TrackAthletes

What is TrackAthletes?

TrackAthletes is your ultimate resource for following Irish and Australian track and field athletes. It includes information about when athletes are competing, and how to follow all the major international indoor, track and field, multievent, race walking, cross country and road racing events.
 

We list the athletes currently in qualifying spots for major international championships, including on the Road to Tokyo (World Athletics Championships).

If you want to follow specific athletes or meetings, simply set up an account, and add the athletes, competitions and championships you’re interested in to your Watchlist.
 

Who is behind this site?

TrackAthletes was set up in 2025 by Louise Shanahan and Elizabeth Egan, both athletes, avid athletics fans, and data enthusiasts. Angus Barnes has been working with them since April 2025 to help establish and manage TrackAthletes Australia.

Louise is an Irish senior international athlete. She competed in the 800m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has multiple Irish titles and held the Irish senior 800m record from May 2022 to May 2023. She completed a PhD in Quantum Physics at University of Cambridge in 2024, and has since picked up the programming skills to build this website.

Elizabeth has been tracking Irish athletes on their ‘Road to…’ journeys, deciphering ranking points and sharing links to livestreams and results since 2020. She has a PhD in Exercise Physiology, has published two books, and provides lifestyle and personal development coaching to high performance sportspeople.

Angus’s passion for athletics stems from days as a junior middle distance runner in the 1980s representing Tasmania. He’s always been interested in the data and reporting aspect of sport. His engagement with athletics has grown over the last few years with the increasing prevalence of livestreamed events and growing prominence of Australian athletes on the world stage.
 

Why are we asking for donations?

We are keen athletics fans and TrackAthletes is a project we're deeply passionate about. We have already spent hundreds of hours developing and maintaining the site. Your contributions will help cover the running costs of the site and allow us to develop new features. 

Together, we can raise the profile of what we know to be the greatest sport in the world.