UTAS Athletics Club

Silver for Sebby🥈

Sebastian Hardinge continued his impressive form in Darwin today, winning silver at the Oceania Championships. Repping the green and gold for the first time, Seb cleared 2.01m, the third time he has cleared the 2m mark this season.

Congratulations Seb and coach Luke 🇦🇺

The Oceania's get underway in Darwin today with Shannon Wi******er kicking things off in the 100m heats at 12:20 (final at 6:05) and Chanel Charles in the U18 400m Hurdles final at 5:40. In the field, Seb Hardinge will be flying high in the High Jump at 3:10, where he will be looking to build on his 2.05m personal best that saw him take out the Tasmanian Open Championship in March.

Live stream available from 2:30pm today on World Athletics YouTube and Live Results can be found at
https://athleticsoceania.anet.live/meets/70253

Further details about the meet are available on the Oceania Athletics website https://athletics-oceania.com/oceania-athletics-area-championships/

Congrats Xave!
Xavier Davie has been named on the Australian Team for the 2026 World U20 Championships🇦🇺

The Championships are being held from the 5th – 9th August at the prestigious Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene 🇺🇸
Xave was selected following his outstanding performance at the Australian Championships, where he scored beyond the 7100p qualifying standard and set new Tasmanian U19/20 records with a result of 7236 points.

We extend our congratulations to fellow Tasmanian athletes who have also been named on the team, Izzy Wing (North Launceston) and Bailey Van Den Broek (OVA) for Heptathlon, and Xavier Leauma (Eastern Suburbs) for Hammer.

What a wonderful day for Tasmanian athletics!

Congrats Shannon 🟢🟡🟢
Shannon Wi******er has been named in the Australian team for the Oceania Championships 🇦🇺
This is the second time Shannon will don the green & gold for Australia after making his national team debut at the World Champs in 2025 - not bad for someone who only took up sprinting a little over 12 months ago!

Joining Shannon will be OVA's Alexander McKillop, with both men contesting the 100m.

The Oceania team are working hard to finalise the fields and timetable, details (when available) can be found on the link below ⬇️

https://athletics-oceania.com/oceania-athletics-area-championships/

How good is this! 🟢🟡🟢
Chanel Charles and Sebastian Hardinge have been selected to represent Australia at the Oceania Championships in Darwin 🇦🇺
Chanel secured her spot on the team in the U18 400m Hurdles, following a successful campaign at the Australian Junior Champs in Brisbane. Chanel ran an impressive 1:05.09 to win bronze at the championships, her second national medal in the event.

Sebby will continue to display his multi-talents in Darwin, lining up in both the High Jump and Javelin. Seb threw a huge 62.32m to claim the silver in the U18 Javelin at the Australian Junior Championships in Brisbane. While a program clash meant he was unable to challenge for the national High Jump title, Seb's clearance of 2.05m in winning the Tasmanian Open High Jump title was enough to impress selectors.
Seb has also qualified for the Oceania Combined Event Championships which will be held at a later date ⚫⚪🔴

Congrats also to Eastern Suburbs member Palepa Leauma who has also been selected for the U18 team. Palepa jumped up an age group at the Australian Junior Championships, finishing second in both the U18 Discus and Hammer to secure her place on the team.

The Oceania Championships will run from the 18th-23rd May at the Arafura Stadium in Darwin. Details about the event can be found on the link below⬇️

https://athletics-oceania.com/oceania-athletics-area-championships/

How exciting 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Emma Keleher will make her debut in the green and gold, representing Australia at the Oceania Athletics Championships 🟢🟡🟢

Emma has shown a huge improvement during the past season under the guidance of coach Evan Peacock, Emma won her second state open title with a personal best of 59.55m.

The Championships is the premier event for the region and brings together the leading athletes from across the Oceania Area federations. Held biannually, the Oceania Championships provide a valuable international competition experience for emerging athletes.

Emma will join Australian record holder Stephanie Ratcliffe (Vic) and Lauren Clark (NSW) in the Women's Hammer on Wednesday 20th May. For further info on the Oceania's, follow the link below⬇️

https://athletics-oceania.com/oceania-athletics-area-championships/

UniSport National Athletics Championships kicked off on the sunny Gold Coast today, with five athletes representing the University of Tasmania⚫️⚪️🔴

Northern Suburbs athlete Max Perkin was first up in the 100m heats, running a quick 10.70(w) to take out his heat and progress through to tonight’s semi-final (6:40pm) with the final is on at 2:40pm Thursday. Joining Max on the track today is fellow Northern Suburb’s member Jess Smith, who will line up in the 1500m final at 5:55pm. Jess won herself a hard-fought bronze in the 3000m Steeple at the Australian Junior Championships last weekend, and should be a strong contender for today’s 1500m final.

UTAS is well represented in the Men’s High Jump final, with Fin Fitzsimmons joining OVA’s Blake Doyle and Northern Suburb’s Jordan Christopher in the final at 2:00pm Thursday. Blake will barely have time to change his footwear before rushing off to the Long Jump qualifying at 3:30pm, where he will hope to progress to Friday's final. Max Perkin will close out Thursday's comp in the heats of the 200m at 5:40pm, with the final scheduled for 11:30 Friday.

Live streaming is available for both track and field events (yes there really is a separate stream for field events!) and live results are available on Roster Athletics – links below.

Live Streams https://unisporttv.sporfie.com/athletics
Live Results https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=27561

The tide was high, but we ran along...🎶

The Athletes South Cross Country kicked off for 2026 at Bellerive Beach Saturday, with more than one person getting wet feet out in the course 🌊
Vijay Archer backed up from his win in the Hobart Marathon 2km to be the first back for the U15's in the short race, with Billy Whitehead being first back for the U20's in the long race. Well done all ⚫⚪🔴

Next week's race is at Soldiers Memorial Walk at the Domain on SUNDAY @ 10:30am.

Results are available on the link below ⬇️
https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5c79b6c7ee880758d3b74cf3/69e369251f5730ed5a28081a_PRELIMINARY-RESULTS-18-APRIL.pdf

Sensational Sebby🥇

Sebastian Hardinge has run the race of his life to finish the U18 Decathlon at the Australian Junior Championships in Brisbane. Seb entered the final event 65 points behind New Zealand's Connor Brady. With absolute determination, Seb produced an incredible 20 second personal best to complete the 1500m in 4:36.88🔥 Seb ended the 10 events with a score of 7043 points, 77 points ahead of Brady, with Victoria's Zach Sandison third on 6818p. This also improves Seb's own State U17 Decathlon record 💥

Huge congrats Seb and coach Luke, we are so proud of you ⚫⚪🔴

How good is this🥉
Chanel Charles has added to her impressive collection of national medals at the Australian Junior Championships in Brisbane today, winning bronze in the U18 400m Hurdles. This is a great result for Chanel, who only took up the hurdles at the start of last season. Congrats Chanel, you really are a superstar ⭐