RUNNING

Mt SAC Relays, major marathons and other results from around New Zealand and overseas

By Athletics New Zealand

USA
57th Mt Sac Relays Meeting, Mt San Antonio College, California – 16/18 April 2015

Camille Buscomb won invitational A race of the 5000m in a personal best, by eight seconds, of 15:30.50. The 24 year old national 5000m, cross country and road champion bettered her 15:38.74 in the Auckland championships in March last year. Buscomb moves up three places on the New Zealand women’s all-time list to seventh, surpassing Dianne Rodger and Lorraine Moller and she was just 10 seconds outside the qualifying time for the Beijing World Championships.

Craig Lautenslager and Jacob Priddey also set personal bests in their divisions of the open 5000m, Lautenslager running 14:17.74 and Priddey 14:33.98.

Marshall Hall was sixth in the discus with a throw of 57.31m while in the women’s discus Te Rina Keenan was seventh with 56.93m and Siositina Hakeai eighth with 56.43m

Full results of the New Zealanders:
10,000m W  Shauna Pali 35:43.17 (15rA).
1500m W  Ariana Lord 4:37.39 (13r3)
1500m M Geordie Beamish 3:53.82 (14r2), Harry Ewing 3:58.37 (16r4)
Discus M  Marshall Hall 57.31m (6)
Discus W Te Rina Keenan 56.93m (7), Siositina Hakeai 56.43m (8)
5000m M Inv B  Daniel Wallis DNF
5000m W Inv A  Camille Buscomb 15:30.50 PB (1rA).
5000m M Inv A  Hugo Beamish 13:56.64 (19rA)
5000m M Open B Craig Lautenslager 14:17.74 PB (15rB)
5000m M Open C  Jacob Priddey 14:33.98 PB (16rC)
Decathlon Cody Thomas 6891 points (16)

Mesa Classic, Riggs Stadium Mesa Community College Arizona, 10 April: Marshall Hall DT 54.88m (6). Mariah Ririnui LJ 6.36m (0.0) (1). Siositina Hakeai DT 56.75m (3). Te Rina Keenan DT 48.40m (9).
New Mexico Quad, Albuquerque New Mexico, 10 April: Kerry White 800m 2:09.70 (1).
Sun Angel Classic, Temple Texas, 11 April: Marshall Hall DT 56.16m (2). Siositina Hakeai DT 56.38m (2). Te Rina Keenan DT 50.48m (6).
Princeton Quad, Weaver Stadium Princeton University New Jersey, 11 April: Julia Ratcliffe HT 65.71m (1), in her final attempt, she threw over 63m in all of her five countable throws.
Wolfie Invitational, Stony Brook University New York, 18 April: Eric Speakman 1500m 3:44.64 (1r1). Olivia Ritchie 1500m 4:45.88 (5r1).

TAURANGA
Tauranga Half Marathon – 12 April 2015
Ben Ruthe ran a personal best 1:10:12 to win the 10th anniversary running of the Tauranga Half Marathon. His previous best was 1:11:22 in June 2013. Ruthe’s wife Jess won the women’s half in 1:17:54. Jess was the 2006 New Zealand half marathon champion. Craig Kirkwood was second in 1:11:12, followed by Kyle Macdonald 1:13:16, Iain Macdonald 1:17:16 and Bobby Dean 1:17:30. Rowan Torckler (nee Baird) was second woman in 1:18:30, Kelly Parlane ran a PB 1:21:55 for third followed by Kovo MacDonald 1:25:50 and Katy Dawson 1:27:32.

THE NETHERLANDS
Rotterdam Marathon – 12 April 2015
Tony Payne, the 2012 New Zealand marathon champion, finished a creditable 30th in a personal best 2:24:55. This betters his fifth placing time of 2:26:22 in the 2013 Auckland Marathon.

FRANCE
Paris Marathon – 12 April 2015
Todd Stevens from Wellington Scottish Club was 164th in 2:41:48.
The 45 year old New Zealand marathon champion in 2003 has been on a mission in recent years to race in the World’s top marathons. He has now run in the New York (2005 - 2:34 and 2011), London (2009), Boston (2010 - 2:40), Amsterdam (2012 - 2:37), Berlin (2013 - 2:39), Chicago (2014) and Paris marathons.
Stevens said that he needed new challenges by tackling the major overseas marathons to keep his motivation up.
“Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, I ran a lot of New Zealand marathons, but in recent years I’ve needed new challenges to keep the motivation up and these big city marathons are incredible events,” said Stevens.
He sees each one he competes in as a unique event.
“They each have a real point of difference, but some things are the same: usually 40,000 competitors, awesome courses, the best in the world on the start line, lots of crowd support and a chance to travel around the world,” he said.

WELLINGTON SCOTTISH CENTENARY
Wellington Scottish Athletics Club are celebrating their Centenary over Queens Birthday weekend and are seeking all former members to register urgently on their website : www.scottishathletics.org.nz  then click on Centenary registrations. Please pass on to any former members.

ROAD AND TRAIL RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY
Rawhiti
Cape Brett 42.2km Challenge, the toughest race in the North 18 April: Nick Johnston 4:47:18, Graeme Ewenson 5:20:36, Greg Morris 5:44:50. Samantha Pettigrew 6:16:18, Kirsty Sclater 6:33:46, Georgina McPherson 7:12:14.

Auckland
O’Hagan’s Viaduct 5km, 14 April: Thomas Lawley 16:53, John Mauro 16:54, Daniel Woods 17:21.
Rat Race 5km Takapuna, 15 April: Nick Lichtwark 17:15, Oliver Trengrove 19:02.
Cornwall Park Parkrun 5km, 18 April: David White 17:47, Liam Barry 17:54, John Mauro 18:03.
Run Auckland 10km, Harbourview People’s Park Te Atatu Peninsula, 19 April: Andrew Hughes 36:56, Rick Tombling 37:01, Chris Wharam 37:51.

Wellington
Lower Hutt Parkrun 5km, 18 April: Alastair Willis 17:01, Geoff Ferry 18:25.
Honest 10km, Evans Bay, 19 April: Julian Davidson 35:23, Hannah Viner (Highgate England) 36:57 (women’s course record), Will Bell 38:03, Albie Vosseler 38:15, Gabrielle O’Rourke 38:28, Dave Creamer 38:57. Charlotte Haina 39:39, third woman.

Nelson
McCashin’s Autumn 5km, 15 April: Kim Hogarth 16:37, Richard Ussher 17:14, Simon Mardon 17:20. Hunta Sutherland 19:56.

Christchurch
Hagley Parkrun 5km, 18 April: Brian Jeffery 17:36, Neil Christian 18:49, Melanie Angland 18:51.

Dunedin
Botanic Garden Parkrun 5km, 18 April: Jake Jackson-Grammer 17:50.