Ballard edges De Rozario for Australian Record
Published Fri 26 May 2017
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Australian Paralympic teammates Angela Ballard and Madison de Rozario turned into rivals at the Daniela Jutzeler memorial meet for para-athletes in Arbon, Switzerland last week.
Ballard and de Rozario, who share eleven Paralympic medals between them, jostled for the top two positions in the T53 - T54 1500m wheelchair event, with Ballard stopping the clock in 3:20.94 just in front of de Rozario in 3:21.03 in a new Australian Record time.
Rio Paralympic teammate Jemima Moore was also in the race, finishing in 11th position in 3:33.42.
It was a busy weekend for Australia's wheelchair athletes in Switzerland with ten Australians taking to the track during the meet, including impressive performances from four-time Paralympic Games medallist Rheed McCracken.
McCracken, just 20 years old took out first place in the T34 100m and 200m both in new Australian Record times in front of Rio 100m Paralympic gold medallist and eight-time world champion Walid Ktila (TUN).
Paralympic legend Kurt Fearnley also raced, finishing 4th in the T54 5000m with PB time of 9:52.31 - a time that beat the world record held by Marcel Hug (SUI). Of course, this time ensures a new Australian Record for the 36-year-old. This week, Australians may have watched Fearnley on ABC TV's "Anh's Brush with Fame", which you can catch up on
Anh Do's guest this week is inspirational five-time Paralympian @kurtfearnley. #AnhsBrushWithFame Wed 8pm. pic.twitter.com/lQF3HAI2cZ
— ABC TV Australia (@ABCTV) May 20, 2017
Australia's top para-athletes are making their final preparations before the World Para Athletics Championships in London, less than 50 days away. The final teams will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
Event | Athlete | Place | Time | |
F | 100m T34 | Lambird Robyn | 7th | 20.63 (+0.8) |
M | 100m T52 | Sam McIntosh | 2nd | 17.60 (+0.2) |
M | 100m T34 | Rheed McCracken | 1st | 15.07 (+0.3) AR |
M | 100m T54 | Sam Carter | 6th | 14.63 (+1.8) |
F | 200m T34 | Lambird Robyn | 4th | 38.11 (+0.8) |
M | 200m T34 | Rheed McCracken | 1st | 27.21 (-1.0) AR |
M | 200m T54 | Sam Carter | 9th | 26.38 (+0.8) |
F | 400m T53 | Angela Ballard | 3rd | 54.36 |
F | 400m T54 | Jemima Moore | 3rd | 57.18 |
M | 400m T52 | Sam McIntosh | 8th | 1:10.96 |
M | 400m T54 | Jake Lappin | 5th | 47.21 |
F | 800m T53 | Angela Ballard | 2nd | 1:55.93 |
F | 800m T53 | Madison de Rozario | 3rd | 1:55.96 |
F | 800m T54 | Jemima Moore | 4th | 1:50.05 |
M | 800m T34 | Rheed McCracken | 6th | 1:43.69 |
M | 800m T54 | Jake Lappin | 4th | 1:34.70 |
F | 1500m T53-T54 | Angela Ballard | 1st | 3:20.94 AR |
F | 1500m T53-T54 | Madison de Rozario | 2nd | 3:21.03 |
F | 1500m T53-T54 | Jemima Moore | 11th | 3:33.42 |
M | 1500m T53-T54 | Jake Lappin | 5th | 3:01.26 |
M | 1500m T53-T54 | Kurt Fearnley | 12th | 3:02.04 |
F | 5000m T53-T54 | Madison de Rozario | 3rd | 11:02.54 AR |
M | 5000m T53-T54 | Kurt Fearnley | 4th | 9:52.31 AR |