Alumnus: Vivian Williams Canberra Running Coach, February 15, 2019February 8, 2024 Vivian Williams trained with FAST as a young Sierra Leon athlete who fled the Commonwealth Games to seek asylum in Australia. Vivian ran 10.84s/21.89s respectively for the 100m and 200m at the Commonwealth Games. Vivian trained with FAST until August 2021. Vivian’s all-time best performances were recorded whilst training with FAST. His 100m personal best was 10.58s recorded at the 2019 Athletics ACT Track and Field Championships at the AIS on 10 February 2019. Vivian ran 21.89s (an equal PB) in the 200m at the same ACT Championships that year. Vivian ran 10.83s at the Sydney Track Classic on 23 February 2019 which bettered his previous PB from the Commonwealth Games. Vivian’s PBs remain the fastest times set by a FAST male athlete to this day. Whilst training with FAST, Vivian completed his Athletics Australia Level 1 Coaching Course and started as a mentor for up and coming sprinters in the ACT. Alumni International Performance Athletics CoachGinninderra AthleticsInternational AthleticsLittle Athletics Coaching
Alumni Alumnus: Lamin Koroma March 25, 2013February 8, 2024 Lamin Koroma trained with FAST to improve his Football (Soccer). He was selected in the 2012 ACT Team for the Australian All Schools Championships in Hobart. Lamin was a very approachable and well liked member of FAST. Lamin continued to support his FAST team mates by being a valued member… Read More
Finalist Sue sets Perth World Athletics Championships alight November 6, 2016February 8, 2024 FAST’s Sue Bourke competing in her first World Masters Athletics Championships in Perth (WA), 26 October to 6 November 2016, has set the competition alight with a blistering three medal haul from four events. The World’s number 1 ranked 400m runner (W55) leading into the Championships, was a successful member… Read More
Alumni Alumnus: Jaydon Page March 31, 2019November 1, 2023 Jaydon Page trained with FAST until the end of the 2018-19 season. Before joining FAST, Jaydon had been racing exclusively against able bodied athletes and not represented the ACT. He competed in both able-bodied and para classifications at the 2019 Championships winning two silver medals. Jaydon has gone on to… Read More