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Something in the Air | South Hobart Primary School on the Rise

The 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian Cross Country Championships is bound for Symmons Plains Raceway and it’s a familiar stomping ground for South Hobart Primary School, who recently staked their claim as the fittest primary school in the state.
Thu 04 Jul 2024

School-aged talent set to take over Brisbane

The future stars of Australian athletics will take centre stage in the very city that will host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032, with Tourism and Events Queensland and the Brisbane Economic Development Agency today announcing Brisbane as the location for the 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Athletics Championships.
Mon 01 Jul 2024

An open letter on the eve of Olympic and Paralympic selection

As we approach the final days of Olympic and Paralympic qualification, a time brimming with anticipation and tension for all involved, I urge the Australian athletics community to uphold values of understanding, kindness, and consideration that embody our beloved sport.
Thu 27 Jun 2024

Big Moments and Moves | Weekend Recap

The pressure of the looming Olympic qualification deadline brought out the best of Australia’s Olympic bolters over the weekend, headlined by Peyton Craig’s qualifier and bold efforts from Tori West, Alanah Yukich, Nash Lowis and Jenny Blundell.
Mon 24 Jun 2024

Vale JACQUELINE MILDRED (Jackie) BYRNES OAM (5 January 1944 – 16 May 2024)

Jacqueline (Jackie) Byrnes provided a special and most significant contribution to Australian athletics from her own time as a national level athlete in the 1960s to her “retirement” from high level coaching after the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and then as an advisor, educator and mentor well beyond that time.
Thu 20 Jun 2024

Stolberg takes Coaching to new heights under Bisetto tutelage

Through fortune or fate, Marty Stolberg found herself shadowing esteemed high jump coach Sandro Bisetto in an Australian Championships showdown for the ages. As the bar was hoisted to 2.37m, she anticipated imminent wisdom but instead came a question – “what do you think he should do?”
Tue 18 Jun 2024

Crunch Time Approaches for Olympic Hopefuls

Australia’s athletes were spread far and wide across the globe over the weekend as the chase for 2024 Olympic qualification enters its final weeks, with big names and rising stars stepping up to the plate for one last push for Paris.
Mon 17 Jun 2024

The New Kids on the Block | Boyes and Craig Arrive on 800m Scene

Rising 800m talents Luke Boyes and Peyton Craig are the first to declare they have unfinished business as Olympic qualification approaches its crescendo, but it is far from Paris or bust for the Blue Mountains bolter or Sunshine Coast sensation, who share their paths to the doorstep of a dream.
Fri 14 Jun 2024

Vale Dianne Burge OAM OLY

Dianne Burge OAM was a tremendously competitive athlete who had success at all levels of the sport of athletics. In an outstanding career she set or equalled 1 Commonwealth record, 3 Australian records and no less than 25 South Australian records.
Fri 14 Jun 2024

A Cross Country for the ages to Land in Tasmania

A revitalised 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian Cross Country and All Schools Cross Country Championships will serve as a celebration of the nation’s distance running movement in Tasmania this August, with the two-day program welcoming all from Olympic and Paralympic stars to first timers – ranging from primary aged school students through to masters.
Thu 13 Jun 2024

Records, Podiums and Qualifiers | Weekend Recap

From national records on home soil by Rhydian Cowley and Rebecca Henderson to podium finishes at the NCAA Championships and a host of Paralympic qualifiers at the Nottwil WPA Grand Prix, the long weekend was packed with Australian athletics action.
Tue 11 Jun 2024