News & Updates

INTERNATIONAL RESULTS
PERU
World Athletics Under 20 Championships, Estadio Atlético de la Villa Deportiva Nacional, Lima – 27/31 August:
Gold medal to Ethan Olivier in the triple jump equalling his New Zealand national and under 20 record of 17.01m. The 19 year old was fourth at the last world junior championships in Cali Colombia in 2022 and his world junior title comes just a month after competing at the Paris Olympic Games.
Madeleine Waddell set a New Zealand under 17 and under 18 400m record of 53.50, breaking Carleen Dillimore’s 1983 record of 53.96.
Personal bests were set by Blessing Sefo in the 6km shot put with 18.96m, finishing twelfth in the final, James McLeay 1500m in 3:45.12, Boh Ritchie 800m in 2:05.60 and Talia Van Rooyan 100m hurdles in 13.92 +0.4.
Results:
27 August: Marielle Venida 100m heats 11.80 -0.5 (4H4) DNQ. Blessing Sefo 6kg SP qualifying 18.96m PB (5GB) (x, 17.76, 18.96) q, Final 18.30m (12). Suzannah Kennelly DT qualifying 48.17m (8GA, 14) DNQ (43.75, x, 48.17). Ethan Olivier TJ qualifying 16.37m -0.7 (1GA) Q. Thomas Cowan 800m heats (Heat 4 DQ TR 17.2.3). James Ford 800m heats 1:50.89 (6H6) DNQ. Boh Ritchie 800m heats 2:08.39 (5H2) q. Douw Botes JT qualifying 63.64m (11GB) DNQ (63.64, 61.32, 62.60). Catherine Lund 5000m 16:39.84 (16).
28 August: Madeleine Waddell 400m heats 54.02 (4H1) q, semi-final 53.50 PB (New Zealand under 17 and under 18 record breaks Carleen Dillimore’s 1983 record of 53.96) (4SF2) DNQ. Her previous best was 53.97 at the New York Relays meeting in April.
James McLeay 1500m heats 3:45.12 PB (5H2) Q. Boh Ritchie 1500m heats (Heat 1 DQ TR 17.1.2). Kiera Hall 1500m heats 4:34.92 (14H2) DNQ.
29 August: Talia Van Rooyan 100m H heats 13.92 +0.4 PB (5H1) DNQ. Naomi Waite HJ qualifying 1.69m (14GB) DNQ, (1.65o, 1.69o, 1.73xxx).
Marielle Venida 200m heats 24.18 -0.6 (7H6) DNQ. Boh Ritchie 800m semi-final 2:05.60 PB (5SF1) DNQ.
Ethan Olivier TJ Final 17.01m +1.4 (1), = New Zealand national and under 20 record he set in South Africa in May, (16.76 +1.4, 16.82 +1.3, 16.44 +1.9, 16.22 +1.2, 17.01 +1.4, 16.89 +0.8).
30 August: Jonah Cropp 10,000m RW Final  43:58.44 (31).
FRANCE
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Stade de France – 28 August/8 September:
31 August: Danielle Aitchison T36 200m heats 28.09 +0.6 (1H2), Paralympic record, Q. 1 September: Danielle Aitchison T36 200m Final 27.64 -0.3 (2).
A Silver medal to Aitchison who was locked in a titanic tussle with Yiting Shi. Aitchison just could not quite manage to overhaul the Chinese athlete as Shi prevailed by a margin of just 0.14 in a Paralympic record time of 27.50.  
“It was definitely a hard race, I felt strong coming out of the blocks and on the home straight I was neck and neck with Shi, it was a serious race. I was a bit disappointed with the last five metres and got really fatigued. I’m feeling tired I had a late night (after the evening heats) and didn’t get to bed until this morning. I am happy with the time, which was great,” said Aitchison.
Ultra Trail Mt Blanc, Chamonix – 26 August/1 September:
UTMB (176km 9,915m+), 31 Aug/1 Sept: Ruth Croft 22:48:37 (2), Katie Schide (USA) won in 22:09:31. Nancy Jiang was 28th in 30:12:26.
After almost making it to the UTMB start line last year only to be thwarted by illness just days before the race, Croft was excited to make her UTMB debut this year and was determined to enjoy her experience.
“My build up this year was a lot better compared to last year, I didn’t make the start line last year because I got sick the week before but this year I felt really strong, partly due to my coach, Scott Johnson, and just mentally pretty relaxed to be honest. I tried not to take it too seriously and just wanted to try and have as much fun as you can over 170 kilometres,” said Croft.
“I think it’s slightly psychotic [to run 170km) but for the most part I did have quite a lot of fun. There were a few low patches, the first 50km, but after that, things started to pick up.”
CCC (101km 6,062m+): Daniel Jones 10:36:20 (4).
OCC (57km 3,498m+): Caitlin Fielder 6:05:46 (5).
ITALY
Diamond League, Golden Gala, Olympic Stadium, Rome, 30 August: Eliza McCartney PV 4.63m (4), (4.23-, 4.43-, 4.53o, 4.63xo, 4.73xxx). Nina Kennedy of Australia won clearing 4.83m.
Mountain Running World Cup Race #7 Trofeo Nasego 2024, Casto, 31 August/1st September:
Vertical Kilometre (4.3km 1,000m+): Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) 1st 34:28, Toby Batchelor 29th 42:52.
Classic Mountain Race (21.45km 1,380m+, 1,000m-): Patrick Kipngeno 1st 1:31:26, Michael Sutton 24th 1:50:52.
BELGIUM
Polsstokgala, Oude Markt, Leuven, 24 August: James Steyn PV 5.02m (10), (5.02xo, 5.17xxx). Imogen Ayris PV 4.34m (3), (4.24xo, 4.34xo, 4.44xxx).
GREAT BRITAIN
Adidas Podium 5km Road Race, Cardiff Wales, 24 August: Georgie Grgec 15:34 PB (1).

DOMESTIC RESULTS
AUCKLAND
Auckland Road Championships, Bruce Pulman Park, Papakura – 1 September 2024
Richie Trathen (16) won the under 18 5km race walk in a PB 24:38, cutting 1:13 off his previous best and less than a minute outside Jonah Cropp’s New Zealand under 20, 19 and 18 record of 23:45 and Lucas Martin’s under 17 record of 23:46. Yandri Fourie in the under 18 women 5km race walk set a PB of 30:05 and Alana Mathews covered the 10km walk in a PB 1:02:53.
National masters cross country champion Jake Hendrickx (36) put on a polished display of running leading from the start to win the combined seniors and masters 10km outright in a PB 32:04. James Matthews (24) won the senior title in 33:43.
Lisa Cross (41) collected the senior women’s title in 35:10 from Katrina Andrew (31) who recorded 36:02.
Just over half an hour later Cross was back on the road winning the master women’s 40 5km in 18:21. Caleb Wagener continued his winning ways with a convincing victory in the under men’s 6km in 18:58. Leo Green was equally impressive in the under 14 3km in 9:59.
Results:
10km:
SW; Lisa Cross 35:10, Katrina Andrew 36:02, Caitlin Peers 39:04.
SM; James Matthews 33:43, Andrew Pointon 35:52, James Marsh 35:54.
MM; Jake Hendrickx 32:04 PB, Rodwyn Isaacs 33:47, Zebedee Stone 33:51.
8km:
MU/20; Joshua Gordon-Glassford 25:37, Coen Anderson 26:03, Connor Jamieson 26:59.
6km:
MU/18; Caleb Wagener 18:58, Theo Bray 19:54, Noah Crowhurst 19:59.
5km:
WU/20; Olivia Rooney 19:39.
WU/18; Emma Ward 18:18, Denika Clooney 18:20, Grace Meredith 19:19.
MW; Lisa Cross 18:21, Karen Donaldson-Barron 18:28, Kate Macdonald 19:05.
4km:
MU/16; Kona Kelly 13:12, Keagan Gouws 13:41, Finn Molloy 13:59.
WU/16; Leah Marais 14:14, Greta Hunter 14:16, Isabella Pickering 14:26.
3km:
BU/14; Leo Green 9:59, Tobias Crowhurst 10:27, Tyler Poland 10:35.
GU/14; Georgia Stanton 11:00, Jamie-Lee Lofroth 11:15, Nyah Slade 11:22.
Race Walks:
10km; SW; Alana Mathews 1:02:53 PB. MM40; Scott Dean 1:08:43. MM65; Ian Wright 1:31:55.
5km; U/18M; Ritchie Trathen 24:38 PB. U/18W; Yandri Fourie 30:05 PB.
3km; U/14B; Matthew Baird 24:25. U/14G Angela Baird 20:28.
FEILDING
Athletics Wanganui Road Championships, Manfield Park – 31 August 2024
Senior 10km: Andre Le Pine-Day 32:15, Isaac Murphy 32:23, Damien Lardner 32:26, George Varney 32:30. Sally Gibbs 40:26, Sarah Imbush 41:19, Lizzie Deane Jackson 42:41, Monica Burnard 45:16.
MW 5km; Bex Sharratt 20:44. MM 10km; Nick Johnston 35:16. U/20W 5km; Lucy Evans 21:42. U/18M 5km; Alec Ball 17:11, W; Hayley Cornwall 18:50. U/16B 5km; Will Sablerolle-Stone 18:10, G; Emma Verry 21:01.
U/14B 3km; Zac Wormgoor 11:05, G; Maggie Lintott 11:26.
WELLINGTON
Wellington 5km Road Championships, Reservoir Road Wainuiomata – 31 August 2024
SM; Eric Speakman 14:36, Nathan Tse 14:57, Hamish Carson 15:27, Nick Sasse 15:30, Edd Charlton-Weedy 15:44, Joel Carman 15:45.
SW; Beth Garland 17:42, Kumiko Otani 18:08, Saskia Cosgrove-Drayton 18:27, Mel Brandon 18:34, Andrea Peat 18:51, Anna Hooper 18:59. MU/18; Jag Willers 16:04. MU/20; Lorcan Rabbitte 15:57.
CHRISTCHURCH
Canterbury Road Championships, Under 16 and Race Walks, Landfill Avenue Bottle Lake – 31 August 2024
4km: BU/16; Leo de Monchy 13:07, Luke Angland 13:27, Billy Nelson 13:38.
3km: GU/16; Tayla Cox 10:57, Isabel Prescott 11:05, Milla Boulton 11:27. BU/14; Jacob Radcliffe 10:04, Henry Ridd 10:35, Kiran Ferguson 11:04. GU/14; Tayla Ford 11:01, Isabelle Greer 11:06, Elodie Wightman 11:49.
SW 10km RW Laura Langley 51:27. SM 10km RW Alexander Brown 52:24. GU/16 5km RW Alysa Brown 29:55. GU/14 3km RW Hayley Hoare 19:39, Valentina Davey 20:22.
Non Championship 5km: Corban Straker 15:43 PB, Hayden Zervos 15:44 PB, Tram O’Callaghan 16:06, Jacob Ridder 16:09, Caleb Radcliffe 16:42, Ben Musson 18:59. Eva Pringle 16:57 PB, Tillie Hollyer 17:28, Caitlin Bassett 18:56. Liberty McIntyre-Reet 19:12, Brooke Fortune 20:20, Lucy Twhigg 20:43.

OBITUARY
Athletics Otago stalwart Beverley Findlay of Dunedin died on 27 August 2024 aged 86.
Bev first became involved with Athletics in 1973 when her children took up the sport and she, along with her late husband Russell became members of Athletics Taieri in Mosgiel.  She began in the role of girls’ handicapper and moved on to hold numerous positions within the club from Children’s president to treasurer, as well as being a member of the senior section for several years. Bev was also president and executive secretary of the Athletics Taieri Club and was made a life member of the Club in 1996. 
She has managed Otago interprovincial teams and under 18 teams. Bev has been involved with the Colgate Games each time they have been held in Dunedin.
Bev was Athletics Otago president for three years from 1994 and in 2001 was awarded life membership of Athletics Otago. She was also a member of many Athletics Otago standing committees, including Athletics Otago’s 75th celebrations.
Nationally Bev was president and a life member of New Zealand Children’s Athletics. In 1991 Bev was recognised with a Long Service Award from Athletics New Zealand and in 2021 was awarded an Athletics New Zealand Merit Award.
Bev remained passionate about athletics after retiring and was a Co-Patron of Athletics Taieri.