Athletics

1500m Classic

Last night I attended the Intraining and Nike 1500m Classic held at the University of Queensland (UQ).  UQ has an Olympic standard track thanks to renovations after the 2011 flood.  The afternoon and night program included primary, secondary and open athletes, and it was also great to see a large crowd in the stands on an almost perfect spring Brisbane night.   

I am definitely a biased supporter of Nick Toohey who I have worked with over the last two years and it was great to see him win back to back titles last night, and make it four wins in total.  Nick will be aiming to make the Commonwealth Games team for Scotland 2014 early next year.    

You can follow Nick’s journey at www.the3rd200.wordpress.com

 

Results below:

Women 1500m Open Elite

1  McGowan, Brittany 22 University of Qld 4:25.45

2  Burdon, Olivia 15 Maroochy 4:29.04

3  Lund, Isabel 17 Gold Coast Victory 4:33.35

 

Men 1500m Open Elite

1  Toohey, Nicholas 25 Pacific 3:50.05

2  Elliott, Jackson 31 Gold Coast Victory 3:50.68

3  Curran, Jack 19 QA 3:51.07

 

Congrats Nick!

LB