Maurie Plant’s contribution to regional and global athletics is unique – almost certainly never to be replicated by a single person. His legacy to Oceania and World Athletics will be felt for many years after his untimely passing in January 2020. As early as the 1980s, Maurie was keen to find competition on the world…
Entries and Results Qualification Standings History of One Day Meeting Finals How to Watch This week, the Diamond League Final heads to Zurich. The Diamond League, which is the premier series of Athletics Meetings, began in 2010, and Oceania has had significant success throughout the short history of the Diamond League. The concept of a...
Fifty-three years later, Peter Bol becomes the 5th Australian and just the 6th Oceanian Athlete to make the Final of the Olympic Games 800m for Men. The progression to the Olympic Final has been all class, Area Record each round; courageous yet confident – Peters’ perfection, a story 27 years in the making. Bol, 27,…
Jessica Hull (AUS), has broken the Oceania Area 1500m Record in the World Athletics Continental Silver Meeting in Berlin on 13th of September. Her time was 4.00.42, which breaks the previous record of Linden Hall from 2018. This is Hull’s second Area Record of the year, after breaking the Indoor 1500m at a meet in…
Article from The Australian By JOHN STENSHOLT 7:26PM AUGUST 07, 2020 Even if it wasn’t the dream come true of an Olympic medal, Nick Hough quietly and impressively racked up a couple of significant milestones this week. On Tuesday, the day the 110m hurdler would have been running in heats in Tokyo before the COVID-19…
Melissa Breen, A two-time Olympian and Oceania Area record holder, has announced her retirement. Congratulations to Melissa on an incredible career, a true leader on and off the track, and an inspiration to many up and coming athletes. Melissa has a tremendous list of highlights, including; In 2014, Breen broke the Area and Australian Record for the 100m with a Personal...
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