06.07.2011

ATHLETE UPDATE - July 2011

The 2011 IAAF world youth championships, featuring a 29-strong Australian team, launch yet another busy fortnight on the European circuit for the green and gold.

Including 20 under 18 Australian champions, the world youth team also includes national under 18 record holders Danni McConnell (hammer throw), Liz Parnov (pole vault) and Jake Stein (octathlon) as well as former Australian representatives Monica Brennan (200m), Elliott Lang (javelin), Jenny Blundell (800m) and Brodie Cross (pole vault).

In the host city of Lille, these outstanding up and coming Australians will join athletes from more than 170 IAAF member federations for five days of blistering competition.

Meanwhile at a senior level, long jumpers Mitchell Watt and Fabrice Lapierre will join Commonwealth discus champion Benn Harradine on the start list for Round 8 of the Samsung Diamond League in Paris (FRA).

The following day seven Australians will start at the Flanders Cup in Kortrijk (BEL), before a further five compete in Birmingham (GBR) on Sunday, July 10, as England plays host to the first of it’s two Diamond League outings.

The annual KBC Night of Athletics in Huesden (NED) and the Meeting Citta di Padova in Padova (ITA) round out the fortnight, with Alana Boyd set to make her 2011 international debut in the Netherlands and Aaron Rouge-Serret and Lachlan Renshaw to fly the flag in Italy.

*Italics denotes athletes who have already been selected for the 2011 IAAF world championships 

July 6-10: IAAF world youth championships – Lille (FRA)
An Australian team of 29 will compete at the 2011 IAAF world youth championships.
To download and view the team media guide, please click here.

July 8: IAAF Diamond League – Paris (FRA)
Long jump: Mitchell Watt (23, Qld), Fabrice Lapierre (27, NSW)
Discus throw: Benn Harradine (28, Vic) 

July 8: Track and Field Grand Prix – Dublin (IRE)
Mile: James Kaan (20, NSW), Brett Robinson (20, ACT)

July 9: Flanders Cup Meeting – Kortrijk (BEL)
100m: Aaron Rouge-Serret (23, Vic)
200m: Aaron Rouge-Serret (23, Vic)         
400m: Ben Offereins (25, WA)
400m hurdles: Brendan Cole (30, ACT)
1500m: Mark Fountain (29, Vic)
Long jump: Robbie Crowther (23, ACT)
Triple jump: Henry Frayne (21, Qld), Kane Brigg (22, Qld)

July 10: IAAF Diamond League – Birmingham (GBR)
800m: Tamsyn Lewis (32, Vic)
5000m: Collis Birmingham (25, Vic), Craig Mottram (32, Vic)
100m hurdles: Sally Pearson (24, Qld)
Discus throw: Dani Samuels (23, NSW)

July 13: Vardinoyiannia – Rethymo (GRE)
100m: Aaron Rouge-Serret (23, Vic)

July 13: Meeting International de la province de Liege – Liege (BEL)
100m: Melissa Breen (23, ACT)
3000m: David McNeill (24, Vic)

July 13: Nuoro International Athletics Meet – Nuoro (ITA)
800m: Ryan Gregson (21, NSW), James Kaan (20, NSW), Zoe Buckman (22, ACT)
1500m: Mark Fountain (29, Vic)
Long jump: Fabrice Lapierre (27, NSW)

July 16: KBC Night of Athletics – Huesden (BEL)
100m: Melissa Breen (23, ACT)
100m hurdles: Sally Pearson (24, Qld)
1500m: Craig Mottram (32, Vic), Jeremy Roff (27, NSW)
5000m: David McNeill (24, Vic)
400m hurdles: Brendan Cole (30, ACT)
Triple jump: Henry Frayne (21, Qld)
Pole vault: Alana Boyd (27, WA), Liz Parnov (17, WA)

July 17: Meeting Citta di Padova – Padova (ITA)
100m: Aaron Rouge-Serret (23, Vic)
800m: Lachlan Renshaw (26, NSW)