Weekly Roundup: 29 October

National Results

National 10km Road Championships, Levels Raceway, Timaru – 26 October 2024
National 5000m champion William Little added the New Zealand 10km road title with a convincing win in atrocious weather conditions clocking a personal best 29:33. 

Sam Tanner set the pace for the first 8km, before bowing out of the race, leaving Little to carry on for victory. National Cross country champion Connor Melton was second in 29:41 and Taonga Mbambo third with 29:54, both career bests.

Little said that it was an awesome race, in beating a class field. “Everyone was worried about the wind and the rain today, but I just approached it as a race I don’t care what the time is I’m just going to sit in there and race it.

“At 5km I said to Sam (Tanner) that we’ve really got to go, and with 1500m to go Sam turned to me and said ‘it’s all yours’,” said Little who now looks forward to the Zatopek 10k and the Night of 5’s.

National women’s steeplechase champion Eva Pringle proved too strong for the national 5km road champion Laura Nagel. Pringle recorded a PB and course record of 34:00m, clipping 11s off Katherine Camp’s 2022 record. Nagel also posted a PB of 34:02.

Pringle said that she enjoyed the race.

“It was fun just to get out here and try 10ks. I feel as if I was relaxed trying it as I wasn’t the top dog, and I didn’t have any pressure which is nice. 
“George (Guerin) was running in front of us, so I stayed behind him and he was my motivation to go as he was pulling away from our little group.

“I was so excited to see the 8k sign and just knowing I only had 2k to run home. I knew Laura has such a good kick so I wanted to go with 2k left.

“it was pure fear of Laura coming that drove me home,” said Pringle.

New Zealand masters 10km records were set by Andy Good M35 30:34, Nick Moore M50 33:18 and Peter Richards M65 39:43.

Laura Langley was first woman home in the 10km race walk finishing third overall in a personal best time.

“I was hoping to go under 47 and a half at the start of the summer season, so to do 47:14 was great. I was stoked to have a race against two of those boys out there, Lucas and Toby. I was hoping to beat them both, but couldn’t quite get Lucas,” said Langley who is targeting the Australian and Oceania 20km race walking championship in Adelaide in February.

Jonah Cropp won in 44:55 from Lucas Martin 47:09 and Toby O’Rorke47:35.

Cropp was pleased with his time.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better time, in absolutely horrid conditions, the weather was atrocious,” he said.

The Whippets Running Project dominated the club team races, taking both men’s and women’s titles, with Run Timaru finishing second in the women’s event and Fielding Moa finishing second in the men’s events. Canterbury won the men’s centre team title, followed by Wellington and Otago, and also secured the women’s title as the sole competing team.

Despite the conditions a successful event with a number of personal bests recorded.

Results:

Senior men: William Little (Whippets) 29:33 PB, Connor Melton (Whippets) 29:41 PB, Taonga Mbambo (Univ Cant) 29:54 PB, Ronan Lee (Whippets) 30:01 PB, Andre Le Pine-Day (Feilding Moa) 30:30 PB, Tom Moulai (Whippets) 30:31, Cameron Clark (Whippets) 30:33 PB, Isaac Murphy (Feilding) 30:53 PB, Benjamin Wall (Feilding Moa) 31:09 PB, Jesse Kempf (Timaru) 31:11 PB. 

Senior women: Eva Pringle (Whippets) 34:00 PB (course record), Laura Nagel (NHB) 34:02 PB, Brigid Dennehy (NHB) 34:17, Lahana Reeves (Chch Avon) 36:46 PB, Kumiko Otani (WHAC) 36:53 PB, Maia Flint (Victoria Univ) 37:00 PB, Phoebe Carter (Whippets) 37:11 PB, Caitlin Bassett (Whippets) 37:36 PB, Miriam Clark (Univ Cant) 38:09 PB, Alexandra Hawke (Univ Cant) 38:19.

Men under 20: Pai Wynyard (Papanui Toc H) 32:02 PB, Lorcan Rabbitte (Victoria Univ) 32:10, Harry Witt (New Brighton Olympic) 32:14 PB.

Women under 20: Catherine Lund (Ariki) 35:21 PB, Kate Currie (Chch Avon) 35:30 PB, Kimberley Iversen (Leith) 38:12 PB.

Master men: 35-39; Andy Good (Univ Cant) 30:34 (NZ masters M35 record), Oliver O’Sullivan (Hill City Univ) 32:47, Nic Bathgate (Leith) 34:00. 40-44; Mat Wiseman (Univ Cant) 33:28 PB, Brett Tingay (Don Greig RS) 33:51, David Catherwood (Chch Avon) 35:00. 45-49; Craig Iversen (Leith) 34:17, Stephen Bethune 38:54, Daron Colvill 40:33. 50-54; Nick Moore (Owairaka) 33:18 (NZ masters M50 record), Chris Mardon (DGRS) 37:07, James Pemberton (Leith) 38:10. 55-59; Malcolm Cornelius (DGRS) 38:54. 60-64; Paul Hewitson (WHAC) 37:24. 65-69; Peter Richards (Chch Avon) 39:43 (NZ masters M65 record), Ian Calder (Whangarei) 39:52, Tim Cross (Nelson) 44:43. 70-74; Graeme Lear (Nelson) 44:28, Derek Shaw (Nelson) 47:55, Ian Morrison (Nelson) 51:07. 

Master women: 35-39; Kirsten Hall (DGRS) 38:59. 40-44; Tracey Wiseman 42:37. 50-54; Judith Ireland (Timaru) 47:35. 55-59; Wendy Richards (Chch Avon) 47:05. 60-64; Sally Gibbs (Wanganui) 40:44.

Race Walks 10km:
Men; Jonah Cropp (Sumner) 44:55, Lucas Martin (Whanganui) 47:09, Toby O’Rorke (Egmont) 47:35, Alex Brown (Caversham) 48:50 PB. 
Women; Laura Langley (North Canterbury) 47:14 PB, Arnika Nelson (Palmerston North) 52:22, Catherine McCarten (Egmont) 1:07:25 PB. 
5km:
Men; Richie Trathen (Pakuranga) 25:16. Ari Bennett (Ashhurst) 28:48
Women; Alysa Brown (Selwyn) 28:38 PB, Yandri Fourie (Pakuranga) 31:17. 
3km:
Women; McKenzie Reed (Taranaki Race Walkers) 18:05, Hayley Hoare (Selwyn) 19:39, Valentina Davey (North Canterbury) 19:57, Paige Batson (Port Hills) 21:05, Ruby Cartwright (North Canterbury) 22:32.

International Results

Ireland
IRL Autumn Open International Cross Country, Sport Ireland Campus, Dublin, 13 October
6km Tamara Reeves 21:39 (16)

Athlone Half Marathon, 22 October
Sarah-Grace Breen 1:22:55 PB (2)

South Africa
AVT League #2, D P de Villiers Stadium, Sasolburg, 19 October
Ethan Olivier TJ 15.20m NWI (1).

Australia
Treloar Shield #2, SOPAC Sydney, 19 October
Jake Paul 100m 11.01 -0.8 (5)

Spain
Medio Maratón Half Marathon, Valencia, 27 October
Georgie Grgec 1:10:12 PB by over 2m (18). Daniel Wallis 1:07:54 (137).

Agnes Ngetich of Kenya won in the second fastest women’s time of 1:03:04. In the men Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia set a world record of 57:30, clipping one second off Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo’s 2021 record. 

REGIONAL RESULTS

Auckland
Throws Spring Series #3, AUT Millennium Stadium North Shore – 26 October 2024
Oliver Chung 5kg HT 47.83m. Kate Hallie 4kg SP 11.93m, DT 38.74m. Fernanda Tirado 4kg HT 49.12m. Sacha Fu-Oughton 3kg HT 35.77m.

Wellington
Twilight Meeting #1, Newtown Park – 25 October 2024
Saravee Sos 100m 11.60 +2.5.  Max Lewer 400m 52.92. Mia Thomson 1500m 4:50.79, Jessica McKenzie 4:51.41, Maddison MacLean 4:53.93, Anna Green 4:54.09. Olivia Clay-McDowell 3000m 10:56.66. Hugo Jones 7.26kg SP 10.39m.

Dunedin
Twilight Meeting, Caledonian Ground – 24 October 2024
Schuyler Orr 100m 10.90 +1.8, Blake Dalton 11.18, 200m 22.67 +1.6, Hadlee Edmunds 23.44. Matthew Bolter 400m 51.87. Luke Moffitt LJ 6.82m +0.5, Cameron Moffitt 6.33m +1.3, SP 12.23m. Alex Walker 5kg SP 12.85m.

Lailah Robson 100m 13.12 +0.6. Charlee Farquhar 3kg SP 11.29m, DT 34.55m.

Road & Trail Races Around the Country

Auckland
Fox Trot 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 22 October
Owen Mitchell 17:32, Mark Boyce 17:43, Kenneth Anderson 17:44, Keith Burrows 17:49, Simon Mace 18:09, Adam Berry 18:31. Tia Knight 18:50, Harriet Frechtling 19:57, Sophie Baillie 20:03.

Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 23 October
Gene Rand 17:21, Damon Nicholas 19:04, Tom Hanrahan 19:06.

Wellington
Waterfront 5km, Oriental Bay, 22 October
Tom Strawbridge 15:45, Ryan Woolley 15:49, Ben Twyman 15:59, Matt Adams 16:15, Joel Carman 16:31, Daniel Gardner 16:52. Floor Kaars 19:31, Jiwon Chun 22:10, Torea Scott-Fife 22:36.

Nelson
The Honest Lawyer 5km, Monaco, 28 October
Chris Sharland 17:29, Patrick Faulth 18:28, Nick Lane 19:39. Robyn Deane 21:21.

Dunedin
64th Leith Harbour Free 5 and 10, 27 October
10km: Jason Van Kempen 35:39, Ben Pigou 36:44, James Pemberton 37:26. Mel Aitken 40:08.
5km: Richard Campbell 18:36, Margie Campbell 18:51, Aly Craigie 19:31, Oliver Scarth 19:53, Alice Cuthbert 19:57.