June 

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• Combined events camp a boost for the discipline
  Twenty-three young athletes thrived in their experiences at Athletics Australia’s combined events camp, held at Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast from May 25 to 28.
• Solid Swiss efforts for Ballard, Fearnley
  Wet weather was the trend in Europe over the weekend, however, it didnâ#€#™#t dampen the efforts of the Australian IPC contingent at the Swiss National Championships in Ibach.
• SA trio enter hall of fame
  Recent retirees Brooke Billett, Dmitri Markov and Tatiana Grigorieva have received deserved acknowledgement from South Australian athletics with induction into the hall of fame.
• Team to go to World Uni Cross Country Championships
  Athletics Australia and Australian University Sport have confirmed that a team will be sent to the World University Games Cross Country Championships in 2008.
• Rouge-Serret impressive in Guernsey
  Emerging Victorian sprinter Aaron Rouge-Serret enjoyed a successful outing at the Fortis Golden Series meet in Guernsey, Channel Islands on Wednesday evening with promising runs over both 100m and 200m.
• Onwards and upwards
  An update on the current activities and issues of athletics in Australia from our president, Rob Fildes.
• Local athletics clubs to share in Telstra's record $1.5m grant
  Commonwealth champion discus thrower Scott Martin has encouraged athletics clubs across Australia to apply for equipment under the 2007 Telstra Assistance Fund, which was launched on Friday, June 15.
• Volunteer Small Equipment Grants close Friday
  This year's Volunteer Small Equipment Grants (VSEG), recognising the contribution that volunteers make to community sport, will close on Friday.
• New South Wales appoints new chairman
  The board of Athletics New South Wales has appointed Peter Bromley as its new chairman.
• Vale Robert 'Bob' Grant
  Bob Grant has been described as one of nature's gentlemen.
• Tucker takes Athletics Victoria's State 16km
  Athletics Victoria's winter program moved to Eastern Park Geelong for the State 16km cross-country for men and 4km for women on June 23.
• Experience the World of Athletics
  SBS, your athletics network, resumes its coverage of our sport on the international and domestic stages from 2pm this Sunday, June 3.
• Big names in a big weekend
  International action heats up this weekend, headlined by Craig Mottram, Nathan Deakes, Kylie Wheeler and Benita Johnson who continue their preparations ahead of the Osaka World Championships.
• Benita blitzes in Big Apple, Deakes and Buster third
  Super Saturday overseas saw plenty of Aussies in action with Benita Johnson triumphant in the Freihofer's 5km, Nathan Deakes an impressive third in his comeback race and Craig Mottram going down to Lagat and Webb in New York.
• PBs for Wheeler in Arles
  Kylie Wheeler has claimed an impressive third place at the IAAF Combined Events meeting in Arles, France this weekend with a score of 6158 points in windy conditions.
• Bekele brothers take on Buster in Oregon
  The famous blonde-tipped mullet may have disappeared since that sensational World Cup victory last year, however, the hunger to defeat arguably the world's greatest distance runner Kenenisa Bekele remains.
• Jana, Josh and Collis all weekend winners
  Jana Rawlinson has continued her return to competition following the December birth of son Cornelis, winning the 400m hurdles at the European circuit meeting in Geneva, Switzerland overnight.
• Mottram motors to victory at Prefontaine
  World Championships bronze medallist Craig Mottram has smashed his own Australian record over two miles to beat a crack field at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon.
• Tallent claims Lake Burley Griffin record
  Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jared Tallent has broken the 20-mile (32.18km) race record around the picturesque Lake Burley Griffin in the 41st edition of the Canberra race walking carnival.
• Ross romps home with win in Prague
  Four-time Australian champion Joshua Ross has blown away the rest of the 100m field at the Josef Odlozil Memorial meet in Prague overnight.
• Mottram takes on the best in Oslo Dream Mile
  The lucrative IAAF Golden League kicks off this Friday night at the Bislett Games in Oslo and Australia will be represented by big guns Craig Mottram, Sarah Jamieson and Donna MacFarlane in a line-up which is headlined by world 100m record holder Asafa Powell and world pole vault record holder Yelena Isinbayeva.
• MacFarlane silver in her second fastest ever in Oslo
  The IAAF Golden League opened in Oslo, Norway, overnight with an impressive series of performances from the small contingent of Australian athletes in attendance, highlighted by a silver medal to Donna MacFarlane in the 3000m steeplechase.
• Fearnley's Rolling Rampage triumph
  Australian Paralympic champion Kurt Fearnley has commenced his 2007 North American campaign in sensational style, with a comprehensive victory in the 5th Toronto 10km Rolling Rampage on Saturday night.
• MacFarlane's sweet birthday victory
  Tasmanian Donna MacFarlane celebrated her 30th birthday in sensational style overnight in Karlskrona, Sweden, cruising to victory in the 1500m in 4.12.99.
• Travelling Thompson nears the top
  Competitor or spectator, distance running requires a very special passion. For Anna Thompson, one of the country's most consistent distance athletes, it's one that has earned her satisfaction at home and abroad.
• All aboard the high flying ride to Osaka
  World No. 1 and 2 Steve Hooker and Paul Burgess take to the skies this afternoon but this time they're not sailing over a bar six metres in the air.
• Race walk trio set to shine in Poland
  Luke Adams, Jared Tallent and Claire Woods will fly the Australian flag in Saturday's IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Krakow, Poland.
• Hooker and Budgie are waiting for you
  Audio from a press conference with the world's two best pole vaulters is now available for free download - along with the rest of this week's episode of Higher Faster Longer.
• Fabulous Fearnley victorious in Long Island 10km
  Paralympian Kurt Fearnley has continued his 2007 winning streak, securing his third victory in four years at the Long Island New York 10km road race.
• Burgess opens campaign with win
  World No. 2 Paul Burgess has opened his European campaign with a win in the pole vault at the Mannheim j-Gala in Germany overnight.
• Adams fifth in Krakow
  Luke Adams has finished in 5th place at the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Krakow, Poland.
• Clarke's Czech mate to inspire Mottram in Ostrava
  Craig Mottram will face an African ambush over 5000m at the prestigious Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic this Wednesday night in what is a major dress rehearsal for the main event at the Osaka World Championships in 68 days time.
• Kylie Wheeler leads this week's podcast
  The lovely Kylie Wheeler, Australia's premier heptathlete, is special guest on this week's free podcast.
• Four out of five for Donna
  When Donna MacFarlane stands on the start line for the 3000m steeplechase at the World Championships in less than two months time, in the back of her mind will be the fact that she has won four of her last five international races.
• Mottram surges to Golden Spike crown
  Matching the class of his African counterparts once again, the indefatigable Craig Mottram has won the Emil Zatopek 5000m against a star-studded field at the 46th Golden Spike Grand Prix meeting in Ostrava overnight.
• Abdi second, Harradine throwing well
  World Championships-bound Youcef Abdi's preparations have lifted with a second place finish in the 2000m steeple chase in Strasbourg, France.
• Golden rewards for Birmingham and Corrigan at Leonora Gift
  Defending champions Collis Birmingham and Lisa Corrigan have taken out Australia's richest mile race, the 2007 Leonora Golden Gift in course record time, collecting $6000 in prize money and the traditional gold nugget for their efforts.
• Smyth defends in Christchurch
  Australia's Kate Smyth has defended her half marathon crown with victory in Christchurch, New Zealand on Sunday.
• The Fitness Show has landed
  athletics.com.au brings you the first edition of the exciting new podcast The Fitness Show for free.
• Family force for Gold Coast Airport Marathon
  Some of Australia's leading sporting and running families will be out in force at this year's Gold Coast Airport Marathon to be held on Sunday, July 1.
• Strong elite field to tackle Gold Coast Airport Marathon
  More than 16,000 participants will face the starter in this Sunday's 29th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon, surpassing last year's record of 13,814.
• Throwing for the future
  The good news continues of Athletics Australia's efforts with developing athletes with a very successful hammer throws camp held over the weekend.
• Superhero prize packs awarded
  Thank you to those visitors to athletics.com.au and Personal Beasts who nominated their athletics superheroes in our recent competition.