Team of the 20th Century

This team was announced at the club's 80th anniversary celebration held at the Bentleigh Club on Sunday 10 February 2002. The selection committee was chaired by Phil Hutton and consisted of Alan Irwin, Len Johnson, Lorraine Morgan AM and Dot Neal. The selection task proved a great challenge with the selectors comparing performances set generations apart, under vastly different conditions and using different hurdles heights and implements.

	Women	Era	Men	Era
Team Captains	Brenda Carr	50s-60s	Trevor Vincent	50s-90s
100m	Nancy Boyle	50s	Peter Fitzgerald	70s
	Amy Bremer	30s	Shane Naylor	80s-90s
	Wendy Hayes	50s	Vin Plant	70s
200m	Nancy Boyle	50s	Herb Bascombe	20s-30s
	Amy Bremer	30s	Peter Fitzgerald	70s
	Sandie Richards	00s	Theo Van Veenandal	70s-80s
400m	Nancy Boyle	50s	Herb Baschome	20s-30s
	Debbie Flintoff-King	80s	Gary Minihan	80s
	Sandie Richards	00s	Rohan Robinson	80-00s
800m	Michelle Baumgartner	80s	Peter Bourke	80s
	Brenda Carr	50s-60s	Kris McCarthy	90s-00s
	Daisy Irwin-Drew	60s	Pat Scammell	80s-90s
1500m	Brenda Carr	50s-60s	Peter Bourke	80s
	Sonia O'Sullivan	00s	Pat Scammell	80s90s
	Susie Power	90s-00s	Trevor Vincent	50s-90s
5 000m	Sonia O'Sullivan	00s	Ron Clarke MBE	60s-70s
	Susie Power	90s-00s	Julian Paynter	90s-00s
	Lynne Williams	70s-80s	Michael Power	90-00s
10 000m	Susie Power	90s-00s	Ron Clarke MBE	60s-70s
	Sonia O'Sullivan	00s	Tony Cook	60s
	Lynne Williams	70s-80s	Chris Wardlaw	70s-00s
3,000m Steeplechase		d	Rob Gilfillan	80s
		d	Trevor Vincent	50s-00s
		d	Rob Walczak	60s-70s
110/100m hurdles	Wendy Hayes	50s	Max Binnington	70s-00s
	Betty Kennedy	50s	George Maslen	30s
	Dorothy Rose	50s	Vin Plant	70s
400m hurdles	Debbie Flintoff-King	80s	Max Binnington	70s-00s
	Lyndel Longstaff	80s	Dale Horrobin	80s
	sa	das	Rohan Robinson	90s-00s
4x100m relay	Amy Bremer	30s	Peter Fiztgerald	70s
	Nancy Boyle	50s	Shane Naylor	80s-90s
	Wendy Hayes	50s	Vin Plant	70s
	Wendy Lewin	50s	Orm Westcott	20s
4x400m relay	Michelle Baumgartner	80s	Herb Bascombe	20s-30s
	Nancy Boyle	50s	Allan Elliston	30s
	Debbie Flintoff-King	80s	Gary Minihan	80s
	Sandie Richards	00s	Rohan Robinson	90s-00s
Long Jump	Winnie George	30s	Nabil Adamou	00s
	Chris Sharp	80s-90s	Phil May	60s
	Elizabeth Webster	60s	Brett Vanderwyk	80s-90s
Triple Jump	Melanie Dyball	80s-90s	Phil May	60s
	Karen Lyne	90s-00s	Allan Wallace	30s
	Carmen Miller	90s	Phil Wood	70s
High Jump	Annette Allen	50s	Tim Forsyth	90s-00s
	Raylene Parke	60s	John Knight	80s
	Maxine Tresize	70s	Laurie Peckham	60s-70s
Pole Vault	Rebecca Weisz	90s-00s	Don Baird	70s
	d	d	Trevor Bickle	60s
	d	d	Rob Chisolm	80s
Shot Put	Betty Cantlay	50s	Terry Gadsby	60s
	Denise Passmore	90s	Ray Rigby	70s-80s
	Gisela Schneider	40s	Vlad Slavnic	80s
Discus	Isobel Deneefe	90s	Matt Horneman	90s
	Lesley Foley	40s-50s	Ivan Loel	30s
	Lois Jackman	60s	Vlad Slavnic	80s
Javelin	Rosie Hooper	90s	Alf Hunt	20s
	Nona Nutting	40s	Sig Koscik	70s
	Jodie Pinsent	80s	Andrew Martin	90s-00s
Hammer	Denise Passmore	90s	Peter Baxevanis	80s-90s
	s	s	Roy Foley	30s-50s
	ds	sd	Andrew Pollock	70s
Heptathlon/ Decathlon	Carol Lang	50s	Max Binnington	70s-00s
	Maxine Tresize	70s	Alf Hunt	20s
	Elizabeth Webster	60s	Richard Wilson	90s-00s
3,000m walk	Teresa Buckingham	80s	Don Keane	50s-60s
	Joy Hutchinson	40s	Keith McKluskey	30s
	Deanne Hutton	90s	George Nevvitt	40s-50s
20km walk	Shirley Hay	00s	Duane Cousins	90s-00s
	Megan Peters	90s-00s	Don Keane	50s-60s
	s	s	Domonic McGrath	90s-00s
50km walk	s	s	Duane Cousins	90s-00s
	s	s	Domonic McGrath	90s-00s
	s	s	Gus Theobald BEM	40s-50s
Cross Country	Brenda Carr	50s-60s	Ron Clarke MBE	60s-70s
	Sue Fraser	70s	Robert DeCastella	70s-80s
	Dianne Huxley	70s	Adam Hoyle	80s-90s
	Susie Power	90s-00s	Robbie O'Donnell	90s-00s
	Kathy Sams	60s	Julian Paynter	90s-00s
	Lynne Williams	70s-80s	Chris Wardlaw	70s-00s
Sandown Relay	Ebony Gilbert	90s	Ron Clarke MBE	70s-80s
	Dianne Huxley	70s	Robert DeCastella	70s-80s
	Susie Power	90s-00s	Peter O'Donoghue	90s
	Lynne Williams	70s-80s	Julian Paynter	90s-00s
	s	s	Bruce Petts	70s-80s
	s	s	Chris Wardlaw	70s-00s
Marathon	Iris Cook	70s-80s	Dave Chettle	70s
	Kate Harris	00s	Robert DeCastella	70s-80s
	s	s	Chris Wardlaw	70s-00s