Australian Championships

Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
Australian Track & Field Championships - 1969-70 Olympic Sports Field, Adelaide, South Australia, 20-23 March 1970

100 METRES - Men
HEAT 1 - Friday 20 March 1970			Wind: -2.44m
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	11.1
2	David Stokes	SA	11.2
3	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	11.2
4	Robert King	Vic	11.2
5	Russell Burguez	Qld	11.3
6	Mike Lutterall	Qld	11.4
7	John Crump	NSW

HEAT 2 - Friday 20 March 1970			Wind: -2.13m
1	Eric Bigby	Qld	10.6
2	Alan Bradshaw	SA	10.8
3	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	10.8
4	Greg Jaggers	NSW	10.9
5	John Ramadge	Vic	10.9
6	Rod Bashford	NSW	11.1
7	Jim Kiely	Vic	11.2

HEAT 3 - Friday 20 March 1970			Wind: -1.83m
1	Gary Eddy	Vic	10.6
2	Michael Driscoll	Qld	10.9
3	Peter Norman	Vic	11.1
4	Barry Minehan	Vic	11.1
5	Richard Gurr	NSW	11.2
	Stuart Laing	Qld	DNS

HEAT 4 - Friday 20 March 1970			Wind: -1.27m
1	Graham Haskell	Vic	10.8
2	Laurie Fanshaw	Vic	10.8
3	Graham Quilty	NSW	10.9
4	Eddie Rutledge	Qld	10.9
5	Brian Egan	Vic	10.9
6	Murray Bird	Tas	11.0
	C. Green	USA	DNS

SEMIFINAL 1 - Saturday 21 March 1970			Wind: -1.98m
1	Eric Bigby	Qld	10.6
2	Greg Lewis	Vic	10.8
3	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	10.9
4	Alan Bradshaw	SA	10.9
5	David Stokes	SA	11.2
	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	DNS

SEMIFINAL 2 - Saturday 21 March 1970			Wind: -2.13m
1	Gary Eddy	Vic	10.8
2	Peter Norman	Vic	11.0
3	Graham Quilty	NSW	11.1
4	Graham Haskell	Vic	11.1
5	Laurie Fanshaw	Vic	11.1
6	Michael Driscoll	Qld	11.2

FINAL - Saturday 21 March 1970			Wind: -0.61m
1	Eric Bigby	Qld	10.5
2	Greg Lewis	Vic	10.5
3	Gary Eddy	Vic	10.6
4	Peter Norman	Vic	10.7
5	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	10.7
6	Graham Quilty	NSW	11.0

200 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Sunday 22 March 1970
1	Peter Norman	Vic	21.6
2	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	22.0
3	Russell Burguez	Qld	22.1
4	David Stokes	SA	22.2
5	John Ramadge	Vic	22.5
	Richard Gurr	NSW	DNS

HEAT 2 - Sunday 22 March 1970
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	21.3
2	Ross Wilson	Qld	21.6
3	Graham Quilty	NSW	21.9
4	Laurie Fanshaw	Vic	21.9
5	Murray Bird	Tas	22.6
6	Mark Coleman	NSW	22.8

HEAT 3 - Sunday 22 March 1970
1	Gary Eddy	Vic	21.7
2	Alan Bradshaw	SA	22.1
3	Greg Jaggers	NSW	22.3
4	Lionel Dooley	NSW	23.3
	Graham Haskell	Vic	DNS
	Stuart Laing	Qld	DNS

FINAL - Sunday 22 March 1970			Wind: -2.1m
1	Peter Norman	Vic	21.0
2	Gary Eddy	Vic	21.3
3	Greg Lewis	Vic	21.3
4	Ross Wilson	Qld	21.5
5	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	21.8
6	Alan Bradshaw	SA	21.9

400 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Friday 20 March 1970
1	Bruce More	Vic	48.2
2	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	48.4
3	Philip Higgins	NSW	48.6
4	W. Evans	Qld	50.0
	Bill Hooker	Vic	DNS
	William Essex	Tas	DNS

HEAT 2 - Friday 20 March 1970
1	Ross Wilson	Qld	47.9
2	Graeme Bottomley	Vic	52.7
	Wally Groom	WA	DNS
	Jim Coleborne	NSW	DNS
	John Ramadge	Vic	DNS

HEAT 3 - Friday 20 March 1970
1	Greg Duthie	Vic	48.6
2	Ivone Kirkpatrick	SA	48.6
3	Murray Bird	Tas	48.8
4	Dave McGregor	Vic	50.0
	Richard Gurr	NSW	DNS

FINAL - Saturday 21 March 1970
1	Ross Wilson	Qld	46.4
2	Ivone Kirkpatrick	SA	47.0
3	Greg Duthie	Vic	47.4
4	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	47.8
5	Bruce More	Vic	48.0
6	Graeme Bottomley	Vic	52.0

800 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Saturday 21 March 1970
1	Noel Clough	Vic	1.52.4
2	Keith Wheeler	WA	1.52.5
3	Michael Geraghty	Vic	1.52.5
4	John Hancock	NSW	1.52.5
5	William Essex	Tas	1.53.6
	Chris Fisher	SA	DNS

HEAT 2 - Saturday 21 March 1970
1	Ralph Doubell	Vic	1.49.1
2	Graeme Rootham	NSW	1.49.3
3	Chris Woods	SA	1.49.8
4	John Denholm	Tas	1.52.1
5	Dave MacGregor	Vic	1.52.3

FINAL - Sunday 22 March 1970
1	Ralph Doubell	Vic	1.47.6
2	Noel Clough	Vic	1.48.6
3	Keith Wheeler	WA	1.49.0
4	Chris Woods	SA	1.50.4
5	Graeme Rootham	NSW	1.53.0
6	Michael Geraghty	Vic	1.54.1

1,500 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Friday 20 March 1970
1	John Denholm	Tas	3.52.7
2	Tony Manning	NSW	3.53.4
3	Tony Benson	Vic	3.53.4
4	Chris Fisher	SA	3.55.1
5	Bruce Adams	NSW	3.56.9
	Ian Blackwood	Vic	DNS
	Ron Irwin	Qld	DNS

HEAT 2 - Friday 20 March 1970
1	David Fitzsimons	SA	3.52.1
2	Graham Crouch	Vic	3.52.1
3	Keith Wheeler	WA	3.52.2
4	Kevin Francis	SA	3.52.4
5	Trevor Vincent	Vic	3.52.4
	Graeme Rootham	NSW	DNS

FINAL - Saturday 21 March 1970
1	Chris Fisher	SA	3.41.9
2	Tony Manning	NSW	3.43.9
3	Keith Wheeler	WA	3.44.0
4	John Denholm	Tas	3.44.3
5	Tony Benson	Vic	3.47.0
6	Graham Crouch	Vic	3.49.2
7	David Fitzsimons	SA
8	Kevin Francis	SA

5,000 METRES - Men - Sunday 22 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Tony Manning	NSW	13.55.8
2	Kerry O'Brien	SA	13.56.6
3	Ron Clarke	Vic	14.05.0
4	Trevor Vincent	Vic	14.15.0
5	Max Little	Tas	14.41.0
6	Brenton Norman	SA	14.54.0
7	Ron Irwin	Qld	14.54.0
8	Bruce Adams	NSW	14.57.0
9	Terry Magee	NSW	14.58.0
10	Barry Crocker	Vic	15.05.0
11	Don Cox	Tas	15.15.0
	Tim Walsh	WA
	Geoff Walker	Vic
	John Farrington	NSW
	Tony Benson	Vic	DNF
	Alan Harrison	NSW	DNS

10,000 METRES - Men - Friday 20 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Ron Clarke	Vic	29.26.0
2	Brenton Norman	SA	30.10.0
3	John Farrington	NSW	30.10.2
4	Tim Walsh	WA	30.28.4
5	Max Little	Tas	30.30.8
6	Terry Magee	NSW	30.34.0
7	Ron Irwin	Qld	30.41.0
8	Max Butler	SA	30.44.0
9	Geoff Walker	Vic	30.46.0
10	Kevin Falloon	Vic	30.50.0
11	Neil McLennan	Vic	30.57.0
12	Don Cox	Tas	30.57.0
13	Roger Ellis	Vic	31.02.0
14	Vin Byrne	NSW	31.04.0
-	Robert Graham	Vic	DNF
-	Alan Harrison	NSW	DNF

110 METRES HURDLES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Saturday 21 March 1970			Wind: -2.74m
1	Gary Knoke	NSW	14.8
2	John Lane	Vic	14.9
3	Max Binnington	WA	15.2
4	David James	Vic	15.3
5	Roger Needham	Vic	15.4
6	John Heron	Vic

HEAT 2 - Saturday 21 March 1970			Wind: opp
1	Mal Baird	Vic	14.6
2	Vin Plant	Vic	14.8
3	Peter Morton	NSW	15.2
4	John Hongell	NSW	15.3
5	Bob Green	Vic	15.5
6	Lance Rosser	SA	15.6
7	Peter More	Vic

FINAL - Saturday 21 March 1970			Wind: -3.66m
1	Mal Baird	Vic	14.2
2	Gary Knoke	NSW	14.3
3	John Lane	Vic	14.7
4	Vin Plant	Vic	15.0
5	Max Binnington	WA	15.0
6	Peter Morton	NSW	15.5

400 METRES HURDLES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Saturday 21 March 1970
1	Bill Hooker	Vic	52.4
2	Geoff McNamara	Vic	53.0
3	Wally Groom	WA	53.1
4	Lance Rosser	SA	53.1
5	Mick Johnson	NSW	54.3

HEAT 2 - Saturday 21 March 1970
1	Gary Knoke	NSW	53.0
2	Gary Bourne	Vic	53.8
3	Jim Coleborne	NSW	54.3
4	Andrew Buxton	Vic	57.5
	Russell Swayne	SA	DNS

HEAT 3 - Saturday 21 March 1970
1	Chris Jackson	NSW	52.6
2	Harry Giles	Qld	52.7
3	Bob Green	Vic	52.7
4	Trevor Height	SA	57.0
	Max Binnington	Vic	DNS

FINAL - Sunday 22 March 1970
1	Gary Knoke	NSW	50.2
2	Chris Jackson	NSW	52.5
3	Harry Giles	Qld	52.6
4	Geoff McNamara	Vic	53.2
5	Gary Bourne	Vic	53.4
-	Bill Hooker	Vic	DNF

3,000 METRES STEEPLECHASE - Men - Saturday 21 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Kerry O'Brien	SA	8.34.4
2	Ross Haywood	Vic	9.03.0
3	Kevin Falloon	Vic	9.06.0
4	Ian Blackwood	Vic	9.06.8
5	Ian Minter	Vic	9.06.8
6	Ian Murray	Qld	9.13.0
7	Jeff Pentelow	SA	9.15.0
8	David Horn	Vic	9.35.0
	Tony Manning	NSW	DNS
	Kevin Brady	Vic	DNS

3,000 METRES WALK - Men - Sunday 22 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Graeme Nicholls	Vic	12.56.6
2	Noel Freeman	Vic	12.57.8
3	Frank Leonard	SA	13.10.6
4	Steve Hausfeld	NSW	13.35.2
5	Ron Foster	Tas	13.39.3
6	Barry Whittaker	SA	13.47.0
7	Robin Whyte	NSW	13.50.0
8	Peter Waddell	NSW	13.52.0
9	Robin Wood	Vic	14.04.0
10	Varel Newmark	Vic	14.45.0
	David Black	Vic	DQ
	Graeme Evans	SA	DQ
	Wayne Melville	Tas	DNS
	Ross Haywood	Vic	DNS

HIGH JUMP - Men - Sunday 22 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Lawrie Peckham	Vic	2.14m	7'0¼"
2	Tony Sneazwell	Vic	2.08m	6'9¾"
3	Ian Moss	Vic	2.05m	6'8½"
4	Bryan Burgess	Vic	1.94m	6'4¼"
5	Mal MacFarlane	Vic	1.94m	6'4¼"
6	David McMenamin	Vic	1.94m	6'4¼"
7	Peter Dalwood	SA	1.94m	6'4¼"
8	Trevor Wiseman	SA	1.89m	6'2¼"
9	John Hunt	Vic	1.84m	6'0¾"
	Mal MacFarlane	Vic	DNS
	Ross Blackman	Qld	DNS

POLE VAULT - Men - Sunday 22 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ray Boyd	Vic	4.90m	16'0¾"
2	Ed Johnson	Vic	4.80m	15'9"
3	David Storer	SA	4.05m	13'3¼"
4	Roy Beal	Vic	4.05m	13'3¼"
5	John Hamann	SA	3.90m	12'9½"
	Dragan Arapovic	NSW	DNS
	Bob Seagren	USA	DNS

LONG JUMP - Men - Saturday 21 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Phil May	WA	7.47m	24'6"
2	Bruce Field	Vic	7.42m	24'4"
3	Peter Reece	SA	7.40m	24'3¼"
4	Murray Tolbert	NSW	7.36m	24'1¼"
5	Graeme Bottomley	Vic	6.99m	22'11"
6	Max Lees	Vic	6.98m	22'10¾"
7	Lawrie Walkley	NSW	6.97m	22'10¼"
8	Graham Taylor	Qld	6.92m	22'8¼"
9	Kila Raula	PNG	6.83m	22'4¾"
10	Chris Commons	Vic	6.79m	22'3¼"
11	Peter Davis	Qld	6.75m	22'1¾"
12	Peter Buttery	Qld	6.47m	21'2¾"
	John Howell	NSW	DNS
	Graham Boase	SA	DNS

TRIPLE JUMP - Men - Sunday 22 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Mick McGrath	Vic	16.47m	54'0½"
2	Phil May	WA	16.44m	53'11½"
3	Graham Boase	SA	15.99m	52'5¾"
4	Lawrie Walkley	NSW	15.51m	50'10½"
5	Gerald Pryor	SA	15.16m	49'8¾"
6	Chris Commons	Vic	15.11m	49'6¾"
7	John Douglas	Vic	14.69m	48'2½"
8	Peter Buttery	Qld	14.53m	47'8¼"
9	Tom Soo	Qld	14.12m	46'4"
10	Richard Wyborn	PNG	13.90m	45'7½"
11	Graham Taylor	Qld	13.86m	45'5½"
	John Howell	NSW	DNS
	Don Commons	Vic	DNS

SHOT PUT - Men - Sunday 22 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Peter Phillips	Qld	16.78m	55'0½"
2	Merv Kemp	SA	16.66m	54'7¾"
3	Ray Rigby	Vic	15.89m	52'1½"
4	Warwick Selvey	NSW	15.25m	50'0¼"
5	Alex Brown	WA	15.11m	49'6¾"
6	Len Vlahov	WA	14.59m	47'10¼"
7	Hugh Ward	Qld	14.26m	46'9¼"
8	Tom Houghton	NSW	13.60m	44'7¼"
	Olli Koivukangas	NSW	DNS
	Nye Evans	Tas	DNS

DISCUS THROW - Men - Saturday 21 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Warwick Selvey	NSW	54.24m	178'0"
2	Len Vlahov	WA	53.76m	176'5"
3	Merv Kemp	SA	49.54m	162'7"
4	Olli Koivukangas	NSW	47.34m	155'3"
5	Ron Lunt	NSW	46.72m	153'3"
6	Bill Gould	SA	45.74m	150'1"
7	Ray Rigby	Vic	45.36m	148'10"
8	Peter Miszkowski	Qld	42.66m	139'11"
	Nye Evans	Tas	DNS
	Ian Cocks	NSW	DNS
	John Pohl	NSW	DNS

HAMMER THROW - Men - Monday 23 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Dick Leffler	Vic	59.36m	194'9"
2	Ron Frawley	Qld	56.86m	186'7"
3	Graham Braden	Vic	53.14m	174'4"
4	Mike Edwards	Vic	50.50m	165'8"
5	Albert Magassy	NSW	50.34m	165'2"
6	Alex Tahmindjis	NSW	49.64m	162'11"
7	Don Leadbetter	SA	49.38m	162'0"
8	Gus Puopolo	Vic	48.50m	159'2"
9	Olli Koivukangas	NSW	47.96m	157'4"
10	Peter Farmer	NSW	47.40m	155'6"
11	Scotchy Gordon	SA	43.54m	142'10"
	Ray Rigby	Vic	DNS

JAVELIN THROW - Men - Sunday 22 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Sig Koscik	NSW	77.88m	255'6"
2	Nick Birks	SA	71.89m	235'10"
3	Reg Spiers	SA	69.75m	128'10"
4	Peter Lawler	NSW	65.59m	215'2"
5	Greg Glynn	NSW	64.98m	213'2"
6	Brett Stirzaker	SA	62.06m	203'7"
7	Ray Buckland	Vic	58.81m	192'11"
8	Alex Gusbeth	Vic	56.47m	185'3"
9	Geoff Smith	NSW	55.02m	180'6"
10	Peter Steiner	Vic	54.16m	177'8"
11	Barry Glyde	Qld	50.52m	165'9"
12	Brian Smith	Qld	50.50m	165'8"
	Mike Frawley	Qld	DNS
	Greg Nicol	NSW	DNS
	David Macklin	SA	DNS

DECATHLON - Men - Fri/Sat 20/21 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Geoff Smith	NSW	7,283pts
	(10.8, 6.87m, 12.95m, 1.82m, 50.4, 14.5, 43.92m, 3.20m, 56.93m, 4.40.6)
2	Robin Fildes	Vic	6,986pts
	(10.9, 7.03m, 13.36m, 1.70m, 50.8, 15.3, 38.94m, 3.50m, 55.01m, 4.55.3)
3	Ian English	NSW	6,859pts
	(11.2, 6.70m, 12.35m, 1.88m, 51.2, 14.9, 33.88m, 3.50m, 48.92m, 4.41.7)
4	John Hamann	SA	6,756pts
	(11.2, 6.84m, 10.51m, 1.73m, 50.3, 15.5, 33.04m, 3.80m, 48.74m, 4.26.5)
5	Denis Hargreaves	NSW	6,259pts
	(11.1, 6.73m, 9.06m, 1.63m, 51.0, 15.7, 51.00m, 3.50m, 43.09m, 4.49.9)
6	Konrad Grimm	Vic	5,840pts
	(11.8, 6.11m, 11.02m, 1.73m, 52.6, 16.2, 31.96m, 3.05m, 43.74m, 4.57.1)
7	Trevor Raymond	SA	5,770pts
	(11.4, 6.14m, 11.01m, 1.64m, 54.2, 16.3, 36.10m, 3.20m, 37.54m, 5.09.2)
-	Alan Worthington	SA	DNF	(1,943pts)
	(11.2, 6.28m, 10.84m)
-	Geoff Chambers	Vic	DNF	(1,788pts)
	(11.5, 5.83m, 10.90m)

4x100 METRES RELAY - Men - Saturday 21 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Victoria	Vic	40.7
	Laurie Fanshaw
	Gary Holdsworth
	Graham Haskell
	Peter Norman
2	New South Wales	NSW	41.0
	Rod Bashford
	Graham Quilty
	J. Crump
	Greg Jaggers
3	South Australia	SA	41.0
	Alan Bradshaw
	David Stokes
	J. Law
	Ian Boswell
4	Queensland	Qld	42.4
	R.Blackman
	M.Driscoll,
	Russell Burguez
	E.Rutledge

4x400 METRES RELAY - Men - Sunday 22 March 1970
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Queensland	Qld	3.10.0
	Russell Burguez
	Harry Giles
	W. Evans
	Ross Wilson
2	South Australia	SA	3.10.5
	Chris Woods
	R. Swayne
	Lance Rosser
	Ivone Kirkpatrick
3	New South Wales	NSW	3.10.6
	Gary Knoke
	Jim Coleborne
	Bruce Weatherlake
	Philip Higgins
4	Victoria	Vic	3.10.7
	Greg Duthie
	Graeme Bottomley
	Dave McGregor
	Bruce More
5	Tasmania	Tas	3.17.0
	Murray Bird
	W. Essex
	John Denholm
	C. Hines

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Australian Track & Field Championships - 1969-70

Olympic Sports Field, Adelaide, South Australia, 20-23 March 1970