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Cole is Oceania `master'
07 Feb 12 | AN OCEANIA record and three gold medals were among yesterday's results for the seven Tasmanian athletes competing at the Oceania Masters Athletics Championships in New Zealand.
Hodge wins race and series
06 Feb 12 | LAUNCESTON triathlon world champion James Hodge took out the 2012 Tasmanian triathlon series yesterday after winning the series' third race at Beauty Point.
Birmingham blows away 5000m rivals
05 Feb 12 | VICTORIA'S Collis Birmingham is one step away from booking his plane ticket to London after running another Olympic qualifying time in winning the 5000 metres at the Briggs Athletics Classic in Hobart last night.
Gregson targets   London  Games
04 Feb 12 | AUSTRALIAN middle-distance Olympic medal hope Ryan Gregson says he's tracking for a London Games qualifying time at a meet in Sydney later this month.
Launceston start for Webber Challenge
02 Feb 12 | THIS year's Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge will start in Launceston on November 28, with the formula 1 star heading straight from the final round of the season in Brazil to pursue his passion for adventure racing.
Harris pulls out in front to take state title
01 Feb 12 |  JOSH Harris of Tamar Athletics took out the Tasmanian State Championship title in the 3000 metres at Statewide Interclub held at St Leonards on Saturday.  | CommentsComments (1)
Little Athletes fly the flag
27 Jan 12 | AN Australia Day Little Athletics meeting attracted about 100 athletes to Launceston St Leonards Athletic Centre meeting yesterday.
Latrobe honours to Launceston
27 Jan 12 | LAUNCESTON triathletes dominated the second round of the Tasmanian triathlon series at Latrobe yesterday.
Best runner takes on triple Olympian for big event
26 Jan 12 | AUSTRALIA'S number one male marathon runner, Michael Shelley will take on two-time winner Lee Troop in the 2012 B&E Hobart Run The Bridge, on Sunday, February 12.
Lovell adds gift to his great season
25 Jan 12 | NORTH Launceston's Ross Lovell won the 100 metres in 11.25 seconds and the 200m in 22.52s at Northern interclub last Tuesday and followed up his great season by taking out the St Helens gift at the weekend.
Whiteley `surprised' to win national athlete of the year
24 Jan 12 | WESTBURY athlete Jerome Whiteley has been awarded athlete of the year and distance runner of the year by the professional running national body.
Dynamo Davis rounds off top season with gift win
22 Jan 12 | BRUNY Island dynamo Michelle Davis capped off a marvellous Tasmanian Carnivals series at St Helens yesterday.
Pittman ready for challenges
22 Jan 12 | Jana Pittman is confident she can produce something special at the London Olympics, as AAP's JOHN SALVADO reports.
Athletics stars head to Tassie
21 Jan 12 | TASMANIAN sports fans are in for a treat on February 4 when some of the world's best athletes descend on Hobart's Domain Athletics Centre for the Briggs Athletics Classic in search of Olympic qualification.
Nicholson, Robinson to defend St Helens gifts
20 Jan 12 | LAUNCESTON runners Laura Nicholson and Andrew Robinson will be back on the East Coast to defend their St Helens Gift titles tomorrow.
Weightman on way to bridge run
19 Jan 12 | DELHI Commonwealth Games marathon bronze medallist Lisa Weightman has confirmed her participation in the 10-kilometre race at next month's B&E Hobart Run The Bridge.
Sponsor found for sprinter
19 Jan 12 | LONDON - A British athlete who tried to pay the costs of his Olympic preparations by selling himself on an online auction site has found a sponsor at last.
Taylor puts her best foot forward
18 Jan 12 | RACHELLE Taylor, of Western Suburbs, raced her last interclub last week and put in an under-16 Northern best performance in the 3000-metre walk with 15.17.61.
North  under pressure against Coast hosts
12 Jan 12 |  NORTHERN cricket teams have had mixed fortunes during the first two days of competition in Intrastate cup matches being played on the North-West Coast.
Hunt breaks state under-14s record
11 Jan 12 | A FEW Northern athletes competed in Hobart at the Southern Interclub at the Domain on Saturday, among some great competition.

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