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NSW Juniors REVIEW Day 3: Sebastian Sultana 200m 20.84

Day three of the NSW Junior Athletics Championships brought some special performances in the continuing glorious weather conditions. Four world junior qualifiers were highlighted by Australia’s leading junior sprinter Sebastian Sultana winning the 200m in a slick 20.84. A feature was the number of athletes unable to claim the traditional doubles, like the 100/200, 800/1500, LJ/TJ combinations – a clear indication of top-end quality at the championships were more than usual number of athletes are
Mon 11 Mar 2024

NSW Juniors REVIEW Day 1: Louison-Roe treble

On International women’s day it certainly was the girls who shone on day one of the NSW Junior Championships at Homebush, highlighted by Izzi Louison-Roe and Delta Amidzovski.
Sat 09 Mar 2024

NSW Juniors Preview: New kids on the block

Nearly 1500 of NSW finest junior athletes will be in action this weekend at the three-day NSW Junior Athletics Championships at Homebush. The honour of NSW champion will be hard fought across competition in the under-14 to under-20 events. The championship lead to the Australian Junior Championships in Adelaide in April.
Thu 07 Mar 2024

Preview of ANSW's Centre of Excellence

In partnership with AA and NSWIS, the Athletics NSW (ANSW) Centre of Excellence focuses on the importance of ensuring emerging NSW athletes and coaches have acquired all the skills, knowledge, experience and exposure along their athletics journey that will allow them to cope with that pressure, relish opportunities and perform at their best physically, psychologically,  and technically when they reach the elite arena.
Tue 05 Mar 2024

World Indoors: High Jump Gold for Nicola Olyslagers

Central Coast’s Nicola Olyslagers has won Australia’s seventh gold medal at the World Athletics Indoor Championships this morning in Glasgow. In a nail biting competition against arch rival, Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Nicola negotiated 1.99m on her third attempt to take the title.
Sat 02 Mar 2024

World Indoors: Preview and how to watch our athletes

Inform NSW duo Nicola Olyslagers and Jessica Hull lead the Australian team at the 19th edition of the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Nicola and Jessica have equalled or broke Australian records in 2024 in the events they will contest – high jump and 3000m respectively. Unfortunately, Eleanor Patterson has withdrawn from the team.
Fri 01 Mar 2024

3 NSW athletes Glasgow-bound

Three NSW athletes were today announced in the 7-member Australian team for the World Indoor Championships to be held next weekend in Glasgow. Distance runner Jessica Hull and high jumpers Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers will wear the green and gold at the first global championship of the year.
Fri 23 Feb 2024

ANSW to host the largest-ever classification day

Athletics NSW is pleased to announce that the para-classification day has reached record numbers with more than 14 athletes already registered to attend on 8-10 March at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre. 
Mon 12 Feb 2024

NSW 5000m Championships: Blundell’s back

Finishing her first track race in nearly two years, dual Olympian Jenny Blundell has held off Paige Campbell by four seconds to claim the NSW women’s 5000m championships at Homebush last night. In the men’s race it was a wall of runners at the finish, with Ethan Wyatt-Smith taking the win.
Sun 11 Feb 2024

Lily Tilt and Robbie Cullen win NSW Open Combined Event Championships

First year senior athletes Lily Tilt and Robbie Cullen have claimed the open NSW Combined Event titles in 2024. Some of NSW’s best all round and hardest working athletes endured heat and rain during the two days of competition at the 92nd men’s NSW decathlon and 71st women’s heptathlon championships held at Homebush over the weekend.
Mon 29 Jan 2024

Athletics Wollongong inaugural winners of the Gibb/Loomes Shield

At the 79th NSW Country Championships held over the weekend, Athletics Wollongong won their third consecutive club point score and in 2024 will be the inaugural winners of the Gibb/Loomes Shield. Athletics Wollongong dominated the championships scoring 1419.5 points, nearly double second placed Nowra with 729.5 points. After close wins in 2022, over Mingara, and in 2023 ahead of Nowra, they were peerless in 2024. After slipping to eighth in 2020, it has been a tremendous return to the top.
Wed 24 Jan 2024

Stories from the 79th NSW Country Championships

It was another tremendous edition of the NSW Country Championships over the weekend conducted at Kerryn McCann Athletics Centre in Wollongong. With over 800 entries it was one of the largest ever championships. There were personal bests, championship records and athletes winning a bag full of medals, competing in a family friendly environment. Behind those achievement were some great stories, here are a few.
Sun 21 Jan 2024

Gibb/Loomes Shield to honour Rod Gibb, Jan Gibb and Valmai Loomes

The most prestigious award for an Athletics NSW country club will now be the Gibb/Loomes Shield, a new award which recognises the 166 years of extraordinary volunteer service by three stalwarts of country athletics - Rod Gibb, Jan Gibb and Valmai Loomes.
Sat 20 Jan 2024