Shot-put exponent Tom Walsh led the charge for South Canterbury in winning the men’s 19 event with a New Zealand record of 18.40 metres at the Athletics Canterbury interclub meeting in Christchurch at the weekend.
Lauren Nicol won the women’s 16 100 metres and 400 metres in 13.10 seconds and 59.96s respectively. Lucinda Shaw was second in the 3000m track walk in 16:36.0s.
Brett Clifford took out the men’s 16 1500m in 4:19.64, while Daniel Laws won both the 110m hurdles (17.74s) and the 400m hurdles (59.51s).
At the Wellington Track and Field Championships at Newtown Stadium, Simon Bunckenburg finished third in the men’s 19 800m in 1:57.90, with the winner recording 1:57.70 in a close-fought final.
Bunckenburg also finished second in the men’s 19 400m final.
At Dunedin at the Otago interclub meeting, Daniel Lord impressively won the men’s 19 2000m track walk in a personal best time of 8:14.83.
The win follows on from his performance the previous week in Auckland, where he won the 10,000m track walk in the Trans Tasman under 21 test with a personal best by 3:46.37.
The time saw him qualify for the World Cup in Mexico this year.
