Sam McEntee is Australia’s silent operator. The 5000m runner will return to the Australian team in London following a successful start to 2017. Competing in his fourth Australian senior team, McEntee is ready to let his results speak for themselves.

The last two weeks have seen Australia take on the world at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Youth Games. WA’s top para athletes took London by storm, while in the Bahamas Sean Szalek and Melany Smart faced off against the best junior athletes in the Commonwealth.

This week the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games will get underway in the Bahamas with Australia set to field a team of 75 young athletes from 9 sports to take on the Commonwealth over the five-day event.

Athletics WA will be well represented by national junior High Jump champion Sean Szalek and middle distance star Melany Smart. The two powerhouse athletes will join an additional 21 Australian track and field athletes who are set to compete at The New Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.

In an athletics career spanning just over five years, Chad Perris has made the most of his opportunities. Returning to the Australian team for his third World Para Athletics Championships, Perris heads to London with the experience, support and medal expectations athletes spend a lifetime striving for. 

Sarah Edmiston is not your average international debutant. Embarking on her first Australian para team, the mother of four heads to London as an accomplished National thrower, Australian record holder and potential medalist, all with in nine months of getting classified as a para athlete.