2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics

The 2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place between August 14–19, 2007. The event was held at the Barlow Park in Cairns, Australia, jointly with the OAA Grand Prix Series. Many athletes utilised the competitions preparing for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan.[1] Detailed reports were given for the OAA.[2][3][4][5]

IV Melanesian Championships in Athletics
DatesAugust 14–19
Host cityCairns, Queensland, Australia Australia
VenueBarlow Park
LevelSenior
Events38 (19 men, 19 women)
Participation7 + 2 local teams + 6 guest nations

A total of 38 events were contested, 19 by men and 19 by women.

Medal summary

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Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage,[6][7][8] and at sportfieber.pytalhost.com.[9]

In high jump, long jump and triple jump, as well as in shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw, there were separate open competitions for the Melanesian championships and the OAA Grand Prix Series held on different days. In the sprint events, athletes not competing for the Melanesian Championships were assigned to the B finals.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.4 m/s) Otis Gowa
  Jump Start Australia
10.76 Moses Kamut
  Vanuatu
10.88 Wally Kirika
  Papua New Guinea
10.92
100 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s) Open B (Grand Prix Series) James Dolphin
  New Zealand
10.72 Chris Donaldson
  New Zealand
10.73 Henry Ben
  Papua New Guinea
11.10
200 metres (wind: -2.7 m/s) Niko Verekauta
  Fiji
21.26 Iliesa Namosimalua
  Fiji
21.42 Moses Kamut
  Vanuatu
21.57
200 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) Open B (Grand Prix Series) James Dolphin
  New Zealand
21.15 Andrew Yong
 / North Queensland
22.21 Nelson Kabitana
  Solomon Islands
22.39
400 metres Iliesa Namosimalua
  Fiji
47.30 CR Niko Verekauta
  Fiji
47.31 Nelson Stone
  Papua New Guinea
48.44
800 metres1.) Isireli Naikelekelevesi
  Fiji
1:51.73 CR Arnold Sorina
  Vanuatu
1:55.04 Paulson Gebo
  Papua New Guinea
1:56.29
1500 metres2.) Isireli Naikelekelevesi
  Fiji
4:04.55 CR Sapolai Yao
  Papua New Guinea
4:05.25 Rodney Rapasi
  Solomon Islands
4:10.67
5000 metres Sapolai Yao
  Papua New Guinea
15:46.95 Philip Nausien
  Vanuatu
16:04.55 Rodney Rapasi
  Solomon Islands
16:51.80
10000 metres Philip Nausien
  Vanuatu
35:01.83 Chris Votu
  Solomon Islands
36:09.77 Rodney Rapasi
  Solomon Islands
47:52.14
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s) Jovesa Naivalu
  Fiji
14.71 CR Luke Devenish
  Australia
15.09 Sam Giatrakos
  Australia
15.41
400 metres hurdles Mowen Boino
  Papua New Guinea
51.43 CR Jone Wainiqolo
  Fiji
53.01 Wala Gime
  Papua New Guinea
54.86
3000 metres steeplechase Sapolai Yao
  Papua New Guinea
9:43.07 CR Rodney Rapasi
  Solomon Islands
10:39.37 Chris Votu
  Solomon Islands
11:02.78
High Jump Rajendra Prasad
  Fiji
2.00m =CR Ben Rickards
  Australia
2.00m Sam Giatrakos
  Australia
1.80m
High Jump Open (Grand Prix Series) Rajendra Prasad
  Fiji
1.95m Nicholas Murchie
 / North Queensland
1.90m
Long Jump Rodney Blair
  Jump Start Australia
7.05m (wind: +1.4 m/s) Hamish Nelson
  Australia
6.94m (wind: +1.9 m/s) Nicholas Murchie
 / North Queensland
6.89m w (wind: +3.0 m/s)
Long Jump Open (Grand Prix Series) Julius Nymbane
 / North Queensland
7.46m Rodney Blair
  Jump Start Australia
6.99m Eroni Tuivanuavou
  Fiji
6.82m
Triple Jump3.) Eugene Vollmer
  Fiji
14.66m (wind: +1.5 m/s) CR Mong Taval
  Papua New Guinea
13.91m (wind: +0.6 m/s)
Triple Jump Open (Grand Prix Series) Eugene Vollmer
  Fiji
14.35m w (wind: +2.2 m/s) Mong Taval
  Papua New Guinea
13.82m w (wind: +3.0 m/s) Buraieta Yeeting
  Kiribati
13.48m w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
Shot Put4.) Travis Ambrum
 / North Queensland
12.38m Luke Devenish
  Australia
11.50m Hamish Nelson
  Australia
10.44m
Shot Put Open (Grand Prix Series) Travis Ambrum
 / North Queensland
12.89m Luke Poli
 / North Queensland
12.58m Raymond Abdy
 / North Queensland
9.31m
Discus Throw5.) Luke Poli
 / North Queensland
44.79m CR Brendan Peeters
  Jump Start Australia
37.64m
Hammer Throw Robert Grimaldi
  New Caledonia
36.90m Geoffrey Gardner
  Norfolk Island
33.12m Barry Mullins
 / North Queensland
28.49m
Javelin Throw6.) Drew Potts
 / North Queensland
54.43m Sam Giatrakos
  Australia
44.87m Ben Rickards
  Australia
38.64m
Javelin Throw Open (Grand Prix Series) Stuart Farquhar
  New Zealand
77.65m Leonard Tonhoueri
  New Caledonia
52.91m Dexter Dillay
  Northern Mariana Islands
47.26m
4 x 100 metres relay   Papua New Guinea
Jorim Emmanuel
Wally Karika
Henry Ben
Peter Pulu
41.52   Fiji
Timoci Momolevu
Iowane Dovumatua
William McGoon
Filipo Delai
41.77   Solomon Islands
Nelson Kabitana
Jack Iroga
Adison Alfred
Chris Walasi
42.75
4 x 400 metres relay   Fiji
Iliesa Namosimalua
Isireli Naikelekelevesi
William McGoon
Niko Verekauta
3:16.23 CR   Papua New Guinea
Nelson Stone
Levi Albert
Waname Egora
Fabian Niulai
3:18.38   Vanuatu
Arnold Sorina
Kepsin Abraham
Jimmy Kassiley
Sam Kaiapam
3:24.36

1.): The 800 metres event was won by Aunese Curreen from   Samoa in 1:50.59 running as a guest.
2.): The 1500 metres event was won by Aunese Curreen from   Samoa in 3:56.11 running as a guest.
3.): In the triple jump event, Buraieta Yeeting from   Kiribati was 3rd in 13.36m (wind: +0.6 m/s) competing as a guest.
4.): The shot put event was won by Salesi Ahokovi from   Tonga in 12.55m competing as a guest.
5.): In the discus throw event, Travis Ambrum from  / North Queensland was 2nd in 42.30m competing as a guest.
6.): The javelin throw event was won by Stuart Farquhar from   New Zealand in 77.58m, Dexter Dillay from the   Northern Mariana Islands was 3rd in 45.37m, both competing as guests.

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s) Mae Koime
  Papua New Guinea
11.91 Toea Wisil
  Papua New Guinea
12.05 Raphaela Baki
  Papua New Guinea
12.31
100 metres (wind: -1.3 m/s) Open B (Grand Prix Series) Sally McLellan
  Australia
11.76 Ana Smythe
  New Zealand
12.12 Eunice Steven
  Papua New Guinea
13.08
200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) Makelesi Bulikiobo
  Fiji
23.36 CR Mae Koime
  Papua New Guinea
24.08 Toea Wisil
  Papua New Guinea
24.23
200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) Open B (Grand Prix Series) Ana Smythe
  New Zealand
24.07 Melissa Johnson
 / North Queensland
26.10 Elis Lapenmal
  Vanuatu
26.51
400 metres7.) Makelesi Bulikiobo
  Fiji
53.66 CR Paulini Korowaqa
  Fiji
58.48 Torika Odro
  Fiji
59.14
800 metres Salome Dell
  Papua New Guinea
2:14.67 CR Ann Mooney
  Papua New Guinea
2:15.29 Cecilia Kumalalamene
  Papua New Guinea
2:17.26
1500 metres Salome Dell
  Papua New Guinea
4:50.39 CR Cecilia Kumalalamene
  Papua New Guinea
4:56.38 Poro Gahekave
  Papua New Guinea
5:00.29
5000 metres Poro Gahekave
  Papua New Guinea
18:58.10 CR Florence Tina
  Solomon Islands
20:52.20
10000 metres Florence Tina
  Solomon Islands
47:52.22
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s) Rebecca Robinson
  Australia
16.02
400 metres hurdles8.) Sharon Henry
  Papua New Guinea
63.24 CR Shannon McCann
  Jump Start Australia
65.55 Heidi Van Lint
 / North Queensland
74.84
3000 metres steeplechase Poro Gahekave
  Papua New Guinea
11:54.71
High Jump Ashleigh Reid
  Australia
1.70m CR Tara Whitehead
 / North Queensland
1.65m Nellie Leslie
  Papua New Guinea
1.60m
High Jump Open (Grand Prix Series) Tara Whitehead
 / North Queensland
1.66m Emma Fletcher
 / North Queensland
1.60m Delilah Kami
  Papua New Guinea
1.55m
Long Jump Soko Salaniqiqi
  Fiji
5.78m w (wind: +2.8 m/s) Makelesi Tumalevu
  Fiji
5.66m w (wind: +2.6 m/s) Tara Whitehead
 / North Queensland
5.54m w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
Long Jump Open (Grand Prix Series) Soko Salaniqiqi
  Fiji
5.84m (wind: NWI) Katie Cox
 / North Queensland
5.52m (wind: NWI) Makelesi Tumalevu
  Fiji
5.50m (wind: NWI)
Triple Jump Tara Whitehead
 / North Queensland
11.80m (wind: +0.5 m/s) CR Soko Salaniqiqi
  Fiji
11.72m w (wind: +2.1 m/s) Adriana Myrteza
 / North Queensland
10.52m (wind: +1.3 m/s)
Triple Jump Open (Grand Prix Series) Tara Whitehead
 / North Queensland
12.02m w (wind: +2.7 m/s) Soko Salaniqiqi
  Fiji
11.52m (wind: +1.1 m/s) Adriana Myrteza
 / North Queensland
10.39m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Shot Put9.) Brittany Knee
  Australia
10.77m CR Rebecca Robinson
  Australia
10.56m
Shot Put Open (Grand Prix Series) Valerie Vili
  New Zealand
19.06m Ana Po'uhila
  Tonga
16.87m Cheryl LeBrun
 / North Queensland
4.34m
Discus Throw10.) Rebecca Robinson
  Australia
34.12m CR
Discus Throw Open (Grand Prix Series) Beatrice Faumuina
  New Zealand
58.08m Rebecca Robinson
  Australia
35.96m Cheryl LeBrun
 / North Queensland
14.24m
Hammer Throw11.) Suzy Vercoe
  Norfolk Island
34.44m Brittany Knee
  Australia
26.67m
Javelin Throw12.) Sisilia Lau
  Fiji
39.31m Rebecca Robinson
  Australia
33.66m
Javelin Throw Open (Grand Prix Series) Serafina Akeli
  Samoa
48.33m Sisilia Lau
  Fiji
42.38m Cheryl LeBrun
 / North Queensland
10.51m
4 x 100 metres relay13.)   Papua New Guinea
Eunice Steven
Jacinta Langa
Cecilia Kumalalamene
Raphaela Baki
48.68   Solomon Islands
Lisa Flory
Pauline Kwalea
Jenny Keni
Joycelyn Taurikeni
52.07
4 x 400 metres relay   Papua New Guinea
Ann Mooney
Sharon Henry
Eunice Steven
Toea Wisil
3:54.12 CR   Fiji
Sera Mereula
Paulini Korowaqa
Alena Vadrasamu
Torika Odro
3:58.96  / North Queensland
Jacqueline Stresing
Heidi Van Lint
Megan McCaul
Melissa Johnson
4:11.98

7.): In the 400 metres event, Toea Wisil from   Papua New Guinea was 2nd in 55.66 running as a guest.
8.): The 400 metres hurdles event was won by Jacqueline Stresing from  / North Queensland in 63.17 running as a guest.
9.): The shot put event was won by Valerie Vili from   New Zealand in 20.03m, Ana Po'uhila from   Tonga was 2nd in 16.49m, both competing as guests.
10.): In the discus throw event, Cheryl LeBrun from  / North Queensland was 2nd in 13.63m competing as a guest.
11.): The hammer throw event was won by Ana Po'uhila from   Tonga in 41.11m, Serafina Akeli from   Samoa was 3rd in 29.55m, both competing as guests.
12.): The javelin throw event was won by Serafina Akeli from   Samoa in 49.63m competing as a guest.
13.): In the 4x100 metres relay event, a team from   Australia (Brittany Knee, Sarah Mackaway, Ashleigh Reid, Rebecca Robinson) was 2nd in 50.26 running as guests.

Mixed

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Discus Throw Mixed Open Beatrice Faumuina
  New Zealand
57.69m Ana Po'uhila
  Tonga
46.76m Travis Ambrum
 / North Queensland
41.83m

Medal table (unofficial)

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  *   Host nation ( North Queensland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Fiji (FIJ)128121
2  Papua New Guinea (PNG)127928
3  Australia (AUS)48416
4  North Queensland*41611
5  Jump Start Australia2204
6  Solomon Islands (SOL)14510
7  Vanuatu (VAN)1326
8  Norfolk Island (NFK)1102
9  New Caledonia (NCL)1001
Totals (9 entries)38342799

Participation

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The participation of athletes from 7 countries and 6 guest countries from Oceania was reported. In addition, two local teams comprising athletes from the organizing Athletics North Queensland (ANQ) (representing North Queensland) and from the Athletics Australia's Jump Start program for indigenous athletes ("Jump Start Australia") competed.

Guest countries from Micronesia and Polynesia:

References

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  2. ^ Jone Delai Proves Age is No Barrier, OAA, 13 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
  3. ^ Day 2 - GP Series & Melanesian Championships, OAA, 16 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
  4. ^ Grand Prix / Melanesian Championships Produce Great Results, OAA, 16 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
  5. ^ Cairns' Meets Produce 8 National Records, OAA, 23 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
  6. ^ Grand Prix / Melanesian Regional Championships Results, OAA, 14 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
  7. ^ Results - Day 2 OAA Grand Prix / Melanesian Championships - Thursday, 16 August 2007, OAA, 16 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
  8. ^ Results Day 3 Grand Prix Series / Melanesian Championships, OAA, 19 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
  9. ^ 2007 Melanesian Championships - Barlow Park, Cairns/Australia – 14.08.1908 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, 14 August 2007, archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved February 17, 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)