News - Athletics NSW

Katie Smee’s journey to State Champion

Saturday night’s Hunter Pure Performance Track Challenge will feature four classy local sprinters, three emerging teenagers and the fourth, Katie Smee, 23, the current NSW open 200m champion. Smee’s journey in athletics reminds us of so many talented juniors who are lost to the sport, but some, like Smee, find their way back.

Fri 08 Jan 2021

Local Sprinters Set to Sizzle at Hunter Pure Performance Track Challenge

Four talented local sprinters are set to highlight the 2021 Hunter Pure Performance Track Challenge, being held this Saturday night in Newcastle.

Wed 06 Jan 2021

Cameron and Mackenzie’s throwing heading in the right direction

Two athletes that have managed the challenges of 2020 well, are javelin throwers Mackenzie Little and Cameron McEntyre. Both have this year moved into strong prospects for the delayed Tokyo Olympics. Training partners in the Sydney-based Angus McEntyre squad, they now sit sixth and tenth respectively, on the Australian all-time.

Tue 29 Dec 2020

Merry Christmas from the Chair of Athletics NSW

We have finally come to the end of what has been a very challenging year for everyone and for our sport. I said when I came into this role in February that it was one of the great privileges of my life. While that sentiment absolutely remains and while I had expected the role to be challenging, none of us could have expected the scale of the challenges that 2020 would bring.

Thu 24 Dec 2020

Albie Thomas Mile Review: Olympic qualifier for Carli as Edwards and Small shine in mile

In what has been a challenging year, the performances at the end of 2020 at the Albie Thomas Mile last night, provided much hope for a number of groups of athletes - some teenagers, some returning to form and some fulfilling potential.

Sun 20 Dec 2020

Quality fields for the 7th Albie Thomas mile

The seventh annual Albie Thomas mile, to be held this Saturday night at The Crest at Bankstown, is set to be the best in the history the race.

Thu 17 Dec 2020

NSW All Schools Day 4 Review: Stewart smashes state record

More tailwinds on the final day of the competition resulted in the blitz of the records continuing, as the ACPE NSW All Schools Championships ended on a high. The highlight on day four was the powerful front running by Imogen Stewart in the 15-years 1500m where she easily ran the fastest ever time in the championships history, but also broke the NSW under-16 record.

Mon 07 Dec 2020

NSW All Schools Day 3 Review: Delta delivers gold number three

On an overcast day, tailwinds for the sprinters ensured records and personal bests were battered on day three of the APCE NSW All School Championships being held at Homebush.

Sun 06 Dec 2020

NSW All Schools Day 2 Review: Charlie Jeffreson leads a distance domination

In contrast to day one, there was not a cloud in the sky on day two of the ACPE NSW All Schools. The hot weather was matched by performances on the track in the distance events, as six records were broken on the day across all disciplines.

Sat 05 Dec 2020

NSW All Schools Day 1 Review: Emily Smith hurdles into elite company

10 meet records were bettered on the outstanding day of competition.

Fri 04 Dec 2020

Athletes set to re-write the records at ACPE NSW All Schools Championships

Held 10 weeks later than usual in 2020 due to the turmoil of COVID, the ACPE NSW All Schools Championships will finally be held on December 3-6 at Homebush. The lateness of the championships means athletes will be older in each age, providing an opportunity to re-write the record books. In addition, with less competitions during the year, athletes are fresher and ready to set personal bests.

Wed 02 Dec 2020

Athletics NSW welcome’s People + Culture Strategies to the team

Athletics NSW is delighted to announce that leading Australian labour and employment law firm People + Culture Strategies (PCS) has come on board as its Official People Partner.

Wed 02 Dec 2020

Records galore at NSW 3000m Championships

After nearly four hours of leadup divisions, the NSW 3000m championship culminated in our fastest ever winning times as favourites Rose Davies and Zach Facioni took down the race records.

Sun 22 Nov 2020

Coach Profile: Cass Dooley

Cass Dooley is one of NSW’s young coaches based in the Sutherland Shire. In this profile we learn she dabbled in coaching well over a decade ago, but more recent Commonwealth Games and Olympics ignited her enthusiasm for the sport. She is grateful to coach in a sport that gave her so much when she was growing up.

Sat 21 Nov 2020

Rod Gibb awarded Sport NSW Distinguished Long Service Award

Tonight, one of NSWâ€™s longest serving volunteers Rod Gibb OAM, was bestowed a Distinguished Long Service Award at the Sport NSW Community Sports Award, held virtually due to COVID-19.

Wed 18 Nov 2020

UTS Norths with three wins and Sydney Uni with two dominate NSW Club Championships

Sydney University open men and women defended their NSW Club Championship titles, held yesterday at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre warmup track at Homebush. UTS Norths won the Masters men and women titles, while in the under-18s UTS Norths (girls) and Trinity (boys) shared the honours.

Sun 08 Nov 2020

â€˜The Carnival Is Overâ€¦â€™ was sung by The Seekers as we celebrated a Games which changed disability sport

On the final day of the 2000 Paralympic Games 20th anniversary celebrations, we reflect on the amazing Games which is widely regarded to have changed the Paralympic Games forever and transformed peopleâ€™s attitude to people with a disability.

Thu 29 Oct 2020

Dual gold medallist at the Sydney Paralympic, Amy Winters reflects 20-year-on

20-years-ago this week the 2000 Sydney Paralympics were held. A leading NSW athlete was a country girl from Kempsey, Amy Winters, who would win the T46 100m/200m sprint double.

Mon 26 Oct 2020