2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics

International athletics championship event

IV Melanesian Championships in Athletics

Dates| August 14–19
Host city| Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Venue| Barlow Park
Level| Senior
Events| 38 (19 men, 19 women)
Participation| 7 + 2 local teams + 6 guest nations

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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.[1] Detailed reports were given for the OAA.[2][3][4][5]

A total of 38 events were contested, 19 by men and 19 by women.

## Medal summary

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Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage,[6][7][8] and at sportfieber.pytalhost.com.[9]

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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres (wind: -2.4 m/s) | Otis Gowa
Jump Start Australia | 10.76  | Moses Kamut
Vanuatu | 10.88  | Wally Kirika
Papua New Guinea | 10.92
100 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s) Open B (Grand Prix Series)  | James Dolphin
New Zealand | 10.72  | Chris Donaldson
New Zealand | 10.73  | Henry Ben
Papua New Guinea | 11.10
200 metres (wind: -2.7 m/s) | Niko Verekauta
Fiji | 21.26  | Iliesa Namosimalua
Fiji | 21.42  | Moses Kamut
Vanuatu | 21.57
200 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) Open B (Grand Prix Series)  | James Dolphin
New Zealand | 21.15  | Andrew Yong
/ North Queensland | 22.21  | Nelson Kabitana
Solomon Islands | 22.39
400 metres | Iliesa Namosimalua
Fiji | 47.30 CR | Niko Verekauta
Fiji | 47.31  | Nelson Stone
Papua New Guinea | 48.44
800 metres1.) | Isireli Naikelekelevesi
Fiji | 1:51.73 CR | Arnold Sorina
Vanuatu | 1:55.04  | Paulson Gebo
Papua New Guinea | 1:56.29
1500 metres2.) | Isireli Naikelekelevesi
Fiji | 4:04.55 CR | Sapolai Yao
Papua New Guinea | 4:05.25  | Rodney Rapasi
Solomon Islands | 4:10.67
5000 metres | Sapolai Yao
Papua New Guinea | 15:46.95  | Philip Nausien
Vanuatu | 16:04.55  | Rodney Rapasi
Solomon Islands | 16:51.80
10000 metres | Philip Nausien
Vanuatu | 35:01.83  | Chris Votu
Solomon Islands | 36:09.77  | Rodney Rapasi
Solomon Islands | 47:52.14
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s) | Jovesa Naivalu
Fiji | 14.71 CR | Luke Devenish
Australia | 15.09  | Sam Giatrakos
Australia | 15.41
400 metres hurdles | Mowen Boino
Papua New Guinea | 51.43 CR | Jone Wainiqolo
Fiji | 53.01  | Wala Gime
Papua New Guinea | 54.86
3000 metres steeplechase | Sapolai Yao
Papua New Guinea | 9:43.07 CR | Rodney Rapasi
Solomon Islands | 10:39.37  | Chris Votu
Solomon Islands | 11:02.78
High Jump | Rajendra Prasad
Fiji | 2.00m =CR | Ben Rickards
Australia | 2.00m  | Sam Giatrakos
Australia | 1.80m
High Jump Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Rajendra Prasad
Fiji | 1.95m  | Nicholas Murchie
/ North Queensland | 1.90m  |  |
Long Jump | Rodney Blair
Jump Start Australia | 7.05m (wind: +1.4 m/s) | Hamish Nelson
Australia | 6.94m (wind: +1.9 m/s) | Nicholas Murchie
/ North Queensland | 6.89m w (wind: +3.0 m/s)
Long Jump Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Julius Nymbane
/ North Queensland | 7.46m  | Rodney Blair
Jump Start Australia | 6.99m  | Eroni Tuivanuavou
Fiji | 6.82m
Triple Jump3.) | Eugene Vollmer
Fiji | 14.66m (wind: +1.5 m/s) CR | Mong Taval
Papua New Guinea | 13.91m (wind: +0.6 m/s) |  |
Triple Jump Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Eugene Vollmer
Fiji | 14.35m w (wind: +2.2 m/s) | Mong Taval
Papua New Guinea | 13.82m w (wind: +3.0 m/s) | Buraieta Yeeting
Kiribati | 13.48m w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
Shot Put4.) | Travis Ambrum
/ North Queensland | 12.38m  | Luke Devenish
Australia | 11.50m  | Hamish Nelson
Australia | 10.44m
Shot Put Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Travis Ambrum
/ North Queensland | 12.89m  | Luke Poli
/ North Queensland | 12.58m  | Raymond Abdy
/ North Queensland | 9.31m
Discus Throw5.) | Luke Poli
/ North Queensland | 44.79m CR | Brendan Peeters
Jump Start Australia | 37.64m  |  |
Hammer Throw | Robert Grimaldi
New Caledonia | 36.90m  | Geoffrey Gardner
Norfolk Island | 33.12m  | Barry Mullins
/ North Queensland | 28.49m
Javelin Throw6.) | Drew Potts
/ North Queensland | 54.43m  | Sam Giatrakos
Australia | 44.87m  | Ben Rickards
Australia | 38.64m
Javelin Throw Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Stuart Farquhar
New Zealand | 77.65m  | Leonard Tonhoueri
New Caledonia | 52.91m  | Dexter Dillay
Northern Mariana Islands | 47.26m
4 x 100 metres relay |  Papua New Guinea
Jorim Emmanuel
Wally Karika
Henry Ben
Peter Pulu | 41.52  |  Fiji
Timoci Momolevu
Iowane Dovumatua
William McGoon
Filipo Delai | 41.77  |  Solomon Islands
Nelson Kabitana
Jack Iroga
Adison Alfred
Chris Walasi | 42.75
4 x 400 metres relay |  Fiji
Iliesa Namosimalua
Isireli Naikelekelevesi
William McGoon
Niko Verekauta | 3:16.23 CR |  Papua New Guinea
Nelson Stone
Levi Albert
Waname Egora
Fabian Niulai | 3:18.38  |  Vanuatu
Arnold Sorina
Kepsin Abraham
Jimmy Kassiley
Sam Kaiapam | 3:24.36

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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s) | Mae Koime
Papua New Guinea | 11.91  | Toea Wisil
Papua New Guinea | 12.05  | Raphaela Baki
Papua New Guinea | 12.31
100 metres (wind: -1.3 m/s) Open B (Grand Prix Series)  | Sally McLellan
Australia | 11.76  | Ana Smythe
New Zealand | 12.12  | Eunice Steven
Papua New Guinea | 13.08
200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) | Makelesi Bulikiobo
Fiji | 23.36 CR | Mae Koime
Papua New Guinea | 24.08  | Toea Wisil
Papua New Guinea | 24.23
200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) Open B (Grand Prix Series)  | Ana Smythe
New Zealand | 24.07  | Melissa Johnson
/ North Queensland | 26.10  | Elis Lapenmal
Vanuatu | 26.51
400 metres7.) | Makelesi Bulikiobo
Fiji | 53.66 CR | Paulini Korowaqa
Fiji | 58.48  | Torika Odro
Fiji | 59.14
800 metres | Salome Dell
Papua New Guinea | 2:14.67 CR | Ann Mooney
Papua New Guinea | 2:15.29  | Cecilia Kumalalamene
Papua New Guinea | 2:17.26
1500 metres | Salome Dell
Papua New Guinea | 4:50.39 CR | Cecilia Kumalalamene
Papua New Guinea | 4:56.38  | Poro Gahekave
Papua New Guinea | 5:00.29
5000 metres | Poro Gahekave
Papua New Guinea | 18:58.10 CR | Florence Tina
Solomon Islands | 20:52.20  |  |
10000 metres | Florence Tina
Solomon Islands | 47:52.22  |  |  |  |
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s) | Rebecca Robinson
Australia | 16.02  |  |  |  |
400 metres hurdles8.) | Sharon Henry
Papua New Guinea | 63.24 CR | Shannon McCann
Jump Start Australia | 65.55  | Heidi Van Lint
/ North Queensland | 74.84
3000 metres steeplechase | Poro Gahekave
Papua New Guinea | 11:54.71  |  |  |  |
High Jump | Ashleigh Reid
Australia | 1.70m CR | Tara Whitehead
/ North Queensland | 1.65m  | Nellie Leslie
Papua New Guinea | 1.60m
High Jump Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Tara Whitehead
/ North Queensland | 1.66m  | Emma Fletcher
/ North Queensland | 1.60m  | Delilah Kami
Papua New Guinea | 1.55m
Long Jump | Soko Salaniqiqi
Fiji | 5.78m w (wind: +2.8 m/s) | Makelesi Tumalevu
Fiji | 5.66m w (wind: +2.6 m/s) | Tara Whitehead
/ North Queensland | 5.54m w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
Long Jump Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Soko Salaniqiqi
Fiji | 5.84m (wind: NWI) | Katie Cox
/ North Queensland | 5.52m (wind: NWI) | Makelesi Tumalevu
Fiji | 5.50m (wind: NWI)
Triple Jump | Tara Whitehead
/ North Queensland | 11.80m (wind: +0.5 m/s) CR | Soko Salaniqiqi
Fiji | 11.72m w (wind: +2.1 m/s) | Adriana Myrteza
/ North Queensland | 10.52m (wind: +1.3 m/s)
Triple Jump Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Tara Whitehead
/ North Queensland | 12.02m w (wind: +2.7 m/s) | Soko Salaniqiqi
Fiji | 11.52m (wind: +1.1 m/s) | Adriana Myrteza
/ North Queensland | 10.39m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Shot Put9.) | Brittany Knee
Australia | 10.77m CR | Rebecca Robinson
Australia | 10.56m  |  |
Shot Put Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Valerie Vili
New Zealand | 19.06m  | Ana Po'uhila
Tonga | 16.87m  | Cheryl LeBrun
/ North Queensland | 4.34m
Discus Throw10.) | Rebecca Robinson
Australia | 34.12m CR |  |  |  |
Discus Throw Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Beatrice Faumuina
New Zealand | 58.08m  | Rebecca Robinson
Australia | 35.96m  | Cheryl LeBrun
/ North Queensland | 14.24m
Hammer Throw11.) | Suzy Vercoe
Norfolk Island | 34.44m  | Brittany Knee
Australia | 26.67m  |  |
Javelin Throw12.) | Sisilia Lau
Fiji | 39.31m  | Rebecca Robinson
Australia | 33.66m  |  |
Javelin Throw Open (Grand Prix Series)  | Serafina Akeli
Samoa | 48.33m  | Sisilia Lau
Fiji | 42.38m  | Cheryl LeBrun
/ North Queensland | 10.51m
4 x 100 metres relay13.) |  Papua New Guinea
Eunice Steven
Jacinta Langa
Cecilia Kumalalamene
Raphaela Baki | 48.68  |  Solomon Islands
Lisa Flory
Pauline Kwalea
Jenny Keni
Joycelyn Taurikeni | 52.07  |  |
4 x 400 metres relay |  Papua New Guinea
Ann Mooney
Sharon Henry
Eunice Steven
Toea Wisil | 3:54.12 CR |  Fiji
Sera Mereula
Paulini Korowaqa
Alena Vadrasamu
Torika Odro | 3:58.96  | / North Queensland
Jacqueline Stresing
Heidi Van Lint
Megan McCaul
Melissa Johnson | 4:11.98

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.

### Mixed

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Discus Throw Mixed Open  | Beatrice Faumuina
New Zealand | 57.69m  | Ana Po'uhila
Tonga | 46.76m  | Travis Ambrum
/ North Queensland | 41.83m

## Medal table (unofficial)

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* Host nation ( North Queensland)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Fiji (FIJ)| 12| 8| 1| 21
2|  Papua New Guinea (PNG)| 12| 7| 9| 28
3|  Australia (AUS)| 4| 8| 4| 16
4|  North Queensland*| 4| 1| 6| 11
5|  Jump Start Australia| 2| 2| 0| 4
6|  Solomon Islands (SOL)| 1| 4| 5| 10
7|  Vanuatu (VAN)| 1| 3| 2| 6
8|  Norfolk Island (NFK)| 1| 1| 0| 2
9|  New Caledonia (NCL)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Totals (9 entries)| 38| 34| 27| 99

## Participation

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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.

* Australia
* Fiji
* Jump Start Australia
* New Caledonia
* Norfolk Island
* / North Queensland
* Papua New Guinea
* Solomon Islands
* Vanuatu

Guest countries from Micronesia and Polynesia:

* Kiribati
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Samoa
* Tonga

## References

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1. ^ ONE WEEK TO GO - LOOK OUT CAIRNS, OAA, 7 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
2. ^ Jone Delai Proves Age is No Barrier, OAA, 13 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
3. ^ Day 2 - GP Series & Melanesian Championships, OAA, 16 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
4. ^ Grand Prix / Melanesian Championships Produce Great Results, OAA, 16 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
5. ^ Cairns' Meets Produce 8 National Records, OAA, 23 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
6. ^ Grand Prix / Melanesian Regional Championships Results, OAA, 14 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
7. ^ Results - Day 2 OAA Grand Prix / Melanesian Championships - Thursday, 16 August 2007, OAA, 16 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
8. ^ Results Day 3 Grand Prix Series / Melanesian Championships, OAA, 19 August 2007, retrieved February 17, 2014
9. ^ 2007 Melanesian Championships - Barlow Park, Cairns/Australia – 14.08.1908 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, 14 August 2007, archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved February 17, 2014`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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