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All in Athletics
James McLeay was meant to be in Sydney this week, competing at the Australian T & F championship. But Covid put paid to that.
Trent Hogg was the star of the small Southland team at the weekend’s national T & F championships.
Throwing events have seen a resurgence in Southland since Chris Knight moved down south and Trent Hogg is leading the way.
Roger Robinson wrote an article describing a recent 3000m race he ran at age 82.
New Zealand trail running star Ruth Croft will line up for her first Kepler Challenge mountain race in Te Anau this weekend.
Lying awake at 4am, listening to the rain on the roof and wondering how many people won’t show up to your event because of the weather is something that Matt Sillars won’t miss.
Academy Southland graduates Atipa Mabonga and Hannah Miller have gone on to successful college careers in the United States, but they are full of praise for the time they spent in the two-year performance programme.
Despite a love of the mountains, Southland runner Jack Beaumont has found a new home on the flatlands of northern Texas.
A massive 5m personal best throw by Teagan Ashley was just one of the highlights by Southland athletes at the New Zealand track and field championships in Christchurch.
“It’s a critical pathway, and a pathway that a lot of athletes who have gone onto major success wouldn’t have been able to achieve without that support around them.” - Raylene Bates
“I think that was the moment I decided I really wanted to pursue hammer throwing more seriously. For some athletes, having that at the end of their school career, they might have just wanted to put it in the past and do something else. For me, I wanted to commit and do better.”
Quinn Hartley was the Southland star at the national secondary school athletic champs last weekend.
What is it with Southland and the triple jump?
Aparima College and Academy Southland athlete Teagan Ashley is another Southland athlete to watch at the New Zealand Secondary Schools champs.
William Robertson is a young man in a hurry.
Quinn Hartley has firmly established himself as a medal favourite at the coming NZSS Championship.
Emily Hay is a typical teenager. She is also the New Zealand Secondary Schools junior and New Zealand athletics U18 steeplechase bronze medalist and a Southland Secondary Schools cross country champion.
