2013 Australian Race Walking Series
The Australian Race Walking Series is a joint initiative of
Athletics Australia and Racewalking Australia and aims to engage and
recognise the achievements of athletes in the critical age demographic
of 16-22 years. For purposes of completeness, it also includes Open
divisions as well. Focusing on a number of existing high profile events
around the country, the Series will award overall Male and Female
Winners in each of the Open, Under 23, Under 20 and Under 18 age groups.The 2013 Australian Racewalking Series targets eight meets as detailed below.
| Date |
Event |
Men |
Women |
City |
Results and
Points |
| 24 Feb 2013 |
Aust. 20km Championship meet |
U18 & U20 10km Open & U23 20km |
U18 &U20 10km Open & U23 20km |
Hobart | 2013-02-24-AustRaceWalkingSeries-Hobart.pdf |
| 9 March 2013 |
Sydney Track Classic | Open &U23 5000m | Open & U23 5000m | Sydney | 2013-03-09-AustRaceWalkingSeries-Sydney.pdf |
| 12-17 March 2013 | Aust. Junior T&F Champs | U18 5000m U20 10000m |
U18 5000m U20 10000m |
Perth | 2013-03-12-AustRaceWalkingSeries-Perth.pdf |
| 11-14 April 2013 | Aust. Open T&F Champs | Open 5000m (Open & U23) | Open 5000m (Open & U23) | Sydney | 2012-04-13-AustRaceWalkingSeries-Sydney.pdf |
| 9 June 2013 |
RWA LBG Carnival |
U18 5km U20 10km Open & U23 10 Miles Open 20 Miles |
U18 5km U20 10km Open & U23 10 Miles |
Canberra |
|
| July 2013 |
RWA Postal Challenge |
U18 8km U20 10km Open & U23 10km |
U18 8km U20 10km Open & U23 10km |
All States |
|
| 1 Sept 2013 |
Australian Roadwalk Championships |
U18 10km U20 10km Open & U23 20km |
U18 5km U20 10km Open & U23 20km |
TAS |
|
| December 2013 |
Australian 50km Championship Meet |
U18 5km U20 10km Open & U23 20km & 50km |
U18 5km U20 10km Open & U23 20km |
Melbourne |
Progress Points after round FOUR are as follows: 2013AustRaceWalkingSeries-Progress-Points.pdf
Rules of the Competition
The rules are as follows
- Athletes must be registered with Athletics Australia through their Member Association at the time of competition.
- Athletes do not have to enter the Series; rather they will be automatically included upon finishing an event.
- Athletes may only score points in one age group in each competition except in the U23 division where a walker may also score points in the concurrent Open division.
- Athletes must enter each individual competition by the closing date (as published on the AA/RWA websites)
- All events will be conducted under IAAF and Athletics Australia (where applicable) rules unless otherwise indicated in this document.
- Open/U23 age groups have a choice of seven races with the best five performances for each walker counting.
- U20/U18 age groups have a choice of six races with the best four performances for each walker counting.
- In the event of a tie at the conclusion of the Series, a countback system (based on scoring points) will be used to determine positions.
Cutoff Ages
The cutoff ages for the various age group designations for the 2013 competition are:
- U18: Born 1st January 1996 or later
- U20: Born 1st January 1994 or later
- U23: Born 1991, 1992 or 1993
| Events
-
Men |
Bonus
Standard
|
Events - Women |
Bonus
Standard
|
| Open 50km
Men |
3:54:30
|
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| U23 50km Men | 4:10:00
|
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| Open Men 20km | 1:21:45
|
Open Women
20km |
1:32:30
|
| U23 Men 20km | 1:26:00
|
U23 Women 20km | 1:39:00
|
| U20 Men 10km | 43:00 |
U20 Women 10km | 48:00 |
| U18 Men 10km | 44:40 |
U18 Women 10km | 50:00 |
| U18 Men 5km | 23:00 |
U18 Women 5km | 24:00 |
Awards
While we recognise that one important facet is the recognition which inevitably goes with being one of the ‘Top Three’ overall, we also see the need for some other sort of concrete recognition. The actual details of the awards will be finalised during 2013 but we plan them to be substantive in nature.
For further information, contact one of
Andrew Matthews, Competition Manager, Athletics Australia
Tim Erickson, President, Racewalking Australia