Medals Galore in a Golden Campaign for Tasmania
Published Mon 04 Apr 2022
The Athletics Tasmania Team has had its most successful foray at the 2022 Chemist Warehouse Australian Track and Field Championships in Sydney. With 113 athletes representing the state across nine days of track and field events, the team had a record medal haul at the 'Nationals, with 27 medals won by junior, para and open athletes in Tasmania's biggest ever 'Nationals team. Closing out the week, there was national recognition for coach Susan Andrews as Australia's Junior Athlete Coach of the Year.
Among the highlights of the 2022 Chemist Warehouse Australian Track and Field Championships were a meet record of 53.20m for Arielle Cannell for gold in the U/15 hammer (she also claimed gold in the U/17 hammer and bronze in the U/15 discus) and Alexander Kwa's World Junior Qualifier of 9:06.85 for bronze in the U20 3000m steeplechase. Alexander's PB was also a Tasmanian U20 record for the event. In addition, Violet Owen's gold medal run in the U/14 800m also saw her claim both the U/13 and U/14 Tasmanian records for that distance.
In the race of the 100m speed kings, Jack Hale brought home the bronze medal in a time of 10.20s.
Our national medallists were:
GOLD
- Violet Owen - U/14 800, U13 & U14 Tas Record
- Luke Palmer - U/16 3k
- Zachery Kirkpatrick - U/15 hammer
- Arielle Cannell - U/15 hammer
- Arielle Cannell - U/17 hammer
- Ella Atkins - U/18 2K steeplechase
SILVER
- Jessica Smith - U/16 2K steeplechase
- Marz Kwa - U/14 javelin
- Samuel Lindsay - U/15 walk
- Isabella Hippel - U/20 shot
- Violet Owen - U/14 1500
- Archie Dixon - U/15 Para 1500
- Archie Dixon - U/15 Para 800, U15 Tas Record
BRONZE
- Alexander Kwa - U/20 3K steeplechase, WJQ, U/20 Tas Record
- Blake Doyle - U/16 triple jump
- Isaac Dixon - U/15 pole vault
- Arielle Cannell - U/15 discus
- Evie Bingham - U/15 Long Jump
- Luke Palmer - U/16 1500
- Men’s U/20 4 x 100 - U20 Tas Record
- Mikayla Ireland - U/17 2K steeplechase
- Lachlan Fox - U/17 2K steeplechase
- Will Bottle - U/18 5K race walk
- Emily Aichberger - U/20 Para 1500
- Alexander McKillop - Open Para 100m
- Jack Hale - Open 100m
- Deon Kenzie - Open Para 1500
