Jayde Rolfe News Today

Palmerston North will go into the final round with a commanding lead.

Palmerston North athletes performed with distinction at the opening round of the Central Region Teams Competition held in Inglewood on Saturday.

I feel for our secondary school athletes with news this week the track and field championships have been cancelled.

Life is not getting easier for sporting club administrators trying to keep up with the changing interpretations of Covid-19 restrictions.

Covid-19 alert level 2 restrictions on the number of people able to meet outdoors continues to create problems for the sport.

Angus Lyver had a good meeting, winning the 60 metres, the 200mand the long jump.

Taylor Hall is happy after winning a silver medal in the junior boys’ 300-metre race. (file photo). The honours list: Gold Medals: Angus Lyver senior boys’ long jump 6.74 metres, Forbes Kennedy intermediate boys’ long jump 6.74m, and 200m 22.30 seconds, Chayille Collette intermediate girls’ 100m 12.04s, Addira Collette intermediate girls’ 200m 24.26s, Braxton Kauri intermediate boys’ 300m hurdles 38.83s (meeting record), Kimberley Walsh intermediate girls’ 400m 56.61s. Silver Me...

Taylor Hall is a standout at last week’s meet (file photo). Easter Saturday and Sunday saw most of the country’s top 12- and 13-year-old athletes competing on the Manawatū Community Athletic Track, as the city hosted the Athletics New Zealand 12- and13 years Interprovincial Teams Event. They certainly did not disappoint with the stadium listing of the best performances on the track for 12- and 13-year-olds needing to be almost completely rewritten after the completion of the competition w...

These athletes will now have to focus on the Manawatū and North Island secondary school championships. ♦ The masters athletes were more fortunate because their national championships were last weekend in Inglewood, and only the final day needed to be adjusted to meet Covid-19 regulations. Brayden Grant performed well, winning gold medals in the M35 grade in the 60m, 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m events. His winning time in the 400m of 50.16 seconds was a national record. Andrew Matsuoka Web...

There has now been 69 sub-four-minute miles completed on the track. Benjamin Wall did not go with the early pace, but led the chasing bunch home, finishing very strongly for fifth place in 4m 3.95s. This was a personal best and a good indication he could be the first Palmerston North athlete. Noah Macdermid also achieved a big personal best, coming home 11th in 4m 10.22s. The meeting got off to a good start for Palmerston North, with Chayille Collette running a personal best of 12.39s in wi...