FORMER 100m world record holder

Asafa Powell

will start from scratch in the

Stawell Gift

.

The Jamaican will strive to become the third scratchmarker to win the Gift.

Two-time Stawell Gift winner

Joshua Ross has been given 1m.

Ballarat's Matt Wiltshire, who won the world famous 120m footrace last year, will start of 5.5m - back from 8m.

Ross won from 7m in 2003 and scratch in 2005.

Other past Stawell Gift winners among entries include

Mitchell Williams-Swain

(2011) 4.5m,

Sam Jamieson (2008)

6.5m,

Aaron Stubbs

(2009) 5.25m and and Ballarat's

Rody Mathews

(1999) 12m.

Early Gift favourite, Williamstown's

Khan Marr,

will start from 5.25m.

Ballarat's new national under-18 400m champion Sam Baird has 8m.

Stawell Athletic Club and the Victorian Athletic League have received the highest number of entries in the past decade.

Gift handicaps:

Asafa POWELL Jamaica 0

Joshua ROSS Hawthorn 1

Bola LAWAL Reservoir 3.5

Matt CARTER mornington 4

Mitchell WILLIAMS-SWAIN Qld 4.5

Khan MARR Williamstown 5.25

Aaron STUBBS Qld 5.25

Gary FINEGAN Abbotsford 5.5

Matthew WILTSHIRE Ballarat 5.5

Dwane BECKLES Armadale North 5.75

Ryan BEDFORD Frankston 6

Tom GAMBLE Qld 6

Sam JAMIESON Williamstown 6.25

Jacob DESPARD Tas 7

Jesse USOALII Tas 7

Richard HANKIN NSW 7

Iain McFARLANE NSW 7.25

Dean SCARFF 7.25

Andrew ROBINSON Tas 7.25

Cole UNASA WA 7.25

Carl MOREHOUSE Chelsea 7.5

David AFATH Reservoir 7.5

Michael BELTRAME 7.5

James WOODGATE Qld 7.75

Matthew HARGREAVES Tarneit 7.75

Timothy DELAHUNTY Qld 8

Laurent STEWART 8

Matthew WALDRON Tas 8

Ollie WURM ACT 8

James VINE MALVERN 8

Samuel BAIRD Coghills Creek 8

Kevin BRITTAIN Grovedale 8

Shaun FLETCHER NSW 8

Bryce TEO WA 8

Ben MISPELHORN Qld 8

Ben KOSCHADE SA 8.25

Nathan RIALI 8.25

Liam DOOLEY Highton 8.25

Dylan CALLEJA EAST Bentleigh 8.25

John NICOLOSI Malvern 8.25

Chris TUOHY Hadfield 8.25

Lee FORREST Huon 8.25

Alex SALIU SA 8.5

James CIBICH SA 8.5

Grant BILLINGHAM Canberra 8.5

Jarred GILROY Tas 8.5

Bros KELLY Hastings 8.75

Henry NWOSU Parramatta 8.75

Conor LACHLAN 8.75

Sam DICK Qld 8.75

Cameron MOSS Ringwood East 8.75

Benjamin WEAVER Frankston 8.75

Brendan WATT Canberra 8.75

Nicholas MACGIBBON Peechelba 8.75

Paul CRACROFT-WILSON Qld 9

Dylan PANIZZA WA 9

Michael VOUMARD Armadale 9

Daniel STEINHAUSER Thurgoona 9

Fabrice MELANIE Noble Park

Mathew CURRIE Qld 9

Cam DUNBAR Ringwood East 9

James LOBLEY Brighton 9

Ryan SCHMIDT Qld 9

Andrew BOUDRIE Altona 9

John ADAMS Lavington 9.25

Tom PAAVOLA NSW 9.25

Adam HAYES Ballarat 9.25

Shaun HARGREAVES Werribee 9.25

Christopher INNES-WONG SA 9.5

Adrian BURKE Mount Helen 9.5

Tim ESCHEBACH NSW 9.5

Michael BOLTON Frankston 9.75

Brady LEHMANN NSW 9.75

Douglas GREENOUGH East Bentleigh 9.75

Luke WHITNEY Tas 9.75

Nathan FOX Ballarat 9.75

Christian Foster 9.75

Adrian HARRIS SA 9.75

Nathan McNAB ACT 9.75

Bikramjeet SINGH Thornbury 9.75

Damian TOHL SA 9.75

Brandon HALLIDAY Qld 9.75

Augustine CARTY-COWLING Footscray 10

Rhys PARKINSON Melton 10

Simon CALVERT Tas 10

Sean LAW Mooroolbark 10

Vincent JASON 10

Dean DOBRIC St Kilda 10

Stuart ROOKE Beaumaris 10.25

Andrew CAMPBELL Eltham 10.25

Edward WARE Mont albert 10.25

Paul TANCREDI Oak Park 10.25

Robert SPENCER ESsendon 10.25

Jaryd COWLEY Canberra 10.25

Glenn ROSS WA 10.5

Josh TIU DONCASTER 10.5

Isaac DUNMALL Qld 10.5

Simon FITZPATRICK Windsor 10.5

Jesse MATTHEWS Canberra 10.5

Matthew EDDY Narre Warren 10.5

Dale LYONS Armadale North 10.5

Mathew BROOKS Tas 10.75

Shane EZARD Torquay 10.75

Luke VERSACE 11

Adam COOTE Elwood 11

Jarrod LINDNER Lavington 11

Leigh PHELAN Brighton 11

Matthew HARVEY Keysborough 11.25

Richard BROWN Ballarat 11.25

Joel FANNING 11.25

Jarrad DARTNALL Dernancourt 11.25

Peter O'DWYER Ballarat 11.5

Simon CAREY Rowville 11.5

Nick SAMPIERI Prahran 11.5

Bradley LETTON SA 11.5

Simon JACKSON Bentleigh 11.75

Matthew NEWTON NSW 11.75

Andrew WALDRON Flemington 12

Christopher EATHER Sandringham 12

David TRUDGIAN Keilor 12

Andrew FLANAGAN Nunawadding 12

Noddy ANGELAKOS Coburg 12

Ryan CAMILLE Wheelers Hill 12

Shane WOODROW REDAN 12

Darren WHITTAKER Mordialloc 12

Matthew D'ASTOLI South Yarra 12

Shane QUINN Richmond 12

Gavin O'NEIL Brookfield 12

Ryan HOFFMAN Qld 12

Paul TAYLOR SA 12

Nick MAGREE Mitcham 12

Matthew CALLARD Werribee 12

Martin HORNE NSW 12

William LITTLE Caulfield 12

Mark HIGNETT Geelong West 12

Craig FOLEY Surrey Hills 12

Matthew MIFSUD Coburg 12

Timothy ROSEN Bentleigh East 12

Jay BLAKE Preston 12Rodney MATHEWS Buninyong 12