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]
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put 400m 110m H (wind) High jump Javelin 1000m 11.58 (±0.0 m/s) 6.44 m (+1.6 m/s) 14.72 m 52.43 15.57 (−0.9 m/s) 1.79 m 52.76 m 2:53.42
Decathlon	6062 pts	Theo Watson	Australia	8–9 May 2015	2015 Championships	Cairns, Australia	[8]
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110m H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.89 (±0.0 m/s) 6.18 m (±0.0 m/s) 11.72 m 1.72 m 56.28 15.54 (−0.9 m/s) 38.58 m 3.50 m 51.02 m 5:00.13
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	Sydney, Australia
200 m	24.15 (+0.1 m/s)	Sophie Taylor	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
400 m	55.69	Louise Maybury	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
800 m	2:06.49	Anna Laman	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
1500 m	4:22.94	Anna Laman	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
3000 m	9:53.14	Rebekah Greene	New Zealand	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.91 (−1.2 m/s)	Camryn Newton-Smith	Australia	June 2017	2017 Championships	Suva, Fiji	[9]
400 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	60.37	Chloe Jamieson	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
2000 m steeplechase (76.2 cm)	6:52.35	Charli Miller	New Zealand	June 2017	2017 Championships	Suva, Fiji	[10]
High jump	1.86 m	Amy Pejkovic	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
		Kaitlin Morgan	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Long jump	5.90 m	Demii Maher-Smith	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Triple jump	12.61 m	Demii Maher-Smith	Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Shot put (3 kg)	16.20 m	Siiva Tafiti	Australia	June 2017	2017 Championships	Suva, Fiji	[11]
Discus throw	49.56 m	Filoi Aokuso	Australia	March 2011	2011 Championships	Sydney, Australia
Hammer throw (3 kg)	61.77 m	Stephanie Ratcliffe	Australia	June 2017	2017 Championships	Suva, Fiji	[12]
Javelin throw (500 g)	47.30 m	Tianah List	Australia	8 May 2015	2015 Championships	Cairns, Australia	[13]
Heptathlon	5398 pts	Camryn Newton-Smith	Australia	June 2017	2017 Championships	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	Sydney, Australia
4 × 100 m relay	45.75		Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia
4 × 400 m relay	3:47.36		Australia	March 2010	2010 Championships	Sydney, Australia

References

General

• Oceania Championships records 16 November 2022 updated

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.

External links

• OAA website