HIGHLIGHTS
- Hamish Kerr wins Olympic Gold in the High Jump
- Maddi Wesche wins Olympic Silver in the Shot Put
- Eliza McCartney, Imogen Ayris, & Olivia McTaggart progress to Olympic Pole Vault Final
- Georgie Gregc moves to 5th NZ all time in the 5000m
INTERNATIONAL RESULTS
FRANCE
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, 2024 Olympic Games, Stade de France, Paris – August 2024
5 August:
Connor Bell discus throw qualifying 62.88m (7GroupB) (13) DNQ (59.76, 62.88, x).
Olivia McTaggart pole vault qualifying 4.40m (8GroupA) (12=) q (4.20o, 4.40o, 4.55xxx).
Eliza McCartney pole vault qualifying 4.55m (3GroupB) (9) q (4.20-, 4.40o, 4.55xo).
Imogen Ayris pole vault qualifying 4.40m (5GroupB) (12=) q (4.20o, 4.40o, 4.55xxx). 4.40o, 4.55xxx).
Geordie Beamish 3000m steeplechase heats 8:25.86 (7H3) (25) DNQ.
6 August:
Maia Ramsden 1500m heats 4:02.83 (6H2) (18) Q.
7 August:
Hamish Kerr high jump qualifying 2.27m (2.15o, 2.20xxo, 2.24xo, 2.27o) (1GroupB) q.
Tori Peeters javelin throw qualifying 59.78m (54.81, 56.60, 59.78) (8GroupA) (19) DNQ.
James Preston 800m heats 1:48.50 (8H1) (47) to repechage.
Eliza McCartney pole vault final 4.70m (6=) (4.40-, 4.60o, 4.70o, 4.80xxx).
Imogen Ayris pole vault final 4.60m PB (12) (4.40xxo, 4.60xo, 4.70xxx).
Olivia McTaggart pole vault final 4.60m (13) (4.40o, 4.60xxo, 4.70xxx).
Ethan Olivier triple jump qualifying 16.16m -0.8 (15GroupA) (30) DNQ (16.16 -0.8, 15.91 -0.3, 15.98 +0.4).
8 August:
Maddison-Lee Wesche shot put qualifying 19.25m (18.59, 19.25) (2GroupA) (2) Q. James Preston 800m reprechage 1:50.53 (6Rep3) (30) DNQ.
Maia Ramsden 1500m semi-final 4:02.20 PB, NZ national record (8SF1) (21) DNQ.
9 August:
Maddison-Lee Wesche shot put final 19.86m PB (x, 19.58, 18.54, 19.10, 19.86, 19.68) (2, Silver medal).
10 August
Hamish Kerr high jump final 2.36m =Oceania and NZ National Record (1, Gold medal) (2.17o, 2.22o, 2.27o, 2.31xxo, 2.34o, 2.36o, 2.38xxx, 2.38x, 2.36x, 2.34o).
11 August:
Camille French marathon 2:37:21 (60).
USA
Women’s Decathlon Championships, Spire Institute Outdoor Complex, Geneva OH, 3/4 August: Maria Sartin 5586 points (12.61 +1.9, 5.42m 0.0, 8.91m, 1.31m, 57.81, 15.83 +2.3, 22.73m, 2.03m, 20.37m. 5:01.65) NZ best performance breaks her own previous best of 5417 set last year in Walnut California.
SWEDEN
1500m Meeting, Campus Valla, Linköping, 6 August: Tim Robertson 1500m 3:57.70 (1).
GREAT BRITAIN
Wimbledon 5000m Festival, London, 3 August: Georgie Grgec 5000m 15:20.11 PB (3RE). Georgie moves to 6th NZ all time just ahead of Olympian, Lucy Oliver (15:20.13)
REGIONAL RESULTS
MASTERTON
Track and Field Winter Series #3, Colin Pugh SportsBowl, Lansdowne – 11 August 2024
Ryan Shotter 100m 11.23 -0.6, Matthew Rodger 11.30, 200m 23.06 +0.6, Liam Kilby 11.39, 23.20, Mate Poduje 11.47, HJ 1.95m, LJ 6.31 +0.6. Matt Croxford 5000m 16:01.05. Ari Bennett 5000m RW 26:50.91 PB. Juliet McKinlay 200m 26.97 +1.7. Naomi Waite HJ 1.70m, Olivia Spring 1.65m PB.
Samasoni Hewitt 2.05m PB, Hugo Jones HJ 2.00m, Yarran Groeneweg 1.90m PB, Lyon Rodger 1.80m PB. Keagan Sharkey 700g JT 54.87m. Jack Bryan LJ 6.35m +0.7. Corran Hanning F12 2kg DT 37.85m.
CHRISTCHURCH
Lakeside Relay, Lake Roto Kohatu, Harewood – 11 August 2024
4 x 5km; SM; New Brighton Olympic 1:09:18, University 1:12:52, Fastest time; Harry Witt 15:40. SW; Christchurch Avon 1:23:35, North Canterbury 1:30:17, FT Kate Currie 18:39. MM; Christchurch Avon 1:24:21, Christchurch Avon 1:35:03, Christchurch Avon 1:49:25, FT Mark Reid 18:18. MW; Sumner 1:38:40, FT Helen Wright 23:31.
Race walking 4 x 2.5km; Race Walking Canterbury 1:10:01, FT; Rosie Robinson 15:19.
4 x 2.5km; Boys U/16; Christchurch Avon 35:00, Christchurch Avon 36:49, Port Hills 42:27, FT Daniel Wordsworth 8:26, U/14 Jacob Radcliffe 8:29. Girls U/16 Christchurch Avon 39:32, Papanui TocH 40:44, Christchurch Avon 42:07, FT Tayla Cox 9:00, U/14 Sascha Mitchell 8:43.
ROAD AND TRAIL RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY
AUCKLAND
Fox Trot 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 6 August: Dylan Logan 16:43, Mark Boyce 16:50, Greg Darbyshire 16:56. Kelly McWilliams 20:51, Joanne Wainwright 21:51, Wei’wei Ng 23:33.
Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 7 August: Damon Nicholas 18:38, Joel Martin 18:48, Tom Hanrahan 19:40. Mira Bi 23:08.
Macpac Trail Run, Riverhead Forest, 11 August: 20km; Toby Batchelor 1:27:17, Jamie Piggins 1:28:39, Seamus Kelly 1:33:25. Gilly Davy 1:54:34, Olivia Hammond 1:54:35, Phoebe Trolove 1:55:18. 17.5km; Tom Mowbray 1:25:28, Dion O’Neale 1:26:04, Macs Green 1:28:18. Kat Jordan 1:38:40, Carmel Wilkinson 1:39:20, Dianne Smyth 1:41:49. 14km; William Dickinson 1:13:15, Nicholas McDonald 1:13:45, Logan MacKinnon 1:14:42. Polina Klimova 1:18:50, Biahn Pallister 1:23:40, Lucy Newlands 1:26:49. 7.5km; Denika Clooney 35:50, James Whiteley 36:32, Ricco Korewha 39:00.
ROTORUA
Run the Forest, Redwoods, 10 August:
21km; Ben Dawson 1:11:44, Ben Hennessy 1:21:27, Ethan Verner 1:22:53. Margot Logan 1:18:47, Julie Vetter 1:32:33, Katherine Oberlin-Brown 1:33:40.
10km; James Kuegler 40:56, Seth Herbert 41:54, Jordan Bennett 43:07. Bella Wyatt 47:39, Eva McGoldrick 48:48, Sophie Mossman-Young 50:07.
7km; Steven Holloway 30:35, Brett Engert 32:00, Kyran Gurney 33:19. Olivia Hammond 30:20, Emily Bailey 33:25, Alice Marocco 35:18.
DUNEDIN
Big Easy 6km Hill Climb, Signal Hill, 10 August: Liam Chesney 24:49, Grayson Westgate 26:15, Leon Miyahara 27:07. Kristy Eyles 30:21, Sophie Shallard 30:41, Stephanie Wilson 30:43. MU/20 Rocky Allan 28:17. MU/18 Dan Kelleher 28:10. MM Andrew Lonie 28:36.
OBITUARY
Former national high jump champion Steven Hollings of Christchurch died on 7 August 2024 aged 54.
Hollings won the national title in 1988 with a height of 2.13m. He represented New Zealand at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sudbury Canada.
He attended Ashburton College and was coached at the College by 1974 Commonwealth Games representative Trevor Cochrane. Hollings still holds the College high jump record of 2.05m.
