parkrun NZ stats 10/07/2021

parkrun NZ Attendance and Milestone Stats for July 10, 2021

In New Zealand there were 34 parkruns, with 3135 (-265) parkrunners and 397 (-2) volunteers, plus any pending results.

In brief

203 (-46) people got their parkrun barcode this week

132 (-39) ran their first parkrun this week

352 (-19) achieved personal bests this week

36 (+10) volunteered for the first time

29 (-14) new age category records were set

5 (-9) runners recorded sub-17 finishes

The average run time in New Zealand increased by one second to 31:00.

There were two new course records this week: Freya Prentice (19:27 at Owairaka) and David Brown (17:43 at Sherwood Reserve).

The top age graded runner was Margie Peat at Cornwall Park with a time of 21:45, 94.64% in the VW65-69 age group.

Milestones

13 parkrunners joined the 50 club

10 parkrunners joined the 100 club – Sandy Mcintyre, Hugh Conly, Dave Kennedy, Lynette Joy, Justine Elkins, John Kerrison, Angela Paterson, Amanda Thompson, Sarah Watts and Charlie Land

2 parkrunners joined the 250 club – Congratulations to Adrian Hardy (Lower Hutt) and Claire Taylor (Millwater).

3 parkrunners achieved their V25 milestone – Debbie Telfer, John Kerrison and Maureen McMillan.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Lower Hutt (163), Cornwall Park (226), Hagley (259).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Whanganui Riverbank (30), Blenheim (27), Balclutha (20). 

There were no new attendance records.

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

14 parkruns had higher attendance

19 parkruns had lower attendance than last week

Dunedin had the same as last week with 129 finishers.

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Hobsonville Point, with a change of 41.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Wanaka with a change of 50%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Sherwood Reserve with a change of -134.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Whanganui Riverbank with a change of -61%.

NZ Anniversaries

Blenheim 5

Cancellations

0

Personal Bests

The most PBs were at Sherwood Reserve (34), Cornwall (33), Hobsonville Point (19), Hagley (18) and Whangarei (16).

The most PBs by percentage of field was Whanganui Riverbank (8 or 27%), Sherwood Reserve (34 or 26%), Flaxmere (7 or 19%), Foster (13 or 19%) and Greytown Woodside Trail (6 or 16%).

The fastest among us

The 17 fastest females in New Zealand by age category, in pace order, were:

1. Charli Miller (SW18-19) running University of Waikato in 18:06 setting herself a new PB.
2. Ana Sidwell (JW15-17) running Porirua in 19:07.
3. Pip Meo (VW35-39) running Western Springs in 19:17.
4. Freyja Prentice (SW30-34) running Owairaka in 19:27 for the first time.
5. Angela Waters (SW25-29) running Queenstown in 19:36 for the first time.
6. Fleur Pawsey (VW40-44) running Hagley in 20:16.
7. Meg Mckay (SW20-24) running Dunedin in 20:47 setting herself a new PB.
8. Victoria Humphries (VW55-59) running Cornwall in 20:51 for the first time.
9. Letizia Hay (JW11-14) running Hamilton Lake in 21:17 setting herself a new PB.
10. Cath Braddock (VW45-49) running Kapiti Coast in 21:37.
11. Angela Clark (VW50-54) running Porirua in 21:41 setting herself a new PB.
12. Margie Peat (VW65-69) running Cornwall in 21:45.
13. Nuala Dunne (VW60-64) running Whanganui Riverbank in 23:49 setting herself a new PB.
14. Jennifer Smith (VW70-74) running Millwater in 26:38.
15. Kate Balmer (JW10) running Tauranga in 27:12 setting herself a new PB.
16. Anna Reid (VW75-79) running Hagley in 32:58.
17. Joan Cheadle (VW80-84) running Cornwall in 46:25 setting herself a new PB.

The 20 fastest males in New Zealand by age category, in pace order, were:

1. Josh Jordan (JM15-17) running Lower Hutt in 16:07 setting himself a new PB.
2. Brian Garmonsway (VM40-44) running Trentham Memorial in 16:25 setting himself a new PB.
3. Jonah Smith (SM25-29) running Taupo in 16:30 for the first time.
4. Chey Dearing (VM45-49) running Anderson in 17:10 setting himself a new PB.
5. Walter Somerville (SM30-34) running Lower Hutt in 17:13.
6. Anthony Jackson (VM35-39) running Trentham Memorial in 17:16.
7. Grant Mclean (VM50-54) running Lower Hutt in 17:27.
8. Alfie Steedman (JM11-14) running Millwater in 17:35 for the first time.
9. Hamish Murphy (SM18-19) running Millwater in 17:44 setting himself a new PB.
10. Sean Wills (SM20-24) running Gisborne in 18:07.
11. Bruce Edwards (VM55-59) running Puarenga in 18:52.
12. Archie Felton (JM10) running Millwater in 18:58 setting himself a new PB.
13. Rudy Baptist (VM60-64) running Cornwall in 19:42.
14. Dawei Guo (VM65-69) running Hobsonville Point in 21:15 setting himself a new PB.
15. Paul Elliott (VM70-74) running Cornwall in 25:01.
16. John Billing (VM70-74) running East End in 25:01.
17. Geoff Rashbrooke (VM75-79) running Lower Hutt in 28:18.
18. David Hamilton (VM80-84) running Owairaka in 31:49 for the first time.
19. Ray Turner (VM85-89) running Cornwall in 39:48.
20. Colin Thorne (VM95-99) running Whangarei in 56:52.

New age category records

• Cornwall : (VW55-59) Victoria Humphries broke Carolyn Smith ‘s record by 33 seconds running 20:51.
• Cornwall : (VW65-69) Margie Peat broke her own record by 58 seconds running 21:45.
• Cornwall : (VW80-84) Joan Cheadle took her own record by 6 seconds running 46:25.
• Greytown Woodside Trail : (SM18-19) Dylan Walker took Bodie Walker ‘s record by 13 seconds, setting himself a new PB, running 23:39.
• Hobsonville Point : (VM65-69) Dawei Guo took his own record by 3 seconds running 21:15.
• Lower Hutt : (JM15-17) Josh Jordan took Jack Hammond ‘s record by 10 seconds, setting himself a new PB, running 16:07.
• Millwater : (JM10) Archie Felton took his own record by 8 seconds running 18:58.
• Owairaka : (SW30-34) Freyja Prentice took Hannah Oldroyd ‘s record by 4 seconds running 19:27.
• Owairaka : (VM80-84) David Hamilton smashed Graham Richardson ‘s record by 415 seconds running 31:49.
• Sherwood Reserve : (JM10) Joseph Macnamara smashed Riley Harvey ‘s record by 1530 seconds running 25:45.
• Sherwood Reserve : (JM15-17) Thomas Fryer smashed Timothy Mayne ‘s record by 788 seconds running 20:10.
• Sherwood Reserve : (SM30-34) Richard Mclellan broke his own record by 37 seconds running 18:10.
• Sherwood Reserve : (VM35-39) David Brown smashed Shaun Taylor ‘s record by 61 seconds running 17:43.
• Sherwood Reserve : (VM50-54) Grant Lincoln smashed Raymond Lawrence ‘s record by 90 seconds running 19:14.
• Sherwood Reserve : (VM65-69) Ian Ross smashed Haydn Megaffin ‘s record by 303 seconds running 21:18.
• Sherwood Reserve : (VM70-74) Martin Harrap smashed Rob Stead ‘s record by 1338 seconds running 27:25.
• Sherwood Reserve : (VW40-44) Sun Young Woo smashed Debrah Breedt ‘s record by 76 seconds running 28:03.
• Sherwood Reserve : (VW45-49) Susan Fryer broke Sarah Smith ‘s record by 44 seconds running 23:58.
• Sherwood Reserve : (VW55-59) Jenny Hirst smashed her own record by 65 seconds running 23:30.
• Sherwood Reserve : (VW60-64) Anne Vruink smashed Annette Peard ‘s record by 228 seconds running 36:08.
• Sherwood Reserve : (VW70-74) Donna Peterson smashed Hedy Vaessen ‘s record by 219 seconds, setting herself a new PB, running 47:23.
• Taupo : (SM25-29) Jonah Smith took Philipp Von Arx ‘s record by 2 seconds running 16:30.
• Trentham Memorial : (VM40-44) Brian Garmonsway smashed his own record by 71 seconds running 16:25.
• Trentham Memorial : (VW70-74) Barb Morrison smashed Helen Barrott ‘s record by 300 seconds running 34:40.
• University of Waikato : (SM30-34) Michael Robinson took Nigel Cross ‘s record by 8 seconds, setting himself a new PB, running 18:42.
• University of Waikato : (SW18-19) Charli Miller took her own record by 15 seconds running 18:06.
• University of Waikato : (VM45-49) Al Brears took Dean Chiplin ‘s record by 4 seconds, setting himself a new PB, running 17:28.
• Whanganui Riverbank : (VW40-44) Joanna Macbeth took Paula Dunne ‘s record by 19 seconds running 24:16.
• Whanganui Riverbank : (VW60-64) Nuala Dunne took her own record by 5 seconds running 23:49.

Kudos to the vollies

A shout out to our top 100 countrymen who chose to volunteer this weekend: Martin and Andrew at Lower Hutt , Nneka at Anderson , Liz , Dan and Allan at Trentham Memorial , Andrew , Scott and Martin at Sherwood Reserve , Matthew at North Shore , Elise , Peet and Laurie at Millwater , Grant at Barry Curtis , Fiona at KM Reedy Reserve , Hilary at Owairaka , and Suzy at Foster

Top 100 countrymen is based on the most events table, which shows parkrunners who have run at 15 or most New Zealand events. There’s no other volunteer data available other than what is in these stats.

Thanks to Paul Ellis for extra stats. You can view the top 100 countrymen table here.