When all is said and done, often a lot more is said than done. Not for these athletes, who produced standout performances during the Australian domestic season.
We’ve ranked performances using the World Athletics Scoring Tables, with only the best performance recorded by each athlete featuring. Interestingly, where the performances took place range from local interclub meets, through to the Australian Championships:
- Australian Championships: 4 performances
- Victorian Championships: 2 performances
- WA Interclub, NSW Milers Series, Perth Marathon, Oceania Combined Event Champs: 1 performance each
Here’s the Top 10:
#1 – Jemima Montag
5000m Walk – 20:17.35 – 1199 points
Victorian Championships, Lakeside Stadium.
= #2 – Liz Clay & Declan Tingay
100m hurdles – 12.72 & 5000m Walk – 18:24.50 – 1188 points
Australian Championships, Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre and Victorian Championships, Lakeside Stadium, respectively.
#4 – Cedric Dubler
Decathlon – 8393 – 1187 points
Australian Championships, Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre.
#5 – Christopher Mitrevski
Long Jump – 8.26m (+3.3) – 1186 points
Australian Championships, Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre.
#6 – Jessica Stenson
Marathon – 2:25:15 – 1180 points
Perth Marathon
=#7 – Daniel Golubovic & Jake Doran
Decathlon – 8336 & 100m – 10.05 (+3.7) – 1178 points
Oceania Combined Event Championships, Queensland Sport & Athletics Centre and Australian Championships, Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, respectively.
#9 – Nina Kennedy
Pole Vault – 4.70m – 1177 points
Strive Interclub, WA Athletics Stadium
#10 – Abbey Caldwell
1500m – 4:04.67 – 1167 points
NSW Milers Series, The Crest
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