Order was restored at the Telstra Melbourne Track Classic Thursday night in Australia as Asafa Powell and Jeremy Wariner got convincing wins. Powell came in at less than 100%, nursing an injury from a fall down the stairs at his home that put stitches in his knee, and Wariner came in after opening the season with a 20.93 200 where he lost to Daniel Batman. However, Powell and Wariner both got dominating wins on Thursday.
Powell despite starting cautiously and letting up 10 meters before the finish won in 10.04 and told the IAAF afterwards: "This proves Im way faster than 2006 (when he won the Commonwealth Games in Australia in 10.03 and went on to be undefeated and run a 9.77 world record)."
Jeremy Wariner ran 44.82, to make this his 3rd straight year to open the season with a sub 45 clocking. His fine run will at least for the short term, quite the critics of his decision to leave his long term coach Clyde Hart.
100 Metres - Men (Summary) Pts 1 Powell , Asafa JAM 10.04 10 2 Frater , Michael JAM 10.25 8 3 Shirvington , Matthew AUS 10.35 7 4 Burgess , Daniel AUS 10.48 6 5 Rouge-Serret , Aaron AUS 10.49 5 6 Davies , Matt AUS 10.50 3.50 6 Hinds , Andrew BAR 10.50 3.50 8 Alozie , Anthony NGR 10.56 2
100 Metres - Men Race 1 Wind: -0.2 m/s Pts 1 Powell , Asafa JAM 10.04 10 2 Frater , Michael JAM 10.25 8 3 Shirvington , Matthew AUS 10.35 7 4 Burgess , Daniel AUS 10.48 6 5 Rouge-Serret , Aaron AUS 10.49 5 6 Hinds , Andrew BAR 10.50 3.50 7 Asahara , Nobuharu JPN 10.57 8 Dolphin , James NZL 10.62 9 Waugh , Ainsley JAM 10.62
100 Metres - Men Race 2 Wind: -1.0 m/s Pts 1 Davies , Matt AUS 10.50 3.50 2 Alozie , Anthony NGR 10.56 2 3 Basil , Adam AUS 10.57 4 Mott , Adrian AUS 10.59 5 Sheehy , Keith AUS 10.71 6 Allen , Nathan AUS 10.74 7 Smith , Winston JAM 10.78
200 Metres - Men Wind: +0.1 m/s Pts 1 Batman , Daniel AUS 20.84 10 2 Dolphin , James NZL 21.03 8 3 Gowa , Otis AUS 21.17 7 4 Sheehy , Keith AUS 21.27 6 5 Mitchell , Henry AUS 21.40 5 6 Wibowo , Suryo Agung INA 21.66 4 7 Smith , Winston JAM 21.71 3 Brown , Darrel TRI DNS
400 Metres - Men (Summary) Pts 1 Wariner , Jeremy USA 44.82 10 2 Hill , Clinton AUS 45.78 8 3 Wroe , Sean AUS 45.88 7 4 Williamson , Darold USA 45.95 6 5 Landers , Stephen AUS 46.42 5 6 Horigome , Yoshihiro JPN 46.43 4 7 Ormrod , Mark AUS 46.60 3 8 Tippins , Duncan AUS 46.63 2
400 Metres - Men Race 1 Pts 1 Wariner , Jeremy USA 44.82 10 2 Hill , Clinton AUS 45.78 8 3 Wroe , Sean AUS 45.88 7 4 Williamson , Darold USA 45.95 6 5 Ormrod , Mark AUS 46.60 3 6 Mulcahy , Kurt AUS 46.88 7 Offereins , Ben AUS 47.15 8 Yamamura , Takahiko JPN 48.26
400 Metres - Men Race 2 Pts 1 Landers , Stephen AUS 46.42 5 2 Horigome , Yoshihiro JPN 46.43 4 3 Tippins , Duncan AUS 46.63 2 4 Boylett , Nick AUS 46.81 5 Watkins , Clay AUS 47.07 6 Smellie , Martin AUS 47.25 7 Tuccandidgee , Peter AUS 47.65 8 Gurr , James AUS 48.50
800 Metres - Men Pts 1 Renshaw , Lachlan AUS 1:45.79 10 2 Bromley , Nicholas AUS 1:47.05 8 3 Kaan , James AUS 1:47.62 7 4 Kiplagat , Leonard Kibet KEN 1:47.91 6 5 Campbell , David IRL 1:48.34 5 6 Riseley , Jeffrey AUS 1:48.74 4 Botha , Werner AUS DNF de Boer , Chris AUS DNF
1500 Metres - Men Pts 1 Baddeley , Andrew GBR 3:38.24 10 2 Kiptum , Bernard Kiptanui KEN 3:39.41 8 3 Woods , Brad AUS 3:40.08 7 4 Kealey , Mitchell AUS 3:40.95 6 5 Roff , Jeremy AUS 3:41.14 5 6 Tucker , Mark AUS 3:42.77 4 7 Shelley , Michael AUS 3:45.01 3 8 Gibney , Matthew AUS 3:45.19 2 9 Gregson , Ryan AUS 3:45.48 1 10 Lorenz , Nick AUS 3:45.81 1 11 Huffer , Craig AUS 3:46.04 1 12 Saunders , Philo AUS 3:46.95 1 13 Page , Grant AUS 3:48.60 14 Delaney , Shannon AUS 3:50.27 15 Coloe , Matthew AUS 3:55.95 Schmidt , Joshua AUS DNF
5000 Metres - Men Pts 1 Mottram , Craig AUS 13:11.99 10 2 Kosgei , Shadrack KEN 13:13.51 8 3 Cherkos , Abraham ETH 13:18.47 7 4 Birmingham , Collis AUS 13:27.31 6 5 Chopa , Damian Paul TAN 13:30.48 5 6 Ngimba , Ezekiel Jafari TAN 13:30.77 4 7 Blincoe , Adrian NZL 13:35.80 3 8 Dent , Martin AUS 13:41.78 2 9 Kwaangu , Samwel TAN 13:45.72 1 10 Adams , Liam AUS 13:52.72 1 11 Rayner , Toby AUS 13:52.76 1 12 Dessaix-Chin , Russell AUS 14:08.53 1 13 Troop , Lee AUS 14:10.02 14 Haber , Anthony AUS 14:13.09 15 Perrett , Clinton AUS 14:15.34 16 Toomey , Benjamin AUS 14:48.79 Kosgei , Collins KEN DNF
400 Metres Hurdles - Men Pts 1 Thomas , Tristan AUS 50.66 10 2 Cole , Brendan AUS 50.67 8 3 Richter , Dane AUS 51.05 7 4 Arakawa , Yuki JPN 51.74 6 5 Boino , Mowen PNG 51.80 5 6 Watson , Christopher AUS 52.63 4 7 Little , Gregory JAM 53.15 3 8 Purba , Zulkarnain INA 55.03 2
High Jump - Men Pts 1 Moroney , Nick AUS 2.18 10 2 Armet , Chris AUS 2.18 8 3 Brigg , Kane AUS 2.18 7 4 Wood , Dean AUS 2.14 6 5 Zamel-Paez , Liam AUS 2.10 5 6 Kim , Jong-pyo KOR 2.10 4 7 Oh , Jin-Wook KOR 2.05 3
Pole Vault - Men Pts 1 Hooker , Steven AUS 5.82 10 2 Boyd , Matthew AUS 5.20 8 3 Pocklington , Joel AUS 5.05 7 4 Kim , Do-kyun KOR 5.05 6 5 Filshie , James AUS 5.05 5 6 Lucas , Blake AUS 4.75 4 Hanna , Anthony AUS NM
Long Jump - Men Pts Wind 1 Crowther , Robert AUS 7.91 10 +1.0 2 Lapierre , Fabrice AUS 7.86 8 +0.7 3 Watt , Mitchell AUS 7.72 7 +0.8 4 Parravicini , Tim AUS 7.71 6 +0.8 5 Noffke , Chris AUS 7.61 5 +1.0 6 Fletcher , Shaun AUS 7.54 4 +1.5 7 Arakawa , Daisuke JPN 7.49 3 +0.5 8 Crowe , Scott AUS 7.42 2 +1.2 9 Zhang , Xiaoyi CHN 7.31 +0.6
Shot Put - Men Pts 1 Martin , Scott AUS 21.27 10 2 Anlezark , Justin AUS 19.68 8 3 Gaviglio , Chris AUS 18.75 7 4 Gyngell , Stuart AUS 17.95 6 5 Stevens , Joe AUS 16.97 5 6 Hodgetts , Todd AUS 16.22 4 7 Stevenson , Dale AUS 15.72 3 8 Kang , Duk'ho KOR 15.43 2 9 Willis , Wayne AUS 15.38 10 Short , Russell AUS 14.39
Javelin Throw - Men Pts 1 Hazle , Mike USA 80.84 10 2 Bannister , Jarrod AUS 80.78 8 3 Farquhar , Stuart NZL 78.12 7 4 Dziubak , Oliver AUS 75.17 6 5 Copeland , Leslie FIJ 74.40 5 6 Hamlyn-Harris , William AUS 72.61 4 7 Peacock , Hamish AUS 71.36 3 8 Jung , Sang-jin KOR 66.84 2
Women' results
100 Metres - Women Wind: +0.7 m/s Pts 1 Miller , Andrea NZL 11.69 10 2 Attenborough , Crystal AUS 11.74 8 3 Cullen , Fiona AUS 11.77 7 4 Williams , Monique NZL 11.84 6 5 Henry , Jody AUS 11.84 5 6 Smythe , Anna NZL 11.90 4 7 Kay , Melissa AUS 11.94 3 Steward , Katrina AUS DQ
200 Metres - Women Wind: -0.8 m/s Pts 1 Williams , Monique NZL 23.75 10 2 Walker , Melaine JAM 23.80 8 3 Attenborough , Crystal AUS 24.18 7 4 Gulli , Jessica AUS 24.19 6 5 Hewitt , Lauren AUS 24.26 5 6 Breen , Melissa AUS 24.30 4 7 O'Sullivan , Lauren AUS 24.50 3 8 Steward , Katrina AUS 24.82 2
400 Metres - Women Pts 1 Lewis , Tamsyn AUS 51.55 10 2 Simpson , Sherone JAM 51.74 8 3 Bulikiobo-Batimala , Makelesi FIJ 53.00 7 4 Tauro , Olivia AUS 53.26 6 5 Pape , Madeleine AUS 53.68 5 6 Huang , Xiaoxiao CHN 54.24 4 7 Cunningham , Nadia JAM 54.47 3 8 Willis-Pincott , Caitlin AUS 54.78 2
1500 Metres - Women Pts 1 Kalmer , René RSA 4:09.83 10 2 Clarke , Georgie AUS 4:12.86 8 3 Hamblin , Nikki GBR 4:17.01 7 4 Molan , Veronique AUS 4:17.13 6 5 Simpson , Brooke AUS 4:17.74 5 6 McKnight , Kaila AUS 4:19.81 4 7 Delaney , Bridey AUS 4:21.55 3 8 Duncan , Melissa AUS 4:21.77 2 9 Budiarti , Rini INA 4:24.97 1 10 Worland , Anna AUS 4:28.18 1 Allen , Emily AUS DNF
3000 Metres Steeplechase - Women Pts 1 MacFarlane , Donna AUS 9:29.93 10 2 Li , Zhenzhu CHN 9:56.73 8 3 Zhu , Yanmei CHN 9:57.24 7 4 Mitchell , Victoria AUS 10:02.38 6 5 Crombie , Fiona NZL 10:07.40 5 6 Gilfillan , Jessica AUS 10:35.56 4
100 Metres Hurdles - Women Wind: -1.7 m/s Pts 1 Miller , Andrea NZL 13.33 10 2 Erawati , Dedeh INA 13.85 8 3 Foote , Lauren AUS 15.08 7 4 McDowell , Jemma AUS 15.28 6 Cullen , Fiona AUS DNF
Discus Throw - Women Pts 1 Song , Aimin CHN 63.06 10 2 Samuels , Dani AUS 61.92 8 3 Sun , Taifeng CHN 58.90 7 4 Faumuina , Beatrice NZL 57.82 6 5 Thurmond , Aretha USA 55.38 5 6 Djibril , Alifatou TOG 52.61 4 7 Mulhall , Kimberley AUS 48.69 3 8 Chamberlain , Christie AUS 47.93 2 9 Ratnawati , Dwi INA 46.81 Lee , Yun-kyoung KOR NM
