AUSTRALIA 90th Australian Athletic Championships, Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park Melbourne – 13/15 April 2012 Brent Newdick won the decathlon with a total of 8057, seven points better than the performance standard set for the London Olympic Games. Newdick set personal … [Read more...]
Costley wins Mountain Title
April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Phil Costley was in a class of his own as he showed a clean pair of heels to the others in collecting his fourth national mountain running title on Saturday. … [Read more...]
Event Round up ending 10th April
April 12, 2012 By 1 Comment
WELLINGTON Lifestyle Sports Waterfront 5km Series, 3 April: In the final race of the season Hamish Carson, on the eve of travelling to the States to train and race with Nick Willis, ran a fast 14m 54s. Levente Timar was second in 15m 21s. Gabrielle O’Rourke ran 17m 52s with … [Read more...]
Track Champs 2012
March 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
AUCKLAND New Zealand Track and Field Championships, Douglas Track, Trusts Stadium Waitakere, 23/25 March 2012 Joseph Millar on fire in the sprints Joseph Millar bypassed the junior championship to take on the senior sprints at the New Zealand track and field championships … [Read more...]
Smith 2nd in NYC and other NZ news
March 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
USA New York Half Marathon – 18 March 2012 Kimberley Smith finished second in 1h 8m 43 in yesterday’s New York half marathon. Firehiwot Dado of Ethiopia won, eight seconds ahead of Smith. Kara Goucher of USA was third in 1h 9m 12s. … [Read more...]
NZ Round Up ending 11th March
March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
USA INDOORS NCAA Championships, Jackson’s Indoor Track, Nampa Idaho – 9/10 March 2012 Lucy Van Dalen from Stony Brook was outstanding winning the mile in 4m 39.76s, beating Aisha Praught of Illinois State who ran 4m 39.85s. Van Dalen easily qualified for the final winning her … [Read more...]
Adams sets new records at World Indoors
March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
IAAF World Indoor Championships, Istanbul – 10 March 2012 Valerie Adams won the World Indoor championships shot put with a personal best indoor performance and national record of 20.54 metres. … [Read more...]
Results from Melbourne Classic
March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
AUSTRALIA Melbourne Track Classic, Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park – 2/3 March 2012 Friday 2 March 2012: Nick Willis finished third in the 1500m in 3m 39.77s, Hamish Carson was eighth in 3m 45.95s. Angie Smit was third in the 800m in 2m 5.60s. Fiona Crombie fifth in the 3000m … [Read more...]
van Dalen sets record and other news
February 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
Eastside 5km River Run, 7 February: Jai Davies-Campbell 16m 9s, Sunil Ritchie 17m 28s, Jerry Loeb 17m 32s. Sarah McSweeney 19m 19s, Kirsten Milne 20m 7s. USA Millrose Games, The Armory, New York – 11 February 2012 Lucy Van Dalen set a New Zealand indoor 1500m record of 4m … [Read more...]
Adams puts herself back to form
February 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
HAMILTON Porritt Classic, Porritt Stadium – 11 February 2012 World and Olympic shot put champion Valerie Adams in a lead up to regain the world indoor title was out to 20.19m in front of a captured audience. After a shaky start which saw her purposely foul on not … [Read more...]
