Diamond League Final – Belgium 

Olympic Bronze Medallist Matt Denny created a new lifetime best in the Diamond League final in Belgium, with a new National and Queensland record of 69.96m which adds 61cm to his own record which he set in Adelaide at the Australian Championships. 

UQ Winter Series – Brisbane

UQ hosted the third winter meet of the year on a perfect afternoon at the University of Queensland. A lot of the athletes are aiming for the QA State All Schools.

Significant Performances

• Charlize Goody (Ipswich) got the Discus out to 49.12m and 42.85m in the Javelin.
• Kye Lowth (Bert Squad) 3000m in 8:32.89 winning by 9 seconds. 
• Emma Fryga (Mayne Harriers) backing up from QGSSSA on Thursday to win the 800m in 2:06.49 – a new Queensland Under 16 record. 
• The 100m went to Lara Davis (Maroochy) with 12.30 (0.1) and Aziz Marone (Uni QLD) with 11.17 (-1.2). 

Thanks to Tom Brandt for his continued work this year. 

Queensland Athletics 10,000m Championships – UQ

Aidan Hobbs (Intraining) split the field of seventeen athletes apart after 1200m and it was ‘see you later, shut the gate’ for the rest of the field. A dominate display from the 37yr old over 25 laps of the track at the University of Queensland in a time of 30:58.76. Nick Dewar (Distance Culture Club) was second in 31:11.84 and third was Marcus Hughes (Queensland Masters) in 31.22.60. This was Aidan’s third consecutive Queensland 10,000m title. 

In the Under 20 Championship, Timothy Hogno (Darling Downs) took the State title in 32:27.75 and Harvey Hermiston (Redlands) was second in 33:04.05. 

There were no entries for either the Open Women or Under 20 Women. 

Full results including lap time splits are available here (lap splits under results by age) https://www.qldathletics.org.au/index.cfm/results/

Australian Marathon Championships held with the TCS Sydney Marathon

Men

Wayne Spies (Queensland Masters                   6th            2:29:37 

Ben Cook (Qrun)                                                14th          2:39:02

Mark Windsor (Uni Sunshine Coast)                  23rd          2:47:56 

Sebastian Pinel (Intraining)                                28th          2:52:03

Carl Batty (Qrun)                                                31st          2:57:51

Mark Wigglesworth (Intraining)                          36th          3:29:59

Peter How (Qrun)                                               38th         3:31:55

Women

Krishna Stanton (Intraining)                                6th           3:01:14

Kyoko Miura (Qrun)                                            10th          3:06:07

Elizabeth Maguire (Qrun)                                   12th          3:09:56

Liz Grolimund (Qrun)                                          13th          3:12:09

Carly Barkle (Qrun)                                             17th          3:17:11

Javana Manuel (Qrun)                                        20th          3:24.17

Karin Thorburn (Townsville Road Runners)        30th          3:45:57

Nikki Whelan (Queensland Masters)                  33rd          5:21:35

Australian Road Race (12km) Championships held with the Adelaide City-Bay

Men

Liam Boudin (Tigers Athletics Club)                    5th            34:05

Jack Bruce (Tigers Athletics Club)                      7th            34:37

Women

Genevieve Gregson (Gold Coast Victory)           3rd            37:46

Upcoming Events – 2023/24 season

QA All Schools Pre Meet – Saturday 28th September – UQ – Entries close Friday 27th September at 9.00am. https://www.qldathletics.org.au/index.cfm/competition/ . This is a Domestic Permit so you can qualify for Nationals in Perth. 

Athletics North Queensland Championships – Friday 27th – Sunday 29th September – Townsville – Entries close Sunday 22nd September. This is a World Athletics Ranking Competition with valid performances eligible for the World Athletics ranking lists. https://www.athleticsnorthqld.org.au/nq-championships-2/

The new season starts on 1st October – Make sure you register so you can enter the following upcoming events

QA Denise Boyd Shield – Saturday 26th October – University of the Sunshine Coast – Entries close Friday 25th October at 9.00am. This is a World Athletics Ranking Competition with performances eligible for the World Athletics Ranking lists. 

QA All Schools Championships (selection trials for the Australian All Schools and National Schools Challenge Queensland qualifying meet) – Friday 31st October – Sunday 3rd November – Entries open on Tuesday 2nd October and close Monday 21st October at 9.00am. This is a World Athletics Ranking Competition with performances eligible for the World Athletics Ranking lists.

For the full calendar https://www.qldathletics.org.au/index.cfm/competition/?type=grid