News & Updates

INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

SWITZERLAND
Diamond League, 48th Athletissima, Lausanne, 30 June: Zoe Hobbs 100m 11.20 -0.8 (5). Sam Tanner 1500m 3:32.27 (5). Tom Walsh SP 21.99m (2), (21.51, 21.99, 21.57, 21.45, 21.22, 21.24). Ryan Crouser won with 22.29m. Eliza McCartney PV 4.71m (3) (4.51 o, 4.61 o, 4.71 o, 4.77 xxx).

Resisprint International, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2 July: Tiaan Whelpton 100m 10.31 -0.2 (4H1), 10.14 -0.1 (3) =PB. Rosie Elliott 200m 23.32 +1.0 (5). Zoe Hobbs 100m 10.96 +2.0 (1H1) PB Oceania Record, NZ National Record (one hundredths of a second faster than her time in Sydney in March), and a Paris Olympic Games qualifier. Hobbs was surprised to have run a qualifying time: “I didn’t think I would run a PB in the heat at all. I thought maybe a chance of doing the qualifier, but definitely not a PB. It was a bit of a shock when I saw what the time was.”
Hobbs will now be focusing on her lead up to the World Track and Field Championships in Budapest in August. “I’m absolutely stoked to have done the Qualifier time early. It takes a massive weight off my shoulders and makes a big difference leading into the rest of the season. I don’t have to chase the time now. I can focus on what I need to in the lead up to the World Champs.”

SWEDEN
Diamond League, Bauhaus Gala, Stockholm, 2 July: Geordie Beamish 3000m steeplechase 8:17.63 (4) PB. Hamish Kerr HJ 2.24m (1), 2.12 o, 2.16 o, 2.20 o, 2.24 xo, 2.27 -, 2.30 xT.

BELGIUM
Le Grand Prix de la Forestoise, Brussels, 25 June: Ethan Olivier TJ 16.67m +0.1 PB (1), Oceania U/20 record, better than Henry Frayne of Australia 2009 record of 16.62m in Belgrade. New Zealand National and under 18, 19 and 20 record, 18cm better than own record. Welrè Olivier TJ 15.88m (+0.3) (2).

Open Meeting, Ninove, 28 June: Anna Grimaldi LJ 5.56m +0.2 (1), Christina Ryan LJ 5.53m -0.5 (2), SP 12.28m (3).

Avondmeeting, Gentbrugge, Ghent, 30 June: Nick Palmer SP 18.06m (1).

CZECH REPUBLIC
Zlata Tretra Meeting, Ostrava, 27 June: Tom Walsh SP 22.15m (2). (21.40, 21.38, 21.82, 22.15, 21.23 x). Event won by Ryan Crouser 22.63m.

NORWAY
Boysen Memorial Meeting, Oslo, 28 June: Julian Oakley 5000m 14:01.50 (7). Shay Veitch LJ 7.72m +1.2 (4).

FRANCE
Meeting Elite De Troyes, Troyes, 1 July: Imogen Skelton HJ 1.78m (2).

GREAT BRITAIN
Oxford & Cambridge vs Harvard & Yale, Cambridge, 28 June: Maia Ramsden 1500m 4:31.23 (2).

BMC Grant Prix, Watford, Hertfordshire, 1 July: Liam Lamb 1500m 3:48.26 (10). Laura Nagel 1500m 4:12.85 (4), Rebekah Greene 1500m 4:14.04 (6).

AUSTRALIA
Gold Coast Half Marathon, Queensland, 1 July: Cameron Avery 1:02:50 PB (3), Oska Inkster-Baynes 1:04:34 PB (8), Christopher Dryden 1:04:36 PB (9), Cameron Clark 1:08:24 PB (26), Cameron Swales 1:08:28 PB (28), Simon Cromarty 1:09:55 PB (44), David Ridley 1:10:12 (49), Devon Beckman 1:14:35n (101), Daniel Stouffer 1:15:33 (129). Camille French 1:09:58 PB (5), Katherine Camp 1:16:03 PB (16), Harriet Kingston 1:22:51 PB (40), Charlotte Floodsmith-Ryan 1:23:06 (43), Louise Daly 1:26:04 (67).
Marathon, 2 July: Caden Shields 2:14:53 (9), Jordan McLennan 2:19:41 PB (18), Matt Baxter 2:23:28 (25), Nathan Tse 2:24:40 (26), David Ridley 2:28:17 (39), Rory Darkins 2:31:38 (56), Thomas Richards 2:32:45 (60), Chris Trent 2:35:56 PB (72), Sam Hicks 2:38:43 (95), Barney Hoskins 2:39:24 (100), Shanon Stallard 2:40:40 PB (110), Nic Warren 2:42:23 (122), Daniel Coates 2:46:44 (176). Kelly Parlane 2:44:06 PB (12), Rochelle Sceats-Basil 2:49:18 (16).
10km, 2 July: Steven Langdon 31:02 PB (15), Jacob Rodgers 37:36 (108). Caitlin McQuilken-Bell 35:12 PB (6), Sophie Hicks 36:16 PB (15).

CROSS COUNTRY

TAUPO
35th North Island Cross Country Championships, Spa Thermal Park – 1 July 2023
Former Napier runner William Little now running for the Whippets won the senior 9km in 28:17, heading in Christian De Vaal by three seconds. Ronan Lee was third in 28:46 and last week’s national half marathon champion Michael Voss was fourth in 28:52. Anneke Arlidge runner up, in the 2021 national cross country, won the women’s 5km in 18:25, with the 2021 national champion Kerry White second in 18:44. Niamh de Hora was third in 18:56.

Sally Gibbs set a master women’s 60-64 record of 21:09 for the 5km, breaking Margie Peat’s 2019 record of 22:08. Steve Rees-Jones broke Ross McIntyre’s 2012 masters 45-49 record of 20:25 running 20:17 for the 6km. The Ruthe family had a successful day, led by Ben Ruthe outright winner of the master men 6km in 20:14. Ben’s son Sam set a race record of 9:40 in the under 16 3km, clipping three seconds off Joseph Morgan’s 2019 time, and daughter Daisy won the under 14 girls 3km in 11:32. Elliot Pugh shaved 15 seconds off his own under 18 record from last year in the under 18 5km returning a time of 15:24, and John Skinnon improved on his master 75-79 record by seconds with a run of 32:47.

Results:
Men
Senior 9km: William Little (Whippets) 28m 17s 1, Christian De Vaal (Pakuranga) 28m 20s 2, Ronan Lee (Whippets) 28m 46s 3, Michael Voss (Lake City) 28m 52s 4, Jono Jackson (Auckland City Athletics) 29m 11s 5, Jack Paine (Whippets) 29m 20s 6.
Masters 6km: Ben Ruthe (Tauranga) 20m 14s 1, Steve Rees-Jones (Cambridge) 20m 17s 2, Paul Crowhurst (Pakuranga) 21m 7s 3.
U/20 5km: Matt Hill (Tauranga) 15m 47s 1, Az Cabusao (Te Puke) 16m 5s 2, Angus Monro (ACA) 16m 7s 3.
U/18 5km: Elliott Pugh (Tauranga) 15m 24s 1, George Wyllie (Tauranga) 15m 54s 2, Max Wildbore (Napier) 16m 16s 3.
U/16 3km: Sam Ruthe (Tauranga) 9m 40s 1, Samuel Rickerby (ACA) 9m 47s 2, Justin Cunningham (Palmerston North) 9m 57s 3.
U/14 3km: Jacob Williams (Hutt Valley) 10m 17s 1, Mathew Meiklejohn (Trentham) 10m 34s 2, Jack Stirling (Hamilton) 11m 0s 3.
Women
Senior 5km: Anneke Arlidge (North Harbour Bays) 18m 25s 1, Kerry White (Hamilton) 18m 44s 2, Niamh de Hora (NHB) 18m 56s 3, Maia Flint (Victoria University) 19m 6s 4, Holly Manning (NHB) 19m 8s 5, Macey Hilton (ACA) 19m 22s 6.
Masters 5km: Sarah Gardner (Tauranga) 19m 19s 1, Sally Gibbs (Whanganui) 21m 9s 2, Rachel Penney (Pakuranga) 21m 47s 3.
U/20 4km: Boh Ritchie (Hamilton) 14m 21s 1, Sofia Lumbreras (Hastings) 14m 29s 2, Bella Earl (Owairaka) 14m 46s 3.
U/18 4km: Ava Sutherland (Olympic Wgtn) 14m 38s 1, Courtney Fitzgibbon (Feilding) 15m 7s 2, Louise Brabyn (Whanganui) 15m 18s 3.
U/16 3km: Scarlett Robb (ACA) 10m, 57s 1, Eleanor Pugh (Tauranga) 11m 10s 2, Nina Chalmers (ACA) 11m 24s 3.
U/14 3km: Daisy Ruthe (Tauranga) 11m 32s 1, Zoe Hilton (Trentham) 11m 34s 2, Olivia McDowell (Kapiti) 11m 43s 3.

CHRISTCHURCH
Canterbury Cross Country Championships, Halswell Quarry – 1 July 2023
Angie Petty, 12 times national champion, continued her winning way collecting the senior women’s 10km title in 38:39. Connor Melton, national 5000m bronze medallist won the senior men’s 10km in 31:43 from David Lee 31:49 and Russell Green 32:20.

Results:
Women
Senior 10km: Angie Petty (University) 38m 39s 1, Kiri Atkin (Whippets) 38m 48s 2, Emily Molloy (Whippets) 40m 29s 3.
Masters 6km: Nicola Handley (Don Greig) 26m 15s 1, Jess Winter (Don Greig) 27m 32s 2, Fiona Gilroy (Sumner) 28m 35s 3.
U/20 6km: Niamh Motley (Timaru) 23m 56s 1, Kiera Hall (Port Hills) 25m 57s 2, Becky Blay (University) 26m 11s 3.
U/18 4km: Kate Currie (Chch Avon) 15m 1s 1, Brynne Gordon (Port Hills) 15m 9s 2, Isabelle Harrison (University) 16m 52s 3.
U/16 3km: Amelia Henstock (University) 12m 1s 1, Ruby Laming (Timaru) 12m 11s 2, Abigail Scott-Douglas (Sumner) 12m 40s 3.
U/14 3km: Tayla Cox (NB Olympic) 11m 49s 1, Isabel Prescott (Selwyn) 11m 56s 2, Elodie Wightman (Selwyn) 12m 5s 3.
Men
Senior 10km: Connor Melton (Whippets) 31m 43s 1, David Lee (Whippets) 31m 49s 2, Russell Green (Whippets) 32m 20s 3.
Masters 8km: Alex Kelliher (Chch Avon) 27m 40s 1, Dayle McLauchlan (Sumner) 28m 35s 2, Simon Kerr (Don Greig) 30m 40s 3.
U/20 8km: Liam O’Donnell (Port Hills) 26m 56s 1, Pai Wynyard (Pap TocH) 27m 19s 2, Luke Johnston (Selwyn) 27m 54s 3.
U/18 6km: Daniel Prescott (Selwyn) 19m 42s 1, Angus Sevier (Port Hills) 19m 58s 2, Thomas Newson (Port Hills) 21m 21s 3.
U/16 4km: Ciaran Harris (Selwyn) 13m 55s 1, Max Aldridge (Port Hills) 14m 11s 2, Daniel Wordsworth (Chch Avon) 14m 17s 3.
U/14 3km: Ethan Richardson (Selwyn) 10m 49s 1, Caleb Jansen (Port Hills) 10m 54s 2, Benjamin Lough (University) 11m 3s 3.

INVERCARGILL
Southland Cross Country Championships, Waimumu – 1 July 2023
Runners braved the wintery blast for the championships. Sophie Shallard of Dunedin won the senior women’s 9km. National junior 3000m steeplechase champion Kennedy Taylor of St Pauls won the U/20 by a wide margin from Kimberley Iversen (Inv) who collected the under 18 title. National under 18 800m silver medallist James McLeay (St Pauls) won the under 18 6km, 25 seconds ahead of team mate Lucas Huia. Dwight Grieve (Fiordland) won the senior 9km by nearly two minutes taking out the masters title. Luke Geddes of Hill City Dunedin was second with Sagar Khemani of Fiordland third. Under 16 3km winners Max McGregor (Gore) and Millie McFadzien (Gore). Nicole Jackson W40 was first in the master women 6km with Debbie Telfer W65 second.

ROAD AND TRAIL RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY 

AUCKLAND 
Fox Trot 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 20 June: Harry Harris 17:46, Owen Mitchell 17:55, Dave Sullivan 18:15. Tia Knight 18:59, Amy Shaw 19:02, Sophie Hogan 19:10. 27 June: Greg Darbyshire 16:30, Dylan Logan 17:07, Harry Harris 17:32. Tia Knight 19:19, Amy Shaw 19:23, Sophie Hogan 20:12.
 
Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 21 June: Damon Nicholas 18:39, Andrew Harvey 19:37, Joel Martin 20:13. Helen Kilding 20:19, Becky Bradley 22:43. 28 June: Damon Nicholas 18:23, Robert Good 20:04, Kevin Knowles 20:19. Sally Gordon 24:10.
 
XTERRA Trail Run, Shakespear Regional Park, Whangaparaoa, 2 July: 20km: Logan Griffin 1:29:05, James Spence 1:32:13, Ethan Verner 1:34:12. Amelia Lythe 1:44:22, Nikki Hill 1:51:25, Talia Flannery 1:54:20. 15km: Stephen Willis 1:09:23, Will McMorran 1:20:06, James Suter 1:20:36. Stella Hammond 1:29:51, Sarah Lockhart 1:36:25, Hazel Cook 1:38:12. 10km: Jack Green 45:40, Peter Moth 46:58, Mac Chamberlin 47:07. Denika Clooney 47:09, Karen Donaldson-Barron 48:57, Eryn Westlake 49:53. 5.5km: Ottis Oliver-Chambers 29:32, Kona Kelly 29:57, Ricco Korewha 30:42. Alaina Smith 33:22, Caitlin Hickford 34:13, Tia Korewha 35:50.

OBITUARY
Longstanding Auckland official, before the advent of the photo finish, Elaine Dark of Howick died on Friday 23 June 2023 aged 90. Elaine was a timekeeper along with her late husband Alan at Mt Smart Stadium, for over 40 years. They were both lap timekeepers at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games and both received an Athletic Auckland Merit Award.