Banuve Tabakaucoro By Bob Snow Banuve was born on 4th September 1992 in Suva. He has had a long and distinguished history in Oceania Athletics. He holds the fastest ever 100m time by a Pacific Islander – 10.20 seconds, set on his home track in Suva at the Melanesian Regional Championships in July 2016. His list…
MAIKELI SERU – FIJI TIMES Fiji’s long distance champion Yeshnil Karan continues to blitz the tracks while preparing for the 2022 international athletics season. The former Fiji secondary schools sensation, who is training in Brisbane, Australia, moved into the fifth place of all time Fijian 3000 metres ranking list after he clocked eight (8) minutes and…
Former Coca Cola Games Champion, Yeshnil Karan turned on exceptional pace to get into the all-time top 10 list for the 3,000 metres in the Athletics Fiji competition at the National Stadium on Saturday 10th April. Racing alone against the clock, he clocked an impressive electronic time 9 minutes 02.72 seconds to be the eighth…
RESULTS RANKINGS CALENDAR FEDERATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER NEWS FROM AROUND THE REGION RECORDS New Records: Congratulations Eleanor Patterson of AUS - set a new Area Record in the Women’s High Jump - clearing 1.99m at the Capital Classic in New Zealand. IN THE NEWSPAPER NEWS FROM AROUND THE REGION Para Athletics Pacific para-athletes hope to head...
RESULTS RANKINGS CALENDAR FEDERATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER NEWS FROM AROUND THE REGION RECORDS New Records: Mustafa Fall (Fiji): New National Indoor Record: Shot Put - 17.65m. Tori Peeters (NZL): New National Record: Javelin - 62.04m Julia Ratcliffe (NZL): New Area Record: Hammer - 72.35m Regine Tugade (GUAM): New National Record: 200m - 24.31 IN THE...
Congratulations to Heleina Young on being awarded the inaugural Griffith University Oceania Australia Foundation Athletics Business Scholarship. Heleina has been creating waves in the athletics arena around the region and caught the eye of OAA when she became the fastest high school athlete in Fiji to go under 12 seconds at the 2018 Coca-Cola Games....