Kristie Edwards

A very talented sprinter through her teenage years Kristie Edwards has regularly won national medals. After debuting in the green and gold at the 2018 World U20 Championships, she transitioned well to senior competition as she negotiated the challenging pandemic years.

Aged eight Kristie Edwards had obvious talent, placing third in the NSW State PSSA Championships in her joggers.

“After that I thought I kind of like this athletics thing, so I joined Little Athletics at Manly Warringah the next year.” By 13 she won the National All Schools 200m in an impressive time of 24.52. Through her teenage years she improved every year in the 100m and 200m, and won many national medals.

A State-level netballer, she decided to close that part of her sporting life in 2016. The 2017-18 season would be her best so far. In December 2017, she won the nationals schools sprint double in PB times of 11.79 and 24.03. Three months later at the Commonwealth Games trials she finished an excellent fourth in the 100m. In March she was second in the 100m at the U20 Championships/Trials and was named in the 4x100m relay for Tampere, Finland. The relay placed an excellent 7th in the final and broke the Australian junior record.

In 2021 she moved to Brisbane and by the end of the year she had made a breakthrough in her times, down to 11.55 (100m) and 23.17 (200m). In 2022 she consolidated her new level, then in 2023 there was more progress in the 100m particularly, with a best of 11.44. Also in 2023 she ran on some quick Australian relay teams clocking mid-43 second times. In 2023 she was selected in two National teams – World University Games and World Championships.

In her Australian team senior debut at the World Uni Games in China, Kristie was terrific running three quality rounds placing fifth in the final in 23.54 after a 23.48 semi.

She was a regular on the national 4x100m relay team competing in five countries. Highlights were two Diamond League runs, 5th at London and 3rd in Zurich where they clocked a season best of 43.21 – the 7th fastest in Australia history. Unfortunately, at the world championships the team did not finish.

During the 2024 domestic season Kristie lowered her 100m PB to 11.28 and ran on a national relay team clocking a quick 43.45.