On Tuesday, Fletcher Pickworth couldn’t run a step.  His sore Achilles tendon sidelined him for several days and jeopardised his hopes of winning a gold medal at next month’s New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Championships. On Friday, Pickworth was back on the track – the newly surfaced athletic track at Saxton

Athletics Nelson had the youngest and fastest runners at Saturday’s New Zealand Road Relay, and they were on the same team. Athletics Nelson Junior Men’s Team with an average of 16 blitzed into the lead, 500m into the second leg of the 35.6km, five-leg relay race from Picton to Havelock and

Academy runner Lucy Harman has come a long way in the sport over the past year. Now she is going the longest way to a meet she couldn't even imagine. By virtue of her 16th place finish at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships in Timaru in June, Harman has been

Julian Matthews, who represented New Zealand in the 1,500m at the 2016 Olympic Games, will be part of discussion group at the Annual National Academy of Distance Running function on Friday, Sept. 16 at the Saxton Sports House Conference Room. The activities start at 7pm and will include nibbles and

Fletcher Pickworth brought his New Zealand team home in second place in the U20 division at the Australian All Schools State Cross Country Relays Championships in Wollonngong on Monday, August 26. Pickworth placed 22nd in the U20 Men's race at the Australian Cross Cross Country Championships on Aug. 24, covering the

Matt Bowen chased Hamilton’s Joseph Moore to no avail at Sunday’s New Zealand Cross Country Championships in Upper Hutt. But a strong finish propelled Bowen well ahead of Moore’s brother, Adam, for second place in the 16 and under boys race. Bowen, a Year 10 student at Waimea College, finished the

Caleb Pearson was not just a celebrity runner in Saturday’s Tasman Centre Cross Country Championships. He was a celebrity winner. Pearson won’t receive the attention as he did in winning The Block in 2013, but his effort shows how far he has come in running. Pearson didn’t even run in high

Transforming from track runner to cross country runner in a matter of weeks, Fletcher Pickworth qualified to represent New Zealand in the Australian Cross Country Championships. Pickworth’s 10th place finish at Saturday’s New Zealand Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships in Timaru nailed down the final of the 10 automatic berths for

Craig Lautenslager was less than satisfied with his performance at Sunday’s Portland (Oregon) Track Festival.  Had the National Academy of Distance Running star kept up with the second pack in the  High Performance 10,000m race, he would have smashed his personal best of 29min. But he succumbed to the hot

Ben Baker is back. He proved it by dominating the Coach Slammer’s Cross Country Challenge on June 1, taking the lead early and surging away from Waimea fourth-former Matt Bowen on a four kilometre course that started and finished on the Saxton Field Track infield and encompassed a winding loop of