
Date: Saturday, February 18 2012
Location: Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre (Sydney, NSW)
Did you know that the Sydney Opera House stands 65m tall and former world champion Dani Samuels can throw a discus 65.84m?
Did you know an AFL goal post stands at 6m tall and Olympic champion Steve Hooker can pole vault 6.06m?
Did you know that the last time someone hurdled as fast as World Athlete of the Year Sally Pearson, Justin Bieber wasn’t even born, let alone singing?
Did you know the width of four F1 cars is 7.2m and world championship silver medallist Mitchell Watt can jump 8.54m?
Did you know that the 2012 Australian Athletics Tour will return to Olympic Park for the Sydney Track Classic, Saturday 18 February?
In an Olympic year, competition will be intense as Australia's best athletes do battle against each other and some of the biggest names on the planet. The question is, will you be there?
Don’t miss out. Make sure you get your tickets at sydneytrackclassic.com. And what’s more, there’s a great school offer for you and your classmates to head along for cheap!
Events:
- Men's 100m
- Men's 200m
- Men's 400m
- Men's 800m
- Men's 1500m
- Men's 110mH
- Men's 400mH
- Men's 3000m Steeplechase
- Men's 5000m Walk
- Men's Long Jump
- Men's Shot Put
- Men's Discus Throw
- Women's 100m
- Women's 200m
- Women's 400m
- Women's 800m
- Women's 1500m
- Women's 100mH
- Women's 400mH
- Women's High Jump
- Women's Pole Vault
- Women's Long Jump
- Women's Shot Put
- Women's Discus Throw
- Women's Hammer Throw
- Women's 5000m Walk
For more information on the 2012 National Athletics Series, including the event grid and the athlete funding list, please follow this link to the 2012 NAS home page on the Athletics Australia website.