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...
2015 Australian Female Athlete of the Year
When I look through all of the results from 2015 it's difficult to name just one stand out athlete or just one top ranked performance, but there was an athlete who did show quality and consistency of results throughout the year. The athlete...
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...
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,...
Armstrong Breaks NSW Open Record
In what has been a fantastic week for breaking records, Angus Armstrong broke the NSW Open and U/20 record in the men's pole vault. Competing at the Treloar Shield meeting in Sydney on Saturday, Armstrong cleared 5.43m to not only break the record but also...
Although we didn't see all our top junior athletes competing in Melbourne, the Australian All Schools Championships still managed to supply an endless amount of highlights. We take a look at some of the athletes that we could certainly see wearing the green and gold at either a senior World...
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...
Athlete of the Month - October, 2015
We have counted all the votes and the winner of our inaugural Athlete of the Month (for October) is awarded to 16 year-old Zach Facioni. Congratulations!
Facioni took the win, polling 76 votes to defeat Jess Trengove (66), while third place ended up going...
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...
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...
