June 

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• Six Australians qualify for NCAA Championships
  Reigning Zatopek champion David McNeill has led a host of Australians home in NCAA regional qualifying meets across the US at the weekend.
• Birmingham's golden run continues in WA
  Collis Birmingham's golden run has continued with a win in the Leonora Gift in outback Western Australia at the weekend.
• Volunteer of the Year 2008
  Rob Blackadder (N) has been named Volunteer of the Year at the Athletics Australia awards luncheon.
• Dancing in the dark no hurdle for Gosens
  For three-time Paralympic athlete Gerrard Gosens, swimming with the sharks is nothing compared to dancing with the stars.
• Hooker on a high in WA
  Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker is hard at work preparing for his third tilt at world championships glory in Berlin this August, soaring to new heights from the all-new Western Australia Athletics Stadium.
• National marathon championships to call Melbourne home
  The Melbourne Marathon will double as the Australian marathon championships in 2009, the first time in 28 years the southern city has played host to the national titles.
• Johnson waltzes to Vienna for Austrian 5km
  Following her sixth placing at the Freihofer's Run in New York on Saturday, Benita Johnson jets to Europe this weeked to contest the Austrian Women's Run in Vienna.
• Lewis on track for Berlin
  Tamsyn Lewis looks certain to join two-time world champion Jana Rawlinson and reigning Olympic gold medallist Melaine Walker in the 400m hurdles at the world track and field titles in August.
• Ain't no mountain high enough for top Aussie runners
  Victorian runner Kate Seibold-Crosbie will be hoping her local knowledge of the Ferntree Gully course gives her an edge when she takes on defending Australian women's champion Jessamy Hosking (ACT) and 2008 world long distance mountain running championships bronze medallist Angela Bateup (ACT) in the Australian mountain running championships on Sunday.
• Rothwell back in action at Lake Burley Griffin
  Two months out from her senior world championships debut, race walking young gun Jess Rothwell heads to Canberra this weekend for the Lake Burley Griffin Race Walk Carnival.
• Victory for Cole in Geneva as Lapierre places third at Prefontaine
  World University Games representatives Brendan Cole and Lauren Boden opened their European campaigns in Switzerland yesterday at the Athletics Geneva International Meet.
• Tallent on track with Lake Burley Griffin record win
  Dual Olympic medallist Jared Tallent broke his own race record to claim the Lake Burley Griffin 20-mile walk in Canberra on Sunday morning.
• Jenkins and Jenes recognised in Australian honours list
  Athletics Australia is delighted with the recognition recorded to long serving volunteers and a Paralympian in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list.
• Birmingham sixth in Sweden
  Collis Birmingham has finished sixth in the 5000m at the Goteborg Grand Prix in Sweden overnight.
• Eight Australians fly the flag in Fayetteville
  The next generation of track and field stars are all set to battle it out at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this week, with eight Australians in action across the four-day event.
• Record numbers bound for Bressanone
  With less than a month to go until the 2009 world youth championships kick off in Bressanone, Italy, anticipation is mounting for the sixth edition of the meet and the future stars of track and field it's sure to reveal.
• Foster fires at NCAA finals
  When he updated his Facebook status just a few hours ago it read, "Ryan Foster has packed his victories in his knapsack, put on the white singlet and developed a plan. Time to go make mum and dad proud!"
• Six future stars walk away with '09 honours
  Six emerging athletes have been named as recipients of the Alf Robinson Memorial Race Walking Foundation awards for 2009.
• National mountain running champions crowned
  Cool, still weather provided idyllic running conditions for competitors in Sunday's Australian Mountain Running Championships at Ferntree Gully.
• Foster's fine form continues in Fayetteville
  Ryan Foster has made yet another remarkable breakthrough at the NCAA Championships at the University of Arkansas in the USA this morning.
• Lapierre leaps into action in Berlin
  With eight meets lined up across Europe in the next seven weeks, Fabrice Lapierre is fast building a reputation as one of Australia's hardest-working athletes.
• Defending champion Deakes out of world titles
  Reigning world champion Nathan Deakes will not defend his 50km race walk world title in Berlin in August, today announcing his withdrawal from the Australian team for the 2009 IAAF World Championships.
• Gold Coast results
  Major results from the Gold Coast winter series - Sunday, 14 June 2009.
• Weekend wrap: Roff moves to sixth on Australian all-time list in Berlin
  New South Wales athlete Jeremy Roff has moved to sixth position on the Australian 1500m all-time list with an impressive 3.34.39 run at the opening leg of the IAAF Golden League in Berlin overnight.
• World champs still in sight for Gregson
  New South Wales runner Ryan Gregson will tomorrow commence his European campaign ahead of a huge few months for the rising track star.
• Track and field community bids farewell to a legend
  It is with deep regret that Box Hill Athletics Club notes the passing of its inspirational coach and leader, Allan Barlow.
• IAAF announces Diamond League dates for 2010
  The IAAF has this week announced that the new Diamond League series will include meets in 14 cities across the globe next year, in America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
• Aussie four get set for Ostrava
  Australians Jeff Riseley, Ryan Gregson, Youcef Abdi and Fabrice Lapierre are just hours away from a start at tonight's Golden Spike Grand Prix meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, as the European summer season continues to heat up.
• Gregson, Riseley in form in Ostrava
  Australians Ryan Gregson and Jeff Riseley have recorded personal best performances at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava overnight.
• ASC grants up for grabs
  The Australian Sports Commission advises that there are still Local Sporting Champions Grants available across the country this year.
• Breen keen on life in the fast lane
  On the verge of the World University Games and her senior world championships debut, ACT athlete Melissa Breen is hard at work on the training track.
• Weekend wrap: Wroe lives life in the fast lane on the Gold Coast
  Reigning national 400m champion Sean Wroe has proved he can match it with some of Australia's best sprinters, claiming the sprint double on the Gold Coast on Saturday afternoon.
• Hooker hungry for gold in Berlin
  Olympic pole vault gold medalist Steve Hooker departs for Europe tonight ready to embark on what will be one of the most competitive seasons in men's pole vault history in the lead up to the world championships in Berlin this August.
• Fearnley faces toughest test yet
  Unable to use his legs since birth, Paralympic champion Kurt Fearnley says he's willing to risk his sporting career - even losing his arms - in a quest to crawl the Kokoda Trail.
• Nominations open for Melanesian Regional Championships
  Nomination forms are now available for athletes and managers/coaches to attend the Melanesian Regional Championships to be held on the Gold Coast from August 4-8, 2009.
• Hooker looks to Berlin glory
  Pole vault star Steve Hooker took time out from the training track this week to update fans on his plans for the European season and his tilt at Berlin glory.
• Top Aussies out in force on a big weekend of action
  It's another weekend and another big round of track and field action for Australia's top athletes at home and abroad.
• Weekend wrap: Pittman-Rawlinson back in the race in Malaga
  Reigning world champion Jana Pittman-Rawlinson has breezed through her first race in more than 12 months, winning the 400m hurdles in convincing fashion in Malaga, Spain overnight.
• Record 179 nations to compete in Bressanone
  The 2009 world youth championships are on track to set a new participation record for the meet with 1321 athletes from 179 nations to compete.
• Watch out Europe, here comes Sally
  With less than 50 days to go until the commencement of the world championships, Olympic silver medallist Sally McLellan has declared she's stronger than ever and can't wait to pit herself up against the world's elite over the next two months.
• McLellan goes out in style on the Gold Coast
  Hurdles star Sally McLellan has turned on an impressive display in her last training run on home soil before departing for Europe to launch her bid for Berlin glory.
• Beck at his best on the Gold Coast
  Australia's world youth championships representatives have taken advantage of ideal conditions on the Gold Coast to fine-tune their preparations for the sixth edition of the IAAF event ahead of their departure for Bressanone, Italy, on Friday.