Laura Nagel runs a PB by 2.37 seconds in winning her 1500m while Nick Willis successfully defends his Boston Invitational Mile title and others show form over 1500m at Mt Sac Relays Meeting … [Read more...]
Hamish Carson wins 4th title
New Zealand Track and Field Championships, Newtown Park – 28/30 March 2014 Hamish Carson lapped up the atmosphere revelling in front of his home crowd to win his fourth national 1500m title out kicking school days arch rival Julian Matthews. … [Read more...]
Tom Walsh on Fire in Melbourne
IAAF Melbourne World Challenge, Lakeside Stadium – 22 March 2014 Rising global shot put star Tom Walsh is on fire leading into his much awaited clash with Jacko Gill at the national championships this weekend in Wellington after setting a national outdoor record of 21.16m. … [Read more...]
Combined Events Championships 2014
New Zealand Combined Events Championships, Douglas Track & Field, Waitakere – 15/16 February 2014 Nicholas Gerrard regained the New Zealand decathlon title with a solid performance and personal best score of 7375 for the ten events over the weekend. … [Read more...]
Aaron Pulford wins 10000m
New Zealand 10,000m Championships, Mt Smart Stadium – 26 January 2014 Aaron Pulford was back in the winners circle after an absence of three years with a convincing run to collect his first senior track title winning the 10,000m in 29:47.09. … [Read more...]
Sylvia Potts Memorial 2014
Five years on and Angie Smit is running stronger than ever, chalking up her fifth straight victory in the Sylvia Potts Memorial 800m for women. … [Read more...]
Tomas Walsh goes long
CHRISTCHURCH Athletics Canterbury Meeting, Rawhiti Domain – 30 November 2013 Tomas Walsh threw an outstanding personal best shot put of 20.30m, adding 21cm to his Canterbury record. The performance was just eight centimetres short of Jacko Gill’s New Zealand resident and … [Read more...]
Gibbs amazing treble in Brazil
Sally Gibbs collected three gold medals at the championships, adding the W50 10,000m in 37:11.48 to the 5000m won earlier and on the last day of the championships she won the W50 marathon in 2:54:13, the fastest marathon over all the women’s age groups. … [Read more...]
The Robertson Twins in Moscow
The Robertson twins Jake and Zane contested the heats of the 5000m. Zane was well placed in second or third position on the pole line for most of his heat, moving back when the pace went on with two laps remaining. He finished in ninth place in 13m 27.89s and hoped the second … [Read more...]
Kiwis in Moscow Day 1 and 2
14TH IAAF World Athletic Championships, Moscow – 10/18 August 2013 Brent Newdick placed 23rd in the Decathlon with a total of 7744 points … [Read more...]