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Athletics: Excellent performances for Whanganui in teams competition
The depleted Whanganui squad came within 15 points of winning the round 2 competition.
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More than 55,000 tickets have already been sold for Saturday's athletics meet.
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Geordie Beamish and Max Attwell, both ex-Collegiate, made the Glasgow team.
Athletics: Mud, wind, rain test runners
Cullinane's Aiden Billing won gold in the Para 4km cross-country championship.
Athletics: Big turnout for national schools cross country champs
Whanganui schools will send 64 athletes this year, up from just one in 2025.
Athletics: Frieslaar and Byam dominate schools cross country
The Whanganui championships drew 137 finishers from seven schools.
Athletics: Top school runners chase glory at cross-country champs
More than 100 runners are expected at Dudding Lake for today’s event.
Athletics Insight: Cross-country season tests students
Schools are gearing up for the Interschool Championships at Dudding Lake.
Athletics: Cooks Gardens to host New Zealand Secondary Schools champs
The December event will bring about 1200 athletes from over 200 schools.
Athletics: Whanganui celebrates standout season
Rankings reveal improved performance across all disciplines.
Athletics: From mile magic to injury setbacks
Cooks Gardens hosted 21 senior club nights and packed school athletics meets.
Athletics: Anzac Day Relays launch cross-country season
Forty-one running and six walking teams lined up at the start.
Athletics: Beamish honoured at regional athletics awards
World champion Geordie Beamish won the supreme title at the Manawatū/Whanganui awards.
Athletics: Trio battle injury, illness as overseas campaigns end in mixed fortunes
Lucas Martin set a personal best in the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships.
Athletics: Personal bests make this schools team one to remember
Whanganui athletes achieved an impressive 47 personal bests in Auckland.
Athletics: Whanganui schools team punches above weight
Whanganui’s 45 athletes claimed 17 podiums and a record 47 personal bests.
Whanganui athletes chase medals at North Island schools championships
Forty-seven Whanganui students will take inspiration from Tom Walsh's world indoor gold.
Athletics: McKinlay leads charge at Whanganui schools championships
Recovering from glandular fever, Juliet McKinlay claimed five titles.
Hodgson claims 400m hurdles gold as Manawatū-Whanganui athletes shine at nationals
The Manawatū/Whanganui team left the nationals with seven golds among 27 medals.
Schedule changes give athletes the run-around
A late programme change has forced Jonathan Maples to skip his hurdles title defence.
Athletics: Schools take over 'Home of the Mile'
Over seven days, five schools and club meets will pack Cooks Gardens with athletes.
Athletics: Promising performances at Porritt Classic
Whanganui’s 12 athletes left Hamilton with 10 personal bests and two wins.
Athletics: Helping hand for top sprinters
A mid-race camera helped sprinters chase world champs qualifying times.
'Injury isn’t the end': Whanganui athletes show strength in Capital Classic
Emma Osborne returned to Newtown Stadium three years after fracturing her leg there.
Alec McNab: Mile battle headlines thrilling night at Cooks Gardens
Sam Tanner’s 3:53.36 is now the third fastest mile ever run at Cooks Gardens.
Athletics: Tanner and Ruthe eye history at Cooks Gardens
Cooks Gardens has had 79 sub-four-minute miles, more than any NZ venue.
Athletics: Tanner, Ruthe chase history at Cooks Gardens
The two Sams have sub-four-minute miles in sights; sprinter Zoe Hobbs will also star.