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DOMESTIC RESULTS
TAUPO
New Zealand Road Relay Championships, Taupo Motorsport Park, Rotokawa – 28 September 2024
North Harbour Bays women collected their eighth senior women’s title in 11 years after leading throughout to win the 54.7km event in 3:23:40. With fastest individual laps posted by Holly Manning, Clara Lachurie and Brigid Dennehy the Bays team quickly built up a substantial lead and Anneke Arlidge with a final 10km of 36:38 had no trouble anchoring them home, by over 10 minutes ahead of Wellington Harrier Athletic Club.
The Whippets Running Project retained their senior men’s title won in Loburn last year. Connor Melton was a key runner for them cutting out the six stage of 6.7km in 20:08.
Pakuranga who have won the Master men 50 plus relay in the past including the inaugural title in 1993, collected their first master men 35-39 title, defeating defending champions Whippets by a minute.
Scottish won the master women 35-49 title, the master men 50-59 and the master men 60-69. Athletics Nelson made it two years in a row in the master men 70 plus. Don Greig Racing Stables unseated Scottish for the master women 50 plus title. Scottish have held a mortgage on the title over the last five years. Auckland City Athletics retained their junior women’s title and Athletics Tauranga swept to victory by nearly four minutes for their first junior men’s title.
The inaugural national under 16 titles went to North Harbour Bays in the boys and Olympic Harrier and Athletic Club in the girls.
The top club award went to Whippets Running project from Wellington Scottish and Wellington Harrier Athletic Club.
Results
Senior men 54.7km (1 x 4.6km, 3 x 6.7km, 3 x 10km): Whippets Running Project (Cameron Clark, Toby Tasker, Ronan Lee, Jack Paine, William Little, Connor Melton, David Lee) 2:49:57, University of Canterbury 2:51:06, Feilding Moa 2:56:32. Fastest laps: 4.6km Sam Parry 14:45, 6.7km Connor Melton 20:08, 10km Michael Voss 30:19.
Senior women 54.7km (1 x 4.6km, 3 x 6.7km, 3 x 10km): North Harbour Bays (Holly Manning, Jasmine Finney, Laura Nagel, Jess Wright, Brigid Dennehy, Clara Lachurie, Anneke Arlidge) 3:23:40, Wellington Harrier Athletic Club 3:34:21, Whippets 3:34:32. Fastest laps: 4.6km Holly Manning 17:36, 6.7km Clara Lachurie 24:57, 10km Brigid Dennehy 36:27.
Master men 35-49 54.7km (1 x 4.6km, 3 x 6.7km, 3 x 10km): Pakuranga (Nick Pannett, Ben Jackson, Rodwyn Isaacs, Clinton Loveday, Paul Crowhurst, Mark Toplis, Jake Hendrickx) 3:09:51, Whippets 3:10:53, Owairaka 3:11:18.
Master women 35-49 54.7km (1 x 4.6km, 3 x 6.7km, 3 x 10km): Wellington Scottish (Hinano Andrews, Amanda Broughton, Floor Kaars Sijpesteijn, Emily Solsberg, Nic Hankinson, Mel Brandon, Anna Hooper) 3:54:24, WHAC 3:59:50, Athletics Tauranga 4:03:48.
Junior men under 20 36km (2 x 4.6km, 4 x 6.7km): Athletics Tauranga (George Wyllie, Jake Lomas, Sam Ruthe, Corban Holmes, Hamish Murray, Sean Collins) 2:00:30, Egmont Athletics 2:04:13, Pakuranga 2:04:53.
Master men 50-59 54.7km (1 x 4.6km, 3 x 6.7km, 3 x 10km): Wellington Scottish (Brendon Thompson, Nicholas Bagnall, Todd Stevens, David Kettles, Grant McLean, Andrew Kerr, Simon Keller) 4:30:27, Don Greig Racing Stables 4:31:40, WHAC 4:34:30.
Junior women under 20 36km (2 x 4.6km, 4 x 6.7km): Auckland City Athletics (Hannah McManus, Grace Meredith, Kayo Findsen, Emma Ward, Nina Chalmers, Scarlett Robb) 2:20:55, Olympic 2:24:09, North Harbour Bays 2:31:16.
Master men 60-69 36km (2 x 4.6km, 4 x 6.7km): Wellington Scottish (Glen Wallis, Guy Dryden, Peter Shaw, Phil Sadgrove, James Turner, Peter Stevens) 2:31:10, Christchurch Avon 2:36:26, ACA 2:36:27.
Master women 50-59 36km (2 x 4.6km, 4 x 6.7km): Don Greig Racing Stables (Stephanie Rumble, Maree Greig, Margy Gilpin, Carolyn Morton, Tracey Grose, Tui Summers) 2:54:09, Wanganui Athletic and Harrier Club 3:00:13.
Master men 70+ 18km (2 x 6.7km, 1 x 4.6km): Athletics Nelson (Derek Shaw, Barry Dewar, Graeme Lear) 1:25:11, WHAC 1:31:52, Auckland University 1:32:22.
Men under 16 15.8km (2 x3.3km, 2 x 4.6km): North Harbour Bays (Harry Borton, Charlie Whyte, Charlie Page, Zach Pudney) 56:29, Athletics Tauranga 56:34, Olympic 56:34.
Women under 16 15.8km (2 x3.3km, 2 x 4.6km): Olympic (Isobel Thurston, Hannah Wade, Olivia Clay-McDowell, Hadassah Humphries) 1:02:25, Athletics Tauranga 1:02:30, Feilding Moa 1:09:56.
Top Club Award: Whippets Running Project 52 points, Wellington Scottish 50, Wellington Harrier Athletic Club 46.
Non Championship
Boys under 14 9.9km (3 x 3.3km): Trentham (James Wallace, Caleb Wallace, Matthew Meiklejohn) 39:14, Wellington Scottish 43:31, Athletics Tauranga 43:32.
Race Walk 4 x 6.7km: Trentham (Clive McGovern, Richard Willis, Jackie Wilson, John Roskvist) 3:12:58, Wellington Scottish 3:14:48, Pakuranga 3:34:21.
Full results here
INTERNATIONAL RESULTS
USA
Athlos NYC, Icahn Stadium, 26 September: Zoe Hobbs 100m 11.38 +0.1 (5).
USA College Cross Country
Nuttycombe Invitational, Thomas Zimmer Championship Course, Madison WI, 27 September: 8km; Will Anthony (Virginia) 23:46 (15). 6km; Kimberley May (Providence) 20:13 (5).
Gans Creek Classic, Columbia MO, 27 September: 8km; William Sinclair (Illinois State) 23:33 (14), Jamie Mora (Missouri) 24:24 (70), Angus Monro (Tennessee-Martin) 25:06 (163), Ben Ruscoe (Tennessee-Martin) 26:05 (259).
GERMANY
50th Berlin Marathon, Berlin, 29 September: Alexander Geddes 2:28:31 PB, Nicholas Browne 2:32:33, Thomas Quirk 2:38:40, Alexander Carr 2:43:28, Alan Dixon 2:44:34, Finian Scott 2:47:30, Bart Etcheverry 2:49:13, Paul Hewitson 2:49:54. Elyshia Oracki 3:10:28, Claudia Gillies 3:20:29, Phillippa Keast 3:22:09, Lindsay Barwick 3:29:20.
Milkesa Mengesha (Ethiopia) won in 2:03:17, Tigist Ketema (Ethiopia) first woman 2:16:42.
ROAD AND TRAIL RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY
AUCKLAND
Fox Trot 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 24 September: Greg Darbyshire 17:12, Mark Boyce 17:39, Harry Harris 18:12. Brigid De Burgess 20:47, Sophie Baillie 20:52.
Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 25 September: Andrew Harvey 19:06, Joel Martin 19:36, Kerry Weeks 19:37. Becky Bradley 21:06, Mira Bi 21:58.
WHANGAMATA
Whangamata Half Marathon, Williamson Park, 28 September: Craig Lloyd-Marsh 1:23:07, Gary Burr 1:23:50, Yoosung Choi 1:24:09. Odette Jennings 1:28:58, Ewa Wystepek 1:30:43, Cherie Turner 1:32:50. 10km; James Reid 33:01, Alex Previtera 36:32, Sean Mason 40:21. Hannah Gibson 38:50, Ashley Steffek 44:44, Dijana Corban 44:55. 5km; Lucas Reid 19:08, Carlos Ortega 19:40, Jamie-Lee Lofroth 19:41.
HASTINGS
Cole Murray Cape Kidnappers Trail Run, Te Awanga, 28 September: 34km; Joshua Stewart 3:01:18, Oli Welfare 3:09:36, Michael Bush 3:13:01. Kylie Middleton 3:51:30, Sharon Campbell 4:10:58, Christine O’Brien 4:19:09. 21km; Hayden Hughes 1:39:42, Andy Dysart 1:58:52, Tim Gilmour 2:05:31. Morgan Bailey 1:59:43, Lilly McKewen 2:17:24, Henny Syers 2:19:18. 15km; Mattijs De Clercq 1:11:29, James Wallace 1:12:10, Luke Donovan 1:19:42. Rosalind Poulgrain 1:22:25, Abbey Sherwood 1:26:52, Linda Wallace 1:30:26.
CHRISTCHURCH
Christchurch 10km Series, Waimairi Beach, North New Brighton, 29 September: Hayden Zervos 37:08, Andrew Richardson 43:17, Sjoerd Nijhof 45:26.
ATHLETICS NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the AGM on Saturday in Taupo, Arch Jelley CNZM OBE was accorded Life Membership of Athletics New Zealand in recognition of over 60 years’ service to the sport as a coach, manager and administrator.
He began coaching athletics in 1957. He took Neville Scott to the 5000 metres final at the 1964 Summer Olympics and helped Ian Studd win bronze in the mile at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, he coached John Walker to the Gold medal in the 1500m, and also coached Rod Dixon and Dick Quax at these Games.
He retired from coaching in 2000, to put more time into bridge and lawn bowls. However, five years later, he agreed to coach Hamish Carson who subsequently represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 1500 metres.
In the 1982 New Year Honours, Jelley was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to athletics. Along with Arthur Lydiard, he was one of four coaches inducted into the New Zealand Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1987, he was awarded an International Amateur Athletic Federation Diploma.
In 2007, Jelley received a Sparc lifetime achievement award for coaching excellence, and an Athletics New Zealand merit award in 2009.
Jelley was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2021 New Year’s Honours, for his work as a coach and an administrator in athletics and bridge. He turned 102 on 13 August.
Athletics New Zealand Merit Awards were presented to long standing officials:
Fay Riley and Murray Clarkson both Life Members of Athletics Tauranga and stalwarts of masters athletics in Waikato Bay of Plenty and nationally.
David Sim who has had a 52 year involvement in the sport ranging from a competitor, official, administrator, manager and volunteer in Wellington Samoa and Auckland. He was a competitor and coach of race walking with North Harbour Bays Club and won the national 50km road walking title in 2007 and 2008.
Paul Hamblyn, successful coach and meeting promotor of the Night of Fives meeting with the North Harbour Bays Club. A sub-four minute miler he was fourth in the 1500m at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.