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Maurie Plant Meet

{{Short description|Athletics tournament held in Melbourne, Australia}}

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The Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne is an annual outdoor track and field meeting which takes place in February at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, Australia since 2023. Last held under the old name, Melbourne Track Classic, in early March 2016, prior to 2012 the meeting was held at the Olympic Park Stadium.

The competition was inaugurated in the late 1980s at the Olympic Stadium and gained a place on the IAAF Grand Prix circuit in its formative years.Johnson, Len (2011-02-28). [http://www.iaaf.org/IWC11/news/kind=100/newsid=59403.html Melbourne's Olympic Park - one final look back]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05. It remained on the major international outdoor track and field circuit, featuring as the opening race of the year on the IAAF World Athletics Tour from 2005 to 2009.[http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/wat/index.html World Athletics Tour]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05. It was the first race of the IAAF World Challenge series from 2010 through 2016.[http://www.iaaf.org/iwc10/results/index.html 2010 IAAF World Challenge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920175830/http://www.iaaf.org/iwc10/results/index.html |date=2010-09-20 }}. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05. The event was also one of the foremost meets of the Australian Athletics Tour, along with the Sydney Track Classic. In 2023, the meet was upgraded and reimagined as the Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne, held in memory of the athletics luminary as World Athletics Continental Tour Gold Level meet and part of the Chemist Warehouse Summer Series.{{Cite web |last=Moorhouse |first=Lachlan |date=4 January 2023 |title=Melbourne to host the world's best athletes at the Maurie Plant Meet |url=https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/melbourne-to-host-the-worlds-best-athletes-at-the-maurie-plant-meet/ |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=Runner's Tribe |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Maurie Plant Meet Melbourne 2023 |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/events/170956/ |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=Athletics Australia |language=en}} Plant was known as one of the driving forces in the development and promotion of athletics in Australia. He was a meet promoter and athlete agent as well as strong supporter of the athletes.{{Cite web |last=Gullan |first=Scott |date=20 January 2020 |title=Maurie Plant dies |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/more-sports/athletics-world-mourns-maurie-plant-a-man-who-wore-so-many-hats/news-story/2022e1b8bd0477a585fa34b16406bdde |website=Herald Sun}} Plant was not without controversy, however, having asked heptathlete Jane Flemming to provide a substitute urine sample for the javelin thrower Sue Howland, fearing Howland would test positive to an anabolic steroid at the Ulster Games in Belfast on 30 June 1986.{{Cite web |date=May 1990 |title=Drugs in Sport – Second report of the Senate Standing Committee on environment, recreation and the arts |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/-/media/Committees/ecita_ctte/completed_inquiries/pre1996/drug-2nd/report.pdf |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=Parliament of Australia |pages=22–28 }}

The Melbourne Track Classic featured many high level performances including continental Oceanian records by Tim Forsyth in the men's high jump, Nathan Deakes in the men's 5000 metre walk, Scott Martin in the shot put,[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/recbycat/location=o/recordtype=ar/event=0/age=n/area=oce/sex=M/records.html Area Outdoor Records - Men - OCEANIA]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05. Lisa Corrigan in the mile run and Bronwyn Thompson in the women's long jump.[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/recbycat/location=o/recordtype=ar/event=0/age=n/area=oce/sex=W/records.html Area Outdoor Records - Women - OCEANIA]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05. National records have also been set at the meeting by New Zealand and Australia's athletes.

Editions

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|+Maurie Plant Meet editions

scope="col"| {{Abbr|Ed.|Edition}}

!scope="col"| Title

!scope="col"| Venue

!scope="col"| Date

!scope="col"| Status

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|Alcoa Challenge Series - Melbourne

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|17 January 1980

|

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|Alcoa Challenge Series - Melbourne

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|15 January 1981

|

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|Alcoa Challenge Series - Melbourne

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|14 January 1982

|{{Cite news |date=1982-01-14 |title=Suggested Viewing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-suggested-view/140993553/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |pages=11}}

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|International Meet

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|27 January 1983

|

scope="row"|

|International Meet

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|18 January 1984

6 March 1984

|

scope="row"|

|International Meet

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|21 March 1985

|

scope="row"|

|International Meet

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|20 March 1986

|

scope="row"|

|

|

|1987

|

scope="row"|{{ord|1}}{{Cite web|url=https://aths.au/events/maurie-plant-meet-melbourne/|title=Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne|quote=The Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne in various forms dates back to 1988 and has been known by a number of names throughout its history as the premier Melbourne athletics event of the domestic season.|website=Athletics Australia}}

|NEC Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|17 March 1988

|

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|NEC Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|9 March 1989

|

scope="row"|{{ord|3}}

|NEC Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|8 February 1990

|

scope="row"|{{ord|4}}

|NEC Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|7 February 1991

|

scope="row"|{{ord|5}}

|NEC Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|25 February 1992

|

scope="row"|{{ord|6}}

|NEC Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|25 February 1993

|

scope="row"|{{ord|7}}

|NEC Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|24 February 1994

|

scope="row"|{{ord|8}}

|NEC Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|23 February 1995

|

scope="row"|{{ord|9}}

|NEC Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|29 February 1996

|IAAF Grand Prix II

scope="row"|{{ord|10}}

|Nike Track Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|20 February 1997

|IAAF Grand Prix II

scope="row"|{{ord|11}}

|Melbourne Track Tour

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|25 February 1998

|IAAF Grand Prix II

scope="row"|{{ord|12}}

|Melbourne Track Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|25 February 1999

|IAAF Grand Prix II

scope="row"|{{ord|13}}

|Melbourne Track Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|2 March 2000

|IAAF Grand Prix II

scope="row"|{{ord|14}}

|Telstra Melbourne Track Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|1 March 2001

|IAAF Grand Prix Final

scope="row"|{{ord|15}}

|Telstra A-series - Melbourne

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|7 March 2002

|IAAF Grand Prix II

scope="row"|{{ord|16}}

|Telstra A-series - Melbourne

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|1 March 2003

|IAAF Grand Prix II

scope="row"|{{ord|17}}

|Telstra A-series - Melbourne

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|12 February 2004

|IAAF Grand Prix II

scope="row"|{{ord|18}}

|Telstra A-series - Melbourne

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|17 February 2005

|IAAF Grand Prix II

scope="row"|{{ord|19}}

|Telstra A-series - Melbourne

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|9 March 2006

|IAAF Grand Prix

scope="row"|{{ord|20}}

|Telstra A-series - Melbourne

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|2 March 2007

|IAAF Grand Prix

scope="row"|{{ord|21}}

|Melbourne Athletic Grand Prix

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|21 February 2008

|IAAF Grand Prix

scope="row"|{{ord|22}}

|Melbourne GP Series Meet

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|5 March 2009

|IAAF Grand Prix

scope="row"|{{ord|23}}

|IAAF Melbourne Track Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|4 March 2010

|IAAF World Challenge

scope="row"|{{ord|24}}

|IAAF Melbourne Track Classic

|Melbourne Olympic Park

|3 March 2011

|IAAF World Challenge

scope="row"|{{ord|25}}

|Qantas Melbourne Track Classic

|Lakeside Stadium

|2-3 March 2012

|IAAF World Challenge

scope="row"|{{ord|26}}

|Qantas Melbourne Track Classic

|Lakeside Stadium

|6 April 2013

|IAAF World Challenge

scope="row"|{{ord|27}}

|IAAF Melbourne Track Classic

|Lakeside Stadium

|22 March 2014

|IAAF World Challenge

scope="row"|{{ord|28}}

|IAAF Melbourne Track Classic

|Lakeside Stadium

|21 March 2015

|IAAF World Challenge

scope="row"|{{ord|29}}

|Melbourne Track Classic

|Lakeside Stadium

|5 March 2016

|IAAF World Challenge

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|not held

|

|2017

|

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|not held

|

|2018

|

scope="row"|

|not held

|

|2019

|

scope="row"|{{ord|30}}

|Melbourne Track Classic

|Lakeside Stadium

|6 February 2020

|

scope="row"|{{ord|31}}

|Melbourne Track Classic

|Lakeside Stadium

|25 February 2021

|

scope="row"|{{ord|32}}

|Melbourne Track Classic

|Lakeside Stadium

|19 March 2022

|Area Permit

scope="row"|{{ord|33}}

|Maurie Plant Meet

|Lakeside Stadium

|23 February 2023

|Continental Tour Gold

scope="row"|{{ord|34}}

|2024 Maurie Plant Meet

|Lakeside Stadium

|15 February 2024{{Cite web |title=World Athletics Continental Tour {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/calendar-results?season=2024/24&competitionSubgroupId=3781 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=worldathletics.org}}

|Continental Tour Gold

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|2025 Maurie Plant Meet

|Lakeside Stadium

|29 March 2025{{Cite web |title=World Athletics Continental Tour {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/calendar-results?season=2025&competitionSubgroupId=3781 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=worldathletics.org}}

|Continental Tour Gold

Meeting records

=Men=

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|+Men's meeting records of the Maurie Plant Meet

scope="col"| Event || Record || Athlete || Nationality || Date || {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
scope="row"|100 m

|10.04

|Asafa Powell

|{{flagu|Jamaica}}

|2008

|

scope="row"|200 m

|19.92

|Frankie Fredericks

|{{flagu|Namibia}}

|1999

|

scope="row"|400 m

|44.82

|Jeremy Wariner

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2008

|

scope="row"|800 m

|1:43.15

|David Rudisha

|{{flagu|Kenya}}

|2010

|

scope="row"|1500 m

|3:32.55

|William Chirchir

|{{flagu|Kenya}}

|2000

|

scope="row"|Mile

|3:51.54

|Simon Doyle

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|1991

|

scope="row"|3000 m

|7:41.38

|Ishmael Kipkurui

|{{flagu|Kenya}}

|23 February 2023

|{{Cite web|date=23 February 2023|title=Kerley and local heroes fire up a revived Melbourne|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/melbourne-maurie-plant-2023-kerley-kipkirui-hull|author=Len Johnson|access-date=23 February 2023|website=World Athletics}}

scope="row"|5000 m

|13:08.43

|Bernard Lagat

|{{flagu|United States}}

|3 March 2011

|{{cite news|title=A touch slower, but Rudisha still supreme - IAAF World Challenge|url=http://www.iaaf.org/IWC11/news/kind=100/newsid=59441.html|publisher=IAAF|author=Len Johnson|date=2011-03-03|accessdate=2011-03-05}}{{cite web|title=5000 Metres Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/iwc11/Results/eventCode=4725/sex=M/discCode=5000/result.html#M5000|publisher=IAAF|date=2011-03-03|accessdate=2011-03-05}}

scope="row"|10,000 m

|28:30.32

|Joseph Kimani

|{{flagu|Kenya}}

|2000

|

scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"|110 m hurdles

|rowspan="2"|13.24

|rowspan="2"|Colin Jackson

|rowspan="2"|{{flagu|Great Britain}}

|1996

|

1999

|

scope="row"|400 m hurdles

|48.40

|Bryan Bronson

|{{flagu|United States}}

|1998

|

scope="row"|3000 m steeplechase

|8:19.47

|John Kosgei

|{{flagu|Kenya}}

|2000

|

scope="row"|High jump

|2.31 m

|Tim Forsyth

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|1996

|

scope="row"|Pole vault

|5.81 m

|Steven Hooker

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|2007

|

scope="row"|Long jump

|8.30 m

|Peter Burge

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|2000

|

scope="row"|Triple jump

|16.91 m {{wind|0.0}}

|Henry Frayne

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|3 March 2011

|{{cite web|title=Triple Jump Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/iwc11/Results/eventCode=4725/sex=M/discCode=TJ/result.html#MTJ|publisher=IAAF|date=3 March 2011|accessdate=13 June 2012}}

scope="row"|Shot put

|21.37 m

|Tomas Walsh

|{{flagu|New Zealand}}

|21 March 2015

|{{cite news|title=Rudisha and Pearson win in Melbourne, Viljoen edges Mickle|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/melbourne-world-challenge-2015-rudisha-pearso|publisher=IAAF|author=Len Johnson|date=21 March 2015|accessdate=21 March 2015}}

scope="row"|Discus throw

|68.17 m

|Matthew Denny

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|29 March 2025

|{{cite web|title=Kennedy and Ndori secure sprint spotlight, Denny throws meeting record in Melbourne |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/maurie-plant-meet-2025-melbourne-kennedy-ndori-denny-davidson-patterson |publisher=World Athletics |first=Len |last=Johnson |date=29 March 2025 |access-date=30 March 2025}}

scope="row"|Hammer throw

|78.91 m

|Stuart Rendell

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|2003

|

scope="row"|Javelin throw

|87.13 m

|Sergey Makarov

|{{flagu|Russia}}

|1999

|

scope="row"|5000 m walk (track)

|18:38.97

|Dane Bird-Smith

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|5 March 2016

|{{cite web|title=5000m Race Walk Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/iaaf-melbourne-world-challenge-5875/results/men/5000-metres-race-walk/final/result#resultheader|publisher=IAAF|date=5 March 2016|accessdate=5 March 2016}}

scope="row"|4 × 100 m relay

|39.30

|Will Roberts
Jake Doran
Jacob Despard
Jack Hale

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|19 March 2022

|{{cite web|title=2022 Melbourne Track Classic Results|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7173707|work=World Athletics|date=19 March 2022|access-date=31 March 2022}}

=Women=

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|+Women's meeting records of the Maurie Plant Meet

scope="col"| Event || Record || Athlete || Nationality || Date || Meet || {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
scope="row"|100 m

|11.01

|Marion Jones

|{{flagu|United States}}

|1998

|

|

scope="row"|200 m

|22.54

|Cathy Freeman

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|1993

|

|

scope="row"|400 m

|49.85

|Cathy Freeman

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|1996

|

|

scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"|800 m

|rowspan="2"|1:59.42

|Toni Hodgkinson

|{{flagu|New Zealand}}

|1997

|

|

Tamsyn Lewis

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|2000

|

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scope="row"|1500 m

|4:05.97

|Claudia Hollingsworth

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|29 March 2025

|2025

|{{cite web|title=1500m Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7216747?eventId=10229513&gender=W|website=World Athletics|access-date=25 April 2025}}

scope="row"|Mile

|4:22.66

|Lisa Corrigan

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|2007

|

|

scope="row"|3000 m

|8:34.30

|Fentaye Belayneh

|{{flagu|Ethiopia}}

|29 March 2025

|2025

|{{cite web|title=3000m Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7216747?eventId=10229519&gender=W|website=World Athletics|access-date=25 April 2025}}

scope="row"|5000 m

|14:57.54

|Rose Davies

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|15 February 2024

|2024

|{{Cite news|title=Youth and establishment both shine as Continental Tour Gold kicks off in Melbourne|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/continental-tour-gold-melbourne-maurie-plant-meet-2024|publisher=World Athletics|author=Len Johnson|date=15 February 2024|access-date=28 February 2024}}

scope="row"|100 m hurdles

|12.49 {{wind|+0.8}}

|Sally Pearson

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|3 March 2012

|

|{{cite web|title=100 Metres Hurdles Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/IWC12/Results/ResultsByEventIWC.aspx?/eventCode=4946/sex=W/discCode=100H/result.html#W100H|publisher=IAAF|date=3 March 2012|accessdate=4 March 2012}}{{cite news|title=Elated Mottram sprints back to form with victory in Melbourne - IAAF World Challenge|url=http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/IWC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=63792|publisher=IAAF|author=Len Johnson|date=3 March 2012|accessdate=4 March 2012}}

scope="row"|400 m hurdles

|54.64

|Jana Pittman

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|2003

|

|

scope="row"|3000 m steeplechase

|9:29.93

|Donna MacFarlane

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|2008

|

|

scope="row"|High jump

|1.99 m

|Nicola Olyslagers

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|15 February 2024

|2024

|{{Cite news|title=Youth and establishment both shine as Continental Tour Gold kicks off in Melbourne|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/continental-tour-gold-melbourne-maurie-plant-meet-2024|publisher=World Athletics|author=Len Johnson|date=15 February 2024|access-date=28 February 2024}}

scope="row"|Pole vault

|4.71 m

|Alana Boyd

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|5 March 2016

|

|{{cite web|title=Pole Vault Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/iaaf-melbourne-world-challenge-5875/results/women/pole-vault/final/result#resultheader|publisher=IAAF|date=5 March 2016|accessdate=5 March 2016}}

scope="row"|Long jump

|7.00 m

|Bronwyn Thompson

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|2002

|

|

scope="row"|Triple jump

|13.89 m {{wind|0.0}}

|Nneka Okpala

|{{flagu|New Zealand}}

|5 March 2016

|

|{{cite web|title=Triple Jump Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/iaaf-melbourne-world-challenge-5875/results/women/triple-jump/final/result#resultheader|publisher=IAAF|date=5 March 2016|accessdate=5 March 2016}}

scope="row"|Shot put

|20.13 m

|Valerie Adams

|{{flagu|New Zealand}}

|3 March 2011

|

|{{cite web|title=Shot Put Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/iwc11/Results/eventCode=4725/sex=W/discCode=SP/result.html#WSP|publisher=IAAF|date=3 March 2011|accessdate=13 June 2012}}

scope="row"|Discus throw

|66.10 m

|Daniela Costian

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|1994

|

|

scope="row"|Hammer throw

|71.26 m

|Jillian Shippee

|{{flagu|United States}}

|29 March 2025

|2025

|

scope="row"|Javelin throw

|66.83 m

|Kimberley Mickle

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|22 March 2014

|

|{{cite news|title=Mickle promises, Mickle delivers in Melbourne - IAAF World Challenge|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kim-mickle-melbourne-iaaf-world-challenge|publisher=IAAF|author=Len Johnson|date=22 March 2014|accessdate=24 March 2014}}

scope="row"|3000 m walk (track)

|11:51.26

|Kerry Junna

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|1991

|

|

scope="row"|5000 m walk (track)

|21:19.46

|Beki Smith

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|5 March 2016

|

|{{cite web|title=5000m Race Walk Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/iaaf-melbourne-world-challenge-5875/results/women/5000-metres-race-walk/final/result#resultheader|publisher=IAAF|date=5 March 2016|accessdate=5 March 2016}}

scope="row"|4 × 100 m relay

|43.15

|Torrie Lewis
Ella Connolly
Bree Masters
Mia Gross

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|19 March 2022

|

|{{cite web|title=2022 Melbourne Track Classic Results|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7173707|work=World Athletics|date=19 March 2022|access-date=31 March 2022}}

scope="row"|4 × 400 m relay

|3:32.41

|Susan Andrews
Kylie Hanigan
Maree Holland
Cathy Freeman

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|1993

|

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References

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