Alumni Alumnus: James Nippress admin_running, November 28, 2021November 26, 2023 James Nippress (Nipper) was coached by the great Australian Middle Distance Guru, Dick Telford (Team Telford) in the 3000m Steeple Chase. James started also working with FAST in January 2021 to improve his hurdling in his favourite event. James, Team Telford and FAST worked collaboratively together. FAST identified an area… Continue Reading
Alumni Alumna: Rebecca Guest admin_running, October 16, 2020October 28, 2023 Rebecca Guest (Bec) trained with FAST until the end of the 2019-20 Season. Bec was a multi-talented athlete representing the ACT in Track and Field as well as Touch Football. Bec competed internationally at the 2015 Trans Tasman Challenge collecting a bronze medal in the 1500m, representing NSW. Bec was… Continue Reading
Alumni Alumnus: Mohamed Othman admin_running, December 16, 2019October 22, 2023 Mohamed Othman trained with FAST until the end of 2019. Mohamed competed in the 100m and the 200m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast for Sierra Leone. Continue Reading
Alumni Alumna: Sue Bourke admin_running, November 14, 2019October 28, 2023 Sue Bourke trained with FAST until the 2019-20 season. As a Masters Athlete, Sue really came into her own. Among Sue’s many accomplishments are her two Australian Records (W55) in the 4x100m and 4x400m at the Perth World Athletics Championships (2016), where the Australians won Gold in both events and… Continue Reading
Alumni Alumnus: Vivian Williams admin_running, February 15, 2019November 29, 2023 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… Continue Reading
Alumni Alumnus: Jone Pio admin_running, December 16, 2018October 29, 2023 Jone Pio (Jay Pee) trained with FAST until the end of 2018. Jone was a member of the Fiji Mini Pacific Games Training Squad (200m). Jone is also a very talented rugby player who utilised his speed and acceleration with FAST to be selected in the ACT Brumbies for the… Continue Reading
Alumni Alumna: Rose Zillar Cajetan admin_running, March 29, 2018October 29, 2023 Rose Cajetan trained with FAST during the 2017-18 season. Rose had previously no experience with Athletics having arrived from her native Papua New Guinea (PNG). In a single season Rose improved 1 second in the 100m with her official Personal Best of 13.92s enough to qualify her for the final… Continue Reading
FAST Kids Charlotte makes Pacific School Games final admin_running, December 30, 2017November 1, 2023 Charlotte Fowler has finished 6th in the 100m Final at the Pacific School Games in Adelaide. Charlotte who was positioned 8th after the heats has improved her overall position in the final. Her new official Personal Best for the 100m is 14.32s. Short of Chelsea Tobin’s Ginninderra Athletics club record… Continue Reading
Alumni Alumnus: Haziq Saleem Deen admin_running, December 16, 2017October 22, 2023 Haziq Saleem Deen trained with FAST until 2017. Haziq was the National 400m Hurdles Champion in Sri Lanka with a personal best time of 52.1s and 47.9s for the 400m (flat). Continue Reading
Alumni Alumnus: Matt Walters admin_running, March 20, 2017October 28, 2023 Matt Walters trained with FAST until the end of the 2016-17 season. Matt won his first international athletics medal competing for Australia at the 2016 Oceania Melanesian Regional Championships in Suva (FIJI) in the 400mH. Matt was Canberra’s best young talent in the 400m Hurdles at the time and crossed… Continue Reading