Superstars of Australian athletics will take on the world’s best in a high-profile track and field meet on home soil, with World Athletics and the Victorian Government today announcing their support of a World Continental Tour Gold Level meet in Melbourne in February.
On the eve of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017, some of the world’s top middle and long distance runners joined IAAF President Sebastian Coe, dignitaries from the Local Organising Committee and IAAF Ambassadors Tegla Loroupe and Paul Tergat at the pre-event press conference at the Sheraton...
Athletics NZ weekly round-up 7 November
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
AUCKLAND
Athletics Auckland Meeting, Mt Smart Stadium – 5 November 2016
Mark down Olivia McTaggart as our next pole vault star. Last week she enjoyed becoming a member of the four metre pole vault club and on Saturday the 16 year old celebrated...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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TERRE HAUTE, IN, USA (18-Nov) -- The NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships are fewer than 24 hours away. Sixty-two teams are eyeing the sleek national championship trophies, while a select number of athletes have a shot at taking...
Australia’s men’s team at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships should not be ignored according to confirmed starter Patrick Tiernan (Qld), as he gets set to line up at the first major international event of the year in Kampala (UGA) on Sunday 26 March.
To be joined on the start...
Athletics NZ weekly round-up 14 November
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
AUCKLAND
Athletics Auckland Meeting, Mt Smart Stadium – 12 November 2016
Hamish Gill 100m 10.73 (+0.8). Markos Ingham 100m 11.33 (+0.8) PB, 200m 22.71 (+0.9) PB. David Van Den Bogaard 100m 11.86 (+0.8), TJ 13.95m (+2.9) also 13.84m (+1.6) PB. Tommy Te Puni,...
Six NCAA Cross Country champions were crowned across Divison I, Division II and Division III on Saturday.
DI Men's Championship: Villanova's Patrick Tiernan won the individual title with a time of 29:22, finishing 5 seconds ahead of 2nd place Justyn Knight of Syracuse. Northern Arizona won the team competition 125-158...
The IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017 takes place at the Kololo Independence Grounds on Sunday (26), and you can follow all the action on the IAAF website.
Time Schedule Local Time (Uganda)
14:00 Mixed Relay Final - 10:00pm (AEDT) – Australian Eastern Daylight Time
14:30 Women U20 Race Final - 10:30pm...
With 10 days to go until the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017, final entry figures suggest it will be the biggest edition of the championships since 2006.
An expected 557 athletes from 60 teams are set to compete in the Ugandan capital on 26 March, surpassing the figures...
There is just over one month to go until the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017 when the athletics world will focus its attention on the Ugandan capital as it hosts this biennial gathering of the world’s finest middle and long distance runners on Sunday 26 March.
The oldest...
