Ben St Lawrence

Australian long-distance runner

Ben St Lawrence

Ben St Lawrence (in yellow) at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Personal information
Nationality| Australian
Born|  (1981-11-07) 7 November 1981 (age 43)
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Height| 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight| 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport| Track and field
Event(s)| 5,000 metres
10,000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)| 5,000 metres: 13:10.08
10,000 metres: 27:24.95[2]

Ben St Lawrence (born 7 November 1981) is an Australian long-distance runner who specialises in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres.[2] He is the former Australian and Oceanian record holder in the 10,000 metres.[3] St Lawrence competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4] St Lawrence qualified for the 10,000 metres in both instances.[4] He has also qualified for two World Championships, two World Cross Country Championships and two Commonwealth Games.[5]

## Competition

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St Lawrence's debut at an international athletics competition was at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships where he competed in the senior men's race; finishing 126th in at time 39 minutes and two seconds.[5][6] He then competed in the 2010 Notturna di Milano 3,000 meter race, placing 7th with 7 minutes and 42 seconds.[7] Later in the year, he competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and finished 7th in both the 5,000 metres and the 10,000 metres.[5]

At the 2011 World Championships St Lawrence competed in the 5000 metres and finished 11th in his heat and therefore did not progress to the final.[5] Also in 2011 was the World Cross Country Championships where St Lawrence finished 60th, 66 places better than his previous World Cross Country Championships.[5]

For the 2012 Summer Olympics, St Lawrence qualified for the 10,000 metres on the first day of the qualification window.[4] At the Olympics, he finished 20th in his race. St Lawrence's next major competition was the 2013 World Championships where he competed in both the 5,000 metres and the 10,000 metres.[5] In the 5,000 metres he finished 18th in his heat and didn't progress to the final and in the 10,000 metres he reached the final before withdrawing.[5]

He competed in his 2nd Commonwealth Games in the 2014 edition.[5] He reached the final of the 10,000 metres and finished 16th.[5] St Lawrence qualified for the 10,000 metres for the 2016 Summer Olympics in May 2015 at the athletics track in Palo Alto, California; the same track on which he qualified for the 2012 Olympics.[4]

Domestically, St Lawrence has won six Australian titles; five at the track and field championships and one at the road running-championships. At the most recent track and field championships in 2016 St Lawrence finished 3rd in the 5,000 metres.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
2. ^ a b "St Lawrence / Profile". IAAF. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
3. ^ Gordon, Ed (2 May 2011). "Karoki and Kipyego Clock 10,000m World Leads in Palo Alto". IAAF. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2016.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ^ a b c d "Ben St Lawrence / AUS Team / Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ben St Lawrence". athhistory.imgstg.com. Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
6. ^ "Results - 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Senior Race - men". IAAF. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
7. ^ "Track and Field - Notturna di Milano". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 10 September 2010. pp. A9. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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Australian national champions in men's 5000 m

Note: 3 miles until 1966

* 1894: Charles Herbert
* 1896: Alfred Bell (NZL)
* 1898: William Cumming
* 1900: Percival Malthus (NZL)
* 1902: William Simpson (NZL)
* 1904: Rufus Ferguson
* 1906: William Steele
* 1908: G. Sharpe (NZL)
* 1910: Miles Dickson (NZL)
* 1912: George Hill (NZL)
* 1914: James Beatson (NZL)
* 1920: Harry Grandemange
* 1922: Reg Webber (NZL)
* 1924: Randolph Rose (NZL)
* 1926: George Hyde
* 1928: Randolph Rose (NZL)
* 1930: George Hyde
* 1932: Alex Hillhouse
* 1934: Fred Colman
* 1936: Jack Sheaves
* 1938: Walter Weightman
* 1947: George Campbell
* 1948–49: Neville McDonald
* 1950–53: Les Perry
* 1954: Geoff Warren
* 1955: Dave Stephens
* 1956: John Landy
* 1957–59: Albie Thomas
* 1960–62: Dave Power
* 1963: Trevor Vincent
* 1964: Bill Baillie (NZL)
* 1965–69: Ron Clarke
* 1970: Tony Manning
* 1971: Kerry O'Brien
* 1972: Tony Benson
* 1973: Tony Williams
* 1974: David Fitzsimons
* 1975: Andrew Hill
* 1976: Graham Crouch
* 1977–79: David Fitzsimons
* 1980–83: Steve Austin
* 1984: Steve Foley
* 1985: Andrew Lloyd
* 1986: Malcolm Norwood
* 1987: Gerard Barrett
* 1988: Andrew Lloyd
* 1989: John Andrews
* 1990: Simon Doyle
* 1991: Rodney Higgins
* 1992: Andrew Lloyd
* 1993: Peter O'Donoghue
* 1994: Julian Paynter
* 1995–96: Shaun Creighton
* 1997: Julian Paynter
* 1998: Shaun Creighton
* 1999: Mizan Mehari
* 2000–01: Michael Power
* 2002: Craig Mottram
* 2003: Michael Power
* 2004–08: Craig Mottram
* 2009: Collis Birmingham
* 2010: Ben St Lawrence
* 2011: Bernard Lagat (USA)
* 2012: Harry Summers
* 2013: Cameron Page
* 2014: Collis Birmingham
* 2015: Brett Robinson
* 2016: Sam McEntee
* 2017: David McNeill
* 2018: Morgan McDonald

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Australian athletes at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

* Sean Wroe
* Jeff Riseley
* Ben St Lawrence
* Liam Gander
* Mitchell Watt
* John Steffensen
* Luke Adams

* Sally Pearson
* Laura Whaler
* Tamsyn Manou
* Hayley Butler
* Jared Tallent
* Ryan Gregson
* Collis Birmingham

* Craig Mottram
* Jeff Hunt
* Youcef Abdi
* Anthony Alozie
* Matt Davies
* Aaron Rouge-Serret
* Isaac Ntiamoah

* Ben Offereins
* Tristan Thomas
* Steven Solomon
* Nathan Deakes
* Fabrice Lapierre
* Henry Frayne
* Steve Hooker

* Benn Harradine
* Jarrod Bannister
* Kaila McKnight
* Eloise Wellings
* Lauren Boden
* Melissa Breen
* Charlotte van Veenendaal

* Caitlin Sargent
* Caitlin Willis-Pincott
* Anneliese Rubie
* Regan Lamble
* Claire Tallent
* Alana Boyd
* Dani Samuels

* Kim Mickle

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Australia at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics

* Josh Ross
* Alexander Rowe
* Brett Robinson
* Ben St Lawrence
* Collis Birmingham
* Tristan Thomas
* Jarrod Geddes

* Nicholas Hough
* Tim Leathart
* Andrew McCabe
* Isaac Ntiamoah
* Alex Beck
* Craig Burns
* Ben Offereins

* Josh Ralph
* Steven Solomon
* Martin Dent
* Shawn Forrest
* Dane Bird-Smith
* Rhydian Cowley
* Chris Erickson

* Ian Rayson
* Jared Tallent
* Fabrice Lapierre
* Brandon Starc
* Benn Harradine
* Julian Wruck
* Hamish Peacock

* Melissa Breen
* Caitlin Sargent
* Kelly Hetherington
* Zoe Buckman
* Jackie Areson
* Lara Tamsett
* Sally Pearson

* Lauren Boden
* Nicole Chapple
* Jane Fardell
* Lauren Shelley
* Jessica Trengove
* Tanya Holliday
* Jess Rothwell

* Dani Samuels
* Kim Mickle
* Kathryn Mitchell

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New Zealand national champions in men's 3000 m

* 1989: Phil Clode
* 1990: David Rush
* 1991–1992: Phil Clode
* 1993: Robbie Johnston
* 1994: Phil Clode
* 1995: Robbie Johnston
* 1996: Richard Potts
* 1997: John Henwood
* 1998: Adrian Blincoe
* 1999: Darren Lynch (AUS)
* 2000: Simon Maunder
* 2001: Alan Bunce
* 2002: Phil Costley
* 2003–2005: Rees Buck
* 2006–2008: not held
* 2009: Kim Hogarth
* 2010: Nick Willis
* 2011: Hamish Carson
* 2012: Malcolm Hicks
* 2013: Nick Willis
* 2014: Ben St Lawrence (AUS)
* 2015: Hamish Carson
* 2016: Nick Willis
* 2017: Hamish Carson
* 2018: Peter Wheeler
* 2019: Rorey Hunter (AUS)
* 2020: Matthew Taylor
* 2021: Sam Tanner
* 2022: Chanel Muir
* 2023: Julian Oakley
* 2024: Sam Tanner
* 2025: Sam Ruthe

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