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Athletes Ranked in the World Top 50 in 2018

Note: Data was sourced from Tilastopaja.org/Athletics Weekly/Athletics International and NOT from the IAAF lists.

Open Men 1500 m 3:35.25 27th 1 Mile 3:56.77 36th Nick Willis 1 Mile 3:57.06 44th 10000m 27:30.90 12th 10 km 27:28 9th Jake Robertson Half 59:58 36th Jake Robertson 400mh 49.33 49th Cameron French 22.67m 1st 50km Walk 3:48:58 17th

Open Women 800m 2:00.62 49th 4.94m 2nd Eliza McCartney Shot Put 19.31m 7th 60.54m 34th 69.94m 32nd 20km Walk 1:31:32 50th

New Zealand Junior and Youth Athletes Ranked in the World Top 30 in 2018

Junior Men 1 Mile 4:08.16 11th Theo Quax 10 km 29:59 20th Theo Quax Shot Put (6kg) 19.98m 10th Ryan Ballantyne Shot Put (6kg) 18.92m 26th Nic Palmer

Junior Women 1500m 4:14.05 12th Katrina Robinson 1.83m 23rd Josephine Reeves Pole Vault 4.45m 5th Olivia McTaggart Pole Vault 4.20m 20th Imogen Ayris Shot Put (4kg) 17.09m 5th Maddison-Lee Wesche

Youth Men 2000m St 5:55.07 22nd Murdoch McIntyre Discus Throw (1.5kg) 69.67m 1st Connor Bell

Youth Women 5000m 16:58.90 17th Phoebe McKnight 2000mSt 6:37.69 8th Hannah O’Connor High Jump 1.83m 8th Josephine Reeves Shot Put (3kg) 16.03 23rd Mine de Klerk Shot Put (3kg) 16.00m 24th Jaidyn Busch Performances by New Zealand Athletes Ranked in the World Top 50 (1987 - 2018)

20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

NumberofPerformances 50 Top in 0

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Athletics International World Merit Rankings 2018

The selection panel consisted of the co-editors of “Athletics International”, Peter Matthews and Mel Watman, with Stuart Mazdon (UK), Mirko Jalava (FIN), Alfons Juck (SVK), A Lennart Julin (SWE) and Ed Gordon (USA), joined by Elliott Denman for the walks. The panel assessed the year’s records of the leading contenders and the ranking order was determined by consensus. The criteria are the traditional ones of honours won, win-loss records and sequence of marks. With no global senior championship this year, athletes will have had varying targets - with major Championships being the (CG) and the continental events – Asian and South American Games, African, CAG and NACAC Championships, with, especially for the full-time pros, the meetings (with finals at Zürich and ) and World Challenge meetings. Marks made indoors were not considered (apart from when part of outdoor meetings, such as the Zürich pole vault), nor were any athletes who were suspended for 2 years or longer during the year for drug-related offences. As usual the greatest difficulties were with athletes who had thin seasons although one should appreciate that athletes will have varying goals and not all will be able or perhaps want to get into DL fields etc. In these event-by-event rankings, compiled by Peter Matthews, following each athlete’s name are: date of birth (day/month/year), in brackets: number of years ranked and 2017 top-ten ranking. Then their five/six best marks in 2018 and details of placings and performances in meaningful competitions. In these results marks in brackets were in qualifying, marks after w/ are best ‘wind legal’ marks in that competition. At some venues dates are given for lesser meetings but not for the top one.

Three New Zealand Athletes appear in the World Merit Rankings for 2018: Tom Walsh, Eliza McCartney and Valerie Adams

Merit Ranked No. 2 in the Men’s Shot Put:

2. Tom Walsh NZL 1.3.92 (5y, 2) 22.67, 22.60, 22.45. 22.29, 22.16, 22.06 1 20.99/21.65 1 Hastings 21.14 1 Hamilton 21.87 1 NZL Ch 21.58 1 Timaru 22.06 1 22.67 1 CG 21.41 (22.45) 2 Drake R 21.82 1 Tucson 21.73 4 Eugene 21.84 1 Oslo 22.29 2 Chorzów 21.63 1 Ostrava 22.16 1 Lausanne 21.92 5 21.49 1 Thum 21.71 2 Chorzów 21.28 1 Bad Köstritz 21.55 1 Zürich 22.60 2 21.78 3 Cont Cup 21.43

Merit Ranked No.1 was USA

“In another outstanding year for the men’s shot, Walsh had the year’s top mark but was beaten 6-3 by Crouser, who is top for the third successive year. There were a record 21 performances at 22m or better (18 outdoors, 3 indoors) and Ryan Crouser with 9 and Tom Walsh with 7 dominated; then five men with one each (indoors and out).”

Merit Ranked No. 5 in The Women’s Pole Vault:

5. Eliza McCartney NZL 11.12.96 (3y, 8) 4.94, 4.92, 4.85, 4.75, 4.75, 4.72 1 Hastings 4.70 nh AUS Ch 1 Auckland 18/3 4.90dh 1 Auckland 4.75 2 CG 4.70 2 Eugene 4.85 1 Manhheim 4.92 4= Lausanne 4.72 1 Jockgrim 4.94 7 Monaco 4.75 nh

Sandi Morris USA was Merit Ranked No. 1. Ekaterini Stefanidi GRE (2nd), Jenn Suhr USA (3rd), and Anzhelika Sidorova RUS (4th)

Merit Ranked No. 7 in the Women’s Shot Put:

7. Valerie Adams NZL 6.10.84 (15y, -) 19.31, 18.93, 18 70, 18.67, 18.52, 18.48 1 NZL Ch 17.83 2 Christchurch 18.06 1 Auckland 18.48 2 CG 18.70 (18.52) 1 Mt.Dore 18.18 8 Shanghai 18.01 1 Luzern 18.67 3 Rabat 18.93 4 Monaco 19.31

Gong Lijiao CHN was Merit Ranked No.1. GER (2nd) and Raven Saunders USA (3rd)

“Adams steadily improved during the year as she returned for a 15th year in the (merit) rankings.”