Athletics

Paul Burgess is helping athletes to reach new heights, and watching him up close it's easy to see how. >

The rapid progression of Athletics Coach Danny Kevan is set to pay dividends for WAIS athletes in 2023 and >

The WAIS pole vault legacy includes an Olympic gold medal, Commonwealth Games gold medals, three six metre jumpers, Australian Records, >

Nina Kennedy has saved her seasons best for last to produce a stellar performance to add 2022 Diamond League >

WAIS pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has continued a stellar month and claimed her first Diamond League victory in Monaco. >

WAIS graduate Peter Bol has again raced his way in to the history books as the first ever Australian to >

WAIS scholarship holder Nina Kennedy has claimed bronze at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, with her 4.80m clearance the highest >

WAIS athletes Nina Kennedy, Kurtis Marschall, Matt Ramsden, Declan Tingay and Nagmeldin Bil have been selected in a strong >

Less than a year after famously breaking the Australian Record at the Tokyo Olympics last year, Peter Bol has asserted himself on the world stage at the Paris Diamond League

Rhiannon Clarke and Jackson Hamilton claim gold at 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships

WAIS pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has made a statement of intent at her first Diamond League meet since 2018, with a second place finish in Rabat

Angus Armstrong, leaves no stone unturned when it comes to maximising his time and balancing goals in the pursuit of his goals in and out of sport.

Matt Ramsden using Olympic selection disappointment to power him through busy 2022 season.

Nine WAIS athletes have been selected across open, para and Under 20 categories for the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships

Kurtis Marschall, Matt Ramsden and Peter Bol have claim gold at the Australian Athletics Championships to book their tickets for >

Nina Kennedy successfully defended her national title and with it booked her ticket to the 2022 World Championships in Oregon in July

Support from WAIS has seen pole vaulter settle in to life in Perth and find employment while balancing study and athletics

WAIS scholarship holders Matt Ramsden and Kurtis Marschall have been selected in the largest ever Australian team to contest a World Athletics Indoors Championships

Declan Tingay narrowly missed a medal after a late time penalty at the 2022 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

WAIS graduate Madison de Rozario becomes first para athlete to be named WA Sports Star of the Year

Tokyo Olympian Declan Tingay has continued his stellar form in early 2022 winning the Oceania & Australian 20km Race Walking Championship

WAIS graduate Madison de Rozario has become the first Australian woman to win Paralympic marathon gold, with a stunning win in the T54

Fresh off winning gold in the 800m on Sunday, WAIS graduate Madison de Rozario has added bronze to her name in a wet 1500m

Wheelchair racing star Madison de Rozario has claimed her first Paralympic gold medal in a dominant Paralympic Record performance

Peter Bol has inspired the nation to take on the world and finish fourth in the men's 800m final at the Tokyo Games

A day after becoming the fastest Australian in history over 800m, Peter Bol was back lowering the Australian Record even further to 1:44.11

Peter Bol set a new Australian Record and booked a spot in the 800m semifinal

Peter Bol, Liz Parnov and Declan Tingay join Nina Kennedy and Kurtis Marschall as five WA representatives on the 63-member athletics team for Tokyo

800m ace Peter Bol has secured himself a ticket to a second Olympic Games with an Olympic qualifying run at the Oceania Invitational on the Gold Coast

Pole Vaulters Nina Kennedy and Kurtis Marschall will continue the WAIS legacy at Olympic level having been selected to the Australian Olympic Team for the Tokyo Games.

Western Australian representation on the Australian Paralympic Team grows to four with Rio Paralympian Chad Perris selected to the team for Tokyo.

Pole vaulters Nina Kennedy and Kurtis Marschall and middle distance runner Peter Bol impressed on route to wins at the Queensland Track Classic

Pole vaulters, sprinters and middle distance runners in action at Queensland Track Classic eyeing Olympic qualifiers and personal bests

Nina Kennedy wrote her name in to the history books setting a new Australia Record of 4.82 metres at the Sydney Track Classic.

Matt Ramsden's hot run of form continued to claim a maiden national title in the 5000m

Following six consecutive Olympic qualifying jumps of 4.70m or higher Nina Kennedy is chasing the Australian Record of 4.81m at the Sydney Track Classic

In rainy Canberra conditions Rio Olympian Peter Bol fell three hundredths of a second shy of booking a ticket to the Tokyo Games

WA's top sprinters and middle distance runners turn their attention to the Canberra Track Classic on March 11

WAIS graduates shine at the opening event of the Coles Summer Super Series in Canberra

Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Nina Kennedy has her eye on the Tokyo Olympic Games after jumping an Olympic qualifier of 4.70 metres

WAIS Pole Vaulter Angus Armstrong jumped a new personal best of 5.65 metres at the final round of the Go for 2&5 season at the WA Athletics Stadium on March 7.

As part of their Shero series, Barbie are celebrating WAIS graduate Madison de Rozario with a new doll celebrating Paralympic sport and female role models.

Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Nina Kennedy jumped 4.50 metres in windy conditions to win the pole vault at the Sir Graeme Douglas International in Auckland.

WAIS graduates Peter Bol and Chad Perris have claimed victories in the men's 800m and men's 100m ambulatory at the Sydney Track Classic.

WAIS Pole Vaulters continue Olympic qualification hunt at Sir Graeme Douglas International in Auckland and WA State Championships

WAIS athletes ready to continue Athletics Australia Coles Summer Super Series at the Canberra Track Classic on Thursday.

The Athletics Australia Coles Summer Super Series continued at the Melbourne Track Classic with WAIS athletes again impressing with some early season form.

Kurtis Marschall jumped his way to an Olympic qualifier of 5.80m at the Jandakot Airport Track Classic.

The Jandakot Airport Track Classic starts the first event of the 2020 Summer Super Series as WAIS's best athletics athletes are joined by some of their interstate rivals and international stars with Olympic qualifying points on offer.

WAIS Pole Vaulter Angus Armstrong is one of 10 current Australian athletes appointed to the inaugural Australian Institute of Sport Athlete Advisory Committee.

West Australia's Para-Athletes claimed seven medals highlighted by Madison de Rozario's gold at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, in Dubai.

Five West Australian's competed in sweltering conditions with Rochelle Rodgers finished 35th in the Marathon on debut and Matthew Ramsden setting a new personal best on his way to 15th in the 1500 metres leading the way.

Athletics Australia today announced its squad of 38 athletes to contest the 2019 World Para-Athletics Championships in Dubai (Nov 7-15), with that team including six Western Australians.

Two of WA's four representatives on the Australian Flame team have completed their events at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.

The 2019 World Athletics Championships commence on Friday, September 27 in Doha with four Western Australian athletes in action.

Two WA track stars have been added to the Australian Flame team for the 2019 World Championships in Doha starting late this month.

Liz Parnova returned to competitive action over the weekend taking sixth place at a track and field meet in Switzerland with a best jump of 4.41m.

The Western Australian Institute of Sport extends its condolences and respect to the family and friends of Paralympic great Bruce >

When it comes to Paralympic legacy, few Western Australian athletes can match the feats and achievements of Louise Sauvage.

Liz Parnova produced a standout effort to break her own personal best and claim a new Oceania Championship record in winning the women's pole vault in Townsville with a clearance at 4.60m.

The globetrotting exploits of middle distance runner Matt Ramsden has taken him to Townsville this week where he won the men's 1500m at the Oceania Championships, achieved in championship record time.

Angus Armstrong has won the men's pole vault title at the Oceania Championships in Townsville with a best jump of 5.40m.

1500m runner Matthew Ramsden has run a World Championship A-Qualifier in Finland overnight, setting a new personal best in the process.

Four Western Australian athletes have been confirmed in the Athletics section to compete for Australia at the World University Games in Naples.

A string of WA's top level track and field talents will take on the Oceania Championships in Townsville this June as the qualification process for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games commences.

Kurtis Marschall and Liz Parnova have both earned selection for the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships in Doha after Athletics Australia today listed an initial 20-strong squad.

Australian Flame hopefuls Ella Pardy and Rhiannon Clarke have both produced multi-medal campaigns at last week's Arafura Games in the Northern Territory.

Brianna Beahan has received a call-up for the Australian team set to tackle next month's IAAF World Relay Championships in Japan.

WA athletes have earned national titles in a strong campaign at the 2019 Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney.

Western Australian Sasha Zhoya has lit up the first day of competition at the 2019 Australian Track and Field Championships in Sydney.

The 2019 Australian Athletics Championships begin in Sydney next week with a number of WA athletes set to feature prominently.

WA's elite pole vaulters have starred at the weekend Perth Track Classic with a series of personal best performances recorded at the WA Athletics Stadium in near perfect conditions.

A host of Australia's premiere track and field talents will converge on the WA Athletics Stadium this Saturday for the 2019 Perth Track Classic.

The Harbour City played host to Australia's leading track and field talents last Saturday with a small but select group of Western Australian athletes in action.

Kurtis Marschall has set a new personal best competing at the All Star Perche event in France.

The 2019 Western Australian State Championships have been run and won at the WA Athletics Stadium with plenty of encouraging performances across track and field disciplines.

WA pole vaulters Kurtis Marschall and Liz Parnova have completed their first competition outing of a short European tour at a small indoor meet in Poland.

Kurtis Marschall has kept the ball rolling on an impressive start to the 2019 domestic season for WA's elite pole vaulters with the Commonwealth champion achieving another Worlds qualifier at a local meet in Perth.

Wet conditions had the better of Australia's premiere pole vaulters at the Canberra Track Classic on Monday.

2019 has started with a bang for Australian representative pole vaulter Liz Parnova, and she puts it down to a happy mindset and a refreshed athlete-lifestyle balance.

Commonwealth Champion Kurtis Marschall has reached new heights after setting a personal best at the Zurich Diamond League on Wednesday night.

When discus star Sarah Edmiston stepped into the thrower's circle for the Para World Championships in London last year, she did so having achieved something far more significant than can be measured in metrics.

Kurtis Marschall has produced another world class performance in equalling his personal best for fourth place at the London Diamond League.

Pole vaulters Kurtis Marschall and Nina Kennedy have competed at the Jockgrim Athletics Meet in Germany overnight.

WA race walker Declan Tingay has broken records on his way to an impressive fourth place effort in the men's 10km walk at the U20 Athletics World Championships in Tampere, Finland.

Nina Kennedy will make her long awaited Diamond League debut this evening at the IAAF competition meet in Lausanne.

Kurtis Marschall has taken sixth place amongst a world class men's pole vault field at the Paris Diamond League on Saturday.

Australian representative pole vaulters Kurtis Marschall and Nina Kennedy have opened a European tour with a competition meet in Mannheim, Germany.

Commonwealth Games champion Kurtis Marschall has taken fourth place in the men's pole vault at the Shanghai Diamond League in China.

Commonwealth Games champion Kurtis Marschall has decided to relocate to Perth and train with the WAIS pole vault program in a high performance plan supported by Athletics Australia.

Three of Western Australia's track and field representatives have tuned up for next month's Commonwealth Games with competition at the Sydney Grand Prix.

Ahead of next month's Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, there is one WA couple looking forward to competition more than most.

Nina Kennedy has finished an impressive eighth on World Indoor Championships debut in Birmingham, UK after clearing 4.60m.

A further five Western Australian athletes have been included on the Australian athletics team for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games after receiving discretionary selection from Athletics Australia.

Australian women's national pole vault champion Nina Kennedy has warmed up for this weekend's IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, UK with a strong performance at the All Star Perche meet in France.

A maiden national title to 20 year-old pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has highlighted an impressive campaign from WA's high performance athletes at the 2018 Australian Athletics Championships on the Gold Coast.

Nina Kennedy will embark on this week's Australian Athletics Championships on the Gold Coast in the form of her life.

Commonwealth Games hopeful Brianna Beahan has run second in the women's 100m hurdles at the weekend ACT Championships in Canberra.

Western Australian teen track and field talent Sasha Zhoya has broken a national record in the 110m hurdles as part of a triple gold medal winning campaign at the Australian All Schools Championships in Adelaide.

Gold Coast hopeful Zoe Timmers is aiming to compete at a second Commonwealth Games for Australia in 2018 and credits hard work and dedication as the driving force behind her goal.

WAIS is home to hundreds of athletes all hailing from different walks of life. This month we catch up with javelin athlete Cruz Hogan to gain an insight into his sporting journey to date.

Liz Parnov cleared 4.35m in the qualifying round of the women's pole vault at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, finishing 15th and short of the final.

Liz Parnov has received a call-up to compete at the IAAF World Championships in London after Athletics Australia confirmed a further 14 roll-down spots, bringing the total Australian Flame team to 62 athletes.

WA elite pole vault athlete Nina Kennedy has withdrawn from the Australian Flame team to contest the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London due to injury.

Australia has closed out a highly successful campaign at the 2017 World Para-Athletics Championships in London.

WA's elite track and field talent competing at the World Para-Athletics Championships in London have made a successful start to competition winning two medals.

WA pole vaulter Liz Parnov has taken fifth place at the Sotteville Athletics meet in France after clearing 4.30m.

Western Australian Paralympians Madison de Rozario and Ella Pardy will both make their returns to the Australian Para Athletics Team this month as they prepare to compete in London at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships.

Western Australian based javelin thrower Luke Cann has recorded a new personal best and claimed an A-Qualifier for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in the process.

Western Australia has had four athletes selected onto the Australian Para-Athletics team for next month's World Championships in London.

Western Australian 5000m runner Sam McEntee ran a World Championships A-Qualifier in Palo Alto recently in a performance that is likely to earn him selection for Australia at the August World Titles in London.

Western Australia's track and field talent has returned title winning efforts in open, age and para classifications at the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney.

Western Australia's elite track and field talent will be in action for the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney this week with the open senior events starting on Thursday.

With the Athletics in Australia Celebrations set to take place on Sunday the 2nd of April a number of Western Australian athletes have been named on the shortlist for major awards.

Significant talent, long legs and an endless supply of confidence has seen teenage distance runner Matthew Ramsden (WA) compared to former Australian track great Craig Mottram.

Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has starred at the weekend WA State Athletics Championships after earning herself an A-Qualifier for the 2017 IAAF World Championships.

The fledgling steps toward revolution of track and field have been hailed a success as Nitro Athletics wrapped up last Saturday night in Melbourne with the Bolt All Stars victorious.

Emerging Western Australian track talent Matthew Ramsden made headlines for himself on the opening night of Nitro Athletics in Melbourne, claiming victory in the men's one mile elimination.

With Nitro Athletics Melbourne set to begin in two days, young Western Australian pole-vaulter Nina Kennedy will be looking to impress as she competes as part of the Bolt All-Stars team.

Returning for his third Paralympic Games, Western Australian T38 1500m runner Brad Scott had high expectations of himself to succeed.

Athletics Australia yesterday named Western Australian athletes Ella Pardy and Liz Parnov as members of a 42 person squad in preparation for Nitro Athletics Melbourne in February of next year.

Athletics Australia has recently announced the new International Nitro Athletics Melbourne competition set to take place in early 2017 as part of the Australian Summer Athletics Season.

Both WAIS pole vaulters competing at the Junior World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland have missed qualifying for the women's final after no-heighting on the opening day of competition.

WAIS athletics coach Grant Ward has been announced as one of nine coaches appointed by Athletics Australia to support the >

No one knows better than Liz Parnov just how quickly an Olympic dream can be extinguished.

2013 IAAF World Championship silver medallist Kim Mickle has been officially selected to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games >

WAIS athlete Liz Parnov has won the women's pole vault title at the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney. Competing >

The 2016 Australian Athletics Championships will be held in Sydney from March 31 - April 3 and will provide track and field athletes with an opportunity to earn nomination for the Rio Games.

WAIS pole vaulters Nina Kennedy and Emma Philippe will headline the Western Australian talent selected to compete for Australia at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

WAIS athlete Liz Parnov is closing in on an Olympic qualifying height after clearing a season's best of 4.40m for >

WAIS athlete Brad Scott has won a silver medal in T37 1500m at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha. >

Western Australian Madison de Rozario is world champion for the first time, after storming past the race leader in the >

An Australian Flame team of 50 para-athletes has today been confirmed to lead the green and gold charge at the >

Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Kim Mickle will undergo shoulder surgery in Melbourne tomorrow, with the national javelin record >

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle missed a spot in the finals at the 2015 Athletics World Championships in Beijing after >

Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Nina Kennedy has missed the finals of the women's pole vault at the 2015 >

WAIS athlete Nina Kennedy will be the youngest athlete to don the green and gold at the IAAF World Championships >

Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Lyndsay Pekin has been officially confirmed to compete at the 2015 IAAF Athletics World >

As the 2015 IAAF Athletics World Championships in Beijing draw near, we take a retrospective look at the two men >

Western Australian Institute of Sport javelin thrower Kim Mickle will head into the World Championships in good form, having won >

WAIS athlete Kim Mickle will compete at this weekend's London Diamond League in her final major hit-out before this year's >

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle has produced a consistent display in Paris to finish second in the Diamond League event >

WAIS athlete Kim Mickle is poised to make her second Diamond League appearance for 2015, when the Commonwealth Champion competes >

WAIS athlete and rising pole vault star Nina Kennedy flies out of Australia this week for Europe to prepare for >

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle has finished third at the Shanghai Diamond League meet on Sunday with a second round throw of 63.60m.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle is preparing for her first overseas meet of the 2015 season, with competition at the Shanghai Diamond League this Sunday.

WAIS sprinter Lyndsay Pekin has helped Australia qualify a berth for the women's 4x400m relay at next year's Rio Olympic Games after the Australian team finished seventh in the final at the 2015 IAAF World Relay Championships in the Bahamas.

At 30 years of age, Kim Mickle rates her career to date as a seven out of 10. She's achieved things in athletics that most could only dream of, but as the javelin star enters the peak of her career, she has goals written down for the next 18 months that would render that scale obsolete. If you think it's bravado, you don't know Kim Mickle.

WAIS sprinter Lyndsay Pekin will compete for Australia at this weekend's IAAF World Relay Championships in Nassau, New Providence (The Bahamas).

Kim Mickle has often used the roller coaster analogy to describe her career. Peaks and troughs have marked and guided, celebrated and despaired what at its core, and almost paradoxically, has been a remarkably consistent journey.

At 30 years of age, Kim Mickle rates her career to date as a seven out of 10. She's achieved things in athletics that most could only dream of, but as the javelin star enters the peak of her career, she has goals written down for the next 18 months that would render that scale obsolete. If you think it's bravado, you don't know Kim Mickle.

WAIS athlete Kim Mickle has won a tenth national javelin title after throwing 61.02m at the Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane on Saturday.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle has landed 26cm short of breaking her own Australian record after a successful return to competition at Melbourne's IAAF World Challenge.

WAIS javelin star Kim Mickle is hoping for an anniversary to remember at this weekend's IAAF Melbourne World Challenge.

Western Australia's elite pole vaulters are gate-crashing this weekend's Queensland State Championships as the lead up to April's Australian Athletics Championships intensifies.

17 year-old WAIS pole vaulter Nina Kennedy stole the headlines at last weekend's Perth Track Classic meet after setting a new outdoor junior world record with a personal best clearance of 4.59m.

A line up of Australia's best field athletes will headline this weekend's Track Classic meet in Perth, with Kim Mickle set to throw for the first time in 2015.

Western Australian Institute of Sport javelin thrower Kim Mickle has claimed a second consecutive Athletics Australia Female Athlete of the Year Award following a highly impressive season that saw her break a national record and win Commonwealth gold.

Western Australian Institute of Sport javelin thrower Kim Mickle has closed her 2014 competition season with a fourth place finish at the Continental Cup in Marrakech with a best throw of 61.33m.

The Chair of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) John Wylie AM and the President of Athletics Australia David Grace QC today announced an independent review into the sport of athletics in Australia, to be chaired by respected former Australian cricket coach John Buchanan.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle will get a world class preparation for the Commonwealth Games tomorrow when she competes at the Monaco Diamond League.

WAIS athlete Kim Mickle has delivered yet another IAAF Diamond League podium finish in Lausanne (SUI), with the Australian record holder hitting a best mark of 64.20m to finish third in the women's javelin.

Liz Parnov made her international bow for 2014 at last weekend's New York Diamond League meet, finishing equal sixth in the women's pole vault with a clearance at 4.25m.

WAIS athlete and IAAF World Championships silver medallist Kim Mickle (WA) has placed third in the women's javelin at Round 4 of the IAAF Diamond League in Rome (ITA).

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle will tonight (early Friday morning Perth time) compete at the Rome Diamond League in the fourth instalment of the global athletics series.

Western Australian Institute of Sport pole vaulter Vicky Parnov has today been officially selected for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after Athletics Australia announced its final team of 103 athletes.

Western Australian Institute of Sport javelin thrower Kim Mickle claimed a silver medal at the opening meet of the prestigious IAAF Diamond League in Doha, Qatar on Friday with a final round throw of 65.36m.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle has set her sights on Diamond League gold as the best preparation for Commonwealth Games glory when she makes her 2014 international bow in Doha tomorrow.

Western Australian Institute of Sport javelin thrower Kim Mickle will compete at the Doha Diamond League meet on May 9 in her first overseas competition for 2014.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athletes Kim Mickle (javelin), Liz Parnov (pole vault) and Madison de Rozario (1500m T53) have won national titles at the Australian Athletics Championships in Melbourne to earn selection for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

WAIS pole vault talents Nina Kennedy and Emma Philippe have been named on the Australian Spark team to tackle the 2014 IAAF Junior World Championships in Eugene, USA from July 22-27.

WAIS athlete Kim Mickle has achieved a significant slice of athletics history after setting a new Australian Record in the women's javelin at the weekend IAAF Melbourne World Challenge.

Australian track and field enjoyed a busy weekend, with the Sydney Track Classic and the Australian Junior Athletics Championships both hosted in the harbour city.

WAIS pole vaulters Henri Brown, Emma Philippe and Nina Kennedy will take to the runway this week at the 2014 Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Sydney.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle secured a win in front of her home crowd on Saturday night at the Perth Track Classic after launching 63.37m on her third attempt.

Emerging WAIS javelin thrower Cruz Hogan has thrown down a marker ahead of this weekend's Perth Track Classic, claiming a WA State title and setting a Commonwealth Games B-Qualifier in the process.

WAIS javelin star Kim Mickle started her 2014 campaign in fine style, throwing 66.12m for victory at the Adelaide Track Classic last weekend.

WAIS pole vaulters Liz Parnov, Vicky Parnov and Henri Brown joined Sport and Recreation Minister Terry Waldron as he unveiled the new Mondo track that has been laid at the WA Athletics Stadium.

Kim Mickle has captured a memorable trifecta after being announced as the recipient of the 2013 ANZ Sports Star of the Year.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Kim Mickle and her coach Grant Ward have both received major awards at the 2013 Athletics Australia Awards Night in Melbourne.

WAIS athlete and eight-time national javelin champion Kim Mickle has closed the Australian Flame campaign at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow in stunning style by winning silver in the women's final with a new personal best.

The waiting is nearly over for WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle, with her World Championship campaign starting on Friday in qualifying.

Once every four years, the Olympic Games takes hold of the national sporting psyche and envelopes the sporting landscape like few others. Heroes can be born, but so too can tales of disappointment and underachievement.

WAIS athlete Madison de Rozario has won a bronze medal in the T53 800m at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.

WAIS scholarship holder Brad Scott has won a silver medal in the T37 800m at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.

WA Institute of Sport javelin thrower Kim Mickle has finished third at the Spitzen Leichathletik competition in Lucerne with a best throw of 62.38m.

WA Institute of Sport pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has finished fifth in the girl's final at the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Western Australian Institute of Sport javelin throwerKim Mickle has claimed second place at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial meet in Budapest overnight, with a throw of 61.31m.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle has finished second at the weekend's IAAF Diamond League meet at the Stade de France in Paris setting a new personal best of 64.35m.

WAIS pole vaulters Nina Kennedy and Emma Philippe have competed at a warm-up event in Germany ahead of their Youth World Championship debut in Ukraine this month.

A team of 40 para-athletes has this week been confirmed by the Athletics Australia Selectors to lead the green and gold charge at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France next month.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Kim Mickle has claimed second place in the women's javelin with a throw of 63.80m at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, USA.

Western Australian Institute of Sport javelin thrower Kim Mickle has thrown a season's best of 63.93m in her first international competition for 2013, finishing third at the IAAF Diamond League meet in New York. In her first of two competitions during an 11 day spell in the US, Mickle produced an impressive series of throws to take third place amongst a world class field of athletes that included Olympic silver medallist Christina Obergfoll and current world champion Mariya Abakumova. Mickle produced a first round throw of 61.09m before taking the competition lead at the halfway point with a season's best throw of 63.93m on her third attempt. Obergfoll leapfrogged Mickle in the fourth round, after the German registered a throw of 65.33m that would be enough for the Big Apple victory. Mickle added a third 60m plus attempt in the sixth and final round after recorded 63.22m, but she was pushed into third after the Russian Abakumova sent a final throw of 64.25m for second place. The Diamond League next moves to Eugene, Oregon where Mickle will again be in action. Mickle's 63.93m effort was a third A-Qualifier for this year's World Championships in Moscow (10-18 August), with the 28 year-old currently one of Australian athletics' form competitors ahead of this year's showpiece event.

Eight time national javelin champion Kim Mickle will this weekend make her 2013 IAAF Diamond League debut, when she competes at the New York showpiece event.

Two WAIS scholarship holders have earned selection for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France after Athletics Australia today added 20 names to the travelling team.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Kim Mickle has won an eighth national javelin title and qualified for the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow.

Victoria will play host to the latest round of the Australian Athletics Tour this weekend, with the nation's best set to compete against some world class names at the Melbourne World Challenge.

Australia's best track and field talent converged in Perth on the weekend for the 2013 Perth Track Classic.

The Australian Athletics Tour roadshow continues on Saturday night, as Australia's best athletes and a bounty of international stars head west to entertain a new contingent of fans at the Go for 2&5 Perth Track Classic.

WAIS junior pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has won the U18 national title in Perth with a massive clearance of 4.31m to earn selection for this year's World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine.

WAIS athlete Kim Mickle has made a perfect start to her 2013 athletics campaign, registering an A-Qualifying 62.53m in winning the women's javelin at the weekend Sydney Athletics Tour event.

Athletes from across the country and the world have begun their migration to Sydney for the first leg of the Qantas Australian Athletics Tour this Saturday 9 March.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle has made a successful entrance into 2013 competition, by winning the women's event at the weekend Track Classic meet in Adelaide.

A large contingent of athletics' leading ladies is set to make competitive returns to the National Athletics Series at the Adelaide Track Classic on Saturday 16 February.

WAIS scholarship holder and London 2012 Paralympiac athlete Madison de Rozario has smashed the course record on her way to back-to-back OzDay10km crowns in what was a simply outstanding performance.

The youngest members of Alex Parnov's Western Australian Institute of Sport pole vault program have made a bright impact after winning respective age titles at the Australian All School Athletics Championships in Hobart last weekend.

WAIS athlete Steve Hooker has been unable to defend his Olympic title having bowed out without recording a height in >

Western Australian athletics stars Steve Hooker, Alana Boyd, Liz Parnov and Kim Mickle have today been officially selected by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Athletics Australia has identified for nomination to the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) a team of 54, the largest of any sport to date, for selection to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Western Australian athletes Madison de Rozario, Sam Harding and Brad Scott were today part of 36 athletes officially selected on the Australian Athletics Team for the London Paralympics.

WAIS pole vaulter Steve Hooker was unable to progress past 5.30m at a wet and windy Shanghai Diamond League meet last weekend.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle will make her first international appearance for 2012 on Friday night when she competes in Doha at the IAAF Diamond League meet.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle won a seventh national title at last week's Australian Athletics Championships in Melbourne.

WAIS athletes Kim Mickle, Ben Offereins and Vicky Parnov will headline the WA challenge at this weekend's 90th Australian Athletics Championships in Melbourne.

WAIS pole vaulter Alana Boyd has written herself into the record books after setting a new Australian National Record at a Perth domestic meet last Friday night.

Istanbul (TUR) is calling for a green and gold contingent of six today after Athletics Australia selectors confirmed the team for the IAAF world indoor championships to be held March 9-11, 2012.

WAIS pole vaulter Alana Boyd set a new personal best with a fine performance in front of a home crowd at the Perth Track Classic on Saturday.

WAIS pole vaulter Alana Boyd set a new personal best at the Adelaide Track Classic recently after clearing 4.61m to record a third Olympic A-qualifier.

Local wheelchair racer, Madison De Rozario has joined fellow Australian Kurt Fearnley in an Australian-double at the annual Oz Day 10km wheelchair race around Sydney's historic Rocks district.

After a difficult year Australian Flame captain and WAIS scholarship holder Steve Hooker is back in full training and impressed the importance of the 2012 Australian Athletics Tour in his build-up to defending his Olympic title at the 2012 Games in London.

The 2012 Australian Athletics Tour schedule has been announced with Perth set to host Australia's best track and field stars on February 11.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Kim Mickle has been recommended to the AOC for early nomination into the 2012 Australian Olympic Team, after Athletics Australia identified seven athletes for consideration following this year's world championships.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle reveals the extent of which she competed through the pain barrier in securing an A-Qualifying performance in the World Championships final in Daegu.

Wheelchair Sports WA athlete and WAIS scholarship holder, Madison de Rozario is preparing herself for an assault on the 2012 London Paralympics.

WAIS athlete Kim Mickle has qualified for the women's javelin final at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, after throwing 60.50m earlier today.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Kim Mickle has given a unique insight into her preparation for the women's javelin competition in Daegu, which has yielded her a spot in tomorrow evening's final.

WAIS athlete Steve Hooker has missed out on qualifying for the men's pole vault final at the IAAF World Championships in Korea, after failing to clear at 5.50m.

As a six-time national champion, WAIS athlete Kim Mickle's talents with the javelin are well known. However, as Inside WAIS finds out, the Australian Flame athlete could have easily forged a career in almost any sport she turns her hand to

WAIS wheelchair racing athlete Madison de Rozario has set her sights on enjoying herself, as she prepares to represent the Australian Flame for the first time at this weekend's IAAF Athletics World Championships in Korea.

With the IAAF Athletics World Championships starting this Saturday in Daegu, Korea, two WAIS athletes will form part of Australia's much fancied jumps department.

Athletics Australia have named a 47-strong Flame team for the IAAF world championships in Daegu (KOR), 27 August - 4 September, to be led by reigning world champion WAIS athlete Steve Hooker.

Australian Flame captain and WAIS scholarship holder Steve Hooker returned to competition for the first time since defending his Commonwealth title in New Delhi last October when he competed at the Monaco Diamond League meet.

WAIS athlete and pole vault star Steve Hooker will make his first appearance in competition for 2011 at this Friday's Monaco Diamond League meet.

WAIS javelin thrower Kim Mickle competed at the Paris Diamond League meet last Friday, throwing against the world's best as she continues her preparations for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.

The 2011 IAAF world youth championships, featuring a 29-strong Australian team, launch yet another busy fortnight on the European circuit for the green and gold.

Reaching a World Championship final coming off a knee injury may be a lofty expectation for some, but not tenacious Commonwealth Games gold medallist Alana Boyd.

The 89th Australian Athletics Championships were held in Melbourne over the weekend with three WAIS athletes securing national titles.

An initial Australian Flame team of 24 has been announced by Athletics Australia, with team captain and reigning world champion Steve Hooker set to lead the green and gold charge at the IAAF world championships when competition commences on Saturday, August 27.

With the 89th Australian Athletics Championships set to start this Friday April 15th in Melbourne, a series of WAIS hopefuls will be looking to stake their claims for personal glory, and a potential shot at qualification for August's World Championships.

WAIS national champions Ben Offereins and Kim Mickle headlined the WA action at last weekend's Australian Athletics Tour Final in Perth, with wins in the men's 400m and women's javelin respectively.

World discus champion Dani Samuels and WAIS Commonwealth Games silver medallist Kim Mickle find themselves in a head-to-head battle for throws division supremacy this week, with the Go for 2&5 Australian Athletics Tour Final set to decide who will be champion.

WAIS athletes Ben Offereins and Alana Boyd will highlight Saturday night's Sydney Track Classic when they come up against top quality American opponents.

The next generation of WAIS track and field talent has been put through its paces at the 2011 Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Sydney.

WAIS pole vaulter Alana Boyd has set the bar high ahead of the Sydney Track Classic after a clearing a new personal best of 4.60m at a Perth GP meet last weekend.

WAIS national 400m champion Ben Offereins will have the opportunity to run against triple Olympic champion Angelo Taylor at the March 19 Sydney Track Classic.

WAIS track and field athletes experienced mixed fortunes at Thursday night's Melbourne Track Classic.

WAIS Commonwealth Games pole vault champion Alana Boyd has set an A-Qualifier for August's World Championships in Daegu, South Korea >

WAIS sprinter Ben Offereins has kicked-off his Australian Athletics Tour campaign in Brisbane with a first round win in the 400m event.

As the athletics community gets set to witness Australia's top track and field stars take on the 2011 domestic season, Athletics Australia's high performance team has been hard at work preparing the next generation of athletes to carry the mantle for years to come.

Some of the biggest names in Australian track and field will this weekend kick-start the 2011 Australian Athletics Tour in Brisbane.

Almost half a million dollars in prize money will be awarded to Australia's top track and field athletes across the 2011 Australian Athletics Tour, which for the first time in Australian track and field history is set to pit the nation's top performers against one another in a hard-fought race for cash.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athletes Alana Boyd, Kim Mickle and Amanda Bisk visited Hamersley Little Athletics Club recently to >

On a bright sunny day on the Tyne River, two traditional rivals came together for a non-traditional battle of street athletics. In a two hour showcase, defending champions England edged past Australia on the line to finish with the Bupa Great North City Games trophy five points to four. It was second consecutive win for the English team but it was an immense battle and an outstanding display of athletics for the parochial crowd.

WAIS athlete Steve Hooker has recorded a season best result after taking gold in the men's pole vault at the Continental Cup in Split, Croatia on the weekend.

WAIS IASP athlete Felicity Sheedy-Ryan competed in her first ever Duathlon World Championship on the weekend, finishing in third position.

Just one week on from the conclusion of the 2010 Diamond League tour, the world's top track and field athletes will return to centre stage this weekend at the IAAF Continental Cup in Split (CRO), where 26 Australians en route to next month's Commonwealth Games will hone their preparations for New Delhi (IND).

WAIS track and field athletes were in action over the weekend, with Steve Hooker, Ben Offereins and Jody Henry all competing in Europe.

Madison De Rozario has for some time now been considered the best female junior track racer in the world, but >

WAIS track and field athletes endured a difficult campaign in London on the weekend at the 12th Diamond League event for 2010.

Seventeen of Australia's top track and field athletes - including WAIS scholarship holders Steve Hooker, Ben Offereins and Alana Boyd - are set to feature across a bumper two days of athletics action this weekend, as Round 12 of the IAAF Diamond League tour rolls into London.

WAIS track and field athletes were involved in a busy weekend campaign in Stockholm, Lucerne and the Gold Coast, with Ben Offereins and Jody Henry enjoying podium finishes.

WAIS athlete and national pole vault champion Liz Parnov talks about her aspirations for the Youth Olympic Games and beyond.

Inside WAIS caught up with Lyn Foreman's 400m sprint squad as Jody Henry and Ben Offereins revealed their preparations for Commonwealth Games are only just getting started.

The all-new Australian Spark will this week step onto the world stage to launch its seven-day all-Aussie assault on the 13th IAAF world junior championships in Moncton, Canada, where the world's top emerging track and field athletes will vie for 132 medals across 44 events.

World champion WAIS pole vaulter Steve Hooker and Dani Samuels will tomorrow night lead a three-pronged Aussie attack in Round 9 of the IAAF Diamond League series, the two world title-holders to be joined on the Paris leg of the 14-meet tour by comeback king Jarrod Bannister.

WAIS athlete and national pole vault champion Liz Parnov reveals what training with the Olympic Champion, Steve Hooker, is like.

World champions Steve Hooker (WAIS) and Dani Samuels return to the IAAF Diamond League arena Thursday night when the two stars of international track and field join nine fellow world champions, eight Olympic champions and six world indoor champions in Round 7 of the 14-meet series in Lausanne, Switzerland.

WAIS pole vaulting sensation Liz Parnov talks about her family tree and pole vaulting pedigree.

Australian Flame captain and world, Olympic, world indoor and Commonwealth Games champion Steve Hooker made a winning return to competition at the DAK Leichtathletik Gala in Wattenscheid, Germany, at the weekend, two weeks out from his return to the IAAF Diamond League action in Lausanne (SUI).

Australian world, Olympic, world indoor and Commonwealth Games champion Steve Hooker has collected his first points on the IAAF Diamond League tour with a podium finish in Round 5 of the all-new series in New York (USA) overnight.

Australia's track and field athletes have certainly been producing on the world stage in recent years. The four medals (1 >

World pole vault king Steve Hooker has continued his surprise start to the all-new IAAF Diamond League series in Oslo, >

World, Olympic, world indoor and Commonwealth Games champion Steve Hooker will tomorrow night reprise his IAAF Diamond League campaign in Oslo, Norway, two weeks after opening his account with a shock defeat in Shanghai.

WAIS pole vault star Steve Hooker has jumped 5.50m in his Diamond League debut in Shanghai, missing out on victory.

Reigning world, Olympic, world indoor and Commonwealth Games champion Steve Hooker will this weekend launch his IAAF Diamond League campaign as the undisputed star of world pole vault takes his 2010 campaign on the road.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athletes have enjoyed a highly successful weekend of track and field action after the Australian Athletics Championships were held in Perth for the first time since 1988.

The Australian Commonwealth Games Association has today accepted the first round of nominations to the Australian athletics team bound for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, as submitted by Athletics Australia.

World champions Steve Hooker and Dani Samuels have tonight capped their outstanding years in track and field by being named Athletics Australia's Male and Female Athletes of the Year at the annual awards gala at the Rendezvous Observation City Hotel in Perth.

Five hundred and ninety-eight of Australia's top track and field athletes are today just 24 hours away from launching their bid for Commonwealth Games selection at the Go for 2&5 88th Australian Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games selection trials in Perth, Western Australia.

With less than a week until the Go for 2&5 88th Australian Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games selection trials kick off in Perth, the eyes of the athletics community are now fully fixed on the three days of blistering track and field action in store from Friday, April 16.

Western Australian Institute of Sport pole vault athlete Liz Parnov will lead the Australian charge at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this August.

Western Australian Institute of Sport shot put athlete Matthew Cowie has earned selection for the 2010 IAAF world junior championships in Moncton, Canada, in July.

Hot on the heels of another stunning world title victory, Olympic and world champion Steve Hooker will attempt to add Australia's richest footrace to his list of achievements when he lines up in the Australia Post Stawell Gift this Easter.

Reigning world, Olympic and Commonwealth pole vault champion Steve Hooker and Australian Flame teammate Fabrice Lapierre have taken out world indoor victories on a golden night for Australia at the world indoor championships in Doha, Qatar, this weekend.

World, Olympic and Commonwealth pole vault champion Steve Hooker will tomorrow night launch his bid to claim the only major medal missing from his trophy cabinet when he joins four fellow members of the Australian Flame in action at the IAAF world indoor championships in Doha, Qatar.

WAIS athlete Kim Mickle has scored an impressive comeback win in the javelin competition at the Melbourne Track Classic.