World U20 Team Profile: Delta Amidzovski, Erin Shaw and Nicola Hogg
Today’s junior profiles, in the leadup to the World U20 Championships, are distance runner Nicola Hodd, high jumper Erin Shaw and hurdler Delta Amidzovski.
World U20 Team Profile: Luke Boyes, Charlie Jeffreson and Mitchell Lightfoot
Today’s junior profiles, in the leadup to the World U20 Championships, are 800m athletes Luke Boyes and Charlie Jeffreson along with hurdler Mitchell Lightfoot.
Golden finish for NSW athletes at World Masters Championships
NSW waited until day nine for their first gold medal which coincided with a medal rush from the NSW athletes in the closing days of the World Masters Athletics Championships being held in Tampere Finland.
World U20 Team Profile: Bella Guthrie
Today’s junior profile, in the leadup to the World U20 Championships, is hurdler Isabella Guthrie who after missing the team in 2021, ensured she was selected in 2022 with a series of outstanding performances to guarantee selection for the 2022 team.
World U20 Team Profile: Olivia Rose Inkster
Today’s junior profile, in the leadup to the World U20 Championships, is sprinter Olivia Rose Inkster who switched events and still managed to earn selection for the 2022 World U20 Championships.
NSW claim eight early medals at World Masters Championships
After six days of competition at the World Masters Athletics Championships, NSW athletes have claimed eight medals. The Championships, being held in Tampere Finland, is a 10-day competition running from June 29 to July 10. Australia was sitting 10th on the medal table with 6 gold, 11 silver and 8 bronze medals. Host nation Finland lead the table, followed by Germany and the USA.
NAIDOC Week | Will Roberts
2021 National 100m Bronze Medallist Will Roberts is a proud Gamilaroi man who was raised on the Eora nation of Sydney, and we caught up briefly with him during NAIDOC Week (3-10 July), a week to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
17 NSW athletes heading to the World Championships at TrackTown USA
Today 17 NSW athletes have been named in the Australian team for the World Championships, to be held at the iconic Hayward Field in Eugene, America.
World U20 Team Profile: Dominic Panozzo
We continue our series of junior profiles in the leadup to the World U20 Championships highlighting 400m hurdler Dominic Panozzo.
After missing the World U20 team in 2021, Dominic Panozzo was determined to make the 2022 team. But he had to negotiate a busy year with his HSC, followed by injury. Things were dire when he ran just under 57 seconds in his first 400m hurdles in January. But coach Deb Walsham was confident in the plan. Going into Nationals he was still nearly two seconds outside the
World U20 Team Profile: Hayley Kitching
We continue our series of junior profiles in the leadup to the World U20 Championships highlighting one of NSW’s finest ever junior middle-distance runners Hayley Kitching.
Coffs Harbour’s Hayley Kitching overcame the challenges of regular travel to competitions in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, to compile an amazing 2022 season of results. She became the eighth fastest ever Australian junior 800m athlete and won the national U20 title, therefore securing selection in the Australian team f
World U20 Team Profile: Aleks Stoilova
We continue our series of junior profiles in the leadup to the World U20 Championships highlighting one of NSW’s finest ever junior sprinters Aleks Stoilova.
Eloise Wellings – her Journey to a fifth Commonwealth Games
This week Eloise Wellings was named in a record fifth Commonwealth Games team. Over her 24-year international career she overcome many challengers. In this feature by David Tarbotton we follow her inspiring career from the start, including iconic moments like the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and her charity work with her own foundation Love Mercy.
RunNSW partners with Love Mercy Foundation for Sydney Half
RunNSW - the recreational running arm of Athletics NSW - are working closely with Eloise Wellings' charity, the Love Mercy Foundation, in the hope of repairing 12 wells in Northern Uganda to provide families fresh drinking water. The Sydney Half will act as the platform for participants and friends/family to donate towards the fantastic initiative, named "Well Worth It".
Eloise Wellings history making selection leads 25 NSW selections for Birmingham
Sutherland marathoner Eloise Wellings and Victorian Kathryn Mitchell have today been named in a record breaking fifth Commonwealth Games team for Australia. Eloise and Kathryn will become the first track and field athletes to attend five Commonwealth Games. At the other end of their journey is Samantha Dale who is making her Australian team debut after a breakthrough season in the long jump.
World U20 Team Profile: Pat Cantlon
Pat Cantlon continued his build up to his debut for Australian at the World U20 Championships in August, with a commanding win in the NSW U20 Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
Athletics NSW to co-host the WXC Bathurst 23 Test Event
The 2022 NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships (NSW XC Short Course) will be conducted at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, NSW, as part of the leadup to the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23, on Sunday 7th August, 2022.
Athletics NSW (ANSW) is working closely with the WXC Bathurst 23 Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Athletics Australia (AA) in delivering this year’s NSW XC Short Course, which is also acting as a test event for WXC Bathurst 23.
Under-20 XC winners Laura Roderick and Pat Cantlon lead quality junior fields at State XC
The junior fields, from under-12 to 14 at the NSW Cross Country Championships yesterday at Willandra, were some of the strongest for years. Many event line-ups had highly competitive races way more than 10 deep. Maybe with the World Cross Country Championships in their sights next year or after missing some racing in the last two years due to COVID, either way it is promising for NSW distance running hopes.
Paige Campbell and Aaron Spiessberger–Parker crowned winners at the 124th NSW Cross Country Championships
Despite the enormous amount of rain in 2022, the Willandra course was in immaculate condition for the running of the 124th NSW Cross Country Championships on Saturday. After a battle early, Paige Campbell won the women’s race, while former local athlete Aaron Spiessberger–Parker won a terrific tussle with dual Olympian Ben St Lawrence, to take the men’s title.