Hayward takes a walk up rankings

GOLD Coast 18-year-old Kate Hayward moved to No.3 on the Australian all-time list yesterday by taking out the national 20km walk championship in Adelaide.

Hayward’s time of 1hr 29min 25sec has been bettered only by Jane Saville and Claire Tallent among Australian women. Hayward, who was fifth in the 10km walk at last year’s world junior titles, beat home Victoria’s Commonwealth Games gold medallist Jemima Sonntag.

Sonntag (1.30.51) placed third in a race won by Colombia’s Sandra Lorenas (1.28.49).