Australian Championships

Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
Australian Track & Field Championships - 1972-73 E.S.Marks, Sydney, New South Wales, 23-25 March 1973

100 METRES - Men
HEAT 1 - Friday 23 March 1973			Wind: -3.05m
1	Graham Haskell	Vic	11.2
2	Ian Boswell	SA	11.3
3	Brett Weinberg	Vic	11.3
4	Robert McStocker	NSW	11.3
5	Paul Blackaby	Tas
6	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW
7	Ross Wilson	Qld

HEAT 2 - Friday 23 March 1973			Wind: -2.74m
1	Laurie D'Arcy	Vic	10.9
2	David Stokes	SA	11.1
3	Barry Minehan	Vic	11.1
4	Glenn Townsend	NSW	11.1
5	Richard James	Vic	11.2
	Stuart Hood	Tas	DNF
	John McCubbery	PNG	DNS
	Geoff Adelstein	NSW	DNS

HEAT 3 - Friday 23 March 1973			Wind: -3.66m
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	11.0
2	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	11.0
3	Brad Trotter	WA	11.1
4	Lawrie Fanshaw	Vic	11.1
5	Vin Plant	Vic	11.2
6	Alan Bradshaw	SA
	Eddie Rutledge	QLD	DNS

SEMIFINALS 1 - Saturday 24 March 1973			Wind: -2.7m
1	Laurie D'Arcy	Vic	10.9
2	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	11.0
3	Ian Boswell	SA	11.0
4	Brett Weinberg	Vic	11.0
5	Lawrie Fanshaw	Vic	11.1
6	Glenn Townsend	NSW	11.2

SEMIFINALS 2 - Saturday 24 March 1973			Wind: 0.0m
1	Graham Haskell	Vic	10.9
2	David Stokes	SA	10.9
3	Greg Lewis	Vic	11.0
4	Barry Minehan	Vic	11.0
5	Brad Trotter	WA	11.1
6	Robert McStocker	NSW	11.1

FINAL - Saturday 24 March 1973			Wind: -1.0m
1	David Stokes	SA	10.9
2	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	10.9
3	Greg Lewis	Vic	10.9
4	Graham Haskell	Vic	10.9
5	Laurie D'Arcy	Vic	11.0
6	Ian Boswell	SA	11.0
7	Brett Weinberg	Vic
8	Barry Minehan	Vic

200 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Sunday 25 March 1973			Wind: 0.0m
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	21.2
2	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	21.5
3	Brett Weinberg	Vic	21.6
4	Brad Trotter	WA	21.6
5	John McCubbery	PNG	22.0
-	David Stokes	SA	DNF

HEAT 2 - Sunday 25 March 1973			Wind: 0.0m
1	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	21.3
2	Barry Minehan	Vic	21.5
3	Ross Wilson	Qld	21.6
4	Peter Fitzgerald	Vic	21.8
5	Paul Blackaby	Tas	22.1
	Mike Lowe	SA	DNS

HEAT 3 - Sunday 25 March 1973			Wind: 0.0m
1	Graham Haskell	Vic	21.4
2	Glenn Townsend	NSW	21.4
3	Ian Boswell	SA	21.6
4	Laurie D'Arcy	Vic	21.6
5	Graeme Wright	WA	21.7
6	Peter Donlon	Vic	21.9

FINAL - Sunday 25 March 1973			Wind: 0.0m
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	21.1
2	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	21.2
3	Glenn Townsend	NSW	21.2
4	Graham Haskell	Vic	21.2
5	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	21.4
6	Barry Minehan	Vic	21.5

400 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Friday 23 March 1973
1	Vic Pascoe	Qld	48.5
2	Colin McCurry	Vic	48.6
3	Boris Stcherbina	Vic	49.5
4	Peter Griffin	SA	50.2
	Steve Miller	NSW	DNS

HEAT 2 - Friday 23 March 1973
1	Graeme Wright	WA	48.6
2	Gary Cox	NSW	48.6
3	Dan Vaughan	Vic	49.1
4	John McCubbery	PNG	49.1
5	Russell Morgan	Tas	51.9
	Bruce Field	Vic	DNS

FINAL - Saturday 24 March 1973
1	Graeme Wright	WA	47.6
2	Colin McCurry	Vic	47.7
3	Dan Vaughan	Vic	47.7
4	Vic Pascoe	Qld	47.7
5	Gary Cox	NSW	47.8
6	Boris Stcherbina	Vic	48.3

800 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Saturday 24 March 1973
1	Graeme Rootham	NSW	1.52.0
2	Ken Hall	Vic	1.53.0
3	John Denholm	Tas	1.53.7
4	Bob Smith	Vic	1.54.5
	Gary Lucas	Qld	DNS
	Peter Watson	WA	DNS

HEAT 2 - Saturday 24 March 1973
1	Bill Hooker	Vic	1.51.5
2	Bernie Carroll	Vic	1.51.6
3	Stewart Tempest	WA	1.51.7
4	Stewart Cummings	SA	1.52.6
5	Noel Derry	NSW	1.53.6
6	Russell Morgan	Tas	1.54.2

HEAT 3 - Saturday 24 March 1973
1	Steven Briggs	NSW	1.56.5
2	Peter Tippet	SA	1.56.9
3	Stan Bailey	Tas	1.57.0
4	Roy Rankin	Qld	1.57.5

FINAL - Sunday 25 March 1973
1	Graeme Rootham	NSW	1.48.5
2	Stewart Tempest	WA	1.48.9
3	Bill Hooker	Vic	1.50.1
4	Peter Tippet	SA	1.50.2
5	Bernie Carroll	Vic	1.50.4
6	Ken Hall	Vic	1.50.9

8	Steven Briggs	NSW	1.51.8
	Stan Bailey	Tas
	John Denholm	Tas

1,500 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Friday 23 March 1973
1	Graham Crouch	Vic	3.50.8
2	John Axsentieff	Vic	3.50.8
3	Peter Watson	WA	3.50.9
4	David Pentelow	SA	3.50.9
5	Tim O'Shaughnessy	Vic	3.51.0
6	John Denholm	Tas	3.51.1
7	Steven Briggs	NSW
8	John James	Vic
9	Ron Taylor	Vic

HEAT 2 - Friday 23 March 1973
1	Tony Williams	Vic	3.53.6
2	Bruce Jones	Vic	3.54.0
3	Peter Fuller	Vic	3.54.8
4	Gary Lucas	Qld	3.54.8
5	Stewart Tempest	WA	3.56.1
6	Hugh Wilson	Vic	3.56.9
7	Ken Hall	Vic
	Randal Markey	Tas	DNS
	David Fitzsimons	SA	DNS

FINAL - Saturday 24 March 1973
1	Peter Watson	WA	3.42.7
2	Graham Crouch	Vic	3.42.7
3	Bruce Jones	Vic	3.43.3
4	Peter Fuller	Vic	3.43.3
5	Tony Williams	Vic	3.43.8
6	David Pentelow	SA	3.44.1
7	Tim O'Shaughnessy	Vic	3.44.1
8	John Axsentieff	Vic	3.44.2
9	Gary Lucas	Qld	3.50.0
	Stewart Tempest	WA	DNS

5,000 METRES - Men - Sunday 25 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Tony Williams	Vic	13.47.8
2	Brendan Layh	Vic	13.54.4
3	Kerry O'Brien	SA	13.54.8
4	Graham Crouch	Vic	14.00.4
5	Arch Sansonetti	Vic	14.06.8
6	Bruce Jones	Vic	14.10.6
7	John Axsentieff	Vic	14.20.0
8	Steve McCauley	Vic	14.23.4
9	Brenton Norman	SA	14.26.0
10	Kent Rayner	Tas	14.32.0
11	Max Little	Tas	14.40.0
	Steve Stingemore	WA	DNF
	Michael Little	NSW	DNS
	David Fitzsimons	SA	DNS
	John Denholm	Tas	DNS
	Bruce Adams	NSW	DNS
	Rob McDonald	NSW	DNS
	John Farrington	NSW	DNS

10,000 METRES - Men - Friday 23 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Brendan Layh	Vic	29.39.6
2	Kent Rayner	Tas	29.40.2
3	Arch Sansonetti	Vic	29.40.6
4	Brenton Norman	SA	29.47.6
5	Max Little	Tas	30.09.0
6	John Stanley	Vic	30.27.0
7	Robert Muir	NSW	31.58.0
	Steve Stingemore	WA	DNF
	Ross Woithe	SA	DNS
	Rob McDonald	NSW	DNS
	John Farrington	NSW	DNS

110 METRES HURDLES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Saturday 24 March 1973			Wind: -1.5m
1	Mal Baird	Vic	14.6
2	Vin Plant	Vic	14.7
3	John Kenny	NSW	14.9
4	Ken Elphick	NSW	14.9
5	Adam Pedler	SA	15.0
6	John Hawkins	NSW

HEAT 2 - Saturday 24 March 1973			Wind: -2.0m
1	Warren Parr	NSW	14.8
2	Max Binnington	Vic	15.2
3	Peter Morton	NSW	15.4
4	John Sheridan	WA	15.6
	Bob Green	Vic	DNS

FINAL - Saturday 24 March 1973			Wind: 0.0m
1	Warren Parr	NSW	14.3
2	Mal Baird	Vic	14.4
3	Max Binnington	Vic	14.4
4	Vin Plant	Vic	14.4
5	Peter Morton	NSW	14.6
6	John Kenny	NSW	14.8

400 METRES HURDLES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Saturday 24 March 1973
1	Gary Knoke	NSW	51.5
2	Bob Green	Vic	52.4
3	Adam Pedler	SA	52.4
4	Jim Grant	Vic	52.5
5	Peter Cunliffe-Jones	NSW	53.4

HEAT 2 - Saturday 24 March 1973
1	Peter Grant	Vic	53.0
2	Russell Swayne	SA	53.4
3	Gary Cox	NSW	53.6
4	Brian Gourlay	Vic	53.6
5	John Sheridan	WA	54.4

FINAL - Sunday 25 March 1973
1	Gary Knoke	NSW	50.8
2	Bob Green	Vic	51.5
3	Peter Grant	Vic	51.8
4	Gary Cox	NSW	51.8
5	Adam Pedler	SA	52.4
6	Russell Swayne	SA	53.2

3,000 METRES STEEPLECHASE - Men - Saturday 24 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Kerry O'Brien	SA	8.41.0
2	Rob Hendy	Vic	8.48.2
3	Grant Taggert	Vic	8.54.0
4	Dave McInnes	NSW	8.57.3
5	Eric Coyle	Vic	9.04.4
6	Gary Zeuner	SA	9.04.6
7	Chris Wardlaw	Vic	9.07.0
8	Fred Langford	WA	9.17.0
9	Michael Aiken	NSW	9.20.0
10	Bruce Adams	NSW	9.20.0
11	Ian Minter	Vic	9.25.0
12	Dave Marburg	Vic	9.26.0
13	David Horn	Vic	9.28.0
14	Phil Hamer	Vic	9.30.0
	Terry Harrison	Vic
	Ian Murray	Qld
	David Eltringham	WA
	Ross Woithe	SA
	John Denholm	Tas	DNS

3,000 METRES WALK - Men - Sunday 25 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ross Haywood	Vic	12.52.4
2	Don Cox	NSW	12.55.2
3	Steve Hausfeld	NSW	13.15.4
4	Graeme Nicholls	Vic	13.30.4
5	Lindsay Carrucan	Qld	13.36.2
6	Robin Whyte	NSW	13.37.6
7	Phil Hollis	SA	13.42.0
8	Bill Cullen	Vic	13.52.0
9	Ron Foster	Tas	13.55.0
10	Greg Deale	NSW	14.42.0

HIGH JUMP - Men - Sunday 25 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Lawrie Peckham	Vic	2.11m	6'11"
2	Peter Wright	Vic	2.06m	6'9"
3	Bryan Burgess	Vic	2.03m	6'8"
4	Barry Kite	NSW	2.03m	6'8"
5	Colin Donald	Vic	2.03m	6'8"
6	Peter Collins	NSW	1.98m	6'6"
7	John Hunter	Vic	1.93m	6'4"
8	Gordon Windeyer	NSW	1.93m	6'4"
9	Robbie Watt	Vic	1.93m	6'4"
10	Michael Kerahan	SA	1.93m	6'4"
11	John Green	SA	1.88m	6'2"
12	David Raggatt	SA	1.88m	6'2"
=13	Ian Gordon	NSW	1.88m	6'2"
=13	Peter O'Connor	Vic	1.88m	6'2"

POLE VAULT - Men - Sunday 25 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ray Boyd	Vic	4.57m	15'0"
2	Dragan Arapovic	NSW	4.14m	13'7"
3	Steve Dunn	NSW	3.96m	13'0"
4	Ed Johnson	Vic	3.96m	13'0"
5	Frank Chapman	NSW	3.65m	12'0"
6	Fletcher McEwen	SA	3.50m	11'6"
	John Hilliker	NSW	NH
	Andrew Stewart	Vic	DNS

LONG JUMP - Men - Saturday 24 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Chris Commons	Vic	8.02m	26'3¾"	wa
2	Phil May	WA	7.75m	25'5¼"	wa
3	Murray Tolbert	NSW	7.50m	25'3¼"
4	Graeme Bottomley	Vic	7.38m	24'2½"
5	Clay Tompkins	NSW	7.22m	23'8½"
6	Lawrie Walkley	NSW	7.11m	23'4"
7	Angelo Ferrandino	SA	7.08m	23'2¾"	wa
8	David Badger	SA	6.88m	22'7"	wa
9	Ian Manning	Tas	6.43m	21'0¾"	wa
	Mick McGrath	NSW	DNS
	Robbie Goff	WA	DNS
	Bruce Field	Vic	DNS
	Howard Malcolm	Tas	DNS

TRIPLE JUMP - Men - Sunday 25 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Phil May	WA	16.20m	53'1¾"
2	Mick McGrath	NSW	15.99m	52'5½"
3	Don Commons	Vic	15.85m	52'0"
4	Lawrie Walkley	NSW	15.57m	51'1"
5	Russell Sarah	Vic	15.48m	50'9½"
6	Graham Boase	SA	15.30m	50'2½"
7	Clay Tompkins	NSW	15.10m	49'6½"
8	Ken Lorraway	NSW	15.10m	49'6½"
9	Gavin Murray	Tas	14.56m	47'9"
10	Ian Manning	Tas	12.88m	42'3"
	Steve Miller	NSW	DNS
	Howard Malcolm	Tas	DNS
	John Green	SA	DNS
	Phil Wood	SA	DNS
	David Badger	SA	DNS
	Alwyn Blackwell	WA	DNS

SHOT PUT - Men - Sunday 25 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ray Rigby	Vic	17.53m	57'6¼"
2	Alex Brown	WA	16.90m	55'5½"
3	Michael Barry	Qld	16.30m	53'5¾"
4	Peter Phillips	Qld	16.21m	53'2¼"
5	Merv Kemp	SA	14.87m	48'9½"
6	Robert Gardiner	NSW	14.14m	46'4¾"
7	James Timmerman	NSW	13.75m	45'1½"
8	Stan Pianko	NSW	13.69m	44'11"
9	Len Vlahov	WA	13.46m	44'2"
10	Wayne Martin	NSW	13.28m	43'7"
11	Edgar Niemanis	WA	12.53m	41'1½"
	Zenon 'Ben' Grzes	Qld	DNS

DISCUS THROW - Men - Saturday 24 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Warwick Selvey	NSW	52.08m	170'10"
2	Ron Lunt	NSW	50.58m	165'11"
3	Len Vlahov	WA	50.52m	165'9"
4	Dick Priman	Qld	47.62m	156'3"
5	Merv Kemp	SA	45.32m	148'8"
6	Roger Green	NSW	44.72m	146'9"
7	Alex Brown	WA	43.00m	141'1"
8	Zenon 'Ben' Grzes	Qld	42.80m	140'5"
9	Wayne Martin	NSW	41.82m	137'2"

HAMMER THROW - Men - Sunday 25 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Dick Leffler	Vic	56.72m	186'1"
2	Tom Mullins	NSW	54.82m	179'10"
3	Graham Braden	Vic	52.44m	172'0½"
4	Zenon 'Ben' Grzes	Qld	52.22m	171'4"
5	Mike Edwards	Vic	51.18m	167'11"
6	Albert Magassy	NSW	49.38m	162'0"
7	Wal Jacenko	NSW	48.44m	158'11"
8	Edgar Niemanis	WA	44.84m	147'1"
	Ron Frawley	Qld	DNS
	Don Leadbetter	SA	DNS
	Alex Brown	WA	DNS

JAVELIN THROW - Men - Sunday 25 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Sig Koscik	Vic	75.32m	247'1"
2	Peter Lawler	NSW	70.66m	231'10"
3	Nick Birks	SA	70.28m	230'7"
4	Greg Nicol	NSW	65.26m	214'1"
5	Vic Mitchell	Vic	61.00m	200'1"
6	Colin Smith	NSW	57.86m	158'11"
7	Gary Calvert	SA	56.94m	147'1"
	Rob Lethbridge	Vic	DNS
	Manfred Rohkamper	Vic	DNS
	David Macklin	SA	DNS

DECATHLON - Men - Fri/Sat 23/24 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Robbie Goff	WA	6,558pts
	(11.9, 7.33m, 10.42m, 1.86m, 50.5, 16.2, 36.02m, 3.65m, 48.26m, 5.00.9)
2	Geoff Chambers	Vic	6,381pts
	(12.0, 6.41m, 12.08m, 1.83m, 51.1, 15.3, 39.20m, 2.89m, 33.32m, 4.18.7)
3	Ian Murray	Tas	6,308pts
	(12.1, 7.02m, 12.34m, 1.65m, 53.0, 16.6, 38.76m, 3.04m, 51.84m, 4.39.0)
4	Dave Collins	NSW	6,238pts
	(11.9, 6.81m, 10.90m, 1.68m, 52.1, 17.0, 33.22m, 3.45m, 50.10m, 4.36.0)
5	Trevor Raymond	SA	6,027pts
	(12.0, 6.43m, 11.77m, 1.68m, 53.4, 16.1, 36.76m, 3.45m, 42.14m, 5.03.0)
6	David Macklin	SA	5,993pts
	(12.1, 6.55m, 10.76m, 1.71m, 54.6, 16.8, 34.00m, 3.35m, 60.14m, 5.11.4)
7	John Green	SA	5,788pts
	(12.0, 6.62m, 8.96m, 1.86m, 53.4, 16.1, 28.84m, 3.04m, 40.70m, 4.50.4)
8	Malcolm McRae	Qld	5,295pts
	(11.8, 6.07m, 12.89m, 1.77m, 53.5, 17.6, 39.58m, 0.00m, 40.28m, 5.21.4)

4x100 METRES RELAY - Men - Saturday 24 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Victoria	Vic	41.1
	Greg Lewis
	Laurie D'Arcy
	Brett Weinberg
	Graham Haskell
2	New South Wales	NSW	41.1
	Warren Parr
	Bruce Weatherlake
	Glenn Townsend
	Andrew Ratcliffe
3	South Australia	SA	41.5
	Ian Boswell
	Alan Bradshaw
	David Stokes
	Hans van Bavel
4	Queensland	Qld	42.0
	C. Coutts
	Ross Wilson
	M. Lutterall
	Vic Pascoe
5	Western Australia	WA	42.0
	Colin O'Sullivan
	M. Wrenn
	John Sheridan
	Brad Trotter
6	Tasmania	Tas
	Paul Blackaby
	G. McGee
	Stuart Hood
	Ian Manning

4x400 METRES RELAY - Men - Sunday 25 March 1973
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Victoria	Vic	3.11.2
	Bill Hooker
	Dan Vaughn
	Boris Stcherbina
	Colin McCurry
2	New South Wales	NSW	3.14.0
	Gary Cox
	Graeme Rootham
	Steven Briggs
	Gary Knoke
3	Western Australia	WA	3.14.7
	Brad Trotter
	Graeme Wright
	Peter Watson
	Stuart Tempest
4	Queensland	Qld	3.16.6
	Chris Coutts
	G. Lucas
	Gary Brown
	Vic Pascoe
5	South Australia	SA	3.18.0
	Tony Hodgins
	Adam Pedler
	Peter Griffin
	Russell Swayne

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Australian Track & Field Championships - 1972-73

E.S.Marks, Sydney, New South Wales, 23-25 March 1973