Athletics New Zealand
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ROTORUA — Many runners decide to celebrate their own 50th birthdays by ‘taking on the lake’ The 50th anniversary of New Zealand’s oldest marathon, the iconic Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon, is on track to break entry records, with over 3,000 people having already signed up to take their place on the starting line next May.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The two hour barrier for the marathon was broken on Sunday by a Primary Sports Canterbury Cross Country team.
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Lesley Cantwell, a member of the Athletics New Zealand team at the Oceania Area Athletics Championships in Tahiti has died in a Papeete Hospital.
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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.
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USA adidas Grand Prix, Diamond League, New York – 9 June 2012 Valerie Adams continued her winning way with the shot put in the lead up to her defence of the Olympic title.
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AUSTRALIA Oceania Racewalking Trophy, Constitution Dock, Hobart, Tasmania – 25 February 2012 NSW Athletics, Sydney Olympic Park, 23 February 2012: Madison Gipson 100m 12.44s (0.0) (5).
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DUNEDIN — Fiona Crombie of Canterbury, national 3000m champion in 2009 and 2010 and third last year will go to the starting line on Saturday in Dunedin keen to regain the title.
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HAMILTON — Valerie Adams will make her traditional appearance in the shot put at the Porritt Classic Grand Prix series meeting in Hamilton on Saturday.
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HASTINGS — Angie Smit will be going for three years in a row in the Sylvia Potts Memorial 800 metres this weekend, the key event at the Potts Classic meeting in Hastings on Saturday evening.
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AUSTRALIA Brisbane Track Classic, Queensland Sport & Athletics Centre Nathan – 14 January 2012 Bronze medallist at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games Andrea Miller was in fine form winning the 100m hurdles.
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The 25 year old Jamaican successfully defended his title in the 200m at the World Championships in Daegu clocking 19.40s, the second fastest performance of the year.
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Kimberley Smith will have every incentive to run a fast marathon when she lines up in New York on Sunday.
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Athletics New Zealand has announced the team selected to compete in the International Chiba Ekiden Relay in Japan on 23 November.
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AUCKLAND Sir Barry Curtis 10km Road Race – 16 October 2011 Australian world junior cross country championship representative in 2009 Harry Summers from Sydney took the limelight in winning the annual event in a personal best of 29m 42s, just 10 seconds outside Dale Warrander’s 2005 race record.
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Nick Willis bounced back from his disappointing run in the final of the 1500m at the world athletic championships last week with a second over 1500m at the IAAF world challenge meeting in Italy.
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13th IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS, DAEGU SOUTH KOREA – 27 August to 4 September 2011 Day 3 29 August: GOLD FOR VALERIE ADAMS Valerie Adams retained her world shot put title with a come from behind win.
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University of Canterbury will be going for their fifth senior men’s title in a row while their senior women’s will be aiming for the hat trick of three titles in a row at the national road relay championships to be staged in Hunua on Saturday.
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Day 1 27 August: Decathlon: Brent Newdick got away to a confident start to the two days of competition by winning his heat of the 100m in 11.00s.
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WELLINGTON — Stephen Lett, second in the New Zealand cross country championships, steps up to the plate again for the New Zealand road championships to be staged in Wellington on Saturday.
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Two further selections have been announced for the New Zealand team competing at the World Track & Field Champs in Daegu, Korea 27 August – 4 September.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Halswell Quarry, Christchurch – 23 July 2011 Matt Smith is his only cross country appearance this winter was in stunning form collecting the New Zealand senior 12km cross country title at the Halswell Quarry Reserve on Saturday.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Stephen Lett will have a good omen on his side as he lines up for the New Zealand cross country championship race at Halswell Quarry in Christchuch on Saturday.
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IAAF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS Lille, France – 6/10 July 2011 New Zealander Jacko Gill stuns the athletic world with gold in the shot put New Zealand’s 16 year old shot put sensation Jacko Gill stunned the athletic world with a record breaking performance to win the world youth title in Lille France.
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New Zealand's 16 year old shot put sensation Jacko Gill has stunned the athletic world with a record breaking performance to win the world youth title in Lille France.
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New Zealand Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs, Tinwald Domain – 18 June 2011 Declan Wilson and Rebekah Greene retained their senior titles at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
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ASHBURTON — Declan Wilson of Auckland Grammar and Matt Baxter of New Plymouth Boys should go head to head for the second year in the senior boys race at the New Zealand Secondary Schools cross country championships in Ashburton on Saturday.
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Olympic and world shot put champion Valerie Adams had a promising start to her European campaign leading up to the world championships in August with a win over arch rival Nadezhda Ostapchuk in Oslo.
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Athletics New Zealand has appointed three Performance Coaches to full-time positions within the organisation.
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Aaron Pulford is on target for some fast track times over 5000m when he takes in some international racing experience in Europe. On Sunday Pulford showed his class, winning the Huntly Half Marathon by 34 seconds over Stephen Lett. Mid way into the race Pulford and Lett were the only two in contention. On the hill section Pulford put in a surge broke clear of Lett and despite suffering from some stitch held on for victory. Pulford said that he felt fresh from the start.
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High performance sports apparel brand 2XU has expanded its portfolio of elite sporting partners.
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Athletics New Zealand has announced the appointment of Scott Goodman as the sport’s new Performance Director.
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NEW CALEDONIA NCL Throwers Cup meeting, Nouméa – 7 May 2011 Jacko Gill added 2.51m to his New Zealand M16 discus record with a throw of 59.15m.
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Athletics New Zealand has announced the following selections of the for the Oceania Region Track & Field Championships and the World University Games.
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JAPAN Golden Grand Prix, Kawasaki – 8 May 2011 Twice Olympic Games and world championship representative Stuart Farquhar of Hamilton was second in the javelin throw.
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Relay Teams Selected for Kawasaki GP Meeting Athletics New Zealand has named two relay teams to compete at the Golden Grand Prix Meeting in Kawasaki on 8 May.
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Nelson Mail 10km road race 22 April: Simon Mardon 33m 5s from Cliff Bowman 34m 41s, Colette Read 41m 31s.
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ROTORUA — Dale Warrander claimed a historic victory, racing into the Events Centre at the Government Gardens to secure his fifth win in the iconic event.
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ROTORUA — Gold Coast based Dale Warrander will be aiming for his fourth New Zealand marathon title around Lake Rotorua on Saturday.
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AUCKLAND Throwers Meeting, Sovereign Stadium North Shore – 23 April 2011 Les Mills’ 44 year old New Zealand shot put record was broken on Saturday when 16 year old Jacko Gill hoisted the 7.26kg ball of steel out to an incredible 20.01m.
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Boston Marathon After leading the women's section of Boston Marathon at the half half way point, Kimberley Smith was forced to withdraw 30 km into the race.
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AUSTRALIA 89th Australian Track & Field Championships, Olympic Park Melbourne – 15/17 April 2011 Tom Walsh finished second in the shot put with 17.58m.
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The list of athletes and their coaches invited to be members of the 2011-2012 Rio Squad has been released.
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AUCKLAND 55th Annual Southland Centennial Shield Relays, Mt Roskill – 9 April 2011 Wesley’s team of James List, Declan Wilson, Liam Scopes, Andrew Haigh and William Harris won the annual 5 x 3000m relay in 48m 6s.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Athletics New Zealand has confirmed that the 2011 New Zealand Cross Country championships will be held in Christchurch, on the Halswell Quarry Park course, previously used for the 2009 championships.
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DUNEDIN — SKY brings you highlights from the New Zealand Track & Field Championships held in Dunedin recently.
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AUSTRALIA Combined Events, Perth – 31 March/1 April 2011 Sarah Cowley competed in the heptathlon, and finished with a score of 4807 for six events after failing to achieve a score in the long jump.
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The following athletes have been selected by Athletics New Zealand to compete at the 2011 World Youth Track and Field Championships in Lille, France 6 - 10 July.
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DUNEDIN New Zealand Track and Field Championships, Caledonian Stadium – 25 / 27 March 2011 A successful 2011 New Zealand Track & Field championships was completed over three days of contrasting weather patterns in Dunedin over the weekend.
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Stuart Farquhar, silver medallist at Delhi, collected his eleventh and tenth in a row national javelin throw title.
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Olympic and World shot put champion Valerie Adams finished off her down-under competitive season with a New Zealand all comers and resident record of 20.54m.
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DUNEDIN — Olympic 1500m silver medallist Nick Willis will contest the 5000m at the New Zealand track and field championships in Dunedin this weekend.
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Athletics New Zealand has appointed Will Stewart to the position of Events Manager in its national office.
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IAAF Track Classic, Melbourne Olympic Park – 3 March 2011 Valerie Adams won the shot put at the Melbourne Track Classic meeting at the Olympic Park.
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AUCKLAND Auckland Track & Field Championships, Mt Smart Stadium – 26/27 February 2011 In her first competition of the season Olympic and world shot put champion Valerie Adams set a fresh New Zealand allcomers and resident record of 20.33m at Mt Smart Stadium yesterday.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Following the devastating earthquake in Christchurch yesterday, QEII stadium along with many of Christchurch's hotels and infrastructure have suffered substantial damage.
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HAMILTON — Nikki Hamblin won the 800m in 2m 5.42s holding out a determined Angela Smit in the finishing straight at the Porritt Classic meeting at Porritt Stadium Hamilton last evening.
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Athletics New Zealand has confirmed a new approach to the delivery of its events.
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Olympic Games 1500m silver medallist Nick Willis will race over 800m at Porritt Stadium Hamilton on Saturday evening.
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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 36s.
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Athletics New Zealand’s Performance Director Kevin Ankrom has announced his resignation after nearly 4 years in the role.
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Sport and Recreation Minister Murray McCully today announced the athletes, coaches and support team members who have received Prime Minister’s Sport Scholarships for 2011.
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TAURANGA — Commonwealth Games decathlon silver medallist Brent Newdick starts his 2011 campaign, leading up to the world championships in Korea in late August, in Tauranga this weekend.
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The New Zealand team for the IAAF Cross Cross Country Championships to take place on 20 March 2011 in Punta Umbria, Spain has been announced by the Athletics New Zealand selectors.
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The head of World Athletics, Lamine Diack (President of the IAAF) is currently visiting New Zealand.
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Sylvia Potts Classic, Asics Athletics New Zealand Grand Prix Round 1, Regional Sports Park – 22 January 2011
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Eight New Zealand athletes feature in the top fifty in the Athletics world rankings for 2010.
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HASTINGS — The annual Sylvia Potts Classic meeting in Hastings on Saturday will provide the ideal platform to launch the upgraded Asics Athletics New Zealand Grand Prix Series.
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Scott Winton won in 14m 54s, from Johnny McKee 14m 58s and Kimberley Smith who set a fresh women’s record for the course of 14m 59s.
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HASTINGS — World junior shot put champion Jacko Gill eclipsed the World Best for a 17 year old with the 5kg shot put at the New Zealand Secondary Schools athletic championships in Hastings on Saturday.
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Athletics New Zealand is pleased to announce that Asics will be the sponsor for the Athletics New Zealand Track & Field Grand Prix Series to be conducted in January through to March 2011.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — The Cooks Classic track and field meeting, including the Athletics New Zealand 3000m championships for M19 and W19 will now be held in Palmerston North on the same date as previously announced, Tuesday 25 January 2010.
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HASTINGS — World junior shot put champion Jacko Gill should highlight the New Zealand secondary schools track and field championships in Hastings this coming weekend.
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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.
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Athletics New Zealand, the New Zealand Olympic Committee and Meridian and have partnered up to benefit your club and the sport.
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New Zealand distance running record holder Kimberley Smith will tackle the New York marathon on Sunday.
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Dale Warrander clawed his way back into contention over the final five kilometres to collect his third New Zealand marathon title in Auckland Sunday morning.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Dale Warrander will be going for a hat trick of recent marathon victories when he tackles the adidas Auckland Marathon on Sunday.
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The ‘Throw for Gold’ programme was launched at Jellicoe Park in Manurewa South Auckland last Thursday.
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Didier Poppe, coach of Jacko Gill, said that Gill always exceeds what is expected of him each time he competes.
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HAMILTON — Julia Ratcliffe erased Valerie Adams from the record book in the W17, W18 and W19 hammer throw with a New Zealand record breaking throw of 58.89m at Porritt Stadium on Saturday.
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NORTHLAND — Brett Clifford of Timaru Boys’ High set a race record of 4m 35.53s in winning the annual Rod Dixon mile.
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HASTINGS — Quentin Rew of Wellington carved 27 minutes off his personal best time in winning the New Zealand 50km road walking championship at Whakatu in Hastings on Sunday.
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HASTINGS — Quentin Rew of Wellington heads a select group of five competitors who will be contesting the New Zealand 50km walking championship in Hastings on Sunday.
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Stuart Farquhar took the SILVER MEDAL in the javelin with a throw of 78.15m. Jarrod Bannister of Australia claimed the Gold medal with his third round effort of 81.71m. Bannister had the best threethrows of the competition with his first three rounds of 79.11m, 80.12m and 81.71m.
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Athletics New Zealand has welcomed the success of its team at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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AUCKLAND — Dale Warrander has taken up the opportunity to contest the New Zealand road championship, based on the Sir Barry Curtis 10km Classic in Pakuranga on Sunday.
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University of Canterbury easily retained their senior men and senior women's titles at the New Zealand road relay championships held in Inglewood on Saturday.
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TARANAKI — University of Canterbury will be shooting for their fourth straight victory in the senior men’s event at the New Zealand road relay championships to be staged around the rural roads of Inglewood on Saturday.
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USA NEW YORK Fifth Avenue Mile – 26 September 2010 Nick Willis was unable to sustain a sprint finish in the annual mile race finishing sixth in 3m 54.81s.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The New Zealand Road Championships due to be held in Christchurch, have been rescheduled and will now be held in conjunction with the Sir Barry Curtis 10km Classic in Auckland on Sunday 17 October 2010.
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Nick Willis further displayed good form going into the Commonwealth Games with victory over 1500m in Milan Italy Friday morn
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