Athletics Australia – Australian Track & Field Championships – SOPAC; 26 Mar – 3 Apr 2022
Andres represented NSW in the U15 age group running the 100m sprint; 200m sprint; 100m hurdles (84cm); 200m hurdles (76cm x 10)
Result: 9th in 100m sprint; DNS 200m sprint; 5th 100m hurdles; 8th 200m hurdles.
Full results
Live streams:
- Day 1 (100m sprint heat starts 33:04)
- Day 2 (100m hurdles final starts 1:35:23)
- Day 3 (200m hurdles heat starts 27:36)
U15 Men 100m sprint
Andres had a great run in the heat to set a new PB of 11.81 but failed to finish strongly and was out-dipped on the line to come 5th in his heat and miss a spot in the final by 0.02 seconds.
| Heat | 11.81 (+0.1); PB | 9th place overall |
U15 Men 100m hurdles (84cm)
In Andres’s 3rd ever 100m hurdles race, he set a good (wind legal) PB and came 2nd in his heat; qualifying 5th fastest for the final. He was not able to improve his run in the final and finshed 5th overall.
| Heat | 14.61 (+0.8); PB | 5th fastest qualifier |
| Final | 14.86 (-1.1) | 5th place |
| 1st | Daniel Harlow | QLD | 13.75 |
| 2nd | Miller Smith | VIC | 13.77 |
| 3rd | Blake Deery | ACT | 14.45 |
| 4th | Cooper Weil | QLD | 14.56 |
| 5th | Andres Hampel | NSW | 14.86 |
| 6th | Will Degraaf | QLD | 14.99 |
| 7th | Dylan Gardiner | QLD | 16.23 |
| 8th | Nicholas Chivers | TAS | 20.31 |
U15 Men 200m sprint
After developing tendonitis in his foot, Andres decided to withdraw from the 200m sprint event.
U15 Men 200m hurdles (76cm x 10)
Andres finished strongly to win his heat and qualified 4th fastest for the final. In a dramatic turn of events, he was disqualified for his trailing leg falling below the plane of the hurdle (2nd hurdle). The NSW team management assisted us in lodging an appeal and I was able to use my video camera footage to demonstrate to the head official that there was no infringement and Andres was reinstated to the final. Unfortunately, his tendonitis flared up again while warming up for the final and he was forced to pull out.
| Heat | 28.38 | 4th fastest qualifier |
| Final | DNS |
