Oceania Cross Country Championships

Last updated
Oceania Cross Country Championships
Statusactive
Genresports event
Frequencybiennial
Location(s)various
Inaugurated2008 (2008)
Most recent 2022 Oceania Cross Country Championships
Next event 2024 Oceania Cross Country Championships
Organised by Oceania Athletics

The Oceania Cross Country Championships are a biennial international cross country running competition. Organised by the Oceania Athletics Association, it is the area championships for the region and participation is for its member federations.

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The championships were inaugurated in 2008 in Saipan and the venue for the championships changes every two years. It was initially conceived as an annual event; however, after the third edition in 2010, the championships changed to a biennial event.

Unlike the World Championships for the sport, the Oceania Cross Country Championships consists of races in age categories, with separate senior, under-20, and under-18 races for both male and female athletes. [1]

Editions

EditionYearCityCountryDateVenueNo. of
Countries
No. of
Athletes
Ref
1st 2008 Saipan Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 25 June Laolao Bay Golf Resort [2]
2nd 2009 Christchurch, Canterbury Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1 August [3]
3rd 2010 Brisbane Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21 August [4]
4th 2012 Hamilton, Waikato Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4 August [5]
5th 2014 Tumon, Tamuning Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 16 October [6]
6th 2016 Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7 August [7]
7th 2018 Maleny Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25 AugustMaleny Golf Course [8]
8th 2022 Mangilao Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 25 June George Washington High School [9]

Results

Men's Results

YearGoldSilverBronze
2008
(6 km)
Aunese Curreen
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
21:05 Brendan Whelan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
21:09 Lavi Sam
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
21:14
2009
(12 km)
Timothy Rowe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
38:13 Andrew Davidson
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
38:13 Edwin Henshaw
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
38:25
2010
(12 km)
Martin Dent
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
36:49 Liam Adams
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
37:05 Jeffrey Hunt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
37:20
2012
(12 km)
James Nipperess
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
39:05 Samuel Wreford
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
39:36 Alex Parlane
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
40:29
2014
(12 km)
Nicholas Wightman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
41:13 Callan Moody
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
41:34 Simbai Casper
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
42:56
2016
(10 km)
Nicholas Wightman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
33:00 Jonathon Jackson
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
33:05 Daniel Balchin
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
33:12
2018
(10 km)
Andrew Buchanan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
32:15.00 Riley Cocks
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
32:29.00 Edward Goddard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
32:48.00
2022
(10 km)
Ryan Matienzo
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
34:41.80 Arthur Toves
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
35:08.63 Derek Mandell
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
35:30.42

: Edwin Kaitany from Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya running as guest was 1st in 38:54.

Women's Results

YearGoldSilverBronze
2008
(3 km)
Salome Dell
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
11:08 Marie Benito
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
12:20 Nicole Layson
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
12:31
2009
(8 km)
Melinda Vernon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
28:52Fiona Crombie
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
29:07 Kellie Palmer
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
30:10
2010
(8 km)
Jessica Trengove
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
28:00 Clare Geraghty
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
28:28 Tamara Carvolth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
28:38
2012
(8 km)
Celia Sullohern
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
29:33 Mikayla Nielsen
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
29:37 Nicki McFadzien
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
29:43
2014
(8 km)
Courtney Powell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
28:55 Rachel Kingsford
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
29:37 Elodie Mevel
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia
33:25
2016
(10 km)
Laura Nagel
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
38:08 Rosa Flanagan
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
38:28 Karinna Fyfe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
39:02
2018
(10 km)
Madeline Hills
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
37:32 Caitlin Adams
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
38:49 Lara Hamilton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
39:23
2022
(10 km)
Ongan Awa
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
41:55 Denise Meyers
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands
43:45 Ayuri Sugahara
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
50:54

Under-20 Men's Results

YearGoldSilverBronze
2008
2009
(8 km)
Aaron Pulford
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
26:11 Alex Parlane
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
26:31 Michael Banks
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
26:38
2010
(8 km)
Ethan Heywood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
25:18 David Ricketts
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
25:22 Rhys Jones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
25:24
2012
(8 km)
Matt Baxter
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
26:20 Antoine Bonnet
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
26:30 Michael Sutton
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
26:45
2014
(8 km)
Avikash Lal
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
29:22 Ravnil Kumar
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
31:11 Magdano Marquez
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia
33:55
2016
(8 km)
Cameron Avery
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
26:51 Matt Prest
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
27:09 Harry Ewing
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
27:13
2018
(8 km)
Haftu Strintzos
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
26:42 Chekole Getenet
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
27:04 Jackson Sharp
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
27:20
2022
(6 km)
Hugh Kent
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
20:20.00 Rynier DiRamos
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
21:07.10 Alexander Clark
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
21:07.30

Under-20 Women's Results

YearGoldSilverBronze
2008
2009
(6 km)
Hannah Newbould
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
21:35 Danielle Trevis
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
21:44 Olivia Burne
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
22:25
2010
(6 km)
Danielle Trevis
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
21:00 Grace Musgrove
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
21:42 Celia Sullohern
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
21:59
2012
(6 km)
Kara MacDermid
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
22:42 Georgie Grgec
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
23:28 Grace McConnochie
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
23:36
2014
(6 km)
Jenny Albert
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
25:16 Aria Perez-Theisen
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
29:35 Mika Rosario
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
30:17
2016
(6 km)
Hannah Miller
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
23:49 Grace Wood
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
23:57 Jess Kikstra
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
24:09
2018
(6 km)
Ella Heeney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
23:07 Brielle Erbacher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
23:15 Rose Davies
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
23:26
2022
(6 km)
Jordan Baden
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
24:05 Patricia Miclat
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
28:06 Bekah Tavarez
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
28:13

Under-18 Boy's Results

YearGoldSilverBronze
2008
(3 km)
Gregory Fosailafu
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
10:16 Christopher Magtoto
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
10:30 Jeofry Limitaco
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
10:54
2009
2010
2012
2014
2016
(6 km)
Isaiah Priddey
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
20:25 Kalani Sheridan
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
20:31 Trent Dodds
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
20:38
2018
(6 km)
Murdoch McIntyre
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
20:14 Matthew Rankin
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
20:27 Jude Thomas
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
20:30
2022

Under-18 Girl's Results

YearGoldSilverBronze
2008
(3 km)
Laura Nagel
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
10:49 Danielle Trevis
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
11:30 Jackie Gatland
Flag of Norfolk Island.svg  Norfolk Island
12:06
2009
2010
2012
2014
2016
(4 km)
Hannah O’Connor
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
14:48 Tessa Webb
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
15:26 Liliana Braun
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
15:38
2018
(4 km)
Nikita Moore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
14:40 Keely Small
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
14:55 Kirstie Rae
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
14:59
2022

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