A weekly round up of results and media surrounding NZ Athletics.
Courtesy of Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
AUSTRALIA
Coles Nitro Athletics Series Round 2, Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne – 9 February 2017
New Zealand finished fifth on day two of the team competition. Points were Bolt All-Stars 930, Australia 895, China 855, England 850, New Zealand...
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
AUCKLAND
Athletics Auckland Championships, Mt Smart Stadium – 3/5 March 2017
Rio Olympian Alana Barber slashed 33 seconds off her New Zealand allcomers and resident 3000m race walk record with an outstanding performance of 12:37.82. Her previous record was set in November 2014 in Wellington. Barber was just...
Weekend Recap: VIC, NSW, QLD, WA Open State Championships, Race Walking World Championship Selection and Auckland Track Challenge
By Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe
February 24th – 26th was one of Australian track and field’s busiest weekends to date. With four open state championships, international meets, and World Championship qualifiers and...
Athletics NZ weekly round-up 28 November
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AUCKLAND
Athletics Auckland Meeting, Mt Smart Stadium – 26 November 2016
Olivia McTaggart added a further eight centimetres to her recent New Zealand under 17 pole vault record with a world class clearance of 4.30m. This makes her the top 16 year old...
Joseph Millar produced the performance of the meeting on the final day of the Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships in Hamilton with a stunning 200m victory in 20.37s.
The time, with a negligible 0.1 tail wind, broke two long standing New Zealand records, the national record of...
Complete London DL Results, Day 2
(iaaf results service)23/07/2016
London Anniversay Games
Lodon (Olympic Stadium)
Men's results
400 Metres - Men
1 Hudson-Smith , Matthew GBR 45.03
2 Lendore , Deon TTO 45.34
3 Yousif , Rabah GBR 45.45
4 Janežic , Luka SLO 45.54
5 Berry , Michael USA 45.55
6 Borlée , Jonathan BEL 45.63
7 Solomon ,...
SWITZERLAND
IAAF Diamond League, Athletissima, Lausanne – 6 July 2017
Tom Walsh finished second in the shot put in his season’s best and fourth best ever of 21.97m. Walsh was most consistent throughout his series of six attempts all over 21 metres, 21.97, 21.70, 21.72, 21.46, 21.59, 21.74.
Jacko Gill in his...
Kuortane Games
Kuortane, FIN; Saturday, June 25
Summary of Middle & Long Distance Events
NOTE: Genevieve LaCaze doubled in the 800m and the steeplechase; she was the only woman to run the longer event --Ed.
MEN -
800m:
Race A:
1. Jordy Williams, AUS, 1:48.31 SB
2. Jaakko Laakso, TampPy, 1:49.08
3. Babker Abdo Koudi, SUD, 1:49.31 PB
4....
Athletics NZ Media Update - Weekly Roundup 27 February 2017
Athletics New Zealand Weekly Results Update
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
AUCKLAND
Auckland Track Challenge, AUT Millennium Stadium – 26 February 2017
Eliza McCartney soared to new heights in front of an enthusiastic crowd pole vaulting over the bar at 4.82m, two centimetres above her...
Men’s Hammer
Pawel Fajdek of Poland wins the men’s hammer throw with a throw of 263 feet, 4 inches. Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan is second (256-3) and Wojciech Nowicki of Poland is third (252-2).
Women’s 800 Meters
Alysia Montano wins the women’s 800, a race featuring 10 Americans, in 2:00.78. Kate Grace...
