Heel and Toe 2012/2013 Number 23 - Victorian Race Walking Club

HEEL AND TOE ONLINEThe official organ of the Victorian Race Walking Club2012/2013 Number 235 March 2013VRWC Preferred Supplier of Shoes, clothes and sporting accessories.Address: RUNNERS WORLD, 598 High Street, East Kew, Victoria (Melways 45 G4)Telephone: 03 9817 3503Hours : Monday to Friday: 9:30am to 5:30pmSaturday:9:00am to 3:00pmWebsite: http://www.runnersworld.com.au/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Runners-World/235649459888840TIM'S WALKER OF THE WEEKLast week's winner was Jesse Osborne who walked 1:29:24 in his first ever attempt in the Australian 20km Championship in Hobart.This week the great performances continue. Here are the ones which especially caught my eye• 39 year old Kelly Ruddick won the Victorian 5000m walk championship on Friday evening with a 21 sec PB of 21:50.13.This propels her to 13 th on our Australian all-time list and is yet another superb PB for Kelly.• 18 year old Jesse Osborne took silver in the men's Victorian 5000m walk championship on Friday evening with a 23 secPB of 20:00.56. This is only 5 days after his big 20km walk in Hobart (same for Kelly above) and confirms his meteoricrise through the men's ranks.• 21 year old Regan Lamble made up for her DNF in Hobart with a top walk in China last Friday, stopped the clock in an Aqualifying time of 1:34:03.This puts her right back into contention for this year's World Championships team.• 20 year old Rachel Tallent walked a 4 minute PB in Hobart just over a week ago. Last Friday in China, she took a further55 secs off that time with her own A qualifying time of 1:34:55. She is now one of 6 A Australian qualified women for the20km walk (Claire Tallent, Regan Lamble, Tanya Holliday, Beki Lee, Rachel Tallent and Cheryl Webb). This is greatdepth!• 31 year old Chris Erickson contested the Chinese National 50km championship in Taicang, China, on Saturday, the dayafter the IAAF Challenge Series event and what a performance, winning overall with an A qualifying time of 3:55:25. Henow has A qualifiers for both the World Champs 20km and 50km teams (as have Jared Tallent and Luke Adams).It is the last two that I am going to hone in on for this week's vote. Will you vote for Rachel or Chris? As usual, you can vote athttp://www.vrwc.org.au/vrwcWOW.php.SAMA TRACK WALKS, SANTOS STADIUM, MILE END, ADELAIDE, WEDNESDAY 27 FEBRUARYThanks to Colin Hainsworth for his latest weekly results from the South Australian Masters in Adelaide.3000m yacht handicap1. M60 Jack Russell 17:09 76.90%2. W52 Gloria Holliday 17:19 76:69%3. M76 Paul Boyce 24:16 65.59%4. M52 Peter Crump 15:47 77.65%5. M83 Colin Hainsworth 22:35 78.34%6. M69 Roger Lowe 21:49 66.66%7. W64 Jan Layng 23:09 65.01%8. M70 Bill Starr 20:40 71.22%9. M74 Rodger Barber 22:03 70.24%10. M69 Graham Harrison 19:33 74.39%11. M79 David Robertson 25:20 65.60%12. W60 Edna Bates 25:41 55.96%13. W59 Linda Whitelaw 23:28 60.60%14. M66 James Hoare 22:39 62.02%1

VICTORIAN T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS, LAKESIDE STADIUM, ALBERT PARK, FRIDAY 1 MARCH, 2013Rhydian Cowley and Kelly Ruddick are our new Victorian 5000m track walk champions after commanding performances last Fridayevening in Melbourne. Rhydian took control from the start and never let up, winning in 19:32.66, just a couple of secs outside his PB.Great results also for youngsters Jesse Osborne and Nathan Brill who took the minor medals, Jesse just narrowly missed the 20 minmark with 20:00.56 and Nathan Brill equalling his PB of 20:08.72. Kelly, soon to turn 40, battled for the first few laps with BethAlexander before clearing away for a huge winning time of 21:50.13. Beth did well to hold on for second, her time of 24:01.74 notfar outside her best. Youngsters Stephanie George and Amanda Heard took 3 rd and 4 th with excellent performance walking, 25:38.96and 25:52.78 respectively. Lots of these walkers competed 5 days before in the Australian 20km championships in Hobart so it was agood turnaround indeed. Note the big listof PBs - special mentions to Brad Simpson 22:22.17, Jason Kozica 22:48.65, AaronMcDonough 24:02.69, Lucas Taylor 24:23.99 and Rachel Guy 27:10.46.Men 5000m Open1. Cowley, Rhydian GLENHUNTLY A 19:32.662. Osbourne, Jesse BOX HILL ATH 20:00.56 PB 0:233. Brill, Nathan BOX HILL ATH 20:08.72 eq PB4. Simpson, Bradley ATHLETICS NU 22:22.17 PB 0:225. Kozica, Jason ST KEVIN'S A 22:48.65 PB 0:266. Kollmorgen, Stuart COLLINGWOOD 23:12.697. Hawksworth, Danny ATHLETICS ESSENDON 23:41.638. McDonough, Aaron PRESTON ATHL 24:02.69 PB 0:479. Garganis, Adam COLLINGWOOD 24:20.5610. Taylor, Lucas YARRA RANGES 24:23.99 PB 0:2911. Evans, Simon BOX HILL ATH 24:27.4612. Bird, Kyle MORNINGTON P 24:31.3913. McShanag, Connor ATHLETICS ESSENDON 28:07.8414. Smyth, David COLLINGWOOD 28:36.13Women 5000m Walk Open1. Ruddick, Kelly BALLARAT HAR 21:50.13 PB :212. Alexander, Beth KNOX ATHLETIC CLUB 24:01.743. George, Stephanie SOUTH COAST 25:38.964. Heard, Amanda EAGLEHAWK YM 25:52.78 eq PB5. Shaw, Kirstin WESTERN ATHLETICS 27:08.306. Guy, Rachael CASEY CARDIN 27:10.46 PB 3:577. Mcinnes, Simone GLENHUNTLY A 27:26.738. Geisler, Sandra RINGWOOD ATH 28:04.929. Laurie, Natalie ATHLETICS NU 29:31.8710. Elms, Donna-Marie ATHLETICS ESSENDON 31:17.2411. Bertrand, Carly KEILOR ST BE 31:37.4712. Steed, Gwen VICTORIAN MA 33:01.50And you can see some superb athsvicTV footage from the walks at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkJsMxe0xtc. Photos aregoing up on http://insideathletics.zenfolio.com/p558547087. Hopefully there will be some of the walks.WA STRIVE INTERCLUB, WA ATHLETICS CENTRE, PERTH, FRIDAY 1 MARCHAn excellent win to 14 year old Simeon Leatherland in the Western Australian Strive Interclub 3000m last Friday evening. Boy, Perthhave been having a torrid summer - thank goodness their meets are usually in the evenings.Mixed 3000m Walk1. Leatherland, Simeon M Athletics WA 15:19.50 PB 0:012. Hughes, Holly W Melville 15:39.40 PB 0:183. Holt, Kate W Melville 15:55.104. Johns, Mikayla W Melville 16:49.605. Tolardo, isabella W Melville 17:32.606. Gerken, Caitlin W Athletics WA 17:54.907. Reid, Benjamin M Athletics WA 17:56.808. Tait, Kimmy W Athletics WA 18:32.609. Gerken, Christopher M Athletics WA DQNSW STATE T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS, SOPAC, SYDNEY, 2-3 MARCHThe NSW Track Championships were also contested last weekend and it was Cheryl Webb 22:45.41 and Kyle Malone 21:37.82 whotook the honours. Small fields but quite a few PBs.2

Open Women 5000m Walk1. Webb, Cheryl 37 Blacktown Ci 22:45.412. Bettiol, Amy 18 Sydney Pacif 24:04.67 PB 0:063. Raycanovski, Sarah 30 Mingara Athl 24:39.62 PB 0:034. Billington, Tayla-Paige 16 Hills Distri 25:17.225. Cobb, Jessica 23 Blacktown Ci 25:29.56 PB 0:0516. Potter, Frances 16 Balmain Athl 35:44.07Open Men 5000m Walk1. Malone, Kyle 22 Nepean Distr 21:37.822. Felton, Jay 18 Mingara Athl 22:35.62 PB 0:093. Mulhearn, Derek 23 Sydney Unive 23:10.664. Washburn, Steven 19 Nepean Distr 23:27.86 PB 0:165. Gibbons, Carl 17 Westlakes At 24:19.89 PB 0:156. Osborne, Robert 58 Nepean Distr 28:11.42BRWC WALKS, NORTH GARDENS, LAKE WENDOUREE, BALLARAT, SUNDAY 3 MARCHThank to Sarah Brennan for the race report from Sunday's walks in Ballarat.It was a hot morning (yes even in Ballarat) for the Daryl Biggin & Sharon Schnyder Founder’s Cup 3km Handicap. The race tooka sealed handicap format and young sisters Jemma & Alanna Peart were quick out of the blocks. A tussle for the lead ensued,with Alanna breaking away just after the 1km mark and storming home to win overall, and the handicap, in a big PB and U10Girls Club Record of 17:23. Four youngsters contested the 1km race, with 8 year old newcomer Kayla Bridges recording animpressive 8:16 to win from Bailey, Scott & Rex (all finishing together in 11:12).Daryl Biggin & Sharon Schnyder Founder’s Cup 3km Handicap1. Alanna Peart 17:232. Rodney Davis 19:183. Jemma Peart 17:384. Olivia Davis 25:445. Sarah Brennan 17:276. Jessika Bridges 22:457. Shae Ohlsen 22:00 U18 Club Record)8. Kasey Bishop 23:109. Mia Darlow DNF1km Walk1. Kayla Bridges 8:162. Bailey Ohlsen 11:123. Scott Peart 11:124. Rex Brennan 11:12Winner Alanna Peart with her perpetual trophy3

ATHLETICS SA T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS, SOPAC, MILE END, ADELAIDE, SUNDAY 3 MARCHThe walks were held on Sunday afternoon at the South Australian T&F Championships but unfortunately it was 30C at the time ofthe race at 12:30pm so times were effected. But it didn't stop Troy Hooker doing yet another big PB!Open/Masters Women 5000m Walk1. Megan Szirom Salisbury 25:25.552. Jemma Potezny Hills District 27:44.673. Anna Cross Pembroke 28:26.22Linda Whitelaw (W50+) Enfield Harriers DQ1. Open Men 5000m Walk2. Kim Mottrom Adelaide Harriers 21:54.423. Justin Hill Adelaide Harriers 24:04.204. Peter Crump St Peters Co 27:10.225. Troy Hooker Salisbury 27:24.02Masters Men 3000m Walk1. James Hoare (M50+) Port Adelaide 21:55.09Norman White (M50+) Enfield Harriers DQRWCWA ROADWALKS, WILSON, PERTH, SUNDAY 3 MARCHThanks to Rick Cattermole for the latest results and race report from the Racewalking Club of Western Australia.It was a nice cool change at Wilson today for our second last Summer racewalk....about 28C. Our last Summer walk is on 7 thApril and we have our AGM straight after the last walker in. Please consider a position on the Committee this year as I dobelieve that the Secretary and Treasurer job may become vacant for 2013 season.10km Open Walk1. Vanessa Brown 59.592. Breanna Brown DNF5km Open Walk1. Michelle Butler 31.142. Melissa Hall (NZ) 37.53Caitlin GerkenDNF2km Open Walk1. Summer Brown (u/10) 11.562. Christopher Gerken (u/13) 13.393. Timothy Kezic (U/12) 14.174. Tina Kezic (u/13) 14.385. Ryan Kezic (u/10) 14.40IAAF RACEWALKING CHALLENGE, TAICANG, CHINA, FRIDAY 1 MARCH 2013The IAAF Race Walking Challenge returned to Taicang last Friday. It was the third year in a row that this competition has been heldin this city and, needless to say, Chinese athletes came in as overwhelming favourites in both races. With a number of other IAAFChallenge events spread around February and March, the number of internationals was reduced from previous years but AustraliansJared Tallent, Regan Lamble, Rachel Tallent, Luke Adams and Chris Erickson did make the trip across to support the carnival.The 2014 IAAF World Racewalking Cup is to be held in Taicang and this year's challenge event was very much a dry run. As such, itwas a superb success with the efficient Chinese organisation coming to the fore. I can hardly wait for 2014 - it will be a superb event.The course is amazing - the widest road yet for a major championship and it is dead flat and very fast.The weather was atrocious on Friday with low temperatures (it was 6C at the start of the women's race at 8:30AM), a cutting windand rain. In fact, it was one of the worst days I remember in quite some time. The Challenge numbers were small but the races werealso the Chinese Championships and, after the men's 20km started at 8:45AM, there were over 200 walkers on the road.My race report is cobbled together from the more extensive report of Mirko Jalava on the IAAF website - seehttp://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/news/li-and-sun-upset-the-favourites-in-taicang.The men’s race started with the favourite, 2012 London Olympic champion Chen Ding, in the lead as expected. But the 20-year-oldwas not at the top of his game and dropped out mid race. Such is the depth of the local walking that the final kilometres saw 6Chinese walkers in contention for the win and a sole foreign walker, Jared Tallent, gamely chasing behind. The two most established4

walkers, Li Jianbo and Cai Zelin, eventually broke away from the four athletes contesting the National Championships and reachedthe long final straight side by side. Most experts would have put their money on Cai, the 20km specialist who set his 1:18:47 PB herelast year. But it was Li, the 50km specialist who was seventh in London in that event, who went on to win with a personal best of1:18:52, breaking his previous best of 1:19:10 that was set back in 2009. Cai finished just three seconds behind in 1:18:55, thesecond-fastest time of his career. The first six finishers were Chinese with the next four not competing in the IAAF Race WalkingChallenge. Third in the Challenge competition was Australia’s two-time Olympic silver medallist Jared Tallent in 1:20:41 in his thirdconsecutive appearance in Taicang. Zhao Qi of China was fourth in 1:20:50 and India’s Kolothum Thodi Irfan clocked 1:20:59 infifth place.The women’s race saw 19-year-old Lu Xiuzhi – who last year finished sixth at the Olympics and set an Asian junior record of 1:27:01– leading early with two large packs forming almost immediately. Around eight kilometres into the race, 22-year-old Sun Huanhuanaccelerated to take the lead. The Army athlete was competing in her first international competition but was walking confidently. Justbefore 10 kilometres, 2008 World junior bronze medallist Li Yanfei – who was competing in the National Championships race – tookthe lead, which she then kept until the very final moments of the race. With less than one kilometre to go, Sun regained the lead,clocking a big personal best of 1:27:36 for the win and cutting more than two minutes off her previous best from last season. Li, whowas not part of the Challenge race, was second with a PB of 1:27:40, while 20-year-old He Qin, also in the National Championshipsrace, finished third in 1:27:42. Olympic bronze medallist and Asian record-holder Qieyang Shenjie never really looked like apotential winner of this race and finished third in the Challenge race with 1:28:27. The best non-Chinese finisher in the race wasRegan Lamble of Australia, who recorded a 1:34:03 finishing time for the seventh place.MEN – 20KM CHALLENGE RACE1. Li Jianbo CHN 14 Nov 86 1:18:522. Cai Zelin CHN 11 Apr 91 1:18:553. Jared Tallent AUS 17 Oct 84 1:20:41 (split 40:26)4. Zhao Qi CHN 14 Jan 93 1:20:505. Kolothum Thodi Irfan IND 8 Feb 90 1:20:596. Li Tianlei CHN 13 Jan 95 1:21:497. Takuya Yoshida JPN 10 Aug 90 1:22:138. Ivan Trotski BLR 27 May 76 1:23:299. Jakub Jelonek POL 7 Jul 85 1:23:4910. Luke Adams AUS 22 Oct 76 1:24:07 (split 41:48)11. Kang Kil-Dong KOR 12 Jul 92 1:25:4012. Chen Ding CHN 5 Aug 92 DNFWOMEN – 20KM CHALLENGE RACE1. Sun Huanhuan CHN 15 Mar 90 1:27:362. Lu Xiuzhi CHN 26 Oct 93 1:27:583. Qieyang Shenjie CHN 11 Nov 90 1:28:274. Ding Huiqin CHN 5 Feb 90 1:29:425. Yang Mingxia CHN 13 Jan 90 1:29:486. Regan Lamble AUS 14 Oct 91 1:34:03 (split 46:10)7. Rachel Tallent AUS 20 Feb 93 1:34:53 (split 47:00)8. Weon Aseas-Byeol KOR 8 Apr 90 1:35:479. Tomomi Maekawa JPN 1:37:5510. Gaurav Kumari IND 1:40:29The start of the women's 20km championshipThe course - the widest ever!5

Luke Adams near the lead early in the men's 20km raceRegan Lamble (third from right) follows a long row of Chinese walkers in the women's 20km raceThe performances of the four Australians are discussed on the AA website. In particular, Rachel Tallent walked the race of her life,going through the 10km mark in a PB of 47:00 and then hanging on gamely to record a big PB time of 1:34:53, an all important Aqualifier for the World champs. The AA report readsAustralian success at the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge in Taicing (CHN) has continued in 2013, with ReganLamble (Vic) and Rachel Tallent (Vic) both walking women’s 20km walk A-qualifiers for the IAAF World Championships.Crossing the line below the required 1:36:00, Lamble stopped the clock in an impressive 1:34:03, with Tallent hot on herheels in 1:34:55. Lamble’s performance comes just days after having to withdraw mid-race from the Australian 20kmRacewalking Championships while Tallent has enviably achieved an open-age qualifier less than twelve months afterconcluding her youth Australian representation at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona (ESP). Both coachedby Brent Vallance, the Canberra-based duo have now both qualified for selection to the Australian Flame in their first year assenior athletes.Lamble said: “I’ve got a pretty good record here now, I did my first A-Qualifier here in 2011 and it’s a really excitingenvironment to race in. There was something like 110 Chinese athletes out there with us and that’s makes the racing reallyexciting and the opportunity to walk quickly that little bit easier. Rachel’s walk was amazing. It is a huge improvement forher after a great B-qualifying walk at the Australian Championship in Hobart last week. I’m so proud she has been able towalk the time less than a year after being a junior walker at the World Juniors in Spain.”In the men's event, three-time Olympic medallist Jared Tallent (Vic) walked an impressive 1:21:04 to finish third. He wasjoined in the event by Luke Adams (NSW), who clocked 1:24.07 to finish 10 th in the Challenge.CHINESE NATIONAL RACEWALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS, TAICANG, 1-2 MARCHAs mentioned above, the Chinese National Roadwalking Championships were held alongside the IAAF Challenge events in Taicanglast Friday and then continued on Saturday.6

Friday morning saw the Open and U20 men's and Women's 20km championships with over 200 walkers in total. Interestingly, theChinese contestants in the IAAF Challenge Walkers did not walk in the National Championships so the medals were up for grabs. Asusual, the depth is extraordinary so I have reproduced the full result set.Open Men 20km Walk1. Yu Wei CHN 11 Sep 87 1:19:072. Bian Fongda CHN 1 Apr 91 1:19:343. Liu Jianmin CHN 9 Mar 88 1:19:344. Sun Chenggang CHN 11 Mar 91 1:19:555. Li Shijia CHN 14 Jan 92 1:20:546. Hu Wanli CHN 27 May 92 1:21:307. Xu Dexing CHN 20 Aug 88 1:21:418. Du Yunpeng CHN 6 Sep 88 1:22:149. Wang Hao CHN 16 Aug 89 1:22:4010. Tong Anqi CHN 29 Sep 92 1:22:4611. Wang Gang CHN 2 Apr 91 1:22:4712. Zhang Hang CHN 28 Oct 91 1:22:5613. Zhao Ziyang CHN 29 Jul 91 1:22:5814. Wu Qianlong CHN 30 Jan 90 1:23:0515. Wei Xubao CHN 1 Feb 93 1:23:0916. Luo Yadong CHN 15 Jan 92 1:23:2017. Men Fuqiang CHN 22 Jun 92 1:23:3218. Li Yajun CHN 14 Dec 93 1:23:4019. Ma Haijun CHN 24 Nov 92 1:24:0920. Niu Wenbin CHN 20 Jan 91 1:24:1121. Zhao Yinliang CHN 6 Jan 93 1:24:3722. Chen Zongliang CHN 9 Jan 92 1:24:4423. Ding Xianyu CHN 27 Nov 93 1:25:0324. Han Jijiang CHN 20 Jul 93 1:25:0425. Ji Chunlong CHN 25 Feb 88 1:25:2926. Niu Wenfei CHN 6 Apr 93 1:25:3627. Chen Haoding CHN 6 Nov 92 1:25:4528. Wang Kun CHN 10 May 89 1:25:5829. Xie Sichao CHN 28 Feb 93 1:26:0230. Li Guodong CHN 17 Dec 92 1:26:1831. Chu Yafei CHN 5 Sep 88 1:26:2032. Yan Dexiang CHN 18 Jun 93 1:26:2233. Xu Jie CHN 1 Jan 93 1:26:2434. Zhao Jianguo CHN 19 Jan 88 1:26:2635. Hou Quan CHN 1:26:2936. Li Lei CHN 29 Nov 87 1:27:0137. Pei Lianyou CHN 27 Jan 90 1:27:5838. Zhan Ende CHN 3 Mar 90 1:27:5939. Wang Yue CHN 7 Apr 92 1:28:1540. Guo Ziyang CHN 31 Dec 93 1:28:2041. Li Zhengzheng CHN 29 Oct 93 1:28:4542. Li Zeyu CHN 4 Oct 93 1:29:0843. Geng Yuanjiang CHN 20 Sep 91 1:29:1944. Li Jiahui CHN 18 Nov 92 1:29:3445. Fan Yawen CHN 15 Apr 92 1:29:40Wang Guozhen CHN 1 Dec 92 DNFWang Wei CHN 1 Dec 88 DNFShi Songbo CHN 4 Mar 88 DNFXin Yianyu CHN 10 Mar 92 DNFHe Yongqiang CHN 27 Nov 93 DNFChen Xinrong CHN 17 Jun 90 DNFRong Yufei CHN 8 Apr 92 DNFOpen Women 20km Walk1. Li Yanfei CHN 12 Jan 90 1:27:402. He Qin CHN 23 Mar 92 1:27:423. Nie Jingjing CHN 1 Mar 88 1:28:334. Wang Shanshan CHN 16 Jun 87 1:29:305. Bo Yanmin CHN 29 Jun 87 1:29:596. Xu Liqin CHN 6 Feb 90 1:30:007. Liu Huan CHN 24 Feb 93 1:30:258. Zhou Tongmei CHN 4 Apr 88 1:30:289. Li Hua CHN 15 Jan 91 1:30:557

10. Zhou Kang CHN 24 Dec 89 1:30:5811. Liu Shuyu CHN 13 Dec 93 1:31:0012. Gao Ni CHN 14 Sep 91 1:31:0313. Chen Shuangyan CHN 14 Aug 91 1:31:1214. Kang Jinzi CHN 25 Jan 90 1:31:1915. Li Li CHN 18 Jun 87 1:31:3616. He Dan CHN 22 Jul 84 1:31:4917. Wang Yingliu CHN 1 Mar 92 1:32:0118. Wang Min CHN 2 Dec 91 1:32:3319. Sun Xueping CHN 10 Dec 88 1:33:1120. Wang Xiaolan CHN 5 Feb 90 1:33:3021. Shi Tianshu CHN 7 Jun 88 1:33:3622. Tong Lingling CHN 25 Jan 92 1:33:4023. Xu Yaozhi CHN 20 May 90 1:33:4824. Wang Tingting CHN 18 Jan 87 1:33:5525. Xiao Junying CHN 16 Jun 92 1:33:5826. Liu Ke CHN 2 Oct 90 1:34:0727. Zhang Xin CHN 17 Aug 89 1:34:1128. Huang Jing CHN 28 Feb 88 1:34:2729. Zhu Dan CHN 27 Jan 93 1:34:3430. Song Meiying CHN 8 Sep 89 1:34:3631. Wang Di CHN 30 Aug 92 1:34:4532. He Qinqin CHN 21 Jun 90 1:35:1933. Ma Faying CHN 30 Aug 93 1:35:2234. Xu Haiyang CHN 19 Mar 93 1:35:5435. Li Maocuo CHN 20 Oct 92 1:36:0636. Yang Kaixuan CHN 2 Aug 92 1:36:2237. Kang Bin CHN 8 Jan 92 1:36:4238. Zhang Shasha CHN 4 Dec 92 1:37:0339. Yang Liu CHN 26 Feb 92 1:37:0840. Wang Jiaojiao CHN 11 Dec 93 1:37:0941. Li Wanfang CHN 5 Jan 93 1:37:1242. Mu Juan CHN 20 Jun 89 1:37:1643. Wang Yalan CHN 19 Feb 93 1:37:5344. Zhu Chunyan CHN 3 Jun 92 1:38:1345. Liu Yannan CHN 1 May 93 1:38:3846. Liu Fengshuang CHN 20 Apr 93 1:38:5947. Zhao Huimin CHN 12 Oct 93 1:39:3148. Li Qiuye CHN 2 Dec 93 1:39:5149. Huang Wei CHN 31 Aug 87 1:40:4650. Xin Shasha CHN 20 Jan 92 1:40:5751. Sun Libin CHN 3 Jan 91 1:41:5952. Li Wei CHN 2 Dec 92 1:45:21Zhao Jing CHN 18 Feb 92 DNFSun Lihua CHN 30 Sep 83 DNFSong Xiaoling CHN 21 Dec 87 DNFTong Chengcheng CHN 20 Oct 89 DNFYang Yawei CHN 16 Oct 83 DNFXie Lijuan CHN 14 May 93 DNFShi Yang CHN 24 Jan 83 DNFU20 Men 20 km walk1. Jiang Jie CHN 25 Oct 94 1:22:322. Liu Xu CHN 11 Dec 94 1:23:003. Zhang Zhi CHN 22 Jul 94 1:23:424. Hu Enxi CHN 26 Mar 94 1:23:445. Sun Song CHN 15 Dec 96 1:23:566. Lu Jiefang CHN 95 1:25:307. Li Shuai CHN 6 Jan 95 1:25:418. Hiu Ying CHN 28 Feb 94 1:25:599. Qu Guanchen CHN 18 Dec 94 1:26:0410. Li Peng CHN 10 Nov 94 1:26:1711. Ma Youshan CHN 21 Sep 95 1:26:2312. Wang Kaihua CHN 16 Feb 94 1:26:2313. Gao Wenkui CHN 28 Jul 95 1:26:2414. Jie Jinzhu CHN 25 Jul 95 1:26:2815. Luo Xingxu CHN 18 Jul 94 1:26:4216. Wang Chao CHN 2 May 96 1:26:558

17. Lu Hongyue CHN 23 Nov 94 1:27:0018. Lu Dahai CHN 16 Mar 94 1:27:1219. Jiang Shan CHN 14 Jul 95 1:27:1820. Geng Yudong CHN 13 Jun 94 1:27:2221. Li Datian CHN 9 Jan 95 1:27:2422. Li Jinguo CHN 4 May 95 1:27:5523. Mo Zhenfeng CHN 28 Feb 95 1:28:3524. Jiang Su CHN 8 Apr 95 1:28:4425. Yang Yongyin CHN 27 Sep 95 1:28:5126. Wang Mingli CHN 23 Dec 94 1:28:5427. Ceng Qingsheng CHN 3 Apr 95 1:29:0228. Chen Long CHN 18 Dec 95 1:29:2529. Cui Haibo CHN 16 Feb 94 1:29:3730. Zhao Qingwei CHN 95 1:30:0231. Zhao Qingtao CHN 7 Nov 94 1:30:1432. Zhang Haixin CHN 21 Feb 96 1:30:2733. Gao Wu CHN 26 Jan 95 1:30:28Sun Zhenhua CHN 15 Dec 94 DNFZhong Xing CHN 6 Mar 95 DNFLeng Xiao CHN 26 Jan 96 DNFSu Guanyu CHN 26 Jun 94 DQU20 Women 20 km walk1. Pei Mowen CHN 17 Sep 95 1:30:332. Luo Xingcai CHN 18 Jul 94 1:31:033. Mao Yanxue CHN 15 Feb 94 1:31:574. Zhang Xuhong CHN 10 Feb 93 1:32:075. Su Yingqiu CHN 1 Feb 95 1:32:156. Chen Zhen CHN 3 Nov 94 1:32:287. Duan Dandan CHN 23 May 95 1:33:298. Gao Shan CHN 8 Apr 95 1:33:349. Hou Yongbo CHN 15 Sep 94 1:33:3810. Dong Genmiao CHN 16 Jul 94 1:35:0311. Mao Jie CHN 12 Feb 94 1:35:0812. Li Ping CHN 7 Jan 94 1:35:1013. Ma Yimei CHN 29 Apr 94 1:35:2914. Yang Lei CHN 29 Nov 95 1:35:4315. Yang Peili CHN 7 Aug 94 1:37:0016. Wang Chen CHN 18 Feb 94 1:37:0817. Wang Zhenzhen CHN 3 Feb 95 1:37:1318. Cao Hua CHN 14 Jun 95 1:37:1519. Zhuang Chunli CHN 7 Mar 94 1:37:1620. Geng Shasha CHN 7 Feb 96 1:37:2721. Ma Yue CHN 2 Feb 94 1:37:3322. Zhou Jie CHN 3 Sep 96 1:38:0423. Han Xue CHN 7 Jan 95 1:38:0724. Zhang Rui CHN 16 May 95 1:38:5625. Gu Yingying CHN 3 Apr 95 1:39:1926. Wang Na CHN 29 May 95 1:39:5127. Yang Jiayu CHN 18 Feb 96 1:40:2728. Liu Fang CHN 16 Aug 95 1:40:2929. He Xiaoxue CHN 11 Sep 95 1:42:0030. Liu Baijie CHN 13 Sep 94 1:42:0631. Wang Dan CHN 11 Jan 95 1:42:1432. Li Yanan CHN 2 Aug 96 1:43:1333. Guo Runfeng CHN 9 May 95 1:43:3334. Zheng Xiaoying CHN 12 Aug 95 1:43:4535. Liu Yue CHN 27 Mar 95 1:44:4036. Zhang Hua CHN 4 Jun 94 1:46:2137. Wei Yuxin CHN 5 Dec 95 1:47:0838. Zheng Zhiyun CHN 1:49:1539. Zeng Taijie CHN 1 May 94 1:51:09Luan Shuang CHN 1 May 95 DNFLiu Yanxia CHN 21 Jan 95 DNFNi Yuanyuan CHN 6 Apr 95 DNFThe Junior events were contested on the Friday afternoon but conditions were still just as arctic and the wind, if anything, hadprobably picked up a notch. The times were still impressive to say the least!9

U18 Men 10 km walk - Race A1. Yao Biao CHN 15 Apr 96 40:432. Leng Xiao CHN 26 Jan 96 40:473. Dai Jianxing CHN 11 Aug 96 40:514. Tong Dongliang CHN 3 Apr 97 40:585. Zhang Rongjin CHN 24 Apr 96 42:046. Tian Xu CHN 31 Jan 96 42:237. Wang Jiexin CHN 20 Nov 96 42:368. Gao Guang CHN 9 Jul 97 42:509. Xu Liang CHN 18 Aug 97 43:4010. Wang Xinyan CHN 23 Jun 96 43:4911. Zhang Wanxin CHN 25 Oct 96 43:4912. Wang Yan CHN 6 Oct 96 43:51U18 Men 10 km walk - Race B1. Zhao Jianguo CHN 19 Jan 88 41:062. Hou Heng CHN 20 Jan 97 42:373. Bai Jiawei CHN 25 Jun 97 42:434. Wang Libo CHN 9 Feb 97 43:015. Jiang Tao CHN 29 Jan 97 43:156. Zhao Xianhong CHN 6 Sep 96 43:197. Wu Yun CHN 17 Oct 97 43:338. Li Jichao CHN 10 May 96 43:369. Peng Huayao CHN 16 Jan 97 43:4010. Xu Gang CHN 24 Mar 96 43:4711. Wang Shiyu CHN 28 Apr 97 43:4812. Li Chenchen CHN 7 Dec 97 43:5213. Liu Jian CHN 19 May 97 43:5214. Huang Cheng CHN 8 May 97 44:0915. Bi Jianzhong CHN 27 Nov 97 44:2016. Han Ping CHN 21 Apr 97 44:4117. Wang Zipeng CHN 1 Feb 96 44:4618. Yang Jipeng CHN 27 Aug 97 44:5219. Yang Jinming CHN 7 Jan 96 44:55U18 Women 10 km walk1. Xiao Xianghua CHN 19 Feb 97 47:522. Ma Yiming CHN 10 Sep 97 48:053. Zhang Yan CHN 20 Jan 96 48:534. Zhang Shuyuan CHN 10 Jan 97 48:585. Chen Yumin CHN 8 Feb 97 49:096. Zhu Zexin CHN 24 Jul 96 49:427. Zhao Tianchun CHN 23 May 97 49:468. You Xiaorong CHN 29 Jul 97 49:539. Wang Yiquan CHN 22 Jun 97 49:5810. Hu Zhimin CHN 49:5911. Chi Meijiao CHN 28 Jun 96 50:1312. Wang Wei CHN 29 Nov 97 50:1513. Lei Fei CHN 8 Aug 97 51:2714. Zhu Di CHN 13 Aug 96 51:31U16 Men 5 km walk1. Wang Qinyu CHN 9 Jan 98 20:152. Li Jipeng CHN 4 Jan 98 20:21U16 Women 5 km walk1. Ma Zhenxia CHN 97 22:192. Xiao Han CHN 12 Nov 98 23:033. Yang Liujing CHN 22 Aug 98 23:134. Lin Jing CHN 14 May 98 23:335. Zhu Ruonan CHN 14 Mar 98 23:506. Lou He CHN 97 24:00The National Championships continued into the Saturday with Open 50km and U20 30km races, all starting concurrently at 7:30AM- in 2 o C! But luckily, the rain had passed and the wind had dropped and a weak sun even tried to pop out as the race progressed so itwas definitely the better of the two days. Again, large fields with 53 entrants in the 50km and 18 in the 30km, a sole Australianamongst them in the form of Chris Erickson.10

20km Challenge walkers Cai Zelin and Li Jianbo started with the field, out for their own training walk. They led the walkers outquickly (perhaps too quickly for many in the race), Zelin stopping after 6km and Li Jianbo stopping after 22km. By this stage, thefield was well spread and the 30km walkers were starting to kick the pace down as they entered their final 10km.We were witnesses to an amazing spectacle as, early in the race, over 5000 walkers marched trackside in an organized fitness walkingexhibition (see some photos at http://www.marciaitaliana.com/dett_news.asp?id=1318). It was truly impressive! The Deputy Mayorof Taicang has said that they intend to increase this to 15000 walkers for next year's World Cup.Chris Erickson started conservatively and was well back early. But as the race progressed and those in front of him either slowed orretired, he inched his way up through the field, reaching fourth place by the half way mark and eventually hitting the lead at the 47kmpoint. From there, he came home strongly, crossing the line first in a time of 3:55:25, some 90 secs ahead of the official winner, NiuWenbin - as Chris was competing by invitation, he was unfortunately not able to officially take the title. His splits indicate the patientnature of his walk - 47:18, 47:02, 46:50, 46:55 and 47:20. This gives him an all important 50km A qualifier for this year's WorldChampionships to go with his 20km A qualifiers.Chris Erickson breasts the tape as first finisher in the Chinese 50km ChampionshipAlas, I can only find the first few placings in the 50km in English and, after that, it's all Chinese to me! Here is what I can make ofthe Open 50km results:Open 50km ChampionshipChris Erickson AUS 3:55:251. Niu Wenbin Yunan 3:56:562. Xu Jie Anhui 4:02:073. Gou Xiaoxin PLA 4:02:274. Bai Xuejin PLA 4:03:115. Wang Hao Hebei 4:04:496. Xu Xianlong Hebei 4:13:447. Cheng Min Beijing L. 4:19:548. Wang Yingqi Beijing L. 4:21:219. E. Guozhu Qinghai 4:25:1110. Pat. Lee Guangdong 4:30:034 DQs and 15 DNFsThe results document shows a second 50km finish listing with a different group of walkers and a different set of times. I am not surewhether these are U23 - perhaps that could account for the separate listing. They read as follows:1. 110 4:02:462. 115 4:05:273. 165 4:09:364. 181 4:11:095. 167 4:14:296. 152 4:17:1714 DNFsAnd finally the results from the U20 30km - not too shabby at all.1. 311 2:14:3711

2. 340 2:16:473. 323 2:22:434. 300 2:22:495. 301 2:25:506. 332 2:31:327. 314 2:42:475 DQsFor the full result set (in Chinese), see http://www.marciaitaliana.com/risultati/Results%20Walking%20NC.pdf.ITALY-FRANCE-GERMANY JUNIOR INDOOR MATCH, ANCONA, ITALY, SATURDAY 2 MARCHTwo competitors per country in this indoor match between Junior (U20) teams from Italy, France and Germany. Italy took gold andsilver in both walks with Vito Mineo 20:20.19 and Stelly Noemi 13:25.27 victorious. Overall, the match saw Germany triumph with193 points followed by Italy with 169 and France with 164. Germany has won ever year since 2006 - a pretty good record!Men's 5000m Race Walk Indoor1. Vito MINEI ITA 94 20:20.192. Francesco FORTUNATO ITA 94 20:46.643. Adrien CASSAGNES FRA 94 21:55.904. Jonathan HILBERT GER 95 22:12.435. Karl JUNGHANSS GER 96 22:24.606. Fabian FESSELIER FRA 94 22:51.87Women's 3000m Race Walk Indoor1. Noemi STELLA ITA 97 13:25.272. Anna CLEMENTE ITA 94 13:46.943. Myriam BEGEL FRA 95 14:07.234. Maxi WOELKE GER 95 14:12.855. Jeanne BILLA FRA 96 14:26.316. Janine BANDT GER 94 14:37.66FRENCH INDOOR YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS, REIMS, SATURDAY 2 MARCHYes, Emmanuel Tardi was out and about again last weekend - he was in Reims on Saturday for the French Indoor YouthChampionships. There were 6 championship races: Cadet (1996-1997), Junior (1994-1995) and Espoirs (1991-1992-1993) and 2additional races for second level walkers ranking 13 to 24. The race for elite walkers ranking 1-12 was two weeks ago in Aubières.Two nationals records were beaten - Emilie Tissot beat the Espoirs record with a huge time of 12:49.79 (she had set the previousrecord of 13:15.39 two weeks ago when she has won the elite race) and Jean Blancheteau set a new Cadet category record of 21:41.1(the previous record was 22:06.98). In the Espoirs Category, Keny Guinaudeau (20:56.9) was close to the French record (20:48.44).In the National second-tier race, former international walkers Mehdi Boufraine and Damien Molmy took the first two places in frontof Laurent Legalle who broke the M50 national record with 22:02.09!3 000m Marche-salle/CAF1. DELEUZE Cecile CAF/96 Fc Laon 14:36.192. NAVARRO Lea CAF/97 Nantes Metropole Athletisme* 15:05.633. LE NAY Roseline CAF/96 Ua Des Cotes D:armor* 15:45.244. KOWALSKI Alisson CAF/97 Gohelle Athletisme* 16:04.655. HAM Axelle CAF/97 A. Sarreguemines Sarrebourg A 16:11.916. MIALDEA Eva CAF/97 Correze Athle* 16:27.137. LIARD Laura CAF/96 Athletisme Le Bourget Drancy 16:29.848. DEMAREST Mathilde CAF/97 Club Athletisme De Belleu 17:03.429. LEBRETON Anais CAF/96 Us Le Mans 17:04.0110. BRUN Maela CAF/97 Stade Saint-lo 17:15.193 000m Marche-salle/JUF1. BOUCHET-LIOU Chloe JUF/94 Ea Rhone Vercors Cav Usac* 15:02.502. BARRE Manon JUF/94 Racing Club Nantais * 15:05.443. PORCHER BRIANTAIS Eva JUF/94 Herbauges Athletic Club 15:13.404. NAZE Cecile JUF/95 Mouy Atac 15:17.305. BRUNON Perrine JUF/94 Athle 43 15:32.836. ATTIA Amelia JUF/94 Ea Chambery 15:42.147. PEREZ Laura JUF/95 Ua Tarbes-stado* 15:43.418. BAEZA Julie JUF/95 As Fleury Les Aubrais Saran At 15:46.4612

9. TREBAUL Enora JUF/94 Pays De Landerneau Athletisme 15:51.1710. LANGLAIS Emmanuelle JUF/95 Athle Pays De Fougeres * 15:54.973 000m Marche-salle/ESF1. TISSOT Emilie ESF/93 Alsace Nord Athletisme* 12:49.792. MARCOU Amandine ESF/92 Sa Merignac 13:33.853. QUENNEHEN Marine ESF/91 Ca Montreuil 93 14:08.604. MELLADO Coralie ESF/93 Us Colomiers 14:41.895. BOURHIS Amelie ESF/92 Athle Pays De L:orient* 14:47.056. DUQUESNE Corinne ESF/91 Entente Athletique Grenoble 38 15:28.677. FOURNET Alice ESF/93 Aj Blois-onzain 15:32.758. SOUVERVAL Laurie ESF/91 As Saint-junien 15:37.579. AUSELLO Morgane ESF/92 Nice Cote D:azur Athletisme * 16:39.8310. GRALITZER Delphine ESF/91 Le Chesnay 78 As 17:12.295 000m Marche-salle/CAM1. BLANCHETEAU Jean CAM/96 Athle Bourgogne Sud 21:41.12. MUTTER Axel CAM/96 Ac Roche-sur-yon * 23:08.03. SOUABER Yanis CAM/96 Lille Metropole Athletisme* 23:35.84. LAMOURY Maximilien CAM/96 Athle 52 * 24:18.25. LAMIAUX Amaury CAM/96 Athle Halluin-val-de-lys 24:20.36. HEPP Edouard CAM/96 Entente Grand Mulhouse Athle* 24:27.27. DELEUZE Nicolas CAM/97 Fc Laon 24:38.78. MAYER Florian CAM/96 Alsace Nord Athletisme* 24:44.89. ADAM Dorian CAM/97 Us Bazas 25:08.410. HAMY Maxence CAM/96 As Marck 25:47.45 000m Marche-salle/JUM1. SESTIER Anael JUM/94 As Fleury Les Aubrais Saran At 22:54.372. DESJARDINS Florian JUM/94 Val-de-reuil Ac * 23:03.033. GERBAUD-BLIN Pierre JUM/95 Ca Vierzon 23:11.324. MARTIN Come JUM/95 Athletic Club Tassin 23:34.345. LECAPLAIN Maxime JUM/94 Manche Athle Centre Sud* 23:52.466. SIREIX Brice JUM/95 Us Cenon-rive-droite 23:55.497. CIAN Anthony JUM/94 Bec Leognan* 24:05.498. DAUCHY Louis JUM/94 Givet-revin Ac * 24:13.599. TORRE Orian JUM/95 Correze Athle* 24:19.6210. MACABREY Quentin JUM/94 Montbeliard Belfort Athletisme 24:35.275 000m Marche-salle/ESM1. GUINAUDEAU Keny ESM/93 Ac Roche-sur-yon * 20:56.92. ANDRIEU Hugo ESM/92 Uavh Aubagne 22:05.93. HURAULT Simon ESM/92 Manche Athle Centre Sud* 22:14.64. MALOSSE Dimitri ESM/92 Js Lezignan-corbieres 22:55.25. BOUTRAIS Andy ESM/91 Rouen Maromme Mont Saint Aigna23:11.16. SIZORN Arnaud ESM/92 Ula Quimper Cornouaille 23:11.57. GABORIT Axel ESM/91 Racing Club Nantais * 23:11.78. COUTURIER Julien ESM/93 Bec Leognan* 23:33.29. GAUCHET Quentin ESM/93 Aj Blois-onzain 24:20.410. DE NEVE Nicolas ESM/93 Athletisme Chamalieres 27:01.03 000m Marche-salle/TCF Nationale 21. GUILLARD Caroline VEF/71 Ec Orleans Cercle Jules Ferry* 14:36.062. THIEFFENAT Delphine SEF/75 Lyon Athletisme* 14:39.993. BARRE Christelle VEF/72 Racing Club Nantais * 14:45.264. BORIO Elisa (ITA) SEF/90 Clermont Athletisme Auvergne * 14:50.435. NAUMANN Marit VEF/68 Ea Macon * 14:52.086. ROUSSEL Gladine SEF/78 Sc Abbeville 14:52.757. EICHHOLTZER Sandrine SEF/77 Martigues Sports Athle 14:57.468. BILLARD Coralie SEF/83 Lyon Athletisme* 15:18.919. DUPONT Sandra VEF/72 Clermont Athletisme Auvergne * 15:33.0310. BARRITAULT Lucie SEF/90 Stade Niortais * 15:36.995 000m Marche-salle/TCM Nationale 21. BOUFRAINE Mehdi SEM/89 Ca Montreuil 93 21:50.642. MOLMY Damien SEM/88 Lille Metropole Athletisme* 22:01.973. LE GALLE Laurent VEM/62 Us Bannalec 22:02.994. DA SILVA CARVALHO LE Thomas SEM/83 Coulommiers Brie Athletisme 22:03.0013

5. COSSET Raphael SEM/79 Ca Montreuil 93 22:46.406. DUMAIRE Thomas SEM/90 Athle Sud 77* 22:53.687. RAMON Fabrice VEM/70 Grand Angouleme Athletisme 23:02.808. GROUSELLE Pierre SEM/85 A. Sarreguemines Sarrebourg A 23:09.559. LATOUCHE Jonathan SEM/87 Nantes Metropole Athletisme* 23:50.08Thanks to Emmanuel for the following photos from the meetLeft: Emilie Tissot beats the Espoirs record with a huge time of 12:49.79Centre: Former international walkers Mehdi Boufraine and Damien Molmy lead the second tier champsRight: In the Espoirs Category, Keny Guinaudeau (20:56.9) was really close to the French record (20:48.44).Left: Jean Blancheteau set a new Cadet category record of 21:41.1Centre: Podium for Cadets MaleRight: Podium for Espoirs FemaleMOLLY BARNETT OPEN ROAD WALKS, COVENTRY, ENGLAND, SUNDAY 3 MARCHThanks to Mark Wall for the results from the annual Molly Barnett walks which were held in Coventry last Sunday. The meet sawsome great walking - the highlight had to be the Open 10km which was won by New Zealander Quentin Rew in a big PB of 40:19.Tom Bosworth moved into third on the UK all-time rankings with his second placed time of 40:44 while U20 walker Jamie Higginsexcelled with 42:42. The Open 5km walk saw U17 walkers Cameron Corbishley 23:19, Matt Redferen 24:34 and Callum Wilkinson24:37 take line honours.14

Left: Open 10km placegetters Quentin Rew, Tom Bosworth and Jamie Higgins (photo Andi Drake)Right: U11 winner Amelia Tutt (file shot compliments of Mark Wall)Open 10km Walk1. Quentin Rew LMU/N.Zealand SM 40.192. Tom Bosworth Tonbridge SM 40.443. Jamie Higgins Leeds city U/20M 42.424. Heather Lewis Pembroke SW 51.055. Jonathan Hobbs M & M AC SM 51.536. Steve Allen Barnet VM 54.497. Rebecca Collins M & M AC SW 56.398. Steve Arnold Nuneaton VM 56.399. John Constandinou Birchfield VM 62.4410. Mark Palethorpe Worcester VM 64.1611. Stuart Edgar DASH VM 64.2912. Julian Barnett Birchfield VM 68.3713. Mike Horton DASH VM 68.4714. Chris Harris DASH VM 72.0815. David Fall Birchfield VM 72.2516. Eric Horwell DASH VM 78.55Open 5km Walk1. Cameron Corbishley M&MAC U/17M 23.192. Matt Redfern Nuneaton U/17M 24.343. Callum Wilkinson E & H AC U/17M 24.374. Bethan Davies Cardiff SW 24.425. Ellie Dooley Hyde Park H U/20W 26.376. Jasmine Nicholls Leicester U/20W 26.477. Emma Achurch Leicester U/17W 26.558. Ellie Dainton Llanelli U/17W 27.259. Brenda Gannon Hyde Park H SW 27.3410. Kate Hargreaves Leicester VW 30.5811. Julie Bellfield Halesowen VW 32.0312. Sarah Lightman Leicester VW 33.1813. Tracey Mills Birchfield VW 33.4514. Lynn Bellfield Halesowen VW 35.0115. Peter Bilson Sheffield SM 47.16U15 3km Walk1. Jack Leversidge Sheffield M 16.212. Amy Phipps Neath F 19.39U13 2km Walk1. Ana Garcia Sheffield F 9.502. Kara Lane Birchfield F 11.113. Alana ziedler Sheffield F 11.144. Samuel Redfern Nuneaton M 11.1715

5. Benjamin Allen Leicester M 11.236. Laura Achurch Leicester F 12.187. Ella Sharkey Sheffield F 13.328. Matt Davies DASH M 13.549. Mollie Dainton Llanelli F 14.04U11 1km Walk1. Amelia Tutt R & N AC F 6.112. Alex Hurrell DASH M 6.173. George wilkinson E & H AC M 7.07Mark Easton has loaded his photographs from the Molly Barnet walks to photo website http://markeaston.zenfolio.com/f304498077.He advises that the best way to view is to click on the photos of the event to enter the gallery and then click the Show All link nearthe bottom of the page. Here are some of Mark's excellent photos - thanks mate!Quentin Rew, Tom Bosworth, Jamie Higgins and Cameron Corbishley in action(Mark Easton - http://markeaston.zenfolio.com/f304498077)And I also noticed John Constandinou featuring in the 10km results. English readers will know that John maintains the superbEnglish statistics website www.racewalkuk.com. If you check it out, you will see it looks just like my own Australian statisticswebsite http://www.racewalkaustralia.com and that is of course because John built us our own version of his website way back in2009 for us to house our Australian results. John's my website hero!John Constandinou in action in Coventry16

SPANISH ROADWALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS, MURCIA, SPAIN, SUNDAY 3 MARCHBenjamín Sánchez and Julia Takacs have won the Spanish 20km roadwalk championships, held on Sunday in Murcia. In the men'srace, Sánchez won out against teammate Miguel Ángel López, eventually beating him by 7 secs, 1:22:33 to 1:22:40. In the women'srace, Takacs walked her own solo race from the front, finishing in a PB time of 1:28:44, her first time under 90 minutes. RaquelGonzalez (1:31:16) and Lorena Luaces (1:31:32) rounded out the podium.Again, I am reproducing pretty much the full result set as the standard and depth are very impressive.20km Open and Masters Men1. Benjamin Sanchez Bermejo 1.22.332. Miguel Angel Lopez Nicolas 1.22.403. Luis Manuel Corchete Martinez 1.24.204. Luis Alberto Amezcua Balboa 1.24.575. Jose Ignacio Diaz Velazquez 1.25.296. Jesus Angel Garcia Bragado 1.26.46 M407. Francisco Arcilla Aller 1.27.408. Alex Florez Studer 1.27.41 M409. Ivan Pajuelo Paredes 1.28.0010. Francisco Duran Acuña 1.30.1311. Juan Raya Sanchez 1.30.3612. Mario Sillero Mesonero 1.32.0513. David Reyes Afonso 1.32.5714. Marcos Monterrubio Fernandez 1.33.0215. Rafael Ballesteros Garcia 1.33.58 M4016. David Pueyo Ministral 1.34.25 M4017. Jose Fernandez Nieves 1.35.3718. Jose Puertas Ruiz 1.37.1119. Luis Manuel Perez Osorio 1.37.4020. Rodrigo Dominguez Fernandez 1.38.08 M3521. Daniel Lopez Ruiz 1.38.2022. Manuel Angueira Hernandez 1.39.08 M4023. Angel Stalin Salazar Gaulan 1.39.2124. Ruben Vazquez Muñoz 1.40.5725. Javier Ontoso Martinez 1.42.2026. Enrique Moret Huerta 1.43.02 M3527. Jose Antonio Aparicio Montagud 1.43.37 M4028. Juan Manuel de Lucas Pasalodos 1.44.20 M4529. Cristobal Rizo Abril 1.44.23 M4030. Jose Manuel Sanchez Carrasco 1.44.58 M3541 finishers, 3 DQs, 7 DNFs20km Women1. Julia Takacs Nyerges 1.28.442. Raquel Gonzalez Campos 1.31.163. Lorena Luaces Barril 1.31.324. Eva Iglesias Gonzalez 1.37.025. Sara Alonso Castelo 1.41.436. Maria Dolores Marcos Valero 1.43.057. Maria Larios Lopez 1.43.258. Mar Juarez Gallardo 1.43.589. Myriam Fernandez Andres 1.44.4010. Samanta Mulloni Martinez 1.46.5611. Laura Jimenez Elipe 1.49.0712. Maria Angeles Castera Brugada 1.53.4913. Elena Diaz Velazquez 1.54.4214. Macarena Martin Uriol 1.55.2915. Ester Montaner Novellon 1.56.0716. Raquel Leon Asensio 1.56.3417. Rocio Carbia Lojo 1.57.1518. Miriam Costas Gomez 2.04.0419. Macarena Ruiz Cañete 2.07.2720. Maria Antonia Vicente Fernandez 2.13.0410km Masters Women1. Maria Jose Guardiola Guerrero 51.06 F352. Carmen Mercedes Hernandez Burgos 58.02 F403. Alicia Lozano Royano 1.02.24 F4017

4. Maria Antonia Ramirez Vazquez 1.02.34 F455. Ma.Angeles Noell Guardiola 1.02.50 F506. Maria del Carmen Martin Navarro 1.02.52 F507. Monserrat Pereira Pena 1.03.19 F358. Beata Betlej Spytkowska 1.04.30 F409. Macarena Uriol Batuecas 1.10.15 F5010km Junior Men (first 8)1. Alvaro Martin Uriol 41.522. Marc Tur Pico 42.153. Fabian Bernabe Rama 44.434. Christian Curopos Costa 45.465. Adrian Lopez Sanchez 46.336. David Alburquerque Sanchez 46.487. Jorge Jimenez Fernandez 47.018. Francisco Jesus Navarro Fuentes 48.0110km Junior Women (first 8)1. Laura Garcia-Caro Lorenzo 48.522. Amanda Cano Gomez 52.103. Marisol Diz Perez 42.494. Sara Ramirez Ortega 53.105. Sofia-Melissa Limon Jacques 53.296. Lorena Pedrero Duarte 53.417. Miriam Gil Romero 55.138. Irene Santamaria Olivera 55.4610km U18 Men (first 8)1. Diego Garcia Carrera 42.362. Manuel Bermudez Jimenez 44.153. Pablo Oliva Requena 44.194. Nil Rodes Llorens 46.505. Daniel Chamosa Dacasa 46.506. Pedro Garcia Martinez 48.577. Ivan Arenas de la Fuente 49.268. Pedro de la Mata Maria 49.3710km U18 Women (first 8)1. Maria Perez Garcia 49.302. Mª Jose Jiménez Mendez 49.513. Lidia Sanchez-Puebla Fernandez 50.344. Mar Chillon Camaño 51.255. Melisa Sanchez Bermejo 51.536. Carmen Fuentes Castro 52.147. Alexandra Tardio Ortega 53.058. Alexia Hartmann Fernandez 53.14NEW ZEALAND MASTERS WALK CHAMPIONSHIPS, WELLINGTON, 1-3 MARCHThanks to David Lonsdale and Alan Clarke for the results and race reports from last weekend's New Zealand Masters Championshipswhich were held in Wellington - 3000m track walks on Friday and 10km roadwalks on Sunday. David advises they had two verygood panels of judges led by Peter Wrigley, one of their IAAF judges.NZ Masters 3,000m championship, Newtown Park, Wellington, Friday 1 March 2013Julie Edmunds led from the start and her crisp style belied the fact she is only in her second season of race walking. Behind her therewere a couple of interesting races between Sue Hosking and Terri Grimmett and then Marlene White and Jackie Wilson. The weatherconditions were very good with negligible wind and a temperature of about 22C.W40 Julie Edmunds Otago 17:01.72 1W45 Serena Coombes Taranaki 18:48.21 4W55 Terri Grimmett Wellington 17:44.64 3W55 Theresa Large Taranaki 18:51.21 5W60 Sue Hoskin Man/Wanganui 17:44.17 2W60 Marlene White Taranaki 19:14.97 6W60 Sheryl Lorna Miratana W/Bop 21:29.73 9W65 Jacqueline Wilson Wellington 19:20.70 718

W70 Daphne Jones Wellington 21:39.09 10W75 Dawn Cumming HB/Gisb 25:20.12 11M65 Geoff Iremonger Wellington 19:42.24 8Eric Saxby and Peter Tearle DQ’d and Ron Johnson DNS.NZ Masters 10 km road walk championship, Upper Hutt, Sunday 3 March 2013In perfect cool (17-19C) and calm conditions, Mike Morresey went for it from the start and lapped everyone on this recently recertifiedcourse. He got plenty of vocal support and only just missed breaking 50 minutes for the first time. When he faces bettercompetition he is sure to get under that mark. Sue Hoskin obviously benefited from leaving home in Palmerston North at 5.00 am andwalked determinedly to a plan and just managed to shave 5 seconds off her own New Zealand age group record set last year inWellington. All walkers were judged to the IAAF Rules and when disqualified were given the option of leaving the course or havingtheir race bib red stickered and allowed to finish if they wanted but do not appear in the results.M40 Mike Morresey Taranaki 50:19 1M65 Geoff Iremonger Wellington 1:10.21 7W40 Julie Edmunds Otago 59:51 2W45 Serena Coombes Taranaki 1:07.53 6W55 Theresa Large Taranaki 1:07.06 4W60 Sue Hoskin Man/Wanganui 1:01.21 3 NZ Age group recordW60 Marlene White Taranaki 1:12.55 8W60 Sheryl Lorna Miratana W/Bop 1:15.15 9W65 Jacqueline Wilson Wellington 1:07.18 5Terri Grimmett, Daphne Jones and Peter Tearle DQ’d.USA NATIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, 2-3 MARCHMaria Michta 13:07.07 and Tim Seaman 12:08.65 were the 3000m walk winners in the USA National Indoor T&F Championshipslast Sunday. Nice article at http://www.newsday.com/sports/long-islanders-tim-seaman-and-maria-michta-win-racewalk-titles-1.4745121. Two-time Olympian and now aged 40, Seaman now has won 45 career U.S. walk crowns -- at all distances -- and 14 ofthem have come at Indoor Nationals, either 3000 or 5000 meters. No American athlete has ever won more Indoor Nationals golds.3000m Walk Women, Sunday 3 March1. Maria Michta Walk USA 13:07.072. Erin Gray Bowerman Athletic Club 13:17.903. Miranda Melville New York Athletic Club 13:24.964. Katie Burnett Unattached 14:07.365. Susan Randall Unattached 14:30.93Erin Taylor-Talcott Shore Athletic Club DQ3000m Walk Men, Sunday 3 March1. Tim Seaman New York Athletic Club 12:08.652. Patrick Stroupe Unattached 12:30.153. Dan Serianni World Class Racewalking 13:03.404. Michael Mannozzi Shore Athletic Club 13:05.61Trevor Barron New York Athletic Club DNSJohn Nunn Unattached DNSIAAF RACE WALKING CHALLENGE, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, SATURDAY 23 FEB - JUNIOR RACESI reported in last week's newsletter on the Open events at the IAAF Challenge Meet in Chihuahua in Mexico. To complete the report,here are the top placings from the men's and women's 10km events. Note the depth in the men's event in particular - the first 20 under50 minutes! See the full meet results at http://www.fmaa.mx/ver_noticia.php?id_noticia=599Junior Men 10km (first 20)1. Ricardo Ortiz Rivera MEX 43:342. Omar Pineda MEX 43:593. Alam Flores MEX 45:274. Virgilio Galindo MEX 45:555. Daniel Tinoco MEX 45:596. Juan Guerrero MEX 45:597. José Doctor MEX 46:018. Noel Chalma Almazan MEX 46:019. Isaac Sias Urias MEX 46:17Junior Women 10km (first 15)1. Alejandra Ortega MEX 47:392. Jovanna Ortega Peña MEX 51:023. Valeria Ortuño MEX 51:124. Jessica Tapia MEX 51:425. Mildred Raya MEX 53:036. Montserrat Ortega MEX 54:227. Karen Gaspar MEX 55:468. Yajaira Lerma MEX 55:519. Berenice González MEX 56:1519

10. Fernando Davila MEX 46:5311. Luis Raul Gonzalez MEX 47:0812. Gabriel Mendoza MEX 47:3713. Salvador Hernandez Martinez MEX 47:4414. Irving González MEX 47:4715. Daniel Solís MEX 48:0716. Juan Aguilar MEX 48:5817. Roberto Eduardo Vega MEX 49:1318. Andrés Olivares MEX 49:1819. Jesus Emanuel Villalobos Perez MEX 49:3420. Edgar Cortez MEX 49:4610. Edna Quintanilla MEX 56:3911. Yazmin Martinez MEX 56:3912. Janeth Vargas MEX 57:2213. Laisha Antillon Leyva MEX 57:4814. Alma Montoya MEX 58:3015. Ivana Gallegos MEX 58:52MORE PICTURES FROM THE QUEENSLAND JUNIOR T&F CHAMPIONSHIPSLast week I reported on the Queensland Junior T&F Championships and had a photo of the medallists from the U18 Girls' race.Thanks to Belinda Brackin for the following photos of the U14 and U16 medallists from the girls' championships.Left: U14 medallists Clancy Smith and Riley SimsRight: U16 medallists Mikaela Woodward, Clara Smith and Aimee BrackinWALKING SHORTS• Great Britain head coach Peter Eriksson says there needs to be "greater investigation" into why so many Russian athletesare failing drugs tests. There are 33 Russian athletes currently serving bans for doping offences. Russia has had 16sportsmen and women banned for drug-related offences in 2013 - the same year it will host the World AthleticsChampionships in Moscow. India has the highest number of athletes (52) on the IAAF banned list while Great Britain hasfour athletes serving bans. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/21622949• Two Pan-American events which were scheduled for Lima, Peru have been moved to alternate sites. The Pan-AmericanRace Walking Cup is going to be held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 25-26, 2013. Regarding the 2013 Pan-AmericanJunior Championships, the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico is interested in organizing this event and final decision will bemade soon.• Back to New Zealand where Mike Parker won the 3000m walk at the Auckland City Championships on Saturday 2 March -his time of 13:59.11 isn't too bad at all for an M50 walker!NATHAN DEAKES ANNOUNCES HIS IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT FROM ATHLETICSLast Friday, Athletics Australia carried a story confirming that Australian race walking legend Nathan Deakes has announced hisretirement from athletics. See http://www.athletics.com.au/home/news/news/2013/march/deakes_announces_his_immediate. Here itis in full.20

One of the most lauded athletes in Australian athletics history, Deakes’s illustrious 17-year career began with a bronze medalat the 1996 IAAF World Junior Championships in Sydney (NSW). A bronze medal in the men’s 20km walk at the 1998Commonwealth Games followed, before a further four Commonwealth titles in the men’s 20km and 50km walks in 2002(Manchester, GBR) and 2006 (Melbourne, Vic).Deakes also won a bronze medal in the men’s 20km walk at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games but his biggest and mostmemorable successes are his men’s 50km walk world record (3:35:47) in December 2006 and a world title one year later atthe IAAF World Championships in Osaka (JPN). He concluded his international career at the 2012 London Olympic Games."London was always slated as my final race. Finishing on my own terms was extremely important to me because I withdrewfrom Beijing with injury. The last four and a half years have been incredibly difficult with constant injury and not being ableto complete the training loads that I once could. But it was all put into perspective with the birth of my first child, Mia, justsix weeks after London,” Deakes said.“The biggest highlight for me was winning the World Championships in Osaka. That was a strange year because I’d spent somuch time on the sidelines early in the year, before I based myself in Northern Tuscany and achieved some great continuityin training when it mattered most, so to win was really special. The world title came the year after I set the world record athome in Geelong in December 2006. We race in some pretty obscure places as walkers, but to be able to race well in front offamily and friends in my home town was great. The world record was the icing on the cake after what was already a superexperience.”Deakes will retire as the fastest combined 20km and 50km walker in history according to the IAAF scoring tables, with hispersonal bests of 1:17.33 and 3:35:47 combining for 2545 points. He is the second fastest 50km walker in history and fifthfastest in the 20km event.A nine-time national champion and the 2006 Male Athlete of the Year, Deakes is proud of the strong contingent of walkerscontinually producing for Australian teams.“I first started suffering from injuries in early 2008 and after Jana Pittman and I both withdrew with injury as the two currentworld champions there was talk then about who could win the medals at the Olympic Games. Jared (Tallent) certainlystepped up then and it was amazing to see him win two medals in Beijing. I don’t think anyone predicted that such a greatresult would happen for Australia,” Deakes said. “Even today the depth in the men’s continues with some great results oflate, including even last weekend at the 20km Selection Trial for World Championships. Dane Bird-Smith is an athlete tokeep an eye on. In the next couple of years I am confident he will be one of Australia’s best athletes full stop. I’ve alwayssaid that I wanted to leave with the event in a healthy position and I believe I am.In his retirement, Deakes will continue his love for all things athletics and is keen to be involved in any way he can. He isalso grateful for the many people and organisations that have supported him across the journey, thanking them for how theyhave shaped him as both an athlete and a person.“I have taken away so much from the sport that in my opinion it would be selfish not to give back to it. I am obviously stillreally passionate about athletics, and my event group, and I am honestly open to whatever comes my way,” Deakescontinued. “If I’m going to be honest coaching was never really something that appealed to me, but now looking intoretirement it is something that I might be keen to explore. I had to knock back an international coaching position a couple ofyears back because I was still competing myself and I think that if I had the chance now to do something like that I would bevery keen to have a crack.“The obvious people to thank are my family, my parents have been brilliant to me and my wife Antoinette has been a rockfor the 15 years that we have been together.“I was very lucky to enjoy the benefits on offer at the Australian Institute of Sport. I don’t think I would have been around aslong as I have been without the unprecedented support I received from Tudor Bidder, Andrea Mosler and Craig Purdam. I’vealso had two big influences from a coaching perspective in Ron Weigel and Craig Hilliard and they’ve been instrumental inshaping me as an athlete as well as a person.”Athletics Australia President Rob Fildes OAM congratulates Deakes on what has been an outstanding career. “Nathan hasbeen a fixture of Australian athletics for so many years, and his success is something that we at Athletics Australia are veryproud to have shared with him,” Fildes said. “We thank Nathan for his outstanding contribution to our sport and on hiswonderful success both here in Australia and at major international championships across the world. It’s great to hear that hewants to remain involved in athletics in the years to come and we can’t wait to share the next chapter of his athletics lifewith him.”Athletics Australia has also put up a very nice Nathan Deakes Career Retrospective - some great photos there.See http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151469393179301.1073741825.264338589300&type=121

VRWC WINTER SEASON PONDERINGSI had hoped to have our VRWC winter season fixture online for everyone by now but I am still waiting on feedback from AthleticsVictoria. Hopefully next week!Note that during our winter season, we need lots of officials and club helpers to keep our large racedays humming along smoothly.This can be in any of these fields• Setup and pulldown of equipment• Lapscoring and timekeeping• Racewalk judging• Helping in the canteen - our small group of ladies are there every week and would love the occasional rest - even if you cando just once a month, we can bring you up to scratch on what is required.I will remind everyone of this further as the winter approaches.WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT WEEKENDNext Saturday evening sees the 5000m walk at the Sydney Track Classic. While we certainly don't have all our top walkersattending, the start lists for the 5000m walk (both men and women race concurrently) do look strongLuke AdamsDane Bird-SmithNathan BrillRhydian CowleyBrandon DewarNick DewarKyle MaloneJesse OsborneIan RaysonJared TallentNSW/AISQASVICVICQLDQLDNSWVICNSWISVIC/AISLauren BourkeTanya HollidayRegan LambleJessica RothwellKelly RuddickRachel TallentCheryl WebbNSWSASIVIC/AISVICVICVIC/AISNSWThe Australian Junior T&F Championships kick off in Perth on Tuesday 12 March and run for 6 days, finishing on Sunday 17 thMarch. Good luck to all our walkers who will compete in U14, U15, U16, U17, U18 and U20 divisions.Finally, the next IAAF Challenge Series event is to be held next Sunday in Nomi City, Japan, in conjunction with the Asian 20kmRace Walking Championships. I look forward to reporting on that one!DATES…DATES…DATESAs usual, I finish with a list of upcoming events on the local, national and international fronts. Let me know of any errors/omissions.2012/2013 Victorian/Australian Summer Season Key DatesMar 9, 2013 Sydney Track Classic (5000m Walk), Sydney, NSWMar 12-17, 2013 Australian Junior Athletics Championships, Perth, WAMar 16-17, 2013 VMA/AA Masters T&F Championships, East Burwood Athletics Track, East BurwoodMar 29-Apr 1, 2013 Australian Masters T&F Championships, Canberra, ACTApril 11-14, 2013 Australian Open Athletics Championships, Sydney, NSWOctober 5-12, 2013 Australian Masters Games, Geelong, See http://www.australianmastersgames.com2013 International FixtureJuly 6-17, 2013 27 th Summer Universiade, Kazan, Russia (see http://www.kazan2013.com)July 10-14, 2013 8 th World Youth T&F Championships, Donetsk, UkraineAug 10-18, 2013 14 th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Moscow, RussiaOctober 15-27, 2013 World Masters Athletic Championships, Porto Alegre, Brazil. See http://www.wma2013.com2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge - Remaining events10 Mar 2013 Asian 20km Race Walking Championships Nomi City, Japan17 Mar 2013 Lugano Trophy - Memorial Mario Albisetti Lugano, Siwtzerland6 Apr 2013 African Race Walking Championships Maurice, Mauritius6 Apr 2013 22º Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha Atlética Rio Maior, Portugal13 Apr 2013 Podebrady 2013 Podebrady, Czech Republic1 May 2013 Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni Sesto S. Giovanni, Italy19 May 2013 10th European Cup Race Walking Dudince, Slovak Republic1 June 2013 XXVII Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña La Coruña, Spain22

29 June 2013 Dublin Grand Prix of Race Walking Dublin, Ireland10-18 Aug 2013 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Moscow, Russia2013 European Athletics Permit MeetsMarch 17, 2013 Mario Albisetti Memorial Meet, Lugano, SwitzerlandApril 6, 2013 Rio Maior Grand Prix, Rio Maior, PortugalApril 13, 2013 Podebrady Meet, Podebrady, Czech RepublicJune 29, 2013 Dublin Grand Prix, Dublin, Ireland2014 International Fixture3-4 May 2014 26 th IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Taicang, ChinaMar/Apr 2014 World Masters Indoor Championships, Budapest, HungaryJuly 22-27, 2014 15 th World Junior T&F Championships, Eugene, Oregon, USALooking even further forward2015 28 th Summer Universiade, Gwanju, Korea2015 9 th World Youth T&F Championships, Cali, ColombiaAugust 22-30, 2015 15 th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Beijing, ChinaJuly/Aug 2015 20 th World Masters T&F Champs Stadia, Lyon, France2016 21 st World Masters T&F Champs Stadia, Perth, Australia. See http://www.perth2016.com/Aug 201631 st Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. See http://www.rio2016.org.br/en/Default.aspx2017 29 th Summer Universiade, TaipeiAugust 5-13, 2017 16 h IAAF World Championships in Athletics, London, UKJuly 2020 32 nd Olympic Games City TBA: Baku, Doha, Istanbul, Madrid, Rome, TokyoTim Erickson, Secretary, VRWC, terick@melbpc.org.au, Home: 03 90125431 Mob: 0412 257 496Copies of recent newsletters are kept on the VRWC website (http://www.vrwc.org.au)23

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