AFL | Melbourne University Sport

What is Intervarsity athletics?

Representing the University to compete against other Australia or International Universities in Sport
You must be an enrolled student studying at the University of Melbourne in 2026.
We select the best student-athletes who study at the Univeristy of Melbourne for our Invervarsity teams.
There is one major event a year, Uni Nationals Athletics Championship.

How to get involved

All new and returning students who wish to represent the University are required to sign up for the Intervarsity program each year using the form below. The information you provide will be shared with the team managers of your chosen sport so they can contact you about trials, training sessions, and important details regarding upcoming events.

Complete this form. Click here

Uni Nationals Athletics 21-24 April Gold Coast QLD

Location

Venue: Gold Coast Performance Centre

Address: Cnr Sports Drive / Morala Avenue
Runaway Bay, QLD
Australia 4216

Phone: 07 5500 9988

Head Coaches

Our Athletic Head Coaches

Sandro Bisetto

Sandro is qualified as a Level 5 Academy Coach. He is highly regarded within the high jump world as one of, if not, the most skilful high jump coaches in Australia.

Notably, he has coached Joel Baden to multiple World Championships and Olympic Games, and was coach to Tim Forsyth, the current mens high jump Australian record holder, at the time of his bronze medal performance at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

Tony Brain

Tony is qualified with a Level 4 Senior Middle & Distance Coach. He is currently the Vice President of the Melbourne University Athletics Club, and specialises in middle and long distance events.

Team Manager

Team Manager

Jamie Blackburn - Jamie.Blackburn@student.unimelb.edu.au

Accommodation

We will once again be staying onsite at the Gold Coast Performance Centre and our check in is booked from Tues 21^rd April and check out is Friday 24^nd April. This provides cover for the whole competition with a check out is on the last day of competition. We will again be providing better cooking facilities including, air fryer, rice maker, electric hot plate and pasta maker.

All athletes who register for the event are required to stay onsite at the accommodation provided by Melbourne University Sport.

Accommodation	Price	Check in	Check out

3 to 4 night Stay	$130.00 - $170.00	Tues 21st April 3pm	Fri 24th April 10am or Sat 25th April 10am

Please note we check out on the last day of competition

Event Costs

Event Costs

For 2026, the registration fee will stay as one fixed fee allowing participants to enter unlimited events (pending qualification standards).

To develop the event experience for all attending (and following feedback received from both competitors and UTMs) several enhancements will be made to this year’s event, including:

An official event opening, including a Welcome to County
Livestream
World Ranking Event.

Accommodation

Cost

Check in

Check out

3 night stay

4 night stay

$130.00

$170.00

Tues 21st April

Fri 24th April by 10.00 am

Sat 25th April by 10.00am

Registration Type	Cost	Closes
Early Bird	$159.00	11:59pm Sun 1st March
Standard	$184.00	11:59pm Sun 29th March
Late	$234.00	11:59pm Tues 7th April

All athletes must wear the official Winged Victory Uniform for this event. If you have previously represented the University, it is the same uniform, so you would not need to purchase a new uniform. If you would like to try sizes before you purchase, please see Tony Sephton in the Sport development office, Nona Lee sports center.

University Winged Victory Uniform	Cost
Men’s vest	$45.00
Women’s vest	$45.00
Women’s crop top	$45.00

All payments for Uniform and accommodation will be paid online.

This will be active March 1^th, 2026.

Registration

Registration

Before you register for the event there are a couple of steps to complete first.

Complete this form. Click here (for new and returning athletes, must be completed every year)
Check you make the Qualifying Standards 2025, you will be required to show proof of when you achieved your times. These times can date back two years to account for injuries.

All athletes need to be eligible to compete in this event, which means they must be enrolled in semester one 2026.

In 2026, UniSport have released a new registration portal, and every athlete must register for the event online, using the following link. Registration for Uni Nationals Athletics. The codes to register for the mens or womens event is higlighted below.

Mens Team Code = 168824

Women's Team Code = 298860

Important Athlete Considerations.

All athletes should put their names down for relays, as they are worth double points in the teams competition.
If you make qualifying standards, please put yourself down for multiple events, (you can always withdraw later)
Field athletes are in high demand, so recruit your friends.

Registration

The process will require you to create an account.
Complete your personal details, upload your photo, and select your category of participation. 
Complete the registration steps and make payment via PayPal.
A guest checkout option is available for those who do not have a PayPal account.
Receive your confirmation of registration via email.

UniSport Registration – Open 1st Feb 2026

Qualification

Please check the document below to ensure you are inside the qualification requirement and are able to provide evidence if required. The standards will be the same as in 2025 shown below.