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New Zealand Cross Country and Track & Field results

AUCKLAND

Auckland Grand Prix Cross Country #4, Long Bay Regional Park – 23 July 2022
Ronan Lee in a final hit out before the New Zealand Cross Country Championships on Saturday easily won the 4km in 11:50. He finished 13 seconds ahead of Jack Paine with Logan Griffin third in 12:28. Jess Wright won the women’s 4km in 14:02, beating Charlotte Floodsmith-Ryan by five seconds. Jessie Speedy was third 14:14.

U20 women Holly Harding 14:41, Peyton Leigh 14:44, Sophie Robb 14:55. U20 men Cameron Maunder 11:54, Ronan Codyre 11:57, Toby Tasker 12:13. U18 men Jamie Mora 12:50, Alex Wilkins 13:09, Josh Ford 13:14. Master men 4km; Mark Boyce 12:35, Simon Mace 12:45, Greg Darbyshire 12:54. Master women; Rachel Penney 15:55, Katie Wyrill 16:22, Ruth Gluckman 16:39.

U18 women 2km Bella Earl 6:41, Sascha Letica 6:44, Stella Hammond 6:46. U16 girls Scarlett Robb 6:57, Nina Chalmers 7:02, Zara Pomfret 7:08. U16 boys Ben Oxford 6:04, Jamie Maunder 6:13, Samuel Rickerby 6:19. U14 boys Louay Benaoum 6:27, Caleb Maunder 6:31, Duke Cutts 6:53, U14 girls Scarlett Gwin 7:04, Madeline Jackson 7:04, Hannah McManus 7:07. U12 boys Tobias Crowhurst 7:05, Benjamin Collinge-Coker 7:05, Leo Green 7:09, U12 girls Tia Korewha 7:44, Emily Cameron 7:52, Peaches Hoeglinger 7:55.

Winter Throws Series #5, AUT Millennium Stadium, North Shore – 23 July 2022
Arno van der Westhuizen HT 52.18m. Hanno Nel 6kg HT 47.86m. Nadja Kumerich 3kg HT 50.48m, 4kg HT 44.90m. Jasmine He Ling 3kg HT 40.39m, 4kg HT 36.76m. Bree Ackland 600g JT 33.60m.

CHRISTCHURCH

Andrew Reese Memorial Relay, Rakahuri Track, Rangiora – 23 July 2022
The Christchurch Avon team of Theo Walker, Finn Woodhouse, Chanel Muir and Corban Straker won the senior men 4x5km relay in 1:06:11. Don Greig Running Stable were second in 1:13:23 with University third in 1:15:26.

Fastest laps; Straker 15:47, Muir 16:11, Walker 16:29.

Don Greig Running Stable won the senior women in 1:18:48 with their team of Olivia Ritchie, Anne McLeod, Katherine Reardon and Harriet Kingston. North Canterbury were second and third in 1:29:08 and 1:38:06. Fastest laps; Ritchie 17:39, McLeod 18:32, Angela Doig 19:46.

Master men Christchurch Avon 1:15:47, North Canterbury 1:16:37, Christchurch Avon 1:26:46. Fastest laps; Michael Anderson 17:16, Nathan Hey 17:21, Jason Wilcock 18:28.

Master women Sumner 1:36:46, Christchurch Avon 1:47:43. Fastest laps; Hannah Oldroyd 17:52, Serena Kelly 19:58, Rachel Smith 21:34.

Men U18 4×2.5km Selwyn 32:38, New Brighton Olympic 37:00, Christchurch Avon 37:04. Fastest laps; Ben Airey 7:52, Cooper Wightman 8:01, Luke Johnston 8:02.

Women U18 4×2.5km Port Hills 40:31, Christchurch Avon 41:27, Selwyn 48:55. Fastest laps; Brynne Gordon 9:02, Nicole Ridd 9:44, Bela Cameron 9:52.

International Results

USA

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

New Zealand results:

18 July: Georgia Hulls 200m heats 23.46 +1.9 (6H6) (35).

19 July: Portia Bing 400m H heats 55.72 (5H2) q (20).

20 July: Tori Peeters JT qualification 53.67m (13GB) (24), Brad Mathas 800m heats 1:47.70 (7H4) (32), Portia Bing 400m H SF 55.53 (6S1) (20).

21 July: Geordie Beamish 5000m heats 13:36.86 (12H1) (23), Hamish Carson 5000m heats 13:37.62 (12H2) (25).

Road and Trail Races Around the Country

AUCKLAND
Fox Trot 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 19 July: Simon Mace 16:38, David Atkinson 16:46, Harvey Walsh 16:50. Sophie Williamson 18:54, Tia Knight 20:23, Nikki Kahn 22:33.

Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 20 July: Gene Rand 16:56, Ashton Pye 18:36, Greg Darbyshire 19:48. Jacqueline Kemp 23:14.

XTERRA Trail Run, Totara Park, 24 July: 21.5km; Ben Gatting 1:32:05, Shaun O’Leary 1:37:42, Blair Griffiths 1:38:16. Sarah Russell 1:44:36, Amelia Lythe 1:48:42, Gill Fullen 1:48:50. 17.5km; Andrew Merrill 1:25:14, Charlie Richardson 1:25:48, Quinn Gardiner-Hall 1:26:52. Katie Evans 1:33:59, Serena Hammond 1:35:46, Chloe Lau 1:40:35. 11.3km; George Mawson 44:55, Stella Hammond 50:28, Matt Comery 51:15.

NELSON
Sprig & Fern 10km, Richmond, 23 July: Simon McDermott 40:36, Tim Cross 44:16, Seamus O’Donnell 44:25.

FAIRLIE
Mackenzie Half Marathon, 23 July: Cameron Swales 1:17:11, Daniele Danesin 1:18:53, Hamish Elliott 1:19:20. Katie Morgan 1:31:53, Fiona Dowling 1:34:27, Johanna Hamblett 1:38:35.

Obituary

New Zealand cross country representative in the 1950’s Merv Hellier of Auckland died on Tuesday 19 July 2022 aged 89.

He was second in the 1958 New Zealand six mile championship in Lower Hutt to Barry Magee and third in the 1962 New Zealand marathon championship in Invercargill to Barry Magee and Jeff Julian.

Merv, who was coached by Arthur Lydiard, competed for the Lynndale and Onehunga Clubs and among his notable road race victories were the Onehunga to Auckland event in 1955 and the Great Eastern road race from Pakuranga to Ellerslie in 1956.

He was sixth in the 1957 New Zealand cross country championships in Feilding and was selected for the first New Zealand representative cross country team which competed against Australia in 1957. The pioneering team was Sir Murray Halberg, Jeff Julian, Neville Scott, Kerry Williams, Pat Sidon and Hellier.

Merv’s wife for 64 years Anne was the women’s manager with the New Zealand team to the 1977 World Cross Country Championships in Dusseldorf Germany.