Sydney Track Classic

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Sydney Track Classic

The Sydney Olympic Park complex which contains the meet venue
Date February/March
Location Sydney, Australia Australia
Event type Track and field
Official site Sydney Track Classic

The Sydney Track Classic is an annual outdoor track and field meeting held in February or March at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in the suburb of Homebush in Sydney, Australia. It is part of the national Australian Athletics Tour, alongside the Melbourne Track Classic.[1][2]

The history of the event emerged from a series of major athletics meetings which were held in the 1990s.[3] The 1999 competition was the opening leg of the IAAF Grand Prix circuit and it formed part of the preparation towards the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[4] The meeting was abandoned in 2002, but events hosted by the Sydney University Athletics Club and Athletics New South Wales saw the Sydney Track Classic restored in 2006.[3]

By 2009 the competition was attracting top level domestic athletes (such as Steve Hooker and Sally McLellan) as well as a number of high-profile foreign athletes (including Asafa Powell, Melaine Walker, and Valerie Vili).[5] The meeting was ranked first domestically for the level of performances that year.[3] Hooker, Dani Samuels and Tero Pitkämäki provided the highlights of the 2010 edition,[6] while Mitchell Watt and David Rudisha topped the bill in 2011.[7]

Meet Records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m 3:34.68 Nick Willis  New Zealand 9 March 2013 [8]
Mile
3000 m
5000 m
110 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
4 × 100 m relay

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
Mile
3000 m
5000 m
110 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
4 × 100 m relay

References

  1. ↑ 2011 Australian Athletics Tour. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  2. ↑ Neville to test Australia’s 400m stocks in Sydney and Melbourne – IAAF World Challenge. IAAF (2010-01-27). Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 History. Sydney Track Classic. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  4. ↑ Grand Prix Calendar 2000. IAAF (1999-11-25). Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  5. ↑ Hurst, Mike (2009-02-29). Huge 400m PB for Powell, but local heroes by no means upstaged in Sydney. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  6. ↑ Hurst, Mike (2010-02-27).Hooker and Samuels and visitors Pitkämäki and Vili shine at high class Sydney Classic. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  7. ↑ Tarbotton, David & Green, Lloyd (2011-03-19). Watt sails 8.38m while Rudisha cruises in Sydney. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  8. ↑ Len Johnson (9 March 2013). "Visiting Kiwis Willis and Adams lead the way in Sydney". IAAF. Retrieved 10 March 2013. 

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