2014 Oceania Athletics Championships

XIV Oceania Athletics Championships
Host city	Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date(s)	June 24-26
Main stadium	BCI Stadium
Level	Senior
Participation	155 athletes from 21 nations
Events	39 (19 men, 19 women, 1 mixed)
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The 2014 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the BCI Stadium in Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, between June 24-26, 2014. The event was held jointly with the 2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships, and there were also exhibition events for masters, and athletes with a disability (parasports).^[1] Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.^[2][3][4]

In the senior category, a total of 39 events were contested, 19 by men, 19 by women and 1 mixed medley relay.

Medal summary

Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.^[5]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Banuve Tabakaucoro  Fiji	10.30 CR	Kupun Wisil  Papua New Guinea	10.80	Eddie Herene Magele  Samoa	10.85
200 metres (wind: +2.3 m/s)	Nelson Stone  Papua New Guinea	21.24 w	Theo Piniau  Papua New Guinea	21.79 w	David Elliott  New Zealand	22.52 w
400 metres	Theo Piniau  Papua New Guinea	48.89	Siologa Viliamu  Samoa	49.93	Leigh Bennett  Australia	50.41
800 metres	Tom Fawthorpe  Australia	1:51.23	Kaminiel Matlaun  Papua New Guinea	1:52.81	Epeli Batisila  Fiji	1:54.66
1500 metres	Tom Fawthorpe  Australia	3:54.55	Napu Castro  Guam	4:21.13	Thomas Briggs / North Australia	4:22.68
5000 metres	Hamish MacDonald / North Australia	15:55.88	Scott Mitchell / North Australia	16:27.89	Jesen Kelep  Marshall Islands	20:47.14
10000 metres	Hamish MacDonald / North Australia	33:22.40	Roland Neurerer  Cook Islands	39:16.87
110 metres hurdles (wind: -2.2 m/s)	Wala Gime  Papua New Guinea	14.80	Tyler Heron  Australia	15.47
400 metres hurdles	Leigh Bennett  Australia	52.52	Wala Gime  Papua New Guinea	53.47	Siologa Viliamu  Samoa	57.83
High Jump	Jason Strano  Australia	2.00m	James Jeffery  Australia	1.94m	Peniel Richard  Papua New Guinea	1.87m
Long Jump	Tim McGuire  Australia	7.58m w (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Dausoko Waisale  Fiji	7.22m (wind: +1.4 m/s)	Brandon Clark  Australia	6.95m w (wind: +3.2 m/s)
Triple Jump	Eugene Vollmer  Fiji	15.60m w (wind: +2.3 m/s)	Tim McGuire  Australia	14.99m (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Patrick Hou  Papua New Guinea	13.90m w (wind: +2.9 m/s)
Shot Put	Jacko Gill  New Zealand	20.70m CR	Emanuele Tusitatino  Samoa	18.49m	Dale Pritchard  New Zealand	16.07m
Discus Throw	Dale Pritchard  New Zealand	47.76m	Emanuele Tusitatino  Samoa	41.77m	Brody James  Australia	40.68m
Hammer Throw	Emanuele Tusitatino  Samoa	45.33m	Dale Pritchard  New Zealand	35.98m	Shaka Sola  Samoa	34.23m
Javelin Throw	Leslie Copeland  Fiji	70.66m	John Crandell  Australia	64.51m
Octathlon	Viliami Siale  Tonga	4852	Cletus Mosi  Papua New Guinea	4579	Robson Yinambe  Papua New Guinea	4280
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji Eugene Vollmer Apolosi Ratumudu Lepani Naivalu Banuve Tabakaucoro	41.61	Papua New Guinea Ruwan Gunasinghe Wala Gime Junior Saio Avefa Kupun Wisil	42.18	Tonga Li'ekina Kaufusi Peauope Suli Fifita Siueni Filimone Heamatangi Tu'ivai	42.35
4 x 400 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Kaminiel Matlaun Wala Gime Peniel Joshua Theo Piniau	3:16.72	Fiji Banuve Tabakaucoro Epeli Batisila Apolosi Ratumudu Batinisavu Uluiyata	3:19.13	Vanuatu Bernard Kapalu Paul Wilson Nalau Dicky Terry Mael George Molisingi	3:34.61

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	11.57 CR	Younis Bese  Fiji	12.24	Patricia Taea  Cook Islands	12.34
200 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s)	Younis Bese  Fiji	25.04 w	Alexandra Bartholomew  Australia	25.16 w	Kayla Montagner / North Australia	25.60 w
400 metres	Alexandra Bartholomew  Australia	55.56	Alicia Keir  Australia	55.84	Donna Koniel  Papua New Guinea	56.57
800 metres	Alicia Keir  Australia	2:16.10	Donna Koniel  Papua New Guinea	2:18.52
5000 metres	Sharon Firisua  Solomon Islands	18:59.07	Elodie Mevel  French Polynesia	19:38.21	Louise Michelle Wittwer  Cook Islands	27:28.42
10000 metres	Sharon Firisua  Solomon Islands	39:06.25 CR	Elodie Mevel  French Polynesia	40:21.00
3000 metres steeplechase	Nikki Hiscock  Australia	11:56.02	Cassie Dege  Australia	12:09.87
100 metres hurdles (wind: -2.6 m/s)	Sharon Kwarula  Papua New Guinea	14.43	Kimberley Watton  Australia	14.54	Helen Philemon  Papua New Guinea	15.81
400 metres hurdles	Sharon Kwarula  Papua New Guinea	59.82	Lauren McAdam  Australia	61.95	Donna Koniel  Papua New Guinea	62.06
High Jump	Anna Staib  Australia	1.63m	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	1.57m	Mihiatea Gooding  French Polynesia	1.54m
Long Jump	Catherine Hannell / North Australia	5.58m w (wind: +4.5 m/s)	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	5.56m w (wind: +3.3 m/s)	Helen Philemon  Papua New Guinea	5.32m w (wind: +4.1 m/s)
Triple Jump	Anna Thomson  New Zealand	11.81m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Atipa Mabonga  New Zealand	11.38m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	11.35m (wind: +1.3 m/s)
Shot Put	Ata Maama Tu'utafaiva  Tonga	13.64m	Rebecca Direen  Australia	12.91m	Brianna Bortolanza  Australia	12.19m
Discus Throw	Ariana Blackwood  New Zealand	41.44m	Atanasia Takosi  New Caledonia	40.07m	Kasandra Vegas  Samoa	36.27m
Hammer Throw	Jacinta Faint  Australia	49.00m	Rebecca Direen  Australia	48.97m	Kasandra Vegas  Samoa	46.74m
Javelin Throw	Eunice Steven  Papua New Guinea	34.96m	Samantha Lockington  Cook Islands	34.09m
Heptathlon	Elana Withnall  Australia	4329	Eunice Steven  Papua New Guinea	4203	Ariana Blackwood  New Zealand	3586
4 x 100 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Helen Philemon Toea Wisil Donna Koniel Sharon Kwarula	47.88	Australia Kimberley Watton Alexandra Bartholomew Alicia Keir Elana Withnall	48.98	/ North Australia Catherine Hannell Ashleigh Jones Sarah Busby Kayla Montagner	49.26
4 x 400 metres relay	Australia Lauren McAdam Nikki Hiscock Alexandra Bartholomew Alicia Keir	3:51.49	Papua New Guinea Donna Koniel Raylyne Kanam Eunice Steven Sharon Kwarula	3:59.52

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed 800m sprint medley relay	Australia Kimberley Watton Nicholas Bate Georgia Winkcup Joshua Kentwell	1:41.11	Papua New Guinea Helen Philemon Junior Saio Avefa Donna Koniel Wala Gime	1:41.17	New Zealand Rosie Elliott David Elliott Georgia Hulls Dhruv Raman	1:41.41

Medal table (unofficial)

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	13	12	4	29
2	Papua New Guinea	9	12	8	29
3	Fiji	5	3	1	9
4	New Zealand	4	2	4	10
5	/ North Australia	3	1	3	7
6	Tonga	2	0	1	3
7	Solomon Islands	2	0	0	2
8	Samoa	1	3	5	9
9	Cook Islands	0	2	2	4
10	French Polynesia	0	2	1	3
11	Guam	0	1	0	1
	New Caledonia	0	1	0	1
13	Marshall Islands	0	0	1	1
	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 155 athletes from 21 countries participated in the senior category. As in the years before, there was also a "Regional Australia Team" (dubbed "RAT" in the results list) 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)."^[6]

Australia (28)  Cook Islands (10)  Fiji (9)  French Polynesia (6)  Guam (7)  Kiribati (4)  Marshall Islands (1)

F.S. Micronesia (1)  Nauru (6)  New Caledonia (1)  New Zealand (11)  Niue (4)  Norfolk Island (1) / North Australia (17)

Northern Mariana Islands (1)  Palau (5)  Papua New Guinea (21)  Samoa (5)  Solomon Islands (5)  Tonga (7)  Vanuatu (5)

References

1. Oceania Athletics Championships - Rarotonga 2014 - Competition Manual (PDF), OAA, retrieved July 1, 2014
2. [http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2460&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=74ccde5344 Oceania Athletics Championships - Rarotonga, Cook Islands Day One Competition – Tuesday 24th June, 2014], OAA, 27 June 2014, retrieved July 1, 2014
3. [http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2459&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=fec7dae127 Oceania Athletics Championships - Rarotonga, Cook Islands Day Two Competition – Wednesday 25th June, 2014], OAA, 27 June 2014, retrieved July 1, 2014
4. [http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2461&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=a9050bd8f4 Oceania Athletics Championships - Rarotonga, Cook Islands Day Three Competition – Thursday 26th June, 2014], OAA, 1 July 2014, retrieved July 1, 2014
5. Oceania Athletics Championships - Rarotonga 2014 - Results (PDF), OAA, retrieved July 1, 2014
6. 2014 Regional Australia Team Announced, Athletics North Queensland, 8 May 2014, retrieved July 1, 2014