Aaron Booth

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Aaron Booth
Aaron Booth at the 2019 Summer Universiade.jpg
2019 Universiade Decathlon Champion
Medal record
Men's athletics
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Taipei Decathlon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Naples Decathlon

Aaron James Booth (born 12 September 1996) is a New Zealand decathlete who won the gold medal in that event at the 2019 Summer Universiade.

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Booth has represented New Zealand at youth and senior level at the Oceania Championships in Tahiti and Cairns, and at senior level at the World University Games in South Korea, Taipei and Napoli. He was the 2013 Oceania Octathlon Champion, the 2014 New Zealand Under 20 Decathlon Champion, and the 2015 Australian Under 20 Decathlon Champion.

In 2019 Booth broke the New Zealand indoor Heptathlon record in Fayetteville with a score of 5819 points. He placed 8th at the NCAA Indoor champs in Birmingham Alabama. Booth then placed 6th at the NCAA Outdoor championships with a PB score of 7680 points. At the World University Games in Napoli he won the gold medal, adding to his bronze medal from the 2017 games, with another personal best score of 7827 points.

After a Covid interrupted season in 2020 Booth, representing Long Beach State University in California, won the 2021 Big West Outdoor Conference Championships (7520pts) [1] and at the NCAA Championships he broke the school record with a score of 7644pts, [2] which placed 6th overall.

In March 2022 Booth won his first New Zealand Senior Decathlon title. [3]

His best decathlon score of 7827pts, at Napoli ranks him fourth on the New Zealand decathlon "all time" list. [4]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
20132013 Oceania Youth Athletics ChampionshipsTahiti1stOctathlon5231pts
Representing Waitakere City Athletics Club
20142014 New Zealand Junior Decathlon Championships Waitakere 1stDecathlon6287pts
Representing Auckland Athletics
20152015 New Zealand Decathlon Championships Hamilton 2ndDecathlon6983pts
20152015 Australian Junior Decathlon ChampionshipsBrisbane1stDecathlon7379pts
20152015 NZ Athletic ChampionshipsWellington1stUnder 20 4x4003m 20.28sec
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2015 2015 Oceania Area Championships Cairns 2ndDecathlon6183pts
2015 2015 Summer Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 13thDecathlon6905pts
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
20162016 Australian/Oceania Decathlon Championships Sydney 7thDecathlon6721pts
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2017 2017 Summer Universiade Taipei 3rdDecathlon7523pts
Representing Kansas State Wildcats
2018Big 12 Outdoor Championships Texas 2ndDecathlon7508pts
2018 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Oregon 14thDecathlon7458pts
Representing Kansas State Wildcats
2019 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Alabama 8thHeptathlon5719pts
2019Big 12 Outdoor Championships Oklahoma 2ndDecathlon7602pts
2019 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Texas 6thDecathlon7680 pts
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2019 2019 Summer Universiade Napoli 1stDecathlon7827 pts
Representing Kansas State Wildcats
2020Big 12 Indoor Championships Iowa 3rdHeptathlon5639pts
2020 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Albuquerque CANCELLEDHeptathlon5639pts (qualifier)
Representing Long Beach State
2021Big West Outdoor Championships Irvine, CA 1stDecathlon7520pts
2021 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Oregon 6thDecathlon7644pts
Representing Auckland Athletics
20222022 New Zealand Decathlon Championships Hastings 1stDecathlon7337pts

Personal bests

New Zealand Athletics Rankings [4] Auckland Athletics Rankings [5] Tilastopaja [6] Tfrrs [7]

Combined events

EventPointsPlaceDate
Senior Decathlon7827 points Naples 10 July 2019
Junior Decathlon7379 points Brisbane 28 March 2015
Youth Decathlon6058 points Hastings 10 November 2014
Octathlon5231 points Tahiti 5 June 2013

Track and field outdoor

As of 12 February 2022
EventPerformanceLocationDatePoints
Decathlon7,827 points Naples July 10, 20197,827 points
100 metres 10.95 (+1.3 m/s) Norman May 11, 2019872 points
Long jump 7.22 m (23 ft 8+1⁄4 in) (+1.5 m/s) Austin June 5, 2019866 points
Shot put 13.61 m (44 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Irvine May 13, 2021704 points
High jump 2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Wellington March 4, 2023831 points
400 metres 49.73 Austin June 5, 2019827 points
110 metres hurdles 15.26 (3.3 m/s) Hastings January 22, 2022818 points
Discus throw 44.63 m (146 ft 5 in) Hastings January 22, 2022759 points
Pole vault 4.80 m (15 ft 8+3⁄4 in) Napoli July 10, 2019849 points
Javelin throw 62.44 m (204 ft 10+1⁄4 in) Sydney Mar 31, 2017775 points
1500 metres 4:28.17 Sydney December 3, 2017757 points
Virtual Best Performance8,058 points

Track and field indoor

As of 28/1/2019
EventPerformanceLocationDate
60m 7.07sec Birmingham, Alabama 8 Mar 2019
60m hurdles 8.51sec Manhattan, Kansas 12 Dec 2018
Long Jump 7.39m Fayetteville, Arkansas 25 Jan 2019
Shot Put 14.28mFayetteville, Arkansas25 Jan 2019
High jump 2.03mBirmingham, Alabama9 Mar 2019
Pole Vault 4.80mFayetteville, Arkansas1 Feb 2020
1000 m 2:44.64secFayetteville, Arkansas1 Feb 2020
Pentathlon 3973 ptsManhattan, Kansas7 Dec 2018
Heptathlon 5819 ptsFayetteville, Arkansas26 Jan 2019

References

  1. ↑ "Long Beach News". www.longbeachstate.com.
  2. ↑ "Long Beach News". www.longbeachstate.com.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand Champion" (PDF). www.athletics.org.nz.
  4. 1 2 "Athletics New Zealand Rankings and Records". www.anzrankings.org.nz.
  5. ↑ "Athletics Auckland > Statistics > Rankings". www.athleticsauckland.co.nz. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tilastopaja Login". www.tilastopaja.net.
  7. ↑ "TFRRS". www.tfrrs.org.


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