2022 Australian All Schools Championships

Published Fri 09 Dec 2022

Date: December 9-11, 2022

Location: SA Athletics Stadium, Mile End

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Day 3

Charlotte McAuliffe and Lachlan Sands in SA's Gold-Medal-winning 4X400m Mixed Relay team.

South Australian athletes concluded a home Australian All Schools Championships in style, winning 19 Medals on the final day of the 2022 event.

The host state (SA) tallied 54 Medals over the three days, including 21 Gold, 21 Silver and 12 Bronze to win the Small State Title.

NSW claimed the overall title with 220 Medals, ahead of Queensland with 162, Victoria with 120, and then SA (54), WA (38), ACT (22), North Queensland (19) and Tasmiania (16).

SA multi eventer Charlotte McAuliffe returned a surprise win in the U16 Women's 400m, running a PB 54.50 to sprint past the highly favoured NSW runner Ivy Boothroyd.

"I am so happy with that race, I didn't expect anything coming in so I am super thrilled to come away with a Gold," McAuliffe said.

"I really didn't know how the Final would go - I was out in lane 7 so I just had to run my own race.

"I was very nervous coming into the Final because I know the NSW girls are very quick.

"I have loved competing at home, on the new track, it's very nice."

McAuliffe returned later in the Day to help SA win Gold in the U16 4X400m Mixed Relay in 3:36.43, alongside Lachlan Sands, Ayden Colbourne and Iluka-Rose Taylor.

Taylor also had a big day in her individual events, claiming Silver in the U14 Women's 200m (25.69) and Long Jump, with a U14 Women's State Record jump of 5.50m.

World Athletics U20 Championships representitive Marley Raikiwasa claimed her second Gold Medal of the Championships with a win in the U18 Women's Shot Put, throwing a State Record 16.88m.

SA High Jumpers Chelsea Friedrich and Tryphena Hewett copied their result at the 2022 Australian Track and Field Championships, again finishing with Gold and Silver Medals (respetively) this weekend.

Friedrich cleared 1.79m to win Gold, while Hewett finished the competition with Silver following a 1.77m clearance.

It was a good morning for the local athletes with Harrison Clark winning Silver in the U15 Men's Triple Jump (12.87m), while Taylor Larsson in the U17 Women's Shot Put (15.10m), Luke Simpson in the U17 Men's 400m (48.73) and Samuel Wilks in the U14 Men's 3000m Walk (14:16.28) also secured Silver on the morning of Day 3.

Gman Paye in the U17 Men's 400m (48.96) and Jesuye Doherty in the U18 Men's 400m (48.99) claimed Bronze in the morning session.

SA won 10 Medals in the afternoon session, including Angus Hincksman's Gold in the Para U20 Men's 800m (2:02.02), Noah Schoepf's Gold in the U16 Men's Discus (61.26m), Ken Ferrante Tanikawa's Gold in the U14 Men's Pole Vault (3.20m), Tessa Ebert's Silver in the U15 Women's 1500m (4:34.88), Alex Dunn's Silver in the U17 Men's 110m Hurdles and Andrew Maenda's Bronze in the U16 Men's 100m (10.91).

Day 2

Iluka-Rose Taylor

SA's Iluka-Rose Taylor has broken Kim Nankivell's U14 400m State Record from December 10, 1989 - 33 years to the day.

Taylor ran 56.17 to win Gold at the 2022 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Championships in Adelaide, smashing Nankivell's previous record of 56.48.

Following 18 South Australian Medals on Day 1, Taylor won her State's first Gold on Day 2 by blowing her rivals out of the water in the 400m Final.

Tasmania's Chanel Charles finished second with 58.41, and NSW's Tahli Weigand third with 58.53.

"I feel great - I am really happy with the time," Taylor said post race.

"The 400m is my favourite event - it is just a fantastic race because it's longer and the order can change at any time. You have to keep fighting to the end.

"I have the 100m, 200m, Long Jump and Relay to come this weekend - I am chasing a good time in the 100m and 200m because the weather hasn't favoured that this year so far.

"I am loving this event, the new track is great and I am feeling like us SA athletes have a real advantage with the home crowd with our families and supporters cheering us on."

Across the second morning of competition, Tessa Ebert won Silver in her U15 Women's 3000m with a time of 9:53.37, while William Mattinson won a Silver in his U18 Men's Pole Vault (4.00m).

One of the highlights of Day 2 came in the Men's U17 200m Final with Thomas Griffiths and Gman Paye coming through to take Gold and Silver.

Griffiths ran 21.51 to claim Gold, followed by Paye with 21.84 for the Silver Medal.

Griffiths bettered his Silver Medal performance from Day 1 in the 100m event, while Georgie Fielder was another runner to claim her second Medal on Day 2.

Fielder backed up her Gold in the U15 Women's 200m Hurdles from Day 1 with a Silver in the U15 Women's 90m Hurdles today, running 12.76.

Bailey Pfeiffer (U17) and Logoh Tligi (U18) won Silver and Bronze in their respective Hammer Throw competitions.

SA continued its strong form in the Para events, with Akeesha Snowden winning her second Gold Medal of the Championships, this time the Para U20 Women's 200m, Gabriel Wilson winning Gold in his Para U20 Men's 200m and Keira Post running second in her Para U17 Women's 200m.

The host State added further Medals late on Day 2 through Zayden Kamish's Gold in the U16 Men's Javelin (58.62m), Tryphena Hewett's Gold in the U18 Women's Pole Vault (3.85m), Elise Scott's Silver in the U15 Women's 3000m Race Walk (16:59.38), Noah Chlanda's Bronze in the U17 Men's 2000m Steeplechase (6:09.28), Luca Goldie's Bronze in the U15 Men's Javelin (45.14m) and Jesuye Doherty in the U18 Men's Long Jump (7.16m).

Day 1

World Athletics U20 Championships representitive Marley Raikiwasa was South Australia's first Medallist of the 2022 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Championships.

Raikiwasa dominated her U18 Women's Discus competition with a throw of 52.44m to claim Gold on Day 1, on a day where the hosting SA team secured 18 Medals - eight Gold, four Silver and six Bronze.

“I didn’t expect to throw that big today, it was a huge shock," Raikiwasa said.

"I took a lot of experience out of World Juniors; of course I had confidence after making the Final but it was more the experience of knowing that one competition doesn’t define you.

“I need to nail my technique, that’s my big focus. I switched coaches before World Juniors and wasn’t able to tinker with my technique a whole lot, so getting over 50m consistently is my goal for this season.

Marley Raikiwasa

Almost 200 South Australian athletes will compete across a packed three-day schedule.

Over the first morning of the All Schools Championships, South Australia claimed four Medals, including a Gold for Georgie Fielder in the U15 Women's 200m Hurdles, running an U16 State Record 28.36.

James Bowling won Bronze in the U15 Men's 800m (2:00.19), while Liam Griffiths claimed a Silver Medal in the U16 Men's Long Jump (6.63m).

Into the afternoon, SA turned the screws over the sprint events, winning nine Medals over the 100m, 200m, 90m Hurdles and Relays.

To kick things off Gabriel Wilson won Gold in the Para U20 Men's 100m with 12.63, while Akeesha Snowden made it an SA double over the Para U20 100m distance with Gold in the Women's event (14.45).

Keira Post won a Silver Medal in her Para U17 Women's 100m, with 14.42.

Thomas Griffiths and Andrew Maenda both won Silver in their respective events, with Griffiths claiming Silver in the U17 Men's 100m with 10.99, and Maenda a Silver in the U16 Men's 200m (21.82).

In Maenda's Final Queensland's Gout Gout ran 21.14 to break the National U16 100m Record.

Recovering from a nasty fall on the finish line in her Heat, Charlotte McAuliffe went on to win the Women's U16 200m Final with 24.46.

Multi Eventer Ken Ferrante Tanikawa won Bronze in the Men's U14 90m Hurdles in 12.38, which broke a 17-year-old State Record. The previous Record of 12.70 was held by Jonathon Wilkin's since December 2005.

SA won two Medals over the Relays on Day 1 with the Men's 4X100m U18 (42.43) and U16 (43.62) Teams both claiming Bronze.

In the Field Chinoso Okiwelu claimed Gold in the Women's U16 Long Jump, Lawson Jones a Gold in the U16 Men's Pole Vault (3.50m), Akon Baak won a Bronze in the U14 Women's High Jump (1.62m).

The locals won two further Medals in the Walks events in the final stages of Day 1, with SA's Nellie Langford winning Gold in the U18 Women's 5000m Walk (25:22.76) and Daisy Braithwaite a Silver in the U17 Women's 5000m Walk (26:04.63).