News - Athletics NSW

World U20 Team Profile: Olivia Rose Inkster

Today’s junior profile, in the leadup to the World U20 Championships, is sprinter Olivia Rose Inkster who switched events and still managed to earn selection for the 2022 World U20 Championships.

Fri 08 Jul 2022

NSW claim eight early medals at World Masters Championships

After six days of competition at the World Masters Athletics Championships, NSW athletes have claimed eight medals. The Championships, being held in Tampere Finland, is a 10-day competition running from June 29 to July 10. Australia was sitting 10th on the medal table with 6 gold, 11 silver and 8 bronze medals. Host nation Finland lead the table, followed by Germany and the USA.

Thu 07 Jul 2022

NAIDOC Week | Will Roberts

2021 National 100m Bronze Medallist Will Roberts is a proud Gamilaroi man who was raised on the Eora nation of Sydney, and we caught up briefly with him during NAIDOC Week (3-10 July), a week to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Wed 06 Jul 2022

17 NSW athletes heading to the World Championships at TrackTown USA

Today 17 NSW athletes have been named in the Australian team for the World Championships, to be held at the iconic Hayward Field in Eugene, America.

Wed 06 Jul 2022

World U20 Team Profile: Dominic Panozzo

We continue our series of junior profiles in the leadup to the World U20 Championships highlighting 400m hurdler Dominic Panozzo. After missing the World U20 team in 2021, Dominic Panozzo was determined to make the 2022 team. But he had to negotiate a busy year with his HSC, followed by injury. Things were dire when he ran just under 57 seconds in his first 400m hurdles in January. But coach Deb Walsham was confident in the plan. Going into Nationals he was still nearly two seconds outside the

Tue 05 Jul 2022

World U20 Team Profile: Hayley Kitching

We continue our series of junior profiles in the leadup to the World U20 Championships highlighting one of NSW’s finest ever junior middle-distance runners Hayley Kitching. Coffs Harbour’s Hayley Kitching overcame the challenges of regular travel to competitions in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, to compile an amazing 2022 season of results. She became the eighth fastest ever Australian junior 800m athlete and won the national U20 title, therefore securing selection in the Australian team f

Mon 04 Jul 2022

World U20 Team Profile: Aleks Stoilova

We continue our series of junior profiles in the leadup to the World U20 Championships highlighting one of NSW’s finest ever junior sprinters Aleks Stoilova.

Sat 02 Jul 2022

Eloise Wellings – her Journey to a fifth Commonwealth Games

This week Eloise Wellings was named in a record fifth Commonwealth Games team. Over her 24-year international career she overcome many challengers. In this feature by David Tarbotton we follow her inspiring career from the start, including iconic moments like the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and her charity work with her own foundation Love Mercy.

Wed 29 Jun 2022

RunNSW partners with Love Mercy Foundation for Sydney Half

RunNSW - the recreational running arm of Athletics NSW - are working closely with Eloise Wellings' charity, the Love Mercy Foundation, in the hope of repairing 12 wells in Northern Uganda to provide families fresh drinking water. The Sydney Half will act as the platform for participants and friends/family to donate towards the fantastic initiative, named "Well Worth It".

Wed 29 Jun 2022

Eloise Wellings history making selection leads 25 NSW selections for Birmingham

Sutherland marathoner Eloise Wellings and Victorian Kathryn Mitchell have today been named in a record breaking fifth Commonwealth Games team for Australia. Eloise and Kathryn will become the first track and field athletes to attend five Commonwealth Games. At the other end of their journey is Samantha Dale who is making her Australian team debut after a breakthrough season in the long jump.

Tue 28 Jun 2022

World U20 Team Profile: Pat Cantlon

Pat Cantlon continued his build up to his debut for Australian at the World U20 Championships in August, with a commanding win in the NSW U20 Cross Country Championships on Saturday.

Wed 22 Jun 2022

Athletics NSW to co-host the WXC Bathurst 23 Test Event

The 2022 NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships (NSW XC Short Course) will be conducted at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, NSW, as part of the leadup to the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23, on Sunday 7th August, 2022. Athletics NSW (ANSW) is working closely with the WXC Bathurst 23 Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Athletics Australia (AA) in delivering this year’s NSW XC Short Course, which is also acting as a test event for WXC Bathurst 23.

Tue 21 Jun 2022

Under-20 XC winners Laura Roderick and Pat Cantlon lead quality junior fields at State XC

The junior fields, from under-12 to 14 at the NSW Cross Country Championships yesterday at Willandra, were some of the strongest for years. Many event line-ups had highly competitive races way more than 10 deep. Maybe with the World Cross Country Championships in their sights next year or after missing some racing in the last two years due to COVID, either way it is promising for NSW distance running hopes.

Sun 19 Jun 2022

Paige Campbell and Aaron Spiessberger–Parker crowned winners at the 124th NSW Cross Country Championships

Despite the enormous amount of rain in 2022, the Willandra course was in immaculate condition for the running of the 124th NSW Cross Country Championships on Saturday. After a battle early, Paige Campbell won the women’s race, while former local athlete Aaron Spiessberger–Parker won a terrific tussle with dual Olympian Ben St Lawrence, to take the men’s title.

Sun 19 Jun 2022

Jane Saville inducted into the Commonwealth Games NSW Hall of Fame

Last night in Sydney three-time gold medallist Jane Saville was inducted into the Commonwealth Games NSW Hall of Fame. Jane, who competed at four-Games, was the flag bearer at her last Games, in Melbourne, in 2006.

Thu 16 Jun 2022

Willandra Cross Country Course to host 30th State Championship

Next Saturday the iconic cross country venue, Willandra - the Gibb family farm at Tapitallee, near Nowra, will host its 30th NSW Cross Country Championship, stretching back 32 years. The first championship held there was the 1990 NSW Short Course XC and over the three decades they have hosted 22 NSW Cross Country titles, five Short Course XC and three XC Relays.

Mon 13 Jun 2022

World U20 Team Profile: Connor Bond

From Rugby royalty, Connor Bond has been a national level sprinter for nearly a decade, but he regards his brilliant 2021/22 season as a breakthrough campaign. Despite incredible depth in Australian men’s junior sprinting, he was able to place third in the National U20 100m and second in the 200m. He ran consistently fast times in the summer of 2022 hitting outstanding bests of 10.46 and 21.00. He secured selection in the 4x100m Australian team for the World U20 Championships.

Sat 11 Jun 2022