These athletes will now have to focus on the Manawatū and North Island secondary school championships. ♦ The masters athletes were more fortunate because their national championships were last weekend in Inglewood, and only the final day needed to be adjusted to meet Covid-19 regulations. Brayden Grant performed well, winning gold medals in the M35 grade in the 60m, 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m events. His winning time in the 400m of 50.16 seconds was a national record. Andrew Matsuoka Webber was second in the 100m, 200m and 400m races. Hayden Robinson won the M40 400m and was third in the 100m and 200m races.
Eddie Osei-Nketia and Tiaan Whelpton
Photo: PHOTOSPORT
The Sir Graeme Douglas International meeting at Trusts Arena in Waitakere is another important outing in Olympic year with the event carrying World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze level status, which has the highest points on offer in the Oceania region.
Those athletes without guaranteed qualifying marks can still gain an Olympic entry through world rankings.
The respective match-ups between sprinters Eddie Osei-Nketia and Tiaan Whelpton, and shot put kings Tom Walsh and Jacko Gill, have been the biggest storylines this summer and each is set to go head-to-head again on Saturday.
In the male sprinting battles this season, Whelpton sprung an upset by prevailing over Osei-Nketia at the Potts Classic last month, while Osei-Nketia was back in the winner s circle at the Christchurch International Meeting over 200m and then again in the 100m at the Porritt Classic with a scorching 10.28 - his fastest ever legal 100m time in New
Press Release – Athletics New Zealand The battle of the titans between New Zealands fastest men and two of the countrys strongest will be among the highlights of an action-packed evening of top-class athletics at the Trusts Arena in Auckland on Saturday. The Sir Graeme Douglas International, …
The battle of the titans between New Zealand’s fastest men and two of the country’s strongest will be among the highlights of an action-packed evening of top-class athletics at the Trusts Arena in Auckland on Saturday.
The Sir Graeme Douglas International, presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co, is one of the highlights of the athletics calendar and – as a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze level meet – assumes great importance in this Olympic year with the points on offer among the highest available in the Oceania region.
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