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New Zealand Cross Country and Track & Field results

AUCKLAND

Pakuranga Cross Country, Lloyd Elsmore Park – 16 July 2022
New Zealand secondary schools champion and runner up in the national U18 championship Christian De Vaal made light work of the muddy conditions to win the 8km in 28:42. Former Otago runner Toby Batchelor was second in 29:23 followed in by Ronan Codyre 30:11, Jamie Mora 30:26, Nick Moore 30:51, Robbie van Deursen 31:09 and Jahko Tohaia 31:13.

Karen Donaldson-Barron was the first woman in 35:41 with Bethany Bromfield second in 37:06 and Rachel Penney third in 37:38.

In the 4km event James Trathen led in 17:59, from Tiago Koch, who has emigrated from Brazil, in 19:27 and Christian Geldenhuys 19:46. Amelia Joyce ran a superb race to head in the women in 18:46 from Hannah McManus 19:23.
It was a true cross country course, which was waterlogged, muddy with creek crossings and hurdles to negotiate.

ROTORUA

Waikato Bay of Plenty Cross Country Championships, Ray Boord Park – 16 July 2022
National cross country champion Kerry White made it three years in a row in winning the senior women’s 10km title. White covered the course in an impressive time of 37:18.

Ben Bidois won the men’s title in 33:08 from Michael Sutton 33:11.

Hannah Gapes U20 6km 21:29, Boh Ritchie 23:29. Ben Hennessy U20 8km 28:38. Sara Jury U18 4km 15:07, Charo Heijnen 15:52. Matt Hill U18 6km 19:26, Louie Endres 19:29, George Wyllie 19:36. Kayden Theron boys U16 4km 13:53, Nikko Kelly 14:47. Eleanor Pugh girls U16 4km 15:28, Bronwen Rees-Jones 16:08. Jack Stirling boys U14 3km 10:59, Kingston Ryan 11:02, Max Stirling 11:04. Olivia McLachlan girls U14 3km 12:23, Kate Faitl 12:33, Alannah Pethybridge 12:49.

Matt Parsonage MM 8km 28:43, Dean Chiplin 29:13, Michael Pugh 29:30. Dennis Litt MM 6km 24:46. Caroline Heathorn MW 6km 23:48, Katy Dawson 26:02, Vicki Rees-Jones 27:46

PALMERSTON NORTH

Winter Track and Field Series #2, Massey Community Athletics Track – 17 July 2022
Cody Wilson 60m 7.12 +1.2, 200m 22.70. Brayden Grant 60m 7.65, 400m 52.64. Charles Roil 400m 52.59. Corran Hanning F12 6kg SP 12.27m PB, 1.75kg DT 37.99m PB. Hanno Nel 6kg SP 12.19m, 1.75kg DT 35.15m. Hugo Jones HJ 1.90m =PB. Jack Bryan LJ 6.07m +2.6, also 6.05m -0.7. Colin Cashmore TJ 11.52m +1.7.

Chayille Collette 60m 8.01 0.0, 200m 25.84, Addira Collette 8.03, 26.19. Holly Robins HJ 1.54m, LJ 4.71m +0.1. Anna Thomson LJ 5.34m +1.0, TJ 11.89m +0.9. Amelia Abernethy 1000m 3:09.31. Courtney Fitzgibbon 3000m 10:28.01 PB, Amara Rae 10:29.21.

WELLINGTON

Wellington Cross Country Championships, Harcourt Park Upper Hutt – 17 July 2022
Senior women 10km Sarah Drought 37:49, Esther George 38:17, Deborah Lynch 38:37. Master women Mel Aitken 42:35. Senior men 10km Nathan Tse 32:31, Hiro Tanimoto 33:03, Jack Shaw 33:20. Master men 35 Tanimoto, MM50 Peter Stevens 37:07. U20 8km Daniel Du Toit 27:40, Flynn Register 30:57. U20 6km Saskia Cosgrove Drayton 23:30. U18 6km Joshua Jordan 20:22, Max Poland 20:28, Guy Lees 20:44. U18 5km Amy McHardy 18:50. U16 4km, Poppy Healy 15:42 and Callum Wos 13:50.

DUNEDIN

Otago Cross Country Championships, Chisholm Park Golf Links – 17 July 2022
Senior men 10km Janus Staufenberg 35:08, Liam Chesney 35:29, Joel Carman 37:09, Nathan Shanks 37:15. Senior women 10km Margie Campbell 42:59, Olivia Thornbury 43:47, Florence Reynolds 46:19. U20 8km Reuben Beard 28:23, Luke Clements 29:17, Grayson Westgate 29:31. MM 8km Oliver O’Sullivan 28:36.

U20 6km Becky De La Harpe 25:37. U18 6km Jake Owen 21:34, Matthew Bolter 21:43. MW 6km Jennifer Walker 25:49.
Under 18 5km Catherine Lund 19:03, Zara Geddes 20:01, Kennedy Taylor 20:51.

Under 16 4km Jude Deaker 14:52 and Millie McFadzien 16:25.

International Results

USA

World Athletics Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene OR, 15-24 July:

Eddie Osei-Nketia broke his father Gus’ New Zealand national 100m record of 10.11 with a semi-final qualifying time of 10.08 in the heats.

Eddie was over the moon on seeing the time on the scoreboard as he took the stairs leaving the track.

“Getting my dad’s record was a beautiful moment. It’s unbelievable, it’s unreal, it just felt like a dream.”

Zoe Hobbs further bettered her New Zealand national record in the heats of the 100m clocking 11.08. It is the seventh time she has equalled or broken the national 100m record since March 2021. And has now broken Australian Melissa Breen’s 2014 Oceania record of 11.11 twice, with 11.09 in Mackay last month and now 11.08.

Maddison-Lee Wesche set a personal best shot put of 19.50m in finishing seventh in the final.

Tom Walsh was fourth in the final of the shot put and Jacko Gill was seventh.

New Zealand results:

15 July: Hamish Kerr HJ qualification 2.30m or best 12, 2.25m (8GB) (14). 2.17m o, 2.21m x o, 2.25m o, 2.28m x x x.

Lauren Bruce HT qualification 73.50m or best 12 70.86m (7GA) (13), missed qualifying by 1cm. x, 68.92m, 70.86m.

Julia Ratcliffe HT qualification 69.96m (8GB) (16). 64.53m, x, 69.96m.

Nicole Bradley HT qualification 62.88m (15GA) (30). x, 62.88m, x.

Quentin Rew 20km race walk 1:29:19 (35). (10km split 43:45 (40)).
Maddison-Lee Wesche SP qualification 18.90m or best 12, 18.96m (3GA) (8) Q. 18.64m, 18.60m, 18.96m.

Olivia McTaggart PV qualification 4.65m or best 12, 4.50m (4GA) (9) q, 4.35m o, 4.50m x, o.

Imogen Ayris PV qualification NM, 4.20m x,x,x.

Eddie Osei-Nketia 100m heats 10.08 -0.3 PB, (2H7), New Zealand national record Q.

Tom Walsh SP qualification 21.20m or best 12 21.44m (2GA) Q. 20.81m, 21.11m, 21.44m.

Jacko Gill SP qualification 21.24m (3GB) Q. 20.16m, 21.24m.

16 July: Zoe Hobbs 100m heats 11.08 +0.7 PB (2H1) Q, Oceania and New Zealand national record.

Eddie Osei-Nketia 100m SF Final 10.29 +0.1 (7S2).

Sam Tanner 1500m heats 3:39.33 (5H3) Q,

Maddison-Lee Wesche SP Final 19.50m PB (7), 18.32m, 19.09m, 18.56m, 18.81m, 18.36m, 19.50m.

17 July: Rosie Elliott 400m heats 54.92 (8H6).

Zoe Hobbs 100m SF, 11.13 +0.4 (5S3).

Olivia McTaggart PV Final, NM 4.30m x,x,x.

Tom Walsh SP Final, 22.08m (4) 21.40m, 20.67m, 21.49m, x, 22.08m, 21.27m.

Jacko Gill SP Final, 21.40m (7) 19.19m, 20.75m, 20.82m, 21.03, x, 21.40m.

Sam Tanner 1500m SF, 3:36.32 (8S2).

Stumptown Twilight Meeting, Portland OR, 8 July: Sam Tanner 1500m 3:36.93 (1). Jeff Lautenslager 1500m 3:49.49 (11RB).

Sunset Tour, Occidental College, Eagle Rock CA, 9 July: Craig Lautenslager mile 4:12.95 (8).

Sunset Tour, Los Angeles, 15 July: Jeff Lautenslager 1500m 3:45.52 (6RB).

BELGIUM

Guldensporen, Kortrijk, 9 July: Brooke Somerfield 100m 11.74 +2.8 (1H2), 11.71 +3.1 (4), 200m 23.92 +2.5 (2). Mariah Ririnui LJ 6.03m +2.9 (2), also 5.98m +2.0.

Flanders Cup Vita, Ninove, 16 July: Noah Macdermid 1500m 3:49.15 (10RC). Brooke Somerfield 100m 11.88 +1.1 (6H2), 200m 24.00 +0.6 (1RC). Kara Macdermid 1500m 4:14.88 PB (5). Mariah Ririnui LJ 5.88m +0.4 (3).

GERMANY

Regional Meisterschaften Aktive, Stuttgart, 9 July: Connor Bell DT 57.77m (1). 51.97m, 55.07m, 57.77m, P.

Mittsommersportfest, Bürstadt, 16 July: Connor Bell DT 61.17m (1). 60.57m, 61.17m, 59.47m, p, 59.74m, 58.22m.

GREAT BRITAIN

MK 5000 PB Special, Milton Keynes, 9 July: Tim Robertson 5000m 13:54.41 PB (4). Georgie Grgec 5000m 15:51.54 PB (1).

Jersey Spartan Championships, St Clement, 10 July: Zachary Saunders 100m 10.76 +1.3 (1), 200m 21.36 +1.9 (1).

British Milers Club Gold Standard Races, Stretford, 12 July: Noah Macdermid 1500m 3:53.45 (11). Kara Macdermid 800m 2:06.08 (3).

Hercules Wimbledon 800m and 3000m Night, London, 13 July: Georgie Grgec 3000m 9:09.15 PB (2).

SWITZERLAND

Trail Verbier St Bernard 140km +9300m, 8/9 July: Konoka Azumi (Owairaka) 29:18:57 (4).

Road and Trail Races Around the Country

AUCKLAND
O’Hagan’s 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 12 July: Stephen Gilbert 17:01, Harvey Walsh 17:14, James Parker 17:52. Tia Knight 20:58, Christine Adamson 21:37, Abbie Winder 22:17. This was the last event held from O’Hagan’s next week the run is based from The Fox.

Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 13 July: Mark Boyce 16:15, Anneke Grogan 16:34, Greg Darbyshire 16:50, Daniel Shaw 16:58, Gene Rand 16:58, Jess Wright 17:00, Charlotte Floodsmith-Ryan 17:00, Amelia Green 17:11, Maddie Dillon 17:26, Niamh de Hora 17:44.

Tamaki River Half Marathon, Farm Cove, 17 July: Jake Hendrickx 1:10:54, Jason Hunt 1:12:59, Ben Evans 1:18:56. Kate Pineda 1:30:12. 10km; Sam Herring 35:03, Ari Penberthy 40:05, Alex Bees 42:18. Charlotte Milne 43:12. 5km; Mark Carryer 18:52.

WELLINGTON
WUU-2K Marathon and Ultramarathon, Khandallah, 16 July: 62km; Sam McCutcheon 5:11:59 course record, Andy Palmer 6:05:51, Max Thomson 6:06:44. Mel Brandon 6:31:37 course record. 43km; Sam Hansby 3:38:53 course record, David Haunschmidt 3:46:04, Sam Manson 4:00:27. Michelle Ashley 4:48:28. 21km; Casey Thorby 1:52:14, Hayden Smith 2:04:08, Magnus Monahan 2:13:01. Michelle Law 2:19:44.

NELSON
Ocean Lodge 5km, 6 July: Barry Hoskins 17:36, Matthew Moloney 17:42, Dan Busch 17:47. Aimee Burnard 21:18.