May 

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• Athletics Australia to Appoint National Youth Event Coaches
  Athletics Australia has moved quickly from the momentum of the Commonwealth Games to plan out an Elite Youth Pathways Program that will concentrate heavily on the Under 17 and Under 18 athletes in the first instance.
• Vale Noel Worthington 16/12/32 - 26/4/06
  The athletics community is deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Noel Worthington last Wednesday.
• Mottram To Defend Healthy Kidney 10-K Title
  The New York Road Runners announced yesterday that World Championships 5000m bronze medalist, Craig Mottram of Australia, would defend his title at the second annual Healthy Kidney 10-K in New York's Central Park on Saturday, May 20.
• Benita Johnson Heads Long List of Aussies Competing This Weekend
  2004 World Cross Country Champion Benita Johnson heads a long list of leading Australian athletes competing on two continents this weekend. Whilst Johnson runs in the US, the second leg of the IAAF World Athletics Tour in Osaka will provide athletes with a sneak preview of the host venue for next year's World Championships.
• Jamieson Runs 1500m Personal Best - Weekend Wrap
  Sarah Jamieson has continued the strong form that saw her just miss 1500m gold in Melbourne, winning the Osaka event with a personal best and the second fastest 1500m ever by an Australian woman.
• Four silvers for Australian Athletes at Paralympic World Cup
  In cold and wet conditions there were some good performances at the Paralympic World Cup for Athletics Australia-PPP athletes.
• Tasmania to Host More National Track Meets in 2007
  Tasmania will be the focus of national athletics attention on the second weekend of February next year when Hobart hosts three athletics meets in three days.
• Troop Targets Marathon Championships on The Gold Coast
  The 2006 Gold Coast Airport Marathon – the Telstra Australian Marathon Championships – received a major boost today with the announcement that Athens Olympian Lee Troop will return to top-level competition at the Sunday 2nd July event.
• Sports Funding Boost Will Meet the Challenge
  Additional funding from the Australian Government in the 2006/07 budget will help Australia prepare for the growing challenge from countries pouring money into elite sport ahead of the Beijing and London Olympics, the Chairman of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), Mr Peter Bartels, said today.
• 2006 IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP: Australian Team Assembles in Spain
  The Australia Race Walking team have assembled in La Coruna, Spain to prepare for this weekends IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
• World Walk Cup Highlights a Big Weekend of International Athletics
  Dual Commonwealth Champion Nathan Deakes and the flying Saville Sisters, Jane and Natalie, will lead the Australian team into the IAAF World Walk Cup in La Coruna, Spain this weekend.
• 2006 IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP: Team Captains Announced & Troy Sundstrom Profile
  Victoria’s Duane Cousins, and NSW’s Jane Saville were appointed as senior team captains, with Tasmania’s Daniel Coleman appointed as Junior Captain.
• 2006 IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP: Preview. Lisa Grant and Adam Rutter profiled
  Preview: When the 22nd IAAF World Race Walking Cup get underway today, Football will take a back seat albeit for a short time in the sports crazy Spain. It takes a lot to move Football off the front page in this country, but with a National hero starting as one of the favourites in the IAAF 20km World Race Walking Cup, it is not surprising.
• Men Claim First Ever Team Medal at World Race Walking Cup
  The Australian 20km menâ??s team claimed silver at the 22nd IAAF World Race Walking Cup held in La Coruna Spain yesterday. They were the highlight of day one, but there were many other fine performances by the womenâ??s 20km Walk team, Jane Saville in the individual race and the menâ??s junior 10km walkers.
• Erickson Under Four Hours Again
  Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist Chris Erickson was the standout performance amongst the Australians on Day 2 at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup with his 26th placing in the 50km walk.
• Silver in Spain, Silver in Doha, and how fast is 9.76sec!
  A 20km men's team silver medal in the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in La Coruna Spain and a second placing to Donna MacFarlane in the women's 3000m steeplechase at the IAAF World Athletics Tour meet in Doha, Qatar where the standout performances of the past weekend as Australians continue to translate strong domestic form onto the world stage.
• An Interview with Craig Mottram prior to NY 10km
  Craig Mottram will attempt to defend his title at the Healthy Kidney 10K in New York, New York on May 20. Mottram spoke to Scott Douglas of New York Road Runners Website www.mensracing.com last week.
• Australians Dominate Oceania World Cup Team
  The Oceania Athletic Association has announced the first wave of Selections for the Oceania World Cup Team which will compete in Athens, Greece on the 17-18 September 2006.
• Mottram Looking to Break Record and Measure His Training
  Craig Mottram will take to Central Park, New York on Saturday looking to break the record for the 10km course and measure his progress in 2006 against that of 2005.
• Development Team Compete in Chinese Taipei International
  This weekend Australia’s 19-person development team compete in the first competition of their tour. They will compete in the Chinese Taipei International Athletics Meet.
• Athletics Australia Announces National Youth Development Squad
  Athletics Australia has today announced its first U/17 National Youth Development squad. These athletes will meet for two development camps in 2006, the first being at Runaway Bay, Gold Coast Queensland on June 23rd to June 26th. The squad is an Under 17 Squad (only 1990 born) with athletes being chosen from results at the December 2005 National All Schools and results at major meets throughout 2006.
• Martin Happy With Second European Performance
  Commonwealth Champion Scott Martin competed in his second competition of the European season on the weekend. Here he shares his thoughts on his performance.
• PRE CLASSIC ACTION: Steffensen Returns to the track; Jamieson looking to maintain her World lead
  Commonwealth Games champion, John Steffensen, will compete this Sunday in the 32nd Annual Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, for the first time since his double gold medal winning effort last March on the MCG.
• Five Victories for Australia in Chinese Taipei
  The Australian development team claimed five wins at the Chinese Taipei International Athletics Meet last weekend. But possibly the best performances were from two second placed Western Australian athletes Steven Tucker and Warwick Cregan.
• Race Walkers compete in Estonia
  Ballarat and AIS walker Jared Tallent (21) continued his good form in Europe this weekend with a win and PB in the Bruno Junk memorial EAA Race Walking Meeting in Valga, Estonia.
• Glynis Nunn-Cearns Heads Up National Youth Coaching Role
  In an exciting boost for Athletics Australia’s Youth Development Program, Glynis Nunn-Cearns OAM has accepted the role of National Youth Coaching Co-ordinator.
• Tim Sloan targets Gold Coast 100
  The 2006 Gold Coast 100, incorporating the Australian 100 km Championships, received a major boost today with the announcement that Australian record holder Tim Sloan will return to top-level competition at the Sunday 11 June event, to be conducted at the Gold Coast Sports Super Centre.