RT Column By Grace Kalac
At the conclusion of the 2006 Australian Cross Country Championships, an awestruck eleven-year-old Luke Mathews approached sixteen-year-old Ryan Gregson at Hobart Airport, hoping that Gregson would trade state team singlets with him. Mathews, who had won the Under 12s race the day before, had watched Gregson finish...
By Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe
Linden Hall has written her name in the history books after running 4:00.86 at the Prefontaine Classic, surpassing her former coach Sarah Jamieson’s Australian record by 0.07.
Hall finished sixth in the red-hot field, with the first four runners all dipping under the four-minute mark....
A new Day and age in Australian track and field
Written by Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe
If you watched Riley Day’s composure on night one of Nitro Athletics as she lined up on the back straight against Usain Bolt, you wouldn’t have guessed that the 16 year-old’s first memories of...
A column by Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe
It was April 2016 and Melissa Duncan was at the top of her game.
She had received automatic selection into the Australian Rio Olympic team to contest her pet event, the 1500 metres.
Just a few weeks earlier, the Melbourne Track Club...
Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast
In a testing night of Aussie track at Carrara Stadium, para sprinter Evan O’Hanlon has won gold in the T38 100 metres, Celia Sullohern has finished a credible sixth in the women’s 10,000 metres, and Georgia Griffith,...
Ella Nelson: The Best is Yet to Come
By Grace Kalac for Runner's Tribe
The start of the 2016 season for rising sprint star Ella Nelson could not have been more flawless. By April, twenty-two-year-old Nelson, coached by Sydney’s Michael Dooley, had surpassed the Olympic qualifying standard numerous times, and boasted...
Written by Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe
Brad Scott achieved a wealth of international success. The Western Australian graced three Paralympic Games, amassing a hat-trick of medals before the age of 25. The sports fanatic well and truly achieved his childhood dream of donning the green and gold.
But when Scott...
By Grace Kalac reporting from London - Runner's Tribe
Fifteen Australians graced London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the annual Diamond League Müller Anniversary Games on Sunday afternoon, producing a combined four personal bests and four season’s bests. With many of the 15 athletes set to compete in next month’s...
Super Saturday at Carrara – Aussies represent with pride on the penultimate day of athletics
The Australian Gold Coast 2018 track and field team today continued their medal streak on the field, concluding the final day of competition with two additional medals.
High jump sensation Nicola McDermott lit up Carrara stadium...
Written by Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe
On March 5th, Australians Josh Harris and Jack Colreavy toed the start line of the Lake Biwa Marathon in the hopes of soaring under the elusive 2:19.00 World Championship qualifier. The elite-only race, known for its field depth, ideal temperature, fast course and...
