2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships

VI Oceania Junior Athletics Championships
Host city	Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date(s)	June 24-26
Main stadium	BCI Stadium
Level	Junior
Participation	140 athletes from 21 nations
Events	41 (20 men, 21 women)
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The 2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships were held at the BCI Stadium in Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, between June 24-26, 2014. They were held together with the 2014 Oceania Senior 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 junior category, a total of 41 events were contested, 20 by men and 21 by women.

Medal summary

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

Boys (U20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s)	Nicholas Bate  Australia	10.65 w	Peauope Suli Fifita  Tonga	10.77 w	Apolosi Ratumudu  Fiji	10.77 w
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Nicholas Bate  Australia	21.41 CR	Batinisavu Uluiyata  Fiji	21.86	Sean J. Fitzsimmons  Australia	21.87
400 metres	Batinisavu Uluiyata  Fiji	47.67 CR	Sean J. Fitzsimmons  Australia	48.14	Kaminiel Matlaun  Papua New Guinea	48.18
800 metres	Alec Arnold  Australia	1:55.61	Theunis Pieters  New Zealand	1:56.75	Joshua Kentwell  Australia	1:59.67
1500 metres	Alec Arnold  Australia	4:11.56	Joshua Kentwell  Australia	4:11.87	John Aquino  Guam	4:14.76
5000 metres	John Aquino  Guam	16:01.79	Matthew Dryden  New Zealand	16:09.44	Rosfelo Siosi  Solomon Islands	16:14.63
10000 metres	Matthew Dryden  New Zealand	34:02.75 CR	Rosfelo Siosi  Solomon Islands	34:52.47	Derickson Antibas  Marshall Islands	41:31.44
3000 metres steeplechase	Loïc Mevel  French Polynesia	10:29.55	Louis Ligerot  French Polynesia	10:31.51
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Namataiki Tevenino  French Polynesia	15.15	Jordan Mills  Australia	15.20	Johnny Quitigua  Guam	16.55
400 metres hurdles	Matthew Crowe  Australia	54.91	Robert Broadhead  Australia	56.26	Peniel Joshua  Papua New Guinea	57.14
High Jump	Cedric Dubler Australia HPTC	2.09m	Jason Strano  Australia	2.00m	James Jeffrey  Australia	1.97m
Long Jump	Nicholas van Gelder  Australia	7.21m (wind: -1.0 m/s) CR	Waisale Dausoko  Fiji	6.94m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Charles Rosas / North Australia	6.17m (wind: -0.8 m/s)
Triple Jump	Charles Rosas / North Australia	14.03m (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Johnny Quitigua  Guam	12.50m (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Makalea Foliaki  French Polynesia	12.45m (wind: +1.9 m/s)
Shot Put	Brody James  Australia	14.62m	Jinnam Hopotoa  Niue	13.97m	Denzelle To'o  Cook Islands	13.64m
Discus Throw	Brody James  Australia	47.40m	Hamish Dewar  New Zealand	44.03m	Denzelle To'o  Cook Islands	43.71m
Hammer Throw	Tom Quinn  New Zealand	55.16m	Bradley Herbert  Australia	46.91m	Jack Bannister / North Australia	39.44m
Javelin Throw	Ikipa Misikea  Niue	45.79m	William Pasisi  Niue	42.98m	Pedro Aquiningoc  Guam	40.86m
Octathlon	Max Attwell  New Zealand	5282	Lachlan Calvert  Australia	5149	Hamish Dewar  New Zealand	4551
4 x 100 metres relay	Australia Sean J. Fitzsimmons Nicholas Bate Vandy Kanneh Rene Zacchini	42.64	Niue Roynuka Nukanuka William Pasisi Jinnam Hopotoa Ikipa Misikea	47.10	/ North Australia Charles Rosas Jack Bannister Travis Andison Khyle Tucker	47.35
4 x 400 metres relay	Australia Rene Zacchini Matthew Crowe Robert Broadhead Sean J. Fitzsimmons	3:22.72 CR	New Zealand Dhruv Raman Theunis Pieters Max Attwell Alexander Howden	3:27.05	Guam Johnny Quitigua John Aquino Pedro Aquiningoc Bleu Perez	3:48.70

Girls (U20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Georgia Hulls  New Zealand	12.20 CR	Caitlyn George  New Zealand	12.28	Caitlin Newson  Australia	12.49
200 metres (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Georgia Hulls  New Zealand	24.88 CR	Caitlyn George  New Zealand	25.26	Regine Tugade  Guam	25.52
400 metres	Grace Victor  Australia	55.99	Jessica Haig  Australia	56.44	Maddy Scott  Australia	56.56
800 metres	Holly Manning  New Zealand	2:11.17 CR	Grace Victor  Australia	2:13.92	Isabella Smith  Australia	2:14.78
1500 metres	Georgia Winkcup  Australia	4:29.97 CR	Isabella Smith  Australia	4:37.78	Arianna Lord  New Zealand	4:38.97
5000 metres	Chloé Andres  French Polynesia	20:20.02	Genina Criss  Guam	21:49.27
10000 metres	Libby Jacques  Australia	37:54.18	Jayde Hill  Australia	40:06.92	Chloé Andres  French Polynesia	42:12.93
3000 metres steeplechase	Georgia Winkcup  Australia	10:37.91 CR
100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Natalie Setiadji  Australia	15.01	Jacinta Fisher  Australia	15.35
400 metres hurdles	Kasey Moore  Australia	64.86	Raylyne Kanam  Papua New Guinea	66.26	Emily-Claire Bass / North Australia	66.31
High Jump	Anna Staib  Australia	1.63m	Rosie Elliott  New Zealand	1.63m	Nahema Agussan  French Polynesia	1.45m
Long Jump	Tea Boyer  French Polynesia	4.98m w (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Brooke Somerfield  New Zealand	4.97m (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Shannon Reynolds / North Australia	4.91m w (wind: +3.5 m/s)
Triple Jump	Anna Thomson  New Zealand	11.66m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Jacinta Fisher  Australia	11.60m w (wind: +3.3 m/s)	Atipa Mabonga  New Zealand	11.50m (wind: +0.5 m/s)
Shot Put	Ata Maama Tu'utafaiva  Tonga	13.39m	Brianna Bortolanza  Australia	12.53m	Maddy Bergfield  Australia	12.04m
Discus Throw	Phoebe Sloane  Australia	43.43m	Maddy Bergfield  Australia	41.30m	Stephanie Wadsworth  Australia	37.92m
Hammer Throw	Laura Herbert  Australia	53.29m	Brianna Smith / North Australia	45.25m	Shanen Layden / North Australia	44.00m
Javelin Throw	Adrine Monagi  Papua New Guinea	38.26m	Kimberley Bright-Mync / North Australia	35.91m	Tatiana Sherwin  Cook Islands	26.89m
Heptathlon	Christie Molloy  Australia	4242	Adrine Monagi  Papua New Guinea	4226	Rachel Gould / North Australia	3636
5000 metres track walk	Jayde Hill  Australia	24:55.14	Stephanie Grujoski  Australia	28:21.61
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand Caitlyn George Brooke Somerfield Rosie Elliott Georgia Hulls	49.44	Australia Natalie Setiadji Caitlin Newson Jacinta Fisher Grace Victor	49.58	/ North Australia Shannon Reynolds Emily-Claire Bass Kayla Horne Rita Fontaine	50.58
4 x 400 metres relay	Australia Maddy Scott Jessica Haig Kasey Moore Grace Victor	3:54.91 CR	New Zealand Caitlyn George Arianna Lord Holly Manning Georgia Hulls	4:04.59	/ North Australia Rita Fontaine Shannon Reynolds Rachel Gould Emily-Claire Bass	4:11.85

Medal table (unofficial)

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	22	17	8	47
2	New Zealand	8	9	3	20
3	French Polynesia	4	1	3	8
4	Niue	1	3	0	4
5	/ North Australia	1	2	9	12
6	Guam	1	2	5	8
7	Papua New Guinea	1	2	2	5
8	Fiji	1	2	1	4
9	Tonga	1	1	0	2
10	Australia HPTC	1	0	0	1
11	Solomon Islands	0	1	1	2
12	Cook Islands	0	0	3	3
13	Marshall Islands	0	0	1	1

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 140 athletes from 21 countries participated. As in the years before, there was also a "Regional Australia Team" (dubbed "RAT" in the results list) recruited by Athletics North Queensland and Athletics Northern Territory.^[6] Moreover, there was an athlete (Australian Cedric Dubler) representing the IAAF High-Performance Training Centre (HPTC) in Varsity Lakes, Queensland, Australia.^[7][8] Some athletes competed in both the junior and the senior category.

American Samoa (2)  Australia (36) Australia HPTC (1)  Cook Islands (16)  Fiji (3)  French Polynesia (9)  Guam (8)

Kiribati (2)  Marshall Islands (4)  Nauru (1)  New Caledonia (3)  New Zealand (15)  Niue (4)  Norfolk Island (1)

/ North Australia (16)  Northern Mariana Islands (2)  Palau (2)  Papua New Guinea (6)  Solomon Islands (2)  Tonga (3)  Vanuatu (4)

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
7. Oceania Athletics Association - High-Performance Training Centre (PDF), OAA, retrieved July 1, 2014
8. HIGH PERFORMANCE TRAINING CENTRES, IAAF, retrieved July 1, 2014