2018 Runnerstribe Power Rankings We rank all our Australian athletes based on the IAAF Scoring tables, with the minimum benchmark being 1,100pts. In 2017 Dani Stevens 69.64m National Record (1,249pts) lead the way for the women, while Ryan Gregson’s 3.36.50i National Indoor Record in the 1500m (1,206pts) saw him lead the way for the...
Track and field sprinter, Jessica Peris, has reportedly tested positive to a banned substance. Daughter of Olympic hockey gold medallist, Nova Peris, Jessica, has reportedly tested positive to a banned substance during an ASADA test, there is no indication so far of what substance was allegedly involved. Peris scractched from...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved ALBUQUERQUE (18-Feb) -- Less than 24 hours after winning the 3000-meter titles at the USATF Indoor Championships here at the Albuquerque Convention Center, Shelby Houlihan (Nike Bowerman Track Club) and Paul Chelimo (U.S. Army) stepped down in distance, and...
Christian Coleman sped to a 6.34 world record* to win the 60m on the third and final day of the US Indoor Championships in Albuquerque on Sunday (18). The world 100m silver medallist had won his heat in 6.46 and his semi-final in 6.42 after easing down on both occasions, hinting that...
Commonwealth Games Australia has tonight confirmed 51 athletes for Gold Coast 2018 (GC2018). A total of 47 names have been added to the Australian Commonwealth Games team from this weekend’s 2018 Australian Athletics Championships & Nomination Trial, with four selected from the recent Australian 20km Race Walking Championships. Australian Team Chef de Mission Steve...
2018 Australian Athletics Championships & Nomination Trial: Day does the double Teenager Riley Day has completed the 100m-200m national sprint double with a huge personal best in the 200m of 22.93 seconds into a -1.7m/s headwind on Sunday at Carrara Stadium. Day’s performance was just one of the many highlights on the...
2018 Australian Athletics Championships & Nomination Trial: Cool Pearson wins ninth Australian 100m hurdles title World Champion Sally Pearson (Qld) has claimed her ninth Australian 100m hurdles crown on Saturdaynight in a dramatic finish to day three of the 2018 Australian Athletics Championships & Nomination Trial on the Gold Coast. Pearson shook off the disruption of a...
2018 Australian Athletics Championships & Nomination trial: Day 2 results MORNING SESSION Women 800 Metre Open Preliminaries 1, Petty, Angela, NZL, 2:02.78Q. 2, McGowan, Brittany, QLD, 2:04.52Q. 3, Griffith, Georgia, VIC, 2:05.13Q. 4, Small, Keely, ACT, 2:05.68Q. 5, Reid, Lauren, NSW, 2:03.81q. 6, Price, Lillian, QLD, 2:04.09q. 7, Anderson, Katrina, VIC, 2:05.48q. 8, De La Motte,...
2018 Australian Athletics Championships & Nomination Trial: McDonald steams to 5000m victory on day one Morgan McDonald (NSW) has booked his ticket to the Commonwealth Games in sensational fashion, winning his maiden Australian 5000m title in a world leading time 13:19.05. The most anticipated race on the opening night of the...
In the fourth and final in our series of previews of the 2018 Australian Athletics Championships & Nomination Trial at Carrara Stadium, February 15-18 we shine the spotlight on the women’s track events. Follow the championships online using the #AthleticsGold and #ThisIsAthletics Reigning world 100m hurdles champion, Sally Pearson (Qld)...
