Entries for the Yvette Williams Memorial meet close on the 20th of December.

Club run:
On Saturday , the medium pack went down Butts Road and along Anzac Avenue, before crossing the railway line at St Andrew Street. We then continued along Thomas Burns Street and Wharf Street towards the harbour. Next, we pulled off at Kitchener Street to the outside of Watercooled sports and along the Kitchener Street reserve- where the upcoming Otago 10km Road championships will start and end. We followed this course, along Portsmouth Drive, until the Andersons bay inlet- at which point we turned around. The return leg was largely the same, however, we ran along Fryatt Street doing two-minute tempo bursts before crossing the water of Leith using the new bridge at the end of Magnet Street. We hugged the stadium before exiting back down Butts Road and back to the clubrooms. It was a beautiful (if perhaps a bit hot) day with really enjoyable company. It was particularly nice to have a newcomer to the club, Conal, joining us! We had a wonderful time and were unanimously glowing about the Otago 10km Road Championships course which promises to make for an exciting race.
Tom led the scenic pack and Bruce led the walkers pack.
In the weekend our senior men represented Hill City-University at the New Zealand Road Relay Championships. A big thank you for the support from Hill-City University and the committee.
The team consisted of Josh Baan, Oli Chignell, Jacob Priddy, Russell Green, Jared Monk, Ollie O’Sullivan, and Logan Slee.
The HCU team were lucky to be put up by Josh Baan’s parents in some pretty awesome accomodation (this was massively appreciated by the whole team). We travelled the course in the team vehicle to get an appreciation for all of the challengers to come. The team had a relaxed meal on the evening before the race and had some good discussions of logistics and tactics for race day.
Leg 1 – Josh Baan:
Josh Baan (still recovering from being sick) dug deep and had a great performance on leg one. He worked and commanded the leading pack behind Andy Good (Canterbury University), in a very well controlled performance. His leg contained a final hill section that was one of the toughest segments of the day.
Leg 2 – Oli Chignell
Oli Chignell demonstrated his pure class and composure on this relay leg. He was voted by the team as having the performance of the day (and received the HCU relay baton as a result). Oli ran the longest leg of the relay and was only 15 seconds outside the record. He also recorded fastest time on his leg. His performance was a demonstration of pure master class running, where he mowed down a number of athletes and put 50 seconds into Hamish Carson (Wellington Scottish). Oli Brought HCU into third place and a commanding position.
Leg 3 – Jacob Priddy
HCU used Jacobs strength on what we considered probably the hardest leg of the relay. Jacob continued our strong start to finish his leg with HCU still in 3rd place. He took time out of a number of teams and provided a great buffer for our final runners in the team. Jacob recorded one of the fastest lap times on his leg.
Leg 4 – Russell Green
Russell had a great run on leg 4. He demonstrated that he has a huge amount of strength to go with his raw speed. This was a longer race for Russell that he usually races, but that did not impact his performance at all. He recorded one of the fastest lap times and continued HCU through in 3rd place.
Leg 5 – Jared Monk
Jared returned to the racing scene in style. It has been 18months since Jared has raced after suffering a serious injury and surgery. However, his experience and speed were demonstrated on his leg. Jared also recorded one of the fastest leg times and showed his impressive speed out kicking a competitor in the final 200m before the finish line. A very impressive run and return to the racing scene.
Leg 6 – Ollie O’Sullivan
After I was lost during the warmup I eventually made it to the start line with a bit of worry for the team mates. My tactics were to start slightly easy and work hard from there. The leg was undulating and climbing, followed by a steep downhill in the last KM (this couldn’t have come sooner). Team support was a massive motivator and helped me continue my focus throughout the race. Was a really tough run and finished with noting left. This was where we were caught for 3rd place and moved into 4th position.
Leg 7 – Logan Slee
Logan had the final leg of the race and smashed home the final leg back into fielding. He was struck with some unfortunate luck when his shoe lace came undone, but this didn’t slow his determination over the final stages where he finished out the relay with a really strong performance to finish the relay with Hill City- University finishing 4th in a performance we can all be proud of.
Celebration team shot post finishing fourth
This week we have a morning club run with two options. The club room will open at 7:00am. We will leave the club rooms at 7:30am for a warmup and an 8am park run start. Runners can meet at the club rooms or at the start of the park run. Please bring your Hill City Singlet for the run. Option two is group runs from 7:30am at the club rooms. Breakfast and coffee will be served after the park run.
Next week 18/10/20 we have the Otago 10km road champs and Hill City 5km. Please see the attached links to the event.
On Friday night we also had several members compete in the Otago 3000m Spring challenge.
Rebekah Green defended her title to claim the winning female time (9:44). Zara Geddes 3rd Female (10:32). Josh Hou finished Fourth man home (9:08), Joel Carman 6th (9:16), Finn Molloy 7th (9:28), George Hamilton 9th (9:34), Nico Alvarez Ray 10th (9:38), Luke Geddes 16th (10:26). A full set of results can be found at:
As a result of the Port Chalmers road race being cancelled, Hill City-University brought forward the Colin Holmes/Alice Baker Memorial Handicap 5km race. It was a great day for a race, and awesome to see everyone there on such short notice.
What is a handicap race without some controversy surrounding the results… Some course confusion left the 5 leading athletes to take a wrong turn, and although they still completed the 5km, they were all eventually disqualified.
Dianje Strang had an exceptionally strong run, running a personal best time, only to be led the wrong way and then be disqualified (27:32) Myrtle Rough (29:06) held out Lou Collins (29:08) on her first ever running race. They finished 2nd and 3rd however, due to the wrong turn were also disqualified. Although they took a wrong turn, their times were still considered accurate and they all completed 5kms.
Georgy Pakeho in the end was the overall winner of the event with a strong run (22:44) Sarah and Anya Rhodes swapped their handicaps to challenge Anya on closing the gap. Sarah must have dug deep to maintain the gap and finish in second place (32:03), and Anya performed well to clinch Sarah’s time by 1 second (22:02).
David Mackle was first male home (31:37), followed by Matthew Bolter (17:51) and Luke Geddes (18:44). Very impressive runs by Matthew and Luke. Luke ran a strong race the day after the spring 300m challenge. Pretty tough stuff.
Fastest times went to Shireen Crupton (20:06) and Ollie O’Sullivan (16:28)
The race was followed by the AGM and afternoon tea
A full set of results can be found at https://hillcity.org.nz/2020/09/13/2511/
This week we have a morning club run 19/09/20. We will meet at the club rooms from 8:30am and will split into two groups. One group will complete an unofficial park run, and the other group will complete the desired training sessions. We will allocate groups on the day. Breakfast and Coffee will be supplied before and after the run from 8am. Any questions please touch base with Harrier manager oliver.osullivan@gmail.com.
On 26/09/20 we are competing in the Peninsula relay. If you wish to compete, or assist with marshalling please email: hcyharriers@gmail.com
NAME | HANDICAP | TIME | ADJUSTED TIME | POSITION |
Georgie Pakeho | 9:00 | 31:44 | 22:44 | 1st Female |
Sarah Rhodes | 10:00 | 32:03 | 22:03 | 2nd Female |
Anya Rhodes | 10:15 | 32:17 | 22:02 | 3rd Female |
David Mackle | 0:30 | 32:07 | 31:37 | |
Matthew Bolter | 14:30 | 32:21 | 17:51 | 1st Male |
Luke Geddes | 13:45 | 32:29 | 18:44 | 2nd Male |
Shireen Crumpton | 12:30 | 32:36 | 20:06 | Fastest Female |
Tim Dawbin | 12:00 | 32:48 | 20:48 | 3rd Male |
Ali Cragie | 12:30 | 33:01 | 20:31 | |
Richard Fogarty | 12:30 | 33:08 | 20:38 | |
Ollie O’Sullivan | 16:45 | 33:13 | 16:28 | Fastest Male |
Mark Geddes | 13:30 | 33:48 | 20:18 | |
Helen Collins | 0:00 | 34:05 | 34:05 | |
Elliot O’Sullivan | 15:45 | 34:06 | 18:20 | |
Dwayne Sheddan | 14:00 | 34:41 | 20:41 | |
Dianje Strang (DQ’d) | 3:30 | 31:02 | 27:32 | |
Myrtle Rough (DQ’d) | 2:00 | 31:06 | 29:06 | |
Lou Collins (DQ’d) | 2:00 | 31:08 | 29:08 | |
Lachlan Crumpton (DQ’d) (2.8km) | 9:00 | 31:11 | 22:11 | |
Sue O’Sullivan (DQ’d) | 2:00 | 31:30 | 29:30 | |
Tim Bolter (DNF) |
Friday 11 September | Twilight Meet – Lovelock 3000m | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 10 October | Season Opening – Invite a Friend | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 17 October | Senior Interclub | Caledonian Ground |
Thursday 22 October | Twilight Meet | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 31 October | Senior & Children’s Combined Interclub | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 7 November | Senior Interclub | Caledonian Ground |
14-15 November | SI Masters and Combined Events Championship Modified Seniors | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 21 November | Senior Interclub | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 28 November | Senior and Children’s Combined Interclub | Caledonian Ground |
Morning 10K Champs, 9am | Caledonian Ground | |
Saturday 5 December | Senior Interclub – Permit meet | Caledonian Ground |
11-13 December | New Zealand Secondary School Championships | Tauranga |
Saturday 12 December | Senior & children’s Combined Interclub | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 19th December | Hurring event + Grades 12,13 & 14 | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 9 January | Lovelock Classic | Timaru |
11th or 12th January | Twilight -Yvette Williams Meet? | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 16 January | Colgate Games | |
Saturday 23 January | SI Teams Event- Modified Senior meet | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 30 January | Senior Interclub – Permit Meet | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 6 February | Caledonian Ground | |
Saturday 13-14 February | Otago Championships – Permit Meet | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 20 February | Seniors and Children’s Combined Interclub | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 27 February | Senior Interclub- Permit Meet | Caledonian Ground |
5-7 March | NZ Track & Field Championships | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 13th March | Otago Secondary School Champs | Caledonian Ground |
Saturday 20 March | Caledonian Ground | |
Saturday 27 March | Caledonian Ground |
Track 1 | Track 2 | ||
1:15pm | 100m | 1:00pm | 2km/3km Steeples |
1:40pm | 1500m | 1:30pm | Long Hurdles |
2:10pm | Short Hurdles | 1:50pm | 200m |
2:25pm | 400m | 1:10pm | 800m |
2:30 | 60m | 3:00pm | 3000m |
2:45 | 5000m/walks | 3:20 | 100m |
3:30 | Relays | 3:40pm | Relays |
Time | Field 1 | Field 2 | Field 3 | Field 4 |
12:30pm | Pole Vault | Long Jump | High Jump | Triple Jump |
12:30pm | Hammer | Discus | Javelin | Javelin |
1:30pm | High Jump | High Jump (8) | Triple Jump | Pole Vault (8) |
1:30pm | Shot Put | Shot Put | Discus | Shot Put |
2:30pm | Long Jump | Triple Jump | Pole Vault | Long Jump |
2:30pm | Discus | Javelin | Hammer | Hammer |
Each week rotation goes:
17 October 2020 | Track 1 + Field 1 | 05 December | Track 2 + Field 2 | |
31 October 2020 | Track 2 + Field 2 | 30 January 2021 | Track 1 + Field 3 | |
07 November 2020 | Track 1 + Field 3 | 6 February 2021 | Track 2 + Field 4 | |
21 November 2020 | Track 2 + Field 4 | 13 February 2021 | Track 1 + Field 1 | |
28 November 2020 | Track 1 + Field 1 | 27 February 2021 | Track 2 + Field 2 |
Congratulations to all the Hill City-University athletes that competed at the New Zealand Cross Country Challenge. The club had several athletes that claimed medals and had exceptional performances. Racing on Saturday provided similar conditions to the Otago champs from 3 weeks earlier.
Oli Chignell returned to the racing scene and impressively claimed the bronze medal in the Senior Mens event. This was a hotly contested race with a number of Hill City athletes performing well.
Becky Greene had another great run, claiming the Silver Medal. This is an improvement on 2019 where she finished third. The top three athletes of this race worked well together. Becky and the eventual race leader eventually split from third place, and entering the final lap the race could have gone either way.
Zara Geddes had another impressive run to finish second in the girls under 16 event. Zara finishes a standout cross country season, where she is rapidly stamping her authority across the running scene.
Phil Morris performed well to finish third in the master’s men 65-69 age group. This backs up several strong performances from Phil over the season.
Shireen Crumpton claimed the title for master’s Women 45-49 age group, and Georgina Pakeho took the bronze medal. Shireen proves once again how tough she is across all running events.
Barbra Patrick had a strong run to finish second in the 70-74 age group and Myrtle Rough finished first in the 75-79 age group. Both running well paced and strong runs. Very impressive stuff.
Please see the link to the results:
Additional photos can be found at:
Park run group:
After indulging in a delicious REAL coffee, our group left the clubrooms and headed to the Botanical Gardens for an unofficial parkrun. Becky Greene set a blistering pace over the 5km course to show us the way. Lila and Sarah Rhodes enjoyed the less cluttered paths of the usual Saturday parkrun to set a great time also. Tim Dawbin and Dwayne Sheddan were looking forward to their breakfast back at the clubrooms so ran a respectable time so as not to miss out on the bacon and eggs. Lovely Luke Geddes was ably escorted around the course at Merrilee’s pace, now you can put your foot down in your first parkrun after lockdown Luke! Raewyn and Helen had lots to talk about and still managed to make it home with plenty more to discuss, that’s the real reason we run isn’t it?
Breakfast was amazing, thank you so much to Ollie and Amanda, and the entire O’Sullivan clan for catering to our every need. It was a big hit! Bruce Cowan reported having 3 breakfasts, I don’t think he was joking either.
Looking forward to the next club run, I think we certainly have a winner with the morning club run addition (Merrilee Williams).
Track group:
The track group had a steady warm up, with a couple laps around Logan Park. Oli Chignel and Simon Cromarty cruised some laps of the Caledonian and supported the runners in the track session.
Leia Silby, Georgy Pakeho, Aly Craigie, Phil Morris, Elliot O’Sullivan, Ollie O’Sullivan completed the session of 1200m at 5km pace, 600m at 3km pace, 400m at 1500m pace, and 300m at 800m pace. Was a really fun group session and certainly opened everyone’s lungs up.
This was the first track session for some, and the first in a long time for others. Really nice to complete a different sort of group session (Ollie O’Sullivan).
Time trial group:
Jared Monk led the time trial group with Josh Hou and Finn Molloy. They clipped out a really quick 5km at roughly 3:20km pace. They traveled over the start of the soon to be announced Otago 10km course.
Walking group: TBC
On Sunday Hill City-University athletes competed at the Otago Cross Country Champs, at the Chisolm Park Golf Course. Conditions under foot were perfect. The course was exceptional and was run on an undulating, challenging, and fast course. The biggest challenge of the day was contesting the southerly wind, followed by the undulations making it difficult to find a rhythm at times. ODT article can be found below:
https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/athletics/winning-pair-send-message
This year the Otago Champs was incorporated with the Secondary Schools Otago Champs. It made for a great event. Numbers were the strongest we have seen for years, and it was amazing to see so many spectators enjoying the event. Something we would love to see continue.
Running the Otago Champs on this course has provided the perfect trial before the National Cross Country Champs to be held in 3 weeks on the same course. Let’s hope the weather will be as nice as yesterday.
Hill City-University athletes had a very successful day, congratulations to all Hill City-University runners, and the place getters, of which we had a large number.
Please see the Hill City-University results below. A full set of results can be found at:
Boys Under 12, 2km
Archie Rhodes 2nd place (8:46)
Alex Walker 3rd place (10:12)
Girls Under 14, 3km
Anya Rhodes 6th place (13:23)
Lila Rhodes 7th place (13:46)
Boys Under 14, 3km
Charlie Light 5th place (12:00)
Lachlan Crumpton 14th place (13:22)
Girls Under 15, 3km
Zara Geddes 1st Place (11:43)
Anna Carswell 4th Place (12:41)
Boys Under 15, 4km
Jake Owen 1st (14:32)
Nicolas Ray-Virat 3rd (14:55)
George Hamilton 4th (15:03)
Matthew Bolter 5th (15:26)
Girls Under 19, 4km
Rachael Turner 3rd (16:57)
Megan Foster 4th (17:16)
Boys Under 19, 6km
Grayson Westgate 3rd (23:25)
Women Under 20, 6km
Laura Bungard 2nd (26:40)
Masters Women 35-39, 6km
Shireen Crumpton 1st (26:23)
Sarah Rhodes 4th (29:08)
Masters Women 50+, 6km
Barbara Patrick 4th (34.43)
Myrtle Rough 9th (40.04)
Cathy Weatherston 10th (46:05)
Masters Men 65+, 6km
Phil Morris 2nd (30:35)
Men Under 20, 8km
Russell Green 2nd (28:08)
Finn Molloy 4th (28:39)
Masters Men 35+, 8km
Tim Bolter 4th (30:12)
Simon Rhodes 8th (32:05)
Elliot O’Sullivan 10th (33:24)
Mark Geddes 14th (37:59)
Masters Men 50+, 8km
Robbie Johnston 1st (30:06)
Eric Scharpf 4th (36:47)
Mark Chignell 5th (36:52)
Richard Foggarty 9th (37:41)
Senior Women, 10km
Rebekah Greene 1st (39:28)
Senior Men, 10km
Logan Slee 3rd (35:54)
Kirk Madgwick 5th (36:09)
Ollie O’Sullivan 7th (36:21)
Joel Carman 13th (39:27)