
6 Lichoudaris , Sophie AUS 42.08
7 Dyer , Chelsea AUS 41.09
