The wind at Mt Smart tends to play tricks with Tommy Te Puni. On a perfectly calm day, with earlier races recording legal winds, Te Puni’s 100m victory in 10.34 came with a following wind of 2.7.

He was back in action later in the programme winning the 200m in a legal 20.77. Zachary Saunders was second on both occasions in 10.58 and 21.27.

Matthew Alty went under two minutes for the first time in the 800m in 1:58.46 in finishing second to Daniel Hayes who won in a debut 1:53.87.

Camryn Smart, national 400m champion in 2021 and third in last season’s nationals, debuted over 800m with an impressive run of 2:12.68. Leah Marais (14) cut five seconds off her previous best finishing second in 2:17.45.

Livvy Wilson won the 100m in 11.81 from Hastings athlete Kiana Pohe who recorded a PB 12.22. Alana Mathews set her best time of 16:41.69 in the 3000m race walk.

Estelle Short from the Cook Islands sprinted to a career best of 25.59 in the 200m with Sienna Moyle also setting her best of 25.62 in second.

In the long jump Cleo Loader was out to her best of 5.49m while there was much jubilation with Paddy Walsh setting a Para Athlete T64 national record of 4.71m.

Results

Men

100m: Tommy Te Puni (NHB) 10.34 +2.7, Zach Saunders (Pakuranga) 10.58, Joe Dolphin (NHB) 10.65.

200m: Te Puni 20.77 +0.7, Saunders 21.27, Joe Berman (Waitakere) 22.92.

800m: Daniel Hayes (Whippets) 1:53.87, Matthew Alty (ACA) 1:58.46 PB, Max Wildbore (Hastings) 1:59.80.

3000m: Robin Miller (Owairaka) 10:21.94, Andrew Mexted (Oratia) 10:57.47, Elijah Mcdermott (Oratia) 11:04.25.

300m hurdles: .762; Rianco Haggard (Pakuranga) 38.21. .838; Noah Retford (Pakuranga) 38.24.

Hammer throw: 5kg; Oliver Chung (NHB) 49.20m.

Javelin throw: 800g; Connor Brown (Tauranga) 45.86m, Clynton Janke (ACA) 31.43m. 700g; Henry Merrick (ACA) 34.57m, Chung 33.12m.

Long jump: Ryan Young (Aspiring) 7.11m +1.9 PB, Piritau Nga (Cook Is) 6.78m +1.3, Zhan Bowden (NHB) 6.22m +4.4, also 6.18m +1.6.

High jump: Ty Gonzales (Lynndale) 1.75m, Tenzing Boulton (NHB) 1.75m, Edward Nga (Cook Islands) 1.70m, Marc Patience (Pakuranga) 1.70m.

Women

100m: Livvy Wilson (NHB) 11.81 -0.6, Kiana Pohe (Hastings) 12.22 PB, Jacqui Nasrabadi (ACA) 12.37.

200m: Estelle Short (Cook Is) 25.59 +0.9 PB, Sienna Moyle (ACA) 25.62 PB, Esme Reid (ACA) 26.30.

800m: Camryn Smart (NHB) 2:12.68 PB, Leah Marais (Pakuranga) 2:17.45 PB, Sofia Maulvurfs (Lynndale) 2:26.41.

3000m: Caitlyn Marx 11:00.41, Charlotte Brown (Glen Eden) 11:16.34, Maulvurfs 12:06.60.

2000m race walk: Morgan Day (Pakuranga) 11:18.96.

3000m race walk: Alana Mathews (RW Akld) 16:41.69 PB, Yandri Fourie (Pakuranga) 18:08.74.

300m hurdles: Madeleine du Toit (Pakuranga) 48.58, Isobel Beamont (Lynndale) 52.91, Fionnuala Free (Takapuna) 53.62.

400m hurdles: Grace Wisnewski (Hamilton) 1:03.82, Faith Firestone (Takapuna) 1:26.46.

Hammer throw: 4kg; Nadja Kumerich (NHB) 51.84m, Melissa Karl (Takapuna) 33.06m. 3kg; Sacha Fu-Oughton (NHB) 40.35m.

Long jump: Cleo Loader (NHB) 5.49m +1.7 PB, Nasrabadi 5.32m -0.2, Eden Moyle (Eastern) 5.30m +0.8 PB, Juno Ireland 5.25m +2.0 PB. Paddy Walsh T64, 4.71m -0.5, (NZ Senior Para Athlete record).

High jump: Miya Riseborough (Takapuna) 1.60m PB, Megan Cox (NHB) 1.55m, Annah Bratton (Owairaka) 1.55m.