2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships

The 2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships were held at the BCI Stadium in Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, between June 24–26, 2014. They were held together with the 2014 Oceania Senior Championships, and there were also exhibition events for masters, and athletes with a disability (parasports).[1] Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.[2][3][4]

VI Oceania Junior Athletics Championships
DatesJune 24–26
Host cityAvarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Cook Islands
VenueBCI Stadium
LevelJunior
Events41 (20 men, 21 women)
Participation140 athletes from
21 nations

In the junior category, a total of 41 events were contested, 20 by men and 21 by women.

Medal summary edit

Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.[5]

Boys (U20) edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s) Nicholas Bate
  Australia
10.65 w Peauope Suli Fifita
  Tonga
10.77 w Apolosi Ratumudu
  Fiji
10.77 w
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s) Nicholas Bate
  Australia
21.41 CR Batinisavu Uluiyata
  Fiji
21.86 Sean J. Fitzsimmons
  Australia
21.87
400 metres Batinisavu Uluiyata
  Fiji
47.67 CR Sean J. Fitzsimmons
  Australia
48.14 Kaminiel Matlaun
  Papua New Guinea
48.18
800 metres Alec Arnold
  Australia
1:55.61 Theunis Pieters
  New Zealand
1:56.75 Joshua Kentwell
  Australia
1:59.67
1500 metres Alec Arnold
  Australia
4:11.56 Joshua Kentwell
  Australia
4:11.87 John Aquino
  Guam
4:14.76
5000 metres John Aquino
  Guam
16:01.79 Matthew Dryden
  New Zealand
16:09.44 Rosfelo Siosi
  Solomon Islands
16:14.63
10000 metres Matthew Dryden
  New Zealand
34:02.75 CR Rosfelo Siosi
  Solomon Islands
34:52.47 Derickson Antibas
  Marshall Islands
41:31.44
3000 metres steeplechase Loïc Mevel
  French Polynesia
10:29.55 Louis Ligerot
  French Polynesia
10:31.51
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.8 m/s) Namataiki Tevenino
  French Polynesia
15.15 Jordan Mills
  Australia
15.20 Johnny Quitigua
  Guam
16.55
400 metres hurdles Matthew Crowe
  Australia
54.91 Robert Broadhead
  Australia
56.26 Peniel Joshua
  Papua New Guinea
57.14
High Jump Cedric Dubler
  Australia HPTC
2.09m Jason Strano
  Australia
2.00m James Jeffrey
  Australia
1.97m
Long Jump Nicholas van Gelder
  Australia
7.21m (wind: -1.0 m/s) CR Waisale Dausoko
  Fiji
6.94m (wind: +0.0 m/s) Charles Rosas
 /  North Australia
6.17m (wind: -0.8 m/s)
Triple Jump Charles Rosas
 /  North Australia
14.03m (wind: +0.7 m/s) Johnny Quitigua
  Guam
12.50m (wind: +1.3 m/s) Makalea Foliaki
  French Polynesia
12.45m (wind: +1.9 m/s)
Shot Put Brody James
  Australia
14.62m Jinnam Hopotoa
  Niue
13.97m Denzelle To'o
  Cook Islands
13.64m
Discus Throw Brody James
  Australia
47.40m Hamish Dewar
  New Zealand
44.03m Denzelle To'o
  Cook Islands
43.71m
Hammer Throw Tom Quinn
  New Zealand
55.16m Bradley Herbert
  Australia
46.91m Jack Bannister
 /  North Australia
39.44m
Javelin Throw Ikipa Misikea
  Niue
45.79m William Pasisi
  Niue
42.98m Pedro Aquiningoc
  Guam
40.86m
Octathlon Max Attwell
  New Zealand
5282 Lachlan Calvert
  Australia
5149 Hamish Dewar
  New Zealand
4551
4 x 100 metres relay   Australia
Sean J. Fitzsimmons
Nicholas Bate
Vandy Kanneh
Rene Zacchini
42.64   Niue
Roynuka Nukanuka
William Pasisi
Jinnam Hopotoa
Ikipa Misikea
47.10  /  North Australia
Charles Rosas
Jack Bannister
Travis Andison
Khyle Tucker
47.35
4 x 400 metres relay   Australia
Rene Zacchini
Matthew Crowe
Robert Broadhead
Sean J. Fitzsimmons
3:22.72 CR   New Zealand
Dhruv Raman
Theunis Pieters
Max Attwell
Alexander Howden
3:27.05   Guam
Johnny Quitigua
John Aquino
Pedro Aquiningoc
Bleu Perez
3:48.70

Girls (U20) edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.8 m/s) Georgia Hulls
  New Zealand
12.20 CR Caitlyn George
  New Zealand
12.28 Caitlin Newson
  Australia
12.49
200 metres (wind: -0.2 m/s) Georgia Hulls
  New Zealand
24.88 CR Caitlyn George
  New Zealand
25.26 Regine Tugade
  Guam
25.52
400 metres Grace Victor
  Australia
55.99 Jessica Haig
  Australia
56.44 Maddy Scott
  Australia
56.56
800 metres Holly Manning
  New Zealand
2:11.17 CR Grace Victor
  Australia
2:13.92 Isabella Smith
  Australia
2:14.78
1500 metres Georgia Winkcup
  Australia
4:29.97 CR Isabella Smith
  Australia
4:37.78 Arianna Lord
  New Zealand
4:38.97
5000 metres Chloé Andres
  French Polynesia
20:20.02 Genina Criss
  Guam
21:49.27
10000 metres Libby Jacques
  Australia
37:54.18 Jayde Hill
  Australia
40:06.92 Chloé Andres
  French Polynesia
42:12.93
3000 metres steeplechase Georgia Winkcup
  Australia
10:37.91 CR
100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s) Natalie Setiadji
  Australia
15.01 Jacinta Fisher
  Australia
15.35
400 metres hurdles Kasey Moore
  Australia
64.86 Raylyne Kanam
  Papua New Guinea
66.26 Emily-Claire Bass
 /  North Australia
66.31
High Jump Anna Staib
  Australia
1.63m Rosie Elliott
  New Zealand
1.63m Nahema Agussan
  French Polynesia
1.45m
Long Jump Tea Boyer
  French Polynesia
4.98m w (wind: +2.4 m/s) Brooke Somerfield
  New Zealand
4.97m (wind: +1.8 m/s) Shannon Reynolds
 /  North Australia
4.91m w (wind: +3.5 m/s)
Triple Jump Anna Thomson
  New Zealand
11.66m (wind: +0.0 m/s) Jacinta Fisher
  Australia
11.60m w (wind: +3.3 m/s) Atipa Mabonga
  New Zealand
11.50m (wind: +0.5 m/s)
Shot Put Ata Maama Tu'utafaiva
  Tonga
13.39m Brianna Bortolanza
  Australia
12.53m Maddy Bergfield
  Australia
12.04m
Discus Throw Phoebe Sloane
  Australia
43.43m Maddy Bergfield
  Australia
41.30m Stephanie Wadsworth
  Australia
37.92m
Hammer Throw Laura Herbert
  Australia
53.29m Brianna Smith
 /  North Australia
45.25m Shanen Layden
 /  North Australia
44.00m
Javelin Throw Adrine Monagi
  Papua New Guinea
38.26m Kimberley Bright-Mync
 /  North Australia
35.91m Tatiana Sherwin
  Cook Islands
26.89m
Heptathlon Christie Molloy
  Australia
4242 Adrine Monagi
  Papua New Guinea
4226 Rachel Gould
 /  North Australia
3636
5000 metres track walk Jayde Hill
  Australia
24:55.14 Stephanie Grujoski
  Australia
28:21.61
4 x 100 metres relay   New Zealand
Caitlyn George
Brooke Somerfield
Rosie Elliott
Georgia Hulls
49.44   Australia
Natalie Setiadji
Caitlin Newson
Jacinta Fisher
Grace Victor
49.58  /  North Australia
Shannon Reynolds
Emily-Claire Bass
Kayla Horne
Rita Fontaine
50.58
4 x 400 metres relay   Australia
Maddy Scott
Jessica Haig
Kasey Moore
Grace Victor
3:54.91 CR   New Zealand
Caitlyn George
Arianna Lord
Holly Manning
Georgia Hulls
4:04.59  /  North Australia
Rita Fontaine
Shannon Reynolds
Rachel Gould
Emily-Claire Bass
4:11.85

Medal table (unofficial) edit

  *   Host nation (Cook Islands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia2217847
2  New Zealand89320
3  French Polynesia4138
4  Niue1304
5 /  North Australia12912
6  Guam1258
7  Papua New Guinea1225
8  Fiji1214
9  Tonga1102
10  Australia HPTC1001
11  Solomon Islands0112
12  Cook Islands*0033
13  Marshall Islands0011
Totals (13 entries)414036117

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 140 athletes from 21 countries participated. As in the years before, there was also a "Regional Australia Team" (dubbed "RAT" in the results list) recruited by Athletics North Queensland and Athletics Northern Territory.[6] Moreover, there was an athlete (Australian Cedric Dubler) representing the IAAF High-Performance Training Centre (HPTC) in Varsity Lakes, Queensland, Australia.[7][8] Some athletes competed in both the junior and the senior category.

References edit

  1. ^ Oceania Athletics Championships - Rarotonga 2014 - Competition Manual (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14, retrieved July 1, 2014
  2. ^ Oceania Athletics Championships - Rarotonga, Cook Islands Day One Competition – Tuesday 24th June, 2014, OAA, 27 June 2014, retrieved July 1, 2014
  3. ^ Oceania Athletics Championships - Rarotonga, Cook Islands Day Two Competition – Wednesday 25th June, 2014, OAA, 27 June 2014, retrieved July 1, 2014
  4. ^ Oceania Athletics Championships - Rarotonga, Cook Islands Day Three Competition – Thursday 26th June, 2014, OAA, 1 July 2014, retrieved July 1, 2014
  5. ^ Oceania Athletics Championships - Rarotonga 2014 - Results (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014, retrieved July 1, 2014
  6. ^ 2014 Regional Australia Team Announced, Athletics North Queensland, 8 May 2014, archived from the original on 25 June 2014, retrieved 1 July 2014
  7. ^ Oceania Athletics Association - High-Performance Training Centre (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved July 1, 2014
  8. ^ HIGH PERFORMANCE TRAINING CENTRES, IAAF, retrieved July 1, 2014