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08/24/2001
A strong Australian
athletics team, led by recent World Championship medallists
Dmitri Markov and Bronwyn Eagles, is confirmed to compete
in the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane from September 4 -
7.
Thirty four athletes were today announced by
Athletics Australia, with additional sprinters to be named
for the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams next week, to take the
team size to more than 40.
The team includes 19 members from the Australian
Team that contested the IAAF World Championships in Edmonton,
Canada this month, as well as several athletes returning to
the international scene. Some of the names include:
· World champion pole vaulter Dmitri Markov;
· World Championships bronze medallist in the hammer throw Bronwyn Eagles;
· Sydney 2000 Olympic Games silver medallist in the pole vault Tatiana Grigorieva;
· Australian 100m record holder Matt Shirvington;
· Sydney City to Surf winner Susie Power;
· Recent Australian record-setter in the javelin throw, Andrew Currey;
· Seventeen-year-old Georgie Clarke (mile) who is the youngest member of the team;
· Forty-year-old Kerry Saxby-Junna (20k Walk) who is the oldest member of the
team;
· Three-time Olympian and former Commonwealth long jump champion
Nicole Boegman who is returning after a 12-month lay-off with
injury.
Athletics Australia Head Coach Keith Connor
said several athletes in the team had the potential to produce
a podium finish at the Goodwill Games in front of an inspiring
home crowd.
"This team is a strong blend of experience and
youth from World Championships team captain Kerry Saxby-Junna,
down to rising middle distance runner Georgie Clarke and a
number of others making their first major senior team," he
said.
"The Goodwill Games is an opportunity for those
who performed well at the World Championships to consolidate
their position on a world scale, and for those who did not
perform so well to make amends against quality international
fields.
"Equally importantly, the younger members of
the team will be out to make their mark against the best in
the world, as they can go into the meet with nothing to lose
and everything to gain." The team announced today includes:
Women
| 100m |
Lauren Hewitt (Vic) |
| 200m |
Hewitt |
| 800m |
Tamsyn Lewis (Vic), Mile Georgie Clarke
(Vic) |
| 3000m steeplechase |
Melissa Rollison (Qld) |
| 5000m |
Benita Willis (ACT) |
| 10,000m |
Susie Power (Vic), Kerryn McCann (NSW) |
| 100m hurdles |
Jacquie Munro (NSW) |
| 400m hurdles |
Sonia Brito (Vic) |
| 20km Walk |
Kerry Saxby-Junna (NSW) |
| 4x100 relay |
To be named |
| 4x400 relay |
To be named |
| Long Jump |
Nicole Boegman (NSW), Bronwyn Thompson (Qld) |
| Triple Jump |
Nicole Mladenis (WA) |
| Pole Vault |
Tatiana Grigorieva (SA) |
| Discus |
Alison Lever (Qld) |
| Hammer |
Bronwyn Eagles (NSW), Karyne Di Marco (NSW) |
| Heptathlon |
Jane Jamieson (NSW) |
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Men
| 100m |
Matt Shirvington (NSW) |
| 200m |
Shirvington |
| 400m |
Clinton Hill (NSW) |
| 800m |
Grant Cremer (NSW) |
| Mile |
Craig Mottram (Vic) |
| 5000m |
Michael Power (Vic) |
| 10,000m |
Shaun Creighton (NSW) |
| 110m hurdles |
Stuart Anderson (Qld) |
| 400m hurdles |
Blair Young (Qld) |
| 20km Walk |
Nathan Deakes (Vic) |
| 4x100 relay |
To be named |
| 4x400 relay |
To be named |
| Triple Jump |
Andrew Murphy (NSW) |
| Pole Vault |
Viktor Chistiakov (SA), Dmitri Markov (WA) |
| Shot Put |
Justin Anlezark (Qld) |
| Hammer |
Stuart Rendell (ACT) |
| Heptathlon |
Andrew Currey (NSW) |
Media information:
Julianna Poli, 2001 Goodwill Games Brisbane
Ph: 07 3233 2159 (direct) / Mobile: 0405 148 307
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