TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT | AUSTRALIAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Published Wed 09 Aug 2023
Athletics West is excited to announce that 55 athletes will head over to Canberra for the upcoming Australian Cross Country Championships due to be held later this month.
Athletes are set to travel to Stromlo Forest on Saturday the 26th of August, facing off against other states for the chance to achieve an Australian Championship medal.
Male and female athletes who participated in the qualification event at Yellagonga Park were eligible to be selected for the Australian Championship, with Western Australia taking 32 male and 23 female athletes to face the competition.
Athletics West would like to congratulate all of the athletes who were selected.
2023 Australian Cross Country Championships Team
OPEN WOMEN
Zoe Griffith (Perth Track and Field Club)
OPEN MEN
Jack Sirett (Athletics West Independent)
Luke Burrows (Perth Track and Field Club)
UNDER 20 WOMEN
Ellie Glands (Perth Track and Field Club)
Sienna Hanikeri (UWA Athletics Club)
UNDER 20 MEN
Ben Stoner (UWA Athletics Club)
Jacob Howard (UWA Athletics Club)
Luca Di Toro (UWA Athletics Club)
Riley McFarlane (Canning Districts Athletics Club)
William McAlinden (UWA Athletics Club)
UNDER 20 MEN PARA
William Liitiaeinen (T01) (Athletics West Independent)
UNDER 18 WOMEN
Samaia Friesen (Athletics West Independent)
UNDER 18 MEN
Dante Armstrong (Joondalup Track Club)
James Chansbury (UWA Athletics Club)
Nicholas Chin (Canning Districts Athletics Club)
UNDER 17 MEN
Bryon Martin (Joondalup Track Club)
David McAlinden (UWA Athletics Club)
Jonathan Swift (Athletics West Independent)
Matthew Dodds (UWA Athletics Club)
Riley Heinrich (Athletics West Independent)
Will Jenkinson (Athletics West Independent)
UNDER 16 WOMEN
Imogen Glew (UWA Athletics Club)
Olivia Hildebrandt (Canning Districts Athletics Club)
Teagan Flowerdew (Canning Districts Athletics Club)
UNDER 16 MEN
Barnaby Lancaster-Simper (Athletics West Independent)
Ezra Greive (Canning Districts Athletics Club)
Kenan Knottenbelt (Athletics West Independent)
UNDER 15 WOMEN
Abbey Dunseath (Athletics West Independent)
Chloe Dartnall (Melville LAC)
Imogen Winfield (Cockburn LAC)
Katica Borsic (Athletics West Independent)
Naomi Karczub (Athletics West Independent)
Tandia Knottenbelt (UWA Athletics Club)
UNDER 15 MEN
Christian Perkis (West Track Club)
Isaac Kay (Joondalup Athletics Centre)
Lewis O'Hare (Joondalup Track Club)
Liam Courtney (Joondalup Track Club)
Quewin Gould (Joondalup Track Club)
UNDER 14 WOMEN
Amber Rodan (Eastern Goldfields LAC)
Amelia Dickinson (Hamersley LAC)
Ava Rodgers (UWA LAC)
Ava Fisher (Athletics West Independent)
Erin O'Hare (Joondalup Athletics Centre)
Grace Lewis (Athletics West Independent)
Grace Richter (Athletics West Independent)
Mia Watters (UWA LAC)
Quinn Bandarage (UWA LAC)
Saoirse Fowler (Eastern Goldfields LAC)
UNDER 14 MEN
Eamon Stott (Hamersley LAC)
Flynn O'Brien (Belmont LAC)
Gideon van Niekerk (UWA Athletics Club)
Henry Malkin (Joondalup Track Club)
James Shuck (Joondalup Track Club)
Liam Barnes (Ridgewood LAC)
Zac Neame (Athletics West Independent)
To find out more about the Australian Cross Country Championships head to the Athletics Australia Event page now.
You can follow all athletics action via the Athletics West Facebook and Instagram pages.
For more information on how you can get involved in athletics, contact Athletics West on 0862720480.
By Dylan Gane, Athletics West
Posted 9 August 2023
