Asics New Zealand

Sarah Cowley

Birth Place: Rotorua
Event: Heptathlon
Personal Best: 5710

Achievements: Melbourne CWG 2006 (10th)

Matt Dravitzki

Birth Place: New Plymouth
Event: Long Distance Runner
Personal Best: Marathon (2h18m43s), Half (1h06m49s), 10km (30:04), 5km (14:31)

Achievements: Christchurch marathon 2005 (2h22m) and 2003 (2h18m).
NZ Road Champs winner three years running.

Born: Te Aroha, 15 March 1982
Event: Javelin
Personal Best: Javelin - 81.70m (Sydney 2006, Australian Champs)

Achievements: 7th in the Commonwealth Games 2006
7 time National Title Holder
2 time World Junior Representitive 1998 and 2000
2008 Olympian

Birth Place: Rotorua
Event: Pole Vault
Personal Best: 4.40m (Gold Coast 2003) NZ Record

Achievements: Melbourne CWG 2006 - 8th

Kate Horan

Birth Place: Auckland
Event: Sprinter (100m, 200m and 400m)
Personal Best: 400m 63.81s (World Record!)

Achievements:
Gold (400m) and Bronze (200m) at the IWAS (international wheelchair and amputee world games) in Taipei. Silver Medal at 2008 Beijing Paralmypics! CONGRATULATIONS KATE.

Birth Place: Hastings
Event: 800m & 1500m
Personal Best: 1500m 3m38.6s (Melborne, March 2007)
800m 1min 47.4 and 1mile 3mins 59.8 (31st NZ runner of all time to break sub 4mins), and ran the fastest 800m time in NZ for 4years of 1min 47.8

Achievements: Top NZ 800m of all time, Oceanic 800 & 1500m titles 2002

Birth Place: Dunedin
Event: Decathon
Personal Best: 7011 points
100m 11.47s; Long Jump 6.75m; Shot 13.17m; High Jump 1.88m; 400m 50.12; 110 hurdles 15.75; Discus 40.29; Pole vault 4.40m; Javelin 61.35m; 1500m 4.30.03

Achievements: Under 18 Decathlon champ, 2003 NZ Senior Mens Decathlon Champion, 2003 Oceania Champs Javelin 1st, 2003 Australian Champs Decathlon 3rd

Birth Place: Auckland
Event: 4x100m relay, 110hurdles
Personal Best: 110h - 13.90 (Canberra 2006), 100m - 10.55 (Kingston 2005), 200m - 21.32 (Papakura 2006)

Achievements: Winner of the New Zealand U20 and Senior mens 110 hurdles. Winner of the Australian U20 100m at 18 years

Birth Place: Lower Hutt
Event: Long Distance Runner
Personal Best: - Marathon - 2h34m38s, 5km -16m49s, 10km - 34m47s

Achievements: 100th Marathon (Rotorua, April 2006)!!
Three times winner of the Rotorua marathon, and Auckland Marathon.
1st in Master Boston marathon 1993.
World records age 48 onwards 5000 + 10000 meters.

Birth Place: Waiuku
Event: Cross Country
Personal Best: 800m - 1:54.6 (2000), 1500m - 3:44.12 (2005), 5000m - 14:11.39 (2007), Mile - 4:06.2 (2006), 3km - 8:03.67 (2005), 5km - 14:14.07 (2005)

Achievements: Represented New Zealand in the 2005 World Cross country champs (France) and 2005, World University Games (Turkey) in the 5000m and Winner of the New York Metropolitan cross country champs 2004

Page Last Updated: 1 December 2008