Australian pair deliver the curtain down on what’s an enthralling night time of motion at a sold-out Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne
In one of the crucial anticipated races on Australian soil in a technology, Lachlan Kennedy beat Gout Gout in an exhilarating 200m at a sold-out Maurie Plant Meet (March 29).
Though situations weren’t good for sprinting – it was cool and there was a slight wind – the dynamic duo placed on a present for the 1000’s of followers in attendance in Melbourne.
Kennedy, who secured a silver medal within the 60m on the current World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, had a private better of 21.19 going into the race and knew that he’d need to take a big chunk off it to have any probability of successful.
Unsurprisingly, Gout got here into the race with a lot of the consideration, given he took down Peter Norman’s senior nationwide file of 20.06 – a mark that was set on the 1968 Mexico Olympics – with 20.04 in December.
Lachlan Kennedy (Getty)
Only a few weeks in the past, the 17-year-old additionally ran a wind-assisted 19.98 (3.4) to win the ultimate on the Queensland Athletics Championships.
The 200m on the Maurie Plant Meet was a special check for Gout nevertheless, given this competitors was at senior degree.
Kennedy received the higher begin within the race and as he eased around the bend, a sizeable lead had already opened up between the 21-year-old and the remainder of the sector.
Gout Gout and Peter Norman’s household (Getty)
Gout, identified for consuming up the bottom within the final 50m of races, had a big hole to make up however as he blitzed previous Calab Regulation, Kennedy was abruptly in his sights.
{The teenager} turned on the afterburners however there simply wasn’t sufficient monitor left and Kennedy took the win.
The pair clocked 20.26 and 20.30 respectively, with Kennedy going fifth on the Australian 200m all-time listing, behind Gout, Norman Dean Capobianco and John Dinan.
Cam Myers (Getty)
The efficiency of the night time arguably got here from Cameron Myers, who took victory within the 1500m after entrance operating the whole race.
The 18-year-old clocked 3:34.98 and beat a formidable area that included Adam Spencer (3:35.52), Jude Thomas (3:36.48), Oli Hoare (3:36.48), Sam Tanner (3:36.67), Peter Bol (3:37.29) and Sam Ruthe (3:40.12).
Myers, who claimed a 1500m silver medal eventually summer season’s World Below-20 Championships in Peru, has continued his high quality type into this season as properly.
Two months in the past, the Australian sliced nearly two seconds off the world indoor under-20 mile file with 3:53.12 on the Dr Sander Invitational in New York.
He then improved that point with 3:47.48 on the Millrose Video games in New York, going fifth on the indoor mile all-time listing.
Claudia Hollingsworth (Getty)
Fellow Aussie teenager Claudia Hollingsworth additionally impressed within the 1500m and he or she triumphed in a powerful home area.
The 19-year-old produced a meet file of 4:05.97 underneath the lights in Melbourne, ending forward of the likes of Sarah Billings (4:06.37), Linden Corridor (4:06.89) and Abbey Caldwell (4:06.91).
Australia’s energy in depth additionally extends to the longer distances and Ky Robinson secured victory within the 5000m with a private out of doors better of 13:13.17.
He has nevertheless gone a lot faster indoors – Robinson clocked 13:02.34 in Boston earlier this month.
The 3000m was gained by Ethiopia’s Fentaye Belayneh – the 2024 5000m African champion – who claimed a meet file of 8:34.30.
Georgia Griffith, who’s the Australian 3000m record-holder and positioned fourth within the 1500m on the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, positioned second with 8:35.10.
Males’s 400m at Maurie Plant Meet (Getty)
The 400m produced the standout worldwide area of the meet and Bostwana’s trio of Bayapo Ndori, Letsile Tebogo and Leungo Scotch positioned one-two-three respectively.
Ndori, who has a private better of 44.10 over one lap, took the victory in 45.14, with Olympic 200m champion Tebogo simply behind in 45.26.
Within the area, Olympic discus bronze medallist Matt Denny smashed the meet file with a greatest throw of 68.17m on dwelling soil. Lawrence Okoye was second with 64.60m.
Eleanor Patterson, contemporary off her world indoor excessive leap silver medal, cleared 1.94m to take the victory in Melbourne.
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