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Athletics Auckland Track & Field Championships
21/22 February 2026
Photos Track | Field |Courtesy of Petro Geldenhuys
Eliza McCartney cleared a world indoor championships qualifying height of 4.70m in the pole vault held indoors at the Millennium Stadium on Friday evening.
The last time McCartney cleared 4.70m was sixth at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
James Trathen collected the middle distance double, the 1500m on the first day in 4:01.69 and the 800m on Sunday in 1:54.04.
James Steyn won the senior men’s title with 5.20m.
Alana Mathews in a solo performance clocked a PB of 55:21.16 in the 10,000m race walk.
Emkhe Joubert in the under 18 a PB 400m 56.79 and a PB 200m of 25.25.
Ian Carter set a NZ masters M75 800m record of 2:39.92.
Results
Men
100m: George Kozlov 10.70 +2.7, Cayd Lambert 11.04, Ethan Phillips 11.24. U/20; Cole Yeager 10.80 +4.1, Benaiah Su 11.33, Oliver Barnett 11.36. U/18; Rianco Haggard 10.86 +3.1, Zach Nannestad 11.01, Connor Brady 11.23. U/16; Tana Baty 11.46 +2.6, Nacho Esquivel-Garcia 11.54, Jaden Clarke 11.77.
200m: Lambert 22.48 +3.3, Blake Wood 22.51. U/20; Yeager 22.10 +1.8 PB, George Kennedy 22.23, Aidan Platts 22.98. U/18; Haggard 21.90 +1.4 PB, Nannestad 22.73, Harrison Day 24.46. U/16; Baty 23.44 +1.4, Esquivel-Garcia 23.80, Clarke 24.03.
400m: Jeremiah Rogo 49.85, Max Teuruaa 51.10, Matthew Eady 51.34. U/20; George Kennedy 50.56. U/18; Harrison Day 50.39, Connor Brady 51.21, Iulai Masoe 52.21. U/16; Aidan Barrett-Hamilton 56.72, Christiaan Findlay 57.49, Benjamin Lui 59.14.
800m: James Trathen 1:54.04, Robert Fitzpatrick 1:58.22, Yusuke Chow 1:58.40. U/20; Yusike Chow 1:58.40, Max Wilkins 1:59.12 PB, Noah Lazayres 1:59.34 PB. U/18; Kona Kelly 1:56.71, Harrison Day 1:57.50. U/16; Huw Robinson 2:05.72, Dante Lam 2:06.55, Tyler Poland 2:07.51.
1500m: Trathen 4:01.69, Fitzpatrick 4:05.37, Jack Snedden 4:06.96. U/20; Noah Lazayres 4:05.79, Chow 4:10.29, Christian Geldenhuys 4:14.82. U/18; Kelly 4:02.37, Finn Molloy 4:04.43 PB, Kei Hayafune 4:20.07.Masters; James Reid 4:16.25. U/16; Huw Robinson 4:34.58, Dante Lam 4:34.66, Tyler Poland 4:35.96.
Shot put: Reid Davidson 14.49m. 6kg; Adam Leece 16.87m. 5kg; Brady 16.46m, Leyon Caffery 15.64m PB, Alex Hallie 14.02m.
Discus throw: Percy Maka 48.33m PB, Max Teuruaa 34.70m PB, Oliver Chung 34.62m PB. 1.75kg; Leece 53.98m, Troy Maka 49.72m PB, Oliver Chung 34.62m. 1.5kg; Caffery 53.01m PB, Jack Burns 49.55m, Brady 49.42m. 1.25kg; Aidan Barrett-Hamilton 39.80m.
Long jump: Kaelan Paranihi 6.79m +1.4, Piritau Nga 6.71m +2.5, 6.40m +1.2. U/20; Zhan Bowden 6.24m +0.4, Benaiah Su 6.22m +1.6, Ty Gonzales 6.11m +2.4. U/18; Daequan Su 6.27m +2.0 PB, Iulai Masoe 6.14m +1.3, Zachary Hamilton 6.02m +4.3, 5.92m +1.6. U/16; Finn Lazzari 5.46m +1.8, Nacho Esquivel-Garcia 5.45m +2.2, 5.23m +1.0.
Triple jump: Scott Thomson 14.14m +3.5. U/16; Christiaan Findlay 11.03m +1.5. U/20; Zhan Bowden 14.73m +2.2.
High jump: Connor Brown 1.75m, Edward Nga 1.70m, Max Teuruaa 1.70m. U/20; Ty Gonzales 1.80m. U/18; Zachary Hamilton 1.75m. U/16; Finn Lazzari 1.75m, Gordon Jung 1.75m.
Pole vault: Indoors AUT Millennium Stadium, 20 February: James Steyn 5.20m, Joshua Tautari 4.45m, Ethan Phillips 4.15m, Connor Brown 3.70m.
Women
100m: Estelle Short 12.37 +1.9, Cleo Loader 12.49, Andrietem Rodrigues 12.74. U/18; Kenzie Bowden 12.38, Emkhe Joubert 12.53, Esme Reid 12.62. U/16; Juliette Goldsmith 12.48 +2.5, Unaisi Cava 12.69, Romey Jewell 12.73.
200m: Cleo Loader 26.38 +2.3, Andriete Rodrigues 26.44, April Milne 26.53. U/20; Maia Masters 24.86 +2.7, Abigail Moxon 26.16, Greta Schaefer 26.27. U/18; Joubert 25.25 +1.7 PB, Bowden 25.70, Reid 25.96. U/16; Cava 25.73 +0.9, Jewell 26.01, Gemma Kivell 27.13.
400m: April Milne 1:02.93. U/20; Emily Cowan 57.75, Maia Masters 57.97, Greta Schaefer 59.81. U/18; Emkhe Joubert 56.79 PB. U/16; Romey Jewell 59.96.
800m: U/20; Imogen Barlow 2:17.82, Eva Houghton 2:22.88. U/18; Rachel Wagener 2:20.23, Leah Marais 2:22.67, Morgan Day 2:23.85. U/16; Georgia Stanton 2:21.37, Hayley Whiteman 2:21.47.
1500m: U/20; Barlow 4:43.87, Kate Robinson 4:48.05, Annabel Richardson 5:03.90. U/18; Rachel Wagener 4:51.46, Emma Davies 4:55.25, Leah Marais 4:55.65.U/16; Olivia McLean 4:51.88, India Burke 4:54.90, Georgia Stanton 4:56.93.
5000m race walk, U/20; Yandri Fourie 32:57.72.
10,000m race walk: Alana Mathews 55:21.16 PB.
Shot put: U/20; Karmen Maritz 13.94m. U/18; Juno Ireland 11.43m PB, Isabella Barnett 10.14m.U/16; Sina-Maria Su’a 15.43m.
Discus throw: Rina Maka 46.05m, Savannah Scheen 45.98m. U/20; Karmen Maritz 51.53m PB, Ruby Jones 39.15m. U/16; Su’a 45.58m.
Long jump: Charlotte Drabble 5.60m +1.7 PB, Cleo Loader 5.37m +1.4. U/18; Juno Ireland 5.54m +3.1, 5.36 +1.3.U/16; Juliette Goldsmith 5.48m -0.3 PB. U/20; Lauren Barrett-Hamilton 5.22m +0.5.
Triple jump: Anna Fraser (Wellington) 12.32m +5.0. U/16; Annah Bratton 10.73m. U/14; Ana Hsu (Australia) 11.17m +6.3.
High jump: Paige Harwood 1.65m, Megan Cox 1.60m. U/18; Jordan Viljoen 1.65m, Juno Ireland 1.60m. U/16; Gemma Kivell 1.65m PB.
Pole vault: Indoors AUT Millennium Stadium, 20 February: Eliza McCartney 4.70m, Hannah Adye 3.85m, Aria Rhodes 3.45m, Milana Henderson (Australia) 3.30m, Maya Grundy 3.30m. Two unsuccessful at 4.81m.
Para Athlete
Men
100m: Zachary Orbell 13.29 +1.9, Jaden Movold 16.86.
200m: Orbell 28.26 +2.8.
400m: Jaden Movold 1:00.76.
1500m: Jaden Movold 3:57.08. Michael Whittaker 4:10.37.
Shot put: Brian Wilson F20 7.86m.
Discus throw: Brian Wilson 19.30m.
Women
Shot put: Sionann Murphy 8.72m, Charli Gardiner-Hall 8.67m.
Discus throw: Murphy 25.04m, Gardiner-Hall 24.24m.
