Oceania Youth Athletics Championships

The Oceania Youth Athletics Championships is an athletics event organized by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) open for youth (U18) athletes from member and associate member associations. The competition is held biennially for the first time in 1993 until 1999, and between 2000 and 2008 together with the Oceania Open Championships. In 2010 and 2011, it was held together with the Australian Junior Athletics Championships (U14 to U20), and in 2013 again together with the Oceania Open Championships. ^[1][2]

Editions

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
1st	1993	Canberra, ACT	Australia	March 15–16		29	96
2nd	1995	Tereora, Rarotonga	Cook Islands	May 4–5	Tereora National Stadium	31	135
3rd	1997	Suva, Viti Levu	Fiji	July 11–12	National Stadium	33	170
4th	1999	Santa Rita	Guam	July 2–3		30	116
5th	2000	Adelaide, South Australia	Australia	August 24–26	Santos Stadium	33	97
6th	2002	Christchurch, Canterbury	New Zealand	December 12–14	Queen Elizabeth II Park	34	96
7th	2004	Townsville, Queensland	Australia	December 18	Townsville Sports Reserve	35	135
8th	2006	Apia, Upolu	Samoa	December 13–16	Apia Park	37	148
9th	2008	Saipan	Northern Mariana Islands	June 25–28	Oleai Sports Complex	37	112
10th	2010	Sydney, New South Wales	Australia	March 11–14	Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre	42	74 + 309 from Australia
11th	2011	Sydney, New South Wales	Australia	March 10–14	Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre	40	25 + 331 from Australia
12th	2013	Papeete, Tahiti	French Polynesia	June 3–5	Stade Pater Te Hono Nui	40	116
13th	2015	Cairns, Queensland	Australia	May 8–10	Barlow Park	44

Championships records

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m	10.71 (+1.6 m/s)	Brandon Herrigan	Australia	8 May 2015	2015 Championships	Cairns, Australia	[3]
200 m	21.38 (+0.2 m/s)	Joshua Hawkins	New Zealand	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
400 m	47.32	Jack Sheridan	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
800 m	1:52.19	Brad Mathas	New Zealand	12 March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
1500 m	3:53.78	Jack Curran	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
3000 m	8:27.68	Luke Hargreaves	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.84 (+0.5 m/s)	Brandon Herrigan	Australia	9 May 2015	2015 Championships	Cairns, Australia	[4]
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	52.13	Jack Bangel	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
2000 metres steeplechase (91.4 cm)	5:56.72	Jacob Cocks	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
High jump	2.10 m	David Snowdon	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Pole vault	4.70 m	Luca Denee	New Zealand	3 June 2013	2013 Championships	Papeete, French Polynesia	[5]
Long jump	7.18 m	Kurt Jenner	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Triple jump	14.92 (+1.8 m/s)	Robert Crowther	Australia	December 2004	2004 Championships	Townsville, Australia
Shot Put (5 kg)	21.34 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	12 March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	56.64 m	Jacko Gill	New Zealand	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Hammer throw (5 kg)	67.88 m	Damian Birkenhead	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Javelin throw	71.56 m	William White	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Octathlon	5647 pts	Matthew Hosie	Australia	8–9 May 2015	2015 Championships	Cairns, Australia	[6]
	11.58 (0.0 m/s) (100 m), 6.44 m (+1.6 m/s) (long jump), 14.72 m (shot put), 52.43 (400 m)/ 15.57 (-0.9 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 1.79 m (high jump), 52.76 m (javelin), 2:53.42 (1000 m)
Decathlon	6062 pts	Theo Watson	Australia	8–9 May 2015	2015 Championships	Cairns, Australia	[7]
	11.89 (0.0 m/s) (100 m), 6.18 m (0.0 m/s) (long jump), 11.72 m (shot put), 1.72 m (high jump), 56.28 (400 m) / 15.54 (-0.9 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 38.58 m (discus), 3.50 m (pole vault), 51.02 m (javelin), 5:00.13 (1500 m)
5000 m walk	21:27.09	Brad Aiton	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
4×100m relay	41.25	[[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
4×400m relay	3:19.14	[[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m	12.04 (+0.5 m/s)	Ashleigh Whittaker	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
200 m	24.15 (+0.1 m/s)	Sophie Taylor	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
400 m	55.69	Louise Maybury	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
800 m	2:06.49	Anna Laman	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
1500 m	4:22.94	Anna Laman	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
3000 m	9:53.14	Rebekah Greene	New Zealand	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	14.12 (-1.4 m/s)	Michelle Jenneke	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
400 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	60.37	Chloe Jamieson	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
2000 metres steeplechase (76.2 cm)	6:53.83	Eleanor Wardlewort	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
High jump	1.86 m	Amy Pejkovic	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
		Kaitlin Morgan	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Long jump	5.90 m	Demii Maher-Smith	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Triple jump	12.61 m	Demii Maher-Smith	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Shot put (3 kg)	15.56 m	Julia Bourke	Australia	8 May 2015	2015 Championships	Cairns, Australia	[8]
Discus throw	49.56 m	Filoi Aokuso	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Hammer throw (3 kg)	55.45 m	Emma Keleher	Australia	9 May 2015	2015 Championships	Cairns, Australia	[9]
Javelin throw (500 g)	47.30 m	Tianah List	Australia	8 May 2015	2015 Championships	Cairns, Australia	[10]
Heptathlon	4194 pts	Lucinda May	New Zealand	December 2006	2006 Championships	Apia, Samoa
	(100 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (200 m) / (long jump), (javelin), (800 m)
5000 m walk	24:10.73	Amy Bettiol	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
4×100m relay	45.75	[[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
4×400m relay	3:47.36	[[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia

References

1. OCEANIA YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 21, 2013
2. CHAMPIONSHIP INDEX - OCEANIA YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS OCYC, World Junior Athletics History ("WJAH"), retrieved March 21, 2013
3. "100m Results". qldathletics.org.au. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
4. "110m Hurdles Results". qldathletics.org.au. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
5. "Oceania Area Championships Day 1 Results" (PDF). OAA. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
6. "Octathlon Results". qldathletics.org.au. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
7. "Decathlon Results". qldathletics.org.au. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
8. "Shot Put Results". qldathletics.org.au. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
9. "Hammer Throw Results". qldathletics.org.au. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
10. "Javelin Throw Results". qldathletics.org.au. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

External links

• OAA website