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  •   Home > News > National > Lower North Island

    An array of personal bests and maiden titles have been claimed at the Potts Classic athletics event in Hawke's Bay

    An array of personal bests and maiden titles have been claimed at the Potts Classic athletics event in Hawke's Bay


    16-year-old Sam Ruthe upset two-time Olympian Sam Tanner in the 800 metre by eight hundredths of a second with an under-20 national record time of 1.45.86 .

    Ruthe snuck under the World Indoor Championships entry standard time.

    Sprinters Tiaan Whelpton and Zoe Hobbs took out their respective inaugural NZ Short Track Championships 60m titles.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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