Success continues on Day 2 of the World University Games
Published Wed 10 Jul 2019
The second day of athletics at the World University Games was deemed a big success as the sun shone bright and made for some very hot and humid conditions in Naples.
Despite the heat of the day, there were two finals that the Australian Team really had to focus on – the Women’s Long Jump and the Men’s 10,000m.
Riley Cocks (Flinders University) and Lachlan Cook (University of Virginia) represented Australia strongly in the Men’s 10,000m; Riley finished 10th in 30:36.67 and Lachlan in 13th in 30:56.66. The winner was Mokofane Milton Kekana from South Africa in 29:29.43.
Both boys agreed that the hot weather played a strong part in the race but Riley was very happy with his overall position considering his year.
“I was a bit off my best today but I had an interrupted preparation, so I was very happy to just make the start line and to finish 10th is much more than I had hoped for,” said Riley.
In the Women’s Long Jump final Australia was represented by Jessie Harper (The University of Queensland) & Lizzie Hedding (The University of Melbourne).
Jessie finished in 7th with 6.30m & Lizzie in 8th with 6.29m, the winner was Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk of Ukraine with 6.84m.
Lizzie achieved more than she was expecting and considering her last 12 months the result tonight is brilliant.
“I just really wanted to make the final, I just wanted to give myself the opportunity to jump big, making top 8 tonight, I am really really happy with that, I’ve had a pretty crazy year – in Feb I almost quit the sport but we pushed though it all and to be here for this is just unreal,” said Lizzie.
Other performances from Day 2:
Liam O’Brien (The University of Queensland & Benjamin Thomson) – Javelin Q 71.61m
Zach Holdsworth (University of Wollongong & Michael Dooley) - 100m rerun 10.63
Alec Diamond (Australian Catholic University & Zsuzsanna Olgyay-Szabo) – Decathlon
100m 11.20
LJ 7.52m
SP 14.91m
HJ 1.88m
400m 52:05
3960 points.
Max Stevens (Swinburne University of Technology & Adam Didyk) - 3000m St Q 8:52
Matt Clarke (LaTrobe University & Justin Rinaldi) - 3000m St q 9:03
Gen Cowie (The University of Sydney & Lindsay Watson) - 400mH Semi 5th (9th) 57.91
Gabriella O’Grady (University of Technology Sydney & Penny Gillies) - 400m Semi Q 51.87
Celest Mucci (RMIT & Darren Clark) - 100m Semi 11.74
Morgan Mitchell (Victoria University & Elizabeth Mathews) - 800m Semi Q 2:02.91
Catriona Bisset (The University of Melbourne & Peter Fortune) - 800m Semi Q 2:01.46 (fastest qualifier)
Jess Harper (The University of Queensland & Stacey Taurima) - Long Jump 7th 6.30m
Liz Hedding (The University of Melbourne & Alex Stewart) – Long Jump 8th 6.29m
Riley Cocks (Flinders University & Adam Didyk) - 10,000m 30:36 10th
Lachlan Cook (University of Virginia & Jason Dunn) - 10,000m 30:56 13th
Day 3
Day 3 of the World University Games is underway tomorrow and there are three options on where to catch the action from the Games - the FISU Live Stream, the Olympic Channel Live Stream and certain times on EuroSport on Foxtel.
Full results from the World University Games, can be seen here.
