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Record-Breaking Performances at Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic & New Zealand Short Track Championships The Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic opened the Continental Tour in the Oceania Area in Hastings, setting the tone for the season with record breaking performances. Alongside the meeting, New Zealand hosted its inaugural Short Track Championships, with Inaugural National titles…

The Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic opens the Continental Tour The Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic opens the Continental Tour in the Oceania Area with a lot on offer at Mitre10 Sports Park in Hastings. Ranking points and qualification standards are up for grabs as athletes begin their push towards the Commonwealth Games, World Indoor…

Athletics Community Mourns the Passing of Joseph Rodan Junior The Oceania athletics family is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Joseph Rodan Junior, (JJ) a Fijian national and international representative athlete, leader, and advocate for sport, who lost his courageous battle with illness on 13 January 2026. JJ’s impact on athletics was profound…

Highlights from World Cross Country: Australia’s Mixed Relay Victory The Australian mixed 4x2km relay team claimed gold at the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, delivering the defining result for Oceania on course. Three years on from a bronze medal in Bathurst, the team returned with experience and left with a world title. Three years…

The Oceania Area will be well represented when the World Cross Country Championships get underway in the United States, with athletes set to take on the demanding Tallahassee (USA) course, with a few surprises along the way and maybe some alligators! Australia arrives in Florida with depth across every race, led by a strong mixed…

On most weekends, Isaac Oppenheimer does something few runners can claim. He runs around his entire country. Distance running is booming globally, with more people chasing long runs, mass participation events selling out, personal challenges filing the media feeds. In the middle of the Pacific, on one of the world’s smallest nations, that same momentum…