Eliza McCartney relishing Auckland competitions
For many the appearance of Eliza McCartney at the Auckland Track Challenge at AUT Millennium on Sunday in the Harcourts Cooper & Co pole vault will provide the meet highlight. Here the Olympic pole vault bronze medallist chats to Steve Landells about her expectations leading into the flagship New Zealand one-day meet.
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Five minutes with Kelsey Berryman
Sprinter/jumper Kelsey Berryman was one of the star performers for New Zealand at the recent Coles Nitro Athletics Series in Melbourne, soaring out to a new long jump PB of 6.29m. Here we find out more about the 25-year-old reigning New Zealand long jump champion as she answers our Five Minutes With… questions.
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International Athletics Series
Tonight sees the second of three meetings that comprise the International Athletics Series (The Big Shot and Fast K was the first). Central Auckland hosts the Vertical Pursuit tonight and Sunday 26 February on the North Shore of Auckland will see the Auckland Track Challenge. The series is showcasing some of our Olympic stars up close with the first two events held in public spaces, rather than at athletics tracks. tracks.
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Auckland Track Challenge
The final act of the 2017 International Athletics Series will be the Auckland Track Challenge. on Sunday 26 February at AUT Millennium Stadium on Auckland's North Shore.
Two of New Zealand's Rio Olympic medallists, Eliza McCartney and Tom Walsh will be in action along with Paralympics star Liam Malone.
The men's shot put will see the Olympic Champ, Ryan Crouser take on the Diamond League and World Indoor Champ Tom Walsh with three other world class shot putters.
Eliza McCartney will be up against two of North America's best in the women's pole vault and there will be some quality supporting events. A rare opportunity to see these athletes compete in New Zealand in 2017!
Jennian Homes signs on with Athletics
Athletics New Zealand have today announced Jennian Homes as the naming rights sponsor of the New Zealand Track and Field Championships for 2017 and 2018, to be held at Porritt Stadium in Hamilton. Athletics New Zealand Chief Executive, Linda Hamersley, said “It’s fantastic to have Jennian Homes on board to support our flagship national championship event.”
Other event partners include the Hamilton City Council and Aon New Zealand.
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NZ Track & Field Champs
There’s just over three weeks to the New Zealand Track & Field Championships in Hamilton. Entries are open so get in before you miss out.
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Upcoming NZ Championship Events
Entries are open for the NZ Track & Field Champs (Hamilton 17-19 March) and for the NZ Mountain Running Champs on 25 March in Queenstown.
Coaching Corner
Athletics New Zealand is very pleased to announce that Emily Nolan will be commencing with us as the Coach Education Manager in March. Emily has been working at High Performance Sport New Zealand since 2015 as a strength and conditioning specialist. Emily has 13 years’ experience working in the high performance sport sectors in both Australia and New Zealand. She brings a wealth of knowledge in the areas of physical preparation and athlete development, coach development and mentoring frameworks and is currently Chair of the Women’s Advisory Board of the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association. Emily has a long background in athletics and a passion for the sport. Emily will be with the Athletics NZ team at the upcoming National Track and Field Champs so please come say hello and make her feel welcome.
High Performance Topics
Survey
Athletics New Zealand in conjunction with Sport New Zealand is undertaking a research programme to find out how members view their experience with their club, aiming to understand what is important to members and how clubs are performing.
In the next few weeks members will receive an email from Nielson inviting them to take part in the survey with a link to the Nielsen survey. Nielsen, an independent research company, is carrying out this confidential survey on behalf of Sport New Zealand and results will not be reported in a way that will allow members to be individually identified.
The survey will only take around 10 minutes to complete. It’s very important that as many members as possible complete the survey, as the results will provide guidance to Athletics New Zealand on how we can help clubs improve the experience of their members. Thanks.
Rankings
After a thorough investigation, the Records Advisory Committee, have established a list of 5000m track walk performances that are the best performances for the event and age. These performances will be documented/ratified as records 50 days after the first publication of this list, unless the performance is challenged with a superior performance. The submission of a superior performance will have to be accompanied by documentation that would enable the performance to be ratified as a record under the current Regulations.
5000m walk performances listed here
Weekly Roundup
Another of the benefits offered by Athletics NZ is our Weekly Roundup from around New Zealand and NZ athletes overseas. It’s compiled by Murray McKinnon who spends hours each week tracking down Kiwi performances around the world. It comes out each Monday. If you are not already receiving it, head to the Athletics NZ website (near the bottom of the home page) and you can subscribe there.
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