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Four times New Zealand pole-vault champion Darcy McGonagle, 69, of Whangarei died on Friday from cancer.
McGonagle was national champion in 1966 and 1971 to 1973. He represented New Zealand at the 1962 Perth Empire and Commonwealth Games, finishing seventh.
At the time of his death, McGonagle was president of Athletics Northland and president of the Marist sports centre in Whangarei.
