Sprints
Nation's track hopes gaining speed
- 10 May 2012
- The Examiner - Brian Roe
After last year's World Athletics Championships in Daegu, Korea, someone with more than a bit of knowledge about marketing sport told me that athletics in Australia had rocks in its head if it didn't make sure that the country had runners in the men's and women's 100 metres at major competitions.
Chasing Olympic berth taking toll on Breen: coach
- 09 May 2012
- Sydney Morning Herald - Chris Wilson
Canberra athletics coach Matt Beckenham says he must stop playing ‘‘Russian roulette’’ with sprinter Melissa Breen’s fitness, the pair now forced to gamble that the 21-year-old has already done enough to earn selection for the London Olympic Games.
Olympic selectors keep Breen on 'B' list
- 01 May 2012
- Sydney Morning Herald - David Polkinghorne
Athletics Australia has refused to guarantee Melissa Breen a ticket to the London Olympic Games despite the Canberra 100-metre sprinter running within a fraction of a second of the women's A-qualifying time in Japan on Sunday.
4x400m fail to improve at Penn Relays
- 29 April 2012
- Inside Athletics
Australia’s chances of fielding a team in the men’s 4x400m relay at the London Olympics remain in limbo, with a quartet of Alex Beck, Ben Offereins, Kevin Moore and Steven Solomon failing to improve the nation’s aggregate time.
Parramatta Eels star Jarryd Hayne's bid to help uncover Australia's next Olympic sprint champ
- 28 April 2012
- Daily Telegraph - Nick Walshaw
As part of The Jarryd Hayne Scholarship, Hayne and Hayden Knowles have not only set out to find Australia's next great male sprinter, but one who can make the 100m final at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
