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Mckayla Grobler’s Record Shot

At the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships last month in Melbourne there were the usual dozen or so championships bests, but ranked above all of those performances was just one Australian (able-bodied) record.
Wed 14 Jan 2026

Albie Thomas Mile: home victory for Jaylah Hancock-Cameron

Last night’s 2025 Albie Thomas Mile, which doubles as the Australian championship, closed a highly successful year in NSW and Australian track and field. A bonus was a victory for the host club Bankstown, with Hancock-Cameron claiming the women’s mile.
Sun 21 Dec 2025

Optimising Athlete Development in NSW

NSW Athletics, in partnership with the University of Sydney, has launched the Grow to Gold project, which includes a full-time PhD focused on athlete development across the NSW athletics pathway.
Thu 18 Dec 2025

Unification of Athletics In Australia

Since the launch of the NSW Athletics Partnership some 18 months ago, the NSW Athletics community has enjoyed the benefits of a unified sport in our state – increased membership and participation, a single events pathway and more streamlined administration for clubs, centres and volunteers.
Wed 17 Dec 2025

World Record Beacroft, #2 Aussie All-time McMillen

The NSW halcyon race-walking days of the 90s could be ready for return following two world class race walking performances last night at the NSW 10,000m Race Walking Championships at Homebush. Heading the performances were teenager Isaac Beacroft who broke the World U20 Record, while in the women’s Lizzy McMillen clocked the second fastest time in Australian history and the fastest by an Aussie for 35-years.
Fri 12 Dec 2025

NSW Sport Awards: Nicola Olyslagers Athlete of the Year

The incredible year by high jumper Nicola Olyslagers, along with coach Matt Horsnell, were recognised last evening at the prestigious Sport NSW Athlete of the Year Awards as they claimed the athlete of the year and coach of the year awards.
Tue 25 Nov 2025

State Relays: The team behind the teams – the club administrators

With the dust settled on a successful two weekends of State Relay Championships, we would like to take a moment to recognise a key group who make it all possible – the club administrators. They work enormous hours to ensure athletes have an enjoyable experience. Rightfully we regularly thank the technical officials and personal coaches, but the primary team competition for our individual sport is the relays. They rely hugely on those unsung club administrators.
Fri 21 Nov 2025

NSW 3000m Championships: title #3 for Phillips, Australian record for Rowbotham & redemption for Hancock-Cameron

The 2025 edition of the NSW 3000m championships, held at ES Marks Field, wrote a number of headlines into the history books of these championships. A first ever three peat in men’s race by Josh Phillips; redemption by Jaylah Hancock-Cameron who was disqualified last year after winning; and 15-year-old Evan Rowbotham destroyed the Australian under-16 3000m record by nine seconds.
Sun 02 Nov 2025

NSW Sport Awards: Six Athletics finalists

Athletics NSW members have been recognised with finalists in six categories of the prestigious 2025 Sport NSW Awards to be held at The Star on Monday 24 November 2025.
Tue 28 Oct 2025

NSW 10,000m: Ed good on his return to track

We saw contrasting races at last night’s NSW 10,000m championships held at The Crest track in Bankstown. In the men’s we were treated to a master class from Ed Goddard, while Cicely Brown won a see-sawing battle in the women’s race.
Fri 17 Oct 2025

Treloar Shield Soars to New Heights

Record participation will mark the start of the NSW Athletics summer season when the Treloar Shield gets underway at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre on Saturday, 11 October.
Fri 10 Oct 2025

World Para Athletics Championships – Four NSW medallists

The 12th World Para Athletics Championships concluded overnight in New Delhi, India, with four NSW athletes finishing on the podium. Mali Lovell and Rheed McCracken each claiming a pair of silver medals, while Luke Bailey and Lexie Brown were members of the bronze medal winning Universal 4x100m Relay.
Mon 06 Oct 2025

NSW All Schools Day 4 Review: Evan Rowbotham just misses Australian record

We have witnessed some incredible performances over the four days of the NSW All Schools Championships, but on the final day of competition we saw arguably the performances of the meet when a 37-year-old Australian record was threatened by Evan Rowbotham. In the 15-years 800m, Rowbotham clocked 1:51.85, to just miss the record set in 1988 by Victorian Mark Holcombe.
Wed 01 Oct 2025