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...
NSW All Schools Championships: 8-11th October, 2015
There have been some impressive performances by 15 year-old girls in Australia over the years, none more so than Georgie Clarke's truly amazing 4.06.77 in Hobart back in 2000 - when only 15y7m. This still stands as both the Australian Junior and Youth...
NSW All Schools Championships: 8-11th October, 2015
It's difficult when you run 3.52.92 in the 1500m as a 15 year-old and end up being upstaged for the performance of the meeting (ed. this could be debated!), but that's exactly what happened to Zach Facioni. The 2015 NSW All Schools was...
Matthew Denny has broken through with a huge throw in Townsville, QLD. Denny threw 80.48m to unofficially break the Australian Junior Record for the hammer throw. It was the first time Denny had thrown over 80m for the hammer throw (6kg), after previously throwing 79.11m in Germany back in...
Super Saturday - Event Previews from All Angles
There will be non stop athletics action this Saturday, as we see major competitions take place in Portland, Oregon (IAAF World Indoor Championships) followed by the Sydney Track Classic and finishing with the Queensland Track Classic. It is everything you could wish for as...
Strong Track Events Highlight National Championships
Running your eye over the start lists for the women's events at this years Australian Athletics Championships, it's hard not to notice some fantastic depth and quality - especially within the track events.
The head to head match ups across the 100m hurdles, 800m and...
Sydney to London: Qualifiers Within Reach
It's hard to believe that in 131 days time we will again be watching with anticipation as our Australian athletics stars take on the world in London. In 2015 we sent a total of 44 athletes to Beijing, China (16 men and 28 women),...
Countdown to Selection Meeting - 21 Days and Counting
In just over three weeks time we will know exactly which Australian athletes will be part of our final Olympic team bound for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The problem now for athletes still chasing the required qualifying marks is the fact...
Hall's Amazing Rise to International Stardom
It's hard not to get a little carried away with the success of Linden Hall over the last 4 weeks. Her latest performance at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene (4.01.78) had to be seen to be believed. Not only did she run a controlled...
Target 60 - Countdown to Rio Continues
Our hope is that the final number of Australian athletes for Rio will total around 60 individuals, and there are continued signs that this number can be achieved as we approach the final cut off date of July 12 (note: Nominations by AA must be...
