4 of our Masters are heading to the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain.
Four of Athletics Essendon Masters athletes have been training hard to prepare for the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain starting early next month. Mark Harper will compete in the M40 100m, 200m and possibly a relay. He hopes to perform well in the finals of each event and achieve a couple of PBs. […]
Liam so close at City 2 Surf.
Athletics Essendon Olympian and Commonwealth Games representative Liam Adams came within a hairs breath of making it 3 wins at the annual City 2 Surf fun run, when he and eventual winner Ben Saint Lawrence had an all out sprint finish to the line after a gruelling 14 km stoush from the Sydney CBD down to […]
Maria sets sights on Tokyo 2020.
Check out a fantastic article in the Moreland Leader, highlighting Athletics Essendon champion Maria Strong, as she sets her sights on Tokyo in 2020. Article and photo, courtesy of the Moreland Leader newspaper.
Race Report – XCR’18 round 7 – Lake Wendouree. 4th of August 2018.
Athletics Essendon Race Report, Results and Photos. Athletics Victoria XCR’18 Round 7 of 10. Lake Wendouree, Ballarat 6km & 15km Road Race Championships. Saturday 4 August 2018. Our runners made the trek out to Ballarat for the longest drive to an XCR’18 race for the season. The course consisted of an initial 1.5km x 2 […]
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 […]
Race Report – Athletics Victoria XCR’18 Round 6 – LAKESIDE:10 -Sunday 22 July 2018.
Race Report – Athletics Victoria XCR’18 Round 6 – LAKESIDE:10 -Sunday 22 July 2018 3km & 10km Road Race Championships. Our first morning race of the XCR’18 winter season of road and cross country running, had our distance runners heading to Albert Park and Lakeside Stadium. The road course was on Lakeside Drive which […]
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 […]
