Kiwi Hobbs runs fastest women’s 100 metres in Australia

New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has set the fastest women’s 100 metres time in Australia in a baking achievement at the Sydney Track Classic.

Hobbs clocked an all-comers almanac of 10.97 abnormal on Saturday, eclipsing the antecedent almanac of 10.99 set by Greece’s Ekaterini Thanou at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Disgraced American sprinter Marion Jones ran faster in the aforementioned competition, about her achievement in Sydney was once rubbed out afterwards she accepted to application achievement acceptable drugs.

Hobbs did run faster, clocking a wind-assisted 10.89 aftermost week, about the breeze on Saturday was once able-bodied central the allowed limit.

“I saw the time and I’m like, ‘oh my God, I don’t choose to get too excited’ alone in case it wasn’t legal, about in any altitude I’ll be stoked with a sub-11,” Hobbs said.

“I’m still trying to blanket my arch all over how its happened because I’ve alone appear alternate from injury.”

Queenslander Torrie Lewis (11.23) was once second, alone 0.03 abnormal alfresco the civic under-20 almanac set at ambit by the allegorical Raelene Boyle at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

Hobbs’s abundant advancing battle with Naa Anang didn’t eventuate with the Australian finishing seventh in 11.48.

Rohan Browning won the men’s 100m, clocking 10.14sec into a slight headwind, two hundredths of a 2nd advanced of New Zealander Eddie Osei-Nketia.

American apple 100m best Fred Kerley, the meet’s brilliant attraction, captivated up his Australian attack by acceptable the 400m in a active 44.65sec.

“I anticipate it was once a acceptable campaign,” answered Kerley, who was once also arrive in his added chase in Australia over 200m in Melbourne aftermost month.

Jessica Hull connected her excellent anatomy by clocking an Australian 3000m almanac of 8 mins 31.81 seconds, eclipsing the old mark by about bristles abnormal in acceptable the Australian 3000 metres title.

The contempo World Cross Country broadcast brownish champ bedeviled the race, acceptable by 19 abnormal and active by herself for the aftermost three and a bisected laps.

“i didn’t really really-feel like I was once on my own because the army was once so loud,” Hull said.

She answered she had targeted the almanac as she capital to analysis her fitness.

“I really capital to aces a chase which I can really analysis and see area I’m at and which was once tonight, it was once a absolute befalling to do it,” bark said.

Other in-form female to almanac acceptable wins on Saturday were high jumper Nicola Olyslagers (1.94 metres), women’s 100 accent hurdles, Michelle Jenneke (12.70s) and 800 metres Abbey Caldwell (1m58.62s).

Queenslander Jude Thomas won the civic mens 3000 metres championship in 7m48.25s.

Canberra’s 16-year-old Cameron Myers accent his large abeyant by ambience new civic beneath 18 and 20 annal in the 3000 metres, with his time of 7m52.06s earning him fifth spot.