Two Hawke's Bay athletes won gold during the penultimate day of the Oceania Masters Games in Rarotonga yesterday.
Napier's Tare Teautama won the men's 35-39 grade long jump with a leap of 5.08m, and Dawn Cumming of Havelock North won both the 200m steeplechase and the 800m in the women's 70-74
age group.
Other Hawke's Bay athletes to feature were Daniel Haddock, who was fifth in the men's 55-60 5000m and Helen Tobin, who came seventh in the same event for women.
The 260 masters athletes from throughout the Pacific region are competing in track & field, road walks, cross country and marathon at the championships.
Day three results:
* Dawn Cumming W70 1 2000m steeplechase 11:53:14
1 800m 3:52:32. * Tare Teautama M351 long jump 5.08m * Helen Tobin W55 7th 5000m 32:10:00 * Daniel Haddock M55 5th 5000m 19:46:07.
