Rankings

Big Breakthroughs in the United States - Williamsz, McEntee

After such an amazing weekend for our Olympic hopefuls, where we saw Steve Hooker, Ryan Gregson, Dale Stevenson and Chris Erickson all deliver "A" qualifiers for London, it was the turn of our athletes competing in the United States to continue the rush for Olympic selection.

Stevenson had already started the impressive results over in the US, with his massive personal best of 20.63m in the shot put at a meeting in Clemson on Saturday. It improved his PB by 47cm's and was easily above the 'A' standard for London, which is set at 20.50m. This result coupled with the A qualifiers from Hooker, Gregson and Erickson must have sparked both Jordan Williamsz and Sam McEntee into action when they lined up for a 1500m race in Swarthmore, PA on Monday (US Time).

Drive to London Gaining Momentum

Over the past week we have seen our Australian track and field stars rise to the occasion. Last week Scott Martin added his name to the list for Olympic selection (throwing 65.63m in the men's discus over in the United States), and then on Friday night we saw Steve Hooker (pole vault), Ryan Gregson (1500m) and Kathryn Mitchell (javelin) all produce 'A' standards for the London Olympics.

Ross 10.16w, Harradine 67.53m AR, M4x100m 38.84s, Martin 65.63m

It's been a huge week of athletics from around the world, with some fantastic results from our Australian stars. Benn Harradine breaks Australian record with 67.53m throw in Townsville, while Scott Martin throws huge 'PB' of 65.63m - which was also an "A" qualifier for the Olympics - at a meeting in the US. We take a look at all of the results over the past 7 days.

Aussies Shine at Mt SAC Relays - McNeill 13.19.31

Less than two months David McNeill was looking anything but an Olympian, fast forward to the Mt SAC Relays and London is again on the radar for the 25 year-old from Melbourne.

World Junior Leading Performances in Melbourne

What a great way to conclude the 90th edition of the Australian Championships, a dominant display from one of our up and coming stars of the sport - Steve Solomon.

After such an interrupted start to the 2011/12 domestic season, Solomon has simply gone from strength to strength over the past three months - culminating in his second National 400m title and a new PB of 45.54s. His powerful one lap performance in the final event of the Championships moved Solomon to no.1 on the 2012 World Junior ranking list, and moves the 18 year-old up one spot on the Australian all-time ranking list to 19th.