Lachlan Townsend and Kate Spencer are your 2026 NSW Distance Runners of the Year, topping the standings after six events across an action-packed winter season.
Summer athletics is back, bringing club rivalries, personal bests and championship moments across NSW over the next six months. Find out what's on this season, including the Treloar Shield, VALOUR NSW Relay Championships and Zone Championships, and how you can get involved in 2026/27.
It is with great sadness we advise the athletics community the news of the passing of Peter Barnes, one the most valued and significant volunteers to athletics in NSW. Over four decades of service, Peter contributed to the sport at every level and almost in every aspect. He will be greatly missed.
In 1989, a tap on the shoulder turned Tony Okulicz into an official. More than three decades later, he's finishing his career at the 2026 All Schools event, after the Paralympic Games, two Commonwealth Games, and a favourite memory that involves a ladder.
Light tail winds on day three of the 2026 NSW All Schools Championships helped the sprinters to a load meet records, while in distance events there some thrilling finishes.
Day two at the 2026 NSW All Schools Championships being held in miserable wet conditions, saw two of the greatest performances achieved in the 90-year history of the championships. Bathurst’s Dylan Ruming clocked the fastest 400m time in the history of the championships, while in the javelin Tallara Joseph-Riogi was incredible launching the second longest javelin throw in the World for an under-18 athlete.
While meet records were rare it was thrilling races on the track, and events in the field, that highlighted the day one 2026 NSW All Schools Championships being held for four days at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre.
In just 12 months 400 metre athletes Alice Hill and Dylan Ruming have gone from emerging athletes to the best under-18 athletes in Australia, and won medals at the World U20 Championships. For every athlete reading this – why not you ??
Alice and Dylan will line up next week at the NSW All Schools Championships in the 17-years events with Alice entered in the 200m and 400m, while Dylan attempts the sprint treble. He is fresh off an incredible 47.67 at the CHS.
We are familiar with many of our established junior stars like Alice Hill, Ollie Facer, Lachlan Chappell, Sienna Vassella, Marnie Laurence, and many more who will compete next week, but who are some of the new names we can look forward to emerging during the NSW All Schools Championships and over the season ahead.
NSW has lost an iconic member of our athletics community with the passing of Penny Gillies OAM. After a battle with cancer, Penny passed away last week in Sydney, aged 75.
Run Crew club had dominated the 2026 Sydney Half Marathon, winning the men’s and women’s NSW Half Marathon titles as a record nearly 3000 athletes competed across three events at Sydney Olympic Park today. In perfect conditions, NSW’s premier road runner, Tom Do Canto won the men’s race, while clubmate Abi Nordberg the women’s.
A record 2855 athletes will this Sunday morning compete in the Sydney Half Marathon across three events, the half marathon, 10km, and 2.5km family fun run.
NSW athletes have won a remarkable 43 individual medals, including 15 gold, during the two week-long World Masters Athletics Championships in the southern Korean city of Daegu.
Ahead of the TCS Sydney Marathon on Sunday, 18 NSW athletes will compete in the TCS Mini Marathon 5km this Saturday morning. The athletes form part of the inaugural NSW Athletics squad.
NSW depth was on show at the Australian Cross Country Championships in Ballarat, where our NSW teams placed on the podium in all but one of the 21 events. Seven athletes were also crowned individual Australian Champions.
In very contrasting weather conditions to her World Juniors two weeks ago, Zoe Woods was back into competition in Ballarat today at the Australian Junior Race Walking Championships. In the 12 degrees temperatures, she defended her Australian road walk title. She was one of three NSW athletes to be crowned Australian champion, alongside Joel Byatt (U20 men) and Eric Colgan (U12 boys).