The Australian Athletics U23 Tour will this year head to the New Taipei City Athletics Open, in what is an important step in the careers of the young team members selected.<\/p>\n
The team of 30 features athletes from all around Australia.<\/p>\n
The New Taipei City Athletics Open is World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet and is held at the Banqiao Stadium in New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei on June 6 and 7.<\/p>\n
New South Wales athlete\u00a0Olivia Inkster\u00a0will run the 100m and 200m in the event, the second time she has raced in Chinese Taipei.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always an honour to represent Australia, and I\u2019m looking forward to the opportunity to compete internationally again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a great experience on the Tour last year, where I was part of the team in the 100m and was able to come away with a win.<\/p>\n
\u201cOpportunities like this allow me to test myself against strong International competition, learn from different racing environments and continue building towards my long-term goals in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Tour is an opportunity our rising athletic stars very much value.<\/p>\n
\u201cU23 is a difficult age group because for athletes who have done well in the U20s, it\u2019s a long way for them to get results as senior athletes, so this development tour is really important,\u201d Team Manager, Australian Athletics National Coach Development Coordinator\u00a0Mark Stewart\u00a0said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have a World University Games this year, so this meet is a great opportunity for athletes to compete in an Australian national team.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as Mark Stewart, the team will be supported by\u00a0Andae Kalemusic\u00a0 (Team Coach, endurance),\u00a0Paul Byrne\u00a0(Team Coach, sprints and hurdles),\u00a0Breanne\u00a0Clement\u00a0(Team Coach, Throws) and\u00a0Peta Talbot\u00a0(Physiotherapist).<\/p>\n
The event used to be known as the Taiwan Open, and it has had some impressive international alumni, including Canadian 2020 gold medallist\u00a0Andrew De Grasse, and Polish Hammer Thrower legend\u00a0Anita Wodarzyk, who both have competed at the event in the past.<\/p>\n
The Tour announcement comes off the back of a very successful Chemist Warehouse Summer Series, Australian Athletics Championships, and the Australian Athletics Junior (Under Age) Championships.<\/p>\n
Australian team for the Australian Athletics U23 Tour in New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei<\/p>\n
100m:\u00a0 Rory Easton (QLD, Rajeev Balakrishnan), Luca Schmitt (SA, Rick Treleavan)<\/p>\n
200m: Rory Easton (QLD), Rajeev Balakrishnan) , Jack Hayter (NSW, Greg Smith)<\/p>\n
110m hurdles: Joel Templin (QLD Rajeev Balakrishan), Timothy Forster (NSW, David Forster)<\/p>\n
400m: Brenton Kerr (NSW, Tanya Kerr), Josh Fabiani (QLD, Alex Beck)<\/p>\n
400m Hurdles: Matthew Hunt (NSW, Ben Liddy)<\/p>\n
800m: Alex Twartz (SA, David Fryer)<\/p>\n
1500m: Wolfgang Cotra-Nemesi (VIC, Tim O\u2019Shaughnessy)\u00a0 Evander Scott (VIC, Ben Scott)<\/p>\n
High Jump: Connnor Larsen (QLD, Theresa Stolberg)<\/p>\n
Pole Vault: Aiden Princena-White (NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS), Zsuzanna Szabo-Olygai), Johnny Suares (VIC, Mark Stewart)<\/p>\n
Long Jump: Aden McDonald (WA, Gillian McDonald)<\/p>\n
Discus Throw:\u00a0 Darcy Giddings (VIC, Robert Holzer)<\/p>\n
Women:<\/p>\n
100m:\u00a0 Lauren Percival (NSW, Abbie Taddeo), Olivia Inkster (NSW, Katie Edwards)<\/p>\n
100m hurdles: Leila Crocker (SA, Gaby Phillips), Georgia Fichardt (NSW, Shaun Edwards)<\/p>\n
200m: \u00a0Lauren Percival (NSW, Abbie Taddeo), Olivia Inkster (VIC, Katie Edwards)<\/p>\n
400m: Elli Whitingham (SA, Peter Burdett), Sophia Gregorevic (VIC, Tom O\u2019Connor)<\/p>\n
400m Hurdles: \u00a0Vivienne Le Tessier (WA, Lyn Foreman) \u00a0, Txai Anglin (QLD)<\/p>\n
800m: Ashley Pernecker (NSW, Thomas Ristuccia)<\/p>\n
3000m Steeplechase: Mia Toohey (NSW, Jacinta Doyle)<\/p>\n
High Jump: Vanessa Apel (NSW, Michael Hamlyn-Harris)<\/p>\n
Shot Put: Xylavene Beale (QLD, Mike Barber)<\/p>\n
Long Jump: Zoe Chester (QLD, Liam Adcock)<\/p>\n
Javelin Throw:\u00a0 Tali Baltineshter (NSW, Angus McEntyre)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian Athletics U23 Tour will this year head to the New Taipei City Athletics Open, in what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-620246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}