Oceania U18 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

Number Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Events 		No. of
Athletes
1 1993 Canberra, ACT  Australia March 15–16 29 96
2 1995 Tereora, Rarotonga  Cook Islands May 4–5 Tereora National Stadium 31 135
3 1997 Suva, Viti Levu  Fiji July 11–12 National Stadium 33 170
4 1999 Santa Rita  Guam July 2–3 30 116
5 2000 Adelaide, South Australia  Australia August 24–26 Santos Stadium 33 97
6 2002 Christchurch, Canterbury  New Zealand December 12–14 Queen Elizabeth II Park 34 96
7 2004 Townsville, Queensland  Australia December 18 Townsville Sports Reserve 35 135
8 2006 Apia, Upolu  Samoa December 13–16 Apia Park 37 148
9 2008 Saipan  Northern Mariana Islands June 25–28 Oleai Sports Complex 37 112
10 2010 Sydney, New South Wales  Australia March 11–14 Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre 42 74 + 309 from Australia
11 2011 Sydney, New South Wales  Australia March 10–14 Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre 40 25 + 331 from Australia
12 2013 Papeete, Tahiti  French Polynesia June 3–5 Stade Pater Te Hono Nui 40 116
13 2015 Cairns, Queensland  Australia May 8–10 Barlow Park 44
14 2017 Suva  Fiji 28 June – 1 July National Stadium
15 2019 Townsville  Australia 25–28 June Townsville Sports Reserve
16 2022 Mackay  Australia 7–9 June Mackay Aquatic and Recreation Centre
17 2024 Suva  Fiji 4–8 June HFC Bank Stadium

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 21.24 (-2.8 m/s) Gout Gout  Australia 7 June 2024 2024 Championships Suva, Fiji [4]
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 [5]
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm) 52.13 Jack Bangel  Australia March 2011 2011 Championships Sydney, Australia
2000 m 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 [6]
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 [7]
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 [8]
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 × 100 m relay 41.25


 Australia March 2011 2011 Championships Sydney, Australia
4 × 400 m 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 Australia Sydney, Australia
200 m 24.15 (+0.1 m/s) Sophie Taylor  Australia March 2011 2011 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
400 m 55.69 Louise Maybury  Australia March 2010 2010 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
800 m 2:06.49 Anna Laman  Australia March 2011 2011 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
1500 m 4:22.94 Anna Laman  Australia March 2011 2011 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
3000 m 9:53.14 Rebekah Greene  New Zealand March 2010 2010 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.91 (-1.2 m/s) Camryn Newton-Smith  Australia June 2017 2017 Championships Fiji Suva, Fiji [9]
400 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 60.37 Chloe Jamieson  Australia March 2011 2011 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
2000 m steeplechase (76.2 cm) 6:52.35 Charli Miller  New Zealand June 2017 2017 Championships Fiji Suva, Fiji [10]
High jump 1.86 m Amy Pejkovic  Australia March 2010 2010 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
Kaitlin Morgan  Australia March 2011 2011 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
Long jump 5.90 m Demii Maher-Smith  Australia March 2010 2010 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
Triple jump 12.61 m Demii Maher-Smith  Australia March 2010 2010 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
Shot put (3 kg) 16.20 m Siiva Tafiti  Australia June 2017 2017 Championships Fiji Suva, Fiji [11]
Discus throw 49.56 m Filoi Aokuso  Australia March 2011 2011 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
Hammer throw (3 kg) 61.77 m Stephanie Ratcliffe  Australia June 2017 2017 Championships Fiji Suva, Fiji [12]
Javelin throw (500 g) 47.30 m Tianah List  Australia 8 May 2015 2015 Championships Australia Cairns, Australia [13]
Heptathlon 5398 pts Camryn Newton-Smith  Australia June 2017 2017 Championships Fiji Suva, Fiji [14]
100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
14.06 (NWI) 1.71 m 11.39 m 25.80 (NWI) 5.70 m (NWI) 43.09 m 2:34.40
5000 m walk 24:10.73 Amy Bettiol  Australia March 2011 2011 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
4 × 100 m relay 45.75


 Australia March 2010 2010 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia
4 × 400 m relay 3:47.36


 Australia March 2010 2010 Championships Australia Sydney, Australia

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ OCEANIA YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 21, 2013
  2. ^ CHAMPIONSHIP INDEX - OCEANIA YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS OCYC, World Junior Athletics History ("WJAH"), archived from the original on March 5, 2013, retrieved March 21, 2013
  3. ^ "100m Results". qldathletics.org.au. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Men U18 200m Final Result". OAA. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  5. ^ "110m Hurdles Results". qldathletics.org.au. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Oceania Area Championships Day 1 Results" (PDF). OAA. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Octathlon Results". qldathletics.org.au. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Decathlon Results". qldathletics.org.au. 9 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  9. ^ "2017 Oceania Area Championships". OAA. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  10. ^ "2017 Oceania Area Championships". OAA. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  11. ^ "2017 Oceania Area Championships". OAA. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  12. ^ "2017 Oceania Area Championships". OAA. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Javelin Throw Results". qldathletics.org.au. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  14. ^ "2017 Oceania Area Championships". OAA. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.