News & Updates

INTERNATIONAL RESULTS
GREAT BRITAIN
Diamond League, London Stadium, London, 20 July:
Hamish Kerr notched up his third Diamond League victory this season winning the high jump clearing 2.30m. He was a clear winner at this height and decided not to continue to 2.33m.
He now adds this latest victory to wins at Monaco and Shanghai.
Kerr said it is always a delight to compete at the London Stadium.
“London is an amazing stadium, we’ve been here a few times now and you always know it’s going to be a special place.
“My jumping is feeling so good at the moment, I felt a little under the weather this morning so that’s why I didn’t push it with the last jump. But overall, I’m really happy with my performance and I know I’m in really good shape going into the Games.
“The crowd is amazing, if anything I was a little bit disappointed that I couldn’t put up more jumps for the crowd because they really would have started responding if we were jumping a little higher than we were. I love London, and always feel like there’s a lot of love in the crowd.”
Results:
Tori Peeters JT 60.43m (5), (60.43, x, 57.38, x, x). 
Jacko Gill SP 21.11m (5), (20.86, 21.11, 20.93, 20.57, 21.11).
Tom Walsh SP 21.06m (6), (x, x, 21.06, r).
Eliza McCartney PV 4.65m (5), (4.50o, 4.65xxo, 4.75xxx).
Olivia McTaggart PV NM. 
Hamish Kerr HJ 2.30m (1), (2.18o, 2.22o, 2.26o, 2.30o, 2.33r).                  
ITALY
World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze Meeting Sport e Solidarietà Lignano, Stadio G. Teghil, Lignano Sabbiadoro, 14 July: Nick Palmer SP 19.58m (5), (19.58, x, x, 19.39, x, 19.19).
Arcobaleno EAP, Centro Sportivo G. Olmo-P. Ferro, Celle Ligure, 17 July: Maria Sartin 400m H 1:02.59 (6). Hannah Sandilands LJ 5.87m -0.6 (4).
SWITZERLAND
Spitzen Leichtathletik, Stadion Allmend, Lucerne, 16 July: Zoe Hobbs 100m 11.17 0.0 (1). Tom Walsh SP 21.34m (3), (21.25, x, 21.34, x, 20.83, 20.92). Nick Palmer SP 18.09m (14), (x, x, 18.09). Olivia McTaggart PV 4.45m (4), (4.30o, 4.45o, 4.60xxx).
CZECH REPUBLIC
WACT Bronze Meeting, General Klapálek ́s stadium, Nové Město nad Metují, 13 July: Connor Bell DT 64.77m (1), (64.77, x, 62.93, x, x, x).
GERMANY
International Laz Meeting, Besagroup Sportpark, Rhede, 14 July: Anna Grimaldi T47 LJ 5.80m +1.3 (1).
Stabhochsprung Meeting, Spa Park, Rottach-Egern, 13 July: Imogen Ayris PV 4.45m (5), (4.35o, 4.45xxo, 4.55xxx). 14 July: James Steyn PV 5.15m (5), (5.05xo, 5.15o, 5.25xxx).
World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze, Schönebecker Solecup, UNION-Stadion, Schönebeck, 20 July: Maddison-Lee Wesche SP 19.81m, 18cm PB (1), (18.71, 19.65, 19.81, 19.59, x, 19.81). Lauren Bruce HT 69.44m (2), (65.51, x, x, 64.46, x, 69.44).
Hofer Sparkasse Stabhochsprung Meeting, Altstadt, 20 July: Imogen Ayris PV 4.42m (2), (4.22xo, 4.32-, 4.42xo, 4.52xxx).
LUXEMBOURG
World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger, CAS Meeting International, Stade Jean Jacoby, Schifflange, 21 July: Laura Nagel 800m 2:04.27 PB (5F2). Nick Palmer SP 19.51m (7).
FINLAND
Motonet Grand Prix, Keskusurheilukenttä Arena, Joensuu, 20 July: Lex Revell-Lewis 400m 47.36 (3).
USA
Sunset Tour, Jack Kemp Stadium, Los Angeles, 20 July: Theo Quax 1500m 3:40.79 (6), Jeff Lautenslager 3:47.68 (11). Craig Lautenslager 5000m 14:24.70 (13).
FRANCE
Mountain Running World Cup, Montee du Nid d’Aigle, St Gervais-Les-Bains, Le Mont-Blanc, 20km (1,850m+ & 600m-), 20 July: Michael Sutton 2:06:32 (16). Women; Nancy Jiang 2:29:53 (10), Sarah Douglas 2:47:41 (24, 3rd 40-49).

DOMESTIC RESULTS
REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
AUCKLAND
Auckland Cross Country Championships, Barry Curtis Park, East Tamaki – 20 July 2024
Lisa Cross continued her winning ways of late taking out the senior women’s 10km title in 40:13. Anneke Arlidge was second with Brigid Dennehy third.
Christian de Vaal on a break from scholarship at University of Wisconsin-Madison made light work in the tough conditions to win the Auckland senior 10km title in 35:06. Gavin Eccles from Ireland was second and Ronan Codyre third.
Results:
Women:
Senior 10km: Lisa Cross (TTT) 40:13, Anneke Arlidge (NHB) 42:40, Brigid Dennehy (NHB) 43:16, Odette Jennings (TTT) 46:09.
Under 20 6km: Bella Earl (Owairaka) 25:04, Sascha Letica (Takapuna) 25:23, Olivia Rooney (Whippets) 26:33, Ava Newton (NHB) 28:40.
Master 6km: Karen Donaldson-Barron (Whippets) 26:00, Pip Tuckey (TTT) 27:54, Lornelle Davies (TTT) 28:16, Ruth Gluckman (Owairaka) 29:29.
Under 18 4km: Lisa Hellyer (ACA) 16:18, Denika Clooney (TTT) 16:23, Zara Pomfret (ACA) 16:41, Asha Edwards (Takapuna) 16:57.
Under 16 4km: Leah Marais (Pakuranga) 16:35, Ray Zhang (NHB) 16:49, Amy Thomson (Oratia) 16:59, Isabella Pickering (NHB) 17:08.
Under 14 4km: Jamie-Lee Lofroth (TTT) 17:59, Georgia Stanton (NHB) 18:15, Nyah Slade (NHB) 18:33.
Under 12 2km: Cici Zhang (NHB) 8:56, Kyra Geens (NHB) 9:12, Lilia Kluts (Owairaka) 9:20.
Men:
Senior 10km: Christian de Vaal (Pakuranga) 35:06, Gavin Eccles (Whippets) 35:21, Ronan Codyre (Whippets) 36:02, Jack Paine (Whippets) 26:32.
Under 20 8km: Joshua Gordon-Glassford (Whippets) 28:03, Daniel Hayes (Whippets) 28:57, Jack Snedden (Oratia) 29:41, Oscar Monro (ACA) 30:23.
Master 8km: Simon Mace (Owairaka) 30:04, Tim Hitchcock (Wesley) 30:19, Mariano Piagentini (Owairaka) 30:40, Brent Kelly (Ninjas) 30:46. MM65+ 6km: Kevin Knowles (Ninjas) 29:56, Steve Fairley (University) 30:17, Malcolm Chamberlin (ACA) 34:25.
Under 18 6km: Connor Boulton (Whippets) 22:10, Ben Oxford (ACA) 22:51, Noah Crowhurst (Pakuranga) 23:08, Noah Lazayres (ACA) 23:19.
Under 16: 4km: Moojin Lee (Pakuranga) 14:55, Kona Kelly (Oratia) 15:18, Rory Davies (Owairaka) 15:23, Finn Molloy (ACA) 15:24.
Under 14 4km: Leo Green (Pakuranga) 15:30, Tobias Crowhurst (Pakuranga) 16:25, Benjamin Collinge-Coker (Oratia) 16:53.
Under 12 2km: Alby Richards (Owairaka) 8:01, Nathan Barron (Ninjas) 8:14, Jonty Farrell (Lynndale) 8:20.
TAURANGA
Waikato Bay of Plenty Cross Country Championships, Waipuna Park, Welcome Bay – 20 July 2024
10km:
SW; Aimee Ferguson 44:27, Sarah Gardner 45:40, Sarah Murphy 48:26.
SM; Max Green 37:30, Liam Dooley 37:59, Oliver Larcombe 38:22.
8km:
MM; Cameron Mumby 31:54, Matthew Hallam 32:38, Michael Pugh  33:26.
MU/20; Az Cabusao 30:42, Ian Pugh 31:19, Fletcher van Heuven 32:17.
6km:
MW; Lauren Shelley 30:14, Andrea Neal 31:45, Andrea Gallaher 35:08.
MM 65+; Mark Handley 30:26, Trevor Ashe 33:27, Gavin Smith 30:14.
WU/20; Zoe Rive 28:29.
MU/18; George Wyllie 23:06, Corban Holmes 23:23, Caleb Litolff 23:56.
5km:
WU/18; Holly Fausett 20:42.
4km:
BU/16; Sam Ruthe 14:15, Jack Stirling 15:32, Max Stirling 15:34.
GU/16; Clara Brown 20:05.
Para Athlete; Daniel Kits 22:24.
3km:
BU/14; Cooper Hogan 11:59, Kian Rangihika 13:07, Will Page 13:20.
GU/14; Daisy Ruthe 12:18, Anna Phillipps 12:22, Mackenzie Hetherington 12:59.
2km:
BU/12; Arlo Dohnt 9:22, Daniel Bell 9:45, Jackson Murray 10:43.
GU/12; Charlotte Bell 9:14, Sascha Isaac 10:24, Kaydence Martin 10:43.
WHANGANUI
Manawatu Whanganui Cross country Championships, Lundon Park – 20 July 2024
SM 10km; Andre Le Pine-Day 34:35, Nick Hanly 48:54.
SW 8km; Sally Gibbs 32:32, Stephanie Walker 35:58, Mignon Stevenson 50:23.
MU/20 8km; Finnley Oliver (Visitor) 27:36, Oliver Jones 28:54.
WU/20 6km; Lucy McLean 26:12, Montana Doorey 27:42.
WU/18 4km; Courtney Fitzgibbon 15:37, Hayley Cornwall 15:44, Kate Perkins 17:39.
MW 5km; Dorota Starzak 21:51, Bex Sharratt 22:27, Rosie McIntyre 23:28.
MM 8km; Nick Johnson 28:40, Brendon Sharratt 29:31, AJ Cornwall 31:21.
BU/16 4km; Will Sablerolle-Stone 15:13, Gibson Moores 15:57, Adam Fountain 16:16.
GU/16 3km; Millie McLean 11:15, Sophie Crofskey 13:10, Victoria Stevens 13:33.
BU/14 3km; Liam Southern 12:38, Floyd Phillips 13:47, Logan McBride 13:56.
GU/14 3km; Maggie Lintoff 10:28, Olivia Leckie 12:59, Sophie Thirkell 15:12.
BU/12 2km; Hunter Lane 8:29, Elliot Hanly 8:37, Harry Long 8:41.
GU/12 2km; Fleur Turner 9:27, Anika Hyland 9:28, Abby Leckie 9:32.
WELLINGTON
Wellington Cross Country Championships, Harcourt Park, Akatarawa Upper Hutt – 21 July 2024
Senior titles went to Maia Flint and Eric Speakman.
Results:
8km: SM; Eric Speakman (Victoria) 25:30, Joshua Fitzgerald (Victoria) 26:24, Nathan Tse (WHAC) 26:34.
SW; Maia Flint (Victoria) 30:55, Andrea Peat (WHAC) 32:23, Deborah Lynch (Olympic) 32:37.
MM; Hiro Tanimoto (Scottish) 26:48, Ryan Woolley (Scottish) 27:16, Edd Charlton-Weedy (Trentham) 27:34.
MW; Mel Brandon (Scottish) 33:20, Catriona Thurston (Olympic) 34:36, Sally McGrandle (WHAC) 36:10.
MU/20; Lorcan Rabbitte (Victoria) 26:31, Wilson Li (WHAC) 27:19, Max Doherty (Olympic) 27:39.
4km: WU/20;
WU/18; Jessica Mckenzie (Hutt Valley) 14:56, Poppy Martin (WHAC) 15:05, Issy de Hair (Olympic) 16:09.
MU/18; Joe Martin (Scottish) 12:48, Desmond Reddy (Olympic) 12:56, Logan Hopfler (Olympic) 13:20.
GU/16; Madison Wos (Trentham) 15:02, Olivia Mcdowell (Olympic) 15:07, Emma Lowden (Olympic) 15:15.
BU/16; Alexander MacBeth (WHAC) 13:34, Jack Gregory (Olympic) 13:55, Tom Pescini (Olympic) 14:08.
MM 60+; Peter Stevens (Scottish) 14:37, Paul Hewitson (Scottish) 15:04, Graeme Butcher (Masterton) 15:59.
2km:
GU/14; Mia Thomson (Kapiti) 7:02, Isobel Thurston (Olympic) 7:19, Kiana Wealleans (Trentham) 7:21.
BU/14; Ovin Angammana (Olympic) 7:09, Kingsley Mcguigan (WHAC) 7:11, Lucas Kendrick (WHAC) 7:16.
GU/12; Lucie Thomson 7:12, Lucia Harfitt 7:19, Emily Williams 7:48.
BU/12; Andrew Thurston 7:20, Nikos Kapoutsos 7:24, Sanjith Aditya Ragunath 7:38.
CHRISTCHURCH
Kennett Cup Cross Country, Rawhiti Domain – 20 July 2024
6km:
SM; Toby Tasker 20:03, Daniel Balchin 20:09, Daniel Prescott 20:14, Cameron Clark 20:30.
SW; Tillie Hollyer 23:26, Rosa Twyford 23:44, Louise Brabyn 24:10.
4.5km:
MU/20; Pai Wynyard 15:05, Harry Witt 15:12, Daniel Lough 16:22.
WU/20; Hannah Hughes 19:47, Lucy King 21:15, Lilla Faivre 22:26.
MU/18; Cooper Wightman 15:36, Thomas Newsom 15:39, Tayne Patel 16:02.
WU/18; Brynne Gordon 17:30, Ruby Laming 19:21, Brooke Fortune 20:00.
MM; Alex Kelliher 15:28, Craig Oliver 16:09, Anthony Chapman 17:15.
MW; Vic Chapman 22:31, Helen Wright 22:51, Wendy Richards 23:14.
3km:
BU/16; Daniel Wordsworth 10:12, Leo de Monchy 10:15, Otto Church 10:53.
2.2km:
GU/16; Tayla Cox 9:35, Isabel Prescott 9:46, Ava Lausen 10:19.
BU/14; Jacob Radcliffe 9:04, Kiran Ferguson 10:27, Dm Cherry 11:01.
GU/14; Sascha Mitchell 9:06, Libby Overend 9:57, Elodie Wightman 10:13.
1.8km:
GU/12; Momoka Hudson 6:45, Charlotte Robertson 7:25, Amelia O’Connell 7:29.
BU/12; Kobe Ford 6:42, Logan Angland 6:48, Mario Domenech-Beltran 7:04.
INVERCARGILL
Southland Cross Country Championships, Waimumu, Gore – 14 July 2024
9km: Dwight Grieve 34:23, Benjamin Britton 34:50, Sagar Khemani 35:52. 6km: James Weber 22:53, Hudson Roy 24:52, Cayden Sanginiti 25:02. Abby O’Boyle 30:20, Nicole Jackson 31:32, Debbie Telfer 31:54.
3km: Flynn Weber 12:21, Craig Iversen 12:28, Sean Iversen 13:40. Lily Gemmill 13:46, Nina Gerritsen 14:46, Amanda Cruickshank 15:14.

ROAD AND TRAIL RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY 
AUCKLAND 
Fox Trot 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 16 July: Mark Boyce 17:02, Owen Mitchell 17:16, Harry Harris 17:21. Tia Knight 18:36, Olivia Gold 18:36, Sarah Butters 24:19.
Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 17 July: Andy Kilding 18:11, Cam Gordon 19:18, Tom Hanrahan 19:20. Helen Kilding 20:27.
Macpac Trail Run, Waiuku Forest, 21 July: 22km; Seamus Kelly 1:35:15, Richard Harris 1:36:27, Blake Schimanski 1:37:34. 18.5km; Dion O’Neale 1:25:33, Macs Green 1:30:12, James Parker 1:31:50. Rosie Clarke 1:38:24. 12km; Michael Tucker 50:15, William Dickinson 52:32, Nicholas McDonald 54:14. Biahn Pallister 1:02:12. 7km; Ottis Oliver-Chambers 29:51, James Whiteley 30:15, Denika Clooney 30:42, Ricco Korewha 31:52.
SOUTH CANTERBURY
Mackenzie Half Marathon, Village Green, Fairlie, 20 July: Hamish Elliott 1:22:00, Luke Mitchell 1:22:20, Lars Winther 1:26:10. Conor Tarrant 1:35:29, Mel Aitken 1:37:35, Jessica Campbell 1:44:14.

OBITUARY
Long serving Manawatu athletics official and administrator Alan Adamson of Palmerston North died in Christchurch on Saturday 13 July 2024 aged 77.
He had been a member of the Palmerston North Athletic and Harrier Club since he joined in 1954 aged 7.
He served as president of the Palmerston North club, as well as president and chairman of the Manawatū-Whanganui centre. He was a life member of both organisations and had received a long service award and a merit award from Athletics New Zealand in 2004. He was passionate about promoting young and local athletes, particularly through his athletic column in the Manawatu Standard which he wrote for 14 years.
One of his legacies was his involvement in the all-weather track at Massey University. He was on the Manawatū Community Athletics Track committee from its inception in 2000 until his death.
He was a long standing Athletics New Zealand official officiating at numerous New Zealand and Centre championships. He attended Freyberg High School and was a member of the first XV. He spent his working career in the insurance industry.
Adamson’s memorial service will be at Robert J Cotton Funeral Directors on Main St in Palmerston North at 1pm on Friday August 9.