Lakeside Stadium will host global superstars and homegrown heroes at the Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne; Australia’s premier one-day athletics meeting and Oceania's only World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet.
With some of the biggest names in global athletics to be announced imminently, gather your friends and family and secure your tickets for what is set to be an unforgettable night at Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium.
SPECTATOR TICKETS - SOLD OUT
More information can be found via the below guides;
Resale: Sellers Guide
Key Information
Gates open at 4:30pm, come down early and grab your seats in the grandstands before the action kicks off at 5:30pm.
What's on off the track?
- Food Truck Village
- Lawn Games
- Face Painting
- Supersized Colouring Wall
- Nail Bar
- Running Man Simulator
- AND MORE
Event Timetable
The Melbourne International precedes the Maurie Plant Meet - Melbourne.
Next Athletics @ Maurie Plant Meet - Melbourne
Get on track at the Maurie Plant Meet - Melbourne before the athletes and participate in Next Athletics, Australian Athletics' Official Junior Program.
Entry includes (at the value of $65):
- Free Next Athletics T-shirt
- Free Entry for 1 child and 1 adult to the Maurie Plant Meet - Melbourne
- 45 minute Next Athletics class ON TRACK!
Lakeside Stadium track surfaced by: 
Athletes will be contacted directly with invitations to compete. Athletes will be assessed based on World, Australian and State rankings, with invitations to be sent out to successful athletes to confirm entry.
- Entry lists will be available on 24 March 2025 - see the Roster Athletics links
Prize Money
The following prize money allocations will apply for each event at the Maurie Plant Meet:
| Continental Tour Gold | Men | Women |
| 200m | 15,000 USD | 15,000 USD |
| 400m | 15,000 USD | |
| 1500m | 15,000 USD | 15,000 USD |
| 3000m | 10,000 USD | |
| 5000m | 10,000 USD | |
| 100m Hurdles | 10,000 USD | |
| High Jump | 10,000 USD | 15,000 USD |
| Triple Jump | 10,000 USD | |
| Discus | 15,000 USD | |
| Javelin | 10,000 USD | |
| Hammer | 15,000 USD |
| Continental Tour Bronze | Men | Women |
| 100m | 3,000 AUD | 3,000 AUD |
| 400m | 3,000 AUD | |
| 800m | 3,000 AUD | 3,000 AUD |
| 110m Hurdles | 3,000 AUD |
| Para Athletics Events | Men | Women |
| 100m Ambulant | 3,000 AUD | 3,000 AUD |
The total prize money per event will be awarded as follows:
| Place | Gold - 15,000 USD | Gold - 10,000 USD |
| 1st | 5,000 USD | 3,500 USD |
| 2nd | 3,000 USD | 2,000 USD |
| 3rd | 2,000 USD | 1,400 USD |
| 4th | 1,400 USD | 1,000 USD |
| 5th | 1,200 USD | 800 USD |
| 6th | 1,000 USD | 600 USD |
| 7th | 800 USD | 400 USD |
| 8th | 600 USD | 300 USD |
| Total | 15,000 USD | 10,000 USD |
| Place | Bronze Events |
| 1st | 1,050 AUD |
| 2nd | 825 AUD |
| 3rd | 475 AUD |
| 4th | 300 AUD |
| 5th | 200 AUD |
| 6th | 150 AUD |
| Total | 3,000 AUD |
Australian Athletics will contact prize money winners via email. No money will be paid on event day.
Please note Australian Athletics will wait until clearance of the doping control tests before paying any prize money for the event.
Athletes are required to be current financial members of their own AA Member Association and/or World Athletics Member Federation. Any athlete who does not meet this requirement on the day of the competition will not be entitled to any prize money and may forfeit acknowledgement of their performance including any ranking and/or placing points.
Athlete Hotels
The meet hotel for funded and serviced athletes is the Pullman/Mercure Hotel Albert Park:
- 65 Queens Rd, Albert Park VIC 3004
- (03) 9529 4300
- Amenities – https://www.pullmanalbertpark.com.au/
- Check in: 2:00pm onwards
- Check out: 11:00am onwards
For AA serviced athletes, you will be provided with two nights’ accommodation and breakfast at the hotel.
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