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Fantastic Prize on Offer! We are very excited to announce the fact that the first winner of the 'Athlete of the Month' award will receive an individual prize valued at $100. The prize is an 'Experience Gold Class Package' through Event Cinemas. The winner will be announced on runnerstribe.website at the conclusion...
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,...
2016 Season: Not Defined by Medals in Rio The 2016 season unofficially started with the Zatopek:10 (back in December, 2015), and since then we have witnessed so many magical moments from our stars of Australian athletics. Although many people would rate the Australian team's performance purely on the results from...
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...
Big Month of Track and Field Another month has past and we were again treated to some magical moments from our top Australian track and field stars. First we had some fantastic performances from our junior athletes at the Australian All Schools Championships, which included an Australian Youth record in the...
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...
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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...
Less than a week to go until the Olympic qualifying period ends on July 11. Will This Be Our Best Olympic Team Since Sydney? It's hard to imagine an Australian Olympic team without Sally Pearson, but unfortunately that's what we are faced with leading into the 2016 Rio Olympics. In saying...
Tasmanian All School Championships The 2015/16 domestic season has just commenced and Jack Hale is already showing the rest of the world that he will be ready for the upcoming World Junior Championships in July next year. A dominant display of sprinting, where Hale recorded his second fastest ever time...
Victorian All Schools Championships Although for many junior athletes their grand final is next March's Australian Junior Championships, we are still seeing some exciting early season performances from our junior stars. Over the last 3 days we have been witness to many highlights at the Victorian All Schools Championships, none...