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

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 of 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.

Previous Editions

Year Title Venue Date Status
1980 Alcoa Challenge Series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 17 January 1980
1981 Alcoa Challenge Series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 15 January 1981
1982
1983 International Meet Melbourne Olympic Park 27 January 1983
1984 International Meet Melbourne Olympic Park 18 January 1984

6 March 1984
1985 International Meet Melbourne Olympic Park 21 March 1985
1986 International Meet Melbourne Olympic Park 20 March 1986
1987
1988 NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 17 March 1988
1989 NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 9 March 1989
1990 NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 8 February 1990
1991 NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 7 February 1991
1992 NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 25 February 1992
1993 NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 25 February 1993
1994 NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 24 February 1994
1995 NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 23 February 1995
1996 NEC Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 29 February 1996 IAAF Grand Prix II
1997 Nike Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 20 February 1997 IAAF Grand Prix II
1998 Melbourne Track Tour Melbourne Olympic Park 25 February 1998 IAAF Grand Prix II
1999 Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 25 February 1999 IAAF Grand Prix II
2000 Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 2 March 2000 IAAF Grand Prix II
2001 Telstra Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 1 March 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
2002 Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 7 March 2002 IAAF Grand Prix II
2003 Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 1 March 2003 IAAF Grand Prix II
2004 Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 12 February 2004 IAAF Grand Prix II
2005 Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 17 February 2005 IAAF Grand Prix II
2006 Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 9 March 2006 IAAF Grand Prix
2007 Telstra A-series - Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Park 2 March 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
2008 Melbourne Athletic Grand Prix Melbourne Olympic Park 21 February 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
2009 Melbourne GP Series Meet Melbourne Olympic Park 5 March 2009 IAAF Grand Prix
2010 IAAF Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 4 March 2010 IAAF World Challenge
2011 IAAF Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Olympic Park 3 March 2011 IAAF World Challenge
2012 Qantas Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 2-3 March 2012 IAAF World Challenge
2013 Qantas Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 6 April 2013 IAAF World Challenge
2014 IAAF Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 22 March 2014 IAAF World Challenge
2015 IAAF Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 21 March 2015 IAAF World Challenge
2016 Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 5 March 2016 IAAF World Challenge
2017 not held
2018 not held
2019 not held
2020 Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 6 February 2020
2021 Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 25 February 2021
2022 Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium 19 March 2022 Area Permit
2023 Maurie Plant Meet Lakeside Stadium 23 February 2023 Continental Tour Gold

Meet Records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef.
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 [10]
5000 m 13:08.43 Bernard Lagat  United States 3 March 2011 [11][12]
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 [13]
Shot put 21.37 m Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 21 March 2015 [14]
Discus throw 66.23 m Connor Bell  New Zealand 22 February 2023 [15]
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 [16]
4 × 100 m relay 39.30 Will Roberts
Jake Doran
Jacob Despard
Jack Hale		  Australia 19 March 2022 [17]

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef.
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 15:03.28 Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland 1998
100 m hurdles 12.49 (+0.8 m/s) Sally Pearson  Australia 3 March 2012 [18][19]
400 m hurdles 54.64 Jana Pittman  Australia 2003
3000 m steeplechase 9:29.93 Donna MacFarlane  Australia 2008
High jump 1.95 m Alison Inverarity  Australia 1995
Pole vault 4.71 m Alana Boyd  Australia 5 March 2016 [20]
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 [21]
Shot put 20.13 m Valerie Adams  New Zealand 3 March 2011 [22]
Discus throw 66.10 m Daniela Costian  Australia 1994
Hammer throw 69.31 m Rose Loga  France 23 February 2023 [23]
Javelin throw 66.83 m Kimberley Mickle  Australia 22 March 2014 [24]
3000 m walk (track) 11:51.26 Kerry Junna  Australia 1991
5000 m walk (track) 21:19.46 Beki Smith  Australia 5 March 2016 [25]
4 × 100 m relay 43.15 Torrie Lewis
Ella Connolly
Bree Masters
Mia Gross		  Australia 19 March 2022 [26]
4 × 400 m relay 3:32.41 Susan Andrews
Kylie Hanigan
Maree Holland
Cathy Freeman		  Australia 1993

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Len (2011-02-28). Melbourne's Olympic Park - one final look back. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
  2. ↑ World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
  3. ↑ 2010 IAAF World Challenge Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
  4. ↑ Moorhouse, Lachlan (4 January 2023). "Melbourne to host the world's best athletes at the Maurie Plant Meet". Runner's Tribe. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Maurie Plant Meet Melbourne 2023". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  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.
  9. ↑ Area Outdoor Records - Women - OCEANIA. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
  10. ↑ Len Johnson (23 February 2023). "Kerley and local heroes fire up a revived Melbourne". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  11. ↑ Len Johnson (2011-03-03). "A touch slower, but Rudisha still supreme - IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  12. ↑ "5000 Metres Results". IAAF. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  13. ↑ "Triple Jump Results". IAAF. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  14. ↑ Len Johnson (21 March 2015). "Rudisha and Pearson win in Melbourne, Viljoen edges Mickle". IAAF. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  15. ↑ Len Johnson (23 February 2023). "Kerley and local heroes fire up a revived Melbourne". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "5000m Race Walk Results". IAAF. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "2022 Melbourne Track Classic Results". World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "100 Metres Hurdles Results". IAAF. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  19. ↑ Len Johnson (3 March 2012). "Elated Mottram sprints back to form with victory in Melbourne - IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  20. ↑ "Pole Vault Results". IAAF. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  21. ↑ "Triple Jump Results". IAAF. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  22. ↑ "Shot Put Results". IAAF. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  23. ↑ Len Johnson (23 February 2023). "Kerley and local heroes fire up a revived Melbourne". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  24. ↑ Len Johnson (22 March 2014). "Mickle promises, Mickle delivers in Melbourne - IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  25. ↑ "5000m Race Walk Results". IAAF. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  26. ↑ "2022 Melbourne Track Classic Results". World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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