Super sport centre 09/11/2018 As progress continues throughout the Australian athletic calendar Russ was delighted to take silver in the Men’s 100m final and achieve a new PB at the QA Twilight Meet.

November 2018 An honour and a privilege to be a recipient of a USC Half Blue award at this year’s ceremony for outstanding achievement in athletics.  

Team Taib were delighted to return to SUKMA 2018 in September and participate for Perak state team on home ground as they hosted the event. Success came in the 100 x 4 relay where Russ and the Team Perak squad picked up the silver medal. For the individual honours it was a bronze in the Read more about Sukma September 2018[…]

We are continuing to attend and participate in competition in the lead up to the Australian Nationals. In addition to those listed, the end of January saw TeamTaib at the Sally Pearson Shield event despite the severe storm warnings and inevitable downpour that somewhat marred the event! The February upcoming competitions that we will be Read more about Competition Continues[…]

As TeamTaib preparations for formulating our athletics calendar for the year continue, and we look to see what all those months of hard training have delivered, Russ will take on his first competitive event of 2017 at the Queensland Athletics ALANA BOYD SHIELD MEET Saturday 14 January 2017, QSAC Stadium. As a Gold Label event, Read more about Competition Time![…]

Russ Taib is now a proud member of the University of Queensland Athletics Club. TeamTaib are looking forward to this new professional environment in which we can continue to progress the achievement Russ’s athletic potential. Go UQAC!

December 2016 saw Russ relocate to Brisbane Australia for the foreseeable future. This allows a more inclusive and intensive training schedule with Stacy Taurima and his squad and to look at opportunities for further education with a desire to attend University and study Sports Psychology. With close proximity to the training facilities and programs training Read more about Relocation to Brisbane Australia[…]

Rus made his Sukma debut at the Malay Nationals running for the Perak state team. As his first competition of the year (in what is effectively the pre-season of the Australian track season) we came up against a very strong field of competitors in top form. Unfortunately we were unable to progress from the semis Read more about Sukma July 2016[…]

“Team Taib has landed in Malaysia and had a good few days to acclimatise. Rus attended the spectacular opening ceremony of the 2016 Sukma Games, and has enjoyed meeting up with his Perak team members and coaches for training prior to the start of the track events. All going well and really looking forward to Read more about Proudly wearing my state Perak team colours[…]

Stacey Taurima has tweeted that he’s ‘looking forward to working with Russel and Malaysian Athletics in the build up to the 2017 SEA Games.’ The 2017 SEA Games is being hosted by Malaysia and will take place between 19th and 31st August 2017. More information: www.seagames2017.com.my