Hamish Carson made it national title number nine in winning the New Zealand 3000m crown, his third, in 8:05.25. The Rio Olympian had to work hard over the final 100m to hold out an equally determined Eric Speakman who was second in 8:05.73. Daniel Hoy (19) carved nearly 12 seconds off his previous best time finishing third in 8:10.45. Richard Potts holds the New Zealand under 20 record of 8:00.20.
Laura Nagel and Olivia Burne went head to head in the women’s 3000m championship. Nagel pulled away over the last lap to win in 9:22.73. It is Nagel’s first national track title adding to her cross country and road crowns won last year. Burne recorded 9:27.23 with Esther Keown in third in a personal best 9:33.28.
Joseph Millar easily collected the sprint double, clearing out in the Absolute Insurance men's 100m in 10.49 (+0.6) and 21.30 (-0.7) in the 200m. Zac Topping was second in both in 10.93 and 22.16. Kelsey Berryman took out the Absolute Insurance woman's 100m in 11.79.
Maddison-Lee Wesche was out to a PB and meet record of 15.26m in the shot put beating previous meet record holder Te Rina Keenan who threw 14.97m better than her 2015 record of 14.53m. Keenan won the discus with 54.02m and Marshall Hall secured the men’s discus with 53.72m.