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02.02.2008
Lewis reached the B-qualifying in the 400m, Rouge-Serret equalled his personal best in the 100m and Tallent sliced 11 seconds off his lifetime best to win the walk in a dominant display.
It is more than 10 years since Brisbane has witnessed such a gathering of leading Australian shot putters (outside of the national championships) as they lined up for the 2008 Australian Athletics Cup at Brisbane's State Athletic Facility.
Both Martin and national record holder Justin Anlezark (QLD) have been on the comeback trail from injuries which have seriously curtailed their activities over the past 18 months, but on Saturday neither showed signs of any discomfort as they and others in the field grunted and yelled enough to challenge the noise zone often created by tennis player Maria Sharapova.
Martin pushed the shot out to his A-qualifier with a hurl of 20.57m, while Anlezark, in only his second meet since his return from a nagging finger injury, managed a creditable 18.89m to finish second ahead of the Pacific All Stars contender, Chris Gaviglio (PAS) who was credited with 18.63m.
Martin's qualifier was one of only two Olympic enhancing performances on the night as athletes contested a restricted event program between teams from each State and Territories. (See team scores below)
The other qualifier came from Tamsyn Lewis (VIC) who had all the answers in the open women's 400m when she recorded an Olympic B-qualifier of 52.28sec to just duck under the required standard of 52.35sec.
With her eyes set on winning selection for Beijing in the 800m, Lewis looked in the best shape for some time running a well judged race in terms of energy usage as she surged through the key 200 and 300m marks to have second placegetter, Caitlin Pincott (nee Willis) (QLD) working hard for her 54.35sec.
Queenslander Mitch Kealey proved he could "race" the 1500m tactically when he won the men's open race in 3.44.84 after some in and out racing in the approach to the last 150m when he unwound a strong finish to beat Brad Woods (NSW) (3.45.88).
In the women's 1500m Victorian Georgie Clarke led all the way to easily win in 4.18.97sec.
If there has to be a "star" of the night then let it be the 31 year-old Fijian, Makelisi Batimala (PAS) formerly Bulikiobo, as she plundered both the open women's 100 and 200m races in a show of speed that surprised even her long term coach, Lloyd Way.
Batimala was too strong for hurdler, Fiona Cullen (QLD), to win in 11.73sec, with the latter finishing in 11.75sec with a following 0.9sec wind.
Batimala simply was not prepared to give anything away to the field in the open women's 200m race winning in 23.62sec.
Her Brisbane double now gives her an impressive quartet of victories in just seven days after having won the 200 and 400m in Canberra the previous week.
New Zealand's Monique Williams made it a South Pacific double in Saturday's 200m with her effort of 23.65sec to edge out Victoria's comeback girl, Olympian Lauren Hewitt (VIC) who pushed against a 1.7sec wind to record 23.98sec.
The race went ahead without Queensland's sprint queen, Sally McLellan who injured a back muscle in the gymnasium 24 hours earlier but expects to be back on the training track by Tuesday.
Her place in the race was taken by the 16-year-old Queensland Australian All Schools under 16 champion, Lauren O'Sullivan who had her first taste of open women's racing at this level and finished sixth in 24.74sec.
Another interesting youngster to make an early appearance at this level was Jess Peris, the daughter of Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games 200m gold medallist Nova Peris.
Peris was competing for a team representing indigenous athletes under the management of former Olympic Games 110m hurdles finalist, Kyle Vander Kuyp.
It would seem Brisbane is a happy hunting ground for Victorian sprinter, Aaron Rouge-Serret who won the open men's 100m race in a quick 10.36sec to equal a PB time he also set in Brisbane at the Nationals last March.
Rouge-Serret found himself up against Queensland's new boom sprinter, Matt Davies who rushed home for second place 10.43sec with a supporting .7sec wind. Western Australian Steve Tucker challenged strongly early in the race to finish third in 10.57sec.
The first few steps out of the blocks were testing moments for Davies who did not finish in last week's Canberra race when he was forced out with calf muscle cramps 30m from the start.
Rouge-Serret lifted his Canberra form where he was second in 10.43sec chasing Adam Miller (10.41sec) home, and now finds himself in a cluster of Australian sprinters anxious to edge towards the Olympic B-qualifier of 10.28sec.
Daniel Batman (VIC), another sprinter who has found the Brisbane track to his liking in the past, emphasised his class when he ran the 200m to win in 20.92sec and in the process swamped the rest of the field headed by Henry Mitchell of New South Wales with his effort of 21.21sec.
The former northern NSW town of Mullumbimby sprinter, Kurt Mulcahy was back in Brisbane for this race wearing the Australian Institute of Sport colours for the first time. He is now being coached by the renowned mentor Tudor Bidder.
Mulcahy was a member of Australia's 4 x 400m relay team at the World Championships in Osaka last year while still only 19.
He is expected to be seen more frequently in the short sprints before possibly returning to the 400m at some future date.
Brisbane's former world ranked long jumper Bronwyn Thompson revelled in the opportunity for some top-class competition, including Kylie Wheeler (WA/NT), and Kerrie Taurima (ACT/AIS), when she nudged close to a an Olympic B-qualifier (6.60m) with her effort of 6.52m to comfortably hold off Wheeler (6.13m) and Taurima (5.97m).
The 6.52m effort was a welcome performance for Thompson who has spent the past few years overcoming niggling injuries and a major knee reconstruction shortly after the Athens Olympic Games.
The women's open javelin belonged to Laura Cornford (NSW) who claimed the winning honours by 5cm with her final throw from Victoria's Kathryn Mitchell. Cornford threw 50.68m and Mitchell 50.38m.
The walkers enjoyed the inclusion of a sprint 5000m race in the program with Tanya Holliday (ACT/AIS) 23.00.73, beating Natalie Saville (NSW) 23.16.34sec.
Jared Tallent (VIC) was more attuned to the sprint element of the men's 5000m race when he beat Luke Adams (ACT/AIS) home by some 11seconds - setting an 11-second personal best in the process. Tallent won in 19.01.94 and Adams came home in 19.12.46.
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Martin and Lewis lead Vics to Cup win
The big boys came out to play in a rare show of strength and power as Scott Martin rammed home his shot put credentials for Beijing Olympic selection with yet another A-qualifier. Martin, along with Tamsyn Lewis, Georgie Clarke, Aaron Rouge-Serret, Daniel Batman and Jared Tallent all scored wins for the Vics - who defended their title won last year.Lewis reached the B-qualifying in the 400m, Rouge-Serret equalled his personal best in the 100m and Tallent sliced 11 seconds off his lifetime best to win the walk in a dominant display.
It is more than 10 years since Brisbane has witnessed such a gathering of leading Australian shot putters (outside of the national championships) as they lined up for the 2008 Australian Athletics Cup at Brisbane's State Athletic Facility.
Both Martin and national record holder Justin Anlezark (QLD) have been on the comeback trail from injuries which have seriously curtailed their activities over the past 18 months, but on Saturday neither showed signs of any discomfort as they and others in the field grunted and yelled enough to challenge the noise zone often created by tennis player Maria Sharapova.
Martin pushed the shot out to his A-qualifier with a hurl of 20.57m, while Anlezark, in only his second meet since his return from a nagging finger injury, managed a creditable 18.89m to finish second ahead of the Pacific All Stars contender, Chris Gaviglio (PAS) who was credited with 18.63m.
Martin's qualifier was one of only two Olympic enhancing performances on the night as athletes contested a restricted event program between teams from each State and Territories. (See team scores below)
The other qualifier came from Tamsyn Lewis (VIC) who had all the answers in the open women's 400m when she recorded an Olympic B-qualifier of 52.28sec to just duck under the required standard of 52.35sec.
With her eyes set on winning selection for Beijing in the 800m, Lewis looked in the best shape for some time running a well judged race in terms of energy usage as she surged through the key 200 and 300m marks to have second placegetter, Caitlin Pincott (nee Willis) (QLD) working hard for her 54.35sec.
Queenslander Mitch Kealey proved he could "race" the 1500m tactically when he won the men's open race in 3.44.84 after some in and out racing in the approach to the last 150m when he unwound a strong finish to beat Brad Woods (NSW) (3.45.88).
In the women's 1500m Victorian Georgie Clarke led all the way to easily win in 4.18.97sec.
If there has to be a "star" of the night then let it be the 31 year-old Fijian, Makelisi Batimala (PAS) formerly Bulikiobo, as she plundered both the open women's 100 and 200m races in a show of speed that surprised even her long term coach, Lloyd Way.
Batimala was too strong for hurdler, Fiona Cullen (QLD), to win in 11.73sec, with the latter finishing in 11.75sec with a following 0.9sec wind.
Batimala simply was not prepared to give anything away to the field in the open women's 200m race winning in 23.62sec.
Her Brisbane double now gives her an impressive quartet of victories in just seven days after having won the 200 and 400m in Canberra the previous week.
New Zealand's Monique Williams made it a South Pacific double in Saturday's 200m with her effort of 23.65sec to edge out Victoria's comeback girl, Olympian Lauren Hewitt (VIC) who pushed against a 1.7sec wind to record 23.98sec.
The race went ahead without Queensland's sprint queen, Sally McLellan who injured a back muscle in the gymnasium 24 hours earlier but expects to be back on the training track by Tuesday.
Her place in the race was taken by the 16-year-old Queensland Australian All Schools under 16 champion, Lauren O'Sullivan who had her first taste of open women's racing at this level and finished sixth in 24.74sec.
Another interesting youngster to make an early appearance at this level was Jess Peris, the daughter of Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games 200m gold medallist Nova Peris.
Peris was competing for a team representing indigenous athletes under the management of former Olympic Games 110m hurdles finalist, Kyle Vander Kuyp.
It would seem Brisbane is a happy hunting ground for Victorian sprinter, Aaron Rouge-Serret who won the open men's 100m race in a quick 10.36sec to equal a PB time he also set in Brisbane at the Nationals last March.
Rouge-Serret found himself up against Queensland's new boom sprinter, Matt Davies who rushed home for second place 10.43sec with a supporting .7sec wind. Western Australian Steve Tucker challenged strongly early in the race to finish third in 10.57sec.
The first few steps out of the blocks were testing moments for Davies who did not finish in last week's Canberra race when he was forced out with calf muscle cramps 30m from the start.
Rouge-Serret lifted his Canberra form where he was second in 10.43sec chasing Adam Miller (10.41sec) home, and now finds himself in a cluster of Australian sprinters anxious to edge towards the Olympic B-qualifier of 10.28sec.
Daniel Batman (VIC), another sprinter who has found the Brisbane track to his liking in the past, emphasised his class when he ran the 200m to win in 20.92sec and in the process swamped the rest of the field headed by Henry Mitchell of New South Wales with his effort of 21.21sec.
The former northern NSW town of Mullumbimby sprinter, Kurt Mulcahy was back in Brisbane for this race wearing the Australian Institute of Sport colours for the first time. He is now being coached by the renowned mentor Tudor Bidder.
Mulcahy was a member of Australia's 4 x 400m relay team at the World Championships in Osaka last year while still only 19.
He is expected to be seen more frequently in the short sprints before possibly returning to the 400m at some future date.
Brisbane's former world ranked long jumper Bronwyn Thompson revelled in the opportunity for some top-class competition, including Kylie Wheeler (WA/NT), and Kerrie Taurima (ACT/AIS), when she nudged close to a an Olympic B-qualifier (6.60m) with her effort of 6.52m to comfortably hold off Wheeler (6.13m) and Taurima (5.97m).
The 6.52m effort was a welcome performance for Thompson who has spent the past few years overcoming niggling injuries and a major knee reconstruction shortly after the Athens Olympic Games.
The women's open javelin belonged to Laura Cornford (NSW) who claimed the winning honours by 5cm with her final throw from Victoria's Kathryn Mitchell. Cornford threw 50.68m and Mitchell 50.38m.
The walkers enjoyed the inclusion of a sprint 5000m race in the program with Tanya Holliday (ACT/AIS) 23.00.73, beating Natalie Saville (NSW) 23.16.34sec.
Jared Tallent (VIC) was more attuned to the sprint element of the men's 5000m race when he beat Luke Adams (ACT/AIS) home by some 11seconds - setting an 11-second personal best in the process. Tallent won in 19.01.94 and Adams came home in 19.12.46.
The interstate rivalry that highlights the Australian Athletics Cup concept resulted in the following –
Open: Victoria 79 points, New South Wales 71, Queensland 60, Australian Capital Territory 53, Tasmania-South Australia 50, Western Australia-Northern Territory 47, Pacific All Stars 40, New Zealand 25, and Jump Start to London (Indigenous) 22.
Under 18: New South Wales 74 points, Victoria 70, Queensland 67, New Zealand 67, South Australia 48, Tasmania 41, Australian Capital Territory 39, and Western Australia 15.
Little Athletics: New South Wales 92, Queensland 90, Victoria 77, Western Australia 66, South Australia 64, Tasmania 49 and Australian Capital Territory 48
By Geoff McKinnon, Peter Meares and David Culbert
Inside Queensland Track and Field
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