Athletics Test Team Announced

Athletics New Zealand has named the team to contest the Trans Tasman 21 Test Match against Australia on Saturday 20 February at Douglas Track & Field in Waitakere, Auckland.

The test match for athletes twenty one years and under is aimed at filling a gap in competition for athletes at a stage where there is a shortage of international competition.

Athletics Australia has reduced the size of it’s team from the original forty five athletes, but Athletics New Zealand has named almost a full compliment.

In addition to those named in the New Zealand team, Athletics New Zealand has named a list of invited athletes to fill spare positions in the events. See the list of invited athletes on the website event page.

Team members are asked to confirm or decline their availability by emailing terry@athletics.org.nz by Friday 12 February, including their full contact and travel arrangement details.

Athletes on the invited athlete list and any other athletes seeking an invitation are also requested to respond to the same email address.

Two team managers (one male and one female) are required to assist the team. Those interested should email terry@athletics.org.nz


New Zealand team for TT21:

Men
100 Isaac Tatoa, Clayton Mbofana
200 Joseph Millar, Clayton Mbofana
400 Matthew Robinson, Scott Burch
800 Glen Ballam, James Hand
1500 Aaron Pulford, Alex Wallis
110h Jordan Taylor, Michael Cochrane
400h Daniel O’Shea, Michael Cochrane
3k s/c Daniel Balchin, Lyndon Brown
Walk Daniel Lord
HJ Regan Standing, Matt Nichols
LJ Andy Kruy, Daniel Fake
TJ Daniel Fake, Zinzan Fern
SP Damien Smuts, Tomas Walsh
DT Damien Smuts, Kieran Fowler
HT Damien Smuts
JT Guy Archibald

Women
100 Andrea Koenen, Mariah Ririnui
200 Andrea Koenen
400 Katherine Camp, Angie Smit
800 Angie Smit, Anna Roche
1500 Hannah Newbould, Rebekah Greene
3000 Danielle Trevis, Olivia Burne
100h Kelsey Berryman
Walk Kate Newitt
HJ Elizabeth Lamb, Keeley O’Hagan
LJ Portia Bing, Keeley O’Hagan
PV Kerry Charlesworth
SP Siositina Hakeai, Leesa Lealaisalanoa
DT Leesa Lealaisalanoa, Merewarahi Vaka
JT Livvy Duggan, Stacey Peeters