| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 November 2003 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Long-distance running, Cross country running |
Hannah Gapes (born 28 November 2003) is a New Zealand long-distance and cross country runner. Gapes became New Zealand women's senior cross country champion for the first time in 2025. [1]
From Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty, Gapes started running in primary school, before attending John Paul College. She ran as a member of Lake City Athletics Club, and after overcoming a diagnosis of anemia in 2019, won the senior girls 1500 metres title at the 2020 NZ Secondary Schools Track and Field Champs in Tauranga. By the age of 17 years-old, Gapes was New Zealand national under-20 champion over 5000 metres. She later moved to the United States to compete in the Collegiate system for North Carolina State University. [2] [3]
Gapes placed eighth overall at the 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships in November 2024. [4] She placed tenth overall at the 2025 NCAA Division 1 Championships Indoor 3000 metres race, before a stress fracture ruled her out of the 2025 NCAA outdoor season. Gapes won the 10km senior women's race at the New Zealand Cross Country Championships in Christchurch in August 2025, gaining automatic selection for the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships, held in Tallahassee, Florida. [5]
On 3 October 2025, she won the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational cross country race in Chicago. [6] On 31 October, she placed fifth in the ACC individual cross country race, also helping North Carolina to win the team title. [7] [8]