[2] In 2015, aged 15, he won the Australian All Schools U16 high jump title with a leap of 2.00 metres.

[2] In 2017 Moloney broke the U18 Australian Decathlon Points Record [3] previously held by Jake Stein.

[5] At the mid-2019 Oceania Championships, while still a teenager, Moloney scored 8103 points with the senior implements, raising the prospect of qualifying for the 2020 Olympics.

[7] Needing to complete the final 1500m event within several seconds of his closest points competitors, or better, the efforts of Ashley's fellow Australian decathlete Cedric Dubler to motivate him in the final stages of this race were lauded by the Australian and even world media as one of the most memorable moments of the Tokyo Olympics.

[8][9] Ash competed in the 2022 World Indoor Athletics Championships in the Men's Heptathlon where he finished the first day's competition in third place with 3,551 points.