2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships

XII Oceania Youth Athletics Championships
Host city	Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Date(s)	June 3–5
Main stadium	Stade Pater Te Hono Nui
Level	Youth (U18)
Participation	116 athletes from 15 + 2 regional teams nations
Events	40 (21 boys, 19 girls)
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The 2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui in Papeete, French Polynesia, between June 3–5, 2013. They were held together with the 2013 Oceania Open Championships. Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.^[1][2][3]

A total of 40 events were contested, 21 by boys and 19 by girls.

Medal summary

Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.^[4]

Boys (U18)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Joshua Billington  New Zealand	11.03	Austen Heuvel  New Zealand	11.08	Jacob Matson  New Zealand	11.15
200 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s)	James Kermond  Australia	22.07	Namataiki Tevenino  French Polynesia	23.41	Faresa Kapisi  American Samoa	23.51
400 metres	James Kermond  Australia	47.93	Bailey Stewart  New Zealand	48.88	Joshua Ledger  New Zealand	49.61
800 metres	Bailey Stewart  New Zealand	1:56.88	Joshua Ledger  New Zealand	1:58.53	Tom Joe  Vanuatu	2:02.46
1500 metres	Joshua Kentwell  Australia	4:04.91	Jordan De Spong  New Zealand	4:08.23	Tom Joe  Vanuatu	4:12.74
3000 metres	Rosfelo Siosi  Solomon Islands	9:35.93	Louis Ligerot  French Polynesia	9:56.37	Etienne Fleure Tahiti West Coast	10:09.27
2000 metres steeplechase	Joshua Kentwell  Australia	6:23.80	Jordan De Spong  New Zealand	6:27.18	Lilian Boileau  French Polynesia	7:17.94
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Eliot Wilkins  Australia	14.61	Luca Denee  New Zealand	15.45
400 metres hurdles	Rene Zacchini  Australia	55.09	Josh Stockill  Australia	55.11
High Jump	Cory McDermott  New Zealand	1.95m	Robin Hilaire  French Polynesia	1.85m	Taurere Teganahau  French Polynesia	1.70m
Pole Vault	Luca Denee  New Zealand	4.70m	Robin Hilaire  French Polynesia	3.60m	Reggie Taumaa  French Polynesia	3.00m
Long Jump	Joshua Billington  New Zealand	6.85m (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Taurere Teganahau  French Polynesia	6.36m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Sean Pay  New Zealand	6.12m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
Triple Jump	Sean Pay  New Zealand	13.35m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Caleb Bensemann  New Zealand	13.03m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
Shot Put	Sandy Dalton  Australia	16.48m	Ashley Craig  New Zealand	16.02m	Toriki Rey  French Polynesia	11.29m
Discus Throw	Sandy Dalton  Australia	49.19m	Ashley Craig  New Zealand	38.60m	Taui Saisai Hauma  Tuvalu	29.71m
Hammer Throw	Sandy Dalton  Australia	65.11m	Ashley Craig  New Zealand	49.59m
Javelin Throw	Robin Hilaire  French Polynesia	48.33m
Octathlon	Aaron Booth  New Zealand	5231	Joseph Staladi  New Zealand	4486	Robin Hilaire  French Polynesia	4401
5000 metre Walk	Kyle Bird  Australia	25:33.61
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand Rene Zacchini Josh Stockill Patrick Frith James Kermond	45.10
4 x 400 metres relay	Australia} Rene Zacchini Josh Stockill Patrick Frith James Kermond	3:22.83	New Zealand Bailey Stewart Jordan De Spong Joshua Ledger Caleb Bensemann	3:27.89

Girls (U18)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Mikaela Jefferson  New Zealand	12.52	Raquel Walker  Guam	13.03	Christina Ashton  New Zealand	13.03
200 metres (wind: +0.3 m/s)	Carlie Whitford  Australia	26.15	Raquel Walker  Guam	26.71	Regine Tugade  Guam	26.84
400 metres	Alina Tape  Australia	58.86	Jemima Tennekoon  New Zealand	59.91	Rita Fontaine / North Australia	60.77
800 metres	Alina Tape  Australia	2:11.41	Arianna Lord  New Zealand	2:11.45	Isabella Smith  Australia	2:11.90
1500 metres	Arianna Lord  New Zealand	4:40.48	Isabella Smith  Australia	4:40.77	Bethany Croft  Australia	4:58.70
3000 metres	Chloe Andres  French Polynesia	11:48.92	Tiphanie Saint-Blancat  French Polynesia	12:02.40	Gabrielle Race  Northern Mariana Islands	12:33.12
2000 metres steeplechase	Georgia Winkcup  Australia	7:09.24	Bethany Croft  Australia	7:22.93	Ffion Muhl  New Zealand	8:00.07
100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Carlie Whitford  Australia	14.43	Michaela Emblem  Australia	14.51	Natalie Setiadji  Australia	14.73
400 metres hurdles	Carlie Whitford  Australia	64.76	Kristin Kalemusic  Australia	68.72	Chloe Botella / North Australia	74.71
High Jump	Aprille Mincher  New Zealand	1.58m	Chloe Botella / North Australia	1.58m	Nahema Agussan Tahiti West Coast	1.49m
Long Jump	Kate Plimmer  New Zealand	5.34m (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Emma Hopcroft  New Zealand	5.07m (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Teiti Tupuna  Cook Islands	4.91m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
Triple Jump	Aprille Mincher  New Zealand	10.90m (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Kate Plimmer  New Zealand	10.77m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Emma Hopcroft  New Zealand	10.64m (wind: +1.2 m/s)
Shot Put	Luisa Sekona  Australia	14.88m	Kamaia Peina  Australia	13.98m	Katie Smith  New Zealand	13.78m
Discus Throw	Kirsty Williams  Australia	45.27m	Lauren Bruce  New Zealand	39.22m	Monica Dimon  Australia	37.82m
Hammer Throw	Lauren Bruce  New Zealand	55.10m	Taylor Jade Minslow  Australia	49.01m	Emma Kruszona  New Zealand	48.32m
Javelin Throw	Emilie Falelavaki / Wallis and Futuna	46.50m	Laura Overton  New Zealand	45.41m	Kamaia Peina  Australia	42.58m
5000 metre Walk	Jasmine Dighton  Australia	25:56.67	Tayla-Paige Billington  Australia	26:16.73
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand Christina Ashton Sian Chapman Mikaela Jefferson Kate Plimmer	50.73	French Polynesia Tea Boyer Hinatea Pito HerEani Manate Taiana Mothe	52.69	Tahiti West Coast Kahaia Dauphin Lea Pouliquen Nahema Agussan Tahiona Doucet	53.39
4 x 400 metres relay	Australia Kristin Kalemusic Alina Tape Isabella Smith Bethany Croft	4:03.45	New Zealand Mikaela Jefferson Arianna Lord Kate Plimmer Jemima Tennekoon	4:09.40

Medal table (unofficial)

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	21	8	5	34
2	New Zealand	15	19	8	42
3	French Polynesia	2	7	5	14
4	Solomon Islands	1	0	0	1
	/ Wallis and Futuna	1	0	0	1
6	Guam	0	2	1	3
7	/ North Australia	0	1	2	3
8	Tahiti West Coast	0	0	3	3
9	Vanuatu	0	0	2	2
10	American Samoa	0	0	1	1
	Cook Islands	0	0	1	1
	Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	1	1
	Tuvalu	0	0	1	1

Participation (unofficial)

According to an unofficial count, 116 athletes from 17 countries participated. In addition to 14 OAA member and 1 associate member teams, there was a team from Wallis and Futuna, which is no OAA member, and two regional teams: A local team dubbed "Tahiti West Coast"^[5] (TWC in the result lists)^[4] and a "Regional Australia Team"^[6] (RAT in the result lists)^[4] including athletes with "their normal place of residence in Northern Australia (defined as comprising the Northern Territory and any parts of Western Australia and Queensland, north of 26th parallel south latitude)."

American Samoa (3)  Australia (23)  Cook Islands (2)  French Polynesia (16)  Guam (2)  Marshall Islands (1)

New Caledonia (4)  New Zealand (27) / North Australia (4)  Northern Mariana Islands (1)  Palau (2)  Solomon Islands (1)

Tahiti West Coast (23)  Tonga (1)  Tuvalu (1)  Vanuatu (2) / Wallis and Futuna (3)

References

1. [http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2223&cHash=51fa02e947 Day One of Competition – Oceania Athletics Championships, Tahiti 3rd June, 2013], OAA, June 5, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013
2. [http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[tt_news&#93=2228&cHash=fcd93c83dc Day Two of Competition – Oceania Athletics Championships, Tahiti 4th June, 2013], OAA, June 6, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013
3. [http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2231&cHash=cb52b36189 Day Three of Competition – Oceania Athletics Championships, Tahiti 5th June, 2013], OAA, June 8, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013
4. Oceania Area Championships 2013 - 3/06/2013 to 5/06/2013 - Pater Stadium, Papeete - Results (PDF), OAA, retrieved July 2, 2013
5. [http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2208&cHash=4947e09c42 Tahitian Teams’ Final Preparation for the 2013 Oceania Athletics Championships], OAA, May 30, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013
6. Regional Australia Selection Policy - OCEANIA OPEN AND UNDER 18 AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS PAPEETE, TAHITI - 3 – 5 JUNE 2013 (PDF), Athletics Australia, May 30, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013