Australia will look to assert its authority as the premier athletics country in the region, when a contingent of the country’s established and emerging stars descend upon Suva, Fiji for one of the most important opportunities on the calendar – the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships.
Taking place from June 1-8, the U18 and Open Oceania Athletics Championships will welcome a host of the nation’s 2024 Olympic hopefuls including the strong Victorian contingent listed below.
Congratulations on behalf of everyone at Athletics Victoria, and good luck!
Women
100m: Ebony Lane (Matt Carter)
200m: Mia Gross (John Nicolosi)
400m: Mikeala Selaidinakos (Steve Gaffney)
1500m Maudie Skyring (Craig Mottram)
5000m Maudie Skyring (Craig Mottram)
100m Hurdles: Celeste Mucci (Darren Clark), Danielle Shaw (Peter Benifer)
400m Hurdles: Marli Wilkinson (Dan Bailey)
3000m Steeplechase: Amy Cashin (Sean Cleary), Stella Radford (Stephen Ellinghaus)
Pole Vault: Elyssia Kenshole (Bill Georgantis), Georgia Tayler (Mark Stewart)
Triple Jump: Tina Boras (Alwyn Jones)
Long Jump Ambulatory Para: Caytlyn Sharp F20 (Anula Costa)
Shot Put: Emma Berg (Peter Barrett)
Hammer Throw: Aliyah Canepa (Fernando Canepa)
Men
100m Ambulatory Para: Anthony Jordan T47(Tony Marsh)
400m: Cooper Sherman (Neville Down)
800m: Jack Lunn (Steve Fabris)
5000m: Haftu Strintzos (Craig Mottram), David McNeill (Collis Birmingham)
10000m: Haftu Strintzos (Craig Mottram), Andre Waring (Steve Dinneen)
100m Hurdles: Christopher Douglas (Joey Woody), Tayleb Willis (Kyle Vander Kuyp)
400m Hurdles: Conor Fry (Daniel Bailey)
3000m Steeplechase: Ben Buckingham (Craig Mottram)
High Jump: Yual Reath (Paul Cleary), Roman Anastasios (Sandro Bisetto), Joel Baden (Sandro Bisetto)
Pole Vault: Dalton Di Medio (Mark Stewart)
Triple Jump: Aiden Hinson (Chloe Stevens)
Shot Put Secured Para: Jessee Wyatt F33(John Eden)
Shot Put Ambulatory Para: Todd Hodgetts F20(Steve Cain)
Shot Put: Aiden Harvey (Delaney Gatchell)
Oceania U18 Athletics Championships
Women
100m: Armani Anderson (Gerrard Keating & Paul Cleary)
3000m: Piper Gay (Liz Mathews)
2000m Steeplechase: Orla Shackcloth (Tim O’Shaughnessy)
100m Hurdles: Amy Fitzgerald (Rob Stevens)
5000m Race Walk: Ariana Pashutina (Frances Attard)
Pole Vault: Khushnoor Rangi (Bill Georgantas), Sukhnoor Rangi (Bill Georgantas)
Long Jump: Geena Davy (Jason Hodson)
Men
400m: Austin Fernando (Tim O’Shaughnessy), Caleb Kilpatrick (Joe Gulli)
1500m: Lucas Chis (Emilian Chis)
3000m: Oscar Gray (Liz Mathews), Finley Symons (Gregor Gojrzewski)
High Jump: Liam Shadbolt (Sandro Bisetto)
Pole Vault: Felix Hattwich (Mark Stewart)
5000m Race Walk: Riley Coughlan (Frances Attard)