News - Athletics NSW

Albie Thomas Mile REVIEW

Victorian middle-distance star Abbey Caldwell and WA’s Jesse Hunt were crowned Australian Mile champions at the eighth edition of the Albie Thomas Mile hosted by Bankstown Athletics Club in Sydney last night. Jessica Hull (800m), Luke Boyes (800m), Sarah Carli (400m hurdles) and Tom Hunt (400m hurdles) were other key winners at the meet.

Fri 29 Mar 2024

Albie Thomas Mile – Facts and things to watch

Thu 28 Mar 2024

New partnership set to redefine Athletics in NSW

New partnership set to redefine Athletics in New South Wales ahead of 2024 Olympic Games

Wed 27 Mar 2024

Sydney Track Classic REVIEW: Four national records as Jessica Hull defends

Four Australian records highlighted the 2024 Sydney Track Classic in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 2700 spectators. Jessica Hell led 13 women to personal bests in the 3000m. There were spills and thrills in the men’s 3000m, while the photo was called to split Michelle Jenneke and Liz Clay in the hurdles.

Sun 24 Mar 2024

2024 Sydney Track Classic: Fun facts and things to watch

#Onthisday 23 March at the 1980 Australian championships, at ES Marks, two Australian records were set: 400m 45.35 Rick Mitchell and 200m 22.35 Denise Robertson-Boyd.

Sat 23 Mar 2024

Sydney Track Classic: 3000m Previews

The men’s and women’s 3000m National titles at the Sydney Track Classic on Saturday are two of the feature events. They are the first National titles this year to be held on the track and they have attracted terrific fields, particularly in the women’s event.

Thu 21 Mar 2024

NSW Open Championships: Lovell on track for Paralympic Games success

The 127th NSW Open track and field championships concluded on Sunday with an impressive number 200m performances from Mali Lovell, Rohan Browning, Josh Azzopardi, Chris Ius, Ella Connolly and Victorian Mia Gross.

Mon 18 Mar 2024

NSW Open Championships: 10 Things to Watch

Sat 16 Mar 2024

NSW Open Championships: Beacroft races to an Australian record, now #2 in the World

Ahead of a key month in his career, Hills race walker Isaac Beacroft, 16, won the NSW Open 5000m walk to launch the four-day NSW Championships. The women’s winner, Alannah Pitcher, won in a 84 seconds PB, signalling she was back to her best and past two bouts of illness.

Fri 15 Mar 2024

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 2: Kabba two world junior qualifiers from two starts

Day two of the NSW Junior Championships, in glorious conditions at Homebush, will be remembered by a host of sprint results that didn’t go by the form guide, while two established stars Rashid Kabba and Izzi Louise-Roe achieved key World U20 Championships qualifiers.

Sun 10 Mar 2024

Sydney Track Classic: Jessica Hull favourite to defend her National 3000m title

After a record-breaking tour across American and Europe over the last month, Jessica Hull returns to the scene of one of her finest performances in 2023, the Sydney Track Classic.

Sat 09 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

NSW athletes competing across the globe: Mt Stromlo – Canberra – Glasgow – Homebush - Taicang

Mon 04 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