Athletics West is pleased to announce the WA State Team for the 2022 Australian Half Marathon Championships, set to be contested on the 14th of August at the Sunshine Coast Marathon (QLD).
After ten massive days of athletics action, the 2022 World Athletics Championships have concluded in Oregon. WA’s top athletes did not disappoint with Nina Kennedy winning bronze in the Women’s Pole Vault final and Peter Bol finishing 7th in the World in the Men’s 800m Final.
Athletics West are excited to release our new season information, including key dates and membership fees for the 2022/23 Summer Season powered by Go For 2&5.
Nina Kennedy has produced the performance of her career to claim her first major international medal in 2022 at the World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon. While Declan Tingay finishes in the world's top 20 in the Men's 20km Road Walk.
Australia’s best track and field athletes have been named to compete at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in just 7 days’ time. The Championships will be held in Oregon, Eugene, with a strong team of 64 athletes. Six of these athletes have been named from WA.
In celebration of NAIDOC Week 2022 and its theme of ‘Get Up, Stand Up, Show Up’, Athletics Australia is proud to relaunch its First Nations programs, allowing more young Indigenous people than ever to get involved in our sport.
Athletics West is delighted to announce that 38 of WA's best athletes have been selected for the Target Talent Program in 2022. The Athletics Australia-funded program aims to foster and develop the next generation of Olympic and Paralympic representatives.
The final Australian Commonwealth Games Athletics team has been confirmed with a significant boost in athletes taking the total team to 85 competitors bound for Birmingham. Amongst the new selections are three West Australians including Tokyo 2020 Olympic Race Walker Declan Tingay, middle distance star Matthew Ramsden and 2018 Commonwealth Games athlete Angus Armstrong.
21 of WA’s best athletes represented the country at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships in Mackay, Queensland. Headlining Australia's team were 2022 Commonwealth Games athletes and hopefuls including Oceania Record Holder Sarah Edmiston, Angus Armstrong, Cruz Hogan, Ella Pardy and Rhiannon Clarke.
The 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships kicks off today in Mackay, QLD, where 21 WA Athletes will be competing for the top spot in the Oceania region.
Athletics West is excited to announce that the Bibbulmun Fund, through the Fremantle Foundation, has joined Athletics West as a new partner for the sport’s Aboriginal Community Engagement (ACE) Program. Through the partnership, the Bibbulmun Fund has injected $30,000 to help deliver the ACE Program in regional WA. The 2022 program will utilise delivery partners to conduct 10 to 12-week programs in Derby, Kununurra, and Laverton over the next six months.
Athletics West is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 Athletics West Awards. Held at the Beaumonde On The Point as part of our 2022 Volunteer Week celebrations, more than 100 members of the Athletics West community attended the event.
Athletics West is pleased to announce the 2023 Country Athletics Championships are set for the Northam Recreation Centre from the 13 to 15 January 2023.
The first 32 members of the Australian Athletics Team bound for Birmingham have been announced with eight West Australians set to don the green and gold.
Congratulations to the 21 WA athletes who have been selected in the Australian Team to compete at the Oceania Athletics Championships taking place in Mackay, Queensland from 7-11 June.
Day Two of the Coles Australian Little Athletics Championships saw WA return to the podium with Sophie Williams, Jaxon Stewart and the Under 15 Mixed 4x100m relay team all returning to Perth with a medal.