Heartbreak leads to inspirational return Canberra Sprint Coach, October 22, 2023February 8, 2024 For many people, breaking a bone and three ligaments in your right leg, would be heart breaking. For FAST’s Grace York its where her comeback story begins. The unfortunate incident of a football tackle going bad, Grace was left unable to walk or run. Her football and athletic seasons over before they really began. The start of 2023 was a real bust for Grace, figuratively and literally. Abandoning her crutches and taking the tentative first steps back to walking, seemed such a long way away from pursuing her 400m sprint dream. Now over half a year later, Grace has found a spring in her step again. The return to training has bought happiness and the chance to forget about the past and focus on a new challenge. Come this December (2023), it will have been 12 months since Grace broke her personal best time at the Australian All Schools Championships in Adelaide, running 1:01.77 to finish 5th in her heat of the 400m. With a new training outlook, Grace is more determined to break the 60s barrier in the 400m in 2024. Grace is now joined by her football team mates at running training these days, as her ACT Premier League team, seek to get faster over summer, together. Grace’s story is an inspiration and a reflection on her maturity, and resilience to fight back after a serious injury. FAST for Sport FAST Track Football News FAST FemalesFootballProfileSouth CanberraSprintingWoden Athletics
Community UC Mini Olympics July 17, 2016November 17, 2023 The University of Canberra invited FAST’s Head Coach, Steve Dodt, along to their inaugural Mini Olympics held on the campus of UC. The day was an absolute success with students enjoying a “minute to win it” style competition at each event station. The student who recorded the highest performance across… Read More
Alumni Alumna: Lucy Ferry March 18, 2016February 8, 2024 Lucy Ferry trained with FAST until the end of the 2015-16 season. Lucy was a talented 100-200-400m sprinter, who also hurdled and did High Jump. Lucy represented the ACT at two National Championships. Lucy also played Soccer (Football) in the Canberra Club Competition. Lucy was a Junior Coach with Ginninderra… Read More
FAST for Sport Beating “Ken” December 5, 2023February 7, 2024 Improvement is a process and when it involves yourself, self realisation that you have improved doesn’t come until you’ve overcome an obstacle. You find it difficult to notice your improvement until that moment. For Sophie, her moment came in a recent friendly against the male team at training. Playing opposite… Read More