XIII Oceania Youth Athletics Championships
DatesMay 8–10
Host cityCairns, Queensland, Australia Australia
VenueBarlow Park
LevelYouth
Events42
Participation127 athletes from
16 nations

The 2015 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Barlow Park in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, between May 8–10, 2015. They were held together with the 2015 Oceania Area Championships.[1][2] Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.[3][4][5]

Initially, a total of 44 events were scheduled.[1] However, results for girl's pole vault and mixed 800m sprint medley relay could not be retrieved. The events were most probably cancelled resulting in a total of 42 contested events, 22 by boys and 20 by girls.

Medal summary

Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.[6][7]

Boys (U18)

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +1.6 m/s)
Brandon Herrigan
 Australia
10.71 CR Johnathon Taylor
 Australia
11.00 Jarvis Hansen
 New Zealand
11.12
200 metres
(wind: +0.8 m/s)
Brandon Herrigan
 Australia
21.71 CR Johnathon Taylor
 Australia
21.95 Shane Tuvusa
 Fiji
22.22
400 metres Shane Tuvusa
 Fiji
49.52 Ben Mackay
 Australia
49.91 Josiah McCarthy
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
52.90
800 metres James Uhlenberg
 New Zealand
1:59.47 Blair Pennell
 New Zealand
2:00.09 Jade Bidgood
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
2:00.38
1500 metres James Uhlenberg
 New Zealand
4:05.90 Blair Pennell
 New Zealand
4:10.43 Jade Bidgood
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
4:12.67
3000 metres Joshua Torley
 Australia
8:54.84 James Uhlenberg
 New Zealand
8:56.95 Liam Cullen
 New Zealand
9:39.30
2000 metres steeplechase Blair Pennell
 New Zealand
6:25.14 Liam Cullen
 New Zealand
6:59.25 Matthew Macguire
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
7:56.60
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm)
(wind: +0.5 m/s)
Brandon Herrigan
 Australia
13.84 CR Jarrod Twigg
 Australia
14.20 Sitiveni Sulunga
 Tonga
14.42
400 metres hurdles (83.8 cm) Ben Mackay
 Australia
54.90 Matthew Harcourt
 Australia
55.15 Sam Richardson
 Australia
58.29
High jump John Dodds
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
2.06m CR Brenton Foster
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
2.00m Teuraiterai Tupaia
 French Polynesia
1.94m
Pole vault Jack Stolarski
 Australia
4.30m Reggie Taumaa
 French Polynesia
3.20m
Long jump Taurere Teganahau
 French Polynesia
6.91m w (wind: +2.5 m/s) Christopher Goodwin
 New Zealand
6.83m w (wind: +3.9 m/s) Arnold Fage
 New Zealand
6.37m (wind: +1.4 m/s)
Triple jump Jack Stolarski
 Australia
13.88m w (wind: +2.8 m/s) Arnold Fage
 New Zealand
13.30m w (wind: +3.5 m/s) Johnny Quitugua
 Guam
12.55m w (wind: +4.6 m/s)
Shot put (5.0 kg) Raiarii Thompson
 French Polynesia
15.89m Timothy Ford
 Australia
15.47m Nathaniel Mommers
 Australia
15.27m
Discus throw (1.5 kg) Jack Bannister
 Australia
50.17m Timothy Ford
 Australia
46.95m Jean Marc Tafilagi
 New Caledonia
46.39m
Hammer throw (5.0 kg) Nathaniel Mommers
 Australia
54.39m Jack Bannister
 Australia
53.62m Caleb Moore
 New Zealand
47.77m
Javelin throw (700g) Teuraiterai Tupaia
 French Polynesia
59.93m Mahio Patu
 French Polynesia
54.79m Donavin Ada
 Northern Mariana Islands
41.02m
Octathlon Matthew Hosie
 Australia
5647 CR Ben Collerton
 New Zealand
5636 Connor Tansley
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
3187
Decathlon Theo Watson
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
6062 CR
5000 metres walk Luke McCutcheon
 Australia
24:08.84
4 × 100 metres relay  Australia
Ben Mackay
Johnathon Taylor
Brandon Herrigan
Jarrod Twigg
42.47 CR  New Zealand
Arnold Fage
Jarvis Hansen
Christopher Goodwin
Javon McCallum
43.85 Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
Jake Doran
Ashley Brooke
Connor Tansley
Maximilian Graf
46.85
4 × 400 metres relay  Australia
Sam Richardson
Luke McCutcheon
Matthew Hosie
Ben Mackay
3:32.52  New Zealand
Javon McCallum
Jarvis Hansen
Blair Pennell
Ben Collerton
3:32.90 Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
Josiah McCarthy
Jake Doran
Maximilian Graf
Jade Bidgood
3:37.87

Girls (U18)

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +0.5 m/s)
Olivia Eaton
 New Zealand
12.20 Shannon Reynolds
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
12.31 Miriam Peni
 Papua New Guinea
12.43
200 metres
(wind: +0.6 m/s)
Olivia Eaton
 New Zealand
24.48 CR Shannon Reynolds
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
25.02 Hayley Heel
 Australia
25.06
400 metres Amanda Fitisenamu
 New Zealand
56.85 Caroline Higham
 Australia
57.14 Hannah Schlecht
 Australia
57.78
800 metres Montanna McAvoy
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
2:19.11 Maxine Paholek
 Australia
2:20.88 Tahryn Kellie
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
2:31.53
1500 metres Montanna McAvoy
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
4:44.59 Clio Ozanne-Jaques
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
4:51.49
3000 metres Clio Ozanne-Jaques
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
10:35.29 Emma Henderson
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
12:31.38
2000 metres steeplechase Rama Kumilgo
 Papua New Guinea
7:13.18 Maxine Paholek
 Australia
7:15.30
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm)
(wind: +2.1 m/s)
Karina Brown
 Australia
14.34 w Samantha Johnson
 Australia
14.59 w Emily Bass
 Australia
14.71 w
400 metres hurdles Emily Bass
 Australia
64.69 CR Nicola Bowtell
 Australia
67.84
High jump Kimberley Jenner
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
1.76m CR Emma Meyer
 Australia
1.65m Grace-Kelly Davidson
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
1.60m
Pole vault Most probably cancelled
Long jump Atipa Mabonga
 New Zealand
5.87m w (wind: +4.0 m/s) Ashleigh Bennett
 New Zealand
5.57m (wind: +1.7 m/s) Emma Hopcroft
 New Zealand
5.56m w (wind: +3.3 m/s)
Triple jump Mikaela Bretz
 Australia
12.41m (wind: +1.7 m/s) CR Taaliyah Markos
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
11.52m (wind: +1.2 m/s)
Shot put (3.0 kg) Julia Bourke
 Australia
15.56m CR Zoe Henare
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
14.02m Alexandra Worth
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
12.33m
Discus throw Alexandra Worth
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
40.95m Rhiann Cull
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
32.51m Luciendra Truques
 New Caledonia
30.98m
Hammer throw (3.0 kg) Emma Keleher
 Australia
55.45m CR Emily Rotunno
 Australia
53.71m Jennifer Moss
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
45.14m
Javelin throw (500g) Tianah List
 Australia
47.30m Gwoelani Patu
 French Polynesia
40.97m Zoe Henare
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
37.76m
Heptathlon Rebekah Gleeson-Cherry
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
3179
5000 metres walk Tahlia Hunt
 Australia
27:41.19 Jessica Grech
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
39:40.90
4 × 100 metres relay  Australia
Katie Colebourne
Emily Bass
Samantha Johnson
Hayley Heel
49.15 CR  New Zealand
Olivia Eaton
Ashleigh Bennett
Atipa Mabonga
Emma Hopcroft
49.38 Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
Bridget Seymour-Jones
Kayla Horne
Tayla King
Shannon Reynolds
50.17
4 × 400 metres relay  Australia
Nicola Bowtell
Maxine Paholek
Hannah Schlecht
Caroline Higham
4:01.89 CR  New Zealand
Atipa Mabonga
Ashleigh Bennett
Amanda Fitisenamu
Emma Hopcroft
4:13.08 Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
Lacey Taylor
Shannon Reynolds
Kayla Horne
Montanna McAvoy
4:14.57

Mixed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed 800m sprint medley relay Most probably cancelled

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia*2215643
2Northern Territory/QueenslandNorthern Australia881531
3 New Zealand712524
4 French Polynesia3317
5 Fiji1012
 Papua New Guinea1012
7 New Caledonia0022
8 Guam0011
 Northern Mariana Islands0011
 Tonga0011
Totals (10 entries)423834114
  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation (unofficial)

According to an unofficial count, 127 athletes from 16 countries and territories participated. As in the years before, there was also a "Regional Australia Team" Northern Australia (dubbed "RAT" in the results list) comprising Australian athletes who either have their normal place of residence (defined as being a place where an athlete is resident and/or educated) in an "athletically remote area" of Australia (defined as a being a place more than 300km from any centre at which track and field competition is held on a regular basis i.e. basically weekly or fortnightly during the track season) or "Northern Australia" (defined as comprising the Northern Territory and any parts of Western Australia and North Queensland, north of 26th parallel south latitude).[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Oceania Athletics Championships – Cairns 2015 – Competition Manual (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-18, retrieved May 7, 2015
  2. Athletes Roll into Cairns for the Oceania Championships, Oceania Athletics Association, 6 May 2015, retrieved May 7, 2015
  3. Oceania Championships – Day 1, OAA, 8 May 2015, retrieved May 9, 2015
  4. Oceania Championships – Day 2, OAA, 9 May 2015, retrieved May 10, 2015
  5. Oceania Championships – Day 3, OAA, 10 May 2015, retrieved May 11, 2015
  6. Oceania Area Championships 2015 – 8/05/2015 to 10/05/2015 – Barlow Park – Cairns – Results (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04, retrieved May 10, 2015
  7. Oceania Area Championships 2015 – 8/05/2015 to 10/05/2015 – Barlow Park – Cairns – Results – Combined Events (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2015, retrieved May 10, 2015
  8. REGIONAL AUSTRALIA Selection Policy – Oceania Senior and Youth Area Championships – Cairns, Australia, 8-10 May 2015 (PDF), Athletics North Queensland, 13 January 2015, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015, retrieved May 7, 2015
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