2015 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships
The 2015 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Barlow Park in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, between May 8–10, 2015. They were held together with the 2015 Oceania Area Championships.[1][2] Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.[3][4][5]
XIII Oceania Youth Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | May 8–10 |
Host city | Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
Venue | Barlow Park |
Level | Youth |
Events | 42 |
Participation | 127 athletes from 16 nations |
Initially, a total of 44 events were scheduled.[1] However, results for girl's pole vault and mixed 800m sprint medley relay could not be retrieved. The events were most probably cancelled resulting in a total of 42 contested events, 22 by boys and 20 by girls.
Medal summary
Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.[6][7]
Boys (U18)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
Brandon Herrigan Australia | 10.71 CR | Johnathon Taylor Australia | 11.00 | Jarvis Hansen New Zealand | 11.12 |
200 metres (wind: +0.8 m/s) |
Brandon Herrigan Australia | 21.71 CR | Johnathon Taylor Australia | 21.95 | Shane Tuvusa Fiji | 22.22 |
400 metres | Shane Tuvusa Fiji | 49.52 | Ben Mackay Australia | 49.91 | Josiah McCarthy / Northern Australia | 52.90 |
800 metres | James Uhlenberg New Zealand | 1:59.47 | Blair Pennell New Zealand | 2:00.09 | Jade Bidgood / Northern Australia | 2:00.38 |
1500 metres | James Uhlenberg New Zealand | 4:05.90 | Blair Pennell New Zealand | 4:10.43 | Jade Bidgood / Northern Australia | 4:12.67 |
3000 metres | Joshua Torley Australia | 8:54.84 | James Uhlenberg New Zealand | 8:56.95 | Liam Cullen New Zealand | 9:39.30 |
2000 metres steeplechase | Blair Pennell New Zealand | 6:25.14 | Liam Cullen New Zealand | 6:59.25 | Matthew Macguire / Northern Australia | 7:56.60 |
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm) (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
Brandon Herrigan Australia | 13.84 CR | Jarrod Twigg Australia | 14.20 | Sitiveni Sulunga Tonga | 14.42 |
400 metres hurdles (83.8 cm) | Ben Mackay Australia | 54.90 | Matthew Harcourt Australia | 55.15 | Sam Richardson Australia | 58.29 |
High jump | John Dodds / Northern Australia | 2.06m CR | Brenton Foster / Northern Australia | 2.00m | Teuraiterai Tupaia French Polynesia | 1.94m |
Pole vault | Jack Stolarski Australia | 4.30m | Reggie Taumaa French Polynesia | 3.20m | ||
Long jump | Taurere Teganahau French Polynesia | 6.91m w (wind: +2.5 m/s) | Christopher Goodwin New Zealand | 6.83m w (wind: +3.9 m/s) | Arnold Fage New Zealand | 6.37m (wind: +1.4 m/s) |
Triple jump | Jack Stolarski Australia | 13.88m w (wind: +2.8 m/s) | Arnold Fage New Zealand | 13.30m w (wind: +3.5 m/s) | Johnny Quitugua Guam | 12.55m w (wind: +4.6 m/s) |
Shot put (5.0 kg) | Raiarii Thompson French Polynesia | 15.89m | Timothy Ford Australia | 15.47m | Nathaniel Mommers Australia | 15.27m |
Discus throw (1.5 kg) | Jack Bannister Australia | 50.17m | Timothy Ford Australia | 46.95m | Jean Marc Tafilagi New Caledonia | 46.39m |
Hammer throw (5.0 kg) | Nathaniel Mommers Australia | 54.39m | Jack Bannister Australia | 53.62m | Caleb Moore New Zealand | 47.77m |
Javelin throw (700g) | Teuraiterai Tupaia French Polynesia | 59.93m | Mahio Patu French Polynesia | 54.79m | Donavin Ada Northern Mariana Islands | 41.02m |
Octathlon | Matthew Hosie Australia | 5647 CR | Ben Collerton New Zealand | 5636 | Connor Tansley / Northern Australia | 3187 |
Decathlon | Theo Watson / Northern Australia | 6062 CR | ||||
5000 metres walk | Luke McCutcheon Australia | 24:08.84 | ||||
4 × 100 metres relay | Australia Ben Mackay Johnathon Taylor Brandon Herrigan Jarrod Twigg | 42.47 CR | New Zealand Arnold Fage Jarvis Hansen Christopher Goodwin Javon McCallum | 43.85 | / Northern Australia Jake Doran Ashley Brooke Connor Tansley Maximilian Graf | 46.85 |
4 × 400 metres relay | Australia Sam Richardson Luke McCutcheon Matthew Hosie Ben Mackay | 3:32.52 | New Zealand Javon McCallum Jarvis Hansen Blair Pennell Ben Collerton | 3:32.90 | / Northern Australia Josiah McCarthy Jake Doran Maximilian Graf Jade Bidgood | 3:37.87 |
Girls (U18)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
Olivia Eaton New Zealand | 12.20 | Shannon Reynolds / Northern Australia | 12.31 | Miriam Peni Papua New Guinea | 12.43 |
200 metres (wind: +0.6 m/s) |
Olivia Eaton New Zealand | 24.48 CR | Shannon Reynolds / Northern Australia | 25.02 | Hayley Heel Australia | 25.06 |
400 metres | Amanda Fitisenamu New Zealand | 56.85 | Caroline Higham Australia | 57.14 | Hannah Schlecht Australia | 57.78 |
800 metres | Montanna McAvoy / Northern Australia | 2:19.11 | Maxine Paholek Australia | 2:20.88 | Tahryn Kellie / Northern Australia | 2:31.53 |
1500 metres | Montanna McAvoy / Northern Australia | 4:44.59 | Clio Ozanne-Jaques / Northern Australia | 4:51.49 | ||
3000 metres | Clio Ozanne-Jaques / Northern Australia | 10:35.29 | Emma Henderson / Northern Australia | 12:31.38 | ||
2000 metres steeplechase | Rama Kumilgo Papua New Guinea | 7:13.18 | Maxine Paholek Australia | 7:15.30 | ||
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) (wind: +2.1 m/s) |
Karina Brown Australia | 14.34 w | Samantha Johnson Australia | 14.59 w | Emily Bass Australia | 14.71 w |
400 metres hurdles | Emily Bass Australia | 64.69 CR | Nicola Bowtell Australia | 67.84 | ||
High jump | Kimberley Jenner / Northern Australia | 1.76m CR | Emma Meyer Australia | 1.65m | Grace-Kelly Davidson / Northern Australia | 1.60m |
Pole vault | Most probably cancelled | |||||
Long jump | Atipa Mabonga New Zealand | 5.87m w (wind: +4.0 m/s) | Ashleigh Bennett New Zealand | 5.57m (wind: +1.7 m/s) | Emma Hopcroft New Zealand | 5.56m w (wind: +3.3 m/s) |
Triple jump | Mikaela Bretz Australia | 12.41m (wind: +1.7 m/s) CR | Taaliyah Markos / Northern Australia | 11.52m (wind: +1.2 m/s) | ||
Shot put (3.0 kg) | Julia Bourke Australia | 15.56m CR | Zoe Henare / Northern Australia | 14.02m | Alexandra Worth / Northern Australia | 12.33m |
Discus throw | Alexandra Worth / Northern Australia | 40.95m | Rhiann Cull / Northern Australia | 32.51m | Luciendra Truques New Caledonia | 30.98m |
Hammer throw (3.0 kg) | Emma Keleher Australia | 55.45m CR | Emily Rotunno Australia | 53.71m | Jennifer Moss / Northern Australia | 45.14m |
Javelin throw (500g) | Tianah List Australia | 47.30m | Gwoelani Patu French Polynesia | 40.97m | Zoe Henare / Northern Australia | 37.76m |
Heptathlon | Rebekah Gleeson-Cherry / Northern Australia | 3179 | ||||
5000 metres walk | Tahlia Hunt Australia | 27:41.19 | Jessica Grech / Northern Australia | 39:40.90 | ||
4 × 100 metres relay | Australia Katie Colebourne Emily Bass Samantha Johnson Hayley Heel | 49.15 CR | New Zealand Olivia Eaton Ashleigh Bennett Atipa Mabonga Emma Hopcroft | 49.38 | / Northern Australia Bridget Seymour-Jones Kayla Horne Tayla King Shannon Reynolds | 50.17 |
4 × 400 metres relay | Australia Nicola Bowtell Maxine Paholek Hannah Schlecht Caroline Higham | 4:01.89 CR | New Zealand Atipa Mabonga Ashleigh Bennett Amanda Fitisenamu Emma Hopcroft | 4:13.08 | / Northern Australia Lacey Taylor Shannon Reynolds Kayla Horne Montanna McAvoy | 4:14.57 |
Mixed
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Mixed 800m sprint medley relay | Most probably cancelled |
Medal table (unofficial)
* Host nation (Australia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Australia* | 22 | 15 | 6 | 43 |
2 | /Northern Australia | 8 | 8 | 15 | 31 |
3 | New Zealand | 7 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
4 | French Polynesia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
5 | Fiji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | New Caledonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | Guam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tonga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 nations) | 42 | 38 | 34 | 114 |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation (unofficial)
According to an unofficial count, 127 athletes from 16 countries and territories participated. As in the years before, there was also a "Regional Australia Team" Northern Australia (dubbed "RAT" in the results list) comprising Australian athletes who either have their normal place of residence (defined as being a place where an athlete is resident and/or educated) in an "athletically remote area" of Australia (defined as a being a place more than 300km from any centre at which track and field competition is held on a regular basis i.e. basically weekly or fortnightly during the track season) or "Northern Australia" (defined as comprising the Northern Territory and any parts of Western Australia and North Queensland, north of 26th parallel south latitude).[8]
- American Samoa (4)
- Australia (29)
- Cook Islands (4)
- Fiji (1)
- French Polynesia (10)
- Guam (3)
- Marshall Islands (2)
- F.S. Micronesia (2)
- New Caledonia (2)
- New Zealand (18)
- / Northern Australia (39)
- Northern Mariana Islands (4)
- Papua New Guinea (2)
- Samoa (2)
- Tonga (3)
- Vanuatu (2)
References
- Oceania Athletics Championships – Cairns 2015 – Competition Manual (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-18, retrieved May 7, 2015
- Athletes Roll into Cairns for the Oceania Championships, Oceania Athletics Association, 6 May 2015, retrieved May 7, 2015
- Oceania Championships – Day 1, OAA, 8 May 2015, retrieved May 9, 2015
- Oceania Championships – Day 2, OAA, 9 May 2015, retrieved May 10, 2015
- Oceania Championships – Day 3, OAA, 10 May 2015, retrieved May 11, 2015
- Oceania Area Championships 2015 – 8/05/2015 to 10/05/2015 – Barlow Park – Cairns – Results (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04, retrieved May 10, 2015
- Oceania Area Championships 2015 – 8/05/2015 to 10/05/2015 – Barlow Park – Cairns – Results – Combined Events (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2015, retrieved May 10, 2015
- REGIONAL AUSTRALIA Selection Policy – Oceania Senior and Youth Area Championships – Cairns, Australia, 8-10 May 2015 (PDF), Athletics North Queensland, 13 January 2015, retrieved May 7, 2015