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Discus thrower added to Commonwealth Games team
Siositina Hakeai has been added to the athletics team for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. The Auckland athlete will compete

American Olympic Champion to run in Whanganui Mile race
Olympic 1500 metres champion Matthew Centrowitz is setting his sights on breaking the Cooks Gardens track mile record when he competes

Athletics NZ weekly roundup 26 February 2018
WHANGANUI New Zealand Combined Events Championships, Cooks Gardens - 24/25 February 2018 Brent Newdick claimed his eighth New

Newdick wins eighth decathlon title
Brent Newdick and Max Attwell are at opposite ends of their athletics careers. Newdick at 33 finished 12th at the 2012 Olympics and

Lautenslager and Gibbs take out national 10,000m titles
Craig Lautenslager and Sally Gibbs won the New Zealand mens and womens 10,000m titles in Inglewood on Saturday evening. With dominant

Millar added to Commonwealth Games team
Tauranga sprinter Joseph Millar has been added to the athletics team for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. He will run in the

NZs Pole Vault trio prepare for Vertical Pursuit
In less than typical fashion, New Zealands top pole vault trio have reached new heights in preparation for their next competition

Best all-round athletes converge on Whanganui
New Zealand's best all-round athletes will be in Whanganui this weekend for the New Zealand Combined Events Championships. The

Three weeks to NZ Track and Field Championships
Athletes from the New Zealand Commonwealth Games squad will light up Porritt Stadium in Hamilton at the 2018 Jennian Homes New Zealand

Four named for World Indoor Championships
Athletics New Zealand has named a team of four athletes for the World indoor Championships in Birmingham 1-4 March. Tom Walsh will

Athletics NZ weekly round-up 12 February 2018
HAMILTON Porritt Classic, Porritt Stadium - 10 February 2018 Tom Walsh showed good form on the eve of leaving for the world

Walsh confirms form at Porritt Classic with Resident record
Tom Walsh, throwing at the Porritt Classic in Hamilton on Saturday, just days after taking out the New Zealand Sportsman of the Year

Robertson brothers added to Commonwealth Games team
African-based brothers Jake and Zane Robertson have been added to the athletics team for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Gold

Athletics NZ weekly roundup 5 February 2018
GOLD COAST COMMONWEALTH GMES The following 15 athletes have been selected in the team for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in

The Kiwi athlete with a quirky 'phone throwing' world record
If only cellphone throwing was an internationally recognized sport for Ben Langton.

NZ Athletics Team named for Commonwealth Games
Fifteen New Zealand athletes have been named in the Athletics team for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, announced today at the AUT

Athletics NZ weekly roundup 29 January
HASTINGS Potts Classic, including New Zealand U/20 3000m championships, Hawkes Bay Regional Sports Park - 27 January 2018 Eliza

Eliza McCartney to kick of Games campaign in Hastings
The Potts Classic meeting has received a boost with the news that Olympic Pole Vault bronze medallist Eliza McCartney will be starting

Priddey upstages 1500m field at Cooks Classic
Isaiah Priddey ran an outstanding race to crush the New Zealand under 18 record and win the New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1500m trial

Athletics NZ weekly roundup 22 January 2018
WANGANUI Capital Classic Meeting, Cooks Gardens - 20 January 2018 Joseph Millar won the 100m raced into a steady head wind in

Joseph Millar top performer at Capital Classic
Joseph Millar ran an excellent race to win the mens 200m Commonwealth Games trial in at the Capital Classic meeting, recording 20.68

Rotorua Marathon offers big prize
Rotorua Marathon is running a competition to help people transform their health.

Priddey thrives on dose of speed
Isaiah Priddey was one of the stand out stars at the recent New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships securing the 1500m/3000m double

Baxter's NCAA star on rise
Matt Baxter produced the best ever performance by a New Zealand man at the NCAA Cross Country Championships by finishing an outstanding

Five minutes with Mariah Ririnui
The 2014 New Zealand long jump champion Mariah Ririnui has been a consistent performer on the domestic scene for some time. Here the

Athletics NZ weekly roundup 15 January 2018
USA Chevron Houston Half Marathon - 14 January 2018 Jake Robertson equalled his personal best in winning the star studded half

Athletics NZ weekly roundup 8 January 2018
TIMARU Lovelock Classic Meeting, Aorangi Stadium - 6 January 2018 Sam Petty won the annual Lovelock Mile in 4:17.17 from Daniel

Athletics NZ weekly roundup 3 January 2018
WORLD RANKED NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES IN 2017 Senior athletes in the top 50 in the world in their event: Men: Tom Walsh SP (4)

Tom Walsh enjoys a bucket list year
Shot putter Tom Walsh has crossed off a bucket list of items since becoming world champion