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Elite track and field coach, 2000 Olympian

AACT Summer Series 7 – 18th December 2009

Summer Series 7 Results – Highlighted by Melissa Breen B Qualifier for Commonwealth Games!

 

100m – Luke Storta 10.92 (4.2), Stephen Sheppard 11.02 (4.2), Grant Billingham 11.09 (4.2), Derek Collinge 11.18 (4.2), Jesse Matthews 11.18 (1.7), Jesse Matthews 11.22 (4.2) (2.6), Melissa Breen 11.22 (3.1), Melissa Breen 11.46 (1.5), Jaryd Cowley 11.71 (1.6)

200m – Brendan Matthews 21.96 (1.3), Jaryd Cowley 23.22 (1.3), Melissa Breen 24.08 (1.3)

400m – Brendan Cole 47.50PB, Tom Burbidge 48.28PB, Derek Collinge 49.57, Grant Billingham 49.83, Lauren Boden 54.55, Tarin Nevin 60.63

Full Results of this Meet click here

Video Footage of AACT Summer Series click here

Sheppard Rides the wave to another victory at Northcote

Sheppard wins 2 weeks in a Row

Stephen Sheppard has broken the drought in a big way with a victory in the 70m at the Northcote Gift. After winning only $210 in 4 years of running in the NSWAL until his Novice victory at the Queanbeyan Gift Sheppard has collected his first sash in his first ever meet with the VAL.

Running off 5m Sheppard won his heat, semi and Final to take the $300 first prize in the 70m. Later in the program Stephen also made the final of the main 100m Northcote Gift. Runnning of the novice 6m mark he finished a very respectable 6th in the final.

Fellow squad member Derek Collinge went within a whisker of taken out the 400m event finishing 2nd of 15m. Derek also made it through to the semi final of the 100m Gift.

Squad Results from the Northcote Gift

Best Results

Stephen Sheppard 70m winner

Northcote Gift Squad Winnings: $600

Yearly Squad Winnings:  $14385

Total Squad Sashes for 2009/10: 7

Individual Money Winners

  1. Luke Storta $8840
  2. Ramona Casey $2650
  3. Lauren Boden $770 
  4. Stephen Sheppard $700
  5. Melissa Breen $500
  6. Patrick Elliott $455
  7. Derek Collinge $290
  8. MattyB $60
  9. Jaryd Cowley $40
  10. Jesse Matthews $40 
  11. Tom Burbidge $25

Individual Results

Grass damp Track, Tailwind, overcast conditions

Stephen Sheppard

  • 70m – (5m) 1st Heat 3, 1st Semi 1, 7.62 1st Final ($300) 
  • 100m Gift – (6) 2nd Heat 8, 3rd Semi 2,  10.707 6th Final ($100)

Derek Collinge

  • 100m (6.75m) 2nd Heat 7, 6th Semi 1
  • 400m (15m) 1st Heat 5, 48.20 2nd Final ($200) 

Full Results of the Meet Click Here

Chloe Cleans up in Hobart

15 year old hurdling sensation Chloe Jamieson has completed a rare triple gold medal trip to Hobart at the Australian All Schools Championships.

Chloe not only won the under 16 90m Hurdles and 200m Hurdles but also ran up an age group to take gold in the under 17 400m Hurdles as well.

It is her performance in the 400m Hurdles that put everyone on notice when she broke through the 60 second barrier running 59.66 seconds. This time took over 1 second off the record held by Lauren Boden who is a 3 time national champion, former World Youth silver medallist and also coached by Matt Beckenham.

The 200m Hurdles time of 27.25 was an Australian record but this performance is even more incredible considering she ran this race into an extremely strong headwind of 2.5m/s.

To round out the championship Chloe took out the sprint hurdle event in a time of 12.74 which was just outside her lifetime best of 12.73. 

Jamieson will now have a break over Christmas before preparing for the Australian Junior Championships in Sydney in March which will serve as the trials for the World Junior and Olymmpic Youth Championships.

Link to Articles

Athletics Australia

http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2009/december/a_record_day_for_chloe_jamieso

Inside Athletics

http://www.insideathletics.com.au/news/1456-two-national-records-kick-start-australian-all-schools

http://www.insideathletics.com.au/news/1457-jamieson-shatters-australian-record-again-in-hobart

http://www.insideathletics.com.au/news/1458-jamiesons-run-continues

http://www.insideathletics.com.au/news/1461-upset-victory-for-hometown-athlete-closes-australian-all-schools

Runner’s Tribe

http://www.runnerstribe.com/article/post/show/id/599-Junior-Stars-Shine-in-Hobart