Athletics NZ weekly roundup 23 April 2018

WELLINGTON

Wellington Mountain Running Championships, Wainuomata - 21 April 2018

Harry Burnard, runner up in the national 10,000m and 3000m steeplechase last year and runner up in the national mountain championships in March won the 11.5km Wellington Mountain Running Championships in 50:10, from former national mountain running champion Dougal Thorburn 51:28 and Will Bell 55:04. Senior Women 11.5km; Andrea Peat 1:06:29, Anna Stevens 1:15:10, Therese de Castro 1:24:38. Masters Men 11.5km; Stephen Day 52:40, Joe Fowler 55:58, Andrew Thompson 56:23. Masters Men 8.5km Grant McLean 41:01, Peter Stevens 42:27, Michael Wray 43:18. Masters Women 8.5km; Nicola Hankinson 46:56, Renee Creser 49:02, Michelle Van Looy 49:57. Junior Men 8.5km; Felix Williamson 41:09, Gus Reece 43:00, Toby Gualter 51:06. Junior Women 4.2km; Jayme Maxwell 22:11, Emma Douglass 23:57, Hannah Gordon 25:52. King Club of the Mountain, Wellington Scottish. Queen Club of the Mountain, Olympic Harriers. Princess and Prince Club of the Mountain Olympic Harriers.

UK

38th Annual London Marathon, 22 April: Daniel Wallis 2:19:40 (1st in Club, Charity and Ballot category), Tony Payne 2:21:53 (4), Ciaran Faherty 2:32:58 (49). In the World Para Athletics World Cup Tim Prendergast T13 was tenth and second in his category in 2:45:34.

In the hottest day in London Marathon history Rio Olympic Games gold medallist Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya won the elite section in 2:04:17, from Ethiopias Tola Kitata 2:04:49 and British runner Mo Farah 2:06:21. Vivian Cheruiyot, 5000m gold medallist in Rio won the womens title in 2:18:31 from fellow Kenyan Brigid Kosgei 2:20:13 and Tadelech Bekele of Ethiopia 2:21:40.

USA

UF Tom Jones Memorial, Gainsville, 13 April: Christian Conder 1500m 3:58.54 PB (4R2).

John McDonnell Invitational, Fayetteville, 14 April: Bailey Stewart 400m 48.32 (6). Jordan Rackham De Spong 1500m 3:57.02 PB (13RA).

East Bay Invite, Hayward, 14 April: Joshua Browne 400m 51.80 (9R5).

Joe Walker Invitational, Oxford, 14 April Tannock Blair 800m 1:51.59 PB (5RA).

Ocean State Invitational, Providence, 14 April: Angus White mile 4:10.79 PB (10). Marcus Karamanolis 5000m 14:18.50 PB (3). Cameron Avery 5000m 14:25.42 (5). Holly Manning 800m 2:09.54 (4). Jessica Martin mile 5:02.61 (3R3).

Gorilla Classic, Pittsburg, 14 April: Christopher Goodwin LJ 7.03m (+2.4) (1).

Harvard v. Yale, New Haven, 14 April: Arianna Lord 800m 2:17.94 (5).

UCA Open, Conway, 14 April: Charlotte Blair 800m 2:19.34 (4).

Bryan Clay Invitational, Cougar Athletic Stadium Azusa CA, 18 April: Matt Baxter 5000m 13:31.00 PB by 13 seconds (6R1) (Now up to 14th on the New Zealand all-time list). Daniel Hintz 1500m 3:44.92 PB (6R11 44), Jeff Lautenslager 1500m 3:48.47 (14R1 86), Harry Ewing 1500m 3:51.97 PB (5R5 142). Chris Brake LJ 6.68m (-0.7) (33), TJ 14.30m (+1.6) (19). Olivia Burdon 1500m 4:12.52 (6). Emily Roughan 5000m 16:31.23 (5R2). Greer Alsop TJ 12.58m (0.0) (1).

War Eagle Invitational, Auburn, 18 April: Luke Fielding 1500m 4:04.30 (3).

Beach Pacific Coast Invite, Long Beach, 19 April: Greer Alsop J 5.54m (0.0) (10). Atipa Mabonga TJ 12.48m (+1.2) (1).

Mule Relays, Warrensburg, 20 April: Christopher Goodwin LJ 6.89m (-0.1) (7).

Larry Ellis Invitational, Princeton, 20 April: Jessica Martin 3000m 10:29.94 (11).

LSU Alumni Gold, Baton Rouge, 21 April: Imogen Hull 1500m 4:49.28 (5).

Georgia Tech Invitational, Atlanta, 21 April: Christian Conder 3000m steeplechase 9:34.29 (8).

Kansas Relays, Lawrence, 21 April: Aaron Booth 110m H 15.55 (+3.1) (7), PV 4.65m PB (8).

John Jacobs Invitational, Norman, 21 April: Charlotte Blair 1500m 4:42.87 (3).

Jay Carisella Invitational, Boston, 21 April: Arianna Lord 800m 2:17.64 (5).

Michael Johnson Invitational, Waco, 21 April: Alison Andrews-Paul 800m 2:10.13 (4).

Wolfie Invitational, Stony Brook, 21 April: Holly Manning 800m 2:09.64 (1).

OBITUARY

Life Member of Athletics New Zealand Jim Cunningham of Auckland died on Sunday 15 April 2018, aged 87 after suffering from diabetes and in later years blindness.

Jim was a runner, joining the Hutt Valley Harriers in 1946. He served as chairman, coach and delegate to the Wellington Centre. He later joined the Masterton Harriers in 1959 and also served as chairman, coach and delegate and was made a life member of the Club. While on the Wellington Centre Jim was chairman of the cross country and road committee, a selector and managed Wellington teams to national athletic and cross country championships. He was a Wellington delegate to the NZAAA. Jim shifted to Auckland in 1970 and joined the Lynndale Club where he soon became chairman and delegate to the Auckland Centre. He was chairman of the Auckland track and field committee for many years and an official at track and field, cross country and Auckland schools championships at Mt Smart Stadium. He was a timekeeper for the marathon and walks at the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games, an official at the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games and Technical Director Athletics at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. He was chairman of the organising committee and manager of the 1994 Oceania Championships in Auckland. He managed the New Zealand team to the 1971 International Cross Country Championships in San Sebastian Spain where the womens team were second and the men fourth with Eddie Gray finishing third. Bryan Rose who was 26th spoke at Jims funeral about how well respected Jim was as a manager.

Jim was the IAAF representative to Guam in 1994 to assist with the Micronesian Games.

He was a member of the Athletics New Zealand technical committee for six years and lectured at ANZ coaches school in middle and distance running and was editor of the New Zealand Coaches magazine.

Jim was a life member of Athletics Auckland, received an Athletics New Zealand merit award in 1989 and was made a life member of Athletics New Zealand in 1997.

ROAD AND TRAIL RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY

Whangarei

Whangarei parkrun 5km, 21 April: Jeremy Browne 20:14, Dennis Langford 20:19.

Auckland

OHagans 5km, Viaduct Harbour, 17 April: Tommy Hayes 15:30, Simon Mace 16:48, Adam Berry 17:07. Monique Smith 19:49, Kerry Ash 20:14, Christine Adamson 20:22.

Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 18 April: Luke Mercieca 18:56, Alfie Steadman 19:26, Shaun Cooper 19:34. Sally Jackson 19:30.

Barry Curtis parkrun 5km, 21 April: Shaun Ryan 18:44, Grant Lincoln 18:47, Jean-Philippe Garancher 18:58.

Cornwall Park parkrun 5km, 21 April: Mitchell Carlyle 18:01, Sebastian Wharton 18:04, Oliver Ray-Chaudhuri 18:56. Cathrine Delaporte 21:03.

Millwater parkrun 5km, 21 April: Daniel Shaw 17:03, Mark Boyce 17:24, Brad Luiten 17:55. Cathy Kirkpatrick 20:31.

Hamilton

Lake parkrun 5km, 21 April: Reuben Tomlinson 17:01, Luke Godsall 18:26, Michael Robinson 18:35.

Cambridge

Cambridge parkrun 5km, 21 April: Dean Horrell 19:30, Scott Wrenn 19:37, Matthew Vaughan 20:39.

Te Awamutu

Paper Plus Te Awamutu Golf Course 9km, 21 April: Liam Back 30:24, William Sinclair 30:55, Zach Bellamy 32:28. Alice Mason 34:15, Sally Gibbs 35:30, Emerson Deverell 35:35. 6km; John Charlton 15:51. Gina Butler 24:14.

Rotorua

Puarenga parkrun 5km, 21 April: Andrew Crosland 17:55, Jordan McGaw 17:57, Matt Smith 18:49.

Taupo

Taupo parkrun 5km, 21 April: Joe Morgan 18:19, Corey Hinde 18:25, Adam Morgan 19:43.

Napier

Anderson parkrun 5km, 21 April: Cameron McKenzie 18:15.

Palmerston North

Victoria Esplanade parkrun 5km, 21 April: William OConnor 16:47, Benjamin Wall 17:23, Jon Clearwater 17:56.

Wellington

Kapiti Coast parkrun 5km, 21 April: Daniel Stoner18:28, Marcelo Amaya 19:04, Steffan Wong 19:32. Carly Smith 21:16.

Lower Hutt parkrun 5km, 21 April: Anthony Jackson 17:57, Henry Beliveau 18:04, Campbell Claridge 18:42.

Porirua parkrun 5km, 21 April: Paul Shoemark 17:36, Ryan Corke 19:15, Patrick ODoherty 19:26.

Blenheim

Blenheim parkrun 5km, 21 April: Andrew Morgan 21:36.

Christchurch

Hagley parkrun 5km, 21 April: Blair McWhirter 16:03, Darren Hoolahan 17:38, Nick Kerrigan 17:56. Sabrina Grogan 18:26, Nicola Handley 19:30, Sarah Langer 19:30.

Pegasus parkrun 5km, 21 April: Matthew Dryden 16:01, David Atkinson 16:05, Ryan Kiesanowski 16:46. Freyja Prentice 18:02, Angela Whyte 18:33, Natalie Dryden 19:55, Xanthe Jane 19:56.

Wanaka

Wanaka parkrun 5km, 21 April: Erwin McRae 16:16, Gregor Findlay 17:43, Julius Stanfenberg 18:24.

Dunedin

Three Peaks Mountain Running Race 26km, 15 April: Daniel Balchin 2:09:14, Jonah Smith 2:15:27, Thomas Spencer 2:20:29. Sarah Douglas 2:35:14, Dani Nicolson 2:36:58, Bethany Lewis 2:43:36.

Botanic Garden parkrun 5km, 21 April: Jonah Smith 18:49, George Bates 19:06, Casey Pearce 20:00.

Surf to Stadium 10km, 22 April: Kirk Madgwick 32:37, Chris Mills 32:40, Simon Cromarty 33:30. Margie Campbell 36:08.

Invercargill

Queens Park parkrun 5km, 21 April: Joe Ross 19:32, Katy Barker 20:23, Regan Baxter 20:28.

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