by nzadmin | Jul 11, 2012 | Featured, Juniors, News, Track
Greene and Whyte Perform Well on Day 1 at World Junior Champs Rebekah Greene has placed seventh in the 3000 metres on the first day of the World Junior Athletics Champs in Barcelona. Greene, from Otago ran a smart race in a tightly bunched field, keeping out of...
by nzadmin | Jul 10, 2012 | Europe, Featured, Juniors, News, Track
New Zealand’s shot put sensation Jacko Gill will be all out to defend his world junior shot put title in Barcelona on Thursday morning. Gill will be defending the under 20 title that he won two years ago in Moncton, Canada as a 15 year old, before he went on to win at...
by nzadmin | Jul 4, 2012 | Featured, News, Track
Lucy Van Dalen has been officially confirmed to the New Zealand Olympic Team after bettering the New Zealand qualifying standard for the 1500m two weeks ago in San Diego. Van Dalen’s time of 4.05.76 ranks her in the top thirty in the world and Athletics New Zealand...
by nzadmin | Jun 18, 2012 | Featured, News, Track
GERMANY 16.Erdgas Mehrkampf Meeting IAAF World Combined Events, Ratingen – 14/15 June 2012 Rebecca Wardell was a surprise leader after day one of the heptathlon. Wardell produced two personal bests and went close in a third event to lead with a score of 3706. Her...
by nzadmin | Jun 5, 2012 | Featured, News, Track, USA
USA Prefontaine Classic Diamond League Eugene Oregon – 1/2 June 2012 This year’s world leading javelin thrower Stuart Farquhar of Hamilton finished third at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene Oregon. Farquhar sent the javelin out to 82.23m in the opening round of...
by nzadmin | May 28, 2012 | Europe, Featured, News, Track, Women
IAAF Combined Events Meeting, Götzis – 26/27 May 2012 Sarah Cowley was just one centimetre short of Tania Murray’s New Zealand high jump record after clearing 1.91m on the first day of the world combined events challenge heptathlon in Götzis. Her height, which...