Athletics: Kiwi Smith wins San Diego half marathon

Olympic marathon contender Kimberley Smith has won the San Diego Rock'n'Roll half marathon. Photo / File

New Zealand's Olympic marathon contender Kimberley Smith has won the San Diego Rock'n'Roll half marathon this morning in 68 minutes 37 seconds.

Smith finished seventh overall in the race and was the fastest woman by seven minutes in her fourth fastest time over the distance. Her New Zealand record is 67 minutes 11 seconds.

Smith has now won seven of her last eight half marathons on US soil and is pleased with her progress towards the London Olympic Marathon on August 5.

Her next race is likely to be a 10km road race in Boston on 24 June.

Andrea Miller has got off to a promising start to her European campaign in Switzerland over the weekend. Her 100m hurdle times were quicker than the race in which she won the bronze medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010.

Competing in Geneva yesterday, she ran 13.23 seconds in a heat and 13.24 seconds in the final to finish in fifth place. She also recorded a 13.66 seconds heat this morning in wet, difficult conditions and did not contest the final.

Miller's next race will be at the Bislett Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Friday morning (NZ time). It will be her first start at a Diamond League event and she will race against training partner and World Champions Sally Pearson from Australia.