Athletics NZ Weekly Round-up 19 December 2016
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
AUCKLAND
Athletics Auckland Meeting, Mt Smart Stadium – 17 December 2016
Estonian heptathlete Mari Klaup added an international flavour to the weekly meeting on Saturday. The 26 year old who finished 21st in the heptathlon at the 2013 Moscow world championships was...
Just a fortnight after the IAAF’s membership gave an overwhelming 95% vote in favour of constitutional reform recruitment of four senior positions for the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) is underway.
At the core of the reforms the Athletics Integrity Unity will be a fiercely independent organisation with responsibility for the...
The current beer mile world record holder, Canada's Corey Bellemore, won his first-ever FloTrack World Championships on Saturday in Austin, Texas.
The event involves running four laps of a 400m loop, drinking 4 beers in total. Both world records (men’s: 4:34.35, women’s: 6:08) remain untouched after this year's event.
On the...
Several of New Zealand’s stars from Rio 2016 including medallists Tom Walsh, Eliza McCartney and Liam Malone will be in action against top international athletes this February in the Athletics New Zealand International Athletics Series.
The series of three events will give New Zealanders the chance to see world class...
NOTE: With Morgan Uceny announcing her retirement today at age 31, let's flash back to her victory at the 2012 USA Olympic Trials in Eugene --Ed.
MANZANO, UCENY WIN OLYMPIC TRIALS 1500M CROWNS
By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
EUGENE, Ore. (01-Jul-2012) -- Their tactics differed greatly,...
Athletics New Zealand has received good news from High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) heading into the next Olympic Cycle.
Athletics has moved up the ladder to reach Tier 1 status, joining Cycling, Rowing and Yachting to secure a minimum level of funding for the next four years through to...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(14-Dec) -- Six previous race champions have committed to running next April's Boston Marathon, including both reigning champions Atsede Baysa and Lemi Berhanu Hayle of Ethiopia, organizers announced today. The 121st edition of the world's oldest marathon will be...
By Chris Lotsbom, @chrislotsbom
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HONOLULU (11-Dec) -- Kenya's Lawrence Cherono smashed the course record here at the 44th Honolulu Marathon by running 2:09:39, the fourth fastest marathon in the United States this year. Dueling with 2014 champion Wilson Chebet, Cherono managed to scoot...
Athletics NZ weekly Round-up 12 Dec 2016
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
HAMILTON
Athletics Waikato Bay of Plenty Meeting, Porritt Stadium – 10 December 2016
Ben Langton-Burrell added nearly two metres to his personal best javelin throw with a throw of 79.80m, His previous best of 77.97m was set exactly a year ago at...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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HONOLULU, HI, USA (12-Dec) -- The saying goes that people will do anything for a free T-shirt.
Case in point, Olympic 1500-meter runner Hamish Carson. The New Zealand mile ace completed yesterday's 44th Honolulu Marathon in 2:27:21, all, he said,...
