NATIONAL RESULTS

DUNEDIN

New Zealand Short Trail Championships, 3 Peaks Plus 1 56km, Woodhaugh Gardens – 15 March 2026

Taking on 56km of the 3 peaks + one Mountain Race in Dunedin, the host of the champs featured four iconic peaks of Ōtepoti’s hills and over 2600m of climbing.

Dunedin half marathon winner in 2025 Logan Griffin won the men’s title covering the 56km in 5:23:22 to head in Joel Carman by six minutes.

Last year’s Kepler Challenge winner Frances Redmond won the women’s title in 6:05:09.

Results

Men: Logan Griffin (Whippets) 5:23:22, Joel Carman (Wellington Scottish) 5:29:42, Matthew Adams (Scottish) 5:37:32, Chris Jervis (Leith) 5:42:10, Hywel Dinnick (Queenstown) 5:52:09, Sean Galdeman (Leith) 6:03:01.

Women: Frances Redmond (Leith) 6:05:09, Odette Jennings (TTT) 6:12:42, Julia Chamberlain (Leith) 6:18:38, Hannah Lund (Ashburton) 6:23:42, Laura Bungard (Leith) 6:26:03, Florence Reynolds (Leith) 6:43:01.

INGLEWOOD

New Zealand Masters Championships, TET Stadium and Events Centre – 13/15 March 2026

Over 230 Masters athletes from all parts of New Zealand enjoyed the weekend from March 13 to 15 in the Taranaki sun, renewing friendships and rivalries at a well-run competition in Inglewood.

There were large competitive fields in most events, especially the men’s track and the women’s throws events. Several New Zealand National and Championship records were made, showing the standard reached by New Zealand Masters athletes continues to rise.

Jackie Wilson, NZ Masters Walker of the Year, made three National records in her new W80 age group; the 1500m track walk in 10:21.95, the 3000m track walk in 21:44.86 and the 5000m track walk in 37:46.13.

Jill Sherburn W85, competing in 11 events, made new NZ records in the discus 11.92m, shot put 5.43m, javelin 11.43m, and throws pentathlon 2413 points.

Liz Mitchell W60, NZ Female sprinter of the year, won all four sprints and made a new NZ record in the 200m of 29.52.

Aggie Boxall W65 returning to competition after five years away, won her throwing events and made a new NZ weight throws record of 12.70 m.

Bev Savage W80 made a new shot put record of 7.34 m.

The final day’s Throws Pentathlon produced many good performances led by James Thomas M65, NZ Masters Combined events Male of the year with a huge score of 3784 points which was close to his NZ record of 3888 points and Christine McCahill W 60 NZ Masters Female  Combined Events winner, with a score of 3055, also close to her NZ record of 3145 points.

Other NZ records made by men included Ian Carter M75 with new records in his 800m with 2.39.80 and breaking his own record in the 1500m with 5:29.03.

Philip Parkinson M80 made a fresh New Zealand record in his 3000m with 14:70.80 and the 1500m with 6:27.12.

David Blackford M60 improved on his NZ 100m hurdles record with a time of 16.79.

Adrian Stockhill M60 enjoyed his new age group making a New Zealand record in the throws pentathlon with a score of 3370 points.

Among the highlights, including the above:

Ian Lathwood M45 60m 7.44 -1.4, 100m 11.58 +1.2, 200m 23.74 -1.9.

Mark Lambert M50 60m 7.65 0.0 (2), 100m 12.19 0.0, 200m 23.92 +0.6 (2).

David Blackford M60 60m 8.12 -0.6, 100m 12.57 +1.2, 200m 25.57 +0.5, 100m H .838 16.79 -1.7 PB (NZ Masters M60 record).

Ian Carter M75 800m 2:39.80, 1500m 5:29.03.

Sally Gibbs (62) W60 800m 2:53.70, 1500m 5:19.44, 3000m 11:17.49, 5000m 19:02.31.

Jacqueline Wilson (80) W80 1500m RW 10:21.95 (NZ Masters W80 record), 3000m RW 21:44.86 (NZ Masters W80 record), 5000m RW 37:46.13 (NZ Masters W80 record).

Jim Blair (94) M90 400g JT 16.79m, DT 14.10m, HT 15.82m, SP 5.91m, WT 6.67m, Pentathlon 2319 points.

Ho Young Do M65 HJ 1.48m.

James Thomas M65 6kg WT 16.37m.

David Anstiss M80 60m 10.50 -0.3, 100m 16.99 +1.3, 80m H 17.55 -2.0, 200m H 43.28 -2.2, DT 19.02m, HJ 1.25m, LJ 3.42m -0.4, PV 2.10m, TJ 7.95m +0.6.

Chris Waring W80 60m 11.14 -0.6, 100m 18.18 -0.2, 200m 38.79 -1.2.

Chris Roberts M60 LJ 3.92m -0.9.

Serena Coombes W60 1500m RW 8:49.36, 3000m RW 18:40.39.

Rachel Gilberd W50 1500m RW 8:34.28, 3000m RW 17:52.41, 5000m RW 30:26.14.

Bev Savage W80 DT 16.51m, HT 26.64m, WT 8.50m, SP 7.34m, JT 9.71m, Pentathlon 2954 points.

Alison Newall W65 LJ 2.86, 1500m RW 10:05.96, 5000m RW 36:31.81.

Elizabeth Mitchell W60 60m 9.04 +0.6, 100m 14.19 +0.4, 200m 29.52 -0.9, 400m 1:11.70.

Tania Lutton W55 SP 11.64m, DT 28.28m.

Brenda Davis W55 WT 12.97m, JT 21.49m, HT 36.07m, DT 27.53m.

Anna Lynch W40 WT 10.84m, SP 8.12m, JT 23.80m, HT 35.28m, DT 29.96m, Pentathlon 2470 points.

Christine McCahill W60 WT 13.63m, SP 9.40m, JT 16.92m, HT 30.08m, DT 23.57m, Pentathlon 3055 points.

Noni Callander W75 WT 10.17m, SP 8.05m, JT 11.90m, HT 21.71m, DT 18.58m.

James Thomas M65 WT 16.37m.
Joden Pratten M40 DT 42.00m.

Dennis O’Leary M70 60m 9.07 0.0, 100m 14.32 +0.3, 200m 29.99 +0.5, LJ 3.82m -1.7, TJ 7.44m -0.5.

Brayden Grant M40 60m 7.74 -0.7, 100m 11.81 -0.5, 200m 23.94 -2.5, 400m 52.07, 800m 2:07.82.

REGIONAL RESULTS

AUCKLAND
McKinnon Shield #10, Mt Smart Stadium – 14 March 2026
Rylan Noome, 2023 national U18 sprint champion, clocked a personal best 100m of 10.48, bettering his 10.56 set at the 2025 Sir Graeme Douglas meeting. The former Hastings sprinter later recorded a wind assisted 200m of 21.57. Noome was sixth in `0.75 in the final of the 100m at the New Zealand Track and Field championships.

Addira Collette from Palmerston North was a clear winner of the women’s 100m in 11.66.

RESULTS
Men

100m: Rylan Noome (Waitakere) 10.48 +1.7 PB, Johnny Malua (Samoa) 10.66, George Kozlov (NHB) 10.69 PB.

200m: Noome 21.57 +5.3, Jeremiah Rogo (Takapuna) 22.70, Oliver Barnett (Papakura) 22.88.

800m: Finn Molloy (ACA) 2:02.60, Cristobal Viveros (Lynndale) 2:10.63, Paul Crowhurst (Pakuranga) 2:10.78.

2000m: Finn Birch (Lynndale) 6:16.64, Maksis Maulvurfs (Lynndale) 6:17.39, Jy Gonzales (Lynndale) 6:20.40.

3000m: Ronan Lee (Whippets) 8:37.78, Tim Hitchcock (ACA) 9:40.26, Alexander Finn (Oratia) 10:38.68.            

200m hurdles Auckland championship: Rocco Slade (NHB) 36.23.

300m hurdles Auckland championship: Rianco Haggard (Pakuranga) 38.56, Connor Brady (Takapuna) 38,99, Timo Macdonald (Owairaka) 43.17.

400m hurdles Auckland championship: Ty Gonzales (Lynndale) 55.63 PB, James Hansen (Tasman) 55.81, Justin Menezes (Waitakere) 56.58 PB.

Hammer throw Auckland championship: 6kg; Adam Leece (NHB) 53.37m, Oliver Chung (NHB) 50.98m.

Javelin throw Auckland championship: 800g; Chung 42.25m. 700g; Otis Neely (NHB) 51.88m, Brady 50.79m.

Long jump: Lewis Arthur (Hobsonville) 6.75m +2.4, also 6.74m +1.8, Piritau Nga (Cook Islands) 6.39m +2.8, also 6.29m +0.7, Ty Gonzales 6.21m +5.0.

High jump: Finn Lazzari (NHB) 1.75m, Puatua Puatua (Lynndale) 1.50m.

Women

100m: Addira Collette (Palmerston North) 11.66 +3.7, Samantha Lathwood (Takapuna) 11.76, Chayiller Collette (Palmerston North) 11.96.

200m: Lathwood 24.49 +3.8, Jamie Fell (Hamilton) 25.45, Holly Rule (Waitakere) 25.62. 

800m: Holly Rule (Waitakere) 2:14.81, Sofia Maulvurfs (Lynndale) 2:24.83, Fenella Foden (NHB) 2:25.63.

2000m: Isabella Snedden (Oratia) 6:52.80, Joanne Huang (Lynndale) 6:55.81, Lena Zheng (Lynndale) 7:55.48.

3000m: Cici Zhang (NHB) 11:12.01, Rain Milne (Whippets) 11:38.26.

200m hurdles Auckland championship: Mila Henison (Pakuranga) 33.56, 

300m hurdles Auckland championship: Emkhe Joubert (TTT) 46.52, El-Mikhe Joubert (TTT) 47.70, Madeleine Du Toit (Pakuranga) 49.45.

400m hurdles Auckland championship: Gemma Smith (Papakura) 1:07.54.

Hammer throw Auckland championship: 3kg; Paige Fletcher (Papakura) 58.20m, Sacha Fuoughton (NHB) 44.31m.

Javelin throw Auckland championship: 500gm; Veronique Koole (Pakuranga) 31.55m. 

Long jump: Fell 5.45m +1.5.

High jump: Fell 1.60m, Paige Harwood (NHB) 1.50m, Kate O’Connell (Takapuna) 1.40m.

HASTINGS
Hawkes Bay Gisborne Meeting #4, Mitre 10 Sports Park, Hawke’s Bay – 14 March 2026

Nick Palmer SP 19.90m, Austin McDougall 18.78m PB, Jordan Peters 12.49m PB, DT 44.43m.

Paige Dobson 800m 2:19.80, Caitlin Kirk 2:21.26 PB.

WELLINGTON

Athletics Wellington Meeting #5, Newtown Park – 14 March 2026

Asher Robertson 110m hurdles 1.067m 16.44 -1.8, 100m 11.40 -2.7, LJ 6.72m NWI. Conor Sharkey 7.26kg HT 51.84m PB. Elizabeth Hewitt HT 57.02m, Iorana Tafili 49.76m.

Cody Wilson 100m 11.04 -2.7, Zack Ziogas 11.33. Ella Mear 100m 12.92 +0.4. Sam Stichbury 1500m 4:08.00. 

Rebecca Bailey 600g JT 40.64m. Sacha Kilmister 400m 1:00.75. Joel Agnew 400m 51.01. Callum Stewart 3000m 8:52.79. Phoebe Sims 3000m 10:48.92 PB, Katie Jenkins 10:55.55.                                                                                     

INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

USA INDOORS

NCAA Div 1 Championships, Randal Tyson Center, Fayetteville AR, 13/14 March: James Harding 800m 1:47.23 (5H1) q, 1:46.98 (5). Boh Ritchie 800m 2:03.48 (7H2). Tapenisa Havea SP 16.12m (14).

James secured 5th Place in the men’s 800m at the NCAA Indoor Championships, the top New Zealand Performance of the meet. Harding now turns his focus to the World Indoor Championships in Poland this weekend.

USA OUTDOORS
Ben Brown Invitational, Fullerton CA, 12 March: Taylor Witana PV 3.60m (5).
GREAT BRITAIN INDOORS
Newham and Essex Beagles Indoor, Newham London, 25 February: Marius Ball 60m 7.10 Series 1 (5R2), 7.10 Series 2 (1R5).

Momentum Sports, Carshalton, South London, 6 March: Marius Ball 60m 7.04 PB (2).

SOUTH AFRICA
ACNW League, McArthur Stadium, Potchefstroom, 3 March: Welrè Olivier LJ 7.30m -0.1 (1).

JAPAN
Osaka Marathon, Osaka, 22 February: Oska Inkster-Baynes 2:18:24 (98).

AUSTRALIA

High Velocity Meeting Campbelltown, 8 March: Joshua Lotsu 100m 10.53 +2.8 (2). Caitlin Shepperson HT 52.58m (1).
Adelaide Invitational, SA Athletic Stadium, Adelaide, 13/14 March: Tori Moorby JT 58.69m (1). Scarlett Robb 1500m 4:22.41 (8). James Preston 800m 1:45.07 (3) WICQ. Nick Southgate PV 5.35m (2). Toby Tasker 3000m steeplechase 9:07.47 (8). Lex Revell-Lewis 400m 45.87 PB (2), (New Zealand National Record, betters his own record of 45.88 set in Melbourne a year ago). Tommy Te Puni 100m 10.43 +0.8 (1RB), 200m 20.68 -1.3 (3).

129th Queensland State Championships, QSAC Brisbane 12/15 March: Jordyn Blake 400m 54.90 (2H1) Q, 55.73 (3). Hayato Yoneto 100m 11.26 -3.3 (2H4) Q, 11.04 +1.6 (9). Zachary Saunders 200m 21.54 +1.1 (1H2) Q.  Brooke Somerfield 200m 23.68 +3.0 (1H3) Q.

ROAD AND TRAIL RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY 

WHANGAREI

Beach to Basin 10km, 15 March: Sam Rout 34:57, Ben Watkins 37:06, Allan Staite 37:21, Ben Evans 37:44.

AUCKLAND 

Good George 5km, North Wharf, Wynyard Quarter, 10 March: Haoting Ma 17:23, Michael Rodliffe 18:12, Kit Bennett 18:17. Tia Knight 19:18, Brooke Ross 19:40, Kathleen Hudson 20:39.

Rat Race 5km, Takapuna, 11 March: Noah Hanrahan 17:40, Cooper Howden-Waugh 18:00, Tom Hanrahan 20:09.

Y Marathon 10km, Auckland Domain, 12 March: Leon Dickison 38:43, Samuel Lindsay 39:56, Dean Kennedy 40:52.

Run Albany, After 15 years Final Event Albany Lakes, Civic Park, 15 March: 15km; Ben Parker 56:24, Caleb Hall 1:00:39, Mark Gillespie 1:01:23. Jasmine Rasmussen Shawyer 1:03:07, Karla Johansson 1:06:41, Melyen Toh 1:07:55. 10km; Phillip McNamara 33:07, Clinton Loveday 34:03, James Marsh 34:56. Dove Elton 37:58. 5km; Tyler Poland 16:59, James Palmer-Wood 16:59, Jack Beaumont 17:40. Riley McKay 18:58.

HAMILTON
The Cook 5km, Hamilton East, 10 March: Aimee Fergusson 17:35, Harry Coles 17:45, Jacob Liu 17:48, Annie Downing 17:52, Anna Wilson 18:35, Rhys Mildon 19:45.

Hamilton Half Marathon, Hamilton Gardens, 15 March: Lane Madsen 1:11:58, Jayden Austin 1:12:15, Matt Morley 1:16:55. Amelia Lythe 1:21:13, Antonia Muller 1:24:15, Mish Waylen 1:24:57. 10km; Luke Cameron 33:57, Joshua Madsen 34:18, Kotaro Nihei 34:28. Mel O’Brien 41:57. 5km; Minho Heo 16:03, Jaein Jung 16:52, Chanho Park 17:46. 

TAUPO
Trout Fly 5km, Neil Hunt Park, 12 March: Michael Voss 16:52, Will O’Connor 17:07, Steve Holloway 18:19.

WELLINGTON
Trentham 5km, 10 March: Finley Robinson 16:53, Findlay Benge 17:15, Hugh Taylor 17:19, Tom Poland 17:33. Madison Wos 19:29, Shar McDonald 21:39.

ACM 5km, Masterton, 15 March: Ben Twyman 17:11, Darius Simpson 17:39, Yuxuan Ou 18:58. Brooke Duffy 21:01.

The Honest 10km, Oriental Bay, 15 March: Harrison Cooper 38:00, Daniel Chen 39:51, Dion Yiw 40:14.

NELSON
Honest Lawyer 5km, Monaco, 9 March: Chris Sharland 17:13, Jarrod McLauchlan 19:08, Jay Martin 19:19.

Sharland 5km Series, Richmond, 11 March: Chris Sharland 20:01, Josh West 20:19, Robyn Deane 20:26.

OBITUARY

Former Athletics Northland and Waikato Bay of Plenty athlete, coach, administrator and manager Don Willoughby passed away on Friday 13 March in Cambridge after a short illness, aged 86.

He was a top runner at Takapuna Grammar School winning school titles and excelling at inter secondary schools championships.

His claim to fame is that he is the last known athlete to defeat Sir Peter Snell in a race in New Zealand which was at the inter secondary schools’ cross country race in 1957. Don won the race and Peter was second – about 50 metres behind.

He taught geography at Kamo high School and was involved in coaching middle and long distance runners in the area. He coached Peter O’Donoghue and David Burridge who both went on to represent New Zealand.

Don continued teaching geography at St Peter’s School Cambridge and was heavily involved with the Hamilton City Hawks Club where he continued coaching including Aaron Pulford and the Robertson twins Jake and Zane. His highlight at the club was Hamilton Hawks winning the Top Club award at the New Zealand road relay championships in 2009 and 2010. He was a regular official at meetings at Porritt Stadium.

He was team manager of the New Zealand cross country team to the World Cross Country Championships in Warsaw Poland in 1987 and the New Zealand team at the Championships at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland in 1988.

He was President of Athletics New Zealand 2003/04, he received one of the first Athletics New Zealand long service awards in 1990 and received a Merit Award in 2007.

Outside of athletics he was a life member and ex chair of the Cambridge Tree Trust and in 2018 he received a Kiwibank Local Hero Award for his positive contributions made in Cambridge. His citation read that he was a quiet achiever with a generous nature who gave his time and effort back to his local community by helping young people and the environment.

A memorial service to celebrate Don’s life will be held at Raleigh Street Christian Centre, 24 Raleigh Street, Cambridge on Saturday 21 March at 2pm.