by nzadmin | Feb 14, 2011 | Featured, Half, News
Kimberley Smith runs fastest half marathon by a woman on American soil and breaks New Zealand record – 13 February 2011 Kimberley Smith sliced 19 seconds off her New Zealand half marathon record in winning the New Orleans half marathon by over three minutes in 1h 7m...
by nzadmin | Feb 11, 2011 | Featured, News
Ankrom Steps Down Athletics New Zealand’s Performance Director Kevin Ankrom has announced his resignation after nearly 4 years in the role. During his tenure, Ankrom has reformed the structure of Athletics NZ’s high performance programme and his strategic approach...
by nzadmin | Feb 1, 2011 | News
Leading American distance runner Galen Rupp will race a special 10,000m event to be added to the International Track Meet programme on Saturday 26 Feb at QEII Stadium in Christchurch. Rupp, who has a career best 10,000m time of 27:10.74, is likely to shatter the New...
by nzadmin | Jan 21, 2011 | Featured, News
Eight New Zealand athletes feature in the top fifty in the Athletics world rankings for 2010. The ATFS rankings just released have three New Zealand men and five women in the world top fifty in their events. Shot Putter Valerie Adams is the highest ranked at second,...
by nzadmin | Jun 13, 2009 | Marathon, News
Craig Kirkwood won the Christchurch marathon in 2h 26m 17s, on Sunday. He was through the half way in 70m 20s and went on to beat last year’s winner Jeremy Horne from Australia by a minute and ten seconds. Kirkwood had intended running a qualifying time for the...
by nzadmin | Dec 13, 2008 | Marathon, News
MICHAEL RYAN Mike Ryan was a remarkable marathon runner, and among the long list of internationally acclaimed marathon runners New Zealand has produced he stands out as the most accomplished. Ryan won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1966 Kingston Jamaica...