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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 >>
Kiwis Impress With Dominant 800m Display In Melbourne
Friday, 24 February 2023, 5:51 am | Athletics New Zealand
James Preston led home a memorable Kiwi men’s 800m one-two from Brad Mathas at the Maurie Plant meet in Melbourne, clocking an impressive world leading time and season’s best mark of 1:45.85. In the World Continental Tour Gold Meet – the ... More >>
Tanner Set For World-class Mile In Melbourne
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 1:02 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Fresh from his appearance for New Zealand at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst on Saturday, middle-distance star Sam Tanner will be one of 15 Kiwi athletes in action at the star-studded Maurie Plant meet at Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne on ... More >>
Elliott And Hulls Both Dip Below The Former National 200m Record
Monday, 20 February 2023, 6:33 am | Athletics New Zealand
Rosie Elliott and Georgia Hulls today at the ITM in Christchurch. Photo credit: Alisha Lovrich. In a dazzling display of domestic sprinting at the International Track Meet in Christchurch today, Rosie Elliott smashed the New Zealand women’s ... More >>
New Zealand Secure Four Top Ten Team Placings In Proud World Cross Showing
Sunday, 19 February 2023, 9:06 pm | Athletics New Zealand
18 Feb The New Zealand team performed with pride at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia today (Sat 18 Feb) by claiming four top ten team finishes and a number of noteworthy top 50 individual placings in a race dubbed ... More >>
Elliott Posts National Women’s 200m Record With Stunning Performance
Sunday, 19 February 2023, 9:05 pm | Athletics New Zealand
In a dazzling display of domestic sprinting at the International Track Meet in Christchurch today, Rosie Elliott smashed the New Zealand women’s 200m record, posting a blistering 22.81 (+1.8). Georgia Hulls in second finished just 0.03 adrift and also dipped below ... More >>
Tanner Leads New Zealand World Cross Assault
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 9:35 am | Athletics New Zealand
A 26-strong New Zealand team spearheaded by in-form middle-distance star Sam Tanner is set to compete at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia on Saturday (18 February). In a race commonly regarded as “the toughest ... More >>
Hamish Kerr Smashes New Zealand High Jump Record
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 11:41 am | Athletics New Zealand
Commonwealth champion Hamish Kerr advanced to a new stratosphere of international high jumping today after adding 3cm to his national record to soar clear at 2.34m and extend his unbeaten record for the season at the Banska Bystrica indoor meet ... More >>
Beamish Shatters New Zealand 3000m Record With Epic Performance
Sunday, 12 February 2023, 6:36 pm | Athletics New Zealand
George Beamish. Photo credit: Alisha Lovrich New Zealand middle-distance athletes excelled at the Millrose Games in New York today (Sunday 12 February) as George Beamish set a stunning national 3000m record and Sam Tanner lowered his mile PB to finish ... More >>
Greene Strikes Back To Take Eye-catching 1500m Win
Sunday, 12 February 2023, 6:42 am | Athletics New Zealand
Saturday 11 February 2023 Rebekah Greene reversed the finishing order with Laura Nagel from eight days ago at the New Zealand 3000m Championships to secure an eye-catching victory today in the feature women’s 1500m at the Porritt Classic in Hamilton. ... More >>
Adams Turns Up The Heat At Sola Power Event
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 8:14 pm | Athletics New Zealand
Paralympic champion Lisa Adams ignited the Sola Power Throwers Meet in Lower Hutt today by unleashing her longest throw for two years with a mighty hurl of 15.18m The 32-year-old superstar athlete gave a clear demonstration of her world-class gifts ... More >>
Nagel And Oakley Claim Back-to-back National 3000m Crowns
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 7:35 am | Athletics New Zealand
Laura Nagel and Julian Oakley retained their national 3000m titles in convincing fashion at the Team Ledger Harcourts Capital Classic meeting in Wellington today (3 February). Nagel came from behind with a devastating last lap to overhaul national ... More >>
Tanner Regains New Zealand Mile Crown With Blistering PB
Sunday, 29 January 2023, 6:10 am | Athletics New Zealand
Sam Tanner provided a thrilling climax to the Pak’nSave Cooks Classic in Whanganui by regaining the national title over the classic distance in a PB of 3:54.56. The Commonwealth Games 1500m sixth-place finisher and all-time New Zealand 1500m number ... More >>
World Heritage Plaque To Be Unveiled At Pak’nSave Cooks Classic
Friday, 27 January 2023, 10:09 am | Athletics New Zealand
The World Heritage Plaque bestowed by World Athletics to jointly commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first world mile record set by Sir Peter Snell and to recognise the historic Cooks Gardens in Whanganui will be officially unveiled at the venue ... More >>
Hamish Kerr Enjoys Winning Start To His Season At Jumps To Music
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 6:17 am | Athletics New Zealand
On a sun-drenched evening in Taranaki, Commonwealth high jump champion Hamish Kerr opened his 2023 campaign with victory in the tenth anniversary edition of Jumps to Music in Hawera, soaring clear at 2.21m. The 26-year-old Christchurch-based athlete ... More >>
