The 2007–08 Australian Athletics Championships was the 86th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 28 February to 1 March 2008 at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Some distance events were held separately. The 10,000 metres event took place at the Zatopek 10K on 13 December 2007 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, the men's 5000 metres was held at the Melbourne Track Classic on 21 February 2008 at the Olympic Park Stadium, and the women's 5000 metres was held at the Sydney Track Classic on 16 February 2008 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney.Milburn upsets Steffenson as Australian Championships conclude. World Athletics (2008-03-01). Retrieved 2020-01-12.Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 2007–08. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-12Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 2007–08. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
Medal summary Men 100 metres(Wind: -1.7 m/s)Otis GowaQueensland 10.63Jacob GrothNew South Wales 10.67Isaac NtiamoahNew South Wales 10.68200 metres(Wind: -1.2 m/s)Daniel BatmanAustralian Capital Territory 20.89James Dolphin 21.12Matt Brown 21.42400 metresJoel MilburnNew South Wales 45.90John SteffensenWestern Australia 46.17Sean WroeVictoria 46.23800 metresLachlan RenshawNew South Wales 1:47.57Nick BromleyNew South Wales 1:48.48Toby SutherlandAustralian Capital Territory 1:48.631500 metresMitchell KealeyQueensland 3:40.62Bradley WoodsNew South Wales 3:40.91Jeremy RoffNew South Wales 3:42.663000 metresCraig MottramVictoria 7:48.26Shadrack Kosgei 7:53.72Collis BirminghamVictoria 7:55.475000 metresCraig MottramVictoria 13:11.99Shadrack Kosgei 13:13.51Abreham Cherkos 13:18.4710,000 metresCollis BirminghamVictoria 28:39.91Martin DentAustralian Capital Territory 28:49.73Rees Buck 29:12.42110 metres hurdles(Wind: -0.2 m/s)Justin MerlinoNew South Wales 13.72James Mortimer 14.00Warwick CreganWestern Australia 14.09400 metres hurdlesTristan ThomasTasmania 51.41Dane RichterWestern Australia 51.50Mowen Boino 52.393000 metres steeplechaseMartin DentAustralian Capital Territory 8:34.34Collins Kosgei 8:35.42Youcef AbdiNew South Wales 8:37.69High jumpCal PearceQueensland 2.22 mLiam Zamel-PaezQueensland 2.19 mNick MoroneyNew South Wales 2.19 mPole vaultSteve HookerWestern Australia 5.55 mMatt BoydQueensland 5.35 mJames FilshieVictoria 5.25 mLong jumpRobert CrowtherQueensland 7.86 m (+0.3 m/s)Tim ParraviciniQueensland 7.71 m (+0.2 m/s)Daisuke Arakawa 7.71 m (+1.2 m/s)Triple jumpAlwyn JonesSouth Australia 16.42 m (+0.8 m/s)Michael PerryNew South Wales 16.05 m (+1.4 m/s)Alexander StewartNew South Wales 15.74 m (+0.8 m/s)Shot putJustin AnlezarkQueensland 20.21 mScott MartinVictoria 20.19 mChris GaviglioQueensland 18.92 mDiscus throwBenn HarradineVictoria 62.37 mPeter ElvyNew South Wales 58.92 mAaron NeighbourVictoria 57.35 mHammer throwHiroaki Doi 68.70 mDarren BillettSouth Australia 65.45 mMark DicksonNew South Wales 64.55 mJavelin throwJarrod BannisterQueensland 89.02 mMike Hazle 81.89 mStuart Farquhar 78.92 mDecathlonJason DudleyQueensland 7783 pts(11.45 (-1.2), 6.97 m (+1.3), 14.70 m, 1.98 m, 50.16, 14.77 (-1.3), 49.34 m, 4.90 m, 61.66 m, 5:15.86)Kyle RastiWestern Australia 7444 pts(11.42 (0.2), 7.06 m (+0.7), 10.85 m, 2.10 m, 49.76, 15.01 (-1.3), 37.89 m, 4.40 m, 55.84 m, 4:34.99)Kyle McCarthyQueensland 7404 pts(11.69 (-1.2), 6.67 m (+1.0), 13.82 m, 1.95 m, 49.89, 15.41 (-0.4), 42.95 m, 4.50 m, 57.21 m, 4:40.34)
Women 100 metres(Wind: -0.9 m/s)Fiona CullenQueensland 11.80Jody HenryWestern Australia 11.84Laura VerlindenNew South Wales 11.85200 metres(Wind: -0.4 m/s)Makelesi Batimala 23.76Monique Williams 23.79Olivia TauroNew South Wales 23.86400 metresTamsyn LewisVictoria 51.44Makelesi Batimala 52.76Monique Williams 52.86800 metresTamsyn LewisVictoria 2:02.12Madeleine PapeVictoria 2:03.52Rikke AlbertsenAustralian Capital Territory 2:03.911500 metresVeronique MolanNew South Wales 4:20.85Nikki Hamblin 4:21.04Georgie ClarkeVictoria 4:21.553000 metresChloe TigheNew South Wales 9:27.63Rowan Baird 9:32.58Catherine BrysonAustralian Capital Territory 9:43.955000 metresGeorgie ClarkeVictoria 15:24.03René Kalmer 15:48.33Emma RilenNew South Wales 16:00.5910,000 metresMelinda VernonNew South Wales 34:28.85Josie CarberryVictoria 35:19.59Tara PalmSouth Australia 35:49.40100 metres hurdles(Wind: -2.7 m/s)Andrea Miller 13.56Dedeh Erawati 13.72Mami Ishino 13.91400 metres hurdlesLauren BodenAustralian Capital Territory 58.06Lyndsay PekinWestern Australia 59.90Brittney McGloneAustralian Capital Territory 60.043000 metres steeplechaseDonna MacFarlaneTasmania 9:36.09Melissa RollisonQueensland 9:50.59Victoria MitchellVictoria 10:03.35High jumpCatherine DrummondQueensland 1.84 mVicki CollinsQueensland 1.81 mEllen PettittWestern Australia 1.81 mPole vaultAlana BoydQueensland 4.45 mVicky ParnovWestern Australia 4.20 mRosanna DittonVictoria 4.20 mLong jumpBronwyn ThompsonQueensland 6.67 m (+0.5 m/s)Kerrie TaurimaAustralian Capital Territory 6.25 m (+0.3 m/s)Jacinta BoydQueensland 6.17 m (+1.8 m/s)Triple jumpEmma KnightWestern Australia 13.18 m (+0.8 m/s)Linda AllenQueensland 13.00 m (-0.7 m/s)Lisa MorrisonNew South Wales 12.96 m (-0.4 m/s)Shot putValerie Vili 19.54 mAna Po'uhila 17.06 mKimberley MulhallVictoria 14.94 mDiscus throwDani SamuelsNew South Wales 62.95 mBeatrice Faumuina 59.27 mAlifatou DjibrilSouth Australia 51.60 mHammer throwBronwyn EaglesNew South Wales 63.65 mKaryne Di MarcoNew South Wales 60.08 mGabrielle NeighbourVictoria 58.37 mJavelin throwKathryn MitchellVictoria 58.77 mKim MickleWestern Australia 55.78 mRosie HooperVictoria 51.99 mHeptathlonKylie WheelerWestern Australia 6087 pts(13.84 (+0.8), 1.77 m, 12.69 m, 24.38 (+0.1), 6.33 m (+0.7), 38.68 m, 2:14.64)Rebecca Wardell 5700 pts(14.31 (+0.8), 1.62 m, 13.64 m, 24.89 (+0.1), 5.66 m (+3.1), 41.85 m, 2:15.27)Sarah Cowley 5483 pts(14.11 (+0.8), 1.80 m, 11.98 m, 25.45 (+0.1), 5.88 m (+1.5), 34.34 m, 2:32.30)
References
External links Athletics Australia website