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14.07.2009
Australia’s 22 world youth representatives flew the flag high at the meet, claiming a total of nine top-eight finishes across the five days of competition.
At the conclusion of the meet Australia was fifteenth on the placings table with a total of 27 points, finishing behind a dominant team USA that stormed home in first place with a total of 167 points.
Athletes from all over the world set a total of 31 records across 23 events at the meet.
High jumper Amy Pejkovic was the highest-placed Australian at the championships, setting a new personal best mark of 1.85m (previously 1.82m) to claim Australia’s only podium finish. Pejkovic’s result equalled Australia’s best-ever high jump performance at a world youth championships, Sophia Begg also clearing 1.85m in 2005.
Fellow high jumper Denise Snyder placed eleventh in the final with a best leap of 1.75m.
In what was a successful meet for Australia’s high jump representatives, Andrew Neville placed sixth in the boys’ event, bettering his top height twice in three days to feature strongly in the deciding round.
Entering the meet with a personal best 2.07m, Neville added six centimetres to that height to post a leap of 2.13m in Saturday’s final.
In the hammer throw, Huw Peacock recorded a new personal best 70.66m (previously 69.88m) to place fifth.
In other throws action Luanga Andria placed sixth in the javelin event with a season’s best 71.33m, while Liam Speers placed eighth in the discus throw with a personal best 58.53m (previously 57.54m) and Ben Talakai was unlucky not to record a measure in the same event.
Damien Birkinhead was in eighteenth place after the qualifying round of the shot put with a best effort of 17.99m and Taryn Gollshewsky placed twelfth in the girls' discus throw with a best distance of 43.84m.
Victorian Alex Rowe flew the flag for Australia’s 800m runners in the final of the boys’ event, running home in 1:52.13 to place fifth. Jordan Williamsz ran 1:52.19 to place fourth in his semi-final of the two-lap event, only just missing entry to the final.
In the girls’ event Bronte Gange competed strongly to place sixth in her semi-final, stopping the clock at 2:10.14.
Kane Grimster turned on a gutsy run in the 1500m final to cross the line in 3:50.89 and take out seventh place. James Connor finished in 3:53.56 to claim tenth.
The boys’ medley relay team edged into seventh spot after the last Jamaican runner stumbled metres from the line, gifting Australia the lead in a time of 1:55.45.
En route to the final the team of Mitchell Tysoe (100m), Cameron Hyde (200m), Alex Beck (300m) and Jordan Williamsz (400m) set a new best time for the boys’ medley relay at a world youth championships, crossing the line in 1:54.49, just ahead of the 1:55.42 set by the Australian team in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2001.
Cheered on by the visiting AIS walks squad, Dane Bird-Smith placed eighth in the 10,000m walk, his time of 43:53.62 enough for a top-eight berth in Bressanone.
In other walks results Shannon Jennings crossed the line in twentieth place in a time of 25:47.76 in the 5000m walk. Teammate Paige Hooper was disqualified from the competition.
One-lap wonder Alex Beck ran under the 48.0-barrier for the first time in his career to advance to the semi-finals of the 400m, where he posted a gutsy 48.17 to place third, just outside qualification for the final round.
Hurdles pair Mitchell Tysoe and Cameron Hyde also made semi-finals appearances, Tysoe posting 13.72 (w: -0.2) and Hyde crossing the line in a season’s best 13.85 (w: -0.3), the boys unlucky not to advance.
In the jumps pit Brooke Stratton leapt a personal best 6.13m (w: 0.4) to gain automatic qualification to the final, where she placed tenth with a best effort of 5.86m (w: -1.5).
Fellow long jumper Kurt Jenner equalled his personal best 7.24m (w: 1.1) in the qualifying round of the boys’ event to place seventeenth overall, missing qualification to the deciding round in a hotly-contested field.
At the end of a successful world youth campaign the team departed Bressanone on Monday morning and following time spent in Verona and Milan, will return to Australia on Friday.
To review all the action from the 6th IAAF world youth championships, click here.
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Curtain closes on world youth championships
After five days of hard-fought track and field action the curtain has closed on the 6th IAAF world youth championships in Bressanone, Italy.Australia’s 22 world youth representatives flew the flag high at the meet, claiming a total of nine top-eight finishes across the five days of competition.
At the conclusion of the meet Australia was fifteenth on the placings table with a total of 27 points, finishing behind a dominant team USA that stormed home in first place with a total of 167 points.
Athletes from all over the world set a total of 31 records across 23 events at the meet.
High jumper Amy Pejkovic was the highest-placed Australian at the championships, setting a new personal best mark of 1.85m (previously 1.82m) to claim Australia’s only podium finish. Pejkovic’s result equalled Australia’s best-ever high jump performance at a world youth championships, Sophia Begg also clearing 1.85m in 2005.
Fellow high jumper Denise Snyder placed eleventh in the final with a best leap of 1.75m.
In what was a successful meet for Australia’s high jump representatives, Andrew Neville placed sixth in the boys’ event, bettering his top height twice in three days to feature strongly in the deciding round.
Entering the meet with a personal best 2.07m, Neville added six centimetres to that height to post a leap of 2.13m in Saturday’s final.
In the hammer throw, Huw Peacock recorded a new personal best 70.66m (previously 69.88m) to place fifth.
In other throws action Luanga Andria placed sixth in the javelin event with a season’s best 71.33m, while Liam Speers placed eighth in the discus throw with a personal best 58.53m (previously 57.54m) and Ben Talakai was unlucky not to record a measure in the same event.
Damien Birkinhead was in eighteenth place after the qualifying round of the shot put with a best effort of 17.99m and Taryn Gollshewsky placed twelfth in the girls' discus throw with a best distance of 43.84m.
Victorian Alex Rowe flew the flag for Australia’s 800m runners in the final of the boys’ event, running home in 1:52.13 to place fifth. Jordan Williamsz ran 1:52.19 to place fourth in his semi-final of the two-lap event, only just missing entry to the final.
In the girls’ event Bronte Gange competed strongly to place sixth in her semi-final, stopping the clock at 2:10.14.
Kane Grimster turned on a gutsy run in the 1500m final to cross the line in 3:50.89 and take out seventh place. James Connor finished in 3:53.56 to claim tenth.
The boys’ medley relay team edged into seventh spot after the last Jamaican runner stumbled metres from the line, gifting Australia the lead in a time of 1:55.45.
En route to the final the team of Mitchell Tysoe (100m), Cameron Hyde (200m), Alex Beck (300m) and Jordan Williamsz (400m) set a new best time for the boys’ medley relay at a world youth championships, crossing the line in 1:54.49, just ahead of the 1:55.42 set by the Australian team in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2001.
Cheered on by the visiting AIS walks squad, Dane Bird-Smith placed eighth in the 10,000m walk, his time of 43:53.62 enough for a top-eight berth in Bressanone.
In other walks results Shannon Jennings crossed the line in twentieth place in a time of 25:47.76 in the 5000m walk. Teammate Paige Hooper was disqualified from the competition.
One-lap wonder Alex Beck ran under the 48.0-barrier for the first time in his career to advance to the semi-finals of the 400m, where he posted a gutsy 48.17 to place third, just outside qualification for the final round.
Hurdles pair Mitchell Tysoe and Cameron Hyde also made semi-finals appearances, Tysoe posting 13.72 (w: -0.2) and Hyde crossing the line in a season’s best 13.85 (w: -0.3), the boys unlucky not to advance.
In the jumps pit Brooke Stratton leapt a personal best 6.13m (w: 0.4) to gain automatic qualification to the final, where she placed tenth with a best effort of 5.86m (w: -1.5).
Fellow long jumper Kurt Jenner equalled his personal best 7.24m (w: 1.1) in the qualifying round of the boys’ event to place seventeenth overall, missing qualification to the deciding round in a hotly-contested field.
At the end of a successful world youth campaign the team departed Bressanone on Monday morning and following time spent in Verona and Milan, will return to Australia on Friday.
To review all the action from the 6th IAAF world youth championships, click here.
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