The 2025/26 Athletics SA Awards Night presented by Viva was another fantastic evening spent celebrating the achievements and contributions of our amazing athletics community here in South Australia.

We would like to congratulate our award winners on their performances, dedication, hard work and continued support and love of athletics. It has been an exciting 12 months of athletics action, and our athletes, coaches, clubs, volunteers and officials have done an incredible job in making it another successful season. We also extend our thanks to this year's special guests, Mark Arbib, CEO of the AOC, and the Hon. Justin Hanson MLC. 

Please see below a comprehensive list of our award winners.

Award Winners:

Premiership Awards

U14 Female: Rachel Pemberton & Rachel Stoltz

U14 Male: Josh Day

U16 Female: Liliana Templer

U16 Male: Orlando Grantham

U18 Female: Jessica Clelland & Mia Ehrlich

U18 Male: Ken Ferrante Tanikawa

U20 Female: Ashlee James

U20 Male: Cooper Rech

Open Female: Lillee Wakefield

Open Male: Sam Paech

O35 Female: Sarah Chinner

O35 Male: Kym Miller

Winter Season Female: Booke Logan

Winter Season Male: Robert Killmier

Community Awards

Coach of the Year - Athlete Development: Matthew Clarke

Coach of the Year - High Performance: Nik Hagicostas

Pat Peters Award - Official of the Year: Greg Peterson OAM

Emerging Official of the Year: Sean Green

Tony Keynes Award - Volunteer of the Year: Brooke Hines

Club of the Year - Culture: Adelaide University Athletics Club

Mangos Family Trophy - Premiership Club of the Year: Western Athletics Club

President's Award: SA Para Community

Event Group Awards

Iversen-Helier Award (Best Jumper): Awan Akuen

Di Burge-Scotchy Gordon Award (Best Sprinter): Aidan Murphy

Keith Faulkner Trophy (Best Performance in Distance Running): Angus Hincksman

Carlin-Jackman Trophy for Throws (Best Thrower): Darcy Miller

Barb Stephens Award (Best Multi-Eventer): Logoh Tligi

SARWC Awrad (Best Race Walker): Olivia Sandery

Major Awards

Brian Wyld Junior Female Athlete of the Year: Tessa Ebert

Brian Wyld Junior Male Athlete of the Year: Tyler Gridley

Masters Athlete of the Year: George White

Para Athlete of the Year: Angus Hincksman

Athlete of the Year: Aidan Murphy

Photos from the night can be found on our online gallery: https://geosnapshot.com/e/2025-26-athletics-sa-awards-night-presented-by-viva/54770?source=event-eo-share