Meet The Off Leash Athletics Coach.

Off Leash Athletics

Australian Athletics Accredited Coaching in Albury Wodonga. Sprint Coach. Sprint Hurdles Coach. Long Jump & Triple Jump Coaching.

Head Coach – Blair Talbot

Blair’s coaching journey started with his three children and grew in to Coaching a small number of athletes after the sad passing of local coaching legend, Les O’Brien.  The Off Leash Athletics training squad is deliberately small so we can focus on ‘coaching’ as opposed to large group training.

Success isn’t the only measure of a good Coach but it is an indicator that what we do works.  See a summary of squad results below.  We have achieved success at local, State and National level.

Blair’s Accreditations.

Australian Athletics Accredited: Level 3 Performance Development Coach (Sprints, Relays, Sprint Hurdles), IAAF Kids’ Athletics Coach.
NSW Working With Children Check – WWC0327332E

 

Assistant Coach – Ethan Talbot

Ethan has been an active participant in athletics for 9 years and has competed up to National level.  Our younger squad members look up to and love interacting with Ethan, afterall, he is far more cooler than his old Dad.  Ethan has a sound knowledge base of sprints, starts, sprint hurdles, long jump and triple jump.

Ethan’s Accreditations.

Australian Athletics Accredited: Level 2 – Development Coach.

 

Assistant Coach – Mikayla Talbot

Mikayla is our newest accredited coach but don’t under estimate the depth of knowledge and experience Mikayla has.  Mikayla has won multiple State Titles in long jump, triple jump and sprint hurdles.  Mikayla was the 2021 U15G Athletics Australia National Long Jump Champion.  Many younger athletes who know Mikayla or have seen her compete idolise her.  Whether it be at local athletics level to competing on the National stage alongside some of the Nation’s best athletes, any aspiring athlete will learn a lot from Mikayla.

Mikayla’s Accreditations.

Australian Athletics Accredited: Level 1 – Youth Coach.

 

Squad Results Summary.

Little Athletics Victoria State Championships
Gold – 10  Silver – 8  Bronze – 9
Little Athletics Victoria National Championships
Gold – 1  Silver – 0  Bronze – 1
Athletics Victoria State Championships
Gold – 5  Silver – 7  Bronze -4
Vic Country State Record – 1
Athletics Australia National Championships
Gold – 2  Silver – 1  Bronze – 2
9th all time fastest Aus 100m men (at time of running, now out of top 10) with a time of 10.15sec.
NSW Combined High Schools (CHS) State Championships
Gold – 9  Silver – 2  Bronze – 4
NSW State Blues Award – Athletics. Highest honour awarded.
NSW Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC) State Championships
Gold – 2  Silver – 3  Bronze – 2
Victorian School Sport – State Athletics Championships
Gold – 4  Silver – 1  Bronze – 2
State record – Male 100m.
Vic All Schools – medals not included in tally but there are numerous gold, silver and bronze medals.