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
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...]
NZ Round Up ending 05 Feb
New Zealand Round Up ending 05 February 2012 PALMERSTON NORTH New Zealand Combined Events Championships, Massey University – 4/5 February 2012 Sarah Cowley cemented her number three New Zealand all time ranking in the heptathlon in winning her fourth national title with … [Read more...]
NZ Round Up ending 29 Jan
AUCKLAND Summer Pole Vault, Mission Bay – 28 January 2012 Athletics came to the beach with a pole vault event, organised by decathlete Brent Newdick, staged within the café on the reserve. French athletes stole the show with outstanding pole vaulting in the tricky … [Read more...]
Leer holds off Willis in Mile
Cooks Classic, Cooks Gardens – 27 January 2012 Nick Willis had to bow to the strong front running tactics of American training companion Will Leer in the anniversary mile on Friday evening. Willis came from behind over the final 300m to finish second in 3m 58.81s, … [Read more...]
Sylvia Potts Classic 2012
Sylvia Potts Classic and NZ Junior 3000m championships Saturday 21 January 2012 Hastings Angie Smit will be going for three years in a row in the Sylvia Potts Memorial 800 metres this weekend, the key event at the Potts Classic meeting in Hastings on Saturday evening. … [Read more...]
John Walker Night of Miles 2012
John Walker Night of Miles, Mt Smart Stadium – 17 December 2011 In her first competition of the season Elizabeth Lamb equalled her personal best clearing 1.86m in the high jump. The 2008 Commonwealth youth champion was over at 1.80m on her third attempt, 1.83m on her … [Read more...]