Olympic Hopefuls Lead the Way at State Titles
Although many of our stars decided to miss their respective State Championships, there were still some outstanding results in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The biggest performances came from:
Morgan Mitchell (400m) - another PB, this time a 51.81s to win the Victorian title,...
Birkinhead 21.21m Shot Put is World Class
Damien Birkinhead is making up for lost time after missing selection for the 2015 World Championships by the barest of margins. In 2016 he has simply been outstanding, with two world class performances - 20.80m in Christchurch and then a superb 21.21m effort...
Welcome to our very first update where we take a look at the teams currently taking shape for both the Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and also the World U/20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The long road to making these teams for many started many years ago, but for...
2015 Australian Male Athlete of the Year
There were two stand out Australian male performers at the 2015 World Championships, who both picked up silver medals - 50km Race Walking champion Jared Tallent and Long Jump superstar Fabrice Lapierre. When it came down to separating the two, Lapierre took the honours largely due...
Australian 50km Road Walking Championships - 13/12/2015
Fawkner Park, Melbourne
It was an important day for Chris Erickson as he looked to book his ticket for the 2016 Rio Olympics. In the end he didn't have it all his own way as two other Australian's, in Brendon Reading and Ian Rayson,...
This week we take a look at some of our female athletes who are all at a critical stage in their individual careers. All four athletes that we focus on below are at different stages in their careers, but essentially are all looking for one thing - success on the international...
NCAA Cross Country Championships
Our very own Patrick Tiernan delivered in one of the biggest college races of the year - the NCAA Division 1 Cross Country Championships. With thanks to http://www.ustfccca.org/ this is what unfolded:
Villanova junior Patrick Tiernan went for the win from the start.
He had thought about it...
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...
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...
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,...
