2016 Melanesian Championships in Athletics

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International athletics championship event

VI Melanesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	July 7 - 9
Host city	Suva, Fiji
Venue	ANZ National Stadium
Level	Senior
Participation	532 athletes from 11 nations
← 2009 Gold Coast 2018 Port Vila →

The 2016 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place on 7–9 July 2016. The event was held at the ANZ National Stadium in Suva, Fiji.^[1][2][3]

Participation

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres Senior (wind:+1.2)	Banuve Tabakaucoro  Fiji	10.20 CR, NR	Aaron Stubbs  Australia	10.41	Rodman Teltull  Palau	10.52 NR
100 metres U18 (wind:+1.0)	Wanga Emmanuel  Papua New Guinea	11.20	Nicholas Thomson  Australia	11.21	Keoua Vendegou  New Caledonia	11.26
100 metres Para (wind:+0.6)	Lleyton Lloyd  Australia	12.58	Blake Carr  Australia	13.13	Apimeleki Drole  Fiji	13.53
100 metres U15	Kolonio Radrudru  Fiji		NA	NA	NA	NA
100 metres U11	Ezekiel Singh  Fiji		NA	NA	NA	NA
Mixed 100m Masters (wind: 1.4)	Navitalai Naivalu  Fiji	11.98	Roveen Permal (M78)  Fiji	12.48	Pio Qerew Aqa (M76)  Fiji	13.37
200 metres(wind:-1.9)	Banuve Tabakaucoro  Fiji	21.12	Tjimarri Sanderson Miller  Australia	21.94	Shane Tuvusa  Fiji	22.22
200 metres U18 (wind:-1.9)	Josefa Tabakaucoro  New Caledonia	22.89	Nicholas Thomson  Australia	22.90	Wanga Emmanuel  Papua New Guinea	22.92
200 metres Under 11	Ezekiel Singh  Fiji	35.54	NA	NA	NA	NA
400 metres	Alexander Carew  Australia	48.37	Theo Piniau  Papua New Guinea	48.54	Tristan Robinson  Australia	48.60
400 metres U18	Wanga Emmanuel  Papua New Guinea	50.66	Dusty Rankin  Australia	51.30	Osea Balenamau  Fiji	52.28
800 metres	Orovo Martin  Papua New Guinea	1:55.90	William Uluara  Solomon Islands	1:57.42	Iliesa Ratete  Fiji	1:57.86
800 metres U18	Lachlan Cowley  Australia	1:57.14	Ben Mander  Australia	1:57.92	Getasew Ferguson  Australia	1:58.53
1500 metres	Orovo Martin  Papua New Guinea	4:07.88	George Lamak  Papua New Guinea	4:07.91	Samson Laos  Vanuatu	4:09.17
3000 metres Under 18	Callum Davies  Australia	8:57.51	Getasew Ferguson  Australia	8:59.08	Tom Weeks  Australia	9:12.87
5000 metres	Liam Woollett  Australia	15:32.18 CR	Avikash Lal  Fiji	15:53.80	Ashneel Nand  Fiji	15:55.68
10000 metres	Avikash Lal  Fiji	34:08.16	Ashneel Nand  Fiji	34:28.65	Rosefelo Siosi  Solomon Islands	34:49.68
Octathlon
Octathlon Under 18	Ashley Moloney  Australia	5838 pts
110 metres hurdles (wind:+1.6)	Errol Qaqa  Fiji	15.54	Larry Sulunga  Tonga	15.72	Ulric Buama  New Caledonia	16.22
110 metres hurdles Under 18	Callum Corbett  Australia	14.24	NA	NA	NA	NA
400 metres hurdles	Matt Crowe  Australia	52.70	Ephraim Lerkin  Papua New Guinea	53.41	Peniel Joshua  Papua New Guinea	54.25
400 metres hurdles U18	Matt Walters  Australia	55.87	NA	NA	NA	NA
High Jump	Malakai Kaiwalu  Fiji	2.09m CR, =NR	Grant Szalek  Australia	J2.09m	Peniel Richard  Papua New Guinea	1.97m
High Jump Under 18	Sean Szalek  Australia	2.03m	Nicholas Hooper  Australia	1.96m	Harry Langley  Australia	1.96m
Long Jump	Waisale Dausoko  Fiji	7.40m (wind: 0.0m/s) CR	Isireli Bulivorovoro  Fiji	7.35m (wind: +1.2m/s)	Sam Toleman  Australia	7.22m (wind: +0.9m/s)
Long Jump U18	Jack Stolarski  Australia	6.68m (wind: 0.0m/s)	Jethro Lockington  Fiji	6.52m (wind: 1.1m/s)	Abraham Vueti  Fiji	6.45m (wind: 0.0m/s)
Mixed Long Jump Masters	Pio Qerewaqa (M40)  Fiji	5.19m	Navitalai Naivalu (M)  Fiji	5.51m	Noel Singh (M42)  Fiji	3.89m
Triple Jump	Peniel Richard  Papua New Guinea	14.86m (wind: -1.0m/s) CR	Belasio Waqadau  Fiji	14.37m (wind: 0.0m/s)	Omar Fall  Fiji	13.85m (wind: -1.4m/s)
Triple Jump Under 18	Jack Stolarski  Australia	14.85m	Ashley Moloney  Australia	13.62m	Sailasa Beliyaro  Fiji	12.69m
Shot Put	Mustafa Fall  Fiji	15.08m CR	Debono Paraka  Papua New Guinea	14.50m	Darrin Norwood  Australia	14.46m
Shot Put Para	Marty Jackson F44  Australia	11.18m	Sam Paech F37  Australia	9.53m	Jone Bogidrau F57  Fiji	8.76m
Shot Put Under 18	Alexander Kolesnikoff  Australia	16.55m	Jack Redmond  Australia	16.12m	Liam Gartlan  Australia	15.49m
Discus Throw	Mustafa Fall  Fiji	50.28m CR	Debono Paraka  Papua New Guinea	46.59m	Setareki Matau  Fiji	44.58m
Mixed Discus Masters	Albert Miller Snr. (M57)  Fiji	38.14m	Geoffery Gardner (M61)  New Caledonia	30.15m	Jese Riacebe (M54)  Fiji	20.82m
Hammer Throw	Costa Kousparis  Australia	59.35m CR	Abineet Ram  Fiji	50.61m	Aaron Brown Regional Australia	26.00m
Javelin Throw	Leslie Copeland  Fiji	79.22 CR	John Crandell  Australia	67.82	Pita Tamani  Fiji	61.59
Javelin Throw U18	Nash Lowis Regional Australia	71.50m	Brandon Stanaway  Australia	61.33m	Junior` Mafoa  Wallis and Futuna	52.05m
4 x 100 metres relay	Australia Aaron Stubbs Michael Brusnahan Tjimarri Sanderson-Milera Nick Jannson	41.45	Fiji Aaron Powell Banuve Tabakaucoro Isireli Bulivorovoro Ilaitia WaqairaDovu	41.64	FIJ Dev Mikaele Sioweli Albert Miller Iowane Logalaca Keasi NaiDroska	42.73
4 x 100 metres relay U18	Fiji Malasebe Tuvusa Tyron Chambers Kolonio Radrudru Josefa Tabakaucoro	43.56	Australia Callum Corbett Nicholas Thomson Dusty Rankin Matt Walters	44.38	Regional Australia Matthew Cheesman Mitchell Hujanen Nash Lowis Mitchell Kelly	47.98
Distance Medley	Australia	1:30.36	Fiji	1:30.60	Fiji	1:34.01

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:+0.3)	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	11.44 CR	Emily Coppins  Australia	12.04	Makereta Naulu  Fiji	12.12
100 metres U18 (wind:+0.8)	Lateisha Willis  Australia	12.03	Miriam Peni  Papua New Guinea	12.54	Adubhi Plange  Fiji	12.54
100 metres Para (wind:+0.7)	Paige Greco  Australia	15.19	Brighde Judge-Mears  Australia	21.33	Emily Preketes  Australia	25.04
200 metres (wind:+0.7)	Jessica Peris Regional Australia	24.56	Emily Coppins  Australia	25.06	Shirley Vunatup  Papua New Guinea	25.25
200 metres Under 15			Carol Masi  Fiji		Lusiana Ratulevu  Fiji
400 metres	Jessica Peris Regional Australia	55.19	Donna Koniel  Papua New Guinea	56.48	Rebecca Bennett  Australia	56.75
400 metres U18	Imogen Russell  Australia	58.33	Serenia Ragatu  Fiji	58.34	N'dea Rumble Regional Australia	1:00.59
800 metres	Tia Brady  Australia	2:13.90	Amy Brown  Australia	2:15.69	Donna Koniel  Papua New Guinea	2:16.22
800 metres U18	Kelsie Youman Regional Australia	2:20.32	India Williams  Australia	2:23.55	Maia Ramsden  New Zealand	2:24.10
1500 metres	Tia Brady  Australia	4:38.95 CR	Natasha Favotto Regional Australia	4:50.25	Gaelleanne Rossignol  New Caledonia	5:04.65
3000 metres	Ruby Smee  Australia	10:12.93	Shania Murray  Australia	10:30.43	Mary Kua  Papua New Guinea	11:29.32
5000 metres	Sharon Firisua  Solomon Islands	18:36.75 CR	Dianah Matekali  Solomon Islands	19:00.94	Natasha Favotto Regional Australia	19:21.86
10000 metres	Sharon Firisua  Solomon Islands	38:58.43 CR	Dianah Matekali  Solomon Islands	39:28.07	NA	NA
100 metres hurdles (wind:+0.9)	Eliana Seymour  Australia	14.14 CR	Afure Adah  Papua New Guinea	14.86	Jane Hickie  Australia	14.99
100 metres hurdles Under 18	Lateisha Willis  Australia	13.64	Nicole Reynolds  Australia	13.94	Leilani Jones Regional Australia	21.93
400 metres hurdles	Donna Koniel  Papua New Guinea	1:03.40	Annie Topal  Papua New Guinea	1:07.91	Natalie Laurie  Australia	1:18.71
400 metres hurdles U18	Tessa Constantine  Australia	1:02.96	NA	NA	NA	NA
High Jump	Hannah Joye  Australia	1.80m CR	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	1.69m	Nanise Tavisa  Fiji	1.60m
High Jump Under 18	Carley Stieler  Australia	1.72m	Sophie Tiver  Australia	1.63m	Amy Coulston  Australia	1.60m
Long Jump	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	5.95m (wind:+0.1) CR	Sesenieli Donu  Fiji	5.43m (wind:+0.3)	Annie Topal  Papua New Guinea	5.32m (wind:+0.5)
Long Jump U18	Camryn Newton-Smith  Australia	5.48m (wind:+0.7)	Jane Hickie  Australia	5.30m (wind:+0.0)	Mereseini Waqatoki  Fiji	5.23m (wind:+0.3)
Triple Jump	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	12.25m (wind:-2.6) CR	Milika Tuivanuavou  Fiji	11.65m (wind:-2.3)	Annabelle Parmegiani  Australia	11.63m (wind:-2.5)
Triple Jump Under 18	Kayla Cuba  Australia	11.99m	Taufa Cocker  Fiji	11.01m	Maca Korolevu  Fiji	10.55m
Shot Put	Mia Cunningham  Australia	12.43m	Linda Selui  New Caledonia	12.22m	Alice Peters  Fiji	11.60m
Shot Put U18	Sam Lenton  Australia	14.73m	Siiva Tafiti  Australia	14.67m	Kristina Moore  Australia	14.58m
Shot Put Under 15	Tarairi Erasito  Fiji	11.46m
Shot Put Para	Lainiana Ere F36  Fiji	6.03m	Naibili Tagicakibau  Fiji	5.93m	NA	NA
Discus Throw	Karen Clarke  Australia	45.68m CR	Milika Tuivanuavou  Fiji	42.55m	Atanasia Takosi  New Caledonia	42.19m
Hammer Throw	Brianna Stephens Norfolk Island	42.84m	Coranne Truques  New Caledonia	41.31m	Jacklyn Travertz  Papua New Guinea	35.31m
Javelin Throw	Tianah List  Australia	47.17m CR	Linda Selui  New Caledonia	46.13m	Karen Clarke  Australia	42.82m
Javelin Throw U18	Ellie Bowyer  Australia	49.42m	Emily Nicholas  Australia	44.34m	Emma Butler  Australia	43.62m
Heptathlon	Adrine Monagi  Papua New Guinea	4889 pts	Natalie Laurie  Australia	3982 pts	Atilaite Inoke  Fiji	3054 pts
Heptathlon U18	Camryn Newton-Smith  Australia	4863 pts	Marnie Clarkson  Australia	4466 pts	NA	NA
5000 Metre Race Walk	Simone Mcinnes  Australia	24:19.22	Natalie Laurie  Australia	29:02.48	NA	NA
5000 Metre Race Walk U18	Rhiannon Lovegrove  Australia	26:50.23	NA	NA	NA	NA
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	47.03 CR	FIJD	48.09	Regional Australia	49.06
Distance Medley	Australia	1:45.27	Fiji	1:46.04	Regional Australia	1:49.45

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	36	26	14	76
2	Fiji	10	15	14	39
3	Papua New Guinea	8	8	6	22
4	Regional Australia	3	0	5	8
5	Solomon Islands	1	2	0	3
6	Norfolk Island	1	1	0	2
7	Fijd	1	0	3	4
8	New Caledonia	0	2	3	5
9	Tonga	0	1	0	1
10	Wallis and Futuna	0	0	2	2
11	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Palau	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		60	55	49	164

References

1. ^ "Melanesian Championships - biggest athletics meet ever in the Pacific". ABC News. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
2. ^ Chand, Shalveen (6 July 2016). "Big stage". www.fijitimes.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
3. ^ "Let the Melanesian Athletics Championship begin!". www.fijisportscouncil.com.fj. 6 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

External links

• Results
• Medal table