The Jamieson Junior Girls 1500m and Hillardt Junior Boys 1500m will be taking place at the 2021 Melbourne Track Classic tonight at Lakeside Stadium.
The two events have been held at either the Zatopek:10 or Melbourne Track Classic meets since they were introduced in 2011. Both named after prominent distance runners, Michael Hillardt and Sarah Jamieson.
Jamieson Junior Girls 1500m – 6:10 pm (AEDT)
– Cleo Richardson (STK)
– Daisy Sudholz (EKA)
– Emily Mifsud (ESS)
– Freya Brown (MPA)
– Greta Jones (BEL)
– Nysa Males (WTN)
– Tanasha Santosh (GHY)
Hillardt Junior Boys 1500m – 6:20 pm (AEDT)
– Archie Caldow (WEN)
– Axel Caldow (WEN)
– Charles Chandler (EKA)
– Dilan Egodawatte (KSB)
– Hamish Terris (MPA)
– Harvey Anderson (KNA)
– Jack Bowen (STK)
– Jacob Sprunt (CHI)
– Jed Sevenhuysen (FKN)
– Miles Verschuur (TRH)
– Patrick Retschko (STK)
– Tyler Hadfield (KNA)
Former winners of the Junior 1500m races are:
Jamieson Junior Girls 1500m: 2011 – Kayla Cheasley; 2012 – Scarlett Fahey; 2013 – Rose Davies (NSW); 2014 – Zoe Brito-Babapulle; 2015 Keely Small (ACT); 2016 – Georgia Laven; 2018 – Megan Dickson; 2020 – Amy Bunnage.
Hillardt Junior Boys 1500m: 2011 – Nick Paidoussis; 2012 – Ryan Patterson; 2013 – Felix Lonergan; 2014 – Sam Williams; 2015 Lorcan Redmond (NSW); 2016 – Daniel D’Alberto; 2018 – Adam Goddard (SA); 2020 – Wolfgang Cotra-Nemesi.
