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Toowoomba bolter makes his mark in Stawell Gift undercard
Sprinter Leroy Dempsey has claimed a slice of history from the storied Stawell G...
Andrew Mathieson 9 Apr 2026
Warlpiri star Telaya Blacksmith claims Australian T20 200m record at NSW Championships
Warlpiri track star Telaya Blacksmith has set a new Australian Open record in th...
Joseph Guenzler 31 Mar 2026
Freeman honoured as inaugural Stadium Australia Hall of Fame inductee
Athletics icon Cathy Freeman has been officially inducted into Stadium Australia...
Jackson Clark 18 Sep 2025
Indigenous Athletes to step up for World Para Athletics Championships
Layla Sharp will make her Australian team debut at the World Para Athletics Cham...
Joseph Guenzler 15 Jul 2025
Little Athletics jumps into NAIDOC with first holiday program
The Little Athletics Queensland NAIDOC School Holiday Program went off without a...
Joseph Guenzler 11 Jul 2025
Hobbs sets new Oceania record at Czech Republic meet

Zoe Hobbs has raised the bar for Oceania sprinting, surpassing her own 100m record with a 10.94 second run at the prestigious Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 25, 2025
First NAIDOC school holiday athletics event to uplift Indigenous youth

Little Athletics Queensland is launching its first-ever NAIDOC School Holiday Program, aiming to connect culture with sport and create new pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 28, 2025
Track star to trailblazer: Chambers joins Little Athletics Queensland to inspire mob

Proud Jarowair, Wakka Wakka and Turrbal woman Larissa Chambers has taken on a new role as development officer at Little Athletics Queensland (LAQ).

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 24, 2025
Minjungbal teen sets new Oceania sprint record

16-year-old Thewbelle Philp has set a new Australian under-20 women's 60 metres record, running 7.30 seconds at the 2025 Australian Short Track Athletics Championships at the weekend.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 5, 2025
PARIS 2024: Hamstrung Law goes out in a puff at Paris Olympics

Calab Law ended his brief maiden Olympic campaign by sharing in an extraordinary Australian record on the track. Part of Australia's 4x100-metre men's relay team, Law ran the third leg on the bend on...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 9, 2024
Young Indigenous stars set sights on Paralympics glory

Rising First Nations Darwin sports stars, 24-year-old Romone Lewin and 15-year-old Briseis Brittain, are proud of the determination and hard work that has gotten them to where they are today.

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Tiesha Hewitt Jul 17, 2024
Athletics West launches historic NAIDOC carnival in Perth

Not even a downpour of rain could put the fire out during a smoking ceremony in line with the theme of the much celebrated Indigenous observance week to dampen Athletics West's inaugural NAIDOC carniv...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 13, 2024
Rookie West Australian takes out Oceanian medal at first attempt

Anika Gosling spun and twisted her way into a first international competition representing Australia at the Oceania Athletics Championships and came two medal colours away from jumping on board again...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 14, 2024
Indigenous twins Indi and Jack King share in each other's athletic lives

Before Jack King, one half of the Instagram-tagged Sprint Kings along with twin sister Indi King, stood on his mark in a rookie-first Australian Junior Athletics Championships, the 12-year-old boy loo...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Apr 30, 2024
Telaya Blacksmith smashes personal bests at Australian Athletics Championships

Walpiri T20 athlete Telaya Blacksmith competed at the Chemist Warehosue Australian Athletics Championships 2024 in Adelaide over the weekend and made her mark.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 15, 2024
Gold rush as Wakka Wakka man Law runs riot at Pacific Games

Emerging Indigenous star Caleb Law has single-handedly broken a Fijian stranglehold on the sprint events at the Pacific Games after an authoritative 200 metres finish that ended Friday with a gold dou...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Dec 1, 2023
Calab lays down the Law, claims gold in Pacific Games sprint

It was a case of one down, one to go, in the Solomon Islands mission for the Olympic-destined sprinter Calab Law. The Wakka Wakka man claimed one of Australia's five gold medals on the track at the 20...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Nov 29, 2023
Rising Gangalu athlete Tuqiri Mason qualifies for NSW All Schools

A gofundme was created for a young Gangalu athlete on the rise, Tuqiri Mason, in order to get him to the NSWCHSSA (NSW Combined High Schools Sports Association) - Secondary Athletics - Championships.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 13, 2023
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