Date(s) August 14–19 Level Senior | Main stadium Barlow Park Events 38 (19 men, 19 women) | |
Host city Cairns, Queensland, Australia Participation 7 + 2 local teams + 6 guest nations | ||
The 2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place between August 14–19, 2007. The event was held at the Barlow Park in Cairns, Australia, jointly with the OAA Grand Prix Series. Many athletes utilised the competitions preparing for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. Detailed reports were given for the OAA.
Contents
A total of 38 events were contested, 19 by men and 19 by women.
Medal summary
Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage, and at sportfieber.pytalhost.com.
In high jump, long jump and triple jump, as well as in shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw, there were separate open competitions for the Melanesian championships and the OAA Grand Prix Series held on different days. In the sprint events, athletes not competing for the Melanesian Championships were assigned to the B finals.
Men
1.): The 800 metres event was won by Aunese Curreen from Samoa in 1:50.59 running as a guest.
2.): The 1500 metres event was won by Aunese Curreen from Samoa in 3:56.11 running as a guest.
3.): In the triple jump event, Buraieta Yeeting from Kiribati was 3rd in 13.36m (wind: +0.6 m/s) competing as a guest.
4.): The shot put event was won by Salesi Ahokovi from Tonga in 12.55m competing as a guest.
5.): In the discus throw event, Travis Ambrum from / North Queensland was 2nd in 42.30m competing as a guest.
6.): The javelin throw event was won by Stuart Farquhar from New Zealand in 77.58m, Dexter Dillay from the Northern Mariana Islands was 3rd in 45.37m, both competing as guests.
Women
7.): In the 400 metres event, Toea Wisil from Papua New Guinea was 2nd in 55.66 running as a guest.
8.): The 400 metres hurdles event was won by Jacqueline Stresing from / North Queensland in 63.17 running as a guest.
9.): The shot put event was won by Valerie Vili from New Zealand in 20.03m, Ana Po'uhila from Tonga was 2nd in 16.49m, both competing as guests.
10.): In the discus throw event, Cheryl LeBrun from / North Queensland was 2nd in 13.63m competing as a guest.
11.): The hammer throw event was won by Ana Po'uhila from Tonga in 41.11m, Serafina Akeli from Samoa was 3rd in 29.55m, both competing as guests.
12.): The javelin throw event was won by Serafina Akeli from Samoa in 49.63m competing as a guest.
13.): In the 4x100 metres relay event, a team from Australia (Brittany Knee, Sarah Mackaway, Ashleigh Reid, Rebecca Robinson) was 2nd in 50.26 running as guests.
Participation
The participation of athletes from 7 countries and 6 guest countries from Oceania was reported. In addition, two local teams comprising athletes from the organizing Athletics North Queensland (ANQ) (representing North Queensland) and from the Athletics Australia's Jump Start program for indigenous athletes ("Jump Start Australia") competed.
Guest countries from Micronesia and Polynesia: