Indoor National Champs
Monday 01st, January 1900
The time was also a new Cloud County School Indoor Record. Wanga , Tansi and Jonathan Dende all competed in the 400m clocking times of 48.65, 48.72 and 49.19 respectively. However in a high quality field of 38 athletes and only nine going to the final , qualifying was very tough and with these times the PNG athletes finished 11th 15th and 20th respectively.Roland Hure competed in the jump jump and recorded a best effort of 7.04 metres which placed him 13th in a field of 25. Meanwhile in the womens division Leonie Beu recorded a best time of 56.50 in the 400m heats which was fifth overall and qualified her for the final.
Email Contact: The PNG Athletes who attended the National Junior College indoor track and field championships last weekend all aquitted themselves very well with Emmanuel Wanga once again the standout. The stiff competition brought out the best in 22 year old Morobean as he improved his 600m PNG record by two full seconds from 1min 19.73 to 1min 17.69 seconds to claim third place overall and 6 valuable points