Yesterday in the late Australian evening, the fifth session of the Australian track championships ended with the two race walking events.
The two race races took place at 20:10 on the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Center track.
10.000m women's track walk
Eight athletes at the start.
Victory for Katie Hayward (AUS) in 43:23.65
The young Australian athlete who is not yet 19 years old (will turn her birthday on July 23rd) has shattered her personal best of 44:49.27 which was established at the beginning of the current season, on January 28th, 2009, in Canberra (AUS).
This performance is also the new record of the Australian Track Championships that until yesterday was held by Jemima Montag (AUS) with a time of 43:48.08 and dated back to the 2016 edition.
The following is the progression on the distance of 10,000m track walk of the young Australian star.
| | PERFORMANCE | PLACE | DATE |
| | | | |
| 2019 | 43:20:65 | Sydney (AUS) | 5 APR 2019 |
| 2018 | 45:10.42 | Tampere (FIN) | 14 JUL 2018 |
| 2017 | 45:51.09 | Sydney (AUS) | 31 MAR 2017 |
Second place to Jemima Montag (AUS) in 43:51.47
Tjird place to Rachel Tallent (AUS) in 46:51.47
10.000m men's track walk
Eleven athletes at the start, of which ten completed the race and one DNF.
Victory for Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) in 38:30.61
This result also represents the new personal best of the 20km Olympic bronze. The prevoius was always obtained in the Australian Championships on track in Sydney on March 31, 2017 and therefore also Bird-Smith establishes the new record of the Championships.
Following also for Bird-Smith the progression on the distance of 10.000m march on track over the years.
| | PERFORMANCE | PLACE | DATE |
| | | | |
| 2019 | 38:30.61 | Sydney (AUS) | 05 APR 2019 |
| 2017 | 38:34.23 | Sydney (AUS) | 31 MAR 2017 |
| 2016 | 38:44.61 | Sydney (AUS) | 01 APR 2016 |
| 2015 | 39:53.89 | Brisbane (AUS) | 27 MAR 2015 |
| 2014 | 38:57.16 | Melbourne (AUS) | 04 APR 2014 |
| 2012 | 40:40.61 | Brisbane (AUS) | 04 FEB 2012 |
| 2011 | 41:02.18 | Sydney (AUS) | 12 MAR 2011 |
| 2010 | 41:32.36 | Moncton (CAN) | 23 JUL 2010 |
| 2009 | 43:47.71 | Adelaide (AUS) | 03 APR 2009 |
| 2008 | 45:57.38 | Gold Coast (AUS) | 14 MAR 2008 |
Second place to Rhydian Cowley (AUS) in 40:44:81
Third place to Quentin Rew (NZL) in 41:02:24
Full results in the section Results or directly download from this link: click here