Maudie Skyring

Maudie Skyring
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997
Sport
Country Australia
SportAthletics
Events
Middle-distance running, Cross country running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  AUS
Oceania Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Cairns4x400m relay
Bronze medal – third place2015 Cairns1500 m
Bronze medal – third place2024 Suva5000 m

Maudie Skyring (born 9 April 1997) is an Australian middle-distance and cross country runner. She represented Australia at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships.[1]

Biography

From Mangerton, a suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Skyring was initially a field hockey player.[2][3] Skyring started in athletics relatively late as a 15 year-old. She ran her first races in New South Wales in 2013 for Club Kembla Joggers. That year, she appeared at her first national cross country championships in Launceston running for the New South Wales team, placing 21st in the U18 race. The following year, she placed 14th at the cross country nationals.[4]

When she was 18 years-old she made her Australia debut, placing third over 1500 metres at the 2015 Oceania Athletics Championships in Cairns, also winning a silver medal in the women’s 4 x 400 metres relay.[4] She later joined Florida State University in the United States, competing in the NCAA.[3][5]

In 2023, Skyring joined the On Athletics Club in Oceania, running under running coach Craig Mottram.[6][2] Skyring won the bronze medal at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji, in June 2024.[7] Skyring competed in the 2025 Diamond League in Xiamen, running 14:55.93 in the 5000 metres in April 2025.[8]

Skyring represented Australia at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida.[9][10] Competing at the 2026 Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne in March, she placed second over 3000 metres in 8:47.05, behind compatriot Rose Davies and ahead of Georgia Griffith.[11][12] The following month, she placed third overall in the 5000 m at the Australian Championships and went on to compete over 5000 m at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Maudie Skyring". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 Bartlett, Joshua (22 February 2023). "Mangerton's Maudie Skyring thrilled for unique Australian athletics opportunity". illawarramercury.com. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 Fernandez, Andre C. (28 September 2021). "Wildschutt and Skyring developed passion for running early which brought them to FSU". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  4. 1 2 "RT Journal by Maudie Skyring: My Story, from the beginning". Runners Tribe. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "15 AUSSIES TO RUN IN THE NCAA DIVISION 1 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "On Announces OAC Oceania and New Line-up of Professional Track and Field Athletes in Australia". On-Running. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Oceania Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "28 ATHLETES TO BUILD ON BATHURST BREAKTHROUGH AT WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". athletics.com.au. 9 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "46th World Athletics Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 10 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Gout Gout denied by Aussie rival Lachie Kennedy again in slippery 200m epic at Maurie Plant Meet". 7news. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE AS KENNEDY SHINES AT MAURIE PLANT MEET – MELBOURNE". Athletics Australia. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "Results - Shanghai Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 12 April 2026. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
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