2015 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships Explained

XIII Oceania Youth Athletics Championships
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Host City:Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Dates:May 8–10
Stadium:Barlow Park
Nations Participating:16
Athletes Participating:127
Events:42
Level:Youth
Previous:2013 Papeete
Next:2017 Suva

The 2015 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Barlow Park in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, between May 8–10, 2015. They were held together with the 2015 Oceania Area Championships. Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.

Initially, a total of 44 events were scheduled. However, results for girl's pole vault and mixed 800m sprint medley relay could not be retrieved. The events were most probably cancelled resulting in a total of 42 contested events, 22 by boys and 20 by girls.

Medal summary

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

Boys (U18)

100 metres
(wind: +1.6 m/s)
align=left Brandon Herrigan
10.71 CRalign=left Johnathon Taylor
11.00align=left Jarvis Hansen
11.12
200 metres
(wind: +0.8 m/s)
align=left Brandon Herrigan
21.71 CRalign=left Johnathon Taylor
21.95align=left Shane Tuvusa
22.22
400 metresalign=left Shane Tuvusa
49.52align=left Ben Mackay
49.91align=left 52.90
800 metresalign=left James Uhlenberg
1:59.47align=left Blair Pennell
2:00.09align=left 2:00.38
1500 metresalign=left James Uhlenberg
4:05.90align=left Blair Pennell
4:10.43align=left 4:12.67
3000 metresalign=left Joshua Torley
8:54.84align=left James Uhlenberg
8:56.95align=left Liam Cullen
9:39.30
2000 metres steeplechasealign=left Blair Pennell
6:25.14align=left Liam Cullen
6:59.25align=left 7:56.60
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm)
(wind: +0.5 m/s)
align=left Brandon Herrigan
13.84 CRalign=left Jarrod Twigg
14.20align=left Sitiveni Sulunga
14.42
400 metres hurdles (83.8 cm)align=left Ben Mackay
54.90align=left Matthew Harcourt
55.15align=left Sam Richardson
58.29
High jumpalign=left 2.06m CRalign=left 2.00malign=left Teuraiterai Tupaia
1.94m
Pole vaultalign=left Jack Stolarski
4.30malign=left Reggie Taumaa
3.20m
Long jumpalign=left Taurere Teganahau
6.91m w (wind: +2.5 m/s)align=left Christopher Goodwin
6.83m w (wind: +3.9 m/s)align=left Arnold Fage
6.37m (wind: +1.4 m/s)
Triple jumpalign=left Jack Stolarski
13.88m w (wind: +2.8 m/s)align=left Arnold Fage
13.30m w (wind: +3.5 m/s)align=left Johnny Quitugua
12.55m w (wind: +4.6 m/s)
Shot put (5.0 kg)Raiarii Thompson
15.89mTimothy Ford
15.47m Nathaniel Mommers
15.27m
Discus throw (1.5 kg)align=left Jack Bannister
50.17malign=left Timothy Ford
46.95malign=left Jean Marc Tafilagi
46.39m
Hammer throw (5.0 kg)align=left Nathaniel Mommers
54.39malign=left Jack Bannister
53.62malign=left Caleb Moore
47.77m
Javelin throw (700g)align=left Teuraiterai Tupaia
59.93malign=left Mahio Patu
54.79malign=left Donavin Ada
41.02m
Octathlonalign=left Matthew Hosie
5647 CRalign=left Ben Collerton
5636align=left 3187
Decathlonalign=left 6062 CR
5000 metres walkalign=left Luke McCutcheon
24:08.84
4 × 100 metres relayalign=left 42.47 CRalign=left 43.85align=left 46.85
4 × 400 metres relayalign=left 3:32.52align=left 3:32.90align=left 3:37.87

Girls (U18)

100 metres
(wind: +0.5 m/s)
align=left Olivia Eaton
12.20align=left 12.31align=left Miriam Peni
12.43
200 metres
(wind: +0.6 m/s)
align=left Olivia Eaton
24.48 CRalign=left 25.02align=left Hayley Heel
25.06
400 metresalign=left Amanda Fitisenamu
56.85align=left Caroline Higham
57.14align=left Hannah Schlecht
57.78
800 metresalign=left 2:19.11align=left Maxine Paholek
2:20.88align=left 2:31.53
1500 metresalign=left 4:44.59align=left 4:51.49
3000 metresalign=left 10:35.29align=left 12:31.38
2000 metres steeplechasealign=left Rama Kumilgo
7:13.18align=left Maxine Paholek
7:15.30
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm)
(wind: +2.1 m/s)
align=left Karina Brown
14.34 walign=left Samantha Johnson
14.59 walign=left Emily Bass
14.71 w
400 metres hurdlesalign=left Emily Bass
64.69 CRalign=left Nicola Bowtell
67.84
High jumpalign=left 1.76m CRalign=left Emma Meyer
1.65malign=left 1.60m
Pole vaultMost probably cancelled
Long jumpalign=left Atipa Mabonga
5.87m w (wind: +4.0 m/s)align=left Ashleigh Bennett
5.57m (wind: +1.7 m/s)align=left Emma Hopcroft
5.56m w (wind: +3.3 m/s)
Triple jumpalign=left Mikaela Bretz
12.41m (wind: +1.7 m/s) CRalign=left 11.52m (wind: +1.2 m/s)
Shot put (3.0 kg)align=left Julia Bourke
15.56m CRalign=left 14.02malign=left 12.33m
Discus throwalign=left 40.95malign=left 32.51malign=left Luciendra Truques
30.98m
Hammer throw (3.0 kg)Emma Keleher
55.45m CREmily Rotunno
53.71m45.14m
Javelin throw (500g)align=left Tianah List
47.30malign=left Gwoelani Patu
40.97malign=left 37.76m
Heptathlonalign=left 3179
5000 metres walkalign=left Tahlia Hunt
27:41.19align=left 39:40.90
4 × 100 metres relayalign=left 49.15 CRalign=left 49.38align=left / Northern Australia
Bridget Seymour-Jones
Kayla Horne
Tayla King
Shannon Reynolds
50.17
4 × 400 metres relayalign=left 4:01.89 CRalign=left 4:13.08align=left 4:14.57

Mixed

Mixed 800m sprint medley relayMost probably cancelled

Medal table (unofficial)

Participation (unofficial)

According to an unofficial count, 127 athletes from 16 countries and territories participated. As in the years before, there was also a "Regional Australia Team" Northern Australia (dubbed "RAT" in the results list) comprising Australian athletes who either have their normal place of residence (defined as being a place where an athlete is resident and/or educated) in an "athletically remote area" of Australia (defined as a being a place more than 300km from any centre at which track and field competition is held on a regular basis i.e. basically weekly or fortnightly during the track season) or "Northern Australia" (defined as comprising the Northern Territory and any parts of Western Australia and North Queensland, north of 26th parallel south latitude).