Thursday, February 26, 2015 - Andrew Wheating wins 800 over Ryan Gregson in New Zealand

Event 13 Men 5000 Meter Run

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Name Year Team Finals Points

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Finals

1 Nick Willis New Zealand 13:22.11

2 Zane Robertson New Zealand 13:25.41

3 Brett Robinson Australia 13:31.66

4 David McNeill Australia 13:34.43

5 Mitchel Brown Australia 13:49.54

6 Aaron Pulford New Zealand 14:12.60

7 Callan Moody New Zealand 14:21.49

8 Daniel Balchin New Zealand 14:30.93

9 Jonathon Jackson New Zealand 14:32.99

10 Mathew Baxter New Zealand 14:51.98

-- Julian Mathews New Zealand DNF

-- Malcolm Hicks New Zealand DNF

-- Hayden McLaren New Zealand DNF

-- Jake Robertson New Zealand DNF

Event 9 Men Shot Put

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Name Year Team Finals Points

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Finals

1 Ryan Whiting United States of 21.27m NZ Allcomers Record

21.27m 21.16m 12.01m FOUL 20.97m 21.15m

2 Tom Walsh New Zealand 20.24m

20.24m 20.07m 19.77m FOUL 19.86m FOUL

3 Damien Birkinhead Australia 18.95m

18.65m 18.31m 18.80m FOUL 18.95m 18.93m

4 Matthew Cowie Australia 16.24m

FOUL 16.01m 15.50m FOUL 16.07m 16.24m

5 Marcus Hayward New Zealand 16.04m

15.40m 15.16m FOUL 15.07m 15.49m 16.04m

6 Jerram Huston New Zealand 14.47m

FOUL FOUL 14.47m FOUL FOUL 14.31m

7 Matt Bloxham New Zealand 13.95m

13.68m 13.72m 13.95m 13.95m FOUL 13.81m

Our power went out overnight due to a snowstorm so we missed this thread on the meet:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6352255

Seven throws?

First number listed is best mark.

Then the six throws.

1:48.40

Outdoors in decent weather?

Not much progress going on at all really

Look at the recent efforts,some give him quite a bit of latitude, he has greenback while now right?

1:48.40

Outdoors in decent weather?

Not much progress going on at all really

Look at the recent efforts,some give him quite a bit of latitude, he has been back while now right?

So does this mean he's "back baby"?

First lap was 53, he was cruising till the last 50m.

Looked so smooth!

Positive Contribution wrote:

So does this mean he's "back baby"?

In a manner of speaking, yes: He is back to where he was at the beginning of his 2008 outdoor season.

(And as for me, I am nowhere near where I was at the beginning of my 2008 outdoor season.)

Andrew led the whole last 400 of the race once the pacer (who was a bit slow) dropped off. Gregson and Mathas looked to challenge in the last 100 but Wheating just glided away without much effort. Won by a pretty large margin and didn't look tired at all at the end. Was surprised by how well known he was by the NZ fans. He was crowded by a lot of teenagers and asked for a lot of photos. Don't get many big time runners like him coming to race in NZ!

Heck of a long flight to go run 1.48...