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Report from Athletics New Zealand History was made at the Capital Classic in Wellington today as Hamish Kerr snared the outright New Zealand men’s high jump record courtesy of a stunning world-leading outdoor leap of 2.31m. The 24-year-old Christchurch-based athlete has been knocking on the door of capturing the mark for himself – which he had jointly held with Glenn Howard at 2.30m – throughout a highly promising season. At both the Night of 5s meet in Auckland in December and Cooks Classic in Whanganui last month, he produced some tantalisingly close attempts at New Zealand record mar...

Sunday, 21 February 2021, 6:24 am History was made at the Capital Classic in Wellington today as Hamish Kerr snared the outright New Zealand men’s high jump record courtesy of a stunning world-leading outdoor leap of 2.31m. The 24-year-old Christchurch-based athlete has been knocking on the door of capturing the mark for himself – which he had jointly held with Glenn Howard at 2.30m – throughout a highly promising season. At both the Night of 5s meet in Auckland in December and Cooks Classic in Whanganui last month, he produced some tantalisingly close attempts at New Zealand record ma...

Lamb happy with his debut against big guns Liam Lamb winning the national under 20 3000m championship in January 2020. PHOTO/FILE ATHLETICS chris.cogdale@age.co.nz Taking on some of New Zealand’s leading middle-distance runners for the first time over 5000m was more demanding than Wairarapa athlete Liam Lamb expected. Lamb set a new personal best of 14 minutes 29.62 seconds at the Daikin Night of 5s at Auckland’s AUT Millennium Stadium on Friday night, in only his third race over 5000m. The 19-year-old had targeted bettering the World University Games standard of 14.15, and although he wa...