Weekly Roundup – 13 January

Regional Results

Auckland

McKinnon Shield #7, Mt Smart Stadium – 11 January 2025

Lex Revell-Lewis followed up a wind-assisted 100m in 10.39 with his second-best 400m of 46.22. He was a tenth of a second outside his best and knocked on the door of the New Zealand record of 46.09. But he may have had a crack at the record for the windy conditions.

“There was a big wind on the first 100m. I had run the 100m earlier with a tail wind and I saw green after that race and it was playing on my mind a bit in the 400m, so I didn’t go out as hard as I should have,” said Revell-Lewis.

His next 400m will be at the Capital Classic meeting in Wellington on January 29.

“Hopefully that will give me some good ranking points for the Tokyo World Championships.”

Zoe Hobbs in her first 100m since racing in New York in September, had an impressive season opener with a wind assisted 11.21 after earlier winning the 60m in 7.15.

Mark Lett improve by one centimetre on his New Zealand masters M60 pole vault record clearing 3.21m.

Sam Ruthe continued his amazing series of runs as a fifteen year old winning the 38th edition of the annual Sir John Walker junior mile in 4:10.43. Ruthe led throughout heading in Waikato Bay of Plenty team mates Hamish Murray and Jake Lomas.

Ruthe said that he was wanting to run an even race.

“So I took off a bit slower than I wanted to be, about a 63, and I just managed to hold it. Hamish, my training partner, pushed me a bit and made it a real nice race,” he said, adding It was just a bit windy.

“I’ll be doing the mile at the Cooks Classic in Wanganui (on January 25), where I’ll be trying to go sub 4:05 hopefully. I hope it’s not as windy there.”

Lisa Hellyer won the third annual Millie Sampson women’s under 23 mile debuting over the distance in 4:56.49.

Results: 

Men:

60m: Zach Saunders (Pakuranga) and Hayato Yoneto (Aspiring) 6.92, Kadin Taylor (Waitakere) 6.95.

100m: Lex Revell-Lewis (Waitakere) 10.39 +3.5, Yoneto 10.44, Taylor 10.52, Saunders 10.54.

400m: Revell-Lewis 46.22, Saunders 48.87, Blake Wood (NHB) 48.88 PB, Charles Howlet (ACA) 49.80 PB.

1500m: James Reid (Waitakere) 4:05.18, Ben Ruthe (Tauranga) 4:10.33, Steve Rees-Jones (Cambridge) 4:22.38.

110m H 1.067m Nathan Browne (Hamilton) 15.88 +1.9 PB. .991m Noah Retford (Pakuranga) 14.79. .914m Rianco Haggard (Pakuranga) 14.76, Su Daequan (ACA) 14.95, Connor Brady (Takapuna) 15.59.

Shot put: 7.26kg Junior Lupena (Pakuranga) 10.39m. 6kg Jean-Louis Potgieter (Takapuna) 12.14m PB. 5kg Connor Brady (Takapuna) 14.31m.

Discus throw: 2kg; Junior Lupena (Pakuranga) 30.47m, Jacob Potgieter (Takapuna) 24.92m. 1.75kg Jean-Louis Potgieter (Takapuna) 33.19m PB.

Triple jump: Zhan Bowden (NHB) 13.39m +1.9, Ed Leung (ACA) 13.15m +2.6, Daequan Su (ACA) 12.78m +2.0 PB.

Pole vault: Josh Tautari (NHB) 3.80m PB, Mark Lett (63) (NHB) 3.21m (NZ M60 record), Connor Brady (Takapuna) 2.90m.

Women:

60m: Zoe Hobbs (Waitakere) 7.15 +3.7, Kendra Scally (Waitakere) 7.53, Samantha Lathwood (Takapuna) 7.64.

100m: Hobbs 11.21 +3.7, Marielle Venida (Pakuranga) 11.67, Isabel Neal 11.82, Scally 11.84.

400m: Neal 55.20, Jordyn Blake (NHB) 55.87, Holly Rule (Waitakere) 56.94.

1500m: Denika Clooney (TTT) 4:46.16, Sophia Haines (ACA) 4:46.67, Daisy Ruthe (Tauranga) 4:52.30.

Shot put: 4kg Kate Hallie (Takapuna) 13.28m PB. 3kg Karmen Maritz (NHB) 13.65m.

Discus throw: Melelosaline Lose (Hamilton) 46.83m PB, Maritz 44.09m, Hallie 43.96m PB.

Triple jump: Elena Edgar-Nemec (NHB) 11.66m +2.8, also 11.40m +1.4 PB, Bella Davidson (Takapuna)m 9.80m +3.1, Maxine Chappell (Waitakere) 9.61m +1.3.

Pole vault: Hannah Adye (NHB) 3.90m PB, Elaine Zhai (NHB) 3.80m PB, Talaya Vorster (NHB) 3.50m.

Auckland Sprint Hurdles and Steeplechase Championships:

100m H . .991m Noah Retford (Pakuranga) 14.79. .914m Rianco Haggard (Pakuranga) 14.76, Su Daequan (ACA) 14.95, Connor Brady (Takapuna) 15.59. Women: .838 Celine Pearn (Waitakere) 14.10 +2.2. .762 India Nash (ACA) 15.98, Jetta McKenzie (ACA) 17.11.

110m H 1.067m Nathan Browne (Hamilton) 15.88 +1.9.

2000m St .762 Aleisha Jackson (Lynndale) 9:31.83.

3000m St .914 Toby Tasker (Whippets) 9:10.35 PB. Women .762 Caitlyn Marx (Pukekohe) 12:43.69.

Annual Sir John Walker Junior Mile: Sam Ruthe (Waikato BoP) 4:10.43 PB, Hamish Murray (Waikato BoP) 4:13.37 PB, Jake Lomas (Waikato BoP) 4:22.60.

Annual Millie Sampson Women under 23 Mile: Lisa Hellyer (Auckland) 4:56.49, Scarlett Robb (Auckland) 4:58.57, Nina Chalmers (Auckland) 5:01.82.

Para Athlete: Jaden Movold (NHB) T54 100m 17.16 +1.4, 1500m 3:56.79. Mitch Joynt (Riverhead) T64 60m 7.81 +3.5, 100m 11.93 +3.6. Zachary Orbell (Pakuranga) T35 60m 8.85 +2.8, 100m 14.22 +3.9. Kate Danaher (NHB) T37 60m 10.16 +0.2, 100m 15.74 +3.6. Gabrielle Wright (TTT) T54 100m 20.00 +3.6, 400m 74.65. Charli Gardiner-Hall (Waiuku) F37 SP 7.62m, DT 23.81m.

Hastings

North Island Colgate Games, Mitre 10 Park – 10/12 January 2025

Crisanalei Fabricius from Pakuranga won four events in the girls 12, the 100m, 200m, long jump and high jump.

Winners

Day 1 10 January:

Girls:

G14; Taylor Sutton (Olympic) 2000m RW 11:00.77. Hana Symes (Hastings) 400m 1:00.25. Jordan Viljoen (Pakuranga) 80m H 12.31 +0.5. Te Koha Kete-Kawhena (Te Puke) 3kg SP 13.09m PB. Jordan Viljoen (Pakuranga) LJ 5.14m -0.6 PB.

G13; McKenzie Reed (Egmont) 1600m RW 9:10.50. Lily Dunne (Papanui TocH) 400m 59.12. Unaisi Cava (Pakuranga) 80m H 13.08 +0.6 PB. Sina-Maria Sua (Takapuna) DT 45.92m PB. Stella Peters (Victoria) LJ 5.08m.

G12; Zara Redshaw (Egmont) 1200m RW 6:48.76. Tayla Sturgeon (Hawera) 400m 1:02.76 PB. Eden Fagalilio (Olympic) 80m H 14.43 +1.5. Crisanalei Fabricius (Pakuranga) LJ 4.49m -1.4. Keira-El Curtis (Titahi Bay) SP 10.26m PB.

G11; Lucia Harfitt (Paraparaumu) 800m 2:25.17 PB. Gia Moore (Fairfield) 200m 28.46 +0.9. Isobella Evans (Pakuranga) HJ 1.41m PB. Ava Larsen-Plowman (Fairfield) SP 10.35m.

G10; Hazel Roos (Upper Hutt) 800m 2:38.04 PB. Alyssia Vaili (Pakuranga) 200m 28.97 +1.2. Olivia Stewart (NHB) HJ 1.26m PB.

Boys:

B14; Joshua Koegler (Victoria) 2000m RW 12:53.35. Judah Lodoviko (Selwyn) 400m 53.90. Jackson Hepi (Lake City) 100m H 14.22 +1.8 PB. Adriaan Nel (Bellevue) 5kg SP 14.61m. Zander Botha (Victoria) LJ 5.84m.

B13; Zaan Burns (Featherston) 1600m RW 12:28.17. Connor Bowen (Lower Hutt) 400m 54.84 PB. Christian Cooper (Selwyn) 80m H 12.44 +0.6 PB. Zaiden Filemu (Lower Hutt) HJ 1.75m.

B12: Jack Sutton (Olympic) 1200m RW 7:44.66. Jack Spencer (NSW) 400m 58.01. Cedric Solo (Titahi Bay) 80m H 12.72 +2.0, HJ 1.58m. Alazanda Meredith-Faletolu (Titahi Bay) DT 35.44m.

B11; Brody Johnson (Egmont) 800m 2:27.78. Nikau Eynon (Inglewood) 100m 13.53 +1.6 PB. Cagiva Huata (Wairoa) DT 31.74m. 

B10; Arlo Dohnt (Tauranga) 800m 2:32.65 PB. Oliver Hoeben (Greerton) 100m 13.80 +1.0 PB. Braxton Churchill-Greig (Lower Hutt) .75kg DT 24.27m.

Para Athlete:

Albert O’Brien T20 (Olympic) 400m 1:12.29.

Day 2 11 January:

Girls:

G14; Olivia Clay-McDowell (Olympic) 1500m 4:47.78. Georgia Foster (Victoria) 100m 12.97 -2.6. Jordan Viljoen (Pakuranga) HJ 1.64m =PB.

G13; Mia Thomas (Paraparaumu) 1500m 4:50.58. Stella Peters (Victoria) 100m 12.88 -3.5. Annah Bratton (Owairaka) HJ 1.60m PB.

G12; Mila Moore (Cambridge) 1500m 5:05.13. Crisanalei Fabricius (Pakuranga) 100m 13.47 -4.7. Brooke Edmond (Ashburton) 0.75kg DT 28.94m.

G11; Lucia Harfitt (Paraparaumu) 1500m 4:55.80. Lorentsa Start (Papakura) 100m 14.19 -3.3. 4 x 100m relay Fairfield 58.08. Ava Larsen-Plowman (Fairfield) 0.75kg DT 23.69m PB.

G10; Hazel Roos (Upper Hutt) 1500m 5:22.02 PB. Alyssia Vaili (Pakuranga) 100m 14.33 -1.3. 4 x 100m relay Pakuranga 4:02.01. Olivia Stewart (NHB) LJ 4.08m PB. Alyssia Vaili (Pakuranga) DT 21.05m. 

Boys:

B14; Kona Kelly (Oratia) 1500m 4:26.67. Gyan Wilson (Olympic) 200m 23.80 -2.3. Leyon Caffrey (Manurewa) 1.25kg DT 49.68m.

B13; Jacob Williams (Lower Hutt) 1500m 4:20.34 PB. Rakhitha Gardiyawasam (Mana) 200m 23.95 -1.6. Declan Ford (NHB) 4kg SP 11.33m. Tristan Breen (Hamilton) LJ 5.33m -2.1.

B12; Leo Green (Pakuranga) 1500m 4:39.83 PB. Jack Spencer (NSW) 200m 26.32 -4.6. Alazanda Meredith-Faletolu (Titahi Bay) 3kg SP 11.76m. 

B11; Brody Johnson (Egmont) 1500m 4:52.25. Renzo Johnston (Papakura) 200m 28.88 -2.8. Brodie Nikolaison Rowe (Mana) HJ 1.47m.

B10; Arlo Dohnt (Tauranga) 1500m  5:14.46. Liam Rawnsley (Paeroa) 200m 29.29 -1.3 PB. 4  100m relay Fairfield 4:00.47. Mahe Boswell (Olympic) LJ 4.10m -1.8. 

Para Athlete: 

Tamahau Hicks (Te Aroha) 1500m 6:44.11. Albert O’Brien (Olympic) T20 200m 34.21 -8.0.

Day 3 12 January:

Girls:

G14; Morgan Day (Pakuranga) 800m 2:19.56. Georgia Foster (Victoria) 200m 26.44 -2.2. 4 x 100m relay Little Athletics Victoria 51.72. Te Koha Kete-Kawhena (Te Puki) DT 36.51m PB.

G13; Lily Dunne (Papanui Toc H) 800m 2:23.11. Monica Paese (Olympic) 200m 27.13 -3.3. 4 x 100m relay Little Athletics Victoria 53.37. Sina-Maria Sua (Takapuna) 3kg SP 14.62m PB.

G12; Hayley Whiteman (Pakuranga) 800m 2:28.46 PB. Crisanalei Fabricius (Pakuranga) 200m 27.06 -3.1, HJ 1.55m. 4 x 100m relay Egmont 55.18.

G11; Anna Reed (Egmont) 1200m RW 7:41.34 PB. Lucia Harfitt (Paraparaumu) 400m 1:05.61 PB. Jennifer Eruo (Hastings) LJ 4.35m +2.1.

Grade 11 Mixed Medley: Fairfield 4:46.64.

G10; Keira O’Sullivan (Egmont) 1200m RW 8:58.54. Hazel Roos (Upper Hutt) 400m 1:06.84 PB. Alyssia Vaili (Pakuranga) SP 8.51m.

Grade 10 Mixed Medley: Fairfield 5:08.23.

Boys:

B14; Kona Kelly (Oratia) 800m 2:06.71. Gyan Wilson (Olympic) 100m 12.11 -1.8. 4 x 100m relay Little Athletics Victoria 48.17. Lucas Hijlkema (Victoria) HJ 1.73m. 

B13; Matthew Meiklejohn (Upper Hutt) 800m 2:05.06. Rakhitha Gardiyawasam (Mana) 100m 12.03 -1.7 PB. 4 x 100m relay Lower Hutt 50.84. Christian Cooper (Selwyn) 1kg DT 40.63m PB.

B12; Leo Green (Pakuranga) 800m 2:20.20. Jack Spencer (NSW) 100m 12.89 -3.0. 4 x 100m relay Titahi Bay 53.14. Cedrick Solo (Titahi Bay) LJ 5.26m +3.3.

B11; Lachlan Macfie (Featherston) 1200m RW 12:27.22. Sanjith Aditya Ragunath (Upper Hutt) 400m 1:03.18 PB. Jack Olsen (Papamoa) 3kg SP 8.81m PB. Dylan Naude (Lake City) LJ 4.45m -4.4 PB.

B10; Devon Maria (Fairfield) 1200m RW 11:46.34. Luke Crockett (Bellevue) 400m 1:08.27. Alexander Hazeldine (Lake City) 2kg SP 8.96m. Luke Crockett (Bellevue) HJ 1.35m.

Para Athlete:

Albert O’Brien (Olympic) T20 800m 2:58.58, 100m 16.53 -2.8. 

Timaru
Lovelock Classic, Aoraki Track, Aorangi Park – 11 January 2025

Ethan Smolei after finishing runner up in the last two years, narrowly outshone James McLeay to win the Lovelock mile in a personal best and meeting record time of 4:06.10. This was an 11 second improvement on his time last year. Tillie Hollyer of the Whippets Running Project, won the women’s mile in 4:50.70 after finishing second in 2024.

John Gerber just headed in Schuyler Orr in the 100m in a legal. 10.38. 

Maddie Wilson won the javelin with a throw of 39.52m and set a meeting record of 1.81m in the high jump.

Results: (note all track timings are hand times).

Men:

100m: John Gerber 10.38 +2.0, Schuyler Orr 10.39, Hunter Scott 10.40, Felix McDonald 10.60.

200m: Jackson Rogers 21.30 +2.8, Gerber 21.50, Kevin Syriak 22.50. B race: Orr 22.40 +3.4, Ethan Hole 22.40, Sam Cartwright 22.70.

400m: Hunter Scott 49.10, Harrison Laing 51.30, Alexander McCorkindale 52.40.

800m: Oliver Dunshea 1:57.30, Joshua Lovely 1:58.10, Nicolas Alvarez Rey-Virag 1:58.60.

Lovelock Mile: Ethan Smolej 4:06.10 PB (meeting record), James McLeay 4:06.40, David Lee 4:07.20, Daniel Prescott 4:14.00.

3000m: Cameron Clark 8:24.20, Christopher Dryden 8:26.60, Oska Inkster-Baynes 8:28.00, Taonga Mbambo 8:29.40.

110m hurdles: Jack Henry 14.50 +3.2, Cameron Moffitt 15.60, Toby Martin 16.00. U/20 Harry Williamson 14.60 +3.2, Connor Gilliland 14.80.

Shot put: Kieran Fowler 13.99m, Moffitt 13.62m PB, Joden Pratten 12.17m.

Discus throw: Fowler 49.48m, Pratten 36.54m, Moffitt 36.35m.

Javelin throw: Alex Wood 66.95m, Tyler Bratley 50.26m PB, Bill Quigley 45.20m PB.

Long jump: McDonald 7.18m +3.5, Kaelan Paranihi 6.97m +3.7, Quinn Hartley 6.84m +2.1. 

High jump: Adam Stack 2.00m, Tia Wynyard 2.00m, Quinn Hartley 1.97m.

Women:

100m: Jorja Gibbons 11.80 +3.6, Erica Lucas 12.30, Hannah Sandilands 12.50.

200m: Gibbons 25.30, Esme Reid 26.30, Sadye Kawau 26.48.

400m: Phoebe Laker 56.20, Reid 59.60, Ruby Hazell 1:00.70.

800m: Ariana Candy 2:18.80, Abby O’Boyle 2:19.20, Paige Scannell 2:21.70.

Mile: Tillie Hollyer 4:50.70, Kate Currie 4:53.90, Eva Pringle 4:56.00.

100m hurdles: U/18 Isabella Chester 16.40 +2.8, Tessa Krause 16.50.

Shot put: Kirsty McCarthy-Dempsey 11.08m PB, Melenaite Havea 10.70m PB.

Discus throw: Zharna Beattie 43.37m, Havea 36.52m, McCarthy-Dempsey 34.62m PB.

Javelin throw: Maddie Wilson 39.52m, McCarthy-Dempsey 33.51m PB, Jessica Lake 32.25m PB.

Long jump: Hannah Sandilands 5.65m +1.5, Zoe Chester 5.63m +2.5, also 5.53m +1.6, Rebecca Peterson 5.28m +3.3.

High jump: Wilson 1.81m (meeting record), Jess Hendren 1.64m, Anna Gillett 1.60m.

International Results

Australia

Glynis Nunn Shield, QSAC, Brisbane, 11 January: Mogammad Smith 100m 10.77 -0.7 (5). 12 January: Mogammad Smith 60m 6.78 +0.4 (5), 200m 21.66 +0.7 (2RC).

Illawarra Track Challenge, Kerryn McCann Athletic Centre, Wollongong, 11 January: Liam Webb 100m 11.07 +1.9 (2RD), 400m 49.23 (6).

Strive Programme D, WA Athletics Stadium, Perth, 10 January: Caitlin Shepperson HT 45.72m (1).

USA Indoor
Leonard Hilton Memorial, Houston TX, 10 January: Josie Taylor and Alice Taylor HJ 1.75m (2=).

Friday Night Axe ‘Em, Northern Arizona Skydome, Flagstaff AZ, 10 January: Maria Sartin 400m 57.87 (3). Tapenisa Havea SP 16.34m (1).

BYU Cougar, Smith Field House, Provo UT, 11 January: Nadia Chira 60m H 9.06 (1H1), 9.07 (2RB).

Wolverine Invitational, Michigan University, Ann Arbor MI, 11 January: Ronan Codyre 3000m 8:48.77 (6). Bella Earl 3000m 10:18.53 (8RB).

Commodore Challenge, Multipurpose Facility, Nashville TN, 11 January: Alex Martin 3000m 8:33.69 PB (7).

Penn Select, Ott Centre for T&F, Philadelphia PA, 11 January: Chanel Muir 800m 1:51.17 PB (4). Matt Hill 3000m 8:23.63 PB (6), Callum Murray 8:37.61 (4RB).

Sweden

Tjalve Indoor, Norrköping, 6 January: Tim Robertson 3000m 8:44.25 (1).

Spain
Ibercaja By Kiprun 10km Road Race, 12 January: Georgie Grgec 31:57 (21), Sophie Hicks 34:13 PB (67).

Road & Trail Races around the Country

Auckland

Fox Trot 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 7 January: Dylan Logan 17:11, Tom Mowbray 17:24, Haoting Ma 17:28. Sophie Baillie 20:21.

New Plymouth

Good Home Taranaki Off Road Half Marathon, Lake Mangamahoe, 11 January: Nathan Coombes 1:39:37, Dylan Logan 1:46:59, Shintaro Kirkcaldie 1:47:06. Isabella Cassidy (UK) 2:08:13, Josien Vergroesen 2:16:36, Georgia O’Carolan (UK) 2:19:21.

Wellington
Kapiti 5km #6, Waikanae, 6 January: Corey Kellogg 17:41, Alvirg Busa 19:30, Leon Goodwin 20:12.

Blenheim

King and Queen of the Withers 10km, 11 January: Patrick Dravitzki 45:15, Alex Roberts 47:41, Megan Graham 48:12.

Christchurch

Aotearoa Ultra Marathon, Little River to Halswell Quarry, 11 January: 101km; Rafe Persson 13:35:21, Callum Jary 13:43:22, Helen Graham 13:50:03. 53km; Simon Cromarty 5:09:08, James Rice 6:14:32, Toni Gracia 6:34:29. 15km; Angelo Villaita 1:14:11, Davor Culic 1:16:40, Ryan MacDonald 1:22:47. Megan MacDonald 1:38:13.