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Go Athletics Series

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McKinnon Shield #9

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Auckland T&F Championships

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Go! Series Day 1

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McKinnon Shield #7

16 January 2024 • Uncategorized

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9 January 2024 • Junior Track & Field

North Island Colgate Games

20 December 2023 • Announcement

Michael Hartshorne

18 December 2023 • Events

Daikin Night of 5s AUT Millennium Stadium

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McKinnon Shield Meeting #5

27 November 2023 • Uncategorized

Dick Quax Memorial Meeting

13 November 2023 • Events

Disability Sport Auckland Awards Dinner

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ACA Race Night Results

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McKinnon Shield Meet 28 October

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Athletics Auckland Marathon Champs

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World Athletics Rule Changes from 1st October 2023

16 October 2023 • Events

Auckland 10000m Championships

22 September 2023 • Uncategorized

Auckland Road Relay Champs & XCR Prize Giving

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Rodger Brickland – QSM for Services to Athletics

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Cross Country & Road Prize Giving

21 August 2023 • Events

Auckland Road Championships

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Aspire Cross Country Academy

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Long Bay GP4 Cross Country

20 July 2023 • Announcement

Mt Smart #2 Arena Now Open for Training

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Auckland Cross Country Championships

16 May 2023 • Announcement

Memorial Seat for Russ Hoggard

27 April 2023 • Announcement

Remembering Peter Booker

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ACA Southland Centennial Shield Relays

18 April 2023 • Uncategorized

Sports Shoes for Schools

13 March 2023 • Events

McKinnon Shield #9

22 February 2023 • Announcement

Auckland Team Selections to 2023 NZ T&F Champs Final

17 February 2023 • Events

NHB Children’s Ribbon Day

5 December 2022 • Junior Track & Field

Junior Ribbon Day Series

5 December 2022 • Events

McKinnon Shield Meeting #5

5 December 2022 • Announcement

Sir Murray Halberg ONZ, KNZM, MBE

28 November 2022 • Events

McKinnon Shield Meeting #4

23 November 2022 • Events

Dick Quax Memorial Meeting

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McKinnon Shield 3/Schools Competition 3

10 November 2022 • General

Research Project – Achilles Tendinopathy

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Inaugural Millie Sampson WU23 Invitational Mile

21 September 2022 • Coaching

2022 Summer Aspire Academy

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Auckland Road Relay Championships

13 September 2022 • Announcement

Athletics Auckland Junior Section Innovation Fund

6 September 2022 • Uncategorized

Inclusion Training Seminars

15 August 2022 • Events

CONGRATULATIONS ARCH

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INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

5 August 2022 • General

Auckland Athletes heading to U.S. College

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2022 Auckland -Road Team

27 June 2022 • Events

Auckland Cross Country Championships

16 June 2022 • General

“Give it your best Shot”

15 June 2022 • Coaching

ATHLETICS AUCKLAND EVENT CLINIC

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World Athletics Rule Book App

20 May 2022 • Events

Sports Shoes for Schools Initiative

13 May 2022 • Junior Track & Field

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5 April 2022 • Announcement

Auckland Junior Prize Giving

17 March 2022 • General

Thermoregulation Study

10 March 2022 • Announcement

NZ Track and Field Championships

18 February 2022 • Announcement

Halberg Games 2022

10 February 2022 • Announcement

Auckland Track & Field Championships

23 December 2021 • Events

U16 & U18 North Island Interprovincials

22 December 2021 • Announcement

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from AAI

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Introducing Get Set Go at Home with Athletics NZ

7 December 2021 • Announcement

2022 Colgate Games to Go Ahead

22 November 2021 • Announcement

NCAA Div 1, Cross Country Championship Final

19 November 2021 • Announcement

McKinnon Shield 1

15 November 2021 • Announcement

Upcoming Officials Seminars

11 November 2021 • Announcement

Auckland 5000m Championships

8 November 2021 • Announcement

McKinnon Shield to start on Saturday 20th November

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Club Night and Centre Training Days

28 October 2021 • Events

2022 Colgate Games

25 October 2021 • Announcement

McKinnon Shield Event Grid 2021/22

7 October 2021 • Announcement

Mt Smart Stadium Re-Open for Training

6 October 2021 • Announcement

Auckland Road Championships Cancelled

4 October 2021 • Announcement

Event Update – 4th October 2021

17 September 2021 • Announcement

Auckland Race Walker Alana Barber Retires

3 September 2021 • Announcement

Covid 19 Lockdown Auckland

23 August 2021 • Announcement

A Guide to the Paralympics

23 August 2021 • Announcement

ACA Relays – A Covid-19 Exposure Site

10 August 2021 • Events

NZ Cross Country Championships – Dunedin

22 July 2021 • Coaching

Aspire Winter Track & Field Academy

14 July 2021 • General

Track & Field Officials of the Year

14 July 2021 • Coaching

Athletics NZ Coach The Coach Workshops

13 July 2021 • General

McKinnon Shield Presentation

12 July 2021 • Announcement

Athletics NZ weekly round up

15 June 2021 • General

GP 3 Incorporating Auckland Teams Race

3 June 2021 • Uncategorized

For an update on upcoming Coaching Courses

31 May 2021 • Announcement

Ronan Lee storms home to win #XC2021 Round 2

31 May 2021 • Announcement

Samoan Language Week

17 May 2021 • Announcement

Athletics Auckland Grand Prix Race Results

15 March 2021 • Announcement

Colgate Games 2022

5 March 2021 • Announcement

Athletics Auckland Junior Championships 2021

5 March 2021 • Announcement

McKinnon Shield 9 – Competition update

2 March 2021 • Announcement

Nationals update from Athletics New Zealand

28 February 2021 • Announcement

Athletics Auckland Weekly Review – 1st March 2021

27 February 2021 • Announcement

Athletics NZ Track & Field Championships – Postponed

27 February 2021 • Events

World Athletics Continental Tour – Auckland

22 February 2021 • Announcement

Athletics NZ Child Safety and Member Welfare Update

18 February 2021 • Announcement

Auckland Stadiums Alert Level 2 Guidelines

16 February 2021 • Announcement

Auckland Grade 7-14yrs Championships Postponed

12 February 2021 • Announcement

Porritt Classic 2021

2 February 2021 • General

Officials C Track Seminar

29 January 2021 • Events

Cooks Classic

29 January 2021 • Events

North Island U16 & U18 Interprovincials

28 January 2021 • Coaching

Sprint Relay Session at Mt Smart #2 Arena

26 January 2021 • Events

Auckland Team to NZ Track & Field Champs

25 January 2021 • Announcement

Athletics Auckland Championships – Entries closing

24 January 2021 • Announcement

Auckland Results – McKinnon Shield & Potts Classic

23 January 2021 • Announcement

Alana Barber sets new records at the Potts Classic

18 January 2021 • Announcement

Zoe Hobbs Record Breaking Run!

13 January 2021 • Announcement

Colgate Games Scholarships 2021

21 December 2020 • Announcement

NZ Schools Track & Field Selected Team

21 December 2020 • Announcement

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17 December 2020 • Announcement

Oceania Area Permit Preview- Night of 5’s

16 December 2020 • Announcement

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9 December 2020 • Coaching

Athletics Auckland Junior Festival Meets

4 December 2020 • Announcement

Inter Provincial U16-U18 Auckland Team Named

20 November 2020 • Events

Oceania Athletics One Day Meetings 2020/21

18 November 2020 • General

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NZ Road Race Championships

22 September 2020 • Uncategorized

North Sport Academy Junior Coaching Coordinator Vacancy

14 September 2020 • Announcement

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22 July 2020 • General

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22 July 2020 • General

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Athletics Auckland Weekly Review - 15th February 2021

Porritt Classic – Oceania Area Permit

Auckland athletes were out in full force at the Porritt Classic in Hamilton on Saturday. Portia Bing (Waitakere) showed she is finding some form leading into the Nationals with a time of  55.99. This is a new Athletics New Zealand Resident Record and a Meet Record. Her National Record of 55.86 set in 2019 in Sydney is in close grasp.

Zoe Hobbs (North Harbour Bays) was outstanding in the 100m winning in 11.39 (w -0.1). This was also Meet Record. Symone Tufunai (North Harbour Bays) was second in 11.84. Edward Osei-Nketia (North Harbour Bays) made his way to the top of the podium in the Men’s 100m with a 10.28 (w +0.1). Mogammad Smith (Waitakere) was third with 10.79,

Isabel Neal (North Harbour Bays) shocked the crowd and the live stream by winning the Women’s 400m from lane 8. Her winning time was 54.61. The 19-year-old elevated herself to number one on the 2021 New Zealand rankings. Hamish Gill (North Harbour Bays) stepped up to the Men’s 400m and produced a 47.72 for the win. This takes him to the top of the NZ annual list for 2021 and this showed that there is definitely more potential for Hamish over the longer distance.

Chloe Browne (ACA) won a very tactical Women’s 1500m B race, in 4.34.71.

In the Hurdles, Taila van Rooyen (North Harbour Bays) won the 80m Hurdles in a time of 12.35 (w -0.5), Angelina Zickert (North Harbour Bays) won the U20 Women 100m Hurdles) in 16.20 (w -1.6), from Ava Duggan (Pakuranga) with 16.59. Ben Ward was third in the U16 Men 100m Hurdles with 11.73 (w -2.4). Auckland atheltes took the clean sweep in the U18 110m Hurdles with Joesph Dunn (Papakura) winning with 15.39 (w -1.1), seocnd was Thomas Wynne (Pakuranga) with 15.85, and third was Liam McKenzie (Pakuranga) with 16.20.

The Open Women’s 100m Hurdles didn’t disappoint with Amy Robertson (North Harbour Bays) winning convenicly in a time of 13.80 (w -0.7). In the Open Men’s 110m Hurdles, Joshua Hawkins (ACA) was an easy winner with 14.28 (w -2.0) from Tom Moloney (ACA) 15.37 and Justin Menezes (Pakuranga) 17.59.

Sophie Atkinson (ACA) was second in the Women’s 800m with a 2:12.80. In the Men’s 800m, Former Wesley Athlete, Alex Beddoes (Cook Islands) was second with a new Cook Island National Record which now stands at 1:47.85.  James Harding (Papakura) booked his ticket to Kenya for the U20 World Championships with a time of 1:49.18 for third just 0.20 shy of Nick Willis’ National U18 record.

In the Women’s 200m, Georgia Hulls (North Harbour Bays) continues to improve taking another win with a time of 23.78 (w -0.2) which was also a Meet Record. Second was Zoe Hobbs with 23.89 and third was Natasha Eady (North Harbour Bays) with 23.94. In the Men’s 200m, Edward Osei-Nketia won with 21.46 (w -0.9) with Tommy Te Puni (North Harbour Bays) second in 21.59.

In the High Jump, Tom Moloney took the win with 1.99m. He attempted 2.03m with three misses. Josh Inger (North Harbour Bays) was second with 1.95m. Imogen Skelton (ACA) finished first in a three way tie in the Women’s High Jump with 1.73m.

Savannah Scheen (North Harbour Bays) won the Women’s Discus with 53.10m with Kaia Tupu-South (North Harbour Bays) second with 49.21m and third was Natalia Rankin-Chitar (Papatoetoe) with a throw of 46.64m. In the Men’s Discus, Alexander Parkinson took the win with 56.09m.

In one of the most exciting events of the day, Briana Stephenson (North Harbour Bays) won the Women’s Long Jump on a countback with 5.77m (w +0.0) in round 5. Zoe Taylor (Waitakere) was third with 5.61m (w +0.4)

Stephanie Wrathall (North Harbour Bays) was second in the Women’s Javelin with 50.72m with Brianna Tirado (North Harbour Bays) third with 45.86m.

Dame Valerie Adams (Pakuranga) was out to a Season’s Best with 18.68m in Round 5. Maddison-Lee Wesche (Waitakere) was seocnd with 17.43m and Kaia Tupu-South third 15.37m. Dame Valerie said “It was very consistent,” explained Adams. “The dots are slowly connecting. I’m very happy with today’s performance, but there’s so much more there. I’m going to take faith from the performance.”

The Men’s Shot Put continues to excite not only New Zealand, but the World with Jacko Gill (Takapuna) going head to head with Tom Walsh. Jacko got the shot out to 21.52m which is the exact same distance that Jacko threw in Christchurch to equal his PB and Auckland Record. Tom threw 21.45m.

Nicole Bradley (North Harbour Bays) got the 4kg Hammer out to 60.54m for third, while in the Triple Jump, Diana Ismagilova (North Harbour Bays) was second with 11.78m (w +0.4)

Para Events

Anna Steven (North Harbour Bays)took the win in the Women’s 100m with a time of 14.32 giving her a percentage of 88.47%. Paddy Walsh (North Harbour Bays) was second with 15.61 (85.10%) and Sionann Murphy (Takapuna) was third with 16.57 (79.06%). In the Men’s 100m Joe Smith (North Harbour Bays) took the win with 12.51 (91.29%).

Unfortunately, the wind gauge didn’t operate for this event.

In the 200m, Anna Steven was second with 29.74 (w -0.1) with Paddy Walsh 3rd in a time of 34.48 (75.75%). In the Men’s 200m Mitch Joynt (North Harbour Bays) won with 23.91 (88.96%) (w -0.2), second was Joe Smith 25.80 (87.56%) and third was Zachary Orbell (North Harbour Bays) with 33.72.

Sionann Murphy won the Women’s Shot Put (3kg) , with 7.92m (51.09%). Ben Tuimaseve (Papakura) won the Men’s Shot Put with 12.65m (77.20%), which is a new Open Auckland Para Record.

Records

  • Portia Bing – Athletics New Zealand Resident Record – 400m Hurdles
  • Jacko Gill – Equalled Athletics Auckland Open Men’s Record – Shot Put
  • Ben Tuimaseve – Athletics Auckland Open Men Para Record – Shot Put
  • Ben Tuimaseve – Athletics New Zealand Open Men Para Record – Shot Put
  • Joe Smith – Athletics Auckland Open Men Para Record – 200m
  • Isabel Neal – Athletics Auckland U20 Women Record – 400m
  • Sionann Murphy – Athletics Auckland U20 Para Record – Shot Put
  • James Harding – Athletics Auckland U20 Men Record – 800m
  • James Harding – Athletics Auckland U18 Men Record – 800m
  • Jaden Movold – Athletics Auckland U17 Men Para Record – 200m

Full Results

Athletics Auckland Records

Auckland Grade 7-14yrs Pentathlon

The Athletics Auckland Grade 7-14yrs Pentathlon Championships were held at Herb Towers Track on Saturday. 200 athletes entered in this Championship.

Grade 12 Boys

1st Issac Sulu Kiripati 3238, 2nd Daniel Yu 2597, 3rd Finn Wessels 2553

Grade 12 Girls

1st Lisa Gear 2935, 2nd Marina Stowers 2638, 3rd Eva Stowers 2633

Grade 13 Boys

1st Daniel Mullens 3617, 2nd Alex Hardy 3566, 3rd Haowen Xie 3405

Grade 13 Girls

1st Gezreyal Maiu’U 3020, 2nd Tommee Paeu 2849, 3rd Avah Sila 2816

Grade 14 Boys

1st James Trathen 4108, 2nd Brayden Dissmeyer 3526, 3rd Ethan Hardy 3222

Grade 14 Girls

1st Fiona Siaopo 3448, 2nd Nikki Gear 3172

Full Results

Photos below – Alisha Lovrich / Papakura Athletic Club / Pakuranga Athletics Club

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