The best head to the West! We finish the Continental Tour Meetings in New Zealand, and now it’s Australia’s turn to continue the run leading to the Continental Tour Gold in Melbourne. The Continental Tour returns to Perth for the first time since 2020, and the start lists are hot! The need for speed sees Oceania’s fastest lining up in the sprint events. The field events play host to season openers, and those chasing the all important qualification performances and valuable World Ranking Points.
What’s Happening?
Perth Track Classic:
- Date: March 1st 2025
- Time 15:30 AWST
- Venue: WA Athletics Stadium, Perth
Who to watch? Oceania Athletes to watch out for:
🇦🇺 Brandon Starc: Equal Oceania Record Holder at 2.36m. Brandon returns to competition for the first time since Paris.
🇦🇺 Kelsey-Lee Barber: The dual world Champion returns to the runway, looking for qualifying position for Tokyo 2025.
🇦🇺 Lachlan Kennedy: Oceania’s fastest man over 60m, will be on track in the 100m against a quality field
🇦🇺 Bree Rizzo Leading the 2025 Oceania Top list for 100m, Bree lines up in the 100m with fellow AUS relay team members.
🇦🇺 Peyton Craig: Area u20 Record 800m record holder lines up in the Men’s 1500m with the field ready to chase Callum Davies the fastest on the start list
🇦🇺 Rihannon Clark T38: Paralympic star, and hometown hero lines up for the 200m. Rhiannon has numerous global medal to her name in the sprint events she leads the Para-Ambulant 200m field.
🇦🇺 Liam Adcock: Soaring to 8.21m in Auckland earlier in the month, the wind assisted jump shows a big jump is brewing.
🇦🇺 Mia Gross: Winner of the recent International Track Meet 200m, Mia will be looking for back to back wins on the Continental Tour
🇦🇺 Reece Langdon T38 and Michael Roeger T46: Paralympic distance powerhouses over 1500m, Reece, and Michael are set to go head to head in the 1500m B Race. Keep an eye on young gun Angus Hincksman T38 who will be up in the fight.
There is many more athletes ready to fire in Perth, including Australian Representatives, Area Championships medallists, it’s a meet not to be missed!
START LISTS and RESULTS
How do I watch?
🎟️ Live: Tickets available online– Available at Australian Athletics
📺 Global Livestream: on 7+ for Australia. Global Audience will have How to watch details once competition begins on Oceania Socials.
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