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Athletics Australia Road Walking Championships 2008

Under 14 Boys - 3km
1. Jesse Osborne (Qld)
2. Ben Tesch (Qld)
3. Matt Oswalds (Regal)

15.28
15.46
16.12
Under 14 Girls - 3km
1. Amy Bettiol (NSW)
2. Elizabeth Hosking (ACT)
3. Tayla-Paige Billington (NSW)

14.39
14.54
15.20
Under 16 Boys - 5km
1. Blake Steele (SA)
2. Steven Washburn (NSW)
3. Brad Simpson (Vic)


23.44
24.45
24.53

Under 16 Girls - 5km
1. Shannon Jennings (NSW)
2. Kristie Goznik (SA)
3. Amy Burren (Vic)

24.19
24.48
25.06
Under 18 Boys - 10km
1. Dane Bird-Smith (Qld)
2. Sean Fitzsimons (WA)
3. Rydian Cowley (Vic)

45.00
45.10
48.10
Under 18 Girls - 5km
1. Beth Alexander (Vic)
2. Kristie Goznik (SA)
3. Nicole McInerney (SA)

24.36
26.26
26.45

World Junior Racewalking Championships 2008

Congratulations to Jessica Rothwell who finished 4th atv the World Junior Race Walking Championships in Poland.
Jessica's time of 44:44.22 for the 10km event was a new Australian Junior record.
Melissa Hayes finished 26th in a time of 50:38.35

Australian Teams Championships 2008 - Nunawading, Victoria

Nathan Fazldad confirmed his status as the best walker for his age group with a great win in the Australian Teams Championship over Jacob Did and Jesse Osbourne.
Amy Bettiol had a very close win in the girls race over Hannah Watson and Elizabeth Hosking. This group of girls plus a few who were not selected to compete in these championships will be worth watching as they climb there way into the senior ranks.
Full results are on the Australian Little Athletics - National web site.

VLAA Championships 2008


Rachael Tallent was in great form and stamped her authority to win the Under 15 girls eventin 6:58.59. Beth Alexander was second ahead of Ayla Collins and Emily Payne with a strong field of 20 girls contesting the event.
Amy Burren with a broken big toe still managed to win the Under 14 girls 1500m event. Chelsea Dyer battled with Amy early in the race but was overtaken by the stronger Hilary Brazel.
Ebony Whiley had a narrow win over Amelia Finegan in the Under 13 girls race. Not far behind Ebony Tallent narrowly took third spot from Caitlin Campbell. This was a very keenly contested event with all seventeen girls in the field walking with great style.
Knox is a very strong walking club and Bianca Attard showed her strength to win the under 12 girls event from Stephanie George and Jmara Hockley Samon.
Dandenong's Sarah Burren made it a family double again when she won the Under 11 girls 1500m race. Carly Bertrand was the only one to again keep Sarah honest with a much improved Chloe McNicol-Davidson from Seaford in third place. Rebecca Campbell finished a close fourth from Alexandra Brunton and Billie Whitelaw.

The under 15 boys 1500m event was won by Bradley Simpson. David Cowan has impvoved greatly this season and finished in second place ahead of Adrian Coad. Steven Marsh faded to fifth after a strong showing early in the race.
Lewis Clark eventually cleared out to clinched another gold medal in a very closely contested under 14 boys competition. Jacob Wright finished second from the much improved Dylan Sloan from Seaford.
Showing a lot of control, Nunawading's Ryan Antidormi went on to win the under 13 boys race from Josh Dillion. The tall figure of Aaron Gardner finished third from Dacy Irwin who finally droke away from a great contest further back in the field.
The tightest finish of the day came in the under 12 boys race with Caulfield's Sebastian Graham just holding off a great surge by Lucas Taylor in a race that was action packed. Both boys have improved greatly this season and we look forward to their progress in thr future. Corio's Lachlan Dillion eventually finishing third from B Maskell and Connor McShanag. photo of SMRwalk photo of Amy photo of Daniel

SMR Championships 2008

Under 15 Girls1500m Walk
1. Ayla CollinsWaverley
2. Madeline GrahameCaulfield
3. Hannah IrvineCaulfield
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Under 14 Girls1500m Walk----------Under 14 Boys1500m Walk
1. Amy BurrenDandenong1. Dylan SloanSeaford
2. Nicole HallettCasey2. Daniel PangbourneWesternport
3. Nikki MaherSeafordDQ Joshua KaiserFrankston
4. Samantha CannizzaroCranbourne
5. Kirri BloomfieldSeaford
6. Eleanor RienietsMentone
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Under 13 Girls1500m Walk
1. Talie CollinsWaverley
2. Emma ProlucciWaverley
3. Sarah MaslenFrankston
4. Georgia MaslenFrankston
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photo of Nicole photo of 2girls


photo of Rhydian 2007
Feb 9-11 - Australian U20 & U23 Championships, Hobart, Tasmania
Feb 17-18 - SMR Championships- Murrumbeena, Victoria
Mar 17-18 - VLAA State Championships, Olympic Park
Apr 22 - Australian Little Athletics Championships, Perth
Jun 10 - RWA Carnival - Canberra, ACT
Jul 01 - Victorian Schools Championships, Albert Park, 9.30am start
Jul 28 - RWA Carnival - Adelaide, SA
Sep 02 - Australian Road Walk Championships, Perth, WA
Dec 6-9 - Australia All Schools Championships, Sydney, NSW

photo of Regan

2007 Victorian All-Schools Championships

Happy birthday to Regan Lamble who set a blistering pace to win the Girls Under 17 Championship from Natalie Laurie and Beth Alexander.
Tamara Attard has found a new gear and set a cracking pace to win the Under 18 Girls race.
The smooth walking  Rydian  Cowley was also in great form finishing in 22:05.44 for the 5.0km  distance in the Under 20 Boys event. Nicholas Mirachi  had another solid walk for second place. Daniel Payne had a fantastic race to try and hold back Regan but  could not contain her over the closing couple of laps.  He continued on bravely to win the Boys Under 18 event.  Jason Elms finished second and had his own little battle to try and stay with Kristin Shaw over the 5km distance. Well done to both athletes.

Australia Road Walks Championships 2007 - Perth, W.A.

Women Under 20 - 10km
Men Under 20 - 20km
Place NameTeamTime
1Ian RaysonNSW1:34.35
2Anson PerinNSW2:14:20
Place Name Team Time
1Fiona Alldis NSW50:03.32
2Katrina Grgurovic WA53:42.33
3Emma Simmons WA59:42.80

Men Under 18 - 8km
Place NameTeamTime
1Rhydian CowleyVic37:56.00
2Brook KeysNSW38:11.00
3Kyle MaloneNSW38:25.00
4Derek MulhearnNSW39:02.00
5Daniel PayneVic39:53.00
6Tim JenynsWA41:52.00
7Nathan JonesNSW44:05.00
8Bobby MalcomsonTas44:40.00

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Women  Under 18 - 8km
Place Name Team Time
1Melissa Hayes NSW39:47.00
2Natalie Laurie Vic42:54.00
3Samantha Tesch Qld43:52.00
4Gabrielle D'Agnone WA45:09.00
5Ana Grgurovic WA46:09.00
6Kimberley Smith WA46:24.00
7Nicolie Byrne WA47:14.00

Men Under 16 - 5km
Place NameTeamTime
1Sean FitzsimmonsWA23:31.58
2Jordan MulhearnNSW25:18.29
3Christopher NinyettWA27:36.68
4Harley ChapmanWA28:24.89

Women Under 16 - 5km
1Paige Hooper SA25:23.81
2Kate Fitzsimmons WA26:33.08
3Kristie Goznik SA27:23.36
4Danielle George NSW27:53.17
5Ayla Collins Vic28:07.39
6Shenna Hartley WA28:22.24
7Ebony Gralton NSW29:21.23
8Emily Payne Vic29:35.00
9Kate King WA29:41.05
10Jacqueline Smith WA29:42.04
11Andrea Hahn WA30:04.82
12Sarah Littke WA30:06.84
13Louise Richardson WA31:00.50
14Ashley Albert Vic33:47.00

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Men Under 14 - 3km
Place NameTeamTime
1Samuel DibWA14:37.99
2Nathan FazldadNSW15:21.55
3Steven WashburnNSW15:41.87
4Jacob ByrneWA16:44.93
5Jacob DibWA16:54.33
6Peter CurtisVic17:20.50
7Jesse OsborneQld17:26.82
8Corey LittkeWA17:43.29
9Michael GreenVic18:33.52
10Kevin BuchananWA18:47.25
Women Under 14 - 3km

1 Amy BurrenVic14:27.88
2 Amy BettiolNSW14:33.04
3 Ebony WhileyVic15:17.51
4 Tiffany D'AgnoneWA15:23.96
5 Krystal LeinasaisWA15:32.22
6 Hannah WatsonWA15:36.91
7 Cassandra RaselliVic15:44.09
8 Amelia FinneganVic15:46.73
9 Caitlin CampbellVic16:01.84
10 Nicole HallettVic16:14.14
11 Tayla Paige BillingtonNSW16:56.39
12 Melissa TeraceWA16:59.96
13 Ciara DuffyWA17:08.65
14 Rebecca MelvilleNSW18:02.62
15 Sarah BroadheadNSW19:47.82

Winter Competitions

Racewalking events held at the Victorian Racewalking Club, Albert Park (near the Middle Park Bowling Club)
most Saturday afternoons at about 2.00pm.

AV Road Walk Championships 2007

Held at Albert Park, 12-07-2007

Under 18 Women - 8km
Under 18 Men - 8km
1 Daniel PayneCOR39:34
2 Nicholas MirachiCOR40:07
1 Regan LambleABW40:25
2 Natalie LaurieANW44:20
3 Tamara AttardKNA44:27
4 Jessie PalfreymanEag47:39
5 Mykaela GageCor57:11
Under 16 Boys - 5km
1 Brad SimpsonKNA27:16
2 Robert WalshANW27:39
3 Filip CosicCOB28:12


Under 16 Girls - 5km
1Rachael TallentBYC26:45
2Ayla CollinsMAL27:35
3Hilary BrazelANW28:18
4Emily PayneCor28:54
5Erin BruntonCor29:35
6Amy CallawayKNA29:52
7Danielle DavisCor31:58
8Cara JonesSBE32:38
Under 14 Boys - 3km
1 Ryan AntidormiANW15:53
2 Jacob WrightANW15:56
3 Billy AllambyKNA15:59
4 Peter CurtisSBE16:12
5 Michael GreenGPA17:14
=6 Jeremiah JonesSBE17:40
=6 Andrew HoganMAL17:40

Under 14 Girls - 3km
1Amy BurrenMAL15:20
2Amelia FinneganKNA15:38
3Nicole HallettANW15:47
4Ebony TallentBYC15:48
5Caitlin CampbellATE16:04
6Ebony WhileyEAG17:04
7Ashley AlbertMAL18:42
8Rebecca CampbellATE19:01
9Katelyn JonesBYC19:50
10Taylor BroganInvit19:55


Lake Burley Griffin 2007

Results are on the Racewalking Australia Web Page.
Presentation photos from Canberra are available at here courtesy of Doug Fitzgerald.

IAAF World Youth Championships 2007

ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA has anounced the Australian for the 5TH IAAF World Youth Championships
to be held at Ostrava, Czech Republic on 11-15 JULY 2007.
Melissa Hayes (NSW) and Paige Hooper (SA) have been included to compete in the girls 5000m event.

Australian Little Athletics Championships 2007

Held at the Erin Clarke Athletics Track, Perth, WA
Girls 1500m Walk
1.Amy BurrenVic6:56.0
2.Emma BettiolNSW7:02.2
3.Chelsea DyerVic7:11.9
4.Breanne GoschnikQld7:14.8
5.Lauren HarringtonSA7:37.5
6.Krystal LeinasarsWA7:51.6
7.Tayla LangleyQld7:56.6
8.Stephanie GriffinACT8:37.8
9.Alexandra HavlatACT8:52.8
10.Cherlyse YatesTas9:52.2
11.Anna HowarthWA10:19.3
12.Courtney PearsonTas10:26.3
13.Samantha HulmeNSW10:52.9
-Lahlie DaviesSADQ

Boys 1500m Walk
1.Samuel DibWA7:05.5
2.Jacob AllenNSW7:21.6
3.Lewis ClarkVic7:24.2
4.Braden HowlettTas7:22.4
5.Daniel CrouchSA7:24.9
6.Kye MathewsQld7:58.3
7.Shannon WheedonTas8:16.1
8.Tom KingstonVic9:10.9
9.Jack PegrumACT9:13.4
10.Alec BryceSA9:41.2
11.Wayne GehanQld9:53.8
-Jordan CantNSWDQ
-Sam RichardsonACTQD
-Dalton DuplockWADQ

Australian U20 Championships 2007

Racewalking results:-

Men Under 20 - 10,000m Walk
1. Daniel Coleman Tas 44:55.91
2. Kyle Bryant Vic 45:12.22
3. Brendon Reading ACT 49:16.64
4. Chase Richardson Tas 55:15.27
5. Ben Henman SA 57:54.47
DQ Adam Dunn SA -
DQ Ian Rayson NSW -
Women Under 20 - 10,000m Walk
1. Tanya Holiday SA 48:56.51
2. Jessica Rothwell Vic 49:29.10
3. Fiona Alldis Vic 52:39.16
4. Stephanioe Stigwood SA 55:29.96
5. Cassandra Staples NSW 55:53.69
6. Rukshani Keenawinna NSW 58:12.86

2006 Australian All Schools Championships - Sydney

Boys Under 18 - 5000m Walk
1. Daniel Coleman Tas 22:07.83
2. Kyle Bryant Vic 22:59.25
3. Brendon Reading ACT 23:24.53
4. Cody Attwater NSW 24:20.98
5. Adam Dunn SA 25:02.11
6. Andrew Smith NSW 30:08.31
DNFBen Henman SA -
Girls Under 18 - 5000m Walk
1. Jessica Rothwell Vic 24:24.34
2. Nicole Fagan NSW 25:35.01
3. Lauren Drennan Vic 25:47.57
4. Roxanne Busuttil NSW 26:23.61
5. Lizzy Malcomson Tas 27:19.68
6. Caitlin Brunton Vic 27:34.34
7. Cassandra Staples NSW 27:28.55
8. Natalie Laurie Vic 28:28.06
9. Natasha Agius NSW 29:34.64
10.Roslyn Jones Qld 29:39.80
11.Nicole McInerney SA 29:53.57
12.Sarah Stewart Qld 30:25.30

Boys Under 17 - 5000m Walk
1. Brook Keys NSW 22:15.13
2. Sean Fitzsimons WA 23:40.77
3. Kyle Malone NSW 23:55.15
4. Jared Loi Qld 24:33.09
5. Daniel Payne Vic 24:39.20
6. Michael Reading ACT 25:17.18
7. Derek Mulhearn NSW 25:37.93
8. Jonathon Birt Qld 25:50.46
9. Ian Dewhurst NSW 26:03.14
10.Timothy Jenyns WA 26:11.21
11.Chase Richardson Tas 26:52.49
12.James Pisani NSW 27:57.35
Girls Under 17 - 5000m Walk
1. Melissa Hayes NSW 25:55.30
2. Steph Stigwood SA 26:01.28
3. Danielle Densley WA 26:53.15
4. Samantha Tesch Qld 27:10.57
5. Rukshani Keenawinna NSW 27:34.61
6. Tamara Attard Vic 27:38.58
7. Jessie Palfreyman Vic 28:11.26
8. Melissa Sullivan WA 28:21.50
9. Jessica Currie Qld 32:55.20
NDFNatasha Sorensen Qld -
DQ Paige Hooper SA -
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Boys Under 16 - 3000m Walk
1. Rhydian Cowley Vic 13:58.59
2. Kyle Malone NSW 14:07.01
3. Chase Richardson TAS 14:16.57
4. Mitchell Flood NSW 15:07.23
5. Shaun Ninyo NSW 15:13.02
6. Bobby Malcomson Tas 15:22.95
7. Nathan Jones NSW 16:04.74
DQ Nicholas Mirarchi Vic -
Girls Under 16 - 3000m Walk
1. Melissa Hayes NSW 14:42.97
2. Samantha Tesch Qld 15:17.76
3. Natalie Laurie Vic 15:34.16
4. Rukshani Keenawinna NSW 15:59.20
5. Jessica Bennett NSW 16:05.66
6. Nicole Dryden NSW 16:15.71
7. Teagan Roberts WA 16:56.71
8. Paula Venz Qld 18:11.09
9. Naomi Roberts SA 18:51.94
DQ Tanya Poppett NSW -
DQ Nicole McInerney SA -

Boys Under 15 - 3000m Walk
1. Sean Fitzsimons WA 13:57.52
2. Jordan Mulhearn NSW 14:12.89
3. John Tilden NSW 14:40.12
4. Timucin Girgin Vic 14:48.33
5. Blake Steele SA 15:02.66
6. Nick Dewar Qld 15:47.90
7. Brandon Dewar Qld 16:21.13
8. Brad Simpson Vic 16:37.24
9. Daniel Crouch SA 16:47.17
10.John Hallam Qld 16:51.78
11.Kai Maruta NSW 17:02.63
DQ Cheyne Egleton NSW -
DQ Samuel Dib WA -
Girls Under 15 - 3000m Walk
1. Paige Hooper SA 15:04.31
2. Kate Fitzsimons WA 15:18.22
3. Beth Alexander Vic 15:28.80
4. Rhearne Ryan NSW 15:40.08
5. Lauren Harrington SA 15:54.10
6. Rachel Tallent Vic 16:01.26
7. Teletha Phillips Tas 16:11.78
8. Ebony Gralton NSW 16:13.65
9. Samara Holliday SA 16:31.69
10.Kini Chapple NSW 16:38.11
11.Hilary Brazel Vic 17:10.25
12.Caragh Thomas SA 17:32.82
13.Melissa Currie Qld 18:57.26
DQ Caitlin Campbell Vic -

Australian Road Walk Championships 2006 - Tasmania

Check out the Australia Athletics web site for the full results.

Men Under 16 - 5km Walk
1 Sean Fitzsimons WA 24:12.00
2 Nicholas Mirarchi VIC 25:09.00
3 Chase Richardson TAS 27:11.00
4 Bobby Malcomson TAS 27:57.00
Men Under 18 - 8km Walk
1Daniel Coleman TAS 36:33.00
2Kyle Bryant VIC 36:45.00
3Brendon Reading ACT 38:57.00
4Michael Reading ACT 40:35.00
5Adam Dunn SA 40:52.00
6Daniel Payne VIC 41:44.00
7Shaun Burgess VIC 42:25.00
8Ian Dewhurst NSW 43:04.00

Women Under 16 - 5km Walk
1Paige Hooper SA 24:08.00
2Melissa Hayes NSW 25:08.00
3Regan Lamble VIC 25:31.00
4Natalie Laurie VIC 26:36.00
5Samantha Tesch QLD 27:03.00
6Rukshani Keenawinna NSW 27:45.00
7Karla Barrett WA 28:18.00
8Marie Decker WA 29:58.00
9Shennae Hartley WA 30:12.00
10Louise Richardson WA 30:28.00
11Samantha Buckler QLD 31:12.00
Women Under 18 - 8km Walk
1Jess Rothwell VIC 40:31.00
2Cassandra Staples NSW 42:02.00
3Lauren Drennan VIC 42:42.00
4Katarina Grgurovic WA 43:11.00
5Danielle Scott WA 43:45.00
6Lizzie Malcomson TAS 44:24.00
7Kimberly Smith WA 44:32.00
8Gabrielle D'Agnone WA 44:37.00
9 Natasha Sorensen QLD 44:45.00
10Jessie Palfreyman VIC 45:39.00
11Nicole Byrne WA 46:47.00
12Anna Grgurovic WA 47:32.00
13Tamara Attard VIC 47:41.00
14Emma Simmons WA 49:18.00
15Laura Mogenson NSW 50:14.00
16Melissa Sullivan WA 54:02.00

Racewalking Australia Carnival - Albert Park 2006

There was some excellent race walking at Albert Park during the Racewalking Australia Carnival.
Many of the Junior athletes set personal beat times during the competition and there were plenty of individual and team medals and trophies handed out at the presentations post race.
Tasmania's Daniel Coleman showed greatly improved pace to win the U20 Men's race from Kyle Bryant and Anson Perin.
Jessica Rothwell also found some extra speed to win the U20 Women 10km event from Chloe Jones and Siobhan Donovan.
Victorian boys dominated the U18 race with Daniel Payne winning from Nicholas Mirarchi and Shaun Burgess. NSW girls Shannon Jennings and Melissa Hayes lead home Lauren Drennan and a string of other Victorian walkers in the U 18 girls event.

The U16 boys race went to Rhydian Cowley from Michael Reading and Ian Dewhurst.
Natalie Laurie has been gradually improving and she scooted away to beat home Melissa Hayes and Kini Chapple in the U16 girls 3km event.
The boys U14 race wa won by Nathan Fazldad from Steven Washburn and Brad Simpson.
Another big field of athletes contested the U14 Girls 2km event. Shannon Jennings backing up for another win this time over Beth Alexander and Rachael Tallent.

Keep watching the Racewalking Australia website for all the full details of the results, including all teams and handicap awards. There are also the results of the Open Men 20km and Open Womens 10km events.
There will also be details of another amazing walk from Andrew Jamieson and Heather Carr. It just goes to show that race walking can be for all age groups.

A.V. Schools Championships 2006 - Albert Park

Under 18 - 5km Championships
Kyle Bryant won the boys race from Daniel Payne.
Lauren Drennan continued her good form with a win over Jessie Palfreyman in the girls race. Tamara Attard set another personal best performance to pick up the bronze medal.

Under 16 3km Championships 2006
Rhydian Cowley had a strong win over Jared Larkins and Timucin Girgin in the boys event.
Regan Lamble held off Beth Alexandra and Natalie Laurie to win the girls race which was very competitive.

Under 14 3km Championships 2006
Ergenekon Girgin continued the family tradition by winning the boys Uner 14 event. Brad Simpson was second ahead of a great effort from Jeremiah Jones. Cassandra Raselli won a very hotly contested girls event. Amy Burren was second from Rachael Tallent

Lake Burley Griffin Carnival 2006

Cassandra Raselli(Vic) won the U12 2000m event in a sensational finish from Amy Bettiol. Tayla-Page Billington and Shay Southern battled out for third place ahead of Nicole Hallett(Vic) and Caitlin Campbell(Vic).
Nathan Fazldad won the boys U12 2000m race from Steven Washburn and Ryan Antidormi(Vic).

Beth Alexander(Vic) showed great style and strength in the U14 2000m race to win from Rachael Tallent(Vic) and Emma Bettiol.
The U14 boys event was dominated by NSW walkers with Nathan Fazldad taking his second victory for the day. Steven Washburn again took second place with Cheyenne Egeleton picking up the minor placing. Bendigo walkers Adrian Coad, Jack Palfreyman and Peter Curtis all put in solid performances and they picked up the team silver award.

Paige Hooper took a strong lead early in the girls U16 race and went on to record a good win. Regan Lamble(Vic) paced herslf well and overtook Shannon Jennings during the closing stages of the race for second place. Not far behind them were Melissa Hayes and Natalie Laurie(Vic) who had a close contest throughout the race.
Kyle Malone was a popular winner in the boys U16 race from Michael Reading and Jared Larkins(Vic). James Pisani, Dane Bird-Smith and Nicholas Mirarchi(Vic) were a tight group and finished next across the line.

Tasmanian Daniel Coleman dominated the boys U18 5000m race. Bendigo's Kyle Bryant was a clear second ahead of Daniel Payne(Vic) who work hard for his third place. Shaun Burgess(5th) and Nicholas Mirarchi(8th) gave Victoria the team gold medal.
Tanya Holliday would have given Daniel a close contest but she was in the girls U18 race and she recorded a comfortable win over Fiona Alldis and Nicole Pagan. Cassandra Staples and Lauren Drennan(Vic) had a thrilling finish for fourth place. Further back in the field Caitlin Brunton found an amazing burst of energy to edge past Tamara Attard in another dramatic finish.


VLAA State Qualifying for Racewalking

Athletes who fail to better the times listed below for their age group at the Region Qualifying events
shall not automatically qualify or be progressed to state finals.

Age Group - Distance Girls Boys
U9 -- 1100m9:009:00
U10 - 1100m8:308:30
U11 - 1500m11:3011:00
U12 - 1500m11:0010:45
U13 - 1500m10:3010:15
U14 - 1500m10:1510:00
U15 - 1500m10:1510:00




Australian Road Walking Championships 2005

U14 Men 3km Road Walk

1.

Nathan Fazldad

NSW

15:14

2.

Jordan Mulhearn

NSW

15:26

3.

Timucin Girgin

Vic

15:41

4.

Jack Palfreyman

Vic

18:06

5.

Daniel Crouch

SA

18:54

U14 Women 3km Road Walk

1.

Paige Hooper

SA

14:21

2.

Shannon Jennings

NSW

14:45

3.

Kini Chapple

NSW

15:16

4.

Karla Barrett

WA

16:05

5.

Rachael Tallent

Vic

16:57

6.

Danielle George

NSW

17:33

7.

Shennee Hartley

WA

17:42

8.

Tiffany D'Agnone

WA

17:55

9.

Ebony Gralton

NSW

18.06

10.

Ellen Mills

SA

18:51

11.

Emily Payne

Vic

20:02

12.

Caragh Thomas

SA

20:42

U16 Men 5km Road Walk

1.

Brook Keys

NSW

25:01

2.

Kyle Malone

NSW

25:31

3.

Chase Richardson

Tas

26:01

4.

Daniel Payne

Vic

27:03

5.

Derek Mulhearn

NSW

27:29

6.

Nicholas Mirarchi

Vic

27:44

7.

Michael Reading

ACT

28:20

8.

Douglas Mayfield

SA

28:42

9.

Cash Davies

SA

29:01

U16 Women 5km Road Walk

1.

Regan Lamble

Vic

25:40

2.

Natalie Laurie

Vic

26:56

3.

Danielle Densley

WA

27:16

4.

Jessie Palfreyman

Vic

27:51

5.

Stephanie Stigwood

SA

28:04

6.

Gabrielle D'Agnone

WA

28:26

7.

Rukshani Keenawinna

NSW

28:55

8.

Naomi Roberts

SA

29:14

9.

Jessica Bennet

NSW

29:18

10.

Nicole Byrne

WA

31:22

11.

Katrina Biteznik

NSW

32:08

12

Nicole McInerney

SA

32:13

U18 Men 8km Road Walk

1.

Daniel Coleman

Tas

39:22

2.

Grzegorz Wolszczak

SA

41:08

3.

Brendon Reading

ACT

42:34

4.

Adam Dunn

SA

44:54

5.

Anson Perin

NSW

47:57

6.

Ben Henman

SA

48:39

U18 Women 8km Race Walk

1.

Fiona Alldis

NSW

41.54

2.

Jessica Rothwell

Vic

43:27

3.

Siobhan Donovan

Vic

45:36

4.

Natasha Agius

NSW

47:04

5.

Brianna Hollitt

SA

47:36

6.

Ellen Lingley

NSW

48:48

7.

Elizabeth Malcolmson

Tas

50:02

8.

Emma Simmons

WA

50:45

9.

Megan Huitema

SA

51:55

Australian U13 Teams Championships 2005

Held at Hobart, 23-24 April 2005

U13 Boys 1500m Race Walk

1.

John Tilden

NSW

7:25.51

2.

Stirling Caiulo

WA

7:29.34

3.

Lachlan Muir

Vic

7:42.52

4.

Cameron Tew

Qld

8:10.93

5.

Bobby Malcolmson

Tas

8:16.04

6.

Rory Brokate

SA

8:18.81

7.

Cameron Clark

SA

8:53.48

8.

Daniel McLean

Qld

9:11.16

9.

Jordan Williamsz

Vic

10:38.43

10.

Christopher Jenkins

ACT

11:10.81

11.

Thomas Apps

ACT

11:11.76

George Burbury

Tas

Disq

Jeremiah Tiatia

NSW

Disq

Levi Richardson

WA

Disq

U13 Girls 1500m Race Walk

1.

Rhearne Ryan

NSW

7:18.48

2.

Regan Lamble

Vic

7:49.15

3.

Rose-Leigh Tobin

Qld

7:55.83

4.

Macey Olsen

Tas

8:20.43

5.

Ellen Mills

SA

8:24.31

6.

Madeleine Knee

Tas

8:33.86

7.

Naomi Burgess

ACT

8:49.98

8.

Kristie-Lee Addyman

Act

9:27.06

9.

Sharnee Griffiths

SA

10:05.11

10.

Cassi Smetherham

WA

10:07.75

11.

Carly Dymond

Vic

10:55.03

12.

Georgina McKenzie

Qld

13:15.15

Brydee Clarke

NSW

Disq

Shannae Hartley

WA

Disq

Australian Race Walk Championships 2005

Held at Brisbane on 8-10 April 2005

Womens U18 - 3000m Race Walk

1.

Tanya Holliday

SA

14:33.27

2.

Fiona Alldis

NSW

15:24.30

3.

Natasha Sorenson

Qld

16:00.42

Womens U20 - 10,000m Race Walk

1.

Tanya Holliday

SA

54:40.86

2.

Fauve Jacobs

VIC

58:18.53

3.

Lesley Cantwell

NZL

60:49.50

Men U18 - 3000m Race Walk

1.

Brendon Reading

ACT

13:41.73

2.

Daniel Reading

TAS

14:09.25

3.

Jarred Loi

Qld

14:35.88

4.

Blake Egelton

NSW

14:39.54

Men U20 - 10,000m Race Walk

1.

Adam Rutter

AIS

43:32.63

2.

Michael McCagh

AIS

43:52.31

3.

Ashley Colquhoun

ACT

46:25.35

4.

Ian Rayson

NSW

46:35.46

5.

Daniel Colman

TAS

49:48.48

Brendon Reading

ACT

DNF

Australian Race Walking Championships 2004

Full results can be viewed on the Athletics Australia Website.
Victoria's Emma Gray finished fourth in the Under 20, 10km race in a very good time and a personal best of 55:02.
Jessica Rothwell had a tough walk to finish second behind WA's Katrina Grgurovic in the Under 16, 5km race after giving the leader too much distance early in the race. Sarah Alexander put in another solid walk to finish seventh.
Rachael Tallent and Mietta Feery finished seventh & eighth in the Under 14, 3km event with both girls recording personal best times. South Australia's Paige Hopper just getting the better of Lauren Biagioni to take a narrow win in the race.
Brendan Reading confirmed his surpremecy in the Boys Under 16 event with a good win over Greg Wolszczak and Daniel Coleman.
Kyle Bryant finished fifth with Shaun Burgess having a close battle with Brook Keys and recording a personal best time to finish seventh.

Australian All Schools Championships 2004

Held at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre
Full results can be viewed on the Athletics Australia Website.

U16 Boys

3000m Walk

1.

Brendon Reading

ACT Belconnen HS

13:28.80

2.

Gregorz Wolszczak

SA Thomas More Coll

13:45.79

3.

David Beach

WA Ocean Reef SHs

14:06.50

4.

Daniel Coleman

Tas St Virglis

14:09.80

5.

Kyle Bryant

Vic Flora Hill SC

14:34.90

6.

Cody Attwater

NSW Sth Grafton HS

15:31.48

7.

Shaun Burgess

Vic Belmont SC

15:44.87

8.

Anson Perin

NSW Leumeath

15:51.07

9.

Ashley Surman-Jenkins

Vic Rowville

16:23.11

10.

Ben Henmon

SA Mt.Gambier

16:55.75

U15 Boys

3000m Walk

1.

Jared Loi

Qld Bribie Is Shs

14:09.53

2.

Brook Keys

NSW Mitchell HS

14:43.62

3.

Rhydian Cowley

Vic Glen Wav

15:05.13

4.

James Pisani

NSW Condell Park HS

15:22.86

5.

Dan De Wit

NSW Nth Syd BH

15:38.38

6.

Aaron Jeffs

SA Modbury PS

15:43.96

7.

Daniel Payne

Vic Kardinia

15:59.28

8.

Michael Reading

ACT Belconnen HS

16:16.40

9.

Jonathon Birt

Qld West Moreton

16:31.36

10.

Jarrod Harvey

Qld Boonah Shs

16:59.83

11.

Derek Mulhearn

NSW Mari Eas

18:13.52


U15 Girls

3000m Walk

1.

Paige Hooper

Sa St.Francis

14:03.77

2.

Natasha Sorensen

Qld Somerville Hse

15:24.73

3.

Rukshani Keenawinna

NSW Carolin

15:41.77

4.

Natalie Laurie

Vic Kingswood Coll

15:45.58

5.

Jessie Palfreyman

Vic Golden Sq

15:56.00

6.

Jessica Hills

NSW Lisarow HS

16:02.56

7.

Dianne Petith

Qld Chisholm Coll

16:09.38

8.

Katrina Biteznik

NSW Bev Hill

17:04.34

U16 Girls

3000m Walk

1.

Cassandra Staples

NSW McCarthur Ang

14:34.24

2.

Jessica Rothwell

Vic Goulburn

14:36.77

3.

Katarina Grgurovic

John Forrest Shs

15:08.17

4.

Lizzy Malcomson

Tas Fahan Sch

15:09.71

5.

Natasha Agius

NSW Emmaus Coll

15:24.57

6.

Caitlin Worrall

ACT Melrose HS

15:58.47

7.

Aimee Jones

NSW St.Agnes High

16:02.97

8.

Andrea Keenawinna

NSW Carolin

16:07.00

9.

Roxanne Busuttil

NSW Munmora

16:08.43

10.

Sarah Alexander

Vic Karingal

16:09.05

11.

Shannon Hayes

Qld Lourdes

16:36.61


VLAA State Championships 2004


Results are available at the VLAA web site.
Congradulations to all of our young walkers who competed at the state championships. The standard of race walking was very high and there were very few reports in most of the races. A little bit of training can make the world of difference at this level of competition.
A.Burren(Dandenong)was the only girl from SMR to win a gold medal in an outstanding time of 5:56.7 in the Under 10 1100m event. Dana Neilsen(U14, Waverley), C.Di Francesco (U12 Brighton) and T.Collins (U9 Dandenong) won silver medals with Sarah Alexander (U15 Oakleigh) and M.Graham (U11 Caulfield) winning a bronze medal.
D.Sloan from Seaford patience paid off in the Under 10 Boys event and he eventually took out the gold medal. T.Harrison (U12 Waverley) and S.Grayson (U13 Casey) won silver medals with J.McSweeney (U9 Dandenong) picking up a bronze medal with a very controlled performance.

Australian Federation Championships 2003

Frankston athletes Megan Peters and Jayson Stoddart helped Victorian teams to gold medals at the Australian Federation of Race Walking Championships in Canberra.
Megan finished a close third over the tough 10 mile course around lake Burley Griffin. Simone Wolowiec and Nicole Sansonetti were the other team members who gave Victoria the first gold medals of the day.
Later in the day Megan finished second in the 5km race which had a big field of 28 competitiors. She was the first Victorian home with Heather Carr and Eda Girgin assisting to gain a team bronze medal.

Jayson finished third in the Under 12 boys 2000m event and combined with brothers Timucin and Ergenekon Girgin to win the team gold medal.
David Butteriss helped secure the team bronze medal in the Under 9 boys event.

Other SMR athletes Sarah Alexander (3rd) and Daina Neilsen helped to win the team silver medals in the Under 15 girls 3000m event.
Cloe McNicol-Davidson fell late in the Under 9 girls race but battled on to finish fourth. She was pleasantly surprised with the third place handicap trophy at the presentations.

Winter - Race walking events are conducted by the Victorian Race Walking Club from the Middle Park Lawn Bowls Club at Albert Park during winter. They have a variety of distances and and age groups include under 9, 12, 15, 20, Veterans and Open.

Summer - Race walking events are conducted at the following Little Athletic Centres during summer:-
Caulfield, Chelsea, Dandenong, Oakleigh, Pakenham, Seaford, Southern Peninsula (Rosebud West), Waverley, Westernport (Hastings).

RACE WALKING RULES

1. Race Walking is a progression of steps so taken that the walker makes contact with the ground, so that no visible (to the human eye) loss of contact occurs.
2. The advancing leg shall be straightened (i.e. not bent at the knee) from the moment of first contact with the ground until the vertical upright position.

WALK JUDGING

Without judging the sport would not exist. Judging attempts to make it as fair as possible for all walkers who are complying with the rules of race walking.
"Cautions" - these are verbal instructions to the athletes that they may be in danger of not complying with the rules of race walking. The athlete should take notice of the judge and try to correct their style.
"Reports" - If a judge believes that the athlete is not complying with one of the rules of race walking, they will be given a report which is noted on judge's report card. The judge's report cards are handed to the chief judge at the end of a race (for short track races)for the chief judge to take the appropiate action.
"Chief Judge" - The chief judge explains the rules of race walking before the competition commences and tallies up the reports at the end of a race (short races). The chief judge also informs the athletes about their reports and advises them if a disqualification has been imposed on their result and gives them the reasons for that action.

RACE WALKING TECHNIQUE

Posture - The body should be straight and tall with a very minimal lean forward.
Head - Chin up and looking long down the track. Keep the head still and not rocking from side to side.
Shoulders - Keep them down and relaxed so that there is an easy arm swing.
Arms - Should be bent at about 85o and the arm swing should be from the shoulders. The hands should swing from the hip up to about chest height. The hands should not cross the centreline of the body with the action forward and back not across the body.
Hips - By rotating the hips slightly forward and driving from the rear leg there is a noticable increase in stride length. Try not to rock the hips from side to side, it should be a forward and back action.
Knees - Do not lift the knee too high as it swings forward and the leg should be straightened as contact is made with the ground. The leg remains straight until it passes under the body and into the driving phase.
Feet - Hold the toes up on contact with the ground and roll over the foot as the body pushes forward. The rear leg drives forward with the toes rising higher as the athlete gains more strength. With proper hip rotation foot placement should be in a straight line for maximum stride length.
Speed - Practice techniques slowly at first and build up speed gradually. Quicker leg speed can be achieved with a little practice. Longer stride length will usually come as the athlete gets stronger with race fitness.

Racewalking Links

Racewalking Australia
Victorian Race Walking Club
Ballarat Racewalkers
Athletics Victoria
Athletics Australia
ACT Race & Fitness Walking Club
Racewalking New South Wales
NSW Race Walkers Club
Racewalking Queensland
South Australian Racewalkers Club
Tasmania Walk Club
Race Walking Club of Western Australia (needs some work)
Racewalk.com(USA)
Walking resources - directory of Walking related websites.

Dave's World Class Racewalking
Race Walking email news group (Yahoo)

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