News & Updates

AUCKLAND
Auckland Cross Country Mixed Distance Racing, Ambury Park, Mangere – 29 April 2023

10km: Nick Moore 39:05, James Clendon 43:39, Grace Anderson 47:44, Simon Mace 48:15. 8km: Moojin Lee 32:00, Maksis Maulvurfs 32:13, Chris Robb 34:13. 6km: Connor Jamieson 23:06, Sarah Lewington 26:03, Charlotte Brown 27:05. 4km: Robert Fitzpatrick 14:37, Harrison Day 15:47, Theo Needham 15:52. 4km: Imogen Barlow 15:58, Kona Kelly 17:22, Luke Strom 17:33. 6km: Nikko Kelly 23:35, Michael Hale 24:36, Dion O’Neale 24:57. 8km: Jack Snedden 30:43, Kieran McLean 33:38, Tommy Earl 34:40.

WELLINGTON

Shaw Baton 4 x 2km Relays, Battle Hill Farm, Pauatahanui – 29 April 2023

Senior men: Scottish (Malcolm Hodge, Niam Macdonald, Seamus Kane, Dan Jones) 25:22, Trentham 25:29, Wellington Harrier Athletic Club 26:03. Fastest laps; Kane 6:06, Tom Strawbridge 6:14, Jones and Daniel Du Toit 6:16.
Senior women: WHAC (Sarah Drought, Esther George, Laura Clayton, Andrea Peat) 30:53, Olympic 33:41, Scottish 34:26. Fastest laps; Drought 7:06, Peat 7:24, George 7:32.

Master men: Scottish 27:37, WHAC 28:27, Scottish 29:25. Fastest laps; Dougal Thorburn 6:29, Dan Clendon 6:40, Jamie Duncan 6:50.

Master women: Scottish 35:18, WHAC 37:26, Scottish 38:03. Fastest laps; Mel Brandon 7:48, Ayesha Shafi 8:42, Alaina Brent 8:44.

Junior men: Scottish 26:35, Olympic 26:54, Trentham 27:30. Fastest laps; Ben Brunner 6:09, Alex Martin 6:26, Joe Martin 6:27.
Junior women: Olympic 30:47, WHAC 31:43, Hutt Valley 32:55. Fastest laps; Ava Sutherland 7:26, Kate McHardy 7:28, Poppy Healy 7:35.

Boys U16: Olympic 29:39, Trentham 34:33, WHAC 37:07. Fastest laps; Jack Gregory 7:10, Tom Pescini 7:22, Caleb Rice 7:29.

Girls U16: Trentham 32:55, Olympic 34:32. Fastest laps; Madison Wos 7:46, Hannah Wade 7:49, Zoe Hilton 8:06.

CHRISTCHURCH

Hagley Memorial 4 x 4km Relays, North Hagley Park – 29 April 2023

Senior men: University (Saxon Morgan, Harry Ewing, Jayden Kuijpers, Harry Rattray) 51:15, Christchurch Avon 52:28, Run Timaru 52:41. Fastest laps; Cam Swales 12:32, Morgan 12:33, Jesse Kempf 12:45.
Senior women: University (Sarah McClure, Angie Petty, Rosa Twyford, Bridie Restieaux) 60:51, Whippets 62:08, Christchurch Avon 63:25. Fastest laps; Petty 14:34, Twyford 15:00, Sabina Piras 15:01.

Master men: Don Greig Racing Stables (Craig Oliver, Michael Anderson, Simon Kerr, Jason Wilcock) 57:48, Sumner 58:54, New Brighton Olympic 59:42. Fastest laps; Alex Kelliher 12:50, Mat Wiseman 13:46, Craig Oliver 14:07.

Master women: Don Greig Racing Stables (Anne Radecki, Tui Summers, Nicola Handley, Teresa Blackmore) 68:58, Sumner 78:10, Sumner 78:45. Fastest laps; Jo Van Rensburg 16:08, Handley 16:31, Radecki 16:35.

Men U20: Selwyn 53:56, Papanui Toc H 59:56, Christchurch Avon 63:38. Fastest laps; Daniel Prescott 12:32, Liam O’Donnell 13:07, Tom Allan 13:16.

Women under 20: Papanui Toc H 69:39, University 70.18. Fastest laps; Kate Currie 15:10, Niamh Motley 15:47, Charlotte Chiles 15:53.

DUNEDIN
Lovelock Relays, University Oval – 29 April 2023

Whippets team of Ronan Codyre, Connor Melton, William Little, David Lee, Jack Paine and Russell Green set a race record of 23:53 in winning the senior men’s 6 x 1500m relay. Hill City University were second in 25:43 and Leith third in 27:30. Otago University had held the record of 24:13 since 1971.

Oli Chignell of Hill City Univ ran the fastest lap of 3:55. Paine clocked 3:56 and Codyre 3:58.

The Hill City University team of Rebekah Greene, Erin McKevitt, Rebecca Allnutt and Zara Geddes won the women’s 4 x 1500m relay in 19:47 from Caversham 21:16 and Leith 22:48. Greene with 4:32 broke her own 2013 lap record of 4:34.

Master women 4 x 1500m; Hill City University (Taryn McLean, Kirsty O’Sullivan, Cilla Dickinson, Aly Craigie with the fastest lap of 5:39) 24:03, Leith 1 25:10, Leith 2 30:54.

Master men 4 x 1500m; Hill City University (Elliot O’Sullivan, Simon Rhodes, Andrew More, Oliver O’Sullivan with the fastest lap of 4:17) 18:59, Leith 20:18, Ariki 21:12.

INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

USA
BYU Robison Invitational, Provo UT, 22 April: Krystie Solomon 800m 2:10.13 (5).

Drake Relays, Des Moines IA, 27 April: Tamara Reeves 5000m 17:21.42 (28). 28 April: Chanel Muir 1500m 3:48.33 (7). 29 April: Centaine Noom-Duckworth HT 56.11m (2). Anthony Barmes HT 69.56m (3).

PacWest Championships, Azusa CA, 28 April: Maria Sartin 400m 56.78 PB (3H1). 29 April: Maria Sartin 400m 56.61 PB (5), 400m H 1:01.32 PB (2).

Steve Scott Invitational, Irvine CA, 29 April: Tayla Brunger 400m 58.13b (4RB).

Oregon State High Performance, Corvallis OR, 28 April: Jeff Lautenslager 5000m 14:10.15 (2).

Big Blue Friday Night Invite, Decatur IL, 28 April: James Corbett 800m 1:54.01 PB (5).

Rock Chalk Classic, Lawrence KS, 29 April: Brianna Lee 800m 2:14.81 (7).

Ralph Vernacchia, Bellingham WA, 29 April: Alison Andrews-Paul 400m 56.18 (1).

UCLA V USC Meet, UCLA Drake Stadium, Los Angeles, 30 April: Jai Dawson 800m 1:50.13 (1).

SOUTH AFRICA
ASA Grand Prix #3, McArthur Stadium, Potchefstroom, 26 April: Ethan Olivier TJ 16.42m +2.1 (1), Weiré Olivier TJ 16.23m +1.0 (2).

DENMARK

Exhaust 21km +581m Trail Race, København, 15 April: Boyd Ludlow 1:49:06 (8).

ROAD AND TRAIL RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY                                                                                                                           

AUCKLAND 

Fox Trot 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 25 April: Greg Darbyshire 15:36, Haoting Ma 17:17, James Parker 17:35. Sophie Hogan 19:30, Joanne Wainwright 21:07, Bridget McArthur 21:10.

Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 26 April: Andrew Harvey 17:46, Noah Hanrahan 18:30, Damon Nicholas 19:00. Becky Bradley 21:37.

FIORDLAND

Routeburn 32km Classic, 29 April: David Haunschmidt 2:43:45, Toby Batchelor 2:45:39, Hamish Elliott 2:54:20. Maia Flint 3:27:28, Kate Morrison 3:31:03, Maureen Stachowicz 3:36:00.

DUNEDIN
46th Leith Harbour Free 5 and 10, 30 April: 10km; Nathan Shanks 35:48, Luke Geddes 35:56, Ben Pigou 35:57. Mandy Lowther 39:44, Aly Craigie 43:09, Eliza Rothery 46:22. 5km; Sandor Toth 19:26, Marco Kleinlangevelsloo 19:32, Mark O’Neill 19:52. Lisa Lokman 20:12, Claudia Sole 20:23, Nina Batucan 24:46.

OBITUARY

Long standing Auckland official and administrator Peter Booker died on Wednesday 26 April 2023 aged 77.

He has officiated since 1989, including children’s Trans-Tasman, Colgate Games, 1994 Oceania Championships and he served as chairman of the 2017 World Masters Games. He chaired the LOC when the New Zealand Track & Field Championships were held in Auckland. He was Auckland team manager to four New Zealand championships and managed the Auckland combined events team to the national championships for six years. He chaired the Auckland track and field committee for 20 years and served on the Board of Athletics Auckland. He was a track umpire and an official at the marathon and walks at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games.

He was innovative, always looking at new ideas or equipment to improve the delivery of the sport. He developed a coaching DVD, new electronic field indicator boards and organised the construction of a new hammer cage for Mt Smart. He received the Manukau City Council service to sport award in 2000 and the Counties Manukau service to sport award in 2000 and 2012. In 2013 he received an Athletics Auckland and Athletics NZ merit award and was made a Life Member in 2013.

A memorial service for Peter will be held on Friday 5th May at 1pm in the John Walker Lounge, Mt Smart Stadium.