by adminau | Jun 17, 2015 | Featured, News, Track
17th June 2015 . Ron Clarke has died. Considered Australia’s greatest ever middle-distance runner, Ron Clarke, will be remembered as one of the best athletes in the world for many years. Clarke, AO, MBE, passed away due to kidney failure at the Allamanda...
by adminau | May 27, 2015 | Featured, News, Track
Athletics in Australia dates back to 1810, when Dicky Dowling won the first documented event, a 50 yard sprint, in Hyde Park, Sydney. Since these humble beginnings, the sport has captured the imagination of millions of people across the country. Some of Australia’s...
by adminau | Dec 20, 2014 | Featured, News, Track, World Championships
Athletics Australia has published the Selection Policy for the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing (CHN) on 22-30 August 2015. With the aim of nominating the most competitive possible team to compete for Australia, the Selection Policy (download here) details the...
by adminau | Jul 31, 2014 | CWG, Featured, News, Track
Eric Hollingsworth, head coach of the Australian athletics team at the Commonwealth Games, has been suspended after publicly criticising team captain and Olympic 100 metre hurdles champion Sally Pearson. It followed a feud between the duo allegedly dating back to the...
by adminau | Jun 30, 2014 | Europe, Featured, News, Track
The 14-year-old Australian and Oceania 1000m record of Grant Cremer is no longer, with Glasgow 2014 bound Jeff Riseley (Vic) clocking 2:16.09 to improve the previous mark by half a second at the 53rd Golden Spike in Ostrava (CZE). Delivering third place in the race,...
by adminau | Mar 19, 2014 | Featured, News, Track
It’s not usual to see kids lining up to hurl something at a poster of one of Australia’s most popular athletes, but if Kim Mickle had been at Melbourne’s Loreto Mandeville Hall on a sunny Wednesday morning she would not have minded one bit. For one thing, a woman who...