Athletics New Zealand – News – Danielle Trevis sets NZ W19 10,000m record in Tauranga

 
TAURANGA
New Zealand 10,000m Championships – 4 January 2011
Danielle Trevis carved nearly a minute off the New Zealand women’s 19 10,000m record in winning the national title in Tauranga last evening.

The 19 year old, who turns 20 in 15 days time, ran 33m 18.26s, breaking Sonia Barry’s 1988 W19 record of 34m 4.6s. Sally Gibbs was second in 35m 49.47s. The 47 year old Gibbs was 14 seconds outside Bernie Portenski's 1998 national masters W45 record of 35m 35.5s.
Aaron Pulford in the men 19 division won the race outright in 29m 52.51s. Pulford holds the New Zealand M19 record at 29m 14.23s.

Stephen Lett, third last year, won the senior national title in 30m 25.76s.

Results:
Men.-
Stephen Lett (Tak) 30m 25.76s 1, Alex Parlane (Pak) 30m 33.48s 2, Steven O’Callaghan (Rotorua) 31m 36.35s 3, Nathan Coombes (Tak) 32m 14.49s 4, Iain Macdonald (Tga) 32m 19.29s 5, Nicholas Browne (Melbourne) 32m 56.35s 6, Wayne Guest (Matamata) 33m 27.26s 7, Jason Steyn-Ross (Rotorua) 36m 13.28s 8.
Men 19.-
Aaron Pulford (Hamilton) 29m 52.51s 1, Jonathan Jackson (Akld) 31m 05.36s 2, Cory Whiting (Ham) 32m 27.30s 3, Michael Sutton (Tga) 33m 23.08s 4, Daniel Pinkney (Feilding) 36m 24.67s 5.
Women.-

Danielle Trevis (NHB) 33m 18.26s (NZ W19 record) 1, Sally Gibbs (Tga) 35m 49.47s 2, Gabrielle O’Rourke (Wgtn) 35m 58.90s 3.

Murray McKinnon
Communications Advisor
Athletics New Zealand
0274 806086
murray@mckinnon.co.

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