Sydney Track Classic | |
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Date | February/March |
Location | Sydney, Australia |
Event type | Track and field |
Official site | Sydney Track Classic at the Wayback Machine(archived 2014-12-26) |
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 Sydney Olympic Park 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]
In 2020 the meeting kicked off the inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour. [8]
Year | Title | Venue | Date | Status |
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1980 | Alcoa Challenge Series - Sydney | ES Marks Field | 30 December 1979 | |
1981 | Alcoa Challenge Series - Sydney | ES Marks Field | 8 March 1981 | |
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1989 | AIS Drug Offensive | 8 February 1989 | ||
1990 | Commonwealth Challenge | 14 January 1990 | ||
1991 | Mobil Grand Prix | 20 January 1991 | ||
1992 | Sugar Games | 25 January 1992 | ||
1993 | Sugar Games | 23 January 1993 | ||
1994 | Mars Challenge | 30 January 1994 | ||
1995 | Optus Grand Prix Final - Sydney | 21 March 1995 | ||
1996 | Optus Grand Prix - Sydney | 11 February 1996 | ||
1997 | Optus Grand Prix - Sydney | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 27 January 1997 | |
1998 | Sydney Track Tour | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 28 February 1998 | |
1999 | Optus Grand Prix - Sydney | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 20 February 1999 | |
2000 | Optus Grand Prix - Sydney | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 13 February 2000 | |
2001 | Telstra Athletics Grand Prix - Sydney | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 16 February 2001 | |
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2003 | Telstra A-series - Sydney | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 22 March 2003 | |
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2006 | ||||
2007 | Telstra A series - Sydney | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 17 February 2007 | |
2008 | Sydney Athletics Grand Prix | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 12 January 2008 (Sydney Track Classic?) 16 February 2008 | |
2009 | Sydney GP Series Meet | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 28 February 2009 | |
2010 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 27 February 2010 | |
2011 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 19 March 2011 | |
2012 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 18 February 2012 | |
2013 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 9 March 2013 | |
2014 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 15 March 2014 | |
2015 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 15 March 2015 | |
2016 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 19 March 2016 | |
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2018 | ||||
2019 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 23 February 2019 | |
2020 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 22 February 2020 | Continental Tour Bronze |
2021 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 13 March 2021 | Continental Tour Bronze |
2022 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 12 March 2022 | Continental Tour Bronze |
2023 | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre | 11 March 2023 | Continental Tour Challenger |
2024 | Sydney Track Classic | ES Marks Field | 23 March 2024 | Continental Tour Challenger |
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref. |
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100 m | 9.94 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 1999 | |
200 m | 20.42 (+0.2 m/s) | LaShawn Merritt | United States | 15 March 2014 | [9] |
400 m | 44.65 | Fred Kerley | United States | 11 March 2023 | [10] |
800 m | 1:43.15 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 2010 | |
1500 m | 3:32.55 | William Chirchir | Kenya | 2000 | |
3000 m | 7:46.38 | Cameron Myers | Australia | 23 March 2024 | [11] |
5000 m | 13:29.99 | Matthew Ramsden | Australia | 13 March 2021 | [12] |
110 m hurdles | 13.25 (+0.3 m/s) | Rachid Muratake | Japan | 11 March 2023 | [13] |
400 m hurdles | 48.49 | Bryan Bronson | United States | 1998 | |
3000 m steeplechase | 8:19.14 | Julius Kipchoge | Kenya | 2012 | |
High jump | 2.31 m | Charles Austin | United States | 1998 | |
Pole vault | 5.95 m | Steven Hooker | Australia | 2009 | [14] |
Long jump | 7.88 (+0.4 m/s) | Jalen Rucker | Australia | 11 March 2023 | [15] |
Triple jump | 17.28 m | Justin Anlezark | Australia | 1996 | |
Shot put | 17.77 m | Aiden Harvey | Australia | 11 March 2023 | [16] |
Hammer throw | 68.44 m | Ned Weatherley | Australia | 11 March 2023 | [17] |
Javelin throw | 85.28 m | Andrew Currey | Australia | 2000 | |
4 × 100 m relay | 38.50 | Jake Doran Jacob Despard Calab Law Rohan Browning | Australia | 11 March 2023 | [18] |
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref. |
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100 m | 10.97 (+0.5 m/s) | Zoe Hobbs | New Zealand | 11 March 2023 | [19] |
200 m | 21.98 | Marion Jones | United States | 1998 | |
400 m | 50.43 | Jana Pittman | Australia | 2003 | |
800 m | 1:58.62 | Abbey Caldwell | Australia | 11 March 2023 | [20] |
1500 m | 4:10.37 | Heidi See | Australia | 19 March 2016 | [21] |
3000 m | 8:31.81 | Jessica Hull | Australia | 11 March 2023 | [22] |
5000 m | 15:04.07 | Mercy Cherono | Kenya | 15 March 2014 | [23] |
100 m hurdles | 12.70 (+0.6 m/s) | Michelle Jenneke | Australia | 11 March 2023 | [24] |
400 m hurdles | 54.64 | Jana Pittman | Australia | 2003 | |
High jump | 1.94 m | Nicola Olyslagers | Australia | 11 March 2023 | [25] |
Pole vault | 4.82 m | Nina Kennedy | Australia | 13 March 2021 | [26] |
Long jump | 6.76 m | Nicole Boegman | Australia | 1996 | |
Triple jump | 13.77 m | Nicole Mladenis | Australia | 2004 | |
Shot put | 20.67 m | Valerie Adams | New Zealand | 2012 | |
Discus throw | 66.21 m | Dani Samuels | Australia | 14 March 2015 | [27] |
Hammer throw | 69.71 m | Bronwyn Eagles | Australia | 2003 | [28] |
Javelin throw | 64.84 m | Kathryn Mitchell | Australia | 17 March 2018 | [29] |
4 × 100 m relay | 42.94 | Ebony Lane Bree Masters Ella Connolly Torrie Lewis | Australia | 23 March 2024 | [30] |
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