402: Monaco Diamond League | State XC Championships | Road To Sydney

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Brad comes off the Gold Coast well rested.
Julian commences his road to this year’s Sydney Marathon.
Brady sets out to rebuild momentum.

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Monaco Diamond League Peter Bol set a new National Record of 1:42.55 at the Monaco Diamond League, placing fourth with a strong kick finish in the last 150m with Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya winning in World Leading time of 1:41.44.
Jess Hull also set a new National Record in the 1000m with 2:30.96, while Sarah Billings also ran a personal best of 2:33.17.
Monaco Diamond League Results

Stewart McSweyn clocked a 3:53.15 in the mile, ahead of Jackson Sharp 53.20 and Matthew Ramsden in 3:55, with Zatopek winner Andrew Coscoran winning in 3:51.12.
Jack Bruce ran 13:48.15 in the 5000m, while Klara Dess ran 4:07.05 in the 1500m.
Results via World Athletics

Alex Stitt won the 1500m in 3:37.13, just ahead of Seth O’Donnell 3:37.82 who kicked off his European season at the Moore-Guldensprenmeeting in Belgium.
Results via World Athletics

Lauren Ryan ran 14:55 at the 5000m at the Sound Running Sunset Tour in Los Angeles while Ben Buckingham ran an 8:32.96 and Amy Cashin a 9:44.45 in their respective 3000m Steeplechases.
Results

Ballarat XC Victorian State Cross Championships held at Victoria Park in Ballarat for the first time with Ed Marks for Glenhuntly taking home the state title ahead of teammate Aidan Veltan and Gedefaye Ashenif of Essendon winning. Knox Athletics were the winning team ahead of Melbourne University and Western Athletics.

Katherine Dowie took the Victorian State title on her home course with Charlotte Wilson for Essendon in second and Donve Viljoen for Box Hill in third. Sandringham were the top team in Women’s Premier Division ahead of Western Athletics and South Melbourne.
AthsVic ResultsHub

Kate Spencer for UTS and Ben Bishop for Sydney University were the respective winners of NSW Short Course Championships out at Kembla Joggers Track in Dapto.
Athletics NSW Results

Dezmond Cutter and Chloe Pateman took out the Queensland State Cross Championships out at Toogoolawah Golf Club
Queensland Athletics Results

Ben Stevens and Madeline Heiner won the Run Melbourne half marathon, while Jake Barraclough of Ran To Japan fame and Madison Caulfield won the 10k event.
Run Melbourne Results

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This episode introduces our runners for the Road to Sydney patreon series launching next week, all of which have had the honour of representing their respective countries.

Moose on the Loose on coaches pumping up their athletes instead of addressing the hard truths, then Whispers keeps the Seth watch streak alive then froths at some of elite females dropping their long runs.

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