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Athletics NZ Media weekly roundup 6 March 2017
AUCKLAND Athletics Auckland Championships, Mt Smart Stadium - 3/5 March 2017 Rio Olympian Alana Barber slashed 33 seconds off

Watch: Champion flees official for victory lap
Officials weren't too keen on letting Laura Muir celebrate her gold medal in the 3,000 metres.

92-year-old runner can't wait for a rematch
Dixon Hemphill logged onto his Facebook account last week to find dozens of notifications. Some were comments from friends but many

Athletics NZ weekly roundup
AUCKLAND Auckland Track Challenge, AUT Millennium Stadium - 26 February 2017 Eliza McCartney soared to new heights in front

McCartney's clear message to rivals
One essential quality in champion athletes is the ability to turn it on at the right time. Put Eliza McCartney in that category after

Athletics: McCartney humble and talented
In one notable leap 20-year-old Eliza McCartney improved the national record, the Oceania record and the equal best jump this year.

World records on the horizon
One of athletics' longest-standing and most contentious world records will fall in the next couple of years.

McCartney's coach delighted by performance
Eliza McCartney got the accolade which will probably mean most to her after setting a national record and personal best height.

Replay: Auckland Track Challenge
Olympic stars Tom Walsh and Eliza McCartney are in action at the Auckland Track Challenge.

Malone seeks speed help
Malone won two gold medals and one silver at the Rio Paralympics, and was recently named Disabled Athlete of the Year at the Halberg Awards.

Hotshots on field and at play
Each held a silencer-clad rifle, and their twinkle-toed stealth would have earned a nod of mute approval from the SAS.

Gluckman eyes another challenge at Masters Games
No challenge is too big for Everest conqueror John Gluckman, who will contest athletics at the World Master Games in Auckland.

Auckland track challenge set to fire
Olympic medallists Eliza McCartney and Tom Walsh will share the spotlight with Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser at the Auckland

Track Challenge set to fire
Olympic medallists Eliza McCartney and Tom Walsh will hold most of the interest for Kiwi athletics fans at the Auckland Track Challenge

Ohio blogger uncovers marathon runner in Florida
For a fleeting moment, she had everyone fooled. And why not? After all, 24-year-old Harvard graduate Jane Seo is a food and fitness

Kim Smith announces retirement
New Zealand distance-running record holder Kim Smith has announced her retirement from the sport.

McCartney stars in unique CBD venue
Eliza McCartney starred in more ways than one in the Atrium in Aucklands CBD Britomart complex on a warm summer Wednesday evening

McTaggart gets chance to shine
The heir apparent to Kiwi pole vaulter Eliza McCartney will be on display at this evening's Vertical Pursuit in Auckland. 17 year

McCartney in action twice in Auckland
For many the appearance of Eliza McCartney at the Auckland Track Challenge at AUT Millennium on Sunday will provide the meet highlight

Athletics NZ weekly round-up
CHRISTCHURCH The Big Shot and Fast K, Retro Sports Facility, Corner Durham and Kilmore Streets - 19 February 2017 A New Zealand

Attwell and Blackwood claim NZ Combined Event titles
Max Attwell and Ariana Blackwood won their first New Zealand senior titles at the New Zealand Combined Events Championships in Dunedin

Athletics: Walsh settles for second in Olympic rematch
Kiwi Tom Walsh and Olympic champion Ryan Crouser traded records at the Big Shot in Christchurch today.

Athletics NZ weekly roundup 13 February 2017
AUSTRALIA Coles Nitro Athletics Series Round 2, Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne - 9 February 2017 New Zealand finished fifth on

Walsh relishing chance to face the best
Olympic bronze medallist and IAAF Diamond League champion Tom Walsh is relishing the prospect of featuring in a pair of world-class

Athletics: Walsh, McCartney open season
Olympic medalists Tom Walsh and Eliza McCartney achieved meet records their first competitive outings of the season.

Good performances abound at Porritt Classic
Top performances abounded at the Porritt Classic meeting in Hamilton on Saturday evening. Olympians Tom Walsh and Eliza McCartney

Kiwi sprint kings star at Nitro meet two
Two New Zealand sprinters starred at night two of the Coles Nitro Athletics series in Melbourne on Thursday. Joseph Millar stunned

Carrington queen of Halbergs
The canoeist is both 2016 Sportswoman of the Year and winner of the Supreme Award at tonight's Halberg Awards.

From the Olympics to The Voice
As far as Jazmin Sawyers is concerned, there is absolutely no doubt over where her focus lies.