The UQ Athletics Club is staging the very popular annual 1500m Classic again in 2023.  The UQ Sport track has been re-laid and resurfaced and so the Classic returns to its traditional home.  With the track upgrade, the expectation is for some fast times and close races.

The event is scheduled for the evening of Thursday the 26h of October 2023. The meet features only 1500m events comprising Race Walking, school-aged, Masters and Open events.

This evening will once again showcase the 1500m Classic for the elite men and women runners. There will be a minimum prize pool of $2000 across these two races.

The UQ Sport 1500 Classic has grown from year to year with over 270 entrants in 2022

All races will be filmed and uploaded to youtube by the 27th of October

In order to enter athletes must be registered with Queensland Athletics or another State Athletics Association. Queensland athletes who are not a member of a club, may register with Queensland Athletics as a Base Member by visiting https://qldathletics.org.au/index.cfm/join/

A proposed timetable of races will be on  the Queensland Athletics website at https://www.qldathletics.org.au/index.cfm/competition/.  After entries close at 9.00 am on October 25th, the races will  be seeded and a final timetable of races, based on the number of entries, will be generated.  This timetable and race start lists will be posted on the QA  websites, and emailed to all the athletes who have entered, by the afternoon of October 25th.  Guidelines for how the meet will be conducted will also be emailed on October 25th.

For any issues or problems in relation to registering contact the UQ Athletics Club on 0422 794 462.