Live stream: South Australian athletes to watch at Australian Little Athletics Championships

SA athletes will be out to make an impression in front of a home crowd when the Australian Little Athletics Championships hit Adelaide this weekend. Watch LIVE on Saturday and Sunday.

South Australia’s top young stars will be vying for medals in track and field events at the Australian Little Athletics Championships in Adelaide this weekend.

With a team in excess of 70 athletes, the hosts should be right in the mix for both individual and team success at SA Athletics Stadium.

For the second-straight year, the championships will be exclusively LIVE STREAMED by KommunityTV across all of News Corp Australia’s mastheads. Action starts bright and early on Saturday morning.

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Here are the top SA young gun athletes to watch throughout the event.

AKON BAAK

Also a dominant young star in the world of taekwondo having recently represented Australia in the Cadet World Championships, Baak, from the Enfield Little Atheltics Club, will compete in the U15 triple jump and high jump events this week and is no stranger to success on the national stage. In 2022, she won gold at the State Individual Championships in the U13 triple jump and high jump.

SPENCER DE LACY

Spencer de Lacy

Spencer De Lacy is another star of the SA team set to contest a number of events in the U15 age group. From the Tea Tree Gully Little Athletics Club, he competed at the SA Little Athletics Championships last year and won gold in long jump (5.56m), triple jump (12.26m) and shot put (13.62m). He was also a finalist in the 100m (12.95s) and 200m (26.08s).

ALAKSANDER BORUC

Rising U14 athlete Aleksander Boruc will be going for gold in the hurdles this weekend.

Boruc will race in the 90m and 200m events after his success at the state championships, which saw him leave with a gold in both of those events and a silver in the 400m.

HAMISH GORDON

Up and coming young SA athletics star Hamish Gordon. Picture: Ben Clark

Hailing from Mount Gambier, Gordon will be on show in a number of field events at nationals. The U14 athlete from the South-East will compete in shot put, discus and javelin and could be set to surprise in all three events.

ASHLEIGH HEGGIE

Heggie is gearing up to compete in the U14 high jump and shot put events at the Australian Little Athletics Championships. The talented Lyndoch & Districts Little Athletics Club athlete is consistent in a number of events and last year competed at national level in the U13 girls 1500m run.

BEAU LAWSON

Beau Lawson is a rising star in field events.

Rising Northern Districts Athletics Club star Lawson will compete in the U13 discus, javelin and shot put events and should be a major chance of finishing with a medal. He recently became the U14 men’s national hammer throw champion, winning gold at the Australian Athletics Championships with a throw of 46.98m and will be looking to build on that momentum this weekend.

LUKE RAMSEY

An U13 star from Port Lincoln, Ramsey, who is legally blind, is set to compete in the multi-class category. He has a heavy schedule for the weekend’s events, competing in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and long jump.

MAGGIE ROBINSON

Hills Little Athletics Centre young gun Maggie Robinson will compete in both the U14 400m and 800m events this weekend. She enjoyed success at the recent state individual championships and was part of the 2023 state team.

MAX SWIFT

Max Swift in action during the Australian Little Athletics Championships.

Swift, a member of the Adelaide Harriers Little Athletic Centre, is another athlete with state team experience, competing at the national championship last year. He heads into this year’s ALAC in good form having won gold in discus at the state individual championships last month and silver in shot put in the U15 age group.

ILUKA-ROSE TAYLOR

A star of the state team and one of the state’s most decorated junior athletes, Taylor is set to compete in the U15 heptathlon category. The Western Athletics Club member has already made waves in the athletics world, but the seven-event heptathlon combines track and field disciplines and is a relatively new challenge for her. She has also been a standout nationally in long jump, recently winning gold in the Australian Athletics Championships U16s event.

NATHAN TROTTER

Nathan Trotter competing for SA at last year’s nationals

Trotter is a big chance at a medal in a number of U14 events including the 400m, discus, shot put and triple jump. The Western Athletics Club member won gold at the recent State Combined Event Championships and also enjoyed success in 2023 as an U13 competitor, impressively breaking the club’s 1984 discus record by throwing a distance of 39.64m to smash the previous record of 38.20m.