World U20 Championships New Zealand 2018 and New Zealand

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1 World U20 Championships New Zealand 2018 and New Zealand The following article summarises the New Zealand team of 2018 performances at the World Under 20 Championships as well as looking at some facts regarding New Zealand athletes at previous championships ( ). The below table summarises the New Zealand athlete s performances at the 2018 WorlU20 Championships. Some interesting facts: 1. Two athletes, Lucy Sheat and Madison-Lee Wesche were competing at their 2 nd World Under 20 Championships. In Bydgoszcz POL in 2016, Madison-Lee did not qualify for the final, throwing 13.79m in the qualification round. In Tampere she won the final with 17.09m. Lucy ran in the 100m in Bydgoszcz finishing 4 th in heat 2 with a time of In Tampere she was 7 th in heat 1 in a time of Madison-Lee became the 8 th New Zealand athlete to win a medal at the World U20 Championships (formerly the World Junior Championships). She was also only the third New Zealander to win a gold medal at these Championships the other two (Valerie Adams and Jacko Gill) were also shot putters. 3. Olivia McTaggart represented New Zealand as a senior athlete (2018 Commonwealth Games) before she represented New Zealand as a Junior athlete at the World U20 Championships. Others to do this are: Anna Shattkey (400mH in 1990), Toni Hodgkinson (800m in 1990), Briar Toop (100m in 1990), Joanne Henry (heptathlon in 1990), Richard Potts (5000m in 1990), Paul Gibbons (PV in 1990), Courtney Ireland (shot put in 1990), Mark Keddell (200m in 1994). 4. Jacko Gill remains the youngest ever male to win a gold medal at the World Junior (U20) Championships. He was 15y 183d when he won in Usain Bolt was 15y 332d old when he won the 100m in Jacko is the only New Zealand athlete and one of only seven men world-wide to win gold medals in the same event at two separate World Junior (U20) Championships. 5. The current team amassed 14 points on the IAAF Placings table. This positioned them in 29 th place amongst the participating teams (see table below) The best performed New Zealand team at these championships was the Junior team who competed in Barcelona in 2012 where they amassed 24 points to finish in 20 th place amongst the participating nations.

2 6. Over half of the current team (six of the ten) were born in the wrong year i.e., they were born in Athletes born in 2000 were: Imogen Ayris, Olivia McTaggart, Nick Palmer, Isaiah Priddey, Katrina Robinson and Sam Tanner. For an explanation of this phenomenon read my articles: Hollings, S. C., Hume, P. A., & Hopkins, W. G. (2014). Relative-age effect on performance outcomes at the World Youth and World Junior Athletics Championships. RAEandPerformanceOutcomes(1).pdf. Hollings, S. C. (2012). How relative age effect has affected New Zealand athletes competing at the World Junior Championships and the implications for future selection policy. HowRelAgeEffectaffectedNZathletescompetingWJCimpsselectionpolicy.pdf Hollings, S. C. (2010). Relative-age effect and performance outcomes. RAEandPerformanceOutcomes.pdf

3 Name Event Result Isaiah Priddey 1500m 10h3 3:52.42 Samuel Tanner 1500m 7h2 3:47.10 Christopher Dryden 10000m 24 th 31:36.03 Ryan Ballantyne Shot Put 8 th Nick Palmer Shot Put 13qB m Lucy Sheat Katrina Robinson 100m 200m 1500m 3000m 7h h th - 4: th 9:22.80 Olivia McTaggart Pole Vault 5 th 4.30m Imogen Ayris Pole Vault 10qA 3.95m

4 Madison Wesche Shot Put 1 st 17.09m

5 New Zealand at World U20 Championships New Zealand at the World Junior Championships IAAF Points Table Gold Silver Bronze 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 8 th Total Points Points are allocated as follows: 8 points for 1 st ; 7 points for 2 nd ; 1 point for 8 th place. Position on Table of Participating Nations Number of Countries Number of Athletes Athens st Sudbury th Plovdiv th Seoul st Lisbon th Sydney th Annecy Santiago th Kingston th Grosseto Beijing nd Bydgoszcz Moncton nd Barcelona th Eugene th Bydgoszcz Tampere th Totals

6 Summary New Zealand medalists (8) Athlete World Junior Championships (Year) Event Gavin Lovegrove 1986 Javelin Throw Bronze Joanne Henry 1990 Heptathlon Bronze Shaun Farrell m Bronze Valerie Adams 2002 Shot Put Gold Jordan Vandemade 2006 Decathlon Bronze Jacko Gill 2010 Shot Put Gold 2012 Shot Put Gold Eliza McCartney 2014 Pole Vault Bronze Madison-Lee Wesche 2018 Shot Put Gold Medal Medalist who went on to be successful* seniors (5) * A successful senior athlete in this context is defined as an athlete who has won a medal or made a final (a final is determined as having qualified through a previous round /s. A final is determined as finishing in the top 8 of a laned running event, or finishing in the top 12 in a non-laned running event, a field or multi event) at an Olympic Games or a World Athletics Championships (including indoors), or who has won a medal at a Commonwealth Games) Name World Junior Championships Senior achievements Gavin Lovegrove 1986 Javelin - Bronze 1986 Commonwealth Games Bronze 1990 Commonwealth Games Bronze 1991 World Championships 4 th 1992 Olympic Games 9 th 1994 Commonwealth Games - Bronze Joanne Henry 1990 Heptathlon - Bronze 1998 Commonwealth Games - Bronze Valerie Adams 2002 Shot Put - Gold 2002 Commonwealth Games Silver 2003 World Championships 5 th

7 Jacko Gill 2010 Shot Put Gold 2010 Shot Put - Gold 2004 Olympic Games 8 th 2005 World Championships Bronze 2006 Commonwealth Games Gold 2007 World Championships Gold 2008 World Indoor Championships Gold 2008 Olympic Games Gold 2009 World Championships Gold 2010 Commonwealth Games - Gold 2011 World Championships - Gold 2012 Olympic Games - Gold 2013 World Championships - Gold 2014 Commonwealth Games - Gold 2016 World Indoor Championships Bronze 2016 Olympic Games Silver 2018 Commonwealth Games - Silver 2015 World Championships 8 th 2016 World Indoor Championships 9 th 2016 Olympic Games 9 th 2017 World Championships- 8 th Eliza McCartney 2014 Pole Vault - Bronze 2016 World Indoor Championships - 5 th 2016 Olympic Games Bronze 2017 World Championships 9 th 2018 World Indoor Championship 4 th 2018 Commonwealth Games - Silver Other Finalist who went on to be successful* seniors (5) (* A successful senior athlete in this context is defined as an athlete who has won a medal or made a final at an Olympic Games or a World Athletics Championships (including indoors), or won a medal at a Commonwealth Games) Name World Junior Championships Senior achievements Kirsten Smith (Hellier) 1988 Javelin 11 th 1994 Commonwealth Games - Silver

8 Courtney Ireland 1990 Shot Put -10 th 1994 Commonwealth Games - Silver Beatrice Faumuina 1992 Discus Throw 5 th 1994 Commonwealth Games - Silver 1997 World Championships Gold 1998 Commonwealth Games Gold 1999 World Championships 5 th 2000 Olympic Games 12 th 2002 Commonwealth Games Gold 2004 Olympic Games 7 th 2005 World Championships 4th Nick Willis m 4 th 2006 Commonwealth Games Gold 2007 World Championships - 10 th 2008 Olympic Games Silver 2010 Commonwealth Games - Bronze 2011 World Championships - 12 th 2012 Olympic Games - 9 th 2014 Commonwealth Games - Bronze 2015 World Championships - 6 th 2016 World Indoor Championships Bronze 2016 Olympic Games Bronze 2017 World Championships 8 th Julia Ratcliffe Hammer Throw - 4 th 2014 Commonwealth Games Silver 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Athletes who did not make a final at a World Junior Championships (to 2014) but went on to be a successful* senior athlete (9) (* A successful senior athlete in this context is defined as an athlete who has won a medal or made a final at an Olympic Games or a World Athletics Championships (including indoors), or won a medal at a Commonwealth Games) Name World Junior Championships Senior achievements Tracey Phillips 1986 High Jump 11 th qb 1990 Commonwealth Games - Bronze Tania Murray 1988 High Jump 9 th qb 1990 Commonwealth Games - Gold Toni Hodgkinson m 5 th sf World Championships 6 th Tony Sargisson m Walk 25 th 2006 Commonwealth Games - Silver Stuart Farquhar 1998 Javelin Throw 6 th qb 2000 Javelin Throw 12 th qb 2010 Commonwealth Games - Silver 2011 World Championships - 11 th

9 2012 Olympic Games - 9 th 2013 World Championships - 9 th Andrea Miller m Hurdles 4ht Commonwealth Games- Bronze Brent Newdick 2004 Decathlon 16 th 2010 Commonwealth Games - Silver 2012 Olympic Games - 12 th Tom Walsh 2010 Shot Put - 10 th qb 2014 Commonwealth Games - Silver 2014 World Indoor Championships - Bronze 2015 World Championships - 4 th 2016 World Indoor Championships Gold 2016 Olympic Games Bronze 2017 World Championships Gold 2018 World Indoor Championships Gold 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Julian Oakley m 7 th h m 8 th h World Indoor Championships 9 th World Junior Finalists who did not/ have not yet become successful seniors (24). (* A successful senior athlete in this context is defined as an athlete who has won a medal or made a final at an Olympic Games or a World Athletics Championships (including indoors), or won a medal at a Commonwealth Games) Andrea Stuart m - 11 th Sonia Barry m - 8 th 1000m - 5 th Tracey Kennedy m - 10 th Anne Lardner m - 9 th Eddie Crowe m - 11 th 1500m - 5 th Mark Keddell m - 7 th 200m - 4 th Ian Winchester 1992 Discus Throw - 10 th Adrienne Lynn 1992 Discus Throw - 8 th Shaun Farrell m - 3 rd Blair Martin m - 10 th Dean Wise m - 8 th Hamish Thorpe m - 14 th

10 Jason Stewart m - 7 th Jessica Penney 2006 Long Jump - 5 th Aaron Pulford m - 5th Rebekha Greene m - 11 th 3000m - 7 th Hannah Newbould m - 8 th Elizabeth Lamb 2010 High Jump - 9 th Ayla Gill 2010 Hammer Throw - 6 th Siositina Hakeai 2010 Discus Throw - 12 th Merewaihi Vaka 2012 Discus Throw 4 th Portia Bing 2012 Heptathlon 5 th Rosa Flanagan m St 7 th Olivia Burdon m 12 th The late developers Athletes who did not compete at a World Junior Championships, but were eligible by age to do so, who subsequently went on to become a successful* senior athlete (5). (* A successful senior athlete in this context is defined as an athlete who has won a medal or made a final at an Olympic Games or a World Athletics Championships (including indoors), or won a medal at a Commonwealth Games) Kimberley Smith Angela McKee Zane Robertson Quentin Rew Name Senior achievements 2007 World Championships (10000m) 5 th 2008 Olympic Games (10000m) 9 th 2008 World Indoor Championships (3000m) 6th 2009 World Championships (10000m) 8th 2006 Commonwealth Games (High Jump) - Bronze 2013 World Championships (5000m) -14 th 2014 Commonwealth Games (5000m) Bronze 2016 Olympic Games (10000m) 12 th 2017 World Championships (10000m 16 th 2015 World Championships (50km Walk) - 10 th 2016 Olympic Games (50km Walk) 12 th 2017 World Championships (50km Walk) 12 th

11 Alana Barber 2018 Commonwealth Games (20km Walk) - Silver Note: Nikki Hamblin is not included in this analysis as she was not a NZ Resident at the time she was a Junior athlete.