Re: OT - A name to watch

by lardbucket Sun 03 Apr 2016, 08:49

Not bad for a 17-18 year old, though!

by Big Dog Sun 03 Apr 2016, 08:50

JGK wrote:
Big Dog wrote:Hale took silver at the Aust Athletics Championships 100m final with a time of 10.40s.
Running against older & more experienced rivals he edged out pre race favorite Aaron Stubbs. The race was won by Alexander Hartmann of Queensland who won in 10.35 seconds.

So only 10% slower than Bolt.

As i said in my opening post, he will never challenge the likes of Bolt, but for his age he is breaking many boundaries.

by Big Dog Sun 26 Jun 2016, 09:12

Go Jack the lad:

http://www.foxsports.com.au/more-sports/tassie-local-breaks-australian-100m-record-for-under-20-age-group/news-story/46472f61060221f561feab8f0ccc61a7

by Big Dog Sat 04 Feb 2017, 07:19

Hale will be running against Bolt in the Nitro mixed 4x100 relay tonight. Mixed FFS!!
You would think if they are paying Bolt a six figure appearance fee they could have arranged a serious race.

by Big Dog Sat 04 Feb 2017, 08:17

Right, so 7 advertises the Nitro series to the hilt & then (in Tassie at least) shows the f*cking womens AFL. Its like televising U15 schoolboys football. The AFL have spent millions promoting it but its still shyte.

by Big Dog Sun 05 Feb 2017, 06:54

Big Dog wrote:Hale will be running against Bolt in the Nitro mixed 4x100 relay tonight. Mixed FFS!!
You would think if they are paying Bolt a six figure appearance fee they could have arranged a serious race.

Bolt chose to run the second leg so they did'nt square off. Hale still ran very well to storm home & take the Aust team to third.

by Big Dog Thu 09 Feb 2017, 08:23

Nitro athletics on again tonight. Jack the lad is running in the individual 60 metres & running against Powell in the second leg of the relay.

by JGK Fri 16 Feb 2018, 13:32

Big Dog wrote:There is a local school kid who has tongues wagging in athletics circles. He just took out the 100m 200m double at the all schools aths championships, taking out the 100 in a wind assisted 10.1 s. This kid (Jack Hale) is only 16 but holds the world record for his age group & has run the fastest 100 in Aust this year.Amazingly he was a long jumper who only took up sprinting two years ago. I don't think he will ever challenge the likes of Usain Bolt, but with age & development he is certainly going to be a serious contender.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-06/jack-hale-100-metres-under-18-championship/5949010?section=sport

BD "Trev's" Jack Hale:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/commonwealth-games/jack-hale-was-supposed-to-be-the-next-big-thing-for-australia/news-story/d5fa9691c839c28b9194b1c291277976

by MoH Fri 16 Feb 2018, 15:44

I dunno, seems like he's still running fast times but it just fell apart for him in that race for some reason (injury?)

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/australias-fastest-man-jack-hale-set-for-commonwealth-games-qualifier-in-canberra-20180121-h0lnxh.html

by Nath Fri 16 Feb 2018, 23:31

blame those idiots who couldn't operate a stopwatch. He should have already qualified.

by Big Dog Sat 17 Feb 2018, 06:36

Hale did a hammy in the race. He still might qualify for the relay.

by skully Sat 17 Feb 2018, 13:01

Aye, he actually looked to be hauling in the Quadzilla after a dreadful start, then clearly a hammy popped.

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