Athletics New Zealand - Latest News [Page 10]
Peeters Smashes New Zealand Javelin Record As Kiwi Athletes Excel In Japan And The US
Monday, 22 May 2023, 6:16 am | Athletics New Zealand
Tori Peeters On a memorable day of top-quality international performances by New Zealand athletes, pride of place was taken by Tori Peeters who fired the javelin out to a national record mark of 63.26m to place second in the Seiko Golden Grand ... More >>
Cam Mitchell Is Announced As Athletics NZ CE
Saturday, 20 May 2023, 4:51 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Athletics NZ is delighted to welcome Cam Mitchell as its new Chief Executive (CE). Cam starts his new role at Athletics NZ on 1 August and succeeds Pete Pfitzinger, who served as Athletics NZ CE for four-and-a-half years. An experienced sports administrator, ... More >>
New Look Red Stag Rotorua Marathon Proves An Overwhelming Success
Monday, 8 May 2023, 10:39 pm | Athletics New Zealand
More than 4500 entrants defied the wet and windy weather to fondly embrace the seven events which featured as part the 59th year of the historic Red Stag Rotorua Marathon from Friday-Sunday 5-7 May. Including three brand new events – the Museum Mile ... More >>
Hicks And Mason Claim Their Slice Of Red Stag Rotorua Marathon History
Saturday, 6 May 2023, 5:38 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Malcolm Hicks On a memorable 59th year of the historic Red Stag Timber Rotorua Marathon, Tokyo Olympian Malcolm Hicks produced the quickest winning time for 22 years, and just nine months after giving birth to her first child Alice Mason earned a record-equalling ... More >>
Tanner And Dennehy Earn Contrasting National Road Mile Title Victories
Saturday, 6 May 2023, 11:15 am | Athletics New Zealand
Sam Tanner On a wet, windy and wild night in Rotorua, New Zealand middle-distance stars Sam Tanner and Brigid Dennehy made history to become the inaugural winners of the New Zealand Road Mile Championships in Rotorua. Held in conjunction with the ... More >>
New Look Red Stag Rotorua Marathon Set To Build On Rich Heritage
Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 12:22 pm | Athletics New Zealand
The 59th edition of the 2023 Red Stag Rotorua Marathon promises to serve up an exhilarating three-day festival of running from Friday-Sunday (5-7 May) as the rich legacy of the historic marathon is bolstered by the addition of three new events. With an expected ... More >>
Tokyo Olympic Duo Set To Compete In A Trio Of Innovative New Rotorua Marathon Events
Monday, 17 April 2023, 11:36 am | Athletics New Zealand
A pair of Tokyo Olympians – middle-distance ace Sam Tanner and triathlon superstar Hayden Wilde – are set to compete in a trio of new and exciting events which feature as part of the 59th edition of the Red Stag Rotorua Marathon from 5-7 May. Tanner, ... More >>
New Zealand Announce Team For The 2023 World Athletics Championships
Friday, 14 April 2023, 1:01 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Following the success of a vintage summer of athletics, a 24-strong New Zealand team has been “conditionally” selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest (Aug 19-27). Of the 24 athletes named, 12 are required to meet additional ... More >>
New Zealand Announce Experienced World Para Athletics Championship Team
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 11:01 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Athletics New Zealand has today announced a highly experienced six-strong team brimming with quality to compete at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris (8-17 July). All five New Zealand Tokyo Paralympic medallists return to the team for what ... More >>
New Zealand Athletes Celebrate A Very Special Summer
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 8:44 pm | Athletics New Zealand
New Zealand athletics toasted a vintage summer of athletics during a memorable 2023 domestic season and beyond with a series of world-class performance offering huge encouragement ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August. Across ... More >>
Josh Hawkins Lowers His National 110m Hurdles Record
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 6:55 am | Athletics New Zealand
Josh Hawkins. Photo credit: Alisha Lovrich Josh Hawkins unashamedly shed tears of joy as he trimmed 0.02 from his eight-year-old New Zealand 110m hurdles record with a 13.67 (+0.2) clocking at the Australian Championships in Brisbane on Sunday The ... More >>
Gill And Hobbs Produce World-class Performances In Auckland
Friday, 17 March 2023, 9:51 pm | Athletics New Zealand
A huge new personal best by Jacko Gill and a New Zealand resident and allcomers 100m record by Zoe Hobbs provided the perfect climax to a golden summer of athletics in New Zealand tonight at the Sir Graeme Douglas International presented by Harcourts ... More >>
Zoe Hobbs Runs An Electrifying 10.97 Clocking To Smash Oceania 100m Record
Sunday, 12 March 2023, 7:32 am | Athletics New Zealand
11 March Zoe Hobbs created history at the Sydney Track Classic tonight by running a staggering mark of 10.97 (+0.5) to scalp one tenth of a second from her Oceania women’s 100m record with an exhilarating performance. Just eight days earlier, ... More >>
Tom Walsh Set To Face Jacko Gill In Eagerly Awaited Auckland Rematch
Saturday, 11 March 2023, 8:24 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Tom Walsh. Photo credit: Alisha Lovrich Double Olympic shot put bronze medallist Tom Walsh will compete at the 2023 Sir Graeme Douglas International Presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co in West Auckland next Thursday (16 March), where he ... More >>
Olivia McTaggart shatters PB and achieves World Championship entry standard
Saturday, 11 March 2023, 8:12 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Olivia McTaggart produced the competition of her life today to win the Auckland Championships with a 6cm PB and World Championship entry standard mark of 4.71m at AUT Millennium. In yet another competition which demonstrated the strength in depth ... More >>
Elliott Defends 400m Title With Top-quality Performance
Sunday, 5 March 2023, 5:53 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Rosie Elliott. Photo credit Alisha Lovrich A rip-roaring run by Rosie Elliott earned the Canterbury sprinter back-to-back successes in the women’s 400m as she repelled the strong challenge of Porta Bing to strike gold on the final day of the Jennian ... More >>
Eliza McCartney Lights Up Wellington With Heart-warming Win
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 9:02 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Eliza McCartney rolled back the years to win her first national title for six years with a clearance of 4.61m to ignite day three of the 2023 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships in Wellington. In a competition dripping with ... More >>
Zoe Hobbs Runs 10.89 100m Time Wellington
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 8:56 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Zoe Hobbs. Image credit: Alisha Lovrich Following hot on the heels of her stunning Oceania women’s 100m record time of 11.07 in the morning heats, Zoe Hobbs recorded an eye-popping 10.89 (3.4m/s) – the fastest time ever recorded for the women’s ... More >>
Hobbs Dazzles With Pair Of Historic 100m Performances
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 5:37 am | Athletics New Zealand
03 March Zoe Hobbs re-wrote the record books on day two of the 2023 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships in Wellington today with a pair of awe-inspiring 100m performances which saw her lower her Oceania record and post her ... More >>
Nagel Claims Emotional National 5000m Win In Wellington
Friday, 3 March 2023, 5:43 am | Athletics New Zealand
Laura Nagel defied an anxious build up to light up the first day of the 2023 Jennian Homes New Zealand Track & Field Championships to retain her senior women’s 5000m title with a majestic performance. Originally from Napier she has endured a ... More >>
