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First Rotorua Marathon Winner Returns For 60th Anniversary Edition
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 3:01 pm | Athletics New Zealand
The inaugural winner of the Red Stag Rotorua Marathon Dave Heine is set to return for the 60th anniversary event on 4 May and hopes to participate in the Go Media 10km race. The 82-year-old, who only very recently retired as a civil engineer, created ... More >>
Lisa Adams Calls Time On Golden Career
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 1:46 pm | Athletics New Zealand
World and Paralympic shot put F37 champion Lisa Adams has decided to retire from the sport with immediate effect putting the full stop on a glittering and gold medal-laden career on the global stage. More >>
100-year-old Set To Participate In 60th Anniversary Red Stag Rotorua Marathon
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 6:12 am | Athletics New Zealand
Remarkable centenarian Colin Thorne is set to put the curtain down on his Red Stag Rotorua Marathon journey next month as the 100-year-old participates in the First Credit Union 5.5km on Saturday 4 May. More >>
New Zealand Team All Set For World Cross Challenge In Serbia
Friday, 29 March 2024, 4:58 am | Athletics New Zealand
An 18-strong New Zealand team are all set to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday-Sunday (30-31 March NZT) aiming for a positive showing in the race commonly regarded as the most competitive ... More >>
Tanner Bolts To National 1500m Title To Climax Memorable Event
Monday, 18 March 2024, 7:51 pm | Athletics New Zealand
A blistering final lap by Sam Tanner helped propel the middle-distance maestro to his fourth national 1500m title with a typically dominant display to crown the final day of the 2024 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships at ... More >>
Gill Defeats Walsh And McCartney Clears 4.70m In Wellington
Sunday, 17 March 2024, 8:44 am | Athletics New Zealand
Jacko Gill. Photo credit: Alisha Lovrich. New Zealand superstar athletes fresh off their record-breaking achievements at World Athletics Indoor Championships put on a show at a sun-bathed Newtown Park as shot put duo Jacko Gill and Tom Walsh served ... More >>
Peeters All Set To Face Stellar Field At The Sir Graeme Douglas International Presented By Harcourts Cooper & Co
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 10:21 am | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand javelin record-holder Tori Peeters is relishing the prospect of lining up against a best ever international line up in Aotearoa when she takes to the runway at the Sir Graeme Douglas International Presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co ... More >>
Beamish Launches Fearsome Kick To Strike 1500m Gold In Glasgow
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 8:16 am | Athletics New Zealand
George Beamish set the seal on a dazzling performance by the New Zealand team at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow by racing to a stunning gold medal success in the men’s 1500m courtesy of a devastating final lap kick. ... More >>
McCartney Claims Stunning World Indoor Silver And Hobbs Banks Fourth In The 60m
Sunday, 3 March 2024, 1:48 pm | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand women enjoyed a special day at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow as Eliza McCartney soared high to take pole vault silver and Zoe Hobbs twice obliterated the Oceania record to finish a magnificent fourth in the women’s ... More >>
Tom Walsh Secures Historic World Indoor Silver
Saturday, 2 March 2024, 2:22 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Birthday boy Tom Walsh claimed a brilliant shot put silver medal in Glasgow today to secure a fifth straight World Athletics Indoor Championships medal with a best put of 22.07m. Walsh had to concede defeat to the World and Olympic champion Ryan ... More >>
Veitch Aims To Crack Magic Eight-metre Mark
Friday, 1 March 2024, 8:47 pm | Athletics New Zealand
National champion Shay Veitch will look to create history at the 2024 Sir Graeme Douglas International presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co on Sunday 10 March at Douglas Track & Field, Trusts Arena in Auckland when he takes to the runway ... More >>
Powerful New Zealand Team Hope To Fire At World Indoor Champs
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 3:55 pm | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand launch their quest at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in the early hours of Saturday morning optimistic of a positive showing from their record-sized ten-strong team. The first athlete in action in the Black ... More >>
Olivier siblings ignite record-breaking ITM
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 8:14 pm | Athletics New Zealand
A slew of meet and stadium records, national Para records, plus a pair of New Zealand resident records tumbled as the strong international fields aided by the best domestic talent helped deliver an epic edition of the ITM – a World Athletics Continental ... More >>
New Zealand Add Two Further Athletes To Bumper World Indoor Championships Team
Friday, 23 February 2024, 9:33 am | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand will boast a ten-strong team to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow (1-4 Mar NZT) after two further athletes – sprinter Tiaan Whelpton and middle-distance runner James Preston – were added to the final ... More >>
New Zealand Boast Largest Ever World Indoor Championships Team
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 3:33 pm | Athletics New Zealand
George Beamish. Photo credit: Michael Dawson. A high quality and experienced initial team of eight athletes has been selected to compete for New Zealand at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland from 1-4 March (NZ time). As ... More >>
Rising Kiwi Triple Jumping Brothers Set For Showdown At The Sir Graeme Douglas International
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 6:36 pm | Athletics New Zealand
The two longest New Zealand male triple jumpers in history – siblings Welre and Ethan Olivier – are set for an eagerly anticipated showdown at the Sir Graeme Douglas International presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co at the Trusts Arena in Auckland ... More >>
McCartney soars to stunning world-leading pole vault mark
Sunday, 11 February 2024, 1:57 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Kiwi pole vault star Eliza McCartney produced a magnificent world-leading vault of 4.84m to triumph at The Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophee EDF at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in Lievin, France today. The 27-year-old Rio ... More >>
Femmi Announced As Partner Of The 60th Anniversary Rotorua Marathon
Friday, 9 February 2024, 9:41 am | Athletics New Zealand
The Rotorua Marathon is delighted to welcome Femmi as a partner for the 60th anniversary edition of the iconic race on 3-4 May. Founded by New Zealand distance runners Lydia O’Donnell and Esther Keown, Femmi offers an innovative approach to training focused ... More >>
Tanner In Record-breaking Mood In The Capital
Sunday, 4 February 2024, 8:21 am | Athletics New Zealand
Tori Peeters. Photo credit: Michael Dawson On a wild night in Wellington, middle-distance maestro Sam Tanner added the national 3000m title in a PB, meet record and championship record time of 7:50.26 to the New Zealand mile crown he snared just six days earlier More >>
Beamish Shatters NZ 5000m Record And Secures Olympic Entry Standard
Saturday, 27 January 2024, 7:13 pm | Athletics New Zealand
George Beamish began his 2024 campaign in style be smashing the New Zealand 5000m record* and dipping below the Olympic Entry Standard mark by recording a stunning 13:04.33 for fourth at the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University today. ... More >>
