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2008 Sydney Athletics Grand Prix Results

Eight years on from the Olympic Games, track and field returned to its rightful atmosphere of excitement and drama in Sydney on Saturday night. The crowd was abuzz with the performances delivered by Australia’s finest athletes, resulting in two A a

Lewis, Pape make memorable Sydney Grand Prix

Eight years on from the Olympic Games, track and field returned to its rightful atmosphere of excitement and drama in Sydney on Saturday night. The crowd was abuzz with the performances delivered by Australia’s finest athletes, resulting in two A and nine B-qualifiers for Beijing.

The historians were sent scurrying to the archives following the women’s 800m. Their task: to determine whether two Australians had ever run below two minutes in the same race before.

2008 Sydney Athletics Grand Prix - 16/02/2008
Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, Sydney

Women 200 metres Open Finals
 (w: -0.7) 1, Sherone Simpson, JAM, 23.44. 2, Makelesi Batimala, FIJ, 23.84. 3, Lauren Hewitt, VIC, 24.12. 4, Olivia Tauro, NSWIS, 24.20. 5, Monique Williams, NZL, 24.22. 6, Nadia Cunningham, JAM, 24.26. 7, Melissa Breen, ACTAS, 24.41. 8, Crystal Attenborough, NTIS, 24.58. 9, Lauren O'Sullivan, QLD, 24.73.

Women 800 metres Open
 1, Tamsyn Lewis, VIC, 1:59.59. 2, Madeleine Pape, VIS, 1:59.92. 3, Rikke Albertsen, DEN, 2:03.46. 4, Trychelle Kingdom, NSW, 2:05.32. 5, Veronique Molan, NSW, 2:05.80. 6, Brooke Simpson, NSWIS, 2:06.13. 7, Lara Nicod, NSW,  2:08.09. --, Alicia Keir, NSW, DNF. --, Debbie Savage, NSW, DQ.

Women 5000 metres Open
&n! bsp;1, Georgie Clarke, VIS, 15:24.03. 2, Renee Kalmer, RSA, 15:48.33. 3, Emma Rilen, NSW, 16:00.59. 4, Tara Palm, SA, 16:05.14. 5, Lara Tamsett*, NSWIS,
 16:08.10. 6, Martine Daniliuc, VIC, 16:16.29. 7, Anna Thompson, VIS, 16:17.32.  8, Eliza Stewart*, NSW, 16:25.76. 9, Lee Furst, VIC, 16:30.79. 10, Sarah Salmon (McRae), ACT, 16:54.65. --, Chloe Tighe*, NSW, DNF. --, Melinda Vernon,  NSW, DNF.

Women 100 metres Hurdles Open
 (w: -0.1) 1, Andrea Miller, NZL, 13.30. 2, Fiona Cullen, QAS, 13.56. 3, Dedeh Erawati, INA, 13.98. 4, Kylie Wheeler, WAIS, 13.99. 5, Jessie Shea, NSW, 14.82. 6,Candice Morley, NSW, 15.04. 7, Lenore Beaton, NSW, 15.68.

Women 400 metres Hurdles Open
 1, Xiaoxiao Huang, CHN, 55.98. 2, Melaine Walker, JAM, 56.63. 3, Lauren Boden, ACTAS, 60.99. 4, Brittney McGlone, NSW, 61.69. 5, Amanda Morris, NSW, 62.78.
 6, Rachel Ped! erson, NSW, 63.19. 7, Jessie Couch, VIC, 63.70.

Women ! High Jum p Open
 1, Ellen Pettitt, WAIS, 1.82m. 2, Vicki Collins, QLD, 1.82m. 3, Claire Mallett, NSWIS, 1.82m. 4, Catherine Drummond, QAS, 1.78m. 5, Kylie Wheeler, WAIS, 1.78m. 6, Petrina Price, AIS, 1.78m. --, Trudy Thompson, NSW, NH.

Women Pole Vault Open
 1, Alana Boyd, QAS, 4.30m. 2, Rosanna Ditton, VIC, 4.20m. 3, Vicky Parnov, WAIS, 4.10m. 4, Melanie Adams, VIC, 3.90m. --, Yun-hee Choi, KOR, NH.

Women Long Jump Open
 1, Bronwyn Thompson, QAS, 6.52m, w:+0.0. 2, Kylie Wheeler, WAIS, 6.46m, w:0.5. 3, Kerrie Taurima, AIS, 6.18m, w:+0.0. 4, Larissa Perry, WAIS, 6.13m, w:-0.1.
 5, Jacinta Boyd, QAS, 6.13m, w:0.6. 6, Fleur Castlereagh, NSW, 5.83m, w:+0.0. 7, Caryn Brett, NSW, 5.75m, w:-0.2.

Women Shot Put Open
 1, Valerie Vili, NZL, 19.78m. 2, Kristin Heaston, USA, 17.62m. 3, Dani Samuels, NSWIS, 16.30m. 4, Kimberley Mulhall, VIC, 14.86m. 5,! Lomana Fagatuai, NSW, 14.78m. 6, Vika Lolo, NSW, 14.22m. 7, Margaret Satupai, SAMOA, 13.98m.

Women Javelin Throw Open
 1, Kathryn Mitchell, VIS, 58.07m. 2, Kimberley Mickle, WAIS, 57.64m. 3, Kyung-ae Kim, KOR, 54.67m. 4, Rosie Hooper, VIC, 53.90m. 5, Ning Ma, CHN, 51.80m. 6, Laura Cornford, NSWIS, 50.74m. 7, Hae-an Seo, KOR, 49.86m. 8, Bianca Maurer, VIC, 46.26m.

Women 5000 metres Under 23
 1, Lara Tamsett*, NSWIS, 16:08.10. 2, Eliza Stewart*, NSW, 16:25.76. --, Chloe Tighe*, NSW, DNF.

Women 1500 metres Wheel Chair
 1, Chantal Petitclerc, CAN, 3:46.65. 2, Shelly Woods, GBR, 3:46.95. 3, Christie Dawes, NSWIS, 3:52.71. 4, Angie Ballard, NSWIS, 3:53.36. 5, Keira-Lyn Frei, CAN, 4:14.89.

Men 100 metres   B race Open
 (w: -0.4) 1, Isaac Ntiamoah, NSW, 10.54. 2, Jacob Groth, NSW, 10.64. 3, Adrian Mott, VI! S, 10.68. 4, Adam Basil, VIC, 10.73. 5, Suryo Agung Wibowo, IN! A,
 10.79. 6, Ray Williams, WA, 10.81. 7, Kris Neofytou, NSW, 10.92. 8, Peter Tuccandidgee, QLD, 11.17. 8, Aiden Jeanes, WA, 11.17.

Men 100 metres   A race Open
 (w: 0.1) 1, Matt Shirvington, NSWIS, 10.43. 2, Darrel Brown, TRI, 10.43. 3, Aaron Rouge-Serret, VIS, 10.46. 4, Daniel Burgess, VIC, 10.53. 5, Andrew Hinds, BARBADOS, 10.54. 6, John Woods, USA, 10.57. 7, Otis Gowa, QLD, 10.69. 8, Winston Smith, JAM, 10.97.

Men 200 metres Open
 (w: -0.5) 1, Daniel Batman, AIS, 20.81. 2, Jeremy Wariner, USA, 20.93. 3, Henry Mitchell, NSW, 21.05. 4, Mike Frater, JAM, 21.11. 5, Otis Gowa, QLD, 21.22. 6, Ainsley Waugh, JAM, 21.25. 7, Matt Davies, QLD, 21.29. 8, Ray Williams, WA, 21.47. 9, Suryo Agung Wibowo, INA, 21.50.

Men 400 metres Open
 1, Sean Wroe, VIS, 45.84. 2, Dylan Grant, QAS, 46.16. 3, Mark Ormrod, SASI, 46.30. 4, Cli! nton Hill, AIS, 46.32. 5, Darold Williamson, USA, 46.53. 6, Kurt Mulcahy, AIS, 46.87. 7, Yoshihiro Horigome, JPN, 47.07. 8, Martin Smellie, NSW, 47.46.

Men 1500 metres Open
 1, Bradley Woods, NSWIS, 3:37.63. 2, Mitchell Kealey, QLD, 3:37.65. 3, Collis Birmingham, VIS, 3:37.88. 4, Nick Bromley, NSWIS, 3:39.12. 5, Jeremy Roff, NSWIS, 3:39.72. 6, Bernard Kiptum, KEN, 3:39.74. 7, Lachlan Chisholm, NSW, 3:40.44. 8, Shadrack Kosgei, KEN, 3:40.90. 9, Michael Shelley, QLD, 3:41.81. 10, Jeffrey Riseley, VIS, 3:43.45. 11, Ryan Gregson, NSWIS, 3:45.51. 12, Leonard Kibet, KEN, 3:49.90. --, Philo Saunders, ACT, DNF.

Men 110 metres Hurdles Open
 (w: -1.0) 1, Tusuku Tanonaka, JPN, 13.88. 2, Justin Merlino, NSWIS, 13.95. 3, James Mortimer, NZL, 14.06. 4, Greg Eyears, NSW, 14.36. 5, Warwick Cregan, WAIS, 14.37. 6, John Burstow, QLD, 14.46. 7, Ryan P! urcell, WA, 14.70. 8, Daniel Small, NSW, 14.72. --! , Jacob Holt, NSW, DQ.

Men 400 metres Hurdles Open
 1, Brendan Cole, ACTAS, 50.53. 2, Tristan Thomas, AIS, 51.07. 3, Mowen Boino, PNG, 52.25. 4, James Roff, NSW, 52.45. 5, Yuki Arakawa, JPN, 52.47. 6, Leigh
 Bennett, NSW, 52.71. 7, Gregory Little, JAM, 53.12. 8, Wala Gime, PNG, 55.55.

Men 3000 metres Steeplechase Open
 1, Martin Dent, ACTAS, 8:27.00. 2, Collins Kosgei, KEN, 8:30.15. 3, Peter Nowill, QAS, 8:32.05. 4, Youcef Abdi, NSWIS, 8:39.83. 5, Jeffrey Hunt, NSW, 8:41.37. 6, Scott McTaggart, ACT, 9:05.96. 7, Shaun Krawitz, NZL, 9:12.36. 8, Ryan Christian, VIC, 9:15.44. 9, Josh Harris, TAS, 9:18.36. 10, Matthew Johnsen, VIC, 9:22.07.

Men Triple Jump Open
 1, Yanxi Li, CHN, 16.58m, w:1.2. 2, Shujing Zhu, CHN, 16.41m, w:0.2. 3, Michael Perry, NSW, 16.31m, w:0.6. 4, Kane Brigg, QAS, 16.30m, w:1.1. 5, Alwyn Jones, SASI, 16.21m, w:+0.0. 6,! Robert Falchi, NSW, 15.61m, w:0.7. 7, Adam Rabone, VIC, 15.41m, w:1.4. 8, Alex Stewart, NSW, 14.99m, w:0.5. 9, Aidan Mol, VIC, 14.83m, w:-0.6.

Men Discus Throw Open
 1, Benn Harradine, VIS, 61.50m. 2, Aaron Neighbour, VIC, 58.53m. 3, Peter Elvy, NSW, 57.52m. 4, Jong-bum Choi, KOR, 56.46m. 5, Graham Hicks, TIS, 55.65m. 6, Tim Driesen, AIS, 55.61m. 7, Dale Stevenson, VIC, 52.73m. 8, Matthew Brown, VIC, 50.09m. 9, Stuart Gyngell, NSW, 48.62m. 10, Nikolai Sawaszenko, NSW, 48.48m.

Men 1500 metres Wheel Chair
 1, Kurt Fearnley, NSWIS, 3:07.88. 2, Joshua George, USA, 3:09.16. 3, Josh Cassidy, CAN, 3:18.41. 4, Aaron Anderson, SWE, 3:31.95. 5, Alex Dupont, CAN, 3:40.29. --, Richard Nicholson, NSWIS, DNF. --, Richard Colman, VIS, DNF. --, Xavier Elsworthy, VIS, DNF. --, Kyle Shaw, CAN, DNF

Source Athletics Australia



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