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USA 108th NYRR Millrose Games, The Armory, New York – 14 February
Nick Willis finished second in the Wanamaker mile in a fresh New Zealand indoor record of 3:51.46 eclipsing his time of 3:51.61 set just a week ago in Boston.
The race was won by 1500m silver medallist at the 2013 Moscow world championships Matthew Centrowitz in 3:51.35. Pat Casey was third in 3:54.36 and Bernard Lagat fourth in 3:54.91.
Willis has now finished second twice and third twice in the Wanamaker mile.
“I’m overall pretty disappointed, I really, really wanted to win this race, it’s an historic event and I’ve yet to come away with a win,” said Willis.
“Matthew hit another gear to hold me off, I always thought I’d catch him, but he was saving something for me.”

HAMILTON
New Zealand Combined Events Championships, Porritt Stadium – 14/15 February 2015
Brent Newdick claimed his sixth senior decathlon title and Veronica Torr collected her first national heptathlon crown.
Newdick staved off a valiant attempt by Aaron Booth in the last event the 1500m to win with a score of 7034 points.
He said that he came into the event with limited training.
“I’ve had a pretty frustrating last 18 months, coming back from the Games, tearing that ligament off the heal bone so that left me untrained for all of last year. The last five weeks have been pretty solid, and has made it hard work. The 1500m was always going to be a tough run and it was quite far off my normal best, I knew it was in there I just had to really fight hard and obviously it was a mind game in the end and I pushed hard and came away with an okay result. It was a solid average result across the board, the main thing was high jump as I haven’t done any of that because of my foot and I managed to get through that uninjured. The goal was to win and stay healthy and we achieved both of those. Some encouraging things going off not much training and I’m looking forward to the Aussie champs in five weeks,” he said.
“My big goal is to go to Rio which we’ve got an 18 month plan for and if Beijing fits into that in the meantime then I will go and give it all we’ve got,” he added.

Booth, a junior, stepped up to seniors in order to get a qualifying performance for the World University Games.
He finished with a score of 6983, just over the B standard of 6925 for the games in Gwangju Korea in July.
“I knew what I had to do for the 1500m, I had the times in mind. I wanted to get 7000 points and I was only a couple of seconds off getting it. But getting the B qualifier is good. The javelin saved me a lot, it saved me from running an impossible 1500m. It was a four metre PB in the javelin. I needed to beat Brent by 18 seconds in the 1500m to win outright but he hung on and I was nine seconds ahead.
Booth who set five personal bests during the two days, in the long jump 6.90m, 400m 50.84, pole vault 4.10m, javelin throw 56.89m and 1500m 4:36.31 will revert back to the junior decathlon with his sights set on breaking Jordan Vandermade’s New Zealand under 19 record of 7566 points, at the Australian championships in Brisbane at the end of March.

Torr who won the New Zealand 100m hurdles title in 2009 bettered the University Games B standard by 35 points of 5435. She has a best score of 5837 from 2012.
“I wouldn’t say it was a great score but I was just really pleased to finish a heptathlon to be honest after three years off with a multitude of injuries. So I was happy to do this as a learning curve and go from there, I needed to know where I was. The hurdles into the head wind with 14.05 shows there is a really good 13 point something there. I’ve got to work on getting on to the board in the long jump and then it will be even bigger, but I was happy with the 6.07m. The jumps in the high are also coming along,” she said.
Torr will compete in the heptathlon at the Australian championships.

Three times Japanese champion Chie Kiriyama who has a best of 5562, was second with what she described as a “so so performance” with 5089.
Next week she is off to Los Angeles for 200m race, high jump and long jump and then back to Australia for the heptathlon championship.

Max Attwell of Wanganui was delighted with his win in the junior decathlon winning with a total of 6216.
It was his third decathlon and a personal best for the Alec McNab coached athlete.
“I got a good personal best of 3.50m in the pole vault, from 3.25m.
“The 1500m was pretty tough in the heat, but I knew what I had to do to beat Alex,” said Attwell.

It was bad luck for Alex Mander in the junior decathlon who had performed well right up to the pole vault where he unfortunately fell heavily on to the edge of the box injuring his buttock. As a result he was well down on his best only managing 2.80m in the pole vault (he has a best of 4.40m), 40.91m in the javelin (best of 50.14m) and he really struggled around the 1500m in 5:24.71.
“I’ve just got to get over it. It was bad luck but you’ve just got to keep going,” he said.
Mander received some consolation in that he achieved PBs in the long jump, shot put, 400m, 110m hurdles and discus throw.

Rizvan Caukwell was the only competitor in the youth decathlon winning the title with 4179 points.
“it went pretty well, just a bit disappointed I got disqualified in the 400m, I was a bit too tired I guess and put my foot inside the lane and I didn’t realise it,” he said.
The New Zealand youth and New Zealand secondary schools pole vault champion was experiencing his first decathlon and he sees a future for him in the event.
“If I train hard for it. The event that surprised me most this time was the discus where I threw a PB of 33 metres,” he said.
“My PB in the pole vault is 4.30m, and I broke a pole last week and I was sort of still recovering from that but did pretty good clearing four metres.
“I found the 1500m very hard work, I’ve never done one before, so that is one event I can improve on,” he added.

Danica Davies won the junior heptathlon with 4337 points from Natasha Eady 4124.
“I got the most points for hurdles and I haven’t been doing the high height for a very long time so I’m pretty pleased with that. And the 800m was very good,” said Davies.

Phoebe Edwards won the youth heptathlon by a wide margin of nearly 700 points scoring 4710.
“I’m happy that I got a score for this year and I wasn’t completely happy with all my events over the competition. The javelin is still quite new to me, same with shot put.”
Edwards sees her future in the heptathlon.
“I get too bored doing just one event,” she said.

Stephen Te Whaiti won the masters decathlon with a score of 6195.

Athletics Waikato Bay of Plenty Meeting, Porritt Stadium – 14 February 2015
New Zealand secondary schools junior boys shot put champion Ryan Ballantyne broke a long standing Waikato Bay of Plenty record with the 5kg shot with his performance of 17.76m. This broke Courtney Ireland’s Waikato under 18 record of 17.06m set on 30 January 1988. Ireland went on to win the silver medal in the shot put at the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games. Ballantyne also won the 1.5kg DT with 43.67m. Karlin Nelson won the 2kg DT 46.48m. Aodhan Hamilton F36 set a NZ Para record of 26.69m in the 1kg DT. Molly Florence 100m 12.51 NWI and 25.39 200m (-0.3). Amy Robinson 400m 56.82 and LJ 5.19m NWI. Jessica Hood second 400m 57.36 and Tarryn Davey third 58.00. Matthew Wyatt 100m 11.14. Daniel Henderson 100m 11.70, 200m 22.98 (-1.9) and 400m 50.75. Cameron French 400m hurdles 51.26.

AUCKLAND
Athletics Auckland Meeting, Mt Smart Stadium – 14 February 2015
Tama Toki has a score to settle with himself after stumbling metres from the finish of last year’s national championship 400m. On Saturday he went one step closer to fulfilling his goal of winning a New Zealand title with an impressive run over 400m in 47.35. Toki dug deep over the final 50 metres to beat Daniel Dyet, who recorded 47.89, and three times national champion Alex Jordan who finished in 48.34.
Toki who has a best of 46.77 was pleased with his performance.
“It was a nice field, I suppose if you are running with Dan and Alex you run fast or you get left behind,” he said.
In recent weeks Toki has dabbled with the 400m hurdles an event he may double up in at the nationals.
“It has been a matter of getting through them, I’ve run four races and two of them I haven’t finished, so at the moment the 400m is the bread and butter and the 400m hurdles is more or less just a race to practice and to learn,” said Toki.
“If I can fit in the hurdles at the nationals I’ll definitely give the 400 hurdles a run, but at this stage the 400m flat is the go.”
“I need to rectify what happened last year and it would be good to get the title. Hopefully I can get a 46 second time,” he added.
Hamish Gill, better known as a long jumper, dominated the sprints securing personal best times of 10.76 (-0.5) in the 100m and 21.55 (+0.3) in the 200m. Rochelle Coster was equally impressive in the women’s 100m clocking 11.83 (+0.8), having earlier won the 100m hurdles in a sharp 13.62 (+1.4). Symone Tafuna’i second in the 100m in 12.17 later won the 200m in a PB 24.76 (-0.7) beating her time of 24.95 at the beginning of the season. Joshua Hawkins won the 110m hurdles in 14.24 (+1.4). Anne Simpson and Brooke Cull went head to head in the women’s 400m, Simpson winning by a hundredth of a second in 56.46. Ben Moynihan had the 1500m to himself in 3:55.46 and Jared Free went under his Auckland under 18 3000m race walk record with a solo effort of 13:10.95. Nick Southgate was over the bar at 5.20m in the pole vault.

Auckland City Athletics Meeting, Auckland 3000m championship, Mt Smart Stadium – 11 February 2015
Jono Jackson won the Auckland 3000m title in 8:27.42. Jacob Priddey of Hamilton was second in the race in 8:28.83, followed by Tony Payne 8:41.86, Mike Banks 8:43.04, Conal Wilson 8:43.13 and Thomas Currie 8:49.20 PB. Hanna English won the women’s race in 10:03.34 from Sophie Rees 10:06.23 PB, Rowan Torckler 10:08.08, Grace Wood 10:20.60 PB, Maiya Christini 10:31.57 PB and Imogen Hull 10:33.65 PB.
Sam Ulufonua 1.75kg DT 50.47m, Tamaau Tepai 1.5kg DT 42.80m. Tama Toki 400m H 52.53, Campbell Wu 54.65. Guy Kilmister 800m 1:56.06. Esther Keown 800m 2:21.23.

NELSON
Athletics Nelson Meeting, Memorial Park Motueka – 13 February 2015
Dale Pritchard 7.26kg SP 14.41m. Kai Mason JM SP 12.98m and JT 50.55m.

CHRISTCHURCH
Athletics Canterbury Meeting, Rawhiti Domain – 14 February 2015
Rosie Elliott 100m 12.70 (+2.9), 200m 26.11 NWI. Angie Petty 400m 57.10. Celena Music U/18 TJ 10.56m (+2.7). Caitlin Bonne U/18 3kg SP 11.02m, 1kg DT 36.98m. Elliott Nye 60m 7.35 (+2.2), 100m 11.51 (+2.1). Sean Eustace and Jake Nicholls 400m both 55.83. Thomas Moulai 800m 1:59.86. Michael Small 3000m 9:24.03. Matthew Prest 5000m 15:43.71. Rosa Flanagan 1500m 4:20.53 (mx), Gabrielle Gray 4:40.61, Harriet Bush 4:42.84.

DUNEDIN
Athletics Otago Championships, Caledonian Ground – 14/15 February 2015
Records were set by Richard Nelson-Parker in the F37 Long Jump 4.59m NZ and Otago record, and Anna Grimaldi in the F47 Long Jump 5.29m NZ and Otago Record and an A Standard for World Champs in Doha.
Also records by Felix McDonald youth 300m H 39.40 Otago M16 and M17 record, McDonald also won the 200m 23.02 (+2,6) 110m H 15,47 (-1.4) 400m 51.45 and LJ 6.53m (0.0). Sam Gouverneur youth 800m 2:01.74 Otago M14 record, race won by Liam Turner in 2:01.18. Maddy Spence 400m H 63.85 Otago W17 record.
Terry Collins-Hawkins 100m 11.52 (-1.4), 200m 22.70 (+2.6). Stephen Isaac 400m 51.23 also 110m H and 400m H 56.75. Ben Anderson 800m 1:52.29 and 1500m 4:09.44. Jordan Rackham second in the 800m 1:53.70. Oliver Chignell youth 3000m 8:58.69. Peter Meffan SM 3000m 8:28.67, Caden Shields 8:37.27. Bryn McLeod-Jones SM JT 51.83m, Tori Peeters SW JT 49.55m. Todd Bates SM HT 48.58m.

INVERCARGILL
Athletics Southland Championships, Surrey Park – 14/15 February 2014
Marshall Hall (Inv) heralded his return to Southland colours by upping his own senior discus record (set in 2006) from 43.48 to 55.77, just 1cm behind his season leading ranking best. Jack Welsh (JM St Pauls) had 41.23 in the discus. Welsh also led the shot (10.86), javelin 45.50) and hammer (31.34). Hinewai Collins (YW, St Pauls) was close to her own Southland hammer record with 39.78. Tim Baker (YM, Winton) impressed with 41.59 300m hurdles to head in Patrick Taberner 43.73. Horizontal jumpers had board accuracy problems but Atipa Mabonga (YW, Otautau) had best triple jump with 11.38 (-2.2) and Emma Hopcroft (YW, Gore) long jump, 5.41 (3.2). Gideon Barnard high jump 1.92; Charlotte Hopcroft (14, Gore) and Caitlin Kenny (YW, St Pauls) were best of the women on 1.54. Hannah Miller (JW, Gore) fastest of women over 800m (2:20.72) and 1500m (4:59.67); Jack Beaumont (JM, Winton) fastest men’s 1500m (4:09.27) and Bradley Pearce (JM, Gore) best 800m (2:00.76). Beaumont ran 15:41.2 for the 5000m but was denied a Southland record because of an ET malfunction and race was hand timed. Daniel O’Shea (Hill City, Dunedin) outclassed the Southland sprinters with 11.36 (-1.0) 100m and 49.20 over 400m. The Derek Turnbull Trophy for the best age graded 1500m from all grades at the Championships went to Jack Beaumont with 86.54, narrowly ahead of Liam Cullen 86.3. The Brian McEwan Trophy for age graded 400m won by Tom Cowie with his 54.74 at age 13 scoring 88.19. Tim Baker had 86.48 with 52.50.

AUSTRALIA
Glynis Nunn Shield, Brisbane, 7 February: Caitlin McQuilkin-Bell 800m 2:12.60 (4), 3000m 9:50.77 (1).

USA
Tribute meeting, Kingston 7 February: Laura Nagel 3000m 9:35.09 (i).
MSSU Lion Open, Joplin 6 February: Michael Vercoe-Curtis 800m 1:57.10 (i).
UNM Collegiate Classic, Albuquerque, 7 February: Mike Lowe mile 4:22.83 (i), Shauna Pali mile 5:16.57 (i).
Boise Indoors, Nampa, 6 February: Jeff Lautenslager 3000m 8:52.26 (i).
Metropolitan Indoor, New York, 6 February: Katrina Anderson 800m 2:15.31 (i).
Doc Hale VT Elite, Blacksburg, 6 February: Rebekah Greene 3000m 10:12.24 (i)
Cougar Invitational, Pullman, 6 February: Charlotte Muschamp HJ 1.74m (i). Greer Alsop LJ 5.41m (i), TJ 11.54m (i).

ENGLAND
Wolkingham Half Marathon, 7 February: Paul Martelletti 1:04:18, just over a minute faster than he ran in Cardiff in October last year.

BULLER
Buller Gorge Marathon and Half Marathon, 14 February: Phil Costley 2:28:27, Ben Aynsley 2:37:32, Granantan Boyle 2:43:08. Collette Read 3:09:37, Carol Cooper 3:11:10, Margaret Petheram 3:27:59. Half; Kerry Faass 1:11:24, Adam Jaques 1:12:57, Chris Dunell 1:13:22. Anne-Marie Madden 1:17:28, Megan Craig 1:22:34, Paula Canning 1:22:55. Half walk Roseanne Robinson 1:55:39.

ROAD RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY
Auckland
O’Hagan’s Viaduct 5km, 10 February: Daniel Plewis 16:53, Jon Pearce 17:39, Tony Warren 17:56.
Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 11 February: Nick Lichtwark 17:10, Haoting Ma 18:40.
Cornwall Park 5km, 14 February: Keith Bateman 17:50.

Hamilton
Eastside 5km, 10 February: Matt Scott 17:37, Martin Ferry 18:04, Craig Housten 18:14.
Parkrun 5km, 14 February: Oliver McLean 16:56, Harry McLean 17:03, Michael Mannings 17:15.

Tauranga
Smiths Sports Shoes Everyone’s 5km, 12 February: Ben Ruthe 15:11, Mark Crowther 18:07, Adam Smallman 18:13.

Wellington
Lifestyle Sports Waterfront 5km Series, 10 February: Ben Twyman 16:22, Valentino Luna Hernandez 16:33, Tony Wolken 16:54. Gabrielle O’Rourke 18:20, Andrea Peat 19:17. Walk; John Leonard 32:59.
Lower Hutt Parkrun 5km, 14 February: Alastair Willis 17:44, Andrew Crosland 18:18.
Porirua Parkrun 5km, 14 February: Reuben Goldingham Newsom 17:10, Butch Borlase 17:56.
The Honest 10km, Evans Bay, 15 February: Laurence Pidcock 37:07, Taro Morimoto 39:54, Stuart Milne 39:59, Amanda Rowe 41:17.

Christchurch

Hagley Parkrun 5km, 14 February: Sam Watson 17:49, Paul Tyro 18:17, Gary Tuttle 18:29.

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