the 2020/2021 National Championships held in Sydney from 12 April 2021 to 19 April 2021 have been a stunning success for the 22 SKAAC athletes that have reached qualification standards to enter this prestigious event. These 22 SKAAC athletes produced an Australian Record to Nellie Mitchell and a combined 3 gold, 2 silver, 5 Bronze medals.
Day 1
- Tom Forster U16 1500m 8th 4:12.38
- Cleo Richardson U16 1500m 3rd 4:40.44. Cleo’s first ever National medal and a SKAAC Club record from U15 to U20, and 2nd All-time for SKAAC.
- Glen Imbriano U16 Shot Put 11th 6.60m
Day 2
- Joel Imbriano U16 3000m Walk 8th 15:09.50. SKAAC Club record from U15 to U20, and 3rd All-time for SKAAC.
- Tom Forster U16 3000m 3rd 8:50.03. Tom’s first ever National medal and SKAAC Club record from U15 to U16
Day 3
- Ben Forster U14 800m Heat 2nd 2:11.46Q
- Jack Bowen U16 800m Heat 3rd 2:00.59Q
- Patrick Retschko U16 800m Heat 8th 2:05.45
- Cleo Richardson U16 800m Heat 2nd 2:17.24Q
Day 4
- Ben Forster U14 800m Final 8th 2:30.58
- Jack Bowen U16 800m Final 3rd 1:57.48
- Cleo Richardson U16 800m Final 3rd 2:13.14. SKAAC Club record from U15 to U20.
- Seb Reyneke Open Decathlon Day 1 (100m: 11.25 (+0.5), Long Jump: NM, Shot Put: 13.66m (which was a 1.68m PB and took Seb to 3rd on the SKAAC All-time list) , High Jump: 1.97m, 400m: 51.01)
- Harvey Connor Open Decathlon Day 1 (100m: 11.77 (+0.5), Long Jump: 6.23m (+0.6), Shot Put 10.72m: , High Jump: 1.76m, 400m: 55.30)
- Peter Bol Open 800m Heat 1 1st 1:50.43Q
- Luke Mathews Open 800m Heat 2 3rd 1:51.54Q
- Jack Lunn Open 800m Heat 3 3rd 1:53.11Q
- Brooke Gordon Open Triple Jump Prelims Heat 1 8th 11:58 (+0.5)
Day 5
- Seb Reyneke Open Decathlon Day 1 (110m Hurdles: 15.85 (-0.3), Discus: 41.38m, Pole Vault: NM, Javelin: 47.64m, 1500m: 5:12.13) (13th 5548 points)
- Harvey Connor Open Decathlon Day 1 (110m Hurdles: 18.21 (-0.3), Discus: 33.78m (+0.6), Pole Vault: 3.70m , Javelin: 47.75m, 1500m: 5:15.11) (12th 5652 points)
- Conor Fry Open 400m Hurdles Heat 2 1st 52.49
- James Kerr U17 100m Heat 4th 11.36 (-0.3)
- Nellie Mitchell Women AMB 1500m 4th 5:01.42 Australian National Record for T13, and $1,000 cash for Camberwell Malvern Little Athletics Club courtesy of Coles Supermarkets!!
- Jackson Bennett Open 100m Heat 5 4th 11:11 (-1.2)
- Peter Bol Open 800m Semi 1 1st 1:48.61Q
- Luke Mathews Open 800m Semi 1 4th 1:51.67
- Jack Lunn Open 800m Semi 2 1st 1:50.39Q
- Jason Kozica Open 10,000m Walk 10th 46:57.27, Jason’s second best ever performance over 10,000m on the track.
Day 6
- Jude Georgievski U17 Triple Jump 4th 13.45 (+0.2)
- Tom Coghlan U17 Pole Vault 1st 4.35m
- Sam Cantwell U18 110m Hurdles (91cm) Heat 1 2nd 14.83Q (+0.6) Final 4th 14.61 (+0.4)
- Peter Bol Open 800m Final 1st 1:49.27
- Jack Lunn Open 800m Final 3rd 1:49.80. A first National medal for Jack at only 19 years-of-age.
- Nellie Mitchell Women AMB 800m 2nd 2:25.38 SKAAC 40+ Club Record and moves Nellie from 14th to 9th All-time for SKAAC.
Day 7
- Saxon Bachli Open 110m Hurdles (106.7cm) 5h2 16.83 (-1.4)
- Sam Cantwell U18 400m Hurdles Heat 2 3rd 57.68Q
- Conor Fry Open 400m Hurdles Final 7th 53.22
- Conor Fry Open 4x400m Final 2nd 3:18.82
Day 8
- Jude Georgievski U17 Long Jump 1st 6.85m (+0.8) Under 16 SKAAC Club Record, taking out Matt Bertacco’s previous record of 6.82m
- James Kerr U17 200m Heat 2 4th 22.74 (+1.9)
- Sam Cantwell U18 Long Jump 8th 6.22m (+0.8)
- Sam Cantwell U18 400m Hurdles Final 4th 55.28, which breaks Sam’s own Under 18 Club record by 2.74 seconds, despite already breaking it in his heat on Sunday 😊
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