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| Meet Our Athletes---------------------------------National Medalist |
| Aaron Warburton--------------------Class of 2001, (18) 2002 | ||
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In the new year, still 15 years old, Aaron began his campaign for the under 18 Multiple Events. In his first ever attempt at the gruelling ten event decathlon, Aaron was brilliant with his score of 4970 points and a silver medal behind WAC's Scott Burriss, and ironically ahead of the Bronze medal performance of WAC's Angelo Vasilopoulos. But Aaron's score was 30 points short of the National Qualifying mark of 5000 points required to contest the Australian Championships. Undeterred, Aaron travelled with Scott and Angelo to Canberra to compete in the Australian Capitol Territory Decathlon Titles. | Personal Bests:
Decathlon U18 - 5898 100 metres-- 11.24 (11.12 w) High Jump-------- 1.86 Long Jump--------- 6.55 Pole Vault---------- 3.50 Decathlon U18 --- 5898 pts 200m --------------- 22.65 National Rankings 1999 U16 High Jump 1.86 No. 13 1999 U16 100 metres 11.63 No. 33 2000 U18 Decathlon 5030 No. 5 |
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The Titles in Canberra were held over two weeks and the double trip to
Canberra was worth it. All three WAC athletes performed personal best
scores. Aaron added 60 points onto his best score and accordingly
achieved his national qualifier.
At the Nationals, Aaron's back would play up again and he struggled through the ten events to pick up the Bronze medal. Aaron is working hand in hand with Sportswide at Westfields to overcome his injuries, and we hope he will be successful and complete the new season without injuries. Always happy, Aaron adds much spirit to the Westfields Family. 2001 - Update As a 16 year old in 2000, Aaron Warburton won the Bronze medal at the Australian All Schools in the under 20 Decathlon. What an incredible effort it was! Aaron's final score incorporated 8 personal best performances and was one of the WAC highlights of the trip to Adelaide. This slightly built athlete was essentially mixing it with this counties best Junior prospects and was giving them a run for their money. We don't mind saying that back in 1998, Aaron nearly missed the cut off for selection to Westfields, and we are sure glad he made it. What an asset he is to the Westfields Program! His overall performance throughout the season earned him a spot in the Sydney Youth Olympics; initially as a relay team member. Fortunately the organisers decided to run a 'B' 100m race and Aaron took first place, which was a just reward for his Gold medal as a member of the winning relay team. Aaron has made the courageous decision to concentrate on sprinting this year after his current top 10 ranking in the 200 metres. He has set his goals for this year as running sub 22 seconds for the 200 metres and joining WAC's ever growing 10 second club for 100 m. 2002 - Update For most of his final year at Westfields, Aaron had to contend with hamstring problems. It was a devastating blow to the loyal WAC athlete who had made the decision to concentrate on sprinting. But there are times when courage overcomes all obstacles, and Aaron would at times pull out the most amazing performances, despite the fact that his legs wouldn’t allow him to open up completely. The most impressive of which was his brilliant finish in the 200m at the NSW All Schools to take the Bronze medal. Very appreciative of all the work WAC did for Aaron, the Westfields graduate is beginning to return the favour by looking after the club. |
2000 National Ranking Decathlon U20 5611 Number 13 Decathlon U18 5030 Number 5 Long Jump U18 6.55 Number 22 Pole Vault U18 3.00 Number 20 2001 National Ranking Decathlon U18 5898 Number 5 Pole Vault U18 3.60 Number 7 200m U18 22.65 Number 10 2002 National Ranking 2001 U18 Decathlon 5898 number 6 2001 U18 100m 11.24 number 27 2001 U18 200m 22.65 number 20 2001 U18 Pole Vault 3.60 number 9 99-00 National.Championships 2000 Aust Underage U18 Decath. 5030 Bronze National Championships 2000 Aust. All Schools Decathlon U20 5611 Bronze 2000 Aust. All Schools 4X100 Sch. U20 42.96 Gold rec 2001 Aust. Youth Champ. Decathlon U18 5898 5th International / Domestic Tournaments Sydney Youth Olympics 100m (B) U18 11.37 1st Sydney Youth Olympics 4 X 100m U18 41.91 Gold 2001 Aust. All Sch. U20 4X100m 42.01 Bronze 2001 Aust. All Sch. U20 Sch. Relay 42.18 Gold rec 99-00 State Championships 1999 NSW CHS 15 High Jump 1.86 Gold 1999 NSW All School 15 High Jump 1.80 4th 1999 NSW All School 15 4 X 100 46.29 Gold 1999 NSW Relays U18 4X high j. 7.00 Silver 2000 NSW Multi's U18 Decath. 4970 Silver 2000 ACT Multi's U18 Decath. 5030 Silver 2000 Aust. Underage U18 Decath. 3800 Bronze 2000-2001 Season State Championships 2000 NSW CHS 4 X 100m 16 45.62 Silver 2000 NSW All Schools Decathlon 19 5611 Silver 2001 NSW Youth Champ. 100m U18 11.40 Bronze 2001 NSW Youth Champ. Pole Vault U18 3.50 Silver 2001 NSW Multi's Decathlon U18 5636 Bronze 2001 ACT Multi's Decathlon U18 5591 Gold 2002 Season State Championships 2001 NSW CHS 17 200m 22.82 4th 2001 NSW CHS 17 4X100m 43.88 Silver 2001 NSW All Sch. 17 100m 11.24 4th 2001 NSW All Sch. 17 200m 23.34 Bronze 2001 NSW All Sch. 17 Pole Vault 2.70 Bronze 2001 NSW All Sch. 19 4X100m 42.71 Gold rec 2001 NSW Relays U18 4X100 43.33 Gold 2001 NSW Relays U18 4X200 1.30.75 Gold 2001 NSW Relays U18 4Xdiscus B 1.32.15 Bronze |
