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Commonwealth Games Day 2: Gold to O’Hanlon

There were mixed fortunes for the NSW athletes on day two of the Commonwealth Games. Favourite in the T37/38 100m Evan O’Hanlon confirmed that standing with gold, while defending champion Brandon Starc jumped through pain to claim silver in the high jump.
Thu 04 Aug 2022

Commonwealth Games Preview

Tonight six day of Athletics action on the track and in the field gets underway in Birmingham. The depth in many of the events is truly world class, like the men’s 1500m including three of the top-4 from the Tokyo Olympic final are in the field. 26 NSW athletes will compete across the program. The number was recently boosted when Alec Diamond was added to the decathlon, following the withdrawal of Ash Moloney.
Tue 02 Aug 2022

World U20 Championships: Day 1 Kitching, Bond & Lightfoot progress

After a long wait for Australia’s leading teenage athletes, competition got underway in Cali, Colombia this morning when the World U20 Championships kicked off. The six-day competition will see 55 Aussies, including 16 NSW athletes in action. Across the morning and afternoon sessions, three NSW athletes, Hayley Kitching, Connor Bond and Mitchell Lightfoot smoothly progressed to the next rounds.
Tue 02 Aug 2022

World U20 Championships: Preview

Australia have arrived in Cali for the six-day World Athletics U20 Championships which commence Tuesday morning AEST. The team has historically won a few medals, averaging four for each of the recent championships. But a look at the entries from the 145 Nations and you realise how difficult this task will be. Just one relay team and one athlete in ranked in the top-3.
Sun 31 Jul 2022

The Quiet Achiever | Jye Perrott

One of the quiet achievers of the 800m domestic scene, 23-year-old Jye Perrott (UTS Norths, Ben Liddy) has acheived some incredible times & results in only 7 months of consistent training, including an Open National Bronze medal after just two months of running post-injury. Currently in the middle of a career-defining European season, we caught up with Jye on all things running, future, challenges and successes.
Fri 29 Jul 2022

Athletics NSW collaborates with the City2Surf

Athletics NSW (ANSW) is proud to be labelled as an official “Event Partner” of the 2022 City2Surf, in the leadup to the return of the biggest fun run in the world on Sunday 14th August, 2022. ANSW will be providing marketing and promotional support to runners of all ages and abilities, and supporting event communication with the elite athlete network.
Thu 28 Jul 2022

Commonwealth Countdown: Josh Azzopardi in profile

After a serious toe injury in late 2021, Josh Azzopardi nearly abandoned his 2022 season, but fortunately he and coach Rob Marks persevered going on to runs PBs and be selected in the Australian teams for the Oceania Championships, World University Games and Commonwealth Games.
Wed 27 Jul 2022

Athletics NSW 2021-2022 Annual General Meeting

On Thursday 21 July, the 2021/22 Athletics NSW (ANSW) Annual General Meeting was held, with two new Directors elected and one Director, David Lewis, re-elected to serve another term on the ANSW Board.
Fri 22 Jul 2022

NSW Road Relays return

After two years missed due to COVID, the NSW Road Relay Championships made a triumphant return in 2022 and to their recent home, Newcastle University, Ourimbah Campus on the Central Coast. There were exciting wins for Randwick Botany and UTS Norths.
Mon 18 Jul 2022