NSW State 3000m Championships
It was hard to know where to look at the NSW State 3000m Championships in Sydney, as our junior middle distance stars nearly upstaged the overall winners of the Open events. Brilliant wins to Bridey Delaney (9.09.85) and Jordan Gusman (7.58.38), both personal best performances, were closely...
Athlete of the Week - Alana Boyd (Pole Vault)
It's hard to imagine not seeing Alana Boyd included in some type of headline across the Australian domestic season. On Thursday night at the Sunshine Coast we were again witness to world class pole vaulting - with Boyd clearing an exceptional 4.71m. The...
What We Learned from 'Super Saturday' - Proud to be an Australian
If you have managed to catch any of the IAAF World Indoor Championships over the past 3 days you would have witnessed some tough competition, accompanied by some gutsy Australian results. It hasn't gone to plan for all our...
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),...
Stubbs Shows Rio is Clearly on the Radar
Gold Coast sprinter Aaron Stubbs took another step towards representing Australia at the Rio Olympic Games, only a week after taking home a $12,000 cheque for a narrow win in the Queanbeyan Gift (in a very swift time of 12.14 seconds).
At the Joanna Stone Shield...
2016 Australian Female Athlete of the Year
It was always going to be a difficult task to split two athletes who both had exceptional years. Genevieve LaCaze ended up receiving the nod over the recently retired Alana Boyd, although if Boyd had not be injured at the World Indoors the decision...
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...
Mitchell Records Sizzling One Lap in Canberra
There is certainly one event that should be of great interest over the coming summer of athletics, and it's the 400m. With the likes of Steve Solomon, Craig Burns and Alex Beck all likely to go head to head in the coming months on the men's side,...
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...
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...
