Ashley Moloney has announced himself as a contender on the international stage with an Australian record in the decathlon at the Queensland Multi-Event Championships.
Moloney added two points to the previous record set by Jagan Hames in 1998 with a performance of 8492 points. A sensational first day, where Moloney set the 13th highest mark in history with 4613 points, was highlighted by a 45.82s 400m (the third fastest ever in a decathlon) and 10.36s for 100m. Moloney’s performance is the second best in the world this year and bettered the Olympic entry standard.
Watch Ash’s standout 400m performances below:
Race footage from the 400 pic.twitter.com/sQlN3Vx0e8— Queensland Athletics (@qldathletics) December 19, 2020
In second place Cedric Dubler bettered his personal best with 8367 points to also surpass the Tokyo entry standard. The performance moves him to third on the Australian all-time list.
In Perth, Nina Kennedy, who already has bettered the Olympic entry standard in the pole vault, did so again. This time Kennedy lifted her personal best to 4.72m to move to equal second on the Australian all-time list.
In Sydney, Sarah Carli set a new personal best in the 400m hurdles at the Albie Thomas Mile meet, running 55.09 seconds to better the Olympic entry standard. The performance moved her to fourth on the Australian all-time list.
Sarah Carli of Kembla Joggers drops Olympic qualifier at the #AlbieThomasMile.Posted by Athletics NSW on Saturday, 19 December 2020
Fast finishes were the order of the night at the Albie Thomas Mile at The Crest in Sydney’s west. Keely Small ran a 60.91 second final lap to take the win in the women’s race from Jenny Blundell, 4:33.57 to 4:34.05. In the men’s race, Jye Edwards ran a 55.87 second final lap to become the 76th Australian to break four minutes for the mile. Edwards scored an upset victory over Oli Hoare, who has the fourth fastest time in the world this year. Hoare clocked 3:58.26 while three-time Olympian Jeff Riseley snuck under the four minute barrier with a 3:59.99 run to finish third.
NSW juniors fared well in the races, with Tomas Palfrey (4:06.69) and Imogen Stewart (4:39.99) setting NSW U18 and U16 records respectively.
Qld Athletics Mid Week Meet #3
Queensland Sport & Athletics Centre – Main Stadium
16 December 2020
Full results
WOMEN
Javelin Alexandra Roberts 52.77m
MEN
Javelin Liam O’Brien 72.25m
Keep on Running Night of Five
WA Athletics Stadium
16 December 2020
Full results
WOMEN
Pole Vault Nina Kennedy 4.72m (= #2 Australian all-time)
MEN
Pole Vault Kurtis Marschall 5.60m
Shot Courtney Heinze 17.59m
AVT Meet #2
Tom Kelly Athletics Track, Doncaster
17 December 2020
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MEN
Shot Damien Birkinhead 19.38m, Aiden Harvey 17.99m
Athletics South Australia Open Day #3
SA Athletics Stadium
18 December 2020
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MEN
3000m St Matthew Clarke 8:43.03, Max Stevens 8:54.93
Albie Thomas Mile
The Crest
19 December 2020
Full results
WOMEN
400m Bendere Oboya 52.44
Mile Keely Small 4:33.57, Jenny Blundell 4:34.05
400m H Sarah Carli 55.09 (Olympic entry standard, 4th Australian all-time), Sara Klein 57.24, Genevieve Cowie 57.76
Javelin Mackenzie Little 60.29m, Katrina Blackett 52.61m
MEN
400m Steve Solomon 46.11, Keegan Bell 47.45
Mile Jye Edwards 3:57.30, Oliver Hoare 3:58.26, Jeff Riseley 3:59.99
Javelin Cameron McEntyre 80.83m
ACT Summer Series No 8
AIS Track & Field Centre
19 December 2020
Full results
WOMEN
400m Angeline Blackburn 53.98
Long Jump Brooke Stratton 6.71m (1.4), Annie McGuire 6.39m (1.1)
MEN
Long Jump Henry Frayne 7.69m (0.0)
High Jump Oscar Miers 2.10m
AVSL Geelong
John Landy Athletics Field
19 December 2020
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WOMEN
100m (mix) Brittany Burkitt 11.79 w (3.0)
Rare Air Box Hill
Hagenauer Reserve
19 December 2020
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MEN
Pole Vault Lachlan Burns 5.00m
Glynis Nunn Shield and Queensland Combined Events Championship
Queensland Sport & Athletics Centre – Main Stadium
19-20 December 2020
Full results
WOMEN
100m (0.0) Hana Basic 11.63
110m H (2.3) Hannah Jones 13.26
Heptathlon Alysha Burnett 5607p [100m H: 14.34 w (2.5), HJ: 1.81m, SP: 13.55m, 200m: 25.87 (1.8), LJ: 5.76m (0.0), JT: 43.81m, 800m: 2:38.15], Tanielle Crase 5205p, Tiana Morrison 5069p
MEN
100m (0.9) Simon Grieg 10.43, Fejiro Omuvwie 10.44, Michael Romanin 10.46, Jack Payne 10.55, Tom Gamble 10.59
200m (1.2) Michael Romanin 20.79, Alex Beck 21.09
400m Alex Beck 46.51
Decathlon Ashley Moloney 8492p [100m: 10.36 (-0.3), LJ: 7.67m w (2.3), SP: 13.62m, HJ: 2.11m, 400m: 45.82, 110m H: 14.17 (1.6), DT: 43.93m, PV: 4.80m, JT: 57.77m, 1500m: 4:48.48] (Australian record, Olympic entry standard), Cedric Dubler 8367p (Olympic entry standard, #4 Australian all-time), Alec Diamond 7665p, Daniel Golubovic 7651p
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