HUNTER RESULTS FOR DAY 16
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DAY 16 – SUNDAY/MONDAY, AUGUST 21/22
Scott Westcott (athletics)
The Adamstown 40-year-old finished 81st in the men’s marathon in Rio on the last day of Games competition. In cold and wet conditions, the opposite of anticipated, his time was two hours, 22 minutes and 19 seconds.
Damian Martin (basketball)
The Boomers fell agonisingly short of claiming Australia’s first men’s basketball medal, going down by one to Spain. They led by one with nine seconds left on the clock but a foul call and two free throws left the score 89-88 in favour of the Europeans. Gloucester boy Martin played two minutes and 38 seconds for one assist.
DAY 15 – SATURDAY/SUNDAY, AUGUST 20/21
No athletes from Hunter in action.
DAY 14 – FRIDAY/SATURDAY, AUGUST 19/20
Damian Martin (basketball)
The Boomers were outplayed by Serbia in the men’s semi-final, going down 87-61 after trailing by as many as 28 in the third quarter. Martin played seven minutes and 45 seconds for one rebound, one turnover, one steal, one block and one foul. Australia now meet Spain in the bronze medal match on Sunday (12.30am AEST).
DAY 13 – THURSDAY/FRIDAY, AUGUST 18/19
Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (sailing)
Second straight Olympic podium for the Wangi Wangi pair with silver medal in the men’s 49er. They started the final in third spot.
Will Ryan (sailing)
Silver medal on debut for Coal Point-raised Ryan after he and partner Mat Belcher steered Australia from third to second in the final of the men’s 470.
Aaron Royle (triathlon)
Maryland lad ninth on Olympic debut after sticking with lead group, including top two finishers the Brownlee brothers, throughout the bike leg.
DAY 12 – WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY, AUGUST 17/18
Damian Martin (basketball)
The boy from Gloucester will shoot for an Olympic medal this weekend after the Boomers beat Lithuania 90-64 in the quarter-final. Produced four assists, including an alley-oop with Andrew Bogut, and four steals as well as scoring two points from his two field goal attempts. Was injected midway through the first quarter and made an impact during his 16:01 minutes of court time.
Will Ryan (sailing)
Medal race of the men’s 470 postponed to Friday morning (AEST) because of weather conditions. Ryan and partner Mat Belcher are third overall and according to the Australian Olympic Committee are guaranteed a place on the podium. They are two points behind second-placed Greece and 13 arrears of front runners Croatia. The medal race is worth double points.
DAY 11 – TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16/17
Katie Ebzery (basketball)
The maiden Olympic campaign of the Newcastle Hunters product comes to an end after the Opals shock 73-71 quarter-final loss to Serbia.
Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (sailing)
Defending champions from Wangi Wangi third overall in the 49er class heading into Friday’s medal race (2.05am AEST). In the last of the three preliminaries overnight their best finish was second. They were seventh twice.
Will and Jaime Ryan (sailing)
Will and defending Olympic champion Mat Belcher will contest for a medal on Thursday (2.05am AEST). They are third overall in the men’s 470 after three preliminary races overnight. They were seventh either side of a race win. Will’s younger sister Jaime, and her sailing partner Carrie Smith, are 13th overall in the women’s 470. Overnight they finished races in 16th, 19th and 12th.
DAY 10 – MONDAY/TUESDAY, AUGUST 15/16
Mariah Williams (hockey)
Hockeyroos knocked out after 4-2 loss to New Zealand in quarter-finals.
Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (sailing)
Finished fourth, fifth and eighth in men's 49er races to sit third overall with three heats to go before the double-points medal race. Kiwi crew Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have three firsts, two seconds and a third so far and are 24 points in front of the Lake Macquarie pair.
Will and Jaime Ryan (sailing)
Men's and women's 470 races postponed.
DAY 9
Simon Orchard and Matt Dawson (hockey)
World No.1 eliminated after 4-0 loss to No.2 Netherlands in quarter-final.
Will and Jaime Ryan (sailing)
Will Ryan and Mat Belcher second overall after finishing eighth and 10th in this morning’s 470 races. They have three heats to sail before the medal race. Jaime and Carrie Smith were sixth and 14th in the women’s 470 to sit 11th.
Richie Campbell (water polo)
Scored a goal as the Sharks thrashed top-ranked Greece 12-7, but Australia missed out on the quarter-finals.
Damian Martin (basketball)
Play 20 minutes as Australia rested star guard Patty Mills in 81-56 win over Venezuela in final pool game. Quarter-final opponents yet to be decided.
DAY 8 – SATURDAY/SUNDAY, AUGUST 13/14
Mariah Williams (hockey)
Scored her first Olympic goal with a 17th minute strike in a 2-0 result against Japan as the Hockeyroos finished pool matches with thee straight wins.
Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (sailing)
Wangi Wangi pair seventh overall in 49er class after second, fifth, 11th and 12th race finishes as regatta reaches midway point.
Katie Ebzery (basketball)
Nine points, two rebounds, one assist and steal for the Hunters product in Opals come-from-behind 74-66 win over Belarus to finish group stage undefeated.
DAY 7 – FRIDAY/SATURDAY, AUGUST 12/13
Emily van Egmond and Chloe Logarzo (football)
The Matildas were knocked out of the Olympics after a heart-breaking 8-7 loss on penalties to Brazil in the quarter-final after neither side had scored at the end of 120 minutes.
Van Egmond and Logarzo both converted from the spot in a tense shoot-out which went the way of the hosts thanks to a spectacular one-handed save by keeper Barbara.
Matildas centre half Alanna Kennedy made good contact on her penalty but Barbara dived to her left and knocked the ball away.
The Matildas had the opportunity to seal the win earlier when keeper Lydia Willliams denied Brazilian captain Marta from the spot. But Katrina Gorry then had her effort saved by Barbara.
In a gripping end-to-end contest Lagarzo was denied by the crossbar with four minutes of regulation time remaining. A second half replacement, the former Newcastle Jets attacker hit a stinging strike from 25 metres which beat the dive of the Brazilian keeper before clattering into the woodwork.
Neither side could break the deadlock in 30 minutes of extra-time forcing the match to a shoot-out.
Benn Harradine (athletics)
Competing at his third Olympics, the Eleebana man mountain finished 20thin the qualifying round of the men’s discus to miss a place in the final. Harradine threw 60.85 metres to be 1.83m short of 12th placed Belgium Philip Milanov and progression to the medal round. Poland’s Piotr Malachowski topped qualifying qt 65.89.
“You just have to enjoy yourself and do the best you can,” said Harradine, who lamented a disrupted lead-up to the Games. “You can’t ask for much more than that. Of course, you have tour disappointments but you just have to truck on.”
Will and Jaime Ryan (sailing)
Will and defending champion Matt Belcher remain in second place in the 470 class after finishing 2nd in race five. They reduced the gap to the Croatians to two points. “It’s been a good few days, this is what we’ve been working towards so we’re ready for it,” Ryan said. “Thursday was pretty physical, so we’re a little bit sore and thrown around”.
In the women’s, Jamie and Carrie Smith improved to 11th place after finishing seventh in race 5.
Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (sailing)
The Wangi duo have made a slow start to their Olympic defence in the 49ers. They finished 13th in the opening race and eighth in the second to be 11th overall but with 10 races remaining, they remain in the hunt. The Aussies started their races quite well, but struggled to play the shifts on the challenging course under Sugarloaf Mountain.
“We obviously had to wait a while but once the breeze came in, it was pretty shifty, probably a bit better than what the Nacras had the other day, but still some big shifts”, Outterridge said. “We obviously didn’t get it right in both of the races, but we were pretty happy with the second race to get a keeper there. We haven’t lost the event but we definitely haven’t set the world on fire, so it’s a good starting point for us.
Damian Martin (basketball)
Martin and the Boomers bounced back from the gallant loss to the USA with an emphatic 93-68 win over China. Martin scored his first Olympic points, a three-pointer, and contributed three assists and two steals in a typically all-action 15:46 minutes on court as the Boomers lessened the load on starting guards Pat Mills and Matt Dellavedova. The Boomers meet No.22 ranked Venezuela next.
Simon Orchard and Matt Dawson (hockey)
Matt Dawson scored a maiden Olympic goal to help steer the Kookaburras to a crushing 9-0 win over Brazil in the final pool game. The Australians were always in control, leading 3-0 at quarter time and 6-0 at the long break. Simon Orchard started but was unable to get on the score-sheet. Australia will meet the Netherlands in the quarter-final.
Richie Campbell (water polo)
Merewether’s Richie Campbell added to his Olympic goal tally but it wasn’t enough to save the Sharks from a 10-8 loss to Serbia. Australia face Greece in the final group game early Monday morning.
DAY 6 – THURSDAY/FRIDAY, AUGUST 11/12
Mariah Williams (hockey)
After starting the campaign with two losses the Hockeyroos make it back-to-back results, accounting for Argentina 1-0. Williams was used as a substitute and Emily Smith scored the sole goal in the third quarter. Australia (6) are now third in their group – three points behind Great Britain (9) and three ahead of Argentina (3) – with one game remaining against Japan (1) on Sunday (8.30am AEST) before the elimination stages commence next week.
Katie Ebzery (basketball)
Opals come back from 16 points down to defeat Japan 92-86 and maintain unbeaten record. The Hunters product had two points, one steal, a foul and turnover in 7:45 minutes of court time. Liz Cambage was outstanding with 37 points and 10 rebounds. Australia play Belarus on Sunday (1.15am AEST) in their fifth and final round game before quarter-finals on day 11 of competition.
Will and Jaime Ryan (sailing)
Wild conditions forced a course swap and there was an extra break between races. Will and defending Olympic champion Mat Belcher remain second overall in men’s 470 class after finishing third in both races overnight. In the women’s 470 section Jaime and Carrie Smith drop back a spot to 13th overall after crossing 11th in race three and 17th in race four. Regatta continues on Saturday (2.05am AEST) with races five and six.
Kristy and Lyndal Oatley (equestrian)
Upper Hunter-raised cousins missed dressage final along with 61-year-old Mary Hanna and 60-year-old Sue Hearn after Australia finished ninth in the team rankings. Lyndal was the best individual performer with a test score of 70.186 on Sandro Boys and she was 36th on the leader board. Kristy and Du Soleil ended up 42nd with a 68.900 percentage.
Spencer Turrin (rowing)
Dungog boy and teammate Alex Lloyd finished a distant last in the men’s coxless pair final overnight. New Zealand duo Hamish Bond and Eric Murray, who are unbeaten in seven years, took gold in front of South Africa and Italy. The Australians never settled into the race and slipped from fifth to sixth in the final 500 metres.
DAY 5 – WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY, AUGUST 10/11
Damian Martin (basketball)
Dream Team star Kevin Durant may not have known Gloucester’s Damian Martin from a “bar of soap” beforehand but he certainly did after the Boomers pushed the gold medal favourites all the way in their third round fixture.
Australia eventually went down 98-88 after leading by five (54-49) at half-time but Andrew Gaze called it one of the “all time performances” by a national basketball team.
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie junior representative Martin was injected midway through the second quarter and the NBL defensive specialist came face-to-face with an NBA line-up and stole the ball from Durant almost immediately.
It was 29-all at quarter time and the US edged ahead 70-67 by the last break.
Patty Mills netted 30-plus points for the boys in green and gold while Carmelo Anthony sunk nine three pointers for the US.
Simon Orchard and Matt Dawson (hockey)
The Kookaburras break a two-game scoring drought with 2-1 win against Great Britain. All goals scored in the fourth and final quarter. Orchard strong in offence and Dawson excellent in defence.
Will and Jaime Ryan (sailing)
The Coal Point siblings opened their rookie Olympic regatta with two races in the 470 class – Will Ryan and Mat Belcher are second in the men’s, Jaime Ryan and Carrie Smith are 12th in the women’s.
Mariah Williams (hockey)
The Souths striker looked dangerous in attack as the Hockeyroos posted their first win of the tournament, a comfortable 6-1 victory against India.
Dan Repacholi (shooting)
The Nulkaba truck-driving father-of-two finished 28th in the 50m pistol with a score of 545.
Richie Campbell (water polo)
Strong performance from the Merewether lad in 8-6 victory for Sharks over Japan to keep their medal aspirations alive.
DAY 4 – TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9/10
Thomas Fraser-Holmes (swimming)
Led the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay for Australia and was in front for opening three laps but changed over third after a split time of one minute 45.81 seconds (1:45.81). Narrowly missed Olympic medal with fourth place, in a race where US superstar Michael Phelps claimed his 21st Games gold.
Simon Orchard and Matt Dawson (hockey)
The Kookaburras suffer second straight defeat after going down 1-0 to Belgium and now face must-win clashes against Great Britain (Thursday, 9.30am AEST) and hosts Brazil (Saturday, 9.30am AEST). Belgium scored in the first quarter and Australia were unable to breakthrough, an almost mirror image of 1-0 loss to Spain last start.
Emily Van Egmond and Chloe Logarzo (football)
The Matildas defeated Zimbabwe 6-1 in their last round game to progress to the quarter-finals on Saturday (AEST). They conceded late against the African nation and missed second spot in group by just two goals on differential after Germany was upset 2-1 by Canada. Instead, the Aussie girls advance as one of two best-placed thirds and now face hosts Brazil.
Katie Ebzery (basketball)
The Opals continued their unbeaten streak at the Games with 89-71 win over France. The Hunters product netted two free throws, provided an assist and picked up an offensive rebound in her 13.33 minutes on the court.
Spencer Turrin (rowing)
The boy from Dungog has a genuine medal shot on Thursday (11.45pm AEST) after finishing second in semi-final of coxless pairs with Alex Lloyd. They qualified third fastest for the final behind New Zealand and Italy, who pipped them on the line. Turrin and Lloyd had led for the middle kilometre of the race.
DAY 3 – MONDAY/TUESDAY, AUGUST 8/9
Damian Martin (basketball)
Did not play as the Boomers swept past Serbia 95-80 to maintain their unbeaten record. Australia now seem assured of finishing at least second in their group, thus avoiding the USA in the quarter-finals.
MARIAH WILLIAMS (hockey)
The Hockeyroos lost 2-1 to the USA, their second straight defeat to start the Olympic tournament. Striker Williams set up Australia’s goal with a cross and had a late, diving effort denied by the keeper. Australia are last in Group B after two games but can still make the quarter-finals.
RICHIE CAMPBELL (water polo)
Led Australia with four goals as Australia drew 9-9 with Hungary. Scored twice in the first quarter and twice in the third. The Sharks are fifth in Group A but still in the hunt for a quarter-final berth.
DAY 2 – SUNDAY/MONDAY, AUGUST 7/8
Thomas Fraser-Holmes (swimming)
Missed the final by 0.01 seconds after swimming 1:46.24 in the 200m freestyle semi-finals. Turned in second place after 50 metres but slipped back to sixth by the finish behind Chinese star Sun Yang. Fraser-Holmes swam 1:46.49 in the heats to qualify ninth. “That’s the Olympic Games,” he said. “I had an opportunity tonight and I just missed out, unfortunately. It is tough. Being a competitor like I am I sort of want the best out of myself every time I swim. I thought I was a bit below par tonight. I’m not all that disappointed. I’ve got a great group of teammates and my family’s here as well. I’m very lucky to be in the position I’m in. I’m very, very grateful, and it just makes you want to go back and work harder. Bit of a sore spot, but in saying that I’ve got the relay on day four.”
Katie Ebzery (basketball)
Australia struggled against Turkey but escaped with a 61-56 win in their second game after beating Brazil on day one. Ebzery shot 11 points and played 22 minutes after playing only four minutes against Brazil. Made two of four three-pointers and three of four free throws and was three of seven overall from the field. Also had two assists and worked hard defensively on Turkish guard Isil Ablen. Key Opals centre Liz Cambage shot 22 points but struggled with foul trouble throughout, and WNBA star Penny Taylor had just five points.
Simon Orchard and Matt Dawson (hockey)
World No.1 Australia were shocked 1-0 by 11th-ranked Spain. The Spaniards scored early on the counter-attack then defended stoutly to deny the Australians.
DAY 1 – SATURDAY/SUNDAY, AUGUST 6/7
Thomas Fraser-Holmes (swimming)
Sixth in 400m individual medley final with a 4:11.90 swim after turning third following the opening butterfly leg. The Charlestown swimmer’s national record is 4:10.14, set in 2013.
Blake Blackburn and Daniel Repacholi (shooting)
Blackburn 36th and Repacholi 44th in 10m air pistol.
Spencer Turrin (rowing)
Won first coxless pairs heat with Alex Lloyd.
Simon Orchard and Matt Dawson (hockey)
Kookaburras won Group A opener 2-1 against New Zealand.
Damian Martin (basketball)
Played 3.33 minutes and scored three points (one three-pointer) in 87-66 win over France in Group A opener.
Katie Ebzery (basketball)
Played four minutes in Opals’ 84-66 win over hosts Brazil in Group A opener.
Emily van Egmond and Chloe Logarzo (football)
Both left out of Matildas’ starting side in 2-2 draw against Germany. Logarzo came on in 82nd minute. Australia (1 point) trail Canada (6) and Germany (4) in Group F and play Zimbabwe (0) in must-win final game at 5am Wednesday (AEST).
Mariah Williams (hockey)
Australia lost 2-1 to Great Britain in opening game.
Richie Campbell (water polo)
Campbell scored two goals in a surprise 8-7 loss to Brazil in opening game, severely denting their hopes in Rio.