Go for 2&5 Perth Track Classic

 

Hollis boasts a personal best of 5.75m, just shy of the height of the goal posts at Subiaco, and Kennedy will present the former American indoor and outdoor champion with aWest Coast Eagles jumper to ensure his allegiance while Down Under.

 

Australian and American athletes will then come together at 10:00am on Thursday, February 9 at the War Memorial in Kings Park, with all eight starters set to preview the developing tussle  between our two countries this Saturday.

 

Twelve Americans are arriving in the coming days to compete, with representation of the Stars and Stripes in events including the pole vault, discus, 400m, 400m hurdles and javelin throw.

 

The Go for 2&5 Perth Track Classic is the second leg of the four-stop Qantas Australian Athletics Tour.

 

It is the first event as part of an exciting new four-year deal between Athletics Australia and the Western Australian Government to see continuing international athletics, and two national junior championships, at the Western Australia Athletics Stadium in Perth.