Written by Bob Snow – Oceania Athletics Life Member. This is the last of a 3 part review of the World Championships. Today, we bring you the final 3 days. Day Eight Oceania has waited for the return of a fully healthy Sally Pearson (AUS) for a long time. The former Olympic and World…
Written by Bob Snow – Oceania Athletics Life Member This it the 2nd of a 3 part review of the World Championships. Today, we bring you Days 5 through 7. Day Five In the Women’s 200m Heats, Toea Wisil (PNG) was in Heat 4, with Guam’s Regine Tugade in Heat 5. Toea finished in 7th…
Written by Bob Snow – Oceania Athletics Life Member The first of a 3 part review of the World Championships. Today, we bring you Days 1 through 4. Day One The first Pacific Islanders in action were those participating in the Men’s 100m Preliminary Round. This round is for those athletes who have not achieved…
Paita, New Caledonia – 20th May, 2017. Written by Bob Snow. After days of uncertain weather, the skies cleared and the temperature started to rise as the two main races commenced at 7.30 am on Saturday 20th May. After a mass warm-up in the starting area, the race was well and truly on. The terrain…
OAA is extremely proud of all athletes achievements, both in and out of competition. Here is a video of Guam athlete Regine Tugade, who was honoured by the US secretary of defense Mr. Ashton Carter at the Pentagon. She was honoured alongside other active duty Olympians after she represented Guam in the 2016 Rio Olympics….
The Australian pole vault record holder, Alana Boyd, has formally announced her retirement from athletics. Boyd closed out her career in remarkable fashion leaping 4.80m to place 4th at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Her third Olympic campaign, Boyd followed the lead of her parents, sprinter Denise and pole vaulter Ray, into athletics before making her…