Steeplechase Report

(Athletes age or birth year, when relevant, appears in parentheses.)
AUS All-Schools Champs, 6 Dec 2009 – Hobart, Tasmania
2000m Steeple, Girls under age 18
1-Charlotte Wilson (92) NSW 6:58.39; 2-Natalie Dudkowski (92)QLD
7:07.72; 3-Robyn Bennett (92) QLD 7:13.25; 4-Cassandra Dodd (92)
QLD 7:56.56.
2000m Steeple, Girls under age 17
1-Jillian Lyall (93) TAS 7:24.29; 2-Nikki Hiscock (93) QLD 7:39.84;
3-Taneil Davidson (93) QLD 7:45.21; 4-Kimberley Duthie(93) VIC
7:59.87; 5-Jacinta Smithers (95) NSW 8:32.48.
Results use abbreviated affiliations for Australian states:
ACT= Australian Capital Territory SA = South Australia
NSW = South Wales TAS = Tasmania
QLD = Queensland VIC = Victoria
WA = Western Australia
AUS All-Schools Champs, 4 Dec 2009 – Hobart, Tasmania
2000m Steeple, Girls under age 16
1-Leila Johnson, SA 7:00.27; 2-Natalea Smith, TAS 7:11.02; 3-Alanah
Hayes, VIC 7:17.13; 4-Breanne Goschnick, QLD 7:27.65; 5-Kate
London, QLD 7:32.40; 6-Jacinta Mitchell, QLD 7:33.52; 7-Arielle
Valdez-Balgalvis, QLD 7:34.56; 8-Aleisha Wawn, NSW 7:38.02; 9-
Rhiannon Hess, QLD 7:42.28; 10-Gabrielle Sattout-Day, NSW 7:46.65;
11-Jessica Pickles, QLD 7:49.77; 12-Natalie Tanks, ACT 8:02.13;
13-Yvonne Neille, WA 8:13.10. [Birth Year is 1994 (94) for all.]
2000m Steeple, Girls under age 15
1-Lucy Young (95) QLD 7:04.57; 2-Susannah Stockwell (95) WA
7:09.91; 3-Holly Curtis (95) VIC 7:16.51; 4-Natasha Fitzpatrick (95)
TAS 7:18.52; 5-Natalie Vear (95) QLD 7:21.20; 6-Leah Polycarpou
(96) VIC 7:25.46; 7-Nicola Torley (96) ACT 7:30.09; 8-Ricci Curtis
(95) VIC 7:30.17; 9-Morgan Lang (95) QLD 7:34.46; 10-Tia Faulkner
(96) QLD 7:34.70; 11-Alexandra Manly (96) SA 7:39.36; 12-Laura
Butler (95) VIC 7:46.63; 13-Lily Vidler (95) NSW 7:52.70; 14-Heather
Cooper (95) QLD 8:03.06; 15-Briana Goodchild (95) QLD 8:03.48;
16-Stephanie London (96) QLD 8:25.67.
Central Region Meet, Nov 14 – Palmerston, NZL
1-Greta Porter, Hastings (4 Oct 92) 7:38.62; 2-Flo Reynolds, (31
Dec 92) Wellington 7:52.2
Battle of the Cities, Nov 12 – Hamilton, NZL
1-Jenna Hansen, (93) Hamilton 7:31.94; 2-Holly Sprosen (94)
Hinemoa 7:38.07; 3-Laura Wooton (93) Waitakere 8:27.16.
Victoria Schools meet, 20 Oct 2009 – Melbourne, AUS
1-Amy Cashin 7.18.44; 2-Leah Polycarpou 7.33.39; 3-Rachelle
Jackson 7.44.38; 4-Talissa Jansen 7.47.65.]
THANKS to SR 487 information sources:
Alan Adamson, Athletics Australia, Heinrich Hubbeling, IAAF,
Paul Jenes, Ram. Murali Krishnan.
About Us Editor: James E. Fields, Ph.D.
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Seven steeple races in 2010 Diamond League
Elite lady steeplers can look forward to a Happy New
Year as their event gets equal billing in the new “Diamond
League” replacing much of the IAAF Grand Prix program.
Each of the 14 League meets will offer about half of the
events in Olympic stadia program. So women’s steeplechase
will be contested at these Golden League meets in 2010:
May 23 Golden Grand Prix Shanghai, CHN
June 4 Bislett Games Oslo, NOR
June 10 Golden Gala Rome, ITA
July 3 Prefontaine Classic Eugene, USA
August 6 DN Galan Stockholm, SWE
Aug 13-14 Aviva Grand Prix London, GBR
August 27 Memorial van Damme Brussels, BEL
(Men steeplers compete mostly in other Diamond League meets.)
More world-class steepling opportunities:
The 2010 version of the “Continental Cup,” formerly labeled
“World Cup,” is scheduled September 4-5 at Split, Croatia.
Teams will represent four continents: Americas, Africa,
Asia/Oceania, and Europe. Eight places will score; prizes start at
$30,000 for the winner of each event. Women’s steeplechase is
scheduled to start at 17:25 on Sunday, September 5.
IAAF World Challenge Meetings
Also on the 2010 Calendar are 13 “IAAF World Challenge”
meets from March 4 at Melbourne to September 1 in Zagreb
Women’s steeplechase has previously been included at some
of the other listed venues such as Belem, BRA; Ostrava, CZE;
Athens, GRE; and Rieti, ITA. However, events for each of the
“World Challenge” meets of 2010 have not yet been announced.
Asian Championships, 12 Nov 2009 -- Guangzhou, CHN
3000m Steeple (Birthdates sequence: Day-Month-Year)
1-Yoshika Tatsumi, .Japan (26-02-82) 10:05.94
2-Sudha Singh, India (25-06-86) 10:10.77
3-Kiran Tiwari, India (25-06-87) 10:34.55
4-Xiao Yu Fang, China (06-03-87) 10:37.92
5-Melinder Kaur, Malaysia (12-05-88) 11:07.36
6-Ala' Khalifa, Jordan (11-10-91) 11:30.77
7-Leila Ibrahimy, IRI (21-04-79) 11:35.76
Kilometer Splits: Tatsumi 1K = 3:20.61; 2K= 6:41.24
Colgate Relays, 7 Nov 2009 – Manila, PHI
3000m SC: 1-Gelie Ann Solis 12:53.1; 2-Nancy Pilaro 13:04.2.
Personal Best Meet, 6 Nov 2009 – Gold Coast, AUS
1-Jessica Gilfillan 6:51.06; 2-Ariel Valdez-Baltgavis (15) 7:42.66;
3-Morgan Lang(14) 7:47.77; 4-Jessica Pickles 7:48.23; 5-Natalie
Vear 7:57.56.
Late race results, just-acquired:
Summer Games, 26 Aug 2009 – Charlottetown, PEI /CAN
1-Jessica Furlan (90) Saskatchewan 6:50.73 MR; 2-Valerie Belanger
(89) Quebec 6:53.71; 3-Melanie Gregoire (89) Manitoba
7:04.48; 4-Hayley Degaust (90) Alberta 7:11.01; 5-Alycia Butterworth
(92) British Columbia 7:11.21; 6-Samantha Walkow (91)
British Columbia 7:12.00; 7-Sara Giovannetti (90) Ontario 7:13.23
8-Haley Cadwallader (90) Ontario 7:15.40; 9-Jocelyn Lockhart
(91) New Brunswick 7:16.70; 10-Rebecca Reeves (88) Nova
Scotia 7:19.80; 11-Christine Foth (89) Saskatchewan 7:23.04;
12-Holly Stockall (90) Alberta 7:24.10; 13-Caroline Gendron (89)
Quebec 7:24.85; 14-Alex Bell (89) Manitoba 7:43.24.
Women’s Steeplechase Report
Number 492 – 7 December 2009
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