Hi, we’re Hamish and Ben! Thanks for checking out our website, looking forward to meeting you around the track soon!

Both of us hold Level 2 Athletics Australia Coach Accreditations and have over 12 years experience as Middle-Long distance runners, and over half a decade of coaching in Schools and Little Athletics Clubs. Hamish has been the head coach of Cross Country and Middle Distance at Wenona for half a decade and has seen some incredible results in his time there. Since starting at Wenona Hamish has improved their overall results from the school coming 4th and moving up to 2nd whilst having many national representatives coming from Wenona’s great program. Furthermore, he has also been coaching at The Scots College who have won multiple GPS Athletics and Cross Country titles in the 4 years he has been there, and Mosman Little Athletics for 2 years. Hamish is himself an elite Long Distance Runners holding impressive PB’s of 29:31 for the road 10km, 14:37 for the 5km, and 9:15 for the 3km Steeplechase.

Ben has been the head coach of Cross Country and Middle-Distance at Meriden for 5 years as well. In 2019 before Ben started coaching, Meriden came 19th at the IGSA Cross Country championships and were a division 3 school in the Middle-Distance events in the IGSA Track and Field Championships. In only 5 years, under Ben’s guidance, Meriden have moved up to 6th at IGSA Cross Country (out of ~25 schools), and are one of the top 3 schools in the middle distance (400-1500) events in IGSA, with the school placing 2nd overall in the IGSA championships in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Ben has also spent 3 years working as an assistant Middle Distance and Cross Country Coach at Trinity Grammar School, which is widely regarded as one of the leading programs in the country. Ben has also coached athletes in some longer distance events, including races such as the Sydney Marathon, UTA50, Six foot track marathon, and Penrith 70.3 Ironman. Ben is himself an elite middle-distance runner, holding impressive PB’s of 3:49 for the 1500m, 8:11 for the 3km, and 9:07 for the 3km Steeplechase. In 2026 he finished 18th at the World University Cross Country Championships in Italy and 5th in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Australian Commonwealth Games Trials.