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Nick Willis wins Fifth Avenue Mile and weekly roundup
Nick Willis edged out two time world champion Bernard Lagat of the USA at the tape to win the 28th running of the Fifth Avenue Mile early this morning New Zealand time.

Let the track and field begin, run down on our Olympians in action

Master Robertson world record and other news
Ron Robertson of Gisborne set a world record for the Men 65-69 age group in the 2000m steeplechase at the Oceania Masters Athletic Championships in Townsville Australia. Robertson was a clear winner in 7m 18.10s, beating Australia's Peter Sandery by 44 seconds. Robertson also won the 65-69 gold medal in the 8km cross country 31m 30s, 1500m 4m 54.99s and the 5000m 18m 25.64s.

Andrea Miller breaks NZ hurdles record and other news
Andrea Miller shaved one hundredth of a second off her own New Zealand national 100m hurdles record in finishing second in 13.12s (+0.9) at the 17th Memorial Leon Buyle meeting in Oordegem-Lede Belgium

NZ: Blincoe breaks Quax's 5000m record
Heusden Belgium Adrian Blincoe broke Dick Quax's 31 year old New Zealand National 5000m record at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden Belgium last evening. Blincoe, aged 28, finished 11th in 13m 10.19s to beat Quax's then world record of 13m 12.87s, set in Stockholm on 5 July 1977.

Smith new NZ 5000m record and other news

Kimberley Smith sets new National Record in the 5000m with a time of 14:45.93 at the Golden League Meeting in Roma

Stewart wins 800m in Denmark and roundup

Mountain Man Wyatt wins in Meran
Meran, Italy - Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) is once again proving to be unbeatable on the mountains this year. He shaved 33 seconds off Marco Gaiardo’s (ITA) course record in Meran on Sunday (15), winning in a time of 1:15.57.

Willis second to Lagat and weekly roundup of news

Nick Willis wins and roundup of other news

Race Walking expert Jack Tregurtha dies
New Zealand walking stalwart and rules expert Jack Tregurtha of Hastings passed away last evening (Thursday) after a short illness. Tregurtha, aged 71, was the president of Athletics Hawkes Bay Gisborne as well as secretary of the centre.

Rotorua Marathon, Nelson half, Sylvia Potts honoured and overseas news
In what he described as the best race of his life Joe Piggin won the New Zealand marathon title held in conjunction with the 44th annual running of the Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon.

Kimberley Smith smashes New Zealand 10,000m record

Esther Keown wins world schools cross country title

Hunt wins 25th Three Peaks and weekend roundup

Wyatt wins mountain title and weekend roundup

New Zealand Team to World Junior Champs
New Zealand will have a strong representation at the World Junior Athletic championships in Bydgoszcz Poland from 8 to 13 July.

New Zealand to send five athletes to World Cross Champs

Mike Ryan and Lorraine Moller inducted into NZ Sports Hall of Fame

Costley wins NZ Title Number 30
In taking out the National 10,000m Championship at Inglewood, Phil Costley collected his 30th New Zealand Title and completed an extraordinary set of titles. These Athletics New Zealand National Championship titles cover all the 10 different distance events from 3000m through to the marathon.

NZ Roundup 11th Feb - Smith breaks own NZ Indoor mile record
Kimberley Smith breaks own NZ Indoor mile record and highlights from Porritt Classic

Lorraine Moller to re-ignite the Lydiard Way
Olympic marathon bronze medallist Lorraine Moller is to present two coaching workshops in New Zealand during February. Moller will travel to New Zealand from her home in Boulder, Colorado, for Powerade, the Lovelock Davies Athletics Foundation and Athletics New Zealand.

NZ Roundup 4th Feb - Nick Willis third indoors in New York
Nick Willis finished third in the indoor mile at the Millrose Games at Madison Square Gardens

New Zealand Round up - Smith sets National Record
Kim Smith betters world record, Stuart Farquhar qualifies for Olympics and Hayden McLaren becomes NZ's 32nd Sub four miler.

New Zealand's Michael Aish wins Arizona Marathon
Aish, Zekerios Win P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon ... Running Down a Dream: Seven women qualify for 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials

New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships

Smith and Ruthe to battle out the adidas Auckland Marathon

Australian runner cleans up Premier 10km road race in Auckland

Beatrice Faumuina re-elected to the IAAF Athletes Commission

Success for New Zealand at World Masters Championships in Riccione Italy

07th - 09th Sept Weekend Roundup
Wyatt wins world long course mountain Champs
Lett of Auckland win Whangamata 21k
Pakuranga win 3 titles at Auckland road relay Champs
Smith close to her 3000m record
Lukes 6th at World 100km ultra Champs
Valerie Vili wins in Thum Germany

Osaka World Athletic Championships - August 2007

Nina Rillstone 13th in World Champs marathon

Scott Winton successfully defends road title

17th World Masters Athletic Championship
New Zealand will be represented by a team of 55 athletes at the 17th World Masters Athletic Championships to be held in Italy from 4-15 September.

Ruthes in line for double at National Road Champs

Nick Willis tenth in final of 1500m in Osaka

Valerie Vili wins world shot put title
Valerie Vili with a brilliant last round, which she dedicated to her Dad, won the World Championship shot put title in Osaka last evening.

Kim Smith 5th in 10000m

Willis and Hyett first up for New Zealand at World Champs

NZ Athletes and Events for Osaka World Championships

New Zealand Athlete of the Year Awards 2007

Regional road championships August 2007
Canterbury 10km title - Waikato Champs - Otago Champs - Auckland Champs - Hawke's Bay

Miller breaks NZ 100m hurdles record at World University Games

NZ team finalised for Osaka World Championships
New Zealand will have a team of ten competing at the World Track and Field Championships in Osaka starting on 25 August.

Miller and Smith into finals at World University Champs

James Dolphin wins final race in Europe before world champs

Nina Rillstone breaks NZ half marathon record
Nina Rillstone set herself up for a bold showing in the marathon at the world athletic championships in Osaka later this month after breaking her New Zealand half marathon record in New York yesterday.

World championship mountain running and 100km teams announced

Annette Purvis elected to Athletics New Zealand Chair

New Zealand weekend roundup - end July 27th to 29th July
Gareth Hyett close to PB in 1500m
Aish 14th in Bix 7mile

Drugs-in-Sport : Great French drug storm begins to descend
It is quiet incredible that I again find myself penning or for more accuracy, typing another blog regarding Drugs-in-Sport.

French scandal will grow, says athletics chief

Drugs-in-Sport : Ceplak the latest in a week of scandal
The Slovakian, Jolanda Ceplak, has been suspended after testing positive for EPO.

Jolanda Ceplak tests positive for EPO

Kimberley Smith smashes NZ 3000m record
Kimberley Smith continued her amazing run on the European track running circuit, smashing the New Zealand 3000m record with a time of 8m 35.31s in Monaco last evening.

Kate McIlroy withdraws from World Athletic Championships

World University Games team shows good form in warm-up competition

New Zealand weekend roundup - end July 20th to 22nd July
Smith and Hyett move up the NZ mile ranking list
Blincoe wins 1500 in UK

Kate McIlroy seventh in steeplechase in Greece

Kimberley Smith slashes seven seconds off her 5000m record
Kimberley Smith slashed seven seconds off her New Zealand national 5000m record after finishing second in the IAAF Golden League meeting in Rome last evening.

New Zealand weekend roundup - end July 13th to 15th July
Dale Warrander wins cross country race
Hooper wins Canterbury title

Angus Bell wins first NZ title at Mountain Champs
Angus Bell of Auckland won his first New Zealand title in taking out the New Zealand mountain running title in Nelson on Saturday.

Kimberley Smith sixth in Paris Golden League