After a weekend of Australia’s best young athletes competing for team and individual glory, Sunday saw the conclusion of the 2025 Coles Australian Little Athletics Championships.
Athletes from across Australia between the ages of U13 to U15 years competed at the annual competition that ran from Saturday 26 until Sunday 27 April at SA Athletics Stadium in Adelaide.
The 2025 Coles Australian Little Athletics Championships consists of the U13, U14 and U15 Track & Field Championship including Multi-Class athletes and an U15 Combined Events Championship.
Across the weekend, there were 39 significant Records broken by athletes, 3 Pending Australian Best Performances commonly known as National Record/ABPs and 37 Meet Records. Records are as follows:
Pending Australian Best Performances (i.e. Little Athletics National Record) – Pending ABP:
U 15 Boys 800m, Tate Van Camp (QLD) in time of 1:54.76
U15 Boys 4 x 100m Relay, Team Little Athletics Victoria in time of 43.90
U14 Girls 4 x 100m Relay, Team Little Athletics Queensland in time of 48.28
Meet Records (I.e. Best Performance at an Coles Australian Little Athletics Championships Event):
U13 Girls 200m Multi-Class, Chloe Murray (QLD) in time of 34.09
U13 Girls Long Jump Multi-Class, Choe Murry (QLD) in distance of 3.09m
U13 Girls 800m, Ellie Eckstein (QLD) in time of 2:13.18
U13 Girls Discus Multi-Class, Melinda Hottes (NSW) in distance of 12.72m
U13 Girls Shot Put Multi-Class, Melinda Hottes (NSW) in distance of 4.48m
U14 Boys 1500m Race Walk, Lachlan Moore (QLD) in time of 6:37.87
U14 Boys 200m Multi-Class, Kobi Matheson (VIC) in time of 28.64
U14 Boys Discus Multi-Class, Kobi Matheson (VIC) in distance of 43.21m
U14 Boys Javelin Throw Multi-Class, Kobi Matheson (VIC) in distance of 38.82m
U14 Boys Shot Put Multi-Class, Kobi Matheson (VIC) in distance of 13.31m
U14 Boys 800m Multi-Class, Matthew Rumsey (VIC) in time of 2:39.35
U14 Boys High Jump, Ashton Samson-Wood (QLD) in height of 1.87m
U14 Boys Javelin Throw, Lewis Thorpe (TAS) in distance of 53.89m
U14 Girls 1500m Race Walk, Mya McClure (VIC) in time of 6:31.56
U14 Girls 200m, Jamie Ritchie (VIC) in time of 24.91
U14 Girls 400m, Eloise Nealon (QLD) in time of 57.52
U14 Girls 200m Multi-Class, Jaida Burgoyne (QLD) in time of 30.23
U14 Girls Long Jump Multi-Class, Jaida Burgoyne (QLD) in distance of 4.28m
U14 Girls Shot Put, Jessica Heap (QLD) in distance of 12.70m
U14 Girls Triple Jump, Zarayah Williams (QLD) in distance of 11.71m
U15 Boys 400m, Owen Veltman (VIC) in time of 50.47
U15 Boys 800m, Tate Van Camp (QLD) in time of 1:54.76
U15 Boys Discus, Jake Hambrook-Smith (QLD) in distance of 54.34m
U15 Boys High Jump, Jake Hambrook-Smith (QLD) in height of 1.91m
U15 Boys Shot Put, Hamish Gordon (SA) in distance of 14.27m
U15 Boys Triple Jump, Tristan Farrugia (VIC) in distance of 13.32m
U15 Boys Javelin Throw Multi-Class, Cayden Bell (VIC) in distance of 14.64m
U15 Boys Discus Multi-Class, Cayden Bell (VIC) in distance 23.84m
U15 Girls 1500m Race Walk, Matilda Read (VIC) in time of 6:44.82
U15 Girls 1500m, Zoe St John (QLD) in time of 4:48.27
U15 Girls 800m, Zoe St John (QLD) in time of 2:18.64
U15 Girls Shot Put, Deena Gerges (VIC) in distance of 13.82m
U15 Girls Triple Jump, Mia Ehrlich (SA) in distance of 11.46m
U15 Girls High Jump, Tahnee Phillips (QLD) in height of 1.70m
U15 Girls 400m Multi-Class, Lara Pearson (VIC) in time of 1:08.55
U15 Girls Long Jump Multi-Class, Lara Pearson (VIC) in distance of 4.12m
U15 Girls 800m Multi-Class, Eleanor Downey (VIC) in time of 2:38.89
The ALAC Team Trophies are the fundamental awards handed at the Coles Australian Little Athletics Championships, with the emphasis on ultimate Team success. Team Little Athletics Queensland emerged victorious winning four of the five Trophies, only narrowly missing out the fifth Trophy awarded to Team Little Athletics New South Wales.
The trophy winner of the Life Members’s Teams Trophy – U15 Combined Event highest overall points scoreis Little Athletics Queensland.
The trophy winner of the Maxine Boyd Trophy – U15 Track & Field and U15 Multi-Class Athletes highest overall points adjusted score is Little Athletics Queensland.
The trophy winner of the Dick Healey – U14 and U14 Multi-Class Athletes highest overall points adjusted score is Little Athletics Queensland.
The trophy winner of the Alan Triscott – U13 and U13 Multi-Class Athletes overall points adjusted score is Little Athletics Queensland.
The trophy winner of the Trevor Billingham Trophy – U13 and Multi-Class Athletes highest overall points score is Little Athletics New South Wales.
To find all information about the 2025 Coles Australian Little Athletics Championships CLICK HERE.
