Further Information 

Competition Stats

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Decathlon: 2008 - 1st (U20)
110m hurdles: 2008 - 1st (U20), 2005 - 1st (U16), 2004 - 3rd (U15)
Discus: 2006 - 3rd (U17), 2004 - 3rd (U15)
Heptathlon: 2005 - 1st (U15)
200m hurdles: 2005 - 2nd (U16), 2004 - 2nd (U15)
Long jump: 2004 - 3rd (U15)

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
IAAF World Youth Championships: 2007 - Octathlon 3rd (6212 pts)
Australian Youth Olympic Festival: 2007 - Shot put 6th (14.80m)

ANNUAL PROGRESSION:
Decathlon:
2007 - 7117 pts (U 20 specs)
2008 - 7055 pts (U18 specs)

EVENTS/PERSONAL BESTS:
100m: 10.98
110m hurdles: 13.93 – Ostrava, 12/7/07
200m: 21.93
400m: 50.04 – Poland, 9/7/08
1500m: 4:44.37
Long jump: 7.22m – Poland, 9/7/08
High jump: 1.81m – Poland, 9/7/08
Pole vault: 3.80m
Shot put 6kg: 13.93m – Poland, 9/7/08
Discus 1.75kg: 48.76m
Javelin: 53.60m – Poland, 9/7/08
Decathlon: 7443 pts

RECORD(S)
National U16 record – Combined event: 4949 pts – Canberra, 18/12/05
National U18 record – Octathlon: 6212 pts – Ostrava, 12/07/07

Interesting Facts

Adam began Little Athletics at the age of eight and represented Queensland for the first time in the Little Athletics under-13 team.  He again represented his state in the Australian Little Athletics under-15 multi-event where he took out gold. 

Sporting Career

Placing in hurdles, long jump and discus at the 2004 All Schools National Championships, Adam decided to concentrate on combined events. In his first heptathlon, at the 2005 Australian All Schools and Youth Championships, he broke the Australia under-16 record.

Battling injury slowed Adam down in 2006 and early 2007 but he still managed to post a World Youth qualifying performance. Representing Australia at the 2007 IAAF World Youth Championships in Czech Republic, Adam set another Australian record and took the bronze medal, tying for second place and moving to third on a count back.

Adam took out the Australian under-20 decathlon championships in 2008 and was selected as a member of the Under-19 Australian Athletics Talent Squad.

Adam represented Australia at the 12th IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz in July 2008. The 18-year-old showed tremendous heart over the two days of his event, recording six personal bests and finishing with 7443 points to culminate in sixth place.