Julian Oakley retained the Blincoe Cup, winning the feature event in 13:47.75. It was Oakley’s third win at the Night of 5s and faster than his 2019 victory in 13:59.25 but outside his race record from last year of 13:29.74.

William Little, fresh from his PB 10,000m at the Zatopek 10k in Melbourne, clocked another PB in finishing second in 13:50.04 with Michael Voss third in 14:06.71.

Kimberley May set the pace for Rebekah Greene from the start of the women’s 5000m through to 3000m in 9:20. Greene was then left out on her own to battle the final five laps. However Laura Nagel put on the pace with a lap remaining bridged the gap to Greene and snatched the lead over the final 200m to finish in 15:58.48 with Greene clocking 16:06.79. Nagel won at the meeting in March last year in 16:01.94.

Lisa Cross (40), set a New Zealand masters W40 5000m record of 16:26.53, improving on Penny Peskett’s record of 16:29.89 set at the 2018 Night of 5s. Sally Gibbs (60) improved on her New Zealand masters W60 record of 19:19.95 set in Palmerston North earlier this month with her run of 18:16.22 in finishing eighth in the women’s B race. Chris Waring reduced her New Zealand W80 100m record to 18.09 +0.8.

World under 20 championship qualifying performances were posted by 18 year olds Thomas Cowan and James Ford in the 800m. Cowan won in 1:49.14 and Ford was second in 1:49.36, under the performance standard of 1:49.50 for the championships in Lima Peru next August.

Seven junior runners in the women’s race went under the junior women’s performance standard of 17:25 for selection consideration for the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade Serbia in March; Catherine Lund (18) 16:54.90, Siena Mackley (16) 17:09.18 PB, Boh Ritchie (16) 17:13.23 PB, Poppy Martin (18) 17:15.92 PB, Sascha Letica (17) 17:19.45 PB, Charo Heijnen (18) 17:19.99 PB, Ava Sutherland (17) 17:24.18 PB.

The pole vault showcased the field events and it didn’t disappoint with James Steyn clearing 5.27m and Eliza McCartney, seven months out from the Paris Olympics, soaring over 4.73m on a shortened run up.

It was Steyn’s ninth best ever vault and McCartney’s 14th equal best.

Results:

Men;

800m A: Thomas Cowan (NHB) 1:49.14 PB, James Ford (Takapuna) 1:49.36 PB, Ethan Smolej (Univ Cant) 1:50.28 PB, Angus Sevier 1:50.61 (PB).

800m B: Luke David 1:52.66, Conall McLean (Pt Chevalier) 1:55.18, Joseph Morgan (Hamilton) 1:55.31.

800m C: Thomas White (Hill City Dunedin) 1:57.63, Felix Field (Egmont) 1:59.04, Zach Manning (Hastings) 1:59.63.

5000m A Blincoe Cup: Julian Oakley (Tauranga) 13:47.75, Willian Little (Whippets) 13:50.04 PB, Michael Voss (Lake City Rotorua) 14:06.71 PB, Connor Melton (Whippets) 14:13.68, Tom Moulai (Papanui TocH) 14:14.39 PB, Caden Shields (Don Greig RS) 14:18.06 PB, Andre Le Pine-Day (Feilding Moa) 14:20.59 PB, Oska Inkster-Baynes (Univ Cant) 14:21.12, Jamie Mora (Whippets) 14:21.53 PB, Jacob Priddey (Whippets) 14:30.34, Daniel Prescott (Selwyn) 14:34.61.

5000m B: Toby Tasker (Whippets) 14:36.99, Saxon Morgan (Canterbury) 14:37.02, Charles Buchanan (Whippets) 14:38.47, Jared Monk (Whippets) 14:39.29, Callum Stewart (Wellington H) 14:42.51, Daniel Sinclair (Whanganui) 14:44.26, Callum Murray (Tauranga) 14:49.66.

5000m C: Sjors Corporaal (Lake City Rotorua) 15:11.56, Max Taylor (Victoria Univ) 15:26.09, James Matthews (Whippets) 15:28.65.

5000m D: Nick Dobbie (Egmont) 15:36.27, Robin Moore 15:46.03, Isaac Kirkpatrick (Westlake BHS) 15:57.44.

Pole vault: James Steyn (NHB) 5.27m, (5.12m o, 5.27m xxo, 5.42m xxx), Ruben Vogel (NHB) 4.72m PB, Ettiene Du Preez (NHB) 4.72m, Charlie Cameron (NHB) 4.52m.

Shot put: Reid Davidson 6kg 15.24m PB.

Discus throw: Percy Maka 1.75kg 45.18m, Troy Maka 1.5kg 42.03m PB.

Hammer throw: Oliver Chung 5kg 39.63m, 4kg 50.42m.

Under 14 2000m: Kona Kelly (Oratia) 6:25.20, Leo Green (Pakuranga) 6:30.76, Archie Felton (NHB) 7:00.00.

Women;

800m A: Holly Manning (Hastings) 2:05.88, Stella Pearless (NHB) 2:06.78, Rosa Twyford (Univ Cant) 2:07.04, Tillie Hollyer (Whippets) 2:08.54 PB, Sofia Lumbreras (Hastings ) 2:09.17 PB, Samantha Lascelles (Chch Avon) 2:09.31 PB, Sophie Atkinson (ACA) 2:10.51, Peyton Leigh (ACA) 2:11.40 PB.

800m B: Amy Shennan (ACA) 2:13.15 PB, Niamh Motley (Timaru) 2:14.73 PB, Zara Ford (Takapuna) 2:16.11.

800m C: Paige Scannell 2:18.28, Hannah McManus (Waitakere) 2:18.93, Charlotte Smaill 2:24.36.

5000m Elite: Laura Nagel (NHB) 15:58.48, Rebekah Greene (Hill City Dunedin) 16:06.79, Lisa Cross (TTT) 16:26.53 PB, Eva Pringle (Whippets) 16:29.82 PB, Katherine Camp (Te Awamutu) 16:33.13, Anneke Arlidge (NHB) 16:33.88, Brigid Dennehy (NHB) 16:45.90, Catherine Lund (Ariki Dunedin) 16:54.90, Caitlin Peers (Owairaka) 16:56.48, Siena Mackley (Queenstown) 17:09.18 PB, Kerry White (Hamilton) 17:10.94 PB.

5000m B: Kate Currie (Chch Avon) 17:30.71, Bridie Restieaux (Univ Cant) 17:34.84, Amara Rae (Wgtn Scottish) 17:41.05, Miriam Clark (Univ Cant) 17:50.19, Anna Bramley (NHB) 17:51.72, Caitlin Bassett (Whippets) 17:55.43, Jasmine Finney (NHB) 17:57.38, Sally Gibbs (Whanganui) 18:16.22, Esther Keown (NHB) 18:16.70, Lucy Jurke (Olympic Wgtn) 18:21.44.

Pole vault: Eliza McCartney (Takapuna) 4.73m, (4.41m o, 4.55m o, 4.65m o, 4.73m o, 4.80m xxx), Hannah Adye (NHB) 3.71m, Grace Bath (Corio) 3.31m, Maya Grundy (NHB) 3.31m PB, Aria Rhodes (NHB) 3.31m.

Shot put: Karmen Maritz 3kg 14.90m PB, Malia Su’a 3kg SP 13.72m.

Discus throw: Karmen Maritz 44.13m, Arina Maka 46.22m.

Hammer throw: Fernanda Tirado 4kg 42.49m PB. Karmen Maritz 3kg 51.83m PB.

Under 16 2000m: Denika Clooney (TTT) 7:02.14, Greta Hunter (ACA) 7:07.91, Emma Davies (Takapuna) 7:18.86.

Under 14 2000m: Mila Fong (ACA) 7:03.31, India Burke (Takapuna) 7:04.44, Charlie Fong (ACA) 7:05.11.

Para Athlete; 100m: Jaxon Woolley (Tauranga) 12.55 -0.1, Ethan Rangi (NHB) 14.00, Jaden Movold (NHB) 17.46, 5000m 12:15.59. 100m: Anna Steven (NHB) 14.96 0.0, Sionann Murphy (Takapuna) 16.88, Ruby Willis (NHB) 19.38, Gillian Allison (NHB) 19.38, Gabrielle Wright (TTT) 20.42. Sionann Murphy 1kg SP 8.28m, DT 24.10m.

Masters; 100m: Mark Lambert (NHB) 11.79 +0.7, Andrew Weekes (ACA) 12.29, Gulab Singh (Waitakere) 12.33. 100m: Phillipa Green (NHB) 14.37 +0.8, Jill Hayman (NHB) 15.41, Cherie Mcallister (NHB) 16.05, Chris Waring (NHB) 18.09 (NZ masters W80 record).

Full Results

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