Joseph Deng has put on a strong performance in the men’s 800m Final at Lakeside Stadium for the Australian All Schools Track & Field Championships. His performance of 1:50.77 is just over a second off the World Junior Qualifier.
A late surge from Christian Davis also challenged Deng in the later stages of the races, eventually crossing the line in second position and clocking 1:51.01. Rounding out the top three was New South Wales athlete Jye Perrott.
Section 1 1 James Taranto 98 TAS 1:57.92 3 2 Lachlan Randello 99 SA 1:58.50 2 3 Keiran Reilly 99 ACT 1:58.63 4 Callum Davies 99 QLD 1:59.04 5 James Tucker 99 TAS 1:59.93 6 Lachlan Edmunds 98 TAS 2:01.05 7 Luke Foley 99 WA 2:02.58 8 Daniel Pring 99 SA 2:11.19 -- Drew Blair 99 NT DQ IAAF 163.3 Section 2 1 Joseph Deng 98 QLD 1:50.77 8 2 Christian Davis 99 VIC 1:51.01 7 3 Jye Perrott 98 NSW 1:51.84 6 4 Riley Kelly 98 QLD 1:52.11 5 Kade Szakacs 99 NSW 1:53.31 6 Jye Edwards 98 NSW 1:55.33 7 Ned Snibson 98 VIC 1:55.77 8 Hugh McKenzie 98 ACT 1:55.94 5 9 Asad Yusoff 98 WA 1:57.36 4 10 Jarrod Woods 98 VIC 1:58.12 11 Jesse Hunt 98 WA 2:05.38
