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Reply #75 –
Speaking of Stawall Lods, and probably Jim as well, do you guys know the name Barry Foley? Won it twice.
There is a small doco (which i haven't watched yet) on him on 7+. I know his daughter.
They were actually going to make a movie about him once upon a time with Simon Baker playing him. Never happened for whatever reason.

https://7plus.com.au/foleys-gift


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Reply #76 –
Quote from: kruddler – on
Speaking of Stawall Lods, and probably Jim as well, do you guys know the name Barry Foley? Won it twice.
There is a small doco (which i haven't watched yet) on him on 7+. I know his daughter.
They were actually going to make a movie about him once upon a time with Simon Baker playing him. Never happened for whatever reason.

https://7plus.com.au/foleys-gift


I didn't remember him until I looked him up Kruddler.
Back in those days there was a bit of a divide between the pro-runners and the amateurs.
I had a bit of an interest in Stawell because Bill Howard who won the double a few years before Foley was a Wodonga lad and I lived there for a few years around that time.

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Reply #77 –
Gout Gout has run 9.99 with a illegal tailwind 3.5m in his U/20 heat at the Nationals.

He won his heat easing up.

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Reply #78 –
Quote from: Lods – on
Gout Gout has run 9.99 with a illegal tailwind 3.5m in his U/20 heat at the Nationals.

He won his heat easing up.
10.02 pulling up a lot.
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
2025-Carlton can win the 2025 AFL Premiership

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Reply #80 –
9.99 again in the final.
Missed the start somewhat.
Wind 2.6 assisting. (above the limit again)

Apparently it won't affect his Stawell handicap

Just looking at the start lists and it seems Gout won't run the Open 100 but will race Kennedy and others in the Open 200m

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Reply #81 –
Matt Denney has released another monster Australian  Record 74.25m
The second longest throw in history
(The competition is still in progress...he also has a 73.46.)

Over now...all six throws were over 70 metres.
His best just 10cm off the World Record.
Three throws over 73.00m
The greatest sequence of six throws in history.

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Reply #82 –
When the gauntlet is thrown.

Lachie Kennedy has runa  10.00  100 metres in his heat at the nationals
Wind a legal +0.9
Second fastest ever Australian leagally.

There's a group of 4 or 5 in other heats who have run 10.1's

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Reply #83 –
In an amazing race Rohan Browning has just upstaged Lachie Kennedy in the 100m at Nationals
They had to go to the 1000th to split them

Browning 10.001
Kennedy  10.006
Wind legal +1.5

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Reply #84 –
 :))
What the men can do, the women can do equally as well in terms of close finishes

Women's 100 metre final.

1) Torrie Lewis- 11.236 (11.24)
2) Leah O'Brien-11.240 (11.24)
3) Bree Rizzo-11.25

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Reply #85 –
Bruce McAvaney’s “I don’t think we’ve seen a better night of domestic athletics in this country,” isn’t hyperbole 😮
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Reply #86 –
Some remarkable efforts going on at the moment.

I haven't seen this kind of rise of collective form since the Chinese swim team.

I would like to think this is for different reasons, but i can't help but ask why and where has this come from?

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Reply #87 –
Quote from: Lods – on
:))
What the men can do, the women can do equally as well in terms of close finishes

Women's 100 metre final.

1) Torrie Lewis- 11.236 (11.24)
2) Leah O'Brien-11.240 (11.24)
3) Bree Rizzo-11.25
Amazing race, so close to a triple dead heat.
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
2025-Carlton can win the 2025 AFL Premiership

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Reply #88 –
You would probably get an argument from the field athletes (nothing special last night).
They feel that track gets a much more favourable coverage than the field events.
They're right of course, but it's probably not great TV waiting someone to take a jump or throw.
Same with watching lap after lap of a long distance race.
The sprints are where the glamour is and we've got a good bunch on the verge of some big time break throughs in both mens and womens.
Jess Hull and Cam Myers won their 1500s but they were tactical races so the times weren't outstanding.

Perhaps one to watch was a young 14 year old Emilia Reed. Racing in the Under 20 -200 metres, against much older girls, Emilia clocked a time of 23.29 and won the race by over a second.

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Reply #89 –
Quote from: Lods – on
You would probably get an argument from the field athletes (nothing special last night).
They feel that track gets a much more favourable coverage than the field events.
They're right of course, but it's probably not great TV waiting someone to take a jump or throw.
Same with watching lap after lap of a long distance race.
The sprints are where the glamour is and we've got a good bunch on the verge of some big time break throughs in both mens and womens.
Jess Hull and Cam Myers won their 1500s but they were tactical races so the times weren't outstanding.

Perhaps one to watch was a young 14 year old Emilia Reed. Racing in the Under 20 -200 metres, against much older girls, Emilia clocked a time of 23.29 and won the race by over a second.

There was a girl (dark hair, looked tall) the other day who they showed it on the news where she beat Raelene Boyle's record (I think) in the 100m. Cant remember her name but her running style/action was incredible. Do you know the girl Im referring to Lods?
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
2025-Carlton can win the 2025 AFL Premiership