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2009 NBx-mas Cracker - Christchurch, December 19th  Mens 5,000m Steadily cementing itself as one of the premier distance races on the New Zealand domestic calendar, the NBx-mas Cracker 5,000m looks to be another step up in quality and depth in 2009. With athletes not just from the South Island, but nation wide embracing the opportunity for a concerted early season hit out, and with 25 athletes in the A race alone, finding someone to share the work/pace with should not be a problem and hopes are high for a slew of PB’s. Leading the ch...

Not to be outdone, by Tom Walsh’s shot put effort on Saturday, 14 year old Jacko Gill from Takapuna Grammar came back on Sunday and won the junior boys shot put with the 5kg shot sending the ball out to 20.42m, immediately erasing Walsh’s New Zealand M17 record and also extending his own New Zealand M16 record. Campbell Wu of Auckland Grammar set a New Zealand M16 300m hurdles record of 37.71s in winning the open boys’ event. This betters the standard for a record of 38s and is faster than Nic O’Brien’s time of 37...

Tom Walsh of Timaru Boys’ High highlighted day one of the New Zealand secondary schools T&F championships in Timaru with a New Zealand M17 shot put record of 20.21m. This bettered Jacko Gill’s recent M17 record of 19.72m set in New Caledonia in October, which had in turn broken Walsh’s record of 19.60m set in finishing sixth at the World Youth Championships in Italy in July. Walsh won the senior boys’ shot put title with his record breaking effort beating Albert Nikoro of Mt Albert Grammar and Ryan Tinkle of Wellington ...

  AUCKLAND Mt Smart Stadium Michael Cochrane scored a double surprise in the 400m hurdles on Saturday. The 18 year old from Tauranga rocketed around the lap of the track and over the fights of hurdles in a personal best time of 53.10s. This time was also under the entry standard of 53.34s for the world junior championships in Canada in July, putting him in contention for selection. “It is a huge surprise, I was thinking maybe a 55 seconds, but 53.1 seconds is pretty surprising,” said Cochrane. Cochrane, second in the men 19 110...

New Zealand vs Australia Race Walking Test Announced New Zealand will compete against international race walking powerhouse Australia in a Test Match in Hobart early next year. The Test Match will see up to four male and four female competitors from each contry race over 20km on 13 February. A trial to select the team will be held at Douglas Track in Waitakere on 10 January. The winners and runners-up in both the mens and women's competitions in the trial will be automatic selections, while the next finishers will be subject to a qualifying ti...

 Ka'a'awa, Oahu-Hawaii - Max King, 29, from Bend, Oregon and Fiona Docherty, 34, from New Zealand won the XTERRA Trail Running World Championship at Kualoa Ranch this morning and each won $2,000, airfare from Hawaiian Airlines, and a host of other prizes for their efforts. More than 1,000 runners from 35 states and nine countries participated in the day’s 3.1-mile, 6.2-mile, and 12-mile races, which were a benefit for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Hawaii. King won the men’s 12-mile championship race in 1:14:...

September 23, 2007, mean much to you? A few fans with long memories might recall it was the day the All Blacks put Scotland to the sword with a crushing 40-0 pool success at Murrayfield in the Rugby World Cup. Yet, perhaps a more significant moment for Kiwi sport happened that same day at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart. Need any clues? World Athletics Final. Women's shot put. Still not got it? Okay, this was the date of Valerie Vili's last defeat. The Kiwi shot put ace has since swept to 28 successive victories in finals stretching o...

Premiership Updated @ 8 December:  1. Gavin Stevens 117pts  2. Mike Aish 98pts  3. Dale Warrender 91pts  4. Matt Dravitski 85pts  5. Sam Wreford 83pts  6. Rowan Hooper 72pts  7. Scott Winton 57pts 8. Jon-Paul Hendriksen 55pts 9. Glynn Hadley 54pts 10. Grant McLean 53pts 11. Graeme Taylor 21pts 1.  Aish, Mike 2:15.43 Rock n Roll Phoenix 18/01/2009  2.  Smith, Matt 2:16.48 Gold Coast 5/07/2009  3.  Aish, Mike 2:18.18 Christchurch 31/05/2009  4.  Warrander, Dale 2:18.26 Bep...

Corporaal completes trail running sweep   Bloodied and sore, Galatea farmer Sjors Corporaal wrapped up the North Island Triple Crown trail running series in style yesterday, but not without a few nervous moments. The 32-year-old took out the 21km The Goat run around the flanks of Mt Ruapehu, with the perilous surface made all the more treacherous by heavy overnight rain. “You couldn’t tell a slippery rock to land on from a good rock - it was unreal and a bit of a minefield out there and I fell over heaps,” Corporaal said....

MT EVEREST New Zealand’s Anna Frost conquered Mt Everest in record breaking time, setting a women’s record of 4h 35m 4s for the Everest Marathon on Friday. Frost, who is based in the UK, finished sixth overall and reduced the record by a huge margin of 27 minutes. The previous record was set by Angela Mudge in the last race in 2007. Frost had spent some time in the region before the race preparing and acclimatising for the gruelling encounter of 42.2km, which starts at an altitude of 5184m at Gorak Shep, beside the last huts before ...