Three Days of Impressive Results from our Para-Athletes in Switzerland

Australia’s best para athletes have completed 3 days of elite competition in Switzerland, claiming a multitude of impressive placings, qualifications and records.

The terrific form of our wheelchair athletes began at the Daniela Jutzeler Memorial Meet, on the quick Arbon track. Eliza Ault-Connell was again the star, breaking two Australian records at the one day meet. She lowered her own Australian T54 400m record she set a few days ago, clocking 53.24 seconds. Then she claimed her fourth Australian record in a week breaking her own national T54 100m record with 16.21.

In the T53 400m five-time Paralympian Angie Ballard was also very quick clocking 54.55, quicker than she pushed to break the world record a few years ago. Angie won the 100m 16.50 (just outside her Australian record of 16.44) and then placed second to Madi de Rozario in the T53 800m. They recorded quick times of 1:46.80 and 1:48.42. There were also twin wins for Rosemary Little in the T33 100m and 400m, while Rheed McCracken claimed the T34 100m.

Our Australian contingent then backed up to take on two days of competition at the 2019 Swiss Nationals

The rivalry between Tunsia’s Walid Ktila and Australia’s Rheed McCracken continued in Arbon on day one of the Swiss Nationals. The competition between the great athletes in the T34 100m resulted in a world record and Australian record. Ktila smashed his own world mark recording 14.46, while two-time Paralympic medallist in this event Rheed McCracken trimmed his own national record clocking 14.79.

Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jake Lappin, competing in the T54 1500m dipped under three minutes clocking 2:58.88. There was a very promising performance in the same race by 18-year-old Victorian Sam Rizzo who under the coaching of Richard Coleman clocked 3:02.06.

The winning form of Sydney’s Rosemary Little continued in Arbon, as she claimed the T33 100m (22.45) and 400m (1:17.66).

The second day of the Swiss Nationals saw more Australian records, with Sam Carter in the T54 200m bettering his national record set last January at the SDU series by clocking 24.51 seconds.

Eliza Ault-Connell capped a magnificent week with another Australian record. Competing in the T54 800m Eliza clocked 1:42.35 – over two seconds quicker than the national record she set earlier in the week. In the race she placed third to Manuela Schär (SUI) who broke the world record and Tatyana McFadden (USA) who set an American record. Eliza’s time was also under the old world record.

Rosemary Little won the T33 200m and 800m taking her gold medal haul to four at this meet.

Daniela Jutzeler Memorial Results:

3rd Eliza Ault-Connell T54 100m 16.21 (+0.8) AUSTRALIAN RECORD, 1st Eliza Ault-Connell T54 400m 53.24 AUSTRALIAN RECORD, 1st Angie Ballard T53 400m 54.55, 18th Aimee Fisher T54 400m 1:05.18, 1st Madison de Rozario T53 800m 1:46.80, 2nd Angie Ballard Angela T53 800m 1:48.42, 4th Eliza Ault-Connell T54 800m 1:46.65, 8th Jemima Moore Australia AUS T54 800m 1:54.30, 1st Rosemary Little T33 100m 21.59, 6th Robyn Lambird T34 100m 19.57, 1st Angie Ballard T53 100m 16.50, 16th Aimee Fisher Australia AUS T54 100m 18.31, 1st Rheed McCracken T34 100m 14.86, 5th Sam McIntosh T52 100m 17.88, 12th Josh Hose T52 100m 19.65, 3rd Sam Carter T54 100m 14.27, 4th Luke Bailey T54 100m 14.31, 3rd Aimee Fisher T54 200 33.20, 4th Josh Hose T52 200m 36.58, 7th Luke Bailey T54 200m 26.41, 1st Rosemary Little Australia T33 400m 1:15.66, 10th Sam McIntosh T52 400m 1:07.09, 12th Josh Hose T52 400m 1:09.71, 3rd Richard Colman T53 400m 49.80, 5th Sam Carter T54 400m 46.90, 13th Jake Lappin T54 400m 48.42, 6th Rheed McCracken T34 1:47.66, 4th Richard Colman T53 800m 1:38.53, 17th Jake Lappin Australia AUS T54 800m 1:35.74, 21st Samuel Rizzo T54 800m 1:36.69, 4th Madi de Rozario T53 1500m 3:27.45, 8th Jemima Moore Australia AUS 1500m T54 03:35.81, 19th Jake Lappin T54 1500m 3:00.80, 25th Samuel Rizzo T54 1500m 3:05.61, 40th Richard Colman T53 1500m 3:20.00, 5th Madi de Rozario T53 5000m 11:22.86

Swiss Nationals Day 1 Results:

2nd Rheed McCracken T34 100m 14.79 (+0.6) AUSTRALIAN RECORD, 21st Lappin Jake T54 1500m 2:58.88, 1st Rosemary Little T33 400m 1:17.66, 1st Rosemary Little T33 100m 22.45 (-1.2), 6th Robyn Lambird T34 100m 20.50 (-1.1), 2nd Angela Ballard T53 100m 17.07 (-0.9), 5th Eliza Ault-Connell T54 100m 16.40 (+0.6), 24th Aimee Fisher T54 100m 18.69 (-0.8), , 7th Sam McIntosh T52 100m 17.69 (+0.7), 17th Josh Hose T52 100m 19.51 (+0.7), 7th Sam Carter T54 100m 14.32 (0.0), 10th Luke Bailey T54 100m 14.55 (0.0), 30th Samuel Rizzo T54 100m 15.08 (-0.5), 4th Angela Ballard T53 400m 55.33, 5th Eliza Ault-Connell T54 400m 54.31, 36th Aimee Fisher T54 400m 1:05.32, 11th Josh Hose T52 400m 1:10.06, 12th Sam McIntosh T52 400m 1:10.91, 10th Richard Colman T53 400m 51.22, 32th Jake Lappin T54 400m 49.27, 44th Sam Carter T54 400m 50.33, 51th Samuel Rizzo T54 400m 50.84, 2nd Eliza Ault-Connell T54 1500m 3:18.13, 3rd Madison de Rozario T53 1500m 3:18.41, 7th Angela Ballard T53 1500m 3:25.00, 11th Jemima Moore T54 1500m 3:28.31, 33rd Samuel Rizzo T54 1500m 3:02.06, 36th Richard Colman T53 1500m 3:08.69.

Swiss Nationals Day 2 Results:

3rd Eliza Ault-Connell T54 800m 1:42.35 AUSTRALIAN RECORD, 4th Sam Carter T54 200m 24.51 (+1.6) AUSTRALIAN RECORD, 1st Rosemary Little T33 200m 39.18 (+0.2), 1st Rosemary Little T33 800m 2:38.57, 18th Aimee Fisher T54 200m 32.16 (+1.5), 10th Josh Hose Australia AUS T52 200m 34.21 (+0.4), 13th Luke Bailey T54 200m 25.61 (0.0), 6th Robyn Lambird T34 800m 2:18.70, 5th Madison de Rozario T53 800m 1:46.42, 16th Jemima Moore T54 800m 1:51.84, 3rd Rheed McCracken T34 800m 1:46.06, 28th Richard Colman T53 800m 1:38.46, 37th Samuel Rizzo T54 01:38.48, 5th Madison de Rozario T53 5000m 11:20.38, 12th Jemima Moore T54 5000m 11:46.93 and 16th Jake Lappin T54 10:07.81.