Maurie Plant Meet

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Maurie Plant Meet
DateFebruary
LocationLakeside Stadium, Melbourne, Australia Australia
Event typeTrack and field
World Athletics Cat.World Continental Tour Gold
2024 Maurie Plant Meet

The Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne is an annual outdoor track and field meeting which takes place in February at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, Australia since 2023. Last held under the old name, Melbourne Track Classic, in early March 2016, prior to 2012 the meeting was held at the Olympic Park Stadium.

The competition was inaugurated in the late 1980s at the Olympic Stadium and gained a place on the IAAF Grand Prix circuit in its formative years.[1] It remained on the major international outdoor track and field circuit, featuring as the opening race of the year on the IAAF World Athletics Tour from 2005 to 2009.[2] It was the first race of the IAAF World Challenge series from 2010 through 2016.[3] The event was also one of the foremost meets of the Australian Athletics Tour, along with the Sydney Track Classic. In 2023, the meet was upgraded and reimagined as the Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne, held in memory of the athletics luminary as World Athletics Continental Tour Gold Level meet and part of the Chemist Warehouse Summer Series.[4][5] Plant was known as one of the driving forces in the development and promotion of athletics in Australia. He was a meet promoter and athlete agent as well as strong supporter of the athletes.[6] Plant was not without controversy, however, having asked heptathlete Jane Flemming to provide a substitute urine sample for the javelin thrower Sue Howland, fearing Howland would test positive to an anabolic steroid at the Ulster Games in Belfast on 30 June 1986.[7]

The Melbourne Track Classic featured many high level performances including continental Oceanian records by Tim Forsyth in the men's high jump, Nathan Deakes in the men's 5000 metre walk, Scott Martin in the shot put,[8] Lisa Corrigan in the mile run and Bronwyn Thompson in the women's long jump.[9] National records have also been set at the meeting by New Zealand and Australia's athletes.

Editions[edit]

Ed. Title Venue Date Status
Alcoa Challenge Series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 17 January 1980
Alcoa Challenge Series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 15 January 1981
Alcoa Challenge Series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 14 January 1982 [10]
International Meet Melbourne Olympic Park 27 January 1983
International Meet Melbourne Olympic Park 18 January 1984

6 March 1984

International Meet Melbourne Olympic Park 21 March 1985
International Meet Melbourne Olympic Park 20 March 1986
1987
1st[11] NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 17 March 1988
2nd NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 9 March 1989
3rd NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 8 February 1990
4th NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 7 February 1991
5th NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 25 February 1992
6th NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 25 February 1993
7th NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 24 February 1994
8th NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 23 February 1995
9th NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 29 February 1996 IAAF Grand Prix II
10th Nike Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 20 February 1997 IAAF Grand Prix II
11th Melbourne Track Tour Melbourne Olympic Park 25 February 1998 IAAF Grand Prix II
12th Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 25 February 1999 IAAF Grand Prix II
13th Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 2 March 2000 IAAF Grand Prix II
14th Telstra Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 1 March 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
15th Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 7 March 2002 IAAF Grand Prix II
16th Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 1 March 2003 IAAF Grand Prix II
17th Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 12 February 2004 IAAF Grand Prix II
18th Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 17 February 2005 IAAF Grand Prix II
19th Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 9 March 2006 IAAF Grand Prix
20th Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 2 March 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
21st Melbourne Athletic Grand Prix Melbourne Olympic Park 21 February 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
22nd Melbourne GP Series Meet Melbourne Olympic Park 5 March 2009 IAAF Grand Prix
23rd IAAF Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 4 March 2010 IAAF World Challenge
24th IAAF Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 3 March 2011 IAAF World Challenge
25th Qantas Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 2-3 March 2012 IAAF World Challenge
26th Qantas Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 6 April 2013 IAAF World Challenge
27th IAAF Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 22 March 2014 IAAF World Challenge
28th IAAF Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 21 March 2015 IAAF World Challenge
29th Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 5 March 2016 IAAF World Challenge
not held 2017
not held 2018
not held 2019
30th Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 6 February 2020
31st Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 25 February 2021
32nd Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 19 March 2022 Area Permit
33rd Maurie Plant Meet Lakeside Stadium 23 February 2023 Continental Tour Gold
34th 2024 Maurie Plant Meet Lakeside Stadium 15 February 2024[12] Continental Tour Gold

Meet Records[edit]

Men[edit]

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref.
100 m 10.04 Asafa Powell  Jamaica 2008
200 m 19.92 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 1999
400 m 44.82 Jeremy Wariner  United States 2008
800 m 1:43.15 David Rudisha  Kenya 2010
1500 m 3:32.55 William Chirchir  Kenya 2000
Mile 3:51.54 Simon Doyle  Australia 1991
3000 m 7:41.38 Ishmael Kipkurui  Kenya 23 February 2023 [13]
5000 m 13:08.43 Bernard Lagat  United States 3 March 2011 [14][15]
10,000 m 28:30.32 Joseph Kimani  Kenya 2000
110 m hurdles 13.24 Colin Jackson  Great Britain 1996
1999
400 m hurdles 48.40 Bryan Bronson  United States 1998
3000 m steeplechase 8:19.47 John Kosgei  Kenya 2000
High jump 2.31 m Tim Forsyth  Australia 1996
Pole vault 5.81 m Steven Hooker  Australia 2007
Long jump 8.30 m Peter Burge  Australia 2000
Triple jump 16.91 m (0.0 m/s) Henry Frayne  Australia 3 March 2011 [16]
Shot put 21.37 m Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 21 March 2015 [17]
Discus throw 66.23 m Connor Bell  New Zealand 22 February 2023 [18]
Hammer throw 78.91 m Stuart Rendell  Australia 2003
Javelin throw 87.13 m Sergey Makarov  Russia 1999
5000 m walk 18:38.97 Dane Bird-Smith  Australia 5 March 2016 [19]
4 × 100 m relay 39.30 Will Roberts
Jake Doran
Jacob Despard
Jack Hale 		 Australia 19 March 2022 [20]

Women[edit]

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Ref.
100 m 11.01 Marion Jones  United States 1998
200 m 22.54 Cathy Freeman  Australia 1993
400 m 49.85 Cathy Freeman  Australia 1996
800 m 1:59.42 Toni Hodgkinson  New Zealand 1997
Tamsyn Lewis  Australia 2000
1500 m 4:06.23 Toni Hodgkinson  New Zealand 2000
Mile 4:22.66 Lisa Corrigan  Australia 2007
3000 m 8:43.51 Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland 2001
5000 m 14:57.54 Rose Davies  Australia 15 February 2024 2024 [21]
100 m hurdles 12.49 (+0.8 m/s) Sally Pearson  Australia 3 March 2012 [22][23]
400 m hurdles 54.64 Jana Pittman  Australia 2003
3000 m steeplechase 9:29.93 Donna MacFarlane  Australia 2008
High jump 1.99 m Nicola Olyslagers  Australia 15 February 2024 2024 [24]
Pole vault 4.71 m Alana Boyd  Australia 5 March 2016 [25]
Long jump 7.00 m Bronwyn Thompson  Australia 2002
Triple jump 13.89 m (0.0 m/s) Nneka Okpala  New Zealand 5 March 2016 [26]
Shot put 20.13 m Valerie Adams  New Zealand 3 March 2011 [27]
Discus throw 66.10 m Daniela Costian  Australia 1994
Hammer throw 69.31 m Rose Loga  France 23 February 2023 [28]
Javelin throw 66.83 m Kimberley Mickle  Australia 22 March 2014 [29]
3000 m walk (track) 11:51.26 Kerry Junna  Australia 1991
5000 m walk (track) 21:19.46 Beki Smith  Australia 5 March 2016 [30]
4 × 100 m relay 43.15 Torrie Lewis
Ella Connolly
Bree Masters
Mia Gross 		 Australia 19 March 2022 [31]
4 × 400 m relay 3:32.41 Susan Andrews
Kylie Hanigan
Maree Holland
Cathy Freeman 		 Australia 1993

References[edit]

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  6. ^ Gullan, Scott (20 January 2020). "Maurie Plant dies". Herald Sun.
  7. ^ "Drugs in Sport – Second report of the Senate Standing Committee on environment, recreation and the arts" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. May 1990. pp. 22–28. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  8. ^ Area Outdoor Records - Men - OCEANIA. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
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