Maria wins prestigious sports award.

‪Massive congratulations to Athletics Essendon athlete, and current Australian champion Maria Strong, who, tonight, won the Disability Sport and Recreation 2018 Masters Sportsperson of the Year! So proud Maz! See https://dsr.org.au/awards/ for all the awards information, and https://www.instagram.com/disabilitysportandrec for the awards night images. https://athleticsessendon.org.au/maz-strong-announced-as-finalist-for-prestigious-awards/ for a recap on Maria’s award nomination.

Vale Garry Calvert.

Athletics Essendon are saddened, and mourn the sudden passing of elite javelin coach, and former Australian javelin champion, Garry Calvert. Garry passed away from a heart attack in Beijing on Friday the 27th of July. Garry had been serving as the Chinese national javelin coach, and had previously served as India’s javelin coach from February […]

Sensational second record from Linden Hall in London.

Athletics Essendon sensation Linden Hall has broken another Australian record overnight at the MÜLLER ANNIVERSARY GAMES, which doubles as the London Diamond League. In the rarely run women’s mile, Linden ran 4:21.40 in a super fast race, breaking Lisa Corrigam’s 11 year old record by 1.26 seconds. Linden stated she was inspired by Joseph Deng’s record […]

XCR’18 round 6 – Sunday 22nd of July. Albert Park

XCR’18 round 6 this Sunday the 22nd of July will be a fast, flat 10km race not to be missed! The forecast is looking good, so hopefully there will some great racing conditions. All the event details can be found here:- https://athleticsessendon.org.au/calendar/ If you didn’t get your entry in on time, contact your team managers, […]

Athletics Essendon results from XCR’18 round 5 – Sandown Relays.

Athletics Essendon team results and some of individual times. Men Div 1 7th Liam Adams 8:55 Div 3 9th Jeff Jones 10:34 Div 6 6th Daniel White 11:49 Div 7(2) 9TH Justin McLaren 12:30 Div 7(3) DNF John Cooper 12:48 Women Div 2 1st Charlotte Wilson 10:24, Emilie Guy 10:55, Liselle Atkin 11:27, Emily Mizis […]

Amelia Mazza-Downie shines in Finland.

Amelia Mazza-Downie ran the race of her life so far, and stormed home for 6th place, and a huge pb in the U20 world athletics championships women’s 3000 metre final overnight. In a 19 strong field, Amelia moved steadily through the pack, and remained patient thoughout the race, in order to kick home in the […]

Maz Strong announced as finalist for prestigious awards.

Elite Athletics Essendon athlete Maria “Maz” Strong has been announced as one of the finalists for the 2018 Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards. The awards, which will be held at an invitation-only ceremony on August 1 at Southbank, will feature our best sportsman and women across the state, and Maz’s achievements hold her in very […]

Louise and Amelia ready to fire in Finland.

Athletics Essendon stars Louise Mendez and Amelia Mazza-Downie are ready to launch their campaign at the 2018 World U20 Track and Field championships, in Tampere, Finland. The championships, which commence on the 10th of July, will showcase the best under 20 athletes from around the globe. Amelia will race in the 3000 metres final on the […]

XCR’18 – Round 5 – Sandown Relays.

We travel to Sandown on Saturday 7th of July for the annual Sandown Relays. Check out http://athsvic.org.au/event/xcr18-round-5-sandown-racecourse-relays/ for all of the details. Its looking like being another wild and woolly Melbourne winter’s day, so make sure you rug up! Good luck teams, and run strong!