Race results
| Date | Event |
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| 21 June 03 |
NZ Short Course XC Champs , Trentham Memorial Park Open Men 4k: Chris Speakman 29th 13:37 |
| 21 June 03 |
NZ Secondary Schools XC Champs , Trentham Memorial Park Senior Boys 6k:1st Matt Prosser 19:25; 7th Lyndon McGaughran 19:54; 32nd Matt Singleton 21:09; 89th Matthew Mintrom 22:16; 146th Joel Speakman 23:44; 160th Simon Hay 24:12; 191st Michael Keating 26:06 Year 9 Boys 3k: 4th Brendon Blacklaws 10:25; 31st Daniel Robertson 11:08 Junior Boys 4k:42nd Fasil Defersha 14:40; 46th Chris Blackford 14:41; 63rd Martin Hay 14:53; 101st Al Mallard 15:23; 105th Tim Wakelin 15:26; 142nd Hayden Richards 16:13 Senior Girls 4k: 92nd Rachel Blacklaws 17:40; 150th Rita Homes 19:52 |
| 7 June 03 |
Dorne Cup , Trentham Memorial Park |
| 1 June 03 |
Christchurch Marathon , Christchurch Iain Westphall was spotted on the 6 O'clock news in Olympic Colours doing a 2:51 Marathon at Christchurch, well done Iain, looked good too! (he was probably in training for the Dorne next weekend!) Kevin Mitchell also did the Half in 1:30:46 well done Kevin! |
| 1 June 03 |
NZ Mountain Running Champs , Mt. Victoria Photos |
| 28 May 03 |
Wellington Secondary Schools XC Champs , Trentham Memorial Park |
| 24 May 03 |
Vosseller Shield , Mt. Victoria Some very good results for Olympic here and a great turnout. It was good to see so many black singlets on the course. Congratulations to: Mike Wakelin 2nd senior men; Barry Prosser 3rd Masters Men; Dana Hastie 3rd under 20 women; Brendan Blacklaws 2nd under 17 Men; Lachlan Rusbridge 2nd Under 14 Boys; Nathan Sheppard 3rd under 12 boys and Teams: 3rd Senior Men; 2nd Masters Men; 2nd Masters Women; 1st Under 17 Men; 2nd u14/u12 Boys |
| 17 May 03 | Battle Hill Cross Country , Battle Hill Farm Park Photos |
| 11 May 03 |
Masters
Classic Relay (Provisional Results) , Trentham Memorial Park Olympic open grade masters team won the Veterans Classic Relay held at Trentham Memorial Park by 1:20 from last years winners Valleys United. Chris Speakman running second fastest time. In the team with an average age of at least 50 Olympic were runners up. |
| 11 May 03 |
PB NZ Duathlon Championships , Redwood Forests, Rotorua Olympics Sam Mallard pulled off another great result to be placed Second in the PB NZ Duathlon Championships. |
| 3 May 03 |
University Relays , MacKays Crossing Olympic Mens Open team were victorious, with Mike Wakelin and Mathew Prosser running the fastest times for the day. |
| 3 May 03 |
Rotorua Marathon , Rotorua, (off-site) Olympic was represented by Chris Martin (18th Open Man), Chris Ward (28th M50), and Ray Boardman ran with his brother Anthony (4:09:18 and 3:59:58 respectively) |
| 21 Apr 03 | Shaw Baton Interclub Relay , Battle Hill Farm Park Olympic Photos |
| 13 Apr 03 | Moonshine Half Marathon & 10k , (off site) |
| 6 Apr 03 | Maiden and Perston club races , Newlands College |
| 25 Mar 03 | Magills 5k Fun Run and Walk, Race 5 , Thorndon(off-site) |
| 25 Mar 03 | Magills 5k Fun Run and Walk, Race 4 , Thorndon(off-site) |
| 21-23 Mar 03 | Adidas NZ Track and Field Championships, Dunedin(off-site) |
| 18 Mar 03 | Magills 5k Fun Run and Walk, Race 3 , Thorndon(off-site) |
| 16 Mar 03 | Round the Vines Run/Walk 21k and 10k , Martinborough(off-site). Olympic Harriers were amongst the placegetters, in this very popular event, with Chris Speakman 3rd in the 21K (1:17 - which compares favourably with his half-marathon PB), and Mark Anderson 3rd in the 10k (37.46). Miles Coverdale was cruelly robbed of a certain top 10 placing and sub-41 min time in the 10k when he, along with others, were mistakenly sent on an extra 1k loop. Liz Anderson recorded a PB 49.18 in the 10k. |
| 15 Mar 03 | Wellington Athletics Black Programme and Centre 10,000m Championships, Newtown Park(off-site). |
| 11 Mar 03 | Magills 5k Fun Run and Walk, Race 2, Thorndon(off-site) |
| 8 Mar 03 | Wellington Athletics Champs, Newtown Park(off-site). |
| 4 Mar 03 | Magills 5k Fun Run and Walk, Race 1, Thorndon(off-site) |
| 1 Mar 03 | Wellington Athletics, Gold Programme, Newtown Park(off-site) Many Olympic members competed. |
| 25 Feb 03 | Mizuno—Shoe Clinic Twilight 5km Series - fun run and walk 7, Queen’s Wharf |
| 23 Feb 03 | Central Regional Athletics Champs, Day 1, Palmerston North(off-site). Matt Prosser won the M20 800m in a lightening quick 1:54.91 while Dana Hastie won the W18 300m in 10:17.98. |
| 23 Feb 03 | Round The Bays Fun Run and Walk, Frank Kitts Park. Many Olympic runners were spotted. Some slowed down briefly to allow their photo to be taken. Photos |
| 11 Feb 03 | Mizuno—Shoe Clinic Twilight 5km Series - fun run and walk 6, Queen’s Wharf Photos |
| 8-9 Feb 03 | NZ Masters Games, Wanganui. Gordon Blacklaws performed very well in the 50-55 age group with wins in the 5k (+ 1st overall in 17.43), 1500m (4.40), and 3k (10.23), plus 2nd in the 400m (61 secs). |
| 28 Jan 03 | Mizuno—Shoe Clinic Twilight 5km Series - fun run and walk 5 , Queen’s Wharf |
| 17 Jan 03 | Mizone Triathlon New Zealand Sprint Distance Championships, Virginia Lakes, Wanganui. Sam Mallard finished a fine 5th in the Open Men's event. |
| 17 Jan 03 | Holdsworth Jumbo Trail Race and Hooper Loop, Tararua Forest Park, Wairarapa, (off-site) |
| 17 Jan 03 | Bartercard Cooks Gardens Classic NZ Grand Prix, Wanganui, (off-site) |
| 19 Jan 03 | 2003 Phoenix Trust City of Wellington Full and Half Marathon, Kilbirnie Park Official Results |
| 17 Jan 03 | Bartercard Capital Classic NZ Grand Prix, Newtown Park,(off-site) |
| 14 Jan 03 | Mizuno—Shoe Clinic Twilight 5km Series - fun run and walk 4 , Queen’s Wharf |
| 14 Jan 03 | North Island Colgate Games, Auckland. |
| 26 Dec 02 | Haywards to Haywards World Cup Fun Run, Wellington(off-site). Mike Wakelin headed the field, together with Greg Thurlow. |
| 22 Dec 02 | Tri-Arthur-lon Wellington Sprint Triathlon Champs, Scorching Bay(off-site). This event, named in tribute to our own Arthur Klap, had a strong Olympic presence. Sam Mallard was 1st Mens U20 (2nd Open Men), and Claire Fraser was 1st Womens U20 (4th Open Women). |
| 21 Dec 02 | Scottish Night of Miles, Newtown Park(off-site). This annual revival of mile races, a distance in which NZ has a proud history, was dominated by Olympic athletes. In the Open Men's Mile, Matt Prosser (2nd), Mike Wakelin (3rd), and Lyndon McGaughran (4th) were only headed by Wellington Harrier's Quentin Rew. Olympic also dominated the Junior Men's event with Richard Lavin (2nd), Matt Singleton (3rd), Fasin Defersha (5th), and Chris Blackford (11th). Mike Burkinshaw was 7th fastest in the Walk, while Renee Rain was 2nd in the 400m (to prove that Olympic has strength outside of miling). Photos. |
| 17 Dec 02 | Mizuno—Shoe Clinic Twilight 5km Series - fun run and walk 3 , Queen’s Wharf |
| 14 Dec 02 | Open Meeting, Newtown Park. Lyndon McGaughran won the open 1500m in 4.20.6 (PB). No full results yet. |
| 12-14 Dec 02 | Oceania Open and U18 Championships, Christchurch.(off-site). |
| 12-14 Dec 02 | Fairydown Kepler Challenge and Luxmore Grunt, Te Anau(off-site). Gary Dick, Jill Westenra and Gerry Sheppard completed the course together for 12th, 13th and 14th places, with Jill also 2nd woman. All 3 were seen trotting round the bays on the following Friday, looking none the worse for wear but happy to be back on "dead flat" tarmac for a change. Arthur Klap also completed the course despite battling cramp for the final 10k (OUCH). Gutsy efforts from all. Full results are to come. |
| 7 Dec 02 | Gold Programme, Newtown Park. Gordon Blacklaws splashed around in the rain to win the open 1500m. No full results yet. |
| 6-8 Dec 02 | Adidas NZ Secondary Schools Athletic Championships, Inglewood(off-site). Notable performances by Matt Prosser (1st Senior 800m, 1.57.17), Dana Hastie (3rd Senior Girls 3000m, 10.22.77), Lyndon McGaughran (8th Senior 6k Road Race, 20.26), and Renee Wain (33rd Senior Girls 4km Road Race, 16.54). Please let me know if I have left anyone out. |
| 3 Dec 02 | Mizuno—Shoe Clinic Twilight 5km Series - fun run and walk 2 , Queen’s Wharf. Photos |
| 30 Nov 02 | National Teams Competition (Central), Third Round, Newtown Park(off-site). Good to see Olympic members high amongst the placegetters in this meeting. Particularly notable were our steeplechasers, Dana Hastie (1st W18, 5.14.02) and Mike Wakelin (2nd Mens A, 9.58.17). 17 year old Matt Prosser showed his mountain running exploits haven't blunted his speed with a good showing in the men's 400m (4th Mens A, 51.01). Photos |
| 26 Nov 02 | Kiwi Milers Club Meeting, Newtown Park(off-site). A standout performance by Matt Prosser in the 800m with 1.56.51, a PB by 2 seconds and fastest time by a NZ secondary school student this year. |
| 24 Nov 02 | Wairarapa Country Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km Fun Run and Walk, Masterton (off-site). Olympic was prominent in the half marathon, which also incorporated the Wellington Champs. A good win for Chris Speakman in the M40 grade(1:19.45 -also 4th overall). Solid performances also from Mike Binkhorst (1:35.32) and Esther Martin (1:48.53) |
| 24 Nov 02 | Wgtn Triathlon & Multisport Club Starter Tri, Scorching Bay (off-site). Olympic were well represented with Kevin Pugh (1st SM), Sam Mallard (1st JM), Al Mallard (7th JM) |
| 23-24 Nov 02 | North Island Masters Champs. Barry Prosser won the 1500m outright, and the 800m in his grade. Full results to come. |
| 23 Nov 02 | Black Programme, Newtown Park (off-site). A lovely fine, hot and calm afternoon. Just perfect for running laps of a track (or sunbathing outside - depending on your point of view). The heat made the going tough but the athletes certainly appreciated the lack of headwind up the back straight. Dana Hastie, Renee Wein and Caterina Berke tackled the 400m/800m double, Matt Singleton took on the 800m/3000m double, while Mike Waterman, Lyndon McGaughran and Gordon Blacklaws concentrated all their energy on the 3000m. Very good performances by all. |
| 19 Nov 02 | Mizuno—Shoe Clinic Twilight 5km Series - fun run and walk 1 , Queen’s Wharf |
| 16 Nov 02 | Central District Teams Series, Round 2, Wanganui |
| 10 Nov 02 | Mainfreight Napier Half Marathon, Napier (off-site) |
| 9 Nov 02 | Gold programme, Newtown Park - no results yet, but some photos are available |
| 3 Nov 02 | Wellington Masters Athletics 10km Road Race, Lower Hutt (off-site) |
| 2 Nov 02 | Mt Edgecombe Mountain Race, Whakatane |
| 2 Nov 02 | Central District Teams Series, Round 1, Hastings |
| 26 Oct 02 | Rainbird Relays, Newtown Park |
| 19 Oct 02 | Super 8 Secondary Schools and Open Meet, Newtown Park |
| 13 Oct 02 | Levin Half Marathon, Levin (off-site) - Just one member of Olympic Harriers, Chris Jordan, competed in this race. Chris ran most of the way by himself and won comfortably with a margin of 4 min 19sec, in a time of 1:13:36. Conditions were hot and windy. |
| 28 Sep 02 | National Road Relay Champs, Feilding |
| 24 Sep 02 | Magills 5k fun run and walk 6, Thorndon (off-site) |
| 22 Sep 02 | Pelorus Trust Half Marathon, Petone (off-site): Half: Chris Speakman 2nd 1:20:19; 10km: Miles Coverdale 42:16 |
| 21 Sep 02 | World masters mountain running champs, Innsbruck, Austria |
| 21 Sep 02 | Perston Baton Relay, Karori |
| 17 Sep 02 | Magills 5k fun run and walk 5, Thorndon (off-site) |
| 14-15 Sep 02 | World Mountain Running Trophy, Innsbruck, Austria |
| 14 Sep 02 | Wellington Centre Road Relay Champs, Carterton |
| 10 Sep 02 | Magills 5k fun run and walk 4, Thorndon (off-site) |
| 7 Sep 02 | New Zealand Road champs, Napier (off-site): M40-44 10km: Chris Speakman 4th 34:28 (PB); SM 10km: Mike Waterman 30th 34:31 (PB), Mark Anderson 36th 35:33 (PW!) |
| 7 Sep 02 | Abel Tasman Coastal Classic (off-site): M50-59: Gary Dick 3rd 3:21:06 (41st overall) |
| 3 Sep 02 | Magills 5k fun run and walk 3, Thorndon (off-site) |
| 1 Sep 02 | Cardiff Marathon: 2001 Club Captain Alister Jones ran a 2:44:14 and finished in 4th place. |
| 30 Aug 02 | Philp Shield club race, Johnsonville. |
| 27 Aug 02 | Magills 5k fun run and walk 2, Thorndon (off-site) |
| 24 Aug 02 | Wellington Centre Road Champs/Club Road Champs, Trentham |
| 20 Aug 02 | Magills 5k fun run and walk 1, Thorndon (off-site) |
| 18 Aug 02 | Palmerston North Half Marathon (off-site) - A well organised race with a big field. Liz Anderson celebrated her birthday in fine style with a two minute PB (1:47:44). Phil Early, in training for the NY Marathon, ran a 1:29:42. |
| 17 Aug 02 | Bays Relay, Island Bay. |
| 10 Aug 02 | New Zealand Cross Country champs, Christchurch. |
| 3 Aug 02 | Grand Memorial Cross Country, Bryant’s Farm, Ohariu Valley. |
| 28 Jul 02 | Pomona King of the Mountain, Queensland: An Olympic trifecta of Mike Wakelin 1st (24:18), Matt Prosser 2nd (1st junior) (24:48), Barry Prosser 3rd (1st vet) (25:29). 4th was an Aussie named Michael Ferris (26.14) (SM); 2nd junior was Peter Bock (27.55), 2nd vet Andrew Town (28.33). |
| 28 Jul 02 | Masters’ Road Race, Johnsonville |
| 20 Jul 02 | Wellington Centre Cross country champs, Waikanae |
| 14 Jul 02 | Wainuiomata Mountain Race (off-site) - Mike Wakelin finished first in 50:31, less than a minute outside Wayne Atkin’s course record of 49:38. Second place was Sean Butler of Wainuiomata, 6 minutes back in 56:55, and Greg Thurlow from Scottish was third, another half minute later in 57:27. |
| 6 Jul 02 | North Island cross-country champs, Spa Park, Taupo. |
| 29 Jun 02 | Club cross-country champs, Bryant’s Farm, Ohariu Valley. |
| 22 Jun 02 | Vosseler Shield, Mt Vic, Wellington. |
| 16 Jun 02 | Harbour Capital Half Marathon, Wellington. A number of Olympic members involved, with Chris Jordon 2nd in 1:13:28. |
| 15 Jun 02 | NZ secondary school cross-country champs, Blenheim (off-site) - Olympic members running were M Prosser (3rd sen. boys), L McGaughran (5th sen. boys), M Curran (33rd sen. boys), D Hastie (5th sen. girls), A Mallard (17th Y9 boys), P Edgar (31st Y9 girls), M Denton (87th jun. boys), H Richards (138th jun. boys). Matt, Lyndon and Dana were selected for the NZ SS XC team. |
| 15 Jun 02 | NZ 4km cross-country champs, Blenheim (off-site) - Olympic was represented by Hayden Prosser, 11th in the Men’s race. Club member Jane Nalder, running for Waimea, was 9th in the Women’s race. |
| 8 Jun 02 | Dorne Cup, Trentham Memorial Park |
| 2 Jun 02 | Christchurch Marathon, Christchurch (off-site) - Marathon: Steve Walker 2:42:40 (9th SM), Sharon Walker 3:37:10 (14th SW); Half marathon: Mike Waterman 1:17:23 (18th SM). Near perfect conditions saw Wyatt drop the national half marathon record to 62:37. |
| 19 May 02 | Crazyman, Wellington (off-site) - Jerome S, Barry P and Chris S all completed the running legs in the teams section. Respectively, their teams finished 3rd men, 1st vets and 2nd vets. |
| 18 May 02 | Battle Hill Cross Country, Battle Hill Farm Park - official results |
| 12 May 02 | Masters’ Classic Relay, Trentham Memorial Park (off-site) - Olympic teams were 5th open men, 1st 250+, 3rd 300+. Plus an Olympic/Capital composite team was 2nd mixed grade. |
| 8 May 02 | Wellington Scottish Inter-College Cross-Country Relays, Karori Park (off-site) - Some good runs from Olympic Harriers members, including Matt Prosser (fastest open boys), Lyndon McGaughran (second fastest), Dana Hastie (fastest open girls), Paige Edgar (6th U16 girls), Georgia McLaren (9th U16 girls). |
| 4 May 02 | Nelson Half Marathon, Nelson (off-site) - In very tough & windy conditions, Steve Walker ran a 1:18:21 (7th OM), Sharon Walker 1:43:20 (5th OW). |
| 4 May 02 | University Relay, QEII Park |
| 27 Apr 02 | Fletcher Challenge Forests Marathon, Rotorua (off-site) - Pete Jeromson 3:04 (7th M45), Steve Tait 3:38, Chris Ward 3:51, Mike Binkhorst 4:02, Liz Anderson 4:37. Very difficult conditions. |
| 21 Apr 02 | Rotterdam Marathon, Rotterdam (off-site) - 2001 Olympic club captain Alister Jones finished in an evenly-run 2:44:39, just inside his target of 2:45. |
| 20 Apr 02 | Shaw Baton Interclub Relay, Battle Hill Farm Park - official results |
| 14 Apr 02 | NZ Mountain Running Championships, Nelson. Olympic was represented by Mike W(akelin), and Matt, Hayden and Barry Prosser. They came home with two firsts. |
| 7 Apr 02 | Upper Hutt Half Marathon, Upper Hutt. Olympic was represented by Mike W(aterman), Chris S, Pistol Pete, Dave McI, Mike B and Sharon. |
| 6 Apr 02 | Sky Tower Vertical Challenge, Auckland (off-site) - Instead of joining the rest of us in splashing through the rain at Newlands College, Mike W(akelin) chose a race that was run indoors. He was third in a time of 6:08, a minute behind Jonathon Wyatt and Paul Crake of Australia. |
| 6 Apr 02 | Maiden & Perston club cross country races, Newlands College |
| 24 Mar 02 | White Horse Half Marathon, UK (Off-site) - Alister Jones, running in his Olympic singlet, ran it as a tempo run in a time of 77:31. |
| 24 Mar 02 | Mt Lowry Challenge, Days Bay - Mike Wakelin won comfortably in 58:53, nearly 5 minutes ahead of second place-getter Colin Rolfe. |
| 17 Mar 02 | Wellington Mountain Running Championships, Paraparaumu (Off-site) - Dana Hastie 3rd junior women (1st Wgtn Champs), Barbara Prosser 1st Veteran Women, Matthew Prosser 1st Junior Men, Hayden Prosser DNF Open Men |
| 10 Mar 02 | Steinlager Premium Light Triathlon, Scorching Bay (Off-site) - Olympic junior Sam Mallard was second overall in the 1.5S/40B/10R event in 1:52:36. |
| 9 Mar 02 | Tararua Mountain Race (Off-site) - Mike Wakelin was fifth in 5hr 24m 43s. |
| 2 Mar 02 | Taupo Ironman (Off-site) - Congratulations to Jerome Sheppard (10:14:02 - 88th), Kevin Crowley (10:39:37 - 161st), Iain Westphall (11:18:28 - 318th). And ex-Olympic harrier Karyn Ballance was first woman home in a superb 9:27:33. |
| 26 Feb 02 | Mizuno – Lifestyle Sports Twilight 5km Series, fun run and walk 7 |
| 17 Feb 02 | Pencarrow Lighthouse Run (Off-site) - The traditional tail wind just didn't happen, but well done to Chris Speakman who won the 15.5km run, and was the sole finisher to go under 1 hour. |
| 16-17 Feb 02 | Central Region Track & Field Champs (Off-site) - Starring Matthew Prosser, winner of three events. |
| 16 Feb 02 | Great Lake Relay (Off-site) - The Roosters coming 10th out of 200 in the social grade. Sounds to me like they had too much “competitive” and not enough “social” in them! |
| 12 Feb 02 | Mizuno – Lifestyle Sports Twilight 5km Series, fun run and walk 6 |
| 8-9 Feb 02 | Coast to Coast (Off-site) - What an effort by Olympic’s Arthur Klap to finish in 5th place in “Classic” age grade in the Longest Day, in a time of 16:28:57. That dislocated shoulder can’t have slowed you down too much! |
| 29 Jan 02 | Mizuno – Lifestyle Sports Twilight 5km Series, fun run and walk 5 |
| 26 Jan 02 | Holdsworth Jumbo Trail Race (Off-site) - Olympic’s Mike Wakelin was first across the line in 2:22:23, less than a minute and a half ahead of Colin Rolfe. Gary Dick was third veteran in 2:50:34. |
| 20 Jan 02 | City of Wellington Full and Half Marathon - official results |
| 15 Jan 02 | Mizuno – Lifestyle Sports Twilight 5km Series, fun run and walk 4 |
| 18 Dec 01 | Mizuno – Lifestyle Sports Twilight 5km Series, fun run and walk 3 |
| 4 Dec 01 | Mizuno – Lifestyle Sports Twilight 5km Series, fun run and walk 2 |
| 20 Nov 01 | Mizuno – Lifestyle Sports Twilight 5km Series, fun run and walk 1 |
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