Rohan Browning pips Lachlan Kennedy in 100m final at Australian Athletics Championships

Rohan Browning has caused a discomfort by catching the ascent star Lachlan Kennedy to win the 100 men’s final in the Australian athletics championship in Perth.

Kennedy had entered the final of Saturday night as a favorite, courtesy of his best personal moment (PB) of 10.00 seconds in the heats on Friday night.

But the two -time Olympic Browning showed the benefit of his experience to claim victory by matching his four -year PB of 10.01 (+1.5m/s).

Kennedy was given at the same time as Browning, he only left by 0.005, with Josh Azzopardi third in 10.17.

“I knew they didn’t catch me in Lachy’s career, he was going well,” Browning told journalists after the final.

“I just had to concentrate on myself. There could have only been only one handful of people in the stadium tonight who thought it would be possible.

“You just need to believe in yourself.”

Much of the exaggeration against Perth surrounded Kennedy and Sprint Sensation Gout, 17, given their form during the domestic season.

Gout chose to play the 100 meters of the U20 men in the national titles, in which the times assisted by the 9.99 wind on Thursday night ran.

Kennedy, who published what was a PB of 10.03 in Perth last month, was the prominent athlete between the open age field.

But after executing a 10.07 assisted by the wind in Friday’s heats, Browning suggested to journalists that experience would participate in the semifinals and the final.

He seemed elegant to win the second semi at 10.16 before Saturday night, matching the time Kennedy, 21, ran only a few minutes before.

Browning seemed confident behind the blocks in the final and maintained its composure when Kennedy challenged at the end of the race.

“He wanted to go out and remind these guys who his father is,” Browning joked.

Kennedy was dejected but full of browning praise.

“He got me at the end,” said Kennedy.

“At the end of the day, you have to win the race.

“I’m definitely disappointed, but Rohan ran a great career. I’m happy over time.”

Before arriving at Perth, Kennedy had predicted that would run less than 10 seconds.

Again, he predicted a ‘sub-10’ 100m after his victory in the heat, when he jumped to Browning to move on to the second in the list of all Australian time.

Only the national record holder Patrick Johnson (9.93) has been faster in the history of Australian athletics.

“There will be many opportunities to break 10 (second),” said Kennedy.

“I’m not too stressed about that.”

Browning’s victory followed a 100 -meter women’s final dramatic, won by Defensor Torrie Lewis champion in an end.

Lewis, Leah O’Brien and Bree Rizzo, 17, arrived together on the line and passed several minutes before the result was confirmed.

The head of the national record Lewis won before O’Brien for only 0.004, and both recorded 11.24 (+0.9m/s).

Rizzo was third at 11.25.

“I was very happy to have been able to find something and get another (national) title of 100 meters to my credit,” Lewis said.

Hull, Myers affirm national crowns

In another place on Saturday night, the Olympic silver medalist Jess Hull won the final of 1,500m female in 4: 11.36, just left Sarah Billings, who ran 4: 11.51.

The Olympics of Paris Georgia Griffith (4: 12.09) and Linden Hall (4: 13.73) were third and fourth respectively.

“It was a very strange race,” said Hull.

“I think in my mind I probably thought Linden would take the race. The experience suggested.

“Then, in the first 200, it was locked in the fairly deep railroad and I thought: ‘Correct, it won’t be Linden and I don’t think anyone else will go, so he fashed his belt during the last 450 meters.'”

Camers bravely established the rhythm in the 1,500m male final to win its first national title senior at the age of 18, through a time of 3: 34.39.

Myers, who had Hull encouraging him next to the track, retained the fast -finished Adam Spencer Spencer (3: 34.57).

The Commonwealth Games champion, Ollie Hoare, was also in the mixture in a Sprint end, placing third in 3: 34.61.

“I reached 500 meters to go and I didn’t have the gap that I knew I probably needed to have,” said Myers.

“Dick (Telford), my coach, said I have to have a gap in the field of approximately two or three meters with 300 per stay because these guys can kick quite hard and knew that I didn’t have that.

“But I could brown. That was the important part.”