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By RT The list below says it all. Jessica Trengove’s run this morning in the Melbourne Marathon was nothing short of history making. AUSTRALIA's FASTEST FEMALE MARATHONERS Benita Willis - 2:22:36; Oct 22, 2006 Chicago Lisa Ondieki - 2:23:51; Oct 31, 2008 Osaka Nickey Carroll - 2:25:51; Apr 18, 1999 London Kerry McCann - 2:25:59;...
Melbourne Marathon Sunday, 18th October 2015 Three Olympic qualifiers, a fantastic comeback to racing and an early season sprint highlight - that's what happened over an interesting weekend of racing across Australia. The top highlights from the Melbourne marathon were the two Olympic qualifiers, where both Jess Trengove and Brad Milosevic both collected...
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Epic False Start in the Men's 3000m - IAAF Diamond League Rabat 2017 VIA IAAF Diamond League The pacemaker Adil Briami of Morocco had a little bit of trouble hearing the starting gun calling the field back. FINAL RESULTS
Help us stop athletics in Australia from going backwards as the Queensland Government is considering plans to remove an athletics track from one of Australia’s most sought after athletics facilities. The Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre (QSAC) is home for many athletes based in Brisbane and South East Queensland. Originally...
BRETT Robinson and Victoria Mitchell have been crowned champions after the running of the 2015 B&E Burnie Ten on Sunday. Both are first-time winners of the race. Robinson turned the tables on training partner David McNeill, after Robinson came runner-up to his mate in the 2014 edition of the race. Robinson and...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (12-Oct) -- Molly Huddle's theme at today's Tufts Health Plan 10-K for Women was plain and simple: grind. The 31-year-old had Shalane Flanagan's 31:03 national record on her mind, something she wanted to eclipse on home soil here...
Eliud Kipchoge runs world leading time of 2:04:00 while Gladys Cherono breaks the 2:20 barrier with 2:19:25 A Kenyan double in a major marathon is hardly unusual but there was a majestic quality about the manner of victory for both Eliud Kipchoge and Gladys Cherono on the streets of Berlin in...
Seventy-two of our most talented athletes have today been extended the offer of National Athlete Support Structure (NASS) membership by Athletics Australia. Capturing Beijing 2015 medallists Fabrice Lapierre (NSW, long jump) and Jared Tallent (Vic, race walk), as well as the Olympic champion Sally Pearson (Qld, 100m hurdles), the NASS...
Meeting International Mohammed VI D'Athletisme de Rabat Rabat (Prince Moulay Abdellah), 16/07/2017 Men's results 100 Metres - Men Wind: -0.3 m/s 1 Ujah , Chijindu GBR 9.98 2 Meité , Ben Youssef CIV 10.01 3 Mitchell-Blake , Nethaneel GBR 10.18 4 Su , Bingtian CHN 10.19 5 Roto , Thando RSA 10.26 6 Bledman , Keston TTO...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved CHICAGO (09-Oct) -- With a back to basics approach this year, race director Carey Pinkowski announced on August 26, that pacemakers would be eliminated from this year's Bank of America Chicago Marathon, hoping to refocus fan and media interest...