January 

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• Everest reaches the summit
  Wednesday night's Adelaide Invitational at Santos Stadium will long be remembered as one of the greatest meets held in South Australia in recent years.
• Thomas on fire at ACT Interclub
  AIS athlete Tristan Thomas set the ACT Interclub meet on fire on Tuesday night, setting a new Tasmanian state record in the men's 400m in a personal best time of 45.85.
• AYOF results
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• Thomson, Jones appointed to 2009 INAS-FID Global Games
  Athletics Australia and AUSRAPID have announced two key appointments for the 2009 INAS-FID Global Games to be held in Liberec, Czech Republic from 5-14 July 2009.
• Call for nominations to national selection committee
  Athletics Australia is now calling for suitably qualified and interested parties to nominate for the Athletics Australia Selection Committee.
• Farewell to an athletics icon
  Athletics Australia wishes to pass on its sincere condolences to the family of Queensland race walking icon Andrew Ludwig, who was killed tragically in a car accident on Tuesday night.
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• Price is right at Waratah Invitational
  A world championships B-qualifier in the high jump by Petrina Price was the highlight performance of the inaugural Waratah Invitational Meet on Saturday night at the newly resurfaced track of Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre.
• Erickson looks to make his mark in 2009
  "Even though I'd probably have preferred to race the 50km at the Olympics, looking at the long term picture it probably worked out for the better through learning to race at 20km and getting that speed."
• Birmingham, Troop to headline national cross country trials
  Entries for the 2009 Australian Cross Country Selection Trials are coming in thick and fast, with some of Australia's best distance runners all set to battle it out at Stromlo Forest Park in Canberra on February 8, 2009.
• AYOF athletics action kicks off in Sydney today
  The Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) athletics competition gets underway today at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre with an array of talented athletes on display.
• Alozie and Lawal set for Briggs Athletics Classic
  Following the recent announcement of Australia's best 100m sprinters coming to Hobart, the Briggs Athletics Classic is excited to announce Nigerian born Sprinters Anthony Alozie and Bola Lawal will be running in Tasmania's premier athletics meet.
• Ten out of Ten for athletics this summer
  The stars of Australian and international athletics will be showcased on television screens across Australia on Network Ten this summer, after Athletics Australia announced a new broadcast deal today.
• Olympic milers coming for Briggs Athletics Classic
  At the 2008 edition of the Briggs Athletics Classic, fans witnessed the fastest ever 1500m race in Tasmania. With the quality of athletes entered for next Friday's metric mile, the scenario could be repeated, in both men's and women's races.
• Fearnley begins 2009 season on Australia Day
  Australian wheelchair athlete Kurt Fearnley begins his 2009 racing season in Monday's Oz Day 10km race around Sydney's Rocks precinct.
• Hooker, McLellan on track for '09
  Steve Hooker and Sally McLellan may have been laying low since their stellar Olympic feats of last year but there's no doubt the pair is set for one hell of a return to the track this domestic season.
• Is Steve Hooker Australia's Greatest Athlete?
  Watch and cheer on Beijing pole vault gold medalist Steve Hooker as he leads the way for athletics in the quest to find this country's best all-round athlete.
• Olympians headline Briggs Athletics Classic
  Six Beijing Olympians kick off the 2009 Australian athletics season with the Briggs Athletics Classic at the Domain Athletics Centre in Hobart tonight, in what organisers are billing as the best line-up of domestic athletics talent seen in Tasmania since 2000.
• Thomas and Birmingham shine at season opener
  Tasmanian 400m hurdler Tristan Thomas has continued his purple patch at the Briggs Athletics Classic in Hobart tonight, running the fastest time of his career and posting his second World Championships A-qualifier in the process.
• Hooker soars to personal best in New York
  Beijing Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker has opened his 2009 campaign on the best possible note, posting a new personal best and clearing the magical six metre mark for the second time in his career at the 102nd Millrose Games in New York today.
• 2009 Cadbury Marathon
  The 2009 Cadbury Marathon titles will head interstate, along with excess baggage of chocolate.
• Felsman fastest man at AYOF
  The focal point of competition was the re-run of the men's 100m sprint final, Mitchell Felsman recording an impressive 11.13 seconds into a 2.8m head wind to win gold.
• World youth qualifiers for Jenner and Birkenhead at AYOF
  Victorian shot putter Damien Birkenhead broke the AYOF record and qualified for the World Youth Championships to be held in Italy in July, with his gold medal winning heave of 19.22m.
• 31 golden moments for Australia at AYOF
  Australia dominated the medal count at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, claiming 31 gold medals and three meet records across the two-day competition.
• Australia dominates day 1 of AYOF track
  Australia dominated on the opening day of competition at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, winning 11 of the 12 races on offer.