The spirit of John Landy for will be immortalised, with Athletics Australia adding the John Landy Memorial mile to this Saturday’s Melbourne Track Classic program.
Scorching results set tongues wagging amongst athletics fans over the weekend, but outside of the Sydney Track Classic and the FISU World University Cross Country Championships, the weekend belonged the rising stars of Australian athletics – our athletes in the USA collegiate system competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships
The FISU World University Cross Country Championships attracted many of the world’s emerging distance athletes to Portugal to do battle over a challenging 10,000m course, with the Australian men finishing in fifth place – lead by a top-10 finish from Tim Vincent.
Australian track and field has two new national 3000m champions, with Tokyo Olympian Rose Davies and rising star Jude Thomas claiming the titles at the 2022 Chemist Warehouse Sydney Track Classic tonight.
Livestream of the Chemist Warehouse Sydney Track Classic commences is on tonight, Saturday 12th March. Tune in at 6.30pm for the Event Preshow with the Athletic Program starting 7pm. You can catch the Livestream via Athletic Australia's Facebook or Youtube channels.
The renowned collegiate system of the NCAA in the United States has long served as a stepping stone for young athletes transitioning to the senior ranks, with 12 Australians qualifying for this weekend’s NCAA Indoor Championships – including a number one seed.
The Chemist Warehouse Summer Series is set to roll on in Sydney after a successful start in Adelaide, with many of Australia’s top athletes descending upon Sydney Olympic Park just two weeks out from the Australian Track and Field Championships.
After two years of no Australian Masters National Championships (cancelled by COVID), the 2022 Australian Masters Association Track and Field Championships will finally be going ahead, in Brisbane from April 1 to 4.
Athletics Australia confirms that Stewart McSweyn has withdrawn from the team competing at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Serbia next week.
Athletics Australia is proud to confirm the largest ever Australian team to contest a World Athletics Indoors Championships, with a contingent of 16 athletes ready to compete in Belgrade, Serbia next weekend.
Olympic semi-finalist Liz Clay is set to spearhead a quality 100m Hurdles race at Saturday’s Sydney Track Classic, where the field of powerful and competitive women will look to draw first blood in 2022 – simultaneously raising the bar of Australian hurdling.
In many ways, Jan Swinhoe is a trailblazer. Athletics Australia’s first female President in its 124 year history should be celebrated for being just that on this International Women’s Day, but her pioneering prowess long outdates its acknowledgement.
Barring his mustache, Jack Rayner is best known for his marathon prowess. But the 26-year-old Australian just served up a gargantuan national record of 27:15.35 over 10,000m to announce his return from the marathon wilderness.
Australia’s top sprinters descending upon Queensland, a standout middle-distance performance, and more international success – the athletics season is in full swing.
An excruciating ending to the 2022 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships has seen Australia miss out on both team and individual medals in the 20km events, with technical errors made by the men’s team on Saturday night in Oman.
Australia’s future in racing walking is looking bright, with the Australian women’s Under 20 team claiming silver at the 2022 World Athletics Race Walking Championships in Muscat, Oman this afternoon.