On Wednesday, March 28th, at the Queensland Sport & Athletics Center in Brisbane, AUS, a mixed race race on the distance of 3,000 track walk took place.
The test took place during the "Queensland International Track Classic" Meeting.
An almost symbolic participation with three men, two of them of world interest and three women.
3,000m track walk men
Victory to Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) in 10:56.06 very close to his personal best (which is also Australia's record on distance) of 10:54.70 established in Brisbane (AUS) on Feb. 11, 2017.
His progression is interesting on this unusual distance, which we report below.
| YEAR | PERFORMANCE | PLACE | DATE |
| | | | |
| 2018 | 10:56.06 | Brisbane (AUS) | 28 MAR 2018 |
| 2017 | 10:54.70 | Brisbane (AUS) | 11 FEB 2017 |
| 2015 | 11:19.80 | Brisbane (AUS) | 14 FEB 2015 |
| 2014 | 10:56.23 | Cork (IRL) | 08 JUL 2014 |
| 2013 | 11:26.76 | Brisbane (AUS) | 30 NOV 2013 |
| 2012 | 11:23.05 | Brisbane (AUS) | 06 JAN 2012 |
| 2010 | 11:47.09 | Brisbane (AUS) | 27 JUN 2010 |
Second place to Evan Dunfee (CAN) in 11:28.41.
Third place to the very young Nelson McCuthcheon (NZL) in 12:51.68
3,000m track walk women
Victory to Beki Smith (AUS) in 12:48.70. For hel also this performance is the new personal best (previous of 13:20.6 established in Canberra, AUS on Oct. 21, 2011).
Second place to Claire Tallent (AUS) in 13:20.39.
Third place to Caitlin Hannigan (AUS) in 14:17.23.
And it continues to resist on this distance the record of Australia that belongs to Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) who established it on Feb. 7, 1991 in 11:51.26.
Commonwealth Games
The march towards the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games which will take place on Sunday, April 8th is very interesting; here are the top 10 female performances on 20km of 2018 season:
Full results in the section Results or directly download from this link: click here