Records

Ground Records are best performances by St George athletes at Olds Park. The results are as recorded by manual timing (HT) or electronic timing (ET). Electronic timing uses timing gates. Photo finish is not used for ground records.

Centre Records are best performances by athletes selected to represent St. George or the Little Athletics Association at Championship competitions. The results are as recorded by manual timing (HT) or electronic timing (ET). Known locations are shown by the letters Z = Zone, R = Region, S = State, SR = State Relay, SME = State Multi-Event, TTT = Trans Tasman Trial, TTC = Trans Tasman Challenge and ALAC = Australian Little Athletics Championship. Centre records that are shown as electronic timing (ET) are set using electronic timing gates with photo finish. Electronic timed (ET) results are shown in LANSW championship results to the nearest 0.01 second. Hand timed (HT) results for an event are shown to the nearest 0.1 second.

Records will be recognized in the following manner:

Track Events: The times are to be verified by the Track Referee. If for any reason this is not done, then a record will be acknowledged if the three times recorded imply a record and the recording sheet is signed by two timekeepers.
Field Events: The performance is to be verified by the Field Referee. If the Referee is not present on the night then a Chief of another area can verify the record. Field chiefs are to request officials not to "spike" trials performed by their own children.

ALL RECORDS are verified by the Officer for Records and Rankings (Recorder) before becoming official or being announced.

GROUND RECORDS NOTES:

1994/1995 season. Technical changes in Long Jump (U6 - U12), Triple Jump (U11 - U12) and all Hurdles events. New records were established for these events.

1995/1996 season. Technical changes in 200m Hurdles and U13G Discus (to 750g from 1kg). New events - 1100m Walk for U10 and U11, 100m Hurdles for U15B and Javelin for U13 - U15.

1996/1997 season. New events - 300m Pack Start for U6, 700m Walk for U9 and 70m for U10.

1997/1998 season. Technical changes in the straight track events for 70m, 100m and all hurdles events as a result of introducing electronic timing gates. New records were established for these events.

2007/2008 season. New age group - U17.

2010/2011 season. New event introduced - U12 Javelin.

2011/2012 season. Technical changes in the U14B Shot Put (to 3kg from 4kg), U14G Javelin (to 400g from 600g), U15B Javelin (to 700g from 600g), U15G Javelin (to 500g from 600g), U17G Shot Put (to 3kg from 4kg), U17G Javelin (to 500g from 600g). New records were established for these events. Technical changes in the track events for 200m and 400m as a result of introducing electronic timing gates. New records were established for these events.

CENTRE RECORDS NOTES:

2007/2008 season. Electronic records using photo finish introduced at State Championship. New ET records established for all track events. Zone, Region & SME are still recorded as HT records.

2009/2010 season. Electronic records using photo finish introduced at Zone, Region & State Multi Championships. Results for Zone and Region may show to nearest 0.1 second for 2009/10 and 2010/11 seasons. Zone, Region & SME are now all recorded as ET records.

Although Centre Records have been recorded for the Walk event, no recent Ground Records have been recorded due to the lack of regular Walk Judges on Friday nights.

These records have been checked from past Handbooks, Annual Reports, computerised Records results and LAANSW results and most dates are now included.
Some adjustments were required after checking historical data.
For clarity, events no longer contested have been removed and are held on computer and hard copy.