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Australia has taken home two silver and two bronze medals at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 in Cali, Colombia. ©Athletics Australia
Athletics australia – News – CALI 2015
Australia has taken home two silver and two bronze medals at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 in Cali, Colombia.
"We got some really good results, some personal bests, top eights and medals which we can all be proud of and, for the athletes that didn't have their best competition they've still got an opportunity to learn and back it up over the next couple of years to try and make a senior team," Sara Mulkearns, National Junior High Performance Manager said.
Australia completed the five-day world youth championships with four medals and seven top eight results.
"For the athletes its been a big learning experience for them, all the athletes have all done really well and come out of it knowing with hard work they can mix it with the best", Mulkearns said.
Collecting a medal across the first four days, Samantha Peace (NSW) kicked things off with bronze and personal best of 50.59m in the discus on day one.
Next up, in one of the events of the championships, Darcy Roper (QLD) wrote his name into the Australian record books with the distance of 8.01m in the long jump final to claim silver on day two and the Australian under 18 long record.
Day three saw another thrower claim bronze, Ned Weatherly (VIC) mixed it with the might of Ukraine to claim third with a mark of 77.60m in the hammer.
In front of packed Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero Phillipa Hajdasz (VIC) produced clean clearances on the opening three attempts and a personal best of 4.05m to place equal second and take home silver in the pole vault on night four of the championships.
"The trip has been fantastic, the athletes have been really well supported by great staff and we have to thank them for all their efforts and energy," Mulkearns said.
The sole Australian to compete on day five was Conor Warren (QLD) who opened up with a mark of 61.02m, increasing his distance on the second attempt to 61.80m before his final throw of 59.40m ended his competition in 12th place.
"These things happen, I just got to take it on the chin and improve, that's all I can do.", Warren said.
"I think I didn't come as prepared as I should of, in the first round I hurt my back a little bit doing the wrong technique and then it scared me too much, I didn't improve things and be brave," Warren said.
Complete results:
|
Name / State |
Event |
Result |
|
Darcy Roper (QLD) |
Long Jump |
Silver |
|
Phillipa Hajdasz (VIC) |
Pole Vault |
Silver |
|
Ned Weatherly (VIC) |
Hammer Throw |
Bronze |
|
Samantha Peace (NSW) |
Discus |
Bronze |
|
Louis Stenmark (NSW) |
400m |
6th |
|
Clara Smith (QLD) |
50000m |
7th |
|
Brandon Herrigan (QLD) |
110m Hurdles |
8th |
|
Brenton Foster (QLD) |
High Jump |
8th |
|
Annabel McDermott (NSW) |
3000m |
9th |
|
Danielle Shaw (VIC) |
100m Hurdles |
11th |
|
Jemima Montag (VIC) |
5000m walk |
11th |
|
Conor Warren (QLD) |
Javelin |
12th |
|
Amelia Mazza-Downie (VIC) |
3000m |
14th |
|
Andrea Thompson (NSW) |
Long Jump |
17th |
|
Jack Hale (TAS) |
100m |
17th |
|
Jordan Shelley (NSW) |
100m |
22nd |
|
Kyle Swan (VIC) |
10000m walk |
33rd |
|
Cameron McEntyre (NSW) |
Javelin |
33rd |
|
Joshua Connolly (QLD) |
High Jump |
No Height |
|
Tyler Jones (NSW) |
10000m walk |
DNF |
|
Jack Hale (TAS) |
200m |
Semi-Final – DQ |
|
Clare Gibson (WA) |
High Jump |
Finalist – DNS |
|
Brandon Herrigan (QLD |
200m |
Semi-Final – DNS |
For full detailed results please check the IAAF timetable and results website here.
KEY INFORMATION:
What: IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015
Where: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Stadium – Cali, Colombia (Google Map)
When: Wednesday 15 – Sunday 19 July 2015
Website: Visit here
Social media: @athsaust #greenandgold #wyccali15
Official Bulletin: Download Here
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National under-18 pole vault champion Phillipa Hajdasz (VIC) has produced a personal best of 4.05m to claim silver at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 in Cali, Colombia.
“It’s all I wanted, I didn’t even think I’d get that,” Hajdasz said.
“I was so nervous, every jump I felt so sick, I looked at all the others and that calmed me down”, Hajdasz said.
Much like the qualifying round Phillipa Hajdasz (VIC) cleared her first three heights of 3.70m, 3.85m and 3.95m before surpassing her previous lifetime best of 4.00m.
“I didn’t expect that, I thought I might crack under pressure, obviously not.”
The clean jumps made the difference for Hajdasz who claimed equal second on the night with Qiaoling Chen (CHN) who also jumped clean until missing out at 4.15m.
Sweden’s Elienor Werner was the standout in the pole vault, taking gold with a final clearance of 4.26m.
“She’s so nice, I wanted her to win,” Hajdasz said.
Townsville North Star athlete Brenton Foster (QLD) finished eighth in the final of the high jump with a clearance of 2.07m.
“I didn’t even realise… cause it was on count-back, I looked up at the board and realised I was top eight and was absolutely ecstatic, it's amazing, top eight in the world is ridiculous”, Foster said.
University of Queensland walker Clara Smith (QLD) was the best-placed Australian in the 5,000m walk in the morning session on day four of competition, finishing seventh in a time of 23:22.36.
“I’m not used to the races like this, the start was fairly slow and, I think we can learn from it, train and come back stronger,” Smith said.
Fellow 5,000m walker Jemima Montag (VIC) finished 11th in a time of 23:46.57 after spending the first half of the race in the lead pack.
“I tripped so many times, the experience was overwhelming, you know they start off slow and that’s different, we usually start off nice and just keep it, where this was like 4.40 and, as prepared as you are there is nothing you can do,” Montag said.
QEII athlete Conor Warren (QLD) made easy work of qualifying for the javelin final, with a first up attempt of 77.03m well over the 72.00m automatic qualifying mark.
“I’m stoked, it’s really good, there was going to be pressure if I didn’t, it’s nice to get it on the first throw,” Warren said.
With the third best qualifying mark Warren heads into Sunday’s final with plenty of confidence.
“I’m going to put everything into it, this one I had to relax, I’m too stiff sometimes and this one I was relaxed; in the final I’m really going to give it my all,” Warren said.
It wasn’t to be for Australia in the10,000m walk final on day four, Victorian Kyle Swan finished 33rd in a time of 50.42.45 and, unfortunately Tyler Jones (NSW) didn’t finish the race after pulling out at the half-way mark.
Queanbeyan athlete Andrea Thompson (NSW) jumped a competition best of 5.71m, but, it wasn’t enough to progress through to the final of the long jump finishing 17th overall.
Sydney Pacific athlete Cameron McEntyre (NSW) failed to progress to the final of the javelin after two fouled attempts and a final mark of 54.00m.
It was a disappointing finish to Jack Hale (TAS) world youth campaign, breaking in the 200m semi-final round.
KEY INFORMATION:
What: IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015
Where: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Stadium – Cali, Colombia (Google Map)
When: Wednesday 15 – Sunday 19 July 2015
Website: Visit here
Social media: @athsaust #greenandgold #wyccali15
Official Bulletin: Download Here
Join the conversation on social media with #greenandgold. Support our Australian team as they take on the world.
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