Athletics New Zealand - Weekly update

USA
NCAA Div 1 Cross Country Championships, Terre Haute Indiana – 22 November 2010
Lucy and Holly Van Dalen starred in the women’s 6km finishing fifth and sixth respectively both timed at 20m 20s. Other New Zealand placings; Annie Keown 70th 21m 20s, Hayley Green 72nd 21m 20s, Melanie Cleland 86th 21m 30s, Paula Whiting 99th 21m 39s, Josie Wilcox 151 22m 10s and Olivia Burne 181 22m 37s.
In the men’s 10km Dominic Channon 44th 30m 40s, Mathew Mildenhall 46th 30m 41s, Julian Matthews 107 31m 28s, Hugo Beamish 147 31m 58s, Carl Mackenzie 176 32m 25s.
NAIA National Cross Country, Vancouver Washington – 20 November 2010
Alice Taylor finished 19th in the women’s 5km in 18m 22s.

AUCKLAND
Viaduct Harbour 5km Series – 23 November 2010
Jonny McKee won in a smart time of 14m 49s. Andrew Turnbull was second in 16m 48s. Georgie Grgec was the first woman in 19m 25s, eight seconds ahead of Sinead Sinnott.


Pakuranga Athletics Festival, Lloyd Elsmore Park – 27 November 2010
New Zealand junior road champion Cameron Graves relished the running surface of the new all weather track at Lloyd Elsmore Park on Saturday with a narrow victory in the 1500m.
Graves led throughout but was seriously challenged over the final lap by New Zealand cross country champion Alex Parlane. Graves had the edge in the final 50 metres winning in 3m 51.06s with Parlane recording 3m 51.31s.
Graves’ time is the fastest run in the country this domestic season.
The festival of athletics meeting heralded the first open meeting to be held on the Yvette Williams Track, which was commissioned in May.
Annika Pfitzinger edged out Georgie Grgec to win the women’s 1500m by less than a second in 4m 43.82s. Katrina Anderson won the 400m in 58.33s.
National W16 high jump champion and record holder at 1.82m, Keeley O’Hagan was the best in the women’s high jump clearing 1.75m. O’Hagan from Wellington has transferred north and now competes for the Auckland City Athletic Club.
Ross Walker-Smart was over the bar at 1.95m in the men’s high jump.
Merewarihi Vaka won the women’s field event throwing double with distances of 13.65m in the shot put and 46.94m in the discus. The W16 athlete had earlier tested the track with a time of 12.80s (+2.8) over 100m. Damian Smuts won the same double in the senior men extending out to 14.95m in the shot and 47.92m with the discus. Megan Lee W16 was the fastest over 100m in 12.61s (+1.9). Joe Flavell set a New Zealand athletes with disabilities shot put record of 10.61m, improving on his mark of 10.06m set at Mt Smart Stadium earlier this month. Peter Callagher was sharp over the M19 110m hurdles in a wind assisted 14.65s (+3.5). Jordan Peters was impressive in the M16 long jump clearing a wind assisted 6.51m (+3.7).

HAMILTON
Eastside 5km River Run – 23 November 2010
Glenn Sexton won in 17m 13s.

TAURANGA
Athletics, Tauranga Domain – 27 November 2010
Joseph Millar won the M19 100m in 10.85s (+1.9) and the 200m 22.05s (+2.2). Kristie Baillie won the W19 100m in 12.47s (+3.3) and the 200m 25.31s (+2.0). Phil Simms recorded 51.22s in the M19 400m, Kerry White came through the W16 800m in 2m 18.7s while Michael Sutton covered the 3000m in 9m 21.0s beating Jacob Priddey B14 who ran 9m 30.7s. Luke Davison was out to 50.42m in the M16 Javelin throw.

WELLINGTON
Waterfront 5km Series – 23 November 2010
Adam Carlson won in 16m 10s, from Jason Waite 17m 0s. Rachael Cunningham won the women’s section in 20m 22s. Tim Dutton won the walk in 27m 50s, Terri Grimmett was the first woman walker in 31m 5s. A 10km race was added to the programme Michael Beaumont winning in 34m 11s from Tomas Bridgeman 34m 51s. Sierra Sparksman was the first woman in the 10km in 44m 0s.


Athletics, Centre Region Teams Event, round 3, Newtown Park – 27 November 2010
Billy Crayford improved his number one ranking in the country this season in the high jump to 2.14m. The clearance makes Crayford the eighth New Zealander to clear the magical seven foot mark and is the best best height by a New Zealand male high jumper for eight years.
Other highlights from this meeting will be included in next week’s roundup.


NELSON
Hester Shield Classic, Saxton Field Track – 27 November 2010
Alex Jordan sped to a PB 200m of 21.50s (+0.3) beating Tim Jones who recorded 21.74s. Jones won the 100m in 10.90s (-0.1), heading in Jordan 10.94s.
Dale Pritchard won the shot put 13.42m and the discus throw 41.83m.
Craig Lautenslager won the 1500m in 4m 4.83s, Chris Lane had the javelin out to 50.01m and Hazel Bowering-Scott completed the 400m in 57.36s.

CHRISTCHURCH
Athletics, QEII Stadium – 27 November 2010
Matt Smith won the Canterbury 10,000m title in 29m 55.43s.
Scott Walker M19 100m in 10.96s (-1.1). Joseph Taylor won the M19 200m in 22.28s (+0.4) from Walker 22.38s. Kathryn Stuart won the W19 200m in 26.08s (-0.2).
Margot Gibson recorded 2m 17.00s in the W16 800m. Richard Bennett, aged 46, recorded a time of 8m 56.87s over 3000m with Cameron Mills running 8m 55.79s in the M19 3000m. Field event performances of note were Rebecca Hodgson W19 hammer throw 46.04m, Hayden Hall M19 shot put 13.52m, discus 51.69m and javelin 39.48m, Jesse Bryant M16 long jump 6.56m (+0.6) and shot put 14.09m.

DUNEDIN
Athletics, Caledonian Stadium – 27 November 2010
Rebekah Greene recorded 4m 24.68s in the W19 1500m and 59.26s over 400m. Anna Kean ran 4m 43.10s in the W16 1500m. Fiona Hely won the sprint double with 12.51s (+0.7) over 100m and 25.79s (+0.6) in the 200m. Lauren Wilson won the W19 200m in 25.11s (+0.6). Andrew Whyte moved into the national rankings for this season with his time of 48.78s in the M19 400m. Roseanne Robinson won the 3000m walk in 14m 27.58s.
In the field events Todd Swanson was out to 13.58m (+1.6) in the M19 triple jump. In the W19 triple Charlotte Muschamp cleared 11.69m (+2.3) also 11.60m (+1.4). Bryn Jones sent the M16 javelin out to 44.71m.

INVERCARGILL
Twilight Meeting, Surrey Park – 26 November 2010
Hannah Adamson (15) who will be competing in the NZSS champs recorded 2m 19.85s over 800m.

International Recognition for New Zealand Walking Judges
Geoff Annear and Peter Wrigley have been recently named on the IAAF Race Walking Judges Panel for 2011 – 2014. With only 31 judges on the panel, the appointment of two New Zealanders shows the high regard in which they are held internationally. There are only fourteen judges from outside Europe and three from the Oceania region. Wrigley continues his role on the panel, while Annear is a new appointment.
For the period to the end of 2012, Annear has been appointed to officiate at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu Korea in 2011, and Wrigley will judge at the London Olympics in 2012.
Annear and Wrigley join another New Zealand official, Trevor Spittle (International Technical Official) in the highest level of international athletics officiating.

OBITUARY
Richard (Dick) Harris of Wellington who won the NZ discus title in Napier in 1964,
with a throw of 158ft or 48.16 metres, died on Tuesday 23 November aged 76.
He was the treasurer of the Wellington Masters Association.
A service for Dick was held in Johnsonville today at 11.00am.