Commonwealth Games athletics track to be re purposed at Central State School 

Gladstone Central State School will be the lucky recipient of a piece of Commonwealth Games history. As part of the Queensland State Government’s Embracing 2018 Sports Assets Legacy Program, the Carrara Stadium Athletics Track has been repurposed as long jump run-up tracks for 50 state schools, and Central State School is one of them. The school will receive 40m of long jump run-up track and sand pit. The project is expected to be divvied up and installed at the school by late December.  

Each time Gladstone Central State School holds their athletics day or even athletics training the students will be reminded of the history of the long jump run-up and its significance. The installation of the track will improve both the sporting capability and capacity of schools and reduce maintenance on their long jump run-ups.