Bree Masters

Bree Masters (born 24 June 1995) is an Australian sprinter. Formerly a beach sprint Australian and a World Champion, Masters crossed from sand to track in 2019. In just under 3 years, she qualified for the 100m at the 2022 Oregon World Athletics Championships being just the third Australian female in more than two decades to compete in the blue-ribbon event at the World Championships. In the same year, she was selected for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games in the 100m and 4x100m.

Bree Masters
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1995-06-24) 24 June 1995
EducationBond University
OccupationAthlete
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportAthletics & Surf Life Saving
Coached byRyan Hoffman
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)11.23s (100m)
23.21s (200m)
43.11s (4x100m)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  AUS
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 Birmingham4 × 100 m relay

On 14 July 2023, Masters and the Australian Women’s 4x100m Relay Team were elevated to a bronze medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games after a member of the Nigerian team who initially won the gold medal, was found to have committed an Anti-Rule Violation.

Biography

Originally from Sydney, Bree begun her sprinting career in Surf Life Saving. In 2013, she moved to Queensland to pursue her sport professionally. Over the years, Bree has taken the Surf Life Saving world by storm, becoming a multiple time beach sprint and flag medalist at State, Australian and World Championship levels.

Bree switched lanes in 2019, and crossed her focus to track and field, competing in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay events. In under three years in the sport, Bree has achieved silver in the 100m at the 2021 and 2022 Australian Track and Field Titles and currently holds personal best times of 11.29s (100m) and 23.21s (200m). Within this time, Bree also qualified for the 100m at the 2022 Oregon World Athletics Championships being just the third Australian female in more than two decades to compete in the blue-ribbon event at the World Championships. Masters ran a personal best of 11.29s at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[1][2] She placed fourth in her heat and missed out on qualifying for the semi-finals.[3]

In the same year, she was selected for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games in the 100m and 4x100m, placing 13th in the 100m and 3rd in the 4x100m. Bree is also a part of the second, third and fourth fastest Australian 4x100m relay of all time.

In 2022, Masters also competed at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships in Mackay, North Queensland.[4] She was runner-up in the 100 meters event and third in the 200 meters event.

Results representing Australia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Australia
2022 Oceania Athletics Championships Mackay, North Queensland 2nd (sf) 100m 11.36
2nd 100m 11.34
1st (sf) 200m 23.26
3rd 200m 23.87
World Athletics Championships Eugene, Oregon 4th (h) 100 m 11.29
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, UK 2nd (h) 100m 11.41
6th (sf) 100m 11.36
3rd (sf) 4x100m 43.47
3rd 4x100m 43.16

Personal bests
Event PB Wind Venue Date
100 m 11.23s + 1.3 West Auckland 16 March 2023
200 m 23.21s - 0.7 Nathan, Brisbane 19 February 2022
4x100m 43.11s Gold Coast 12 June 2021

References
  1. Lewis, Chris. "Top ten Australian performances at the 2022 World Athletics championships". The Roar. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  2. "64-strong team announced for Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships". www.athletics.com.au. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  3. "Women's 100m Results: World Athletics Championships 2022". www.watchathletics.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  4. Coppel, Dan (2022-06-07). "Bree Masters sprinting on track the long way for a short run - Edge of the Crowd". edgeofthecrowd.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
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