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Thomas launches stellar summer of athletics in Tasmania
Only a few short years ago, Tristan Thomas was a Hobart school student with dreams of representing his country in athletics.
Now he will enter the 2009/10 Australian athletics season as a drawcard to any track and field competition. In the past 12 months, Thomas has been crowned World University Games champion, made the semi-finals of the world championships in the 400m hurdles and taken home a bronze medal at the world championships as part of the Australian 4x400m relay team.
He also asserted himself as a giantkiller, beating then-world champion Bershawn Jackson at the Sydney Track Classic in February in the second-fastest time by an Australian over the 400m hurdles of all time.
Yesterday Thomas was back where it all began at the Domain Athletics Centre in Hobart, to officially launch the 2009/10 Athletics Tasmania season.
Athletics Tasmania has secured several major events on the
national calendar for the upcoming season, including the largest
track and field competition in the country.
With the Commonwealth Games now less than 12 months away, the
competition is set to be hot throughout Australia and Tasmania this
summer season.
Highlights of the 2009/10 Athletics Tasmania calendar will include:
- Next week's Schools Knockout Competition for 2009
- The 2009 Tasmanian All Schools Track and Field Championships and selection trials for the;
- 2009 UTAS Australian All Schools and Youth Championships, December 4-7
- Interclub competition across three Tasmanian venues
- Christmas carnivals on the North West Coast and TAL meets
- The Cadbury Marathon on January 10
- The Briggs Athletics Classic on Friday, February 12
- The Australian Combined Events Championships on February 13-14
- Commonwealth Games selection trials for the 20km road walk events, February 13
- Tasmanian Track and Field Championships, March 20-21 in
Launceston and March 27-28 in Hobart
With thanks to Richard Welsh, Athletics Tasmania
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