Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Longworth ya halarci Makarantar Sydney Grammar inda ya yi fice a wasannin motsa jiki, iyo da kungiyar rugby. A watan Janairun 1911, ya lashe tseren tsere mai tsawon mita 1320 a cikin lokacin rikodin duniya a Gasar Australiya da mita 30. Ya ci Cecil Healy da Frank Beaurepaire. A shekara ta 1912, ya lashe dukkan New South Wales da gasar zakarun Australiya daga mita 100 zuwa mil daya. A shekarar 1912, ya cancanci zuwa wasan karshe na mita 100 na 'yanci
, kazalika da wasan kusa da na karshe na tseren mita 1500 mai kyauta, amma saboda rashin lafiya bai iya ci gaba da fafatawa ba.