CG Day 3 – Carli progresses

30 July 2026

CG Day 3 – Carli progresses 

Day three at the Scotstoun track is Glasgow was a quiet day for the NSW contingent. 

The only final contested was by Sydney University registered, Brisbane-based long jump Liam Adcock. Hampered by injury, the Paris Olympian leapt 7.74m on his opening effort, but was not able improve, eventually settling for 8th place. It was probably the one that got away as it required just 8.08m for a medal and 8.15m for gold.

Wollongong’s Sarah Carli put in a strong race to progress to the final of the women’s 400m hurdles clocking 55.76. In the end it was a comfortable progression, but some may have been worried for her when she crossed the line in fourth and last in heat two. But the reality was she was seeded into, by far, the toughest heat and her time would have placed second in heat one. In the end she was ranked a comfortable fifth overall from the two heats and starts a medal hope in the final.

In the men’s mile heats, Sutherland’s Ollie Hoare and Canberra-based Bankstown-registered Cam Myers progressed, but there was controversy.

Defending champion, Ollie Hoare was tripped on the second lap, falling heavily to the track. He jumped back to his feet and finished in 9th place (4:06.84). Almost immediately he was advanced to the final, while the culprit, South Africia’s Tshepo Tshite was lucky to also advance.

Before he was advise of his advancement to the final, in the mixed zone he was asked what happened?

“I don't know, you guys probably saw it better than I did,” Ollie said.

“I got into a position that I felt was comfortable. I wanted to get near Josh because it was slow enough where it was going to be a wind-up, and then bang, I hit the ground. I got up and tried to keep competing, but at that point the race is kind of gone. So yeah, gutted. It's tough. I'd prefer to go through the race and not qualify on merit, and to have it out of my control is really, really gut-wrenching, and it's going to be a hard pill to swallow.”

When he fell, he knew he would not be able to mix it with the top-4, which is what he needed to progress.

“Well, once I fell, they started to wind it up, so at that point I was at a disadvantage. But I tried to compete, tried to get back a few spots I'm representing my country, so when I got up, I'm going to keep running. It's tough. It's racing, so we learn, we grow, we move on.”

In heat two Cameron Myers started conservatively, lagging at the back of the field, but quickly moved to the front and toed the field to the finish in a time of 3:53.85 – easily the fastest time of the day.

On day four, five NSW athletes will be action:

Morning session (evening AEST):

Cameron McEntyre – javelin qualifying

Michelle Jenneke – 100m hurdles heat

Jessica Hull – mile heats

Evening session (morning AEST):

Desleigh Owusu – Triple Jump final

Luke Boyes – 800m semis

Jessica Hull – 5000m final

Michelle Jenneke – 100m hurdles final

David Tarbotton for Athletics NSW

Image: Sarah Carli (copyright Michael Thomas/Australian Athletics)