News & Updates

AUCKLAND
McKinnon Shield Meeting #3, Mt Smart Stadium – 11 November 2023
Briana Stephenson, 2020 national long jump champion, was impressive over the 100m hurdles with a flawless display clocking a personal best 14.07 +0.9. This betters her 14.53 recorded in Belfast in July. Stephenson was also out to 10.64m with the 4kg shot.

Camryn Smart, national 400m champion in 2021, was sharp over the one lap in 55.84, heading in Mia de Jager 56.39 and Amelie Fairclough 56.45. Smart had earlier finished second in the 100m in a PB 12.12 +1.8.

Abby Goldie now competing for North Harbour Bays collected the sprint double of 60m in 7.57 +0.6 and the 100m in 12.04 +1.8.

Joseph Millar was sharp over 60m in 6.90 +0.5 while Fergus McLeay dominated the 100m in 10.60 +0.4 PB and held out James Ford in the 400m in a PB 47.72, Ford recording 48.03. Joe Dolphin was second in the 100m in 10.79 PB and third in the 400m in 48.65 PB. Lex Revell-Lewis was third in the 100m in 10.81 =PB and Thomas Cowan fourth in the 400m in 48.83 PB.

Jack Paine 1500m 3:46.27 PB, Elliott Pugh 3:59.15, Caleb Wagener 3:59.25 PB, Ben Oxford 4:01.37, Daniel Hayes 4:01.62. Imogen Barlow 1500m 4:40.84, Zara Pomfret 4:42.17, Eleanor Pugh 4:45.93, Sascha Letica 4:47.24.

Nathan Browne .991 110m hurdles 15.43 +1.3, .914 110m hurdles Joseph Dunn 14.51 +1.3 PB, Noah Retford 14.92 PB, Luan Peasley 15.40 =PB.

80m hurdles .762 Fernanda Tirado 12.49 +1.3, Amani Farry 12.95.

2000m steeplechase .838 Louie Endres 6:06.96, Roman Matson 6:30.14 PB, Caleb Wagener 6:43.15 PB. Georgia Lynch .762 7:27.42 PB, Grace Meredith 7:57.54.

Stephen Thorpe 7.26kg SP 12.06m PB, 2kg DT 35.46m. Daniel Mullens 1.5kg DT 42.73m PB.

Suzie Kennelly 3kg SP 14.44m, DT 45.35m, Melelosaline Lose 12.99m and 43.41m, Taya Lewis 33.98m. Aliyah Johnson 4kg SP 10.60m PB. Francesca-Lee Asiata 3kg SP 11.50m, DT 32.56m, Kaliyah Kamo 10.73m PB and 32.16m.

Pole vault: Ruben Vogel 4.50m, Charlie Cameron 4.40m, Ettiene Du Preez 4.30m. Hannah Adye 3.60m, Elaine Zhai 3.30m =PB, Maya Grundy 3.20m, Talaya Vorster 3.10m, Milana Henderson 3.10m.

Diana Ismagilova TJ 10.69m +2.6 also 10.45m +2.0, Jamie Fell 10.71m +2.7 also 10.34m +0.2 PB, Zarah Rattray 10.62m +2.7, Lauren Barrett-Hamilton 10.51m +4.3 also 10.29m +1.2, Madison Earley 10.25m +0.1 PB, Mackenzie Guy 10.16m +2.2. Scott Thomson TJ 14.33m +1.8, Zhan Bowden TJ 13.10m +0.7 PB.

WHANGANUI
Central League Meeting #2, Cooks Gardens – 11 November 2023
Juliet McKinlay 80m H 12.59 0.0, 300m H 49.33, TJ 10.19m +1.5. Niamh Gedye 100m 12.43 +0.8 PB, 200m 25.85 0.0, Sarah Pearce 12.83 and 25.97, Sacha Kilmister 12.85 and 26.11. Rylan Noome 100m 10.70 +1.2, 200m 21.53 -1.7, Leo Yousuf 11.04 PB and 22.39, Jonathan Maples 11.05, 400m H 58.34.

Sinead O’Sullivan 3000m RW 17:41.90, Lucas Martin 3000m RW 13:43.38, Toby O’Rorke 13:43.82 PB, Campbell Donovan 16:53.05 PB. Louise Brabyn 2000m steeplechase .762 7:11.8, 1500m 4:51.60. Courtney Fitzgibbon steeples 7:21.2.

Zita Meo 400m 58.42 PB, Poppy Healy 59.55. Jacob Kilmister 400m 51.11, Brayden Grant 51.82, Thomas Gowan 52.41. Daniel Sinclair 1500m 3:55.53, Max Wildbore 3:55.72 PB, Alexander MacBeth 4:07.25, Jag Willers 4:07.38. Tayler Trow 300m H 49.36, HJ 1.56m. Damion Hodgson 300m H 42.63, Zac Papworth 43.40. Georgia Whitman 400m H 68.15. Sofia Lumbreras 800m 2:13.06, Paige Dobson 2:20.78. James Hercus 800m 1:59.93, Justin Cunningham 2:00.36, TJ 12.32m +0.2. Liam Kilby 200m 22.75 -1.7. Jacquelyn Kowalewski 3000m 10:22.11, Nick Dobbie 3000m 9:03.91. Amanda Waldron 5000m 18:33.15. Mikayla Sola 4kg HT 44.09m, 4kg SP 10.80m, DT 39.23m, Ana Ellison-Lupena 37.39m, 10.08m, 42.19m.  Iorana Tafili 4kg HT 40.21, DT 38.23m.

Heath Abbot 5kg HT 53.62m, Hanno Nel 6kg HT 47.76m, 6kg SP 12.34m. Nikora Wharehinga-Sime 5kg HT 44.83m, 1.5kg DT 39.88m. Ashleigh Bennett LJ 5.63m -0.1, Lara Hockly 5.37m -1.2, TJ 11.54m +1.6. Jack Bryan LJ 6.63m +0.4, Forbes Kennedy 6.35m 0.0, Yarran Groeneweg 6.18m -0.4, HJ 1.86m. Hugo Jones HJ 1.91m, Samasoni Hewitt 1.86m. Luella Lilly 3kg SP 11.62m. Corran Hanning F12 6kg SP 11.06m.

Kaleb Sola 2kg DT 38.75m, 800g JT 51.90m. Anna Thomson TJ 12.17m +1.7. Mirza Abbas TJ 13.59m +1.6. Blaine Knapman 700g JT 49.78m, Malcolm Forbes 48.01m. Praveen Silva 800g JT 43.74m.

CHRISTCHURCH
Shadow Consulting Twilight Meeting, Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub – 9 November 2023
Harry Witt 3000m 9:09.91, Brynne Gordon 10:22.05, Jessica Schofield 10:43.15. Jody McCarthy-Dempsey LJ 5.17m, Lily Morrison 5.11m, 100m 12.88 +2.5, 200m 26.56 +2.9. James Moore 5kg SP 16.38m. Malaika Dunlea 3kg SP 10.04m PB. Oliver Dunshea 60m 7.35 +1.7, 100m 11.48 +1.6, Oliver Jones 7.58, and 11.84 +2.0, Mohammad Adegbite 7.59. Sophie Mercer 60m 8.23 +2.2, 200m 27.01 +2.9. Sacha Tahi 100m 11.39 +1.6, 200m 22.94 +4.2. Todd Bates HT 51.69m. Bill Quigley 5kg HT 34.93m. Kirsty McCarthy-Dempsey HT 44.29m PB. Angus Sevier 800m 1:54.40, Tillie Hollyer 2:11.76, Miriam Clark 2:22.34. John Wells 300m 34.99, Amelia Henstock 42.86. Hunter Scott 200m 22.46 +4.2, Jordan Veitch 22.59.

Athletics Canterbury Meeting #5, Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub – 11 November 2023
Olivia Watt PV 3.00m. Beau Brackenridge 110m H .990 16.44 -1.6, 400m H 60.22. Ella Waldron 100m H .762 14.73 +3.1, LJ 5.27m +0.4. Jacinta Hoglund 80m H .762 12.29 +4.2, 200m 25.93 +0.4 PB. Joden Pratten 2kg DT 43.41m PB, 7.26kg SP 12.38m. Angus Lyver 1.75kg DT 41.24m PB, 6kg SP 13.92m, 100m 11.00 -0.3. Finn McLeod 1.5kg DT 53.00m PB, 5kg SP 13.82m PB. Armani Lemalu 1.5kg DT 43.31m, 5kg SP 12.92m.

Kirsty McCarthy-Dempsey 4kg SP 12.45m PB, DT 34.60m. Meg Edwards 3kg SP 10.33m, 300m H 50.43. Malaika Dunlea 3kg SP 11.14m PB. Charlotte Blake 3kg SP 10.67m, DT 34.53m, Melenaite Havea 10.17m and 35.58m.

Kevin Syriak 60m 7.24 +1.7, 100m 11.32 -0.3. Trelise Forster 60m 8.07 +2.4. Kaelan Paranihi HJ 1.90m, Tia Wynyard 1.90m, Misha Worboys 1.80m. Eliza McDonnell HJ 1.60m PB.

Charlotte Goldsmith 100m 12.22 +3.4, LJ 5.75m +1.6, Lily Morrison 12.69 and 4.99m +1.8. Joshua Barry 800m 1:59.08, Louie Howell 1:59.49. James Moore 5kg SP 17.37m PB. Alysa Brown 2000m RW 11:55.74. Jonah Cropp 3000m RW 13:43.75, Rozie Robinson 18:27.75. Henry Sevier 300m H 43.72. AJ Madondo 200m 21.75 -0.7 PB, Finn O’Sullivan 22.22 PB, Kevin Syriak 22.61 PB.

3000m: Kaya Corporaal 9:03.78, Pai Wynyard 9:05.15, Luke Johnston 9:09.69. Natalie Dryden 10:29.56, Miriam Clark 10:37.27 PB, Kate Currie 10:52.54.

South Island Combined Events Championships, Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub – 11/12 November 2023
Decathlon: Cameron Moffitt 6426 points (11.28 +0.6, 6.74m -2.2, 13.39m PB, 1.75m, 50.44, 16.72 +1.3, 38.27m, 3.20m, 42.27m PB, 4:46.56), Masaki Tomooka 6201 (PB HJ 1.87m, PB LJ 6.78m -2.2).  U20: Connor Brown 5678 (PB 1.75kg DT 41.64m, PB PV 3.60m). U18 Bill Quigley 4248.
Octathlon U16: Alex Walker 3575.
Heptathlon U20: Katelyn Sceats 2984. U18: Jody McCarthy-Dempsey 4355 (PB 500g JT 34.92m), Lilla Faivre 3593 (PB LJ 5.31m +1.7) , Georgie-Rose Boyd 3399. Under 16 Charlotte Blake 3506.

Competition 12 November: 1500m Cooper Wightman (15) 3:49.68 Canterbury under 16 record breaking his own record of 3:55.64, Angus Sevier 3:50.58, Toby Tasker 3:56.11, Liam O’Donnell 4:00.56, Pai Wynyard 4:03.03, Daniel Prescott 4:04.40. Tillie Hollyer 4:26.32, Rosa Twyford 4:28.10, Elspeth McGuinness 4:53.69. 400m: Finn O’Sullivan 48.76, John Wells 48.85, Jordan Veitch 49.82. Samantha Lascelles 58.89, Rosa Twyford 59.53, Tilly O’Sullivan 59.93.                                                                                                                                 

DUNEDIN
Athletics Otago Meeting, Caledonian Ground – 11 November 2023
Catherine Lund set Otago 17, 18, 19 and 20 year 5000m record of 16:46.02 PB, cutting five seconds off her own record set last year. Catherine is aiming for the U20 women’s 5000m at the upcoming Dick Tayler National 10,000m Championships in Dunedin on January 13 2024, celebrating the 50th anniversary of fellow Ariki club member Dick Tayler’s epic 10,000m victory on the opening day of the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games.  

Adam Kaloga 60m 7.47 -2.5, 100m 11.29 +1.7. Niamh Townsend 60 7.97 -2.5, 100m 12.72 -2.2, TJ 10.25m +1.7. Luke Moffitt 100m 11.35 +1.7, TJ 13.55m +2.2 also 13.35m +2.0. Jorja Gibbons 100m 12.53 -2.2, 12.28 -2.5, LJ 5.31m +1.5. Sebastian Ferro 100m 11.15 -0.9. Felix McDonald 100m 11.19, LJ 6.82m +3.3 also 6.81m +2.0. Jordan Evans-Tobata 400m 58.24. Jake Owen 1500m 4:05.71, Matthew Bolter 4:06.72. Erin McKevitt 1500m 4:48.27, Zara Geddes 4:52.70. Toby Martin 110m H .990 16.59 -2.1, PV 3.50m. Keira McNeill LJ 5.20m +2.3 also 5.06m +1.6, TJ 10.64m +1.3. Lisa Lokman TJ 10.31m +2.6 also 10.29m +1.4. Zack Hibbert 6kg HT 36.43m. Dyani Shepherd-Oates HT 48.84m, Embla Wihk 42.63m. Mate Poduje 800g JT 44.80m. Alexa Duff 500g JT 40.56m, 3kg SP 12.62m. Renee Willis 4kg SP 10.75m. Charlee Farquhar 3kg SP 10.59m.

INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

USA
NCAA Div I CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Northeast Region, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx NY, 10 November: 6km Maia Ramsden 19:25 (1), Kimberley May 19:38 (2), Hannah Prosser 19:58 (5). 10km Liam Back 30:09 (22).
Mid-Atlantic, Goodman Campus, Bethlehem PA, 10 November: 10km MacCallum Rowe 29:41 (10), Taonga Mbambo 29:50 (13), Andres Hernandez 30:38 (34), Nick Moulai 32:02 (104). 6km Neve Moulai 21:43 (90).
South Region, Mark Bostick Golf Course, Florida FL, 10 November: 6km Isabella Richardson 20:39 (80).
Midwest Region, Greiner Family OSU Course, Stillwater OK, 10 November: 10km Chris Devaney 30:28 (11).
New York Marathon, New York, 5 November: Samuel Friend 2:38:47 (135), Alexander Carr 2:44:35 (261). Georgia Trimble 3:05:37 (147), Fleur Walter 3:14:06 (321). 190 New Zealanders took part among them 87-year-old Garth Barfoot, the oldest runner in this year’s race.
Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia won in a race record of 2:04:58 breaking Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai’s 2011 time of 2:05:06. Hellen Obiri of Kenya was the first woman in 2:27:23.
11th EQT Pittsburgh 10 Miler Road Race, Pittsburgh PA, 5 November: Matt Baxter 47:54 PB (1).

AUSTRALIA
Queensland All Schools Championships, Brisbane, 4 November: Joshua Lotsu U18 100m heat 10.95 +0.8 (1), 10.97 -1.6 (1). 5 November: Joshua Lotsu 200m 22.05 -1.6 (2). Nylah Goble-Lote 3kg SP 12.66m (1).
VMC Meet #1, Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park Melbourne, 9 November: Steven Langdon 3000m 8:54.86 (20).

ROAD AND TRAIL RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY    

AUCKLAND 
Fox Trot 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 7 November: Haoting Ma 17:30, Shane Minogue 17:39, James Fisher 17:47. Jacey Cropp 20:31, Christine Adamson 22:09, Emily Richardson 22:35.
Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 8 November: Tim Pearce 17:05, Joel Martin 18:58, Greg Dell 19:24.
YMCA 10km Series, Auckland Domain, 9 November: Sam Walker 38:19, James Donovan 38:59, Leon Dickison 40:03.
Owairaka 5 Miler, Lovelock Track, 12 November: Nick Moore 26:24, Mariano Piagentini 26:25, Tom Mowbray 28:17. Lani Dodds 33:39, Ayawa Sotome 39:08, Meghan Rush 39:21.

HAMILTON
Round the Bridges 12km, 12 November: Troy Lonergan 39:39, Fionn Cullinane 39:37, Ben Bidois 39:58, Logan Rodger 40:04. Kovo Kowalewski 49:16, Missy Mooney 49:20, Lizzy Rajan 49:24. 6km; Lane Madsen 21:49, Sam Cook 22:31, Sean Henley-Smith 24:50. Boh Ritchie 24:16, Letizia Hay 25:25, Bronwen Rees-Jones 25:44.

WHAKATANE
Toi’s 18km Challenge, Morpeth Park, 12 November: Daniel Jones 1:29:56, Liam Dooley 1:34:18, John Mering 1:38:19. Matilda Lawrence 1:49:49, Kate Moore 1:50:22, Michelle Ashley 2:00:00.

PARAPARAUMU
Kapiti Half Marathon, 12 November: Jeroen Mattheus 1:17:15, Anthony Jackson 1:20:46, Nathan Martin 1:22:44. Madeline Keown 1:30:28, Sara Madders 1:37:56, Phillippa Grayling 1:38:13.

CHRISTCHURCH
Corporate Challenge 5km, North Hagley Park, 8 November: Matt Ogden 16:38, Finn Mahon 16:56, Josh Nichol 17:11. Kiri Atkin 18:17, Amy Murdoch 19:41, Kirsten Hall 19:56.
Selwyn Stampede Half Marathon, Rolleston, 12 November: Steven Muff 1:25:53, Andrew Blay 1:26:18, Logan Millar 1:27:26. Julie Gillespie 1:31:23, Kirsten Hall 1:38:36, Nele Weiblen 1:42:37. 10km; Oska Inkster-Baynes 30:45, Luke Norman 38:52, Sherif Abdrabou 39:02. Maddy Conway 45:40, Petra Campbell 46:18, Lilliana Roberts 47:20. 5km; Richie Boon 16:26, Cam Kerr 16:40, Sky Bush 19:35. Sophie Lampe 19:44, Melanie Angland 21:39, Rachel Scott 24:13.

OTAGO
Orokonui Challenge, Waitati, 17.96km +514m, 12 November: Andrew Lonie 1:28:28, Manfred Oswald 1:37:58, Daniel Pettigrew 1:42:01. Mel Aitken 1:36:31, Angela Bishop 1:40:23, Caitlin O’Brien 1:45:03.

OBITUARY
Former Athletics New Zealand Board member and Wellington Official Raema Collins passed away on Sunday 29 October 2023 in Palmerston North aged 81.

Raema was on the Board of the then NZAAA and Convenor of the Records Committee for three years from 1988 to 1991. She was on the Women’s Committee for three years from 1987 to 1990.

Raema managed a New Zealand women’s team to the Kagome-Ekiden Road Relay in Barcelona Spain in December 1989.

She was President of the Wellington Centre and Vice-President of Athletics NZ 1991-93. She served on the committee of the Kiwi Athletic Club from 1984 to 2001 and was known for her fundraising abilities to assist teams to national championships and the resurfacing of the track at Newtown Park. Her passion and interest in athletics started while at Horowhenua College, Levin where she was a school sprint champion.
She was an official at Newtown Park during the 1980’s and 1990’s sharing the announcing duties with Roger Robinson. She completed the announcing when Wellington hosted national championships and other significant events.

Her son Andrew Collins was the national 400m champion in 1987 and competed at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games in the 4 x 400m relay along with Darren Dale, Anthony Green and Dale McClunie finishing fourth.