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Julian Oakley defied wet conditions to edge training partner Sam Tanner in a compelling 5000m feature race at the Night of 5s athletics meet in Auckland.
“Their boys did exceptionally well and achieved a great result.” Golds were won in the men s intermediate double sculls (Sam Wilson, William Talbot), men s intermediate coxed four (Billy McCully, Will Davidson, William Light, Wilson and Tim Bartlett), men s club singles sculls (Hamish Yeatman), men s intermediate coxed quad sculls (Wilson, W Talbot, Davidson, McCully and Ty Bishop), men s novice coxed quad sculls (Josh Bartlett, Ben Allen, Mac Brown, Blake Parker and Bishop). There was also celebration for the women who gained a silver in the intermediate coxed quad sculls (Emma Wood, Elsie Talbot, Kate Crawford, Lucy Crawford and Samantha O Neill). Bronzes went to the men s novice coxed four (J Bartlett, Ben Williamson, Allen, Parker and T Bartlett), men s novice double sculls (J Bartlett and Parker) and men s novice club coxless quad sculls (Hooper Kelly-Smith, Cameron Moffat, Liam Parker, Seb Van Den Bosch).
Sunday, 31 January 2021, 6:16 am
Few athletics venues in the world are as synonymous with
the mile as Cooks Gardens in Whanganui, and Camille Buscomb
and Sam Tanner lived up to that rich tradition by claiming
the New Zealand Mile Championship titles on a historic night
of action at the Cooks Classic.
After a 52-year
absence, both national mile crowns were re-introduced with
the men’s race following the script as the gifted
20-year-old Tanner added the national title over the
‘classic distance’ to the New Zealand 3000m crown he
snared last weekend in Hastings.
Producing a
performance the great, late Sir Peter Snell – who smashed
Sunday, 10 January 2021, 6:04 am
Promising teenage middle-distance talent Daniel Roswell
demonstrated his rising ability to secure a memorable 800m
and Lovelock Mile double today at the Lovelock Classic in
Timaru.
The 19-year-old destroyed his previous mile
best by more than seven seconds to take out the feature
event in 4:16.12 before returning to the track just under an
hour later to triumph in the 800m (1:58.00).
In a
highly-competitive mile, Roswell was content to track
Christopher Dryden and Ieaun van der Peet until the business
end of the race.
Roswell hit the bell at the front,
only for 2020 Lovelock Mile winner Chanel Muir to launch an