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Morgan Mitchell smashes personal best to stake claim for Rio 2016

Morgan Mitchell (Vic) has smashed her women’s 400m personal best to stake a claim for selection to the Australian Olympic Team at the Hunter Track Classic. Crossing the line in 52.04, more than 0.2 seconds faster than her previous quickest...

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Stars of Oz track and field to converge on the Hunter The push towards the Rio Olympics and the world juniors in Poland gets serious this weekend for Australian athletes as the national athletics series is launched in Newcastle when...

Thanks Coach | A Column By Len Johnson

Thanks Coach | A Column By Len Johnson There’s probably almost as many different athlete-coach relationships in athletics as there are athletes and coaches. Some athletes have a coach from the time they start out in the sport as a junior....

WA’s Marc See runs a history making sub 4 minute mile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiT6sf0DUjo&feature=youtu.be WA's Marc See runs a history making sub 4 minute mile Marc See's time for the mile 3:58.61 Quotes Marc See "I can now call myself a runner." Marc's coach, Steven Purse "I've experienced one of the biggest & proudest moments in my athletic coaching...

RT Journals The Workout Series | Nick Whightman

1km repeats In the winter I do 8 x 1k with a 1min jog between, running on dirt or grass and aiming for around 10k race pace. In the summer I do 6 x 1k on the track with 1min...

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Jama Aden interview: Coaching Genzebe Dibaba With Genzebe Dibaba clocking an astonishing 1500m world record of 3:50.07 last year, her coach, Jama Aden, tells Cathal Dennehy how she did it and claims the Ethiopian can run far quicker.

Alana Boyd soars to Australian pole vault record of 4.77m

Two-time Commonwealth champion Alana Boyd (Qld) will start the day an Australian record holder after soaring over 4.77m in the women’s pole vault on the Sunshine Coast (Qld) last night. Eclipsing her own record of 4.76m in the process, the...

Rupp to Run USA Olympic Marathon Trials

Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp announced through USATF.tv that he plans to run the Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles on Feb. 13.  However, he still plans to run the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, March 18 -...

Australia’s fastest man Joshua Clarke on track for Hunter Track Classic

Australia’s fastest man Joshua Clarke (NSW) will launch his campaign for Rio 2016 selection at the Hunter Track Classic on Saturday 30 January. Scheduled to start in the blue-riband men’s 100m on the hunt for a qualifying time of 10.16, Clarke...