News - NSW Athletics

Manly Warringah Athletics Unites the Northern Beaches

NSW Athletics proudly supports the landmark move by the athletics community on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, with Manly Warringah Little Athletics (MWLAC) and Sydney Pacific Athletic Club, trading as Manly Warringah Athletics Club (MWAC), announcing they will become one.

Thu 29 May 2025

Joshua Henry Appointed as Photo Finish Coordinator at NSW Athletics

NSW Athletics is pleased to announce the appointment of Joshua Henry as the new Photo Finish Coordinator, effective Monday 26 May. Josh brings a wealth of experience and a passion for athletics, making him a valuable addition to the team as we continue to grow and evolve our competition and event delivery.

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Mon 26 May 2025

Sydney 10: Fast times, record depth and quality racing feature at 2025 event

A record 2400 athletes lined up across the four events at the 17th Sydney 10 held in light rain this morning around Sydney Olympic Park. In the women’s 10km event Holly Campbell recorded the 4th fastest time in the races history, while in the men’s Victorian Aiden Velten led home a quality field with Run Crew’s Ciaran Rushton claiming the State title. But the feature of the event was the dramatic increase in depth with 50% more athletes dipping under 31 and 32 minutes in comparison to the 2024 r

Sun 18 May 2025

VALE Nicky Jenneke

The NSW athletics community is in mourning over the loss of a most valued member Nicky Jenneke, aged just 55. The Cherrybrook club administrator sadly passed away this week.

Sat 17 May 2025

Life Membership - Kirsten Crocker

On Saturday night at the Athletics NSW Awards Dinner, Technical Official Kirsten Crocker was awarded life membership.

Tue 13 May 2025

Life Membership Tony Smyth

On Saturday night at the Athletics NSW Awards Dinner, Technical Official Tony Smyth was awarded life membership.

Mon 12 May 2025

Australian Little Athletics Championships: NSW claim 37th title

In Adelaide this ANZAC weekend NSW won their 37th Australian Little Athletics Championship. First held in 1971, the 2025 Under-13 championship went down to the last two events with NSW holding off Queensland 778 to 753 points, while Victoria finished third on 706 points. NSW claimed the prestigious Trevor Billingham Trophy, named after the founder of Little Athletics in Australia.

Mon 28 Apr 2025

NSW Team ready for the challenge of the Australian Little Athletics Championships

In Adelaide this weekend 40 NSW athletes will take the next step on their track and field pathway, when they represent NSW at the Australian Little Athletics Championships (ALAC).

Wed 23 Apr 2025

Australian Championships: Day 4 review

Could day four match the brilliant day three of the Australian Championships? Maybe it did, as Olyslagers, Lovell, Carli, Fairweather, Hull again and the Hunt brothers were fantastic.

Mon 14 Apr 2025

Australian Championships: NSW athletes claim two of the greatest National titles ever

On day three of the Australian Championships being held this week in Perth, the women’s 1500m and men’s 100m National titles will go into history as two of the greatest races in championship history. And the great news is NSW athletes Jessica Hull and Rohan Browning claimed them.

Sun 13 Apr 2025

Australian Open Championships: More Beacroft Brillance

The 102th Australian Open Championships begun in Perth yesterday in glorious conditions. NSW had early success from the very first events from Isaac Beacroft on the track and Rosemary Little, Coc Espie and Chelsy Wayne in the field.

Fri 11 Apr 2025

Australian Junior Championships: REVIEW

There have been an enormous number of tremendous results from the NSW contingent in Perth at the Australian Junior Championships. Here are just a few we caught up with.

Wed 09 Apr 2025

World titles and records galore for NSW athletes at the World Masters Indoor Championships

A 20 strong NSW contingent have helped Australia to fifth place on the medal tally at the tenth edition of the World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships, held in late March in Gainesville in America.

Sat 05 Apr 2025

Australian Championships: 900 athletes go west

Nearly 900 NSW athletes head to Perth over the next week to compete at the Chemist Warehouse Australian Junior and Open Championships, the 102nd staging of the event.

Wed 02 Apr 2025

NSW Open and Little Athletics Championships - REVIEW

The historic combined 128th NSW Open Track and Field Championships and HART Sport 54th Little Athletics NSW Track and Field Championships (ages U9-U12) were a major success over the last four days.

Mon 24 Mar 2025

Little Athletics NSW State Championships: 5 athletes remembered

As we prepare for the HART Sport 54th Little Athletics NSW Track and Field Championships commencing Saturday at Homebush, we reflect on a few athletes whose names are still in the record books three, four and amazingly five decades later. Of the five we remember, three went on to become Olympians for three different countries, another won gold at the Commonwealth Games and the fifth played rugby league for Australia.

Wed 19 Mar 2025

NSW Junior Championships Days 3 & 4

The great conditions for good performances continued on days three and four at the NSW junior Championships being held at Homebush.

Mon 17 Mar 2025

Sydney Track Classic: Hurdlers smash barriers

The 2025 Sydney Track Classic may not have attracted any major international stars, but these days Aussies are themselves the big names in the sport. A very warm day ensured the track was quick and tailwinds also assisted. Three early performances, the two 400m hurdle events and men 4x100m relay record, got the momentum going, and from there it was wall-to-wall great performances and good racing for the estimated 2000 crowd.

Sun 16 Mar 2025