News - Athletics NSW

More Gold to Turner at World Para Athletics Championships

The flawless performance of James Turner at the World Para Athletics Championships, continued on day eight as he won his second gold medal and claimed another world record. Although based in Canada Guy Henly showed he has been maintaining his form winning his fourth consecutive medal at the world championships. NSW athletes closed the world championships with two gold and three bronze medals.

Fri 15 Nov 2019

RunWest bringing people "together" in 2020

The second edition of NAB RunWest will take place in Western Sydney on Sunday March 29, 2020. The 2020 NAB RunWest will again comprise a 12km Fun Run and 4km Family Fun Run, culminating with the finish line and finish festival at West HQ. Registrations for the 2020 NAB RunWest event will officially open on Thursday, November 21, 2020, at www.runthewest.com.au.

RunWest

Wed 13 Nov 2019

Gold to Turner at World Para Athletics Championships

Triple-world champion at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, James Turner has continued that form in Dubai this week at the 2019 Worlds, but in a new event, becoming the T36 100m world champion. Turner has been the NSW highlight on days 1 to 5 of the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.

Tue 12 Nov 2019

Jye Edwards back on track, winning NSW 3000m title

It has been nearly three years since he has raced on the track but that didnâ€™t stop Jye Edwards dominating the NSW 3000m championship last evening at Homebush.

Sun 10 Nov 2019

Paige Campbell continues her world championships form with State 3000m title

Her last race was a personal best on the worldâ€™s biggest stage â€“ at the IAAF World Championships, and one month on, Paige Campbell continued that terrific form last night, defending her NSW 3000m title at the State Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre warmup track.

Sun 10 Nov 2019

Record fields for the NSW 3000m titles where Campbell & St Lawrence are favourites

The first senior track and field championship of the 2019/20 summer season gets underway this Saturday night with record entries of over 300 in the State 3000m Championship to be held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, Homebush.

Wed 06 Nov 2019

Athletics Australia Life Membership â€“ Rob Blackadder

At Athletics Australiaâ€™s recent AGM, long term technical official, Rob Blackadder was awarded Life Membership.

Sat 02 Nov 2019

Athletics Australia Life Membership â€“ Heather Mitchell

At Athletics Australiaâ€™s AGM last week, long term Sutherland official, Heather Mitchell was awarded Life Membership.

Sun 27 Oct 2019

Australian All Schools Championships NSW State Team Captains Revealed

Athletics NSW is excited to announce our three captains for the upcoming 2019 Australian All Schools Championships in Perth â€“ Godfrey Okerenyang, Sally Shokry and Tamsin Colley.

Wed 23 Oct 2019

Humble Horsnell named finalist in Sport NSW Awards

Humble Central Coast coach,Â Matt HorsnellÂ was this week named a finalist for Coach of the Year in the 2019 Sport NSW Awards.

Fri 18 Oct 2019

Son of Olympic Legend Dominates at All Schools

18-year-old Zen Clark, son of Australian Olympic legend Darren Clark, dominated the ACPE NSW All Schools Championships last month, claiming gold in the U19 Boys 100m and 200m events.

Wed 16 Oct 2019

World Championships â€“ NSW Review Days 5-10: Starc sixth

After a challenging year Brandon Starc placed a tremendous sixth, while there were a host of other outstanding performances by the NSW members of the national team particularly Sarah Carli, Bendere Oboya and Jessica Hull, in the steamy Doha conditions during the last six days of competition at the IAAF World Championships.

Doha 2019

Mon 07 Oct 2019

Athletics Australia and Little Athletics Australia to Unite - OneAthletics Proposal

Athletics Australia and Little Athletics Australia are pleased to announce a proposed merger between the two iconic Australian sporting organisations â€” the OneAthletics Proposal will create a new National Sporting Organisation to be responsible for athletics in Australia.

OneAthletics Athletics Australia Little Athletics Australia Little Athletics NSW Athletics NSW Mark Arbib

Thu 03 Oct 2019

Just milliseconds the different at World Championships

A margin of 0.005 seconds or 5 milliseconds was the different in Nick Hough progressing to the semi-finals of the 110m hurdles, while for the second consecutive world championships, Morgan McDonald has missed the 5000m final by less than half a second in a race lasting over 13 minutes. While in the womenâ€™s events Bendere Oboya and Paige Campbell have been outstanding.

World Championships

Tue 01 Oct 2019

NSW All Schools Day Four: Delta dominates

On the final day of the four-day NSW All Schools Wollongongâ€™s Delta Amidzovski added two more records to her tally of three at the championships, while in the menâ€™s 1500m and 400m events we witnessed some of the fastest times in the history of the meet.

NSW Allschools

Sun 29 Sep 2019

Cheers Beer â€“ thanks for the memories

One of the most outstanding NSW All Schools athletes, Angus Beer closed his highly successful six years campaign with yet another middle-distance double on day three of the NSW All Schools being held at Homebush this weekend. The tall front running athlete from Newington College, has been a feature athlete at the meet for six years. He also departs leaving a legacy for the next wave of athletes following in his big footsteps.

NSW Allschools

Sat 28 Sep 2019

NSW All Schools Day Three: Lewis takes double

Inconsistent winds greeted the athletes on day three of the NSW All Schools Championships being held at Homebush. The first para events were held, while some of the sprinters clinched doubles.

Sat 28 Sep 2019

NSW All Schools Day Two: Shaw was a surprise

Most winners during the four days of the NSW All Schools will have been on our radar following performances in the last few years at the many meets ranging from Schools to Little Athletics or Athletics NSW competition. But occasionally we are surprised by an unknown rising talent and one of them emerged today, when 15-year-old Roseville College athlete, Erin Shaw cleared 1.77m in the high jump to take down Nicole McDermottâ€™s meet record.

Fri 27 Sep 2019