International Results
USA – College Cross Country
Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invite, Montrose Avenue Beach IL. 4 October
8km, Toby Gaulter (NC State) 23:26 (13), Christian de Vaal (Wisconsin) 23:30 (17).
Great Britain
Cardiff Half Marathon, Wales. 6 October
Joshua Dunstan-Brown 1:12:56 PB (70).
Domestic Results
Auckland
Spring Throws Competition #2, AUT Millennium Stadium , North Shore. 5 October 2024
Arno van der Westhuizen 7.26kg HT 51.79m. Olivia Chung 5kg HT 49.59m PB. Fernanda Tirado 4kg HT 47.64m. Sacha Fu-Oughton 3kg HT 36.58m PB.
Wellington
Kaukau Skyline Traverse, Athletics Wellington Mountain Running Championships, Johnsonville – 6 October 2024
National 5km road champion Eric Speakman was in a class of his own winning the 12.15km challenge by three minutes. World mountain running championship representative in 2019 Andrea Peat won the women’s title in 1:13:49.
Long course 12.15km (600m)
Senior Men; Eric Speakman (Victoria Uni) 1:01:28, Joel Carman (Scottish) 1:04:38, Matthew Adams (Scottish) 1:05:16.
Senior Women; Andrea Peat (WHAC) 1:13:49, Deborah Lynch (Olympic) 1:17:12, Talia Flannery 1:35:21.
Masters Men 35–49; Chester Holt-Quick (Scottish) 1:04:25, Daniel Clendon (WHAC) 1:04:34, Walter Somerville (Scottish) 1:06:39.
Medium course 8.75km (400m)
Men under 20; Logan Hopfler (Olympic) 47:07.
Master Women 35-49; Catriona Thurston (Olympic) 51:02, Nicola Hankinson (Scottish) 56:38, Shar Mcdonald (Trentham) 1:02:01.
Masters Men 50-59; Josh Campbell (Trentham) 47:29, Graeme Morrison (WHAC) 50:00, David Hosking (Scottish) 50:42.
Master Women 50-59; Katie Jenkins (Olympic) 51:10, Marianne Elliott (Scottish) 1:03:42, Melissa Crompton (Olympic) 1:05:30.
Master Men 60-69; Peter Stevens (Scottish) 49:11, Stephen Mair (Trentham) 56:07, Graham Morley 1:11:07.
Master Men 70+; Keith Chapman (Olympic) 1:01:45.
Master Women 65+; Sheryne Coverdale (Olympic) 1:09:54, Jean Skilton (Olympic) 1:27:33.
Short course 5.75km (220m)
Women under 18; Gwen Mcgrath (Hutt Valley) 35:07, Ella Egan (Olympic) 37:10, Issy de Hair (Olympic) 45:44.
Boys under 16; Jack Gregory (Olympic) 30:14, Alvaro Grave (Olympic) 31:42, Noah Tonkin (Olympic) 31:43.
Girls under 16; Isobel Thurston (Olympic) 30:42, Olivia Mcdowell (Olympic) 32:30, Juliet Moorhead (Olympic) 35:31.
Sprint course 1.75km (70m)
Boys under 14; Dominic Holden (Olympic) 9:34, Charlie Sullivan (Olympic) 9:39, Harvey McCulloch (Olympic) 11:26.
Boys under 12; Andrew Thurston (Olympic) 8:44, Joshua Holden (Olympic) 9:29, Benji Sullivan (Olympic) 11:02.
Girls under 12; Lucie Tonkin (Olympic) 10:54.
Invercargill
Athletics Southland Meeting Surrey Park – 5 October 2024
National under 18 decathlon champion Connor Gilliland 110m H .914 15.17 +0.8, LJ 6.27m -1.2, TJ 13.45m +3.1. Quinn Hartley HJ 1.90m, LJ 6.82m +2.6. Will Brown LJ 6.07m +3.2. Riley Wilson M18 100m 11.89 +1.6, 200m 24.10 +1.8.
National under 16 800m, 3000m steeplechase and high jump champion Abby O’Boyle 3000m 10:44.19. Kimberley Iversen 10:44.92. Isla MacCallum 3kg SP 11.74m. Hector O’Rourke M18 5kg SP 13.04m, 1.5kg DT 44.71m.
Craig Iversen (49) 800m 2:24.44, 3000m 9:37.37.
Road & Trail Races Around the Country
Auckland
Fox Trot 5k – Viaduct Harbour, 1 October
Harry Harris 17:54, Owen Mitchell 18:05, Simon Mace 11:24. Tia Knight 18:51, Brigid De Burgess 20:27, Sophie Baillie 20:49.
Rat Race 5km – Takapuna, 2 October
Andrew Cave 18:10, Ben Latch 24:00, Peter Clark 25:00. Mary Lochhead 25:10.
Botanic Gardens Trail Run – Totara Park Manukau, 5 October
15km; Nathan Reynolds 1:09:16, Rudy Baptist 1:12:57, Mark Sweeney 1:13:20. Jacklyn Tacadao 1:20:26, Nicola Hobbs 1:20:52, Judy Newcombe 1:25:47. 10km; Oscar Piggott 52:30, Adrian Tarca 58:34, Sarah Kennedy 59:03.
Devonport Half Marathon – Windsor Reserve, 6 October
Tom Charteris 1:15:01, Dylan Logan 1:15:22, Chris Trent 1:126:43, Mark Paterson 1:16:58. Phoebe Trolove 1:31:12, Odette Jennings 1:33:11, Maia Bird 1:34:02, Alison Terry 1:37:00.
10km; Mark Boyce 34:33, Gregory Cameron 36:58, Paul Fitzpatrick 37:33, Owen Mitchell 38:05. Krystyna Knight 40:12, Lara Tolson 40:39, Kathleen Hudson 42:05, Shannon Gwilliam 44:14. 5km; Daniel Sharp 18:42 and Jamie-Lee Lofroth 21:16.
Picton
Marina 2 Marina, 5 October
Sam Hansby 1:48:43, Alex Robertson 1:52:48, Jacob Stapleton 1:57:05. Ruth Delhunty 2:14:35, Sophie Bonarius 2:25:26, Amanda Harvey 2:26:11. 13km: Leo Novero 1:03:11, Eli Harvey 1:03:11, Nick Rayner 1:05:29. Melissa Giles 1:13:11, Solane Stephens 1:18:37, Liz Hands 1:22:21. 1km: Billy Hebberd 43:59, Nic Orr 44:52, Stuart Rawlins 47:15. Jacinta Van Rysingen 47:34, Claire Cullen 52:12, Juliana Girard 52:19.
Obituary
Former world masters sprint champion and world record holder Margaret Peters passed away on Saturday 28 September 2024 aged 90, after a battle with Alzheimer’s.
She won a number of age group titles at various world masters championships, including gold medals in the W65 100m at the 2003 championships in Puerto Rico, in the W70 100m and 200m at the 2005 championships in San Sebastian, Spain, in the W70 100m and 200m in 2007 in Riccione, Italy, and in the W75 100m, 200m and 400m in 2009 in Finland.
Along the way she also won numerous New Zealand and Oceania Masters championship titles. She set world records in the W70 100m of 15.16 +0.6 and in the W70 200m 31.45 +2.0 in March 2004.
New Zealand master records currently held by Peters are W70 100m 15.16 2004, W75 100m 16.03 2009, W65 200m 31.00 1999, W70 200m 31.45 2004, W75 200m 34.55 2009 and W75 400m 87.2 2009.
Originally based in the UK where she had been a British junior representative Peters emigrated to New Zealand and joined the North Harbour Bays Club and was a valued member during the earlier National League meetings.
However once she reached the masters grades she shone, initially winning the 1998 national W60 100m and 200m titles, a second in the W60 200m and third in the 100m at the 1997 world masters championships in Durban and the W60 100m and 200m titles at the 1998 Oceania championships in Hastings. Peters was made a Life Member of the Bays Club in 2016.