2013 Oceania Athletics Championships

XIII Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	June 3-5
Host city	Papeete, French Polynesia
Venue	Stade Pater Te Hono Nui
Level	Senior
Events	44 (21 men, 22 women. 1 mixed)
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The 2013 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui in Papeete, French Polynesia, between June 3-5, 2013. The event was held jointly with the 2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships, and there were also exhibition events for masters, athletes with a disability and children.[1] Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.[2][3][4]

The event was overshadowed by the death of New Zealand racewalker Lesley Cantwell. She collapsed while waiting for the medal ceremony after winning the gold medal in the 5000 metres race walk event, and was taken to Papeete Hospital on life support. However, she died a few days later.[5]

In the open division, a total of 44 events were contested, 21 by men and 22 by women, as well as 1 mixed medley relay.

Medal summary

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

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Banuve Tabakaucoro (FIJ)	10.65	Siueni Filimone (TGA)	11.17	William Smart (NZL)	11.17
200 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s)	Banuve Tabakaucoro (FIJ)	21.08	Nelson Stone (PNG)	21.98	William Smart (NZL)	22.32
400 metres	Robert Jopp (NZL)	48.44	Tom Symes (NZL)	49.59	Theo Piniau (PNG)	49.70
800 metres	Adrien Kela (NCL)	1:52.81	Alex Beddoes (COK)	1:54.10	Jack Bruce (AUS)	1:55.91
1500 metres	Jack Bruce (AUS)	4:01.18	Adrien Kela (NCL)	4:05.19	/Thomas Briggs (NAUS)	4:05.39
5000 metres	Josh Maisey (NZL)	15:33.90	/ Anthony Craig (NAUS)	15:38.74	Sapolai Yao (PNG)	15:43.03
10000 metres	Josh Maisey (NZL)	32:31.31	/ Anthony Craig (NAUS)	33:35.39	Sapolai Yao (PNG)	33:44.20
3000 metres steeplechase	Sapolai Yao (PNG)	9:49.67	/ Hamish MacDonald (NAUS)	9:56.49	Winsy Tama (PYF)	9:59.03
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Tyler Heron (AUS)	15.57	Michael Herreros (GUM)	16.64	Nicholas Raval (GUM)	16.87
400 metres hurdles	Mowen Boino (PNG)	51.97	Leigh Bennett (AUS)	52.08	David Benjimen (VAN)	54.14
High Jump	Jordan Peters (NZL)	2.06m	Cedric Dubler (AUS)	2.06m	Isikeli Waqa (FIJ)	2.03m
Pole Vault	Cedric Dubler (AUS)	4.50m	Brandon Ricou (PYF)	3.80m
Long Jump	Cedric Dubler (AUS)	7.24m w (wind: +3.4 m/s)	Simione Isimeli (FIJ)	6.95m w (wind: +3.6 m/s)	William Cowper (NZL)	6.71m w (wind: +2.4 m/s)
Triple Jump	Scott Thomson (NZL)	14.91m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Todd Swanson (NZL)	14.57m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Mong Tavol (PNG)	14.18m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
Shot Put	Alexander Rose (SAM)	17.22m	Loïc Tuaira (PYF)	14.86m	Steven Lasei (SAM)	14.76m
Discus Throw	Alexander Rose (SAM)	56.05m	Steven Lasei (SAM)	45.66m	Loïc Tuaira (PYF)	42.05m
Hammer Throw	Alexander Rose (SAM)	55.49m	Steven Lasei (SAM)	31.05m
Javelin Throw	Leslie Copeland (FIJ)	76.87m	John Crandell (AUS)	59.46m	/ Jacky Tuakoifenua (WLF)	57.97m
Decathlon	Nick Gerrard (NZL)	6807	Andrew Hodges (AUS)	6573	Aaron Page (AUS)	5861
4 x 100 metres relay	Tonga Lars Fa'apoi Heamatangi Tu'ivai Siosaia Teumohenga Siueni Filimone	43.27	Kiribati El-Jay Neneia Kiatau Cama Tealava Lotolua Nooa Takooa	44.46	Tahiti Laurent Coia Rainui Taraufau Rony Chang Yuk Shan Ahonui Beauval-Tahi	44.48
4 x 400 metres relay	New Zealand William Smart William Cowper Robert Jopp Tom Symes	3:21.26	Australia Andrew Broadbent Leigh Bennett Aaron Page Tyler Heron	3:28.15	Vanuatu George Vingaria Molisingi David Benjamin Tom Joe George Wes Faerua	3:31.18

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Toea Wisil (PNG)	11.90	Patricia Taea (COK)	12.57	Simone Small (NZL)	12.63
200 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Toea Wisil (PNG)	24.45	Louise Jones (NZL)	24.75	Madeleine Powell (AUS)	25.56
400 metres	Alicia Keir (AUS)	55.07	Louise Jones (NZL)	55.51	Naomi Blaz (GUM)	61.99
800 metres	Alicia Keir (AUS)	2:08.05	Kerry White (NZL)	2:08.14	Pippa Trevella (NZL)	2:10.29
1500 metres	Pippa Trevella (NZL)	4:33.36	Kerry White (NZL)	4:38.24	Mereseini Naidau (FIJ)	4:57.75
5000 metres	Sharon Firisua (SOL)	19:41.23	Sophie Bouchonnet (PYF)	19:49.95	Nathalie Marguerit (TAH)	19:50.26
10000 metres	Elodie Mevel (PYF)	41:04.47	Sophie Gardon (PYF)	41:13.85	Hina Louison-Grepin (TAH)	41:38.74
3000 metres steeplechase	Stephanie Kondogonis (AUS)	11:18.08	Sharon Firisua (SOL)	12:20.57
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Natalie Booth (NZL)	16.16
400 metres hurdles	Madeleine Powell (AUS)	63.17	Takina Bernadino (PYF)	65.63	Naomi Blaz (GUM)	66.65
High Jump	Timeri Lamorelle (PYF)	1.52m
Pole Vault	Lucie Tepea (TAH)	2.70m
Long Jump	Emma Knight (AUS)	5.74m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	/ Catherine Hannell (NAUS)	5.44m (wind: -1.4 m/s)	Timeri Lamorelle (PYF)	5.14m (wind: -0.4 m/s)
Triple Jump	Jenni Scott (NZL)	11.64m (wind: NWI)	Anna Thomson (NZL)	11.60m (wind: NWI)	Timeri Lamorelle (PYF)	11.05m (wind: NWI)
Shot Put	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	14.17m	Rebecca Direen (AUS)	12.74m	Alexaraee Toeaina (ASA)	11.33m
Discus Throw	Christie Chamberlain (AUS)	50.68m	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	49.98m	Alexaraee Toeaina (ASA)	43.72m
Hammer Throw	Rebecca Direen (AUS)	48.17m	Danielle Botha (NZL)	46.82m	Montaya Wharehinga (NZL)	45.06m
Javelin Throw	Laura Overton (NZL)	41.98m	/ Emilie Falelavaki (WLF)	41.93m	Ruby Cochrane (NZL)	34.42m
Heptathlon	Elana Withnall (AUS)	4348	Mafi Mapa (TGA)	3000	Ana Katiloka (TGA)	2625
5000 metres Walk	Lesley Cantwell (NZL)	25:39.79
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand Simone Small Ellie McCleery Rosy Hogben Kerry White	49.07	/ North Australia Catherine Hannell Amanda Morris Chloe Botella Rita Fontaine	51.58	Guam Aria Perez-Theisen Naomi Blaz Regine Tugade Raquel Walker	52.35
4 x 400 metres relay	New Zealand Louise Jones Ellie McCleery Pippa Trevella Kerry White	3:52.38	Australia Tayla-Paige Billington Emma Knight Elana Withnall Alicia Keir	4:01.93

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
800 Sprint Medley relay	New Zealand Simone Small Austen Heuvel Louise Jones Bailey Stewart	1:36.31	Fiji Sisilia Seavula Banuve Tabakaucoro Mereseini Naidau Simione Isimeli	1:38.95	French Polynesia HerEani Manate Namataiki Tevenino Timeri Lamorelle Gregory Bradai	1:42.87

Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (French Polynesia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand	15	8	7	30
2	Australia	12	7	3	22
3	Papua New Guinea	4	1	4	9
4	Fiji	3	2	2	7
5	Samoa	3	2	1	6
6	French Polynesia*	2	5	5	12
7	Cook Islands	1	3	0	4
8	Tonga	1	2	1	4
9	New Caledonia	1	1	0	2
9	Solomon Islands	1	1	0	2
11	French Polynesia	1	0	3	4
12	/ North Australia	0	5	1	6
13	Guam	0	1	4	5
14	/ Wallis and Futuna	0	1	1	2
15	Kiribati	0	1	0	1
16	American Samoa	0	0	2	2
16	Vanuatu	0	0	2	2
Totals (17 nations)		44	40	36	120

Participation (unofficial)

The participation of 480 athletes representing 24 teams from 22 countries was published.[1] The list comprises also the U-18 athletes, some of them competed in both the open and the youth event, especially in the relays.

20 of the participating teams were OAA members, one team an associate OAA member, only Niue was absent.

In addition, there was a team from Wallis and Futuna, which is no OAA member, and two regional teams: A local team dubbed "Tahiti West Coast" (TWC in the results list,[6] here dubbed TAH)[7] and a "Regional Australia Team" (RAT in the results list,[6] here dubbed NAUS) [8] 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)."

References

Oceania Athletics Championships Tahiti 2013 - Competition Manual (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013
Day One of Competition – Oceania Athletics Championships, Tahiti 3rd June, 2013, OAA, June 5, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013
Day Two of Competition – Oceania Athletics Championships, Tahiti 4th June, 2013, OAA, June 6, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013
Day Three of Competition – Oceania Athletics Championships, Tahiti 5th June, 2013, OAA, June 8, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013
New Zealand Race Walker Passes Away, OAA, June 7, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013
Oceania Area Championships 2013 - 3/06/2013 to 5/06/2013 - Pater Stadium, Papeete - Results (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27, retrieved July 2, 2013
Tahitian Teams’ Final Preparation for the 2013 Oceania Athletics Championships, OAA, May 30, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013
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

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[oaa_02-1] Oceania Athletics Championships Tahiti 2013 - Competition Manual (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013

[oaa_04-2] Day One of Competition – Oceania Athletics Championships, Tahiti 3rd June, 2013, OAA, June 5, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013

[oaa_05-3] Day Two of Competition – Oceania Athletics Championships, Tahiti 4th June, 2013, OAA, June 6, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013

[oaa_06-4] Day Three of Competition – Oceania Athletics Championships, Tahiti 5th June, 2013, OAA, June 8, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013

[oaa_07-5] New Zealand Race Walker Passes Away, OAA, June 7, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013

[oaa_01-6] Oceania Area Championships 2013 - 3/06/2013 to 5/06/2013 - Pater Stadium, Papeete - Results (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-27, retrieved July 2, 2013

[oaa_03-7] Tahitian Teams’ Final Preparation for the 2013 Oceania Athletics Championships, OAA, May 30, 2013, retrieved July 2, 2013

[aa_01-8] 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