Jordan Williamsz

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).

Hough Ready to Fire Up in the West - Perth Track Classic Preview

The weather forecast for Perth is for warm and humid conditions with an expected top of 32 degrees, perfect conditions to finally see some fireworks in the sprint events. One of those sprinters hoping that the forecast equals fast times is 18 year-old sprint sensation Nicholas Hough. We start off our preview of the Perth Track Classic with a detailed look at this junior sprinter, who is well on his way to a berth at this years World Junior Championships which will be held in Barcelona, Spain in July.

National Update - Brisbane, Newcastle plus Vaulters Flying High in Perth

Although some may suggest that it has been a quiet start to the domestic season, there have been some very encouraging results from around Australia. The official Qantas AA Tour commences with the Adelaide Track Classic on the 28th of January, although we have already see AA Tour events in Brisbane and Newcastle.

We first take a look at some of the top performances from the Brisbane Track Classic on the 14th January:

Great Early Season Form at Zatopek Plus Full National Wrap

At 5:30pm in Melbourne it looked as though we were going to miss the extreme weather for the Zatopek:10 meeting, then the wind died down and the heavens opened (plus the temperature dropped by over 5 degrees)! In the end we still witnessed some impressive results so early on in the domestic season, with many of our Australian athletic stars just coming out of some intensive training

Great Support Acts to Mottram and Co. at Zatopek:10

Many of the track and field fans who will turn up on Saturday for the Zatopek:10 will be there to watch the likes of Craig Mottram, Ben St.Lawrence and David McNeill go head to head with the Kenyans in the 10000m, but don't dismiss the other quality events on the program.