Philippa Roe, athletics performances

Philippa Roe's Athletics & Swimming Performances

Athletics - Cerebral Palsy Senior C3 Category

Shot

FIRST at the May 1995 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 1.03m
FIRST at the August 1995 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 1.57m
GOLD medal at the 1995 NSW State Athletics Championships with a throw of 1.26m
GOLD medal at the 1996 NSW State Athletics Championships with a throw of 1.69m
BRONZE medal at the 1997 Athletics Australia Track & Field Championships for Athletes with a Disability in Canberra with a throw of 1.58m (35% of the World Record)
GOLD medal at the 1997 Australian Multidisability Championships in Sydney with a throw of 1.79m, and
FIRST at the June 1997 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 1.76m
FIRST at the August 1997 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 1.85m

Her throw at the 1997 AMDC should have given Philippa both the "locals" and "all-comers" Australian Records which were still listed as vacant even though Pip had claimed them with her throw in Canberra. The August throw is an advance on those records.

Pip throwing the shot at Homebush.

Pip's personal best throw in training with the 3kg shot is 2.15m (47% of the World Record) achieved on 14/09/97. The World Record in the senior women's CP3 category is 4.55m set by J. Lawton of Scotland in Nottingham on 8/08/93.

Discus

FIRST at the May 1995 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 3.26m
FIRST at the August 1995 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 3.04m
GOLD medal at the 1995 NSW State Athletics Championships with a throw of 2.96m
GOLD medal at the 1996 NSW State Athletics Championships with a throw of 2.88m
BRONZE medal at the 1997 Athletics Australia Track & Field Championships for Athletes with a Disability in Canberra with a throw of 3.92m (33% of the World Record)
GOLD medal at the 1997 Australian Multidisability Championships in Sydney with a throw of 4.00m, and
FIRST at the June 1997 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 4.12m
FIRST at the August 1997 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 4.72m (with the 750g discus)
GOLD medal at the 1997 NSW State Athletics Championships with a throw of 3.28m (again with the 750g discus).

The June throw should give Philippa the "locals" and "all-comers" Australian Records with the 1kg discus which were still listed as vacant at the 1997 AMDC despite her claims after the Canberra meet.

Pip's current personal best throw in training with the 1Kg discus is 4.84m (40% of the World Record) achieved on 14/2/97. Her best throw in training with the 750g implement is 5.29m achieved on 28/9/97. The World Record for the senior women's CP3 discus was 12.04m set by S. Edwards of USA at Berlin on 24/07/94 (but the 1997 AMDC programme suggests that it may have since gone out to 14.82m).

Javelin

SECOND at the August 1995 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 2.26m
SILVER medal at the 1995 NSW State Athletics Championships with a throw of 2.48m, and
FIRST at the June 1997 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 2.78m
FIRST at the August 1997 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a throw of 2.50m

The June throw should give Philippa both the "locals" and "all-comers" Australian Records which were listed as vacant at the Canberra meet.

Pip's personal best throw in training with the 600g javelin, which she finds very difficult to control, is 3.11m (31% of the World Record) achieved on 28/09/97. The World Record for the senior women's CP3 javelin is 10.16m set by J. Lawton of Scotland in Nottingham on 07/8/93.

Slalom (Wheelchair)

FIRST at the August 1997 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with an adjusted time of 6 minutes 49.58 seconds, and
SILVER medal at the 1997 NSW State Championships with an adjusted time of 7 minutes 32.1 seconds.

Swimming - Functional S2 Category

25m Freestyle

FIRST at the August 1997 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a time of 2 minutes 6.03 seconds.

50m Freestyle

GOLD medal at the 1996 NSW State Swimming Championships with a time of 4 minutes 40.39 seconds
FIRST at the May 1997 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a time of 3 minutes 43.22 seconds, and
FIRST at the August 1997 NSWSCD Seasonal Meet with a time of 4 minutes 07.10 seconds.

The time of Pip's May swim was listed at the August Meet as the Australian Record.

Pip's personal best time, in training at the Tuggeranong Pool, ACT on 14/4/97, is 3 minutes 35 seconds (222% of the World Record). The World Record in the senior women's S2 category is 1 minute 37.05 seconds.

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Thank you to Keith Goggin for making my throwing stool.

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See my brother's, Jamie Roe's, performances.

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11/1/98