Australian Open Men's 20km walk championship;
WA representation in 1998-2003 (and beyond?);
Melbourne 1998;...10th Christian Bone (WA) 1:45:46.3h,
11th Graham Watt (VIC) 2:04:56.8h; (former RWCWA athlete)
Melbourne 1999;...16th. Christian Bone (NSW) 1:32:55.0h; (former WA athlete)
17th (13th Australian) Andrew Duncan (WA) 1:33:12.0h (RWCWA athlete)
20th Graham Watt (VIC) 1:41:20.0h (former RWCWA athlete)
Sydney 2000;...27th. (19th Australian) Phillips, Jonathon (WA) 1:54:43 (RWCWA athlete)
Brisbane 2001;...14th. (13th Australian) Daniel Lowe (WA) 2:00:55.00 (RWCWA athlete)
Brisbane 2002;....13th. Daniel Lowe 1:56.30 (WA) (RWCWA athlete)
Brisbane 2003;....DNF Daniel Lowe
Sydney 2004:....Noone...
Sydney 2005:.... 7th Michael McCagh AIS 1.28.46 !(formerly RWCWA)
(Current and previous RWCWA athletes in underlined, bold.)
1998; Melbourne;
Open Men’s 20km Walk Road;
1. Nick A'Hern (NSW) 1:22:26.7h; 2. Dion Russell (VIC) 1:27:01.3h; 3. Duane Cousins (VIC) 1:28:22.1h;
4. Brent Vallance (NSW) 1:33:00.5h; 5. Brad Malcolm (VIC) 1:33:40.3h; 6. Michael Harvey (VIC) 1:35:51.5h;
7. Shane Pearson (QLD) 1:37:16.8h; 8. Mark Thomas (VIC) 1:39:24.1h; 9. Marcus Dwyer (VIC) 1:41:07.6h;
10th Christian Bone (WA) 1:45:46.3h;
11th Graham Watt (VIC) 2:04:56.8h; - Mark Donahoo (VIC) DNF; - Matthew Griggs (ACT) DNF;
- Darren Bown (SA) DNF; - Noel Wooler (QLD) DNF; - Andrew Jamieson (VIC) DNF;
- Damien O'Mara (NSW) DNF; - Luke Adams (NSW) DNF; - Anthony Miles (QLD) DNF;
- Mark Blackwood (VIC) DQ; - Nathan Deakes (VIC) DQ; - Graig Barratt (NZL) DQ.
1999; Melbourne;
Open Men’s 20,000 metres Walk Road
1. Dion Russell (VAIS) 1:20:49.0h; 2. Nicholas A'Hern (NAIS) 1:21:18.0h;
3. Luke Adams (NSW) 1:23:52.0h;
4. Denis Langlois (FRA) 1:23:57.0h;
5. Duane Cousins (VAIS) 1:24:20.0h; 6. Darren Bown (SA) 1:24:57.0h;
7. Troy Sundstrom (NSWI) 1:25:02.0h; 8. Scott Nelson (NZL) 1:26:49.0h;
9. Liam Murphy (SASI) 1:26:58.0h;
10. Dominic McGrath (VIC) 1:27:19.0h;
11. Boon Lim Teoh (MAS) 1:29:20.0h; 12. Sylvain Caudron (FRA) 1:29:43.0h;
13. Brent Vallance (NAIS) 1:31:38.0h; 14. Shane Pearson (QLD) 1:31:39.0h;
15. Matthew Groves (TAS) 1:31:56.0h;
16th. Christian Bone (NSW) 1:32:55.0h;
17th (13th Australian) Andrew Duncan (WA) 1:33:12.0h; 18. Paul Kennedy (VIC) 1:34:41.0h;
19. Andrew Jamieson (VIC) 1:35:46.0h; 20th Graham Watt (VIC) 1:41:20.0h;
21. Noel Wooler (QLD) 1:42:44.0h; - Duncan Knox (VIC) DNF; -
Jon Gawley (NSW) DNF;
- Brad Malcolm (VIC) DNF;
- Daniel Thorne (VIC) DNF; - Nathan Deakes (VAIS) DQ;
- Trenton Hawkins (VIS) DQ; - Marcus Dwyer (VIC) DQ.
2000; Sydney;
1. Deakes, Nathan (AIS) 1:21:47; 2. Sanchez, Joel (MEX) 1:21:55; 3. A'hern, Nicholas (AIS) 1:22:15;
4. Russell, Dion (VIC) 1:24:09; 5. Adams, Luke (NSWIS) 1:25:29; 6. Barrett, Craig (NZL) 1:26:09;
7. Sundstrom, Troy (NSWIS) 1:26:37; 8. Perricelli, Giovanni (ITA) 1:28:56; 9. Vallance, Brent (NSW) 1:29:48;
10. Brugnetti, Ivano (ITA) 1:30:05; 11. Murphy, Liam (SASI) 1:30:34; 12. Malcolm, Brad (VIC) 1:31:23;
13. Bown, Darren (SASI) 1:31:58; 14. Cousins, Duane (VIS) 1:32:07; 15. Russell, Jarrod (VIC) 1:32:21;
16. Costin, Jamie (IRL) 1:32:48; 17. McGrath, Dominic (VIS) 1:32:54; 18. Harbans Singh, Narinder (MAS) 1:34:46;
19. Abdul Rahman, Mohd Sharrulh (MAS) 1:37:19; 20. Donahoo, Mark (VIC) 1:39:41; 21. Bertei, Frank (VIC) 1:40:03;
22. Balaysendaram, Thirukumaran (MAS) 1:40:10; 23. Jamieson, Andrew (VIC) 1:43:25; 24. Russell, Warren (NSW) 1:43:57;
25. Knox, Duncan (VIC) 1:49:05; 26. Reid, Ross (VIC) 1:50:06; 27th. (19th Australian) Phillips, Jonathon (WA) 1:54:43;
28. Maybir, Caleb (QLD) 2:02:21; 29. Osborne, Robert (NSW) 2:02:41
DNF's (there was quite a few.)and DQ's not listed.
2001; Brisbane;
Open Men's 20,000 metres Walk Road
1. Nathan Deakes (AIS) 1:21:02.00; 2. Luke Adams (NSWI) 1:26:31.00; 3. Duane Cousins (VIS) 1:31:17.00;
4. Dominic McGrath (VIS) 1:32:06.00; 5. John Morison (NSW) 1:34:30.00; 6. Andrew Jamieson (VIC) 1:40:31.00;
7. Andrew Ludwig (QLD) 1:44:49.00; 8. Warren Russell (NSW) 1:48:27.00; 9. Ignacio Jimenez (QLD) 1:49:15.00;
10. Peter Bennett (QLD) 1:50:36.00; 11. Nigel Amyes (NZL) 1:51:35.00; 12. Kurt Rose (QLD) 1:52:54.00;
13. Robert Osborne (NSW) 1:57:54.00; 14th. (13th Australian) Daniel Lowe (WA) 2:00:55.00; - Robert Coleman (QLD) DQ; - Troy Sundstrom (NSWI) DQ; - Liam Murphy (AIS) DQ.
2002; Brisbane;
20KM ROAD WALK - Men - Sunday 14 April 2002
1 Nathan Deakes 77 VIC 1:23.36
2 Luke Adams 76 NSW 1:23.56
3 Darren Bown 74 SA 1:27.34
4 Duane Cousins 73 VIC 1:28.44
5 Liam Murphy 79 SA 1:30.24
6 Frank Bertei 66 VIC 1:34.43
6 Brent Vallance 72 NSW 1:34.43
8 Christopher Erickson 81 VIC 1:41.59
9 Shane Pearson 72 QLD 1:42.39
10 Ignacio Jimenez 65 QLD 1:44.31
11 Michael Beaton-Wells 68 VIC 1:45.48
12 Peter Bennett 55 QLD 1:46.47
13 Daniel Lowe 75 WA 1:56.30
14 Robert Osborne 55 NSW 1:58.51
- Brad Malcolm 78 VIC DNF
- Troy Sundstrom 81 NSW DNF
- Daniel Thorne 79 VIC DQ
2003; Brisbane;
Brisbane; 6th April 2003 Open Men's 20km Walk;
1. Adams, Luke, AIS, 1:23.22; 2. Bown, Darren, AIS, 1:27.18; 3.
Tallent, Jared, VIS, 1:33.01; 4. Bertei, Frank, VIC, 1:33.57; 5. Sundstrom,
Troy, NSW, 1:37.32; 6. Erickson, Chris, VIC, 1:37.49; 7. Pearson, Shane, QLD,
1:40.00; 8. Bennett, Peter, QLD, 1:47.28; 9. Rose, Kurt, QLD, 1:58.43; --.
Lowe, Daniel, WA, DNF; --
. Thorne*, Daniel, VIC, DQ; --. Murphy, Liam, AIS,
DQ; --. Cousins, Duane, VIS, DQ.
2004;
NOONE representing WA in Men's National 20k walk.
2005;
NOONE representing WA in Men's National 20k walk, although;
Michael McCagh is racing for AIS....
1 Deakes, Nathan AIS 1:19:39.00 WCA 1
2 Adams, Luke AIS 1:21:39.00 WCA 2
3 Rutter, Adam AIS 1:24:46.00 3
4 Bown, Darren SA 1:24:56.00
5 Tallent*, Jared AIS 1:27:15.00 4
6 Cousins, Duane VIS 1:28:06.00
7 McCagh, Michael AIS 1:28:46.00
8 Erickson, Christop VIC 1:30:28.00 5
9 Barnes, Thomas VIC 1:31:40.00 6
10 Hyland, Scott NSW 1:35:52.00
11 Smith*, Michael NSW 1:39:43.00
12 Jamieson, Andrew VIC 1:39:44.00 7
13 Hawksworth, Danny VIC 1:42:17.00 8
14 Rose, Kurt QLD 1:47:44.00
15 Mottrom*, Kim SA 1:55:30.00
1. Will the tradition continue consecutively beyond 2002?
2. Will Andrew Duncan's 1999 time* of 1.33.12 be beaten by a RWCWA athlete in this decade?
3. Will Christian Bone's 1998 10th place be beaten by a WA male athlete in this decade? (Christian did 1.32.55 in 1999 competing for NSW.)
4. Will Andrew Duncan's 1999 13th Australian, and Daniel Lowe's 2001&2002 13th Australian, placings, be surpassed by a RWCWA athlete?
5. Will any WA athlete do the Australian 50km walk championship** as Jonathon Phillips did
in 1998 (6th; 5hrs 38min), and 1999 [DNF (44km 5hrs 11min)], in this decade?
*Don Keane was one of the best 20km Walkers to originate from WA.
He went on
to finish 6th in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics 20km in 1hr 33min 52 secs.
**The best time by a WA athlete in the 50km walk is possibly by 1974 Commonwealth Games rep Ian Hodgkinson in the 1970's???
[He finished 5th in the 1974 Commonwealth Games 20 Miles (approx. 32km) at Christchurch New Zealand in a time of 2hrs 44min 55secs, and also took the Bronze in the 1972 Australian 20km Walk, in 1hr 42.37] Con Kuzak in a time of 4hr 40 took out the Silver in the Australian 50km Walk in 1985...Teams results also indicate some other WA walkers doing well in the 50km in 1979,1983, and 1984...see here
Australian Open Road Walks Championships 1996-2003
2002 World Cup; Turin; Italy; Australian team report
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