Every night before competition, I visualise running in Brisbane 2032,” Ivy says in our sit-down, recorded during a short training stop in the inner city before Europe. Dad Craig backs her steel: not if she makes it — when. The family’s strategy is simple: race often, chase the best, and build towards a home Games.
I’m not saying I want to make the Olympics — I will win gold.
Ivy talks like a pro but started like any other kid
State champion at 10, hooked from the first lap at Homebush. The ambition is blunt — “I will win gold” — and Craig’s role is just as clear: protect, support, and find the resources to get her on the right start lines in Europe each year.
The results line up. As a 16-year-old she won big at All Schools meets and marked herself as one to watch with 800m times in the mid‑2:05s alongside a 400m in the mid‑54s.
In 2025 she dropped a 2:03.64 over 800m in Perth — a personal best — and made the Australian Championships final against the country’s best.
The family keeps the Brisbane connection alive: training blocks up here when it fits the calendar, and an open invite to local coaches and juniors to trade notes on the long road to 2032.
