2010 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships

The 2010 Oceanian Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Homebush, New South Wales, Australia, between March 11–14, 2010. They were held together with the 2010 Australian Junior Athletics Championships (U14 to U20). A total of 42 events were contested, 21 by boys and 21 by girls. Two highlights of the games were u20 boy athlete Damien Birkenhead winning the shot put with a throw of 21.72m and u18 girl athlete Sarah Jackson winning the 400m sprint in a time of 53:61 seconds.

X World Youth Athletics Championships
Dates	March 11–14
Host city	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Venue	Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre
Level	World
Events	42 (21 boys, 21 girls)
Participation	383 (203 boys, 180 girls) athletes from 18 (17 + 8 Australian States and Territories) nations
← 2008 Saipan 2011 Sydney →

Medal summary

Complete results can be found on the websites of the Oceania Athletics Association,^[1] and of the World Junior Athletics History webpage.^[2]

Boys under 18 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Nicholas Hough (NSW)	10.83	Derek Mai (SA)	11.09	Yarride Rosario (NZL)	11.10
200 metres (wind: −2.9 m/s)	Nicholas Hough (NSW)	21.79	Ben Jaworski (NSW)	21.91	Michael Brusnahan (SA)	22.13
400 metres	Luke Greco (VIC)	49.13	Ian Halpin (NSW)	49.33	Hayden Yates (WA)	49.34
800 metres	Brad Mathas (NZL)	1:52.19	Joel Hogarth (VIC)	1:52.97	Ozner Abdullah (NSW)	1:53.29
1000 metres	Rick Whitehead (VIC)	2:30.39	Tim Richards (WA)	2:31.48	Rorey Hunter (QLD)	2:31.79
1500 metres	Shaun Geraghty (VIC)	3:55.93	Jack Curran (QLD)	3:56.60	Jesse Beadman (NSW)	3:56.80
3000 metres	Mohamed Ali (NZL)	8:40.23	Milaan Lottering (VIC)	8:42.87	Jesse Ramirez (VIC)	8:43.66
2000 metres steeplechase	Grant Gwynne (QLD)	6:09.19	Andrew Selosse (NSW)	6:11.34	Seamus Murphy (VIC)	6:12.59
110 metres hurdles (wind: −1.8 m/s)	Nicholas Hough (NSW)	13.87	Joshua Hawkins (NZL)	14.20	James Woodgate (QLD)	14.41
400 metres hurdles	Raheen Williams (WA)	52.74	Jack Harvey (SA)	53.31	Campbell Wu (NZL)	53.39
High Jump	Brandon Starc (NSW)	2.06	Bradley Hebbard (QLD)	1.99	Miles Cole-Clark (NSW)	1.99
Pole Vault	Brodie Cross (VIC)	4.65	Keith Wrzuszczak (VIC)	4.15	Lewis Seccombe (VIC)	3.70
Long Jump	Kurt Jenner (NSW)	7.18	Tom Soliman (NSW)	7.07	Jesse Bryant (NZL)	6.91
Triple Jump	Frank Brisevac (VIC)	14.22	Reginald Monagi (PNG)	14.06	Alex Ypinazar (QLD)	13.91
Shot Put	Jacko Gill (NZL)	20.62	Damien Birkenhead (VIC)	20.17	Connor Sherlock (NSW)	17.69
Discus Throw	Jacko Gill (NZL)	56.64	Aiden Anderson (NSW)	51.99	Damien Birkenhead (VIC)	51.97
Hammer Throw	Damien Birkenhead (VIC)	67.88	Robert Johnston (QLD)	60.88	David Rakoci (QLD)	55.80
Javelin Throw	Elliott Lang (NSW)	67.47	Dylan Risk (NT)	67.33	Luke Cann (VIC)	66.98
5000 metres Walk	Blake Steele (SA)	21:49.66	Brad Simpson (VIC)	24:00.19	Matthew Holcroft (NZL)	24:21.24
4 × 100 metres relay	New South Wales Michael Rumiz Nicholas Hough Jarrod Geddes Ben Jaworski	41.36	Queensland Ashley Sommerfield Hugh Donovan James Woodgate Lucas Hughes	42.24	South Australia Brett Richards Jack Harvey Edward McLeish Michael Brusnahan	42.51
4 × 400 metres relay	New South Wales Christian Lozada Jackson Lowe Jarrod Geddes Steven Solomon	3:20.10	Victoria Jack Sheridan James Smith Sean Hendricks Luke Greco	3:20.66	New Zealand Phil Simms Brad Mathas Mohamed Ali Campbell Wu	3:21.51

Girls under 18 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.5 m/s)	Ashleigh Whittaker (VIC)	12.04	Ellia Green (VIC)	12.12	Michelle Jenneke (VIC)	12.15
200 metres (wind: −0.9 m/s)	Monica Brennan (VIC)	24.75	Hazel Bowering Scott (NZL)	25.05	Rebecca Watts (NSW)	25.16
400 metres	Louise Maybury (QLD)	55.69	Phoebe Davies (NSW)	55.74	Madison Gipson (NZL)	56.61
800 metres	Eliza Barton (NSW)	2:11.02	Jess Rowe (SA)	2:11.07	Odelle Wolfenden (QLD)	2:11.69
1000 metres	Jenny Blundell (NSW)	2:45.68	Rebekah Greene (NZL)	2:45.99	Sophie Greig (ACT)	2:53.38
1500 metres	Eleanor Wardlewort (SA)	4:38.26	Sophie Perry (VIC)	4:39.23	Hannah Menday (NSW)	4:39.33
3000 metres	Rebekah Greene (NZL)	9:53.14	Anna-Lisa Uttley (NZL)	9:55.30	Melanie Townsend (VIC)	10:05.17
2000 metres steeplechase	Eleanor Wardlewort (SA)	6:53.83	Jenna Hansen (NZL)	7:23.89	Isis Flynn-Pittar (QLD)	7:30.27
100 metres hurdles (wind: −1.4 m/s)	Michelle Jenneke (NSW)	14.12	Natalie Ferris (NSW)	14.43	Lisa Celi (NSW)	14.44
400 metres hurdles	Lisa Celi (NSW)	61.23	Tatum Shaw (QLD)	62.04	Ellie Macdonald (VIC)	62.47
High Jump	Amy Pejkovic (NSW)	1.86	Kaitlin Morgan (TAS)	1.78	Demii Maher-Smith (QLD)	1.78
Pole Vault	Liz Parnov (WA)	3.95	Rebecca Marchant (VIC)	3.85	Paris McCathrion (VIC)	3.70
Long Jump	Demii Maher-Smith (QLD)	5.90	Portia Bing (NZL)	5.81	Courtney Cross (NSW)	5.76
Triple Jump	Demii Maher-Smith (QLD)	12.61	Brooke Stratton (VIC)	12.60	Kaitlin Morgan (TAS)	12.23
Shot Put	Rai Prabhjot (VIC)	13.58	Siositina Hakeai (NZL)	13.43	Chelsea Sutherton-Valeni (NSW)	12.78
Discus Throw	Merewarahi Vaka (NZL)	49.18	Leesa Lealaisalanoa (NZL)	47.80	Siositina Hakeai (NZL)	47.61
Hammer Throw	Julia Ratcliffe (NZL)	53.31	Danielle McConnell (TAS)	49.69	Mikayla Genge (TAS)	46.87
Javelin Throw	Chelsea Dyer (VIC)	41.39	Sophie Lichoudaris (VIC)	39.21	Patricia Taea (COK)	38.07
5000 metres Walk	Kristie Goznik (SA)	25:26.73	Jmara Hockley Samon (VIC)	25:52.92	Alana Hewish (QLD)	25:55.69
4 × 100 metres relay	New South Wales Michelle Jenneke Ella Nelson Rebecca Watts Karlie Morton	45.75	Victoria Ellia Green Monica Brennan Angela Byrne Ashleigh Whittaker	45.83	Queensland Tatum Shaw Carla Williams Monique Hastie Demii Maher-Smith	47.27
4 × 400 metres relay	New South Wales Karlie Chambers Tahlia Hunter Jacarna Bain-Fenton Phoebe Davies	3:47.36	Queensland Eliza Bowers Ashleigh Harris Eve Lineham Louise Maybury	3:47.43	Victoria Renee Doggett Erin Rayner Kate Ryan Alexandra Bulic	3:53.98

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (New South Wales)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New South Wales*	15	7	9	31
2	Victoria	10	13	10	33
3	New Zealand	7	8	7	22
4	Queensland	4	6	9	19
5	South Australia	4	3	2	9
6	Western Australia	2	1	1	4
7	Tasmania	0	2	2	4
8	Northern Territory	0	1	0	1
	Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	1
10	Australian Capital Territory	0	0	1	1
	Cook Islands	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		42	42	42	126

Participation (unofficial)

An unofficial count yields the number of about 383 athletes from 18 countries. 309 athletes were from the 8 Australian States and Territories:

•  Australian Capital Territory
•  New South Wales
•  Northern Territory
•  Queensland
•  South Australia
•  Tasmania
•  Victoria
•  Western Australia

and 74 athletes from 17 other OAA member and associate member countries:

•  American Samoa (2)
•  Cook Islands (2)
•  Fiji (7)
•  French Polynesia (5)
•  Guam (4)
•  Kiribati (2)
•  Marshall Islands (1)
•  Micronesia (1)
•  Nauru (2)
•  New Caledonia (6)
•  New Zealand (29)
•  Northern Mariana Islands (3)
•  Palau (2)
•  Papua New Guinea (3)
•  Samoa (3)
•  Tonga (1)
•  Tuvalu (1)