title: 2016–17 Australian Athletics Championships
text: # 2016–17 Australian Athletics Championships
  
  The 2016–17 Australian Athletics Championships was the 95th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 30 March – 2 April 2017 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney. It served as the selection meeting for Australia at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Distance events were held separately, with the 10,000 metres taking place at the Zatopek 10K on 8 December 2016 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne and the 5000 metres taking place at the Summer of Athletics Meet in Canberra on 11 March 2017.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 100 metres (Wind: +0.1) | Joseph Millar New Zealand (NZL) | 10.25 | Trae Williams Queensland | 10.29 | Aaron Bresland Western Australia | 10.46 |
  | 200 metres (Wind: -3.1) | Joseph Millar New Zealand (NZL) | 21.09 | Alex Hartmann Queensland | 21.19 | Craig Burns Queensland | 21.61 |
  | 400 metres | Steven Solomon New South Wales | 46.66 | Jackson Collett New South Wales | 46.77 | Alex Beck Queensland | 46.83 |
  | 800 metres | Luke Mathews Victoria | 1:46.71 | Josh Ralph New South Wales | 1:46.76 | Alexander Rowe Victoria | 1:47.29 |
  | 1500 metres | Ryan Gregson Victoria | 3:52.86 | Matthew Ramsden Western Australia | 3:53.12 | Will Austin-Cray New South Wales | 3:53.68 |
  | 1500 metres | David McNeill Victoria | 13:47.18 | Jordan Gusman Australian Capital Territory | 13:48.56 | Stewart McSweyn Tasmania | 13:49.04 |
  | 10,000 metres | Patrick Tiernan Queensland | 27:59.74 | Stewart McSweyn Tasmania | 28:29.65 | Chris Hamer Victoria | 29:02.00 |
  | 110 metres hurdles (Wind: +3.5) | Nicholas Hough New South Wales | 13.53 | Justin Merlino New South Wales | 13.66 | Wataru Yazawa Japan (JPN) | 13.76 |
  | 400 metres hurdles | Ian Dewhurst New South Wales | 49.77 | Keisuke Nozawa Japan (JPN) | 50.25 | Leigh Bennett New South Wales | 51.21 |
  | 3000 metres steeplechase | Hashim Salah Qatar (QAT) | 8:51.79 | James Nipperess New South Wales | 8:52.89 | Nathan Percy Victoria | 8:56.42 |
  | 4 × 100 m relay | Victoria (VIC) Michael James Michael Hansford Nathan Riali Christopher Mitrevski | 40.56 | New South Wales (NSW) Jordan Shelley Nicholas Andrews Zach Holdsworth Will Roberts | 40.82 | Western Australia (WA) Terrell McKenzie Aaron Bresland Jeremy Andrews Calvin Borowski | 40.95 |
  | 4 × 400 m relay | Queensland (QLD) Murray Goodwin Daniel Mowen Taylor Burns Tjimarri Sanderson-Milera | 3:12.16 | New South Wales (NSW) Tyler Gunn Josh Ralph Zach Holdsworth Jackson Collett | 3:12.81 | Victoria (VIC) Conrad Coumaros Harrison Roubin Matthew Napier Liam Procaccino | 3:15.98 |
  | High jump | Lee Hup Wei Malaysia (MAS) | 2.24 m | Nauraj Singh Randhawa Malaysia (MAS) | 2.21 m | Joel Baden Victoria | 2.18 m |
  | Pole vault | Kurtis Marschall South Australia | 5.45 m | Nick Southgate New Zealand (NZL) | 5.30 m | Angus Armstrong New South Wales | 5.30 m |
  | Long jump | Christopher Mitrevski Victoria | 7.90 m (+2.6 m/s) | Liam Adcock Queensland | 7.84 m (+3.7 m/s) | Shemaiah James Queensland | 7.83 m (+1.1 m/s) |
  | Triple jump | Ryoma Yamamoto Japan (JPN) | 16.61 m (+0.5 m/s) | Alwyn Jones Victoria | 16.13 m (+0.7 m/s) | Benjamin Cox New South Wales | 15.95 m (+0.2 m/s) |
  | Shot put | Damien Birkinhead Victoria | 19.80 m | Aiden Harvey New South Wales | 17.16 m | Matthew Cowie Western Australia | 17.11 m |
  | Discus throw | Julian Wruck Queensland | 61.56 m | Matthew Denny Queensland | 61.28 m | Yuji Tsutsumi Japan (JPN) | 56.45 m |
  | Hammer throw | Matthew Denny Queensland | 73.37 m | Jack Dalton Victoria | 68.14 m | Huw Peacock Tasmania | 64.94 m |
  | Javelin throw | Hamish Peacock Tasmania | 84.36 m | Luke Cann Western Australia | 79.58 m | Sumedha Ranasinghe Sri Lanka (SRI) | 77.92 m |
  | Decathlon | Cedric Dubler Queensland | 7779 pts | John Lane Great Britain (GBR) | 7362 pts | Aaron Booth New Zealand (NZL) | 7246 pts |
  | 10,000 metres walk | Dane Bird-Smith Queensland | 38:34.23 | Rhydian Cowley Victoria | 41:35.60 | Tyler Jones New South Wales | 42:01.39 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 100 metres (Wind: +0.4) | Toea Wisil Queensland | 11.42 | Melissa Breen Australian Capital Territory | 11.64 | Margaret Gayen South Australia | 11.78 |
  | 200 metres (Wind: -2.4) | Toea Wisil Queensland | 23.76 | Ella Nelson New South Wales | 23.91 | Larissa Pasternatsky New South Wales | 24.28 24.271 |
  | 400 metres | Morgan Mitchell Victoria | 52.08 | Olivia Tauro New South Wales | 53.10 | Lauren Wells Australian Capital Territory | 53.84 |
  | 800 metres | Lora Storey New South Wales | 2:05.56 | Anneliese Rubie New South Wales | 2:05.93 | Georgia Griffith Victoria | 2:06.00 |
  | 1500 metres | Heidi See New South Wales | 4:23.99 | Zoe Buckman Victoria | 4:24.33 | Linden Hall Victoria | 4:24.53 |
  | 5000 metres | Heidi See New South Wales | 15:51.97 | Jessica Trengove South Australia | 16:02.66 | Paige Campbell New South Wales | 16:09.26 |
  | 10,000 metres | Camille Buscomb New Zealand (NZL) | 32:34.41 | Bridey Delaney New South Wales | 33:04.72 | Makda Harun Victoria | 33:05.73 |
  | 100 metres hurdles (Wind: +2.3) | Sally Pearson Queensland | 12.53 | Brianna Beahan Western Australia | 12.96 | Michelle Jenneke New South Wales | 13.12 |
  | 400 metres hurdles | Lauren Wells Australian Capital Territory | 56.60 | Genevieve Cowie New South Wales | 58.41 | Sara Klein New South Wales | 58.68 |
  | 3000 metres steeplechase | Victoria Mitchell Victoria | 9:44.09 | Stella Radford Victoria | 9:56.47 | Charlotte Wilson Victoria | 10:03.85 |
  | 4 × 100 m relay | New South Wales (NSW) Larissa Pasternatsky Tavleen Singh Gabriella O'Grady Jasmine Everett | 46.07 | Queensland (QLD) Summer Johnson Jacinta Beecher Lauren O'Sullivan Toea Wisil | 46.32 | Western Australia (WA) Emily Dixon Julia Phillips Sophie White Eliza Wilson | 46.43 |
  | 4 × 400 m relay | New South Wales (NSW) Carley Thomas Olivia Tauro Bethany Halmy Bendere Oboya | 3:39.79 | Victoria (VIC) Emily Lawson Jemima Russell Ashleigh Horrobin Sarah Billings | 3:42.26 | Western Australia (WA) Adele Smith Kobi Nichols Kiara Reddingius Lyndsay Pekin | 3:42.52 |
  | High jump | Eleanor Patterson Victoria | 1.83 m | Zoe Timmers Western Australia | 1.83 m | Clare Gibson Western Australia | 1.83 m |
  | Pole vault | Eliza McCartney New Zealand (NZL) | 4.50 m | Liz Parnov Western Australia | 4.30 m | Olivia McTaggart New Zealand (NZL) | 4.30 m |
  | Long jump | Naa Anang Queensland | 6.50 m (+1.5 m/s) | Margaret Gayen South Australia | 6.27 m (+1.2 m/s) | Kelsey Berryman New Zealand (NZL) | 6.24 m (+0.6 m/s) |
  | Triple jump | Meggan O'Riley Victoria | 13.30 m (+0.6 m/s) | Tay-Leiha Clark New South Wales | 13.26 m (+0.9 m/s) | Kaede Miyasaka Japan (JPN) | 13.20 m (+1.2 m/s) |
  | Shot put | Alifatou Djibril South Australia | 14.56 m | Siiva Tafiti Queensland | 14.23 m | Brianna Bortolanza Queensland | 14.21 m |
  | Discus throw | Dani Stevens New South Wales | 65.07 m | Taryn Gollshewsky Queensland | 57.05 m | Kimberley Mulhall Victoria | 54.17 m |
  | Hammer throw | Lara Nielsen Queensland | 66.31 m | Alexandra Hulley New South Wales | 64.25 m | Akane Watanbe Japan (JPN) | 60.97 m |
  | Javelin throw | Kelsey-Lee Roberts Australian Capital Territory | 61.40 m | Tori Peeters New Zealand (NZL) | 56.74 m | Risa Miyashita Japan (JPN) | 54.07 m |
  | Heptathlon | Alysha Burnett New South Wales | 5817 pts | Portia Bing New Zealand (NZL) | 5752 pts | Kiara Reddingius Western Australia | 5382 pts |
  | 10,000 metres walk | Katie Hayward Queensland | 45:51.09 | Rachel Tallent Victoria | 46:24.07 | Jessica Pickles Queensland | 46:31.34 |
  