Rio Competition Less Than 60 Days Away
It's hard to believe but the Rio Olympic Games are less than 60 days away. The Australian team is far from being finalised, although some athletes are understanding that time is starting to run out if they are to produce the required performances...
35 Days and Counting
We are closing in the all important final deadline for Olympic selection, being July 11, and we are still hopeful of sending 60 individual athletes to Rio. At present the likely number would be 56, after the recent additions of Matt Denny (discus), Josh Robinson (javelin)...
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...
IAAF World Challenge Beijing, CHN
On the 1st May Linden Hall smashed her PB in the women's 1500m with an extraordinary 4.04.47 win in Palo Alto, USA. Less than three weeks later we have seen yet another jaw dropping performance in the women's 1500m, this time from 22 year-old Jenny Blundell.
Competing...
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...
Payton Jordan Invitational Review - Stanford University
When we completed our preview of the Payton Jordan Invitational we focused in on three athletes, but we certainly didn't think that all three would produce such stunning results. Linden Hall, Lora Storey and Sam McEntee all exceeded even our initial expectations, with...
20th Annual Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational Track and Field Meeting
Event Details
Venue: Cobb Track and Angell Field, Stanford, California USA.
Date: Sunday, 1st May (Monday, 2nd May AEST) - Main Events commence at 11:00am (AEST)
Australians Entered (16):
Men's 1500m: Jordan Gusman, Josh Wright, Hugh Nicklason (Section 1: 12:46pm and Section 2: 12:40pm)
Men's...
Target 60 - Rio Only Just Around the Corner
There are 106 days until the opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, and the excitement continues to build as our Australian Athletics team continues to take shape. We are hoping that the final numbers will total around...
Australian Women's Team for Rio Close to Being Finalised - Target 60
Although we only have 20 Australian female athletes confirmed for Rio, another 8 athletes are on the cusp of also adding their names to the list. Overall we would be ideally looking at a final count to be...
Australian Athletics Team - Target 60*
The Australian Athletics Championships have concluded and there are now less than 100 days until the final Australian athletics team is announced, and fingers crossed we will end up with a 60 strong team representing the green and gold in Brazil. We already know...
