October 

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• Benita finishes second in Great North Run
  Ethiopian Berhane Adere, the former world 10,000 metre champion, shrugged off Australian Benita Johnson and Kenyan Susan Chepkemi in the last 500m to win Britain�s biggest road race, the BUPA Great North Run, on Sunday.
• Details of the Funeral of Peter Norman
  A service to celebrate the Life of Peter Norman will be held at the Williamstown Town Hall - 104 Fergusson Street, Williamstown, Victoria at 1pm on Monday 9th October 2006.
• Vale Peter Norman (1942-2006)
  Yesterday's sudden passing of 1968 Olympic silver medallist Peter Norman has touched sports fans around the globe. Media outlets in all corners of the world, but particularly in America where organisations such as the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN have paid tribute to Peter's life, his sporting endeavours and contribution to one of the most famous moments in Olympic history.
• Anna Thompson to lead Aussie contingent in inaugural IAAF Road Running Championships
  Commonwealth Games representatives Anna Thompson, Lauren Shelley and Martin Dent will join international debutante Lisa-Jane Weightman to form the Australian team competing in the inaugural IAAF Road Running Championships this Sunday.
• Australia Select 42 Athletes for the IAAF Oceania Championships
  Athletics Australia is pleased to announce the selection of 42 athletes in the team for the 8th IAAF Oceania Open and Under 18 Championships to be held in Apia, Samoa in December.
• Telstra Athletics Assistance Fund
  CONGRATULATIONS! Telstra, Athletics Australia and Australian Little Athletics are pleased to announce that the following clubs have been awarded Telstra Athletics Assistance Funds.
• 'Buster' Mottram returns home for a well-earned break
  Craig �Buster� Mottram returned home yesterday (Wednesday) for a well-earned break after an outstanding domestic and international season.
• Croc Fest-Respect Yourself Respect Your Culture
  Croc Fest - Respect Yourself Respect Your Culture
• Indigenous athletes bound for Samoa
  Indigenous athletes bound for Samoa
• Australia's ultra runners to tackle the world's best - IAU 100km World Cup Preview
  The ultra running fraternity will turn their attention to Misari, Korea this Sunday, where those who run �beyond the marathon� will tackle the IAU 100km World Cup.
• Thompson sets a new best in Anna-other sensational international performance
  Anna Thompson, the 29-year-old from Melbourne, set a new personal and national best at the inaugural IAAF World Road Running Championships in Hungary last Sunday.
• McCann, Rouge-Serret and Samuels honoured at prestigious Sport Australia Hall of Fame awards
  Kerryn McCann, who captured the hearts of the nation after her memorable 2006 Commonwealth Games marathon win and victory lap, was last night honoured with the prestigious 'The Don' award at the glamorous Sport Australia Hall of Fame awards held at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne.
• IAU 1OOkm World Challenge Review
  A total of 319 runners (256 men and 63 women) contested the 2006 IAU 100km World Challenge last Sunday.
• Birmingham and Thompson triumph at Skilled Burnie Ten
  Victorian distance runners Collis Birmingham and Anna Thompson have taken out Australia's premier 10km road race, the 22nd Skilled Burnie Ten.
• Thompson sets a new best in Anna-other sensational international performance
  Anna Thompson, the 29-year-old from Melbourne, set a new personal and national best at the inaugural IAAF World Road Running Championships in Hungary last Sunday.
• Five emerging Aussie marathon stars join Prime Minister's Team
  Five of Australia’s emerging marathon stars have been identified to join the ‘PM’s Five’, a partnership to encourage excellence in sport and business.
• Crowther jumps ahead of the pack at ACT Sportstar of the Year awards
  World Junior Champion, Robbie Crowther jumped ahead of the pack to be named ACTSPORT AIS Sportstar of the Year at the ACT Sportstar of the Year Awards in Canberra on Saturday night.
• Dent defends, Wellings wins second Asics Bolt in Noosa
  Commonwealth Games representatives Martin Dent and Eloise Wellings won the Asics Bolt in Noosa on Saturday. Dent successfully defending his title with Wellings capturing her second Noosa win after victory in 2004.
• Letherby tunes up for New York with impressive win
  Australian marathon runner Andrew Letherby tuned up for next Sunday's ING New York City marathon by smashing the course record by a whopping 23 seconds to take out the Manitou Springs Mayors Cup 5k in Colorado today (Saturday).
• Young guns Kealey and Corrigan take out Bank of Queensland 1500m Classic
  Mitch Kealey and Lisa Corrigan have taken out their respective titles in the Bank of Queensland 1500m Classic last night.
• Troop and Wellings headline crack field in this Saturday's Asics 5km Bolt
  Eloise Wellings will headline a strong women’s field in this Saturday’s premier 5km road race – Noosa’s 2006 Asics 5km Bolt.
• Troop and Thompson head Australian teams for Chiba's Ekiden Relay
  Australia will be sending two extremely strong teams to the The Ekiden Relay in Chiba, Japan next month.
• Craig Hilliard and Tudor Bidder to head National High Performance Centre in Canberra
  Athletics Australia is pleased to announce that Craig Hilliard and Tudor Bidder have been appointed to manage the National High Performance Centre for jumps, sprint hurdles, 400m and 400m hurdles.
• Bronwyn Eagles Announces Her Retirement
  Australia’s top Hammer Thrower Bronwyn Eagles today announced that she has officially retired from competition. Eagles trained at the New South Wales Institute of Sport Throws' Centre at Greystanes, where four of the five best hammer throwers in Australian history have trained under coaches Ernie Shankelton and Lawrie Barclay.
• Mottram heads into Helsinki on a high note
  Craig Mottram goes into the World Championships on a high note, after he broke the Australian mile record at last Friday night's Golden League meeting in Oslo, Norway (29th July).
• Parnov safely through to Pole Vault final
  IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing China Day Two Morning Session Wrap
• Bold tactics secure podium place for Jamieson
  Commonwealth Games silver medallist Sarah Jamieson continued her excellent form in Europe, finishing third in the 1500m in her second fastest time ever, at the IAAF World Tour meeting in Monaco overnight.
• Tatiana Grigorieva equalled her five-year-old personal best, leaping 4.56m at the IAAF Golden League
  Tatiana Grigorieva equalled her five-year-old personal best, leaping 4.56m at the IAAF Golden League in Brussels last night.
• Birmingham and Thompson triumph at Skilled Burnie Ten
  Birmingham and Thompson triumph at Skilled Burnie Ten
• Thompson, Shelley and Cartwright favourites for 22nd Skilled Burnie Ten
  Anna Thompson, fresh from her outstanding 20km best run at the inaugural IAAF World Road Running Championships in Hungary last Sunday, will start as favourite in the women�¢??s field at the Skilled Burnie Ten this Sunday.
• Suzuki and Natoli take the honours in 2006 Samsung Melbourne Marathon
  JAPANESE runner Kazunari Suzuki and Victorian Karen Natoli have crossed the line in first place to take out the 2006 Samsung Melbourne Marathon.
• Benita sets new Australian marathon record in Chicago
  In just her third marathon, Benita Johnson has raced to the fastest time ever by an Australian woman to break the 18-year-old national record by over a minute, finishing third against an extremely strong field in the Chicago Marathon yesterday.
• Making a 'B' line to the finish in Chicago
  Benita Johnson will face a daunting yet exciting task when she lines up for her first Chicago Marathon this Sunday.
• Troop to set the pace at 2006 Samsung Melbourne Marathon
  One of Australia's most recognisable track and field athletes, Lee Troop, will be participating in the Asics Half Marathon this Sunday, a feature race of the Samsung Melbourne Marathon event.
• Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, more than a big city marathon!
  Sunday September 17 saw a record field of 17,500 people line up on a spectacular Sydney morning in the annual Blackmores Sydney Running Festival.