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#SUMMERofATHS to launch with Hale, Roper and Peace as headline acts The summer of athletics is upon us and anticipation ahead of the Australian All Schools Championships and Zatopek:10 in Melbourne (Vic) this weekend has reached fever pitch. Entry lists for the All Schools confirm the start of more than 1100...
Australian 10,000m champions will be crowned winners of the Ron Clarke Medal for the first time at the Zatopek:10 this Saturday 5 December. Celebrating the contribution that the distance running great made to athletics in Australia and across the globe, the renaming of the national championship trophy has been confirmed...
IAAF World Youth Championships silver medallist Darcy Roper (Qld) has won the first of two head-to-head battles with up and coming talent Jack Hale (Tas) at the Australian All Schools Championships in Melbourne (Vic). Taking to the runway for the boy’s under 18 long jump, Roper soared to 7.66m (w:...
Eloise Wellings (NSW) and David McNeill (Vic) will be automatically nominated for selection to the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. The winners of the women’s and men’s Australian 10,000m championship races at the Zatopek:10, the duo are also the maiden recipients of the recently inaugurated Ron Clarke Medal thanks to their...
Armstrong Breaks NSW Open Record In what has been a fantastic week for breaking records, Angus Armstrong broke the NSW Open and U/20 record in the men's pole vault. Competing at the Treloar Shield meeting in Sydney on Saturday, Armstrong cleared 5.43m to not only break the record but also...
(c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HONOLULU (13-Dec) -- For the second consecutive year, Kenyans swept the wins here at the 43rd Honolulu Marathon. Taking advantage of excellent racing conditions --cool temperatures, no wind, and moderate humidity-- Joyce Chepkirui and Filex Kiprotich attacked the course eyeing fast times...
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2015 Albie Thomas - 17/12/2015 The Crest, Bankstown 1 Gusman, Jordan 21 Athletics Nsw 3:59.47 2 2 Stapleton, Jack 20 U.T.S. North 4:00.53 2 3 Johnson, Joshua 23 Athletics Nsw 4:00.83 2 4 Batt, Kevin 24 Athletics Nsw 4:01.70 2 5 Roff, Jeremy 32 Randwick Bot 4:06.13 2 6 West, Jared 27 Athletics Nsw 4:07.62...
Gusman Records Impressive Sub 4 Minute Mile An emotionally charged mile in Sydney started off what was a very interesting couple of days of athletics from around the country. The Albie Thomas meeting in Bankstown was the perfect opportunity for Jordan Gusman to produce his very first sub 4 minute...
Australia’s best distance runners are set to lock in their 2016 domestic campaign, with Athletics Australia confirming the calendar for next year’s series of road running championships. Set to launch with the Australian Half Marathon Championships on Sunday 3 July, the calendar also confirmed Sunday 18 September and Sunday 16...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (01-Jan) -- A pair of B.A.A. unicorns were spotted ringing in the New Year in style, sweeping victories here in Central Park at the 37th NYRR Midnight Run, held at the stroke of midnight. Sarah Pagano and...