VI Melanesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	July 7 - 9
Host city	Suva, Fiji
Venue	ANZ National Stadium
Level	Senior
Participation	532 athletes from 11 nations
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The 2016 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place on 7–9 July 2016. The event was held at the ANZ National Stadium in Suva, Fiji.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Participation

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres Senior (wind:+1.2)	Banuve Tabakaucoro Fiji	10.20 CR, NR	Aaron Stubbs Australia	10.41	Rodman Teltull Palau	10.52 NR
100 metres U18 (wind:+1.0)	Wanga Emmanuel Papua New Guinea	11.20	Nicholas Thomson Australia	11.21	Keoua Vendegou New Caledonia	11.26
100 metres Para (wind:+0.6)	Lleyton Lloyd Australia	12.58	Blake Carr Australia	13.13	Apimeleki Drole Fiji	13.53
100 metres U15	Kolonio Radrudru Fiji		NA	NA	NA	NA
100 metres U11	Ezekiel Singh Fiji		NA	NA	NA	NA
Mixed 100m Masters (wind: 1.4)	Navitalai Naivalu Fiji	11.98	Roveen Permal (M78) Fiji	12.48	Pio Qerew Aqa (M76) Fiji	13.37
200 metres(wind:-1.9)	Banuve Tabakaucoro Fiji	21.12	Tjimarri Sanderson Miller Australia	21.94	Shane Tuvusa Fiji	22.22
200 metres U18 (wind:-1.9)	Josefa Tabakaucoro New Caledonia	22.89	Nicholas Thomson Australia	22.90	Wanga Emmanuel Papua New Guinea	22.92
200 metres Under 11	Ezekiel Singh Fiji	35.54	NA	NA	NA	NA
400 metres	Alexander Carew Australia	48.37	Theo Piniau Papua New Guinea	48.54	Tristan Robinson Australia	48.60
400 metres U18	Wanga Emmanuel Papua New Guinea	50.66	Dusty Rankin Australia	51.30	Osea Balenamau Fiji	52.28
800 metres	Orovo Martin Papua New Guinea	1:55.90	William Uluara Solomon Islands	1:57.42	Iliesa Ratete Fiji	1:57.86
800 metres U18	Lachlan Cowley Australia	1:57.14	Ben Mander Australia	1:57.92	Getasew Ferguson Australia	1:58.53
1500 metres	Orovo Martin Papua New Guinea	4:07.88	George Lamak Papua New Guinea	4:07.91	Samson Laos Vanuatu	4:09.17
3000 metres Under 18	Callum Davies Australia	8:57.51	Getasew Ferguson Australia	8:59.08	Tom Weeks Australia	9:12.87
5000 metres	Liam Woollett Australia	15:32.18 CR	Avikash Lal Fiji	15:53.80	Ashneel Nand Fiji	15:55.68
10000 metres	Avikash Lal Fiji	34:08.16	Ashneel Nand Fiji	34:28.65	Rosefelo Siosi Solomon Islands	34:49.68
Octathlon
Octathlon Under 18	Ashley Moloney Australia	5838 pts
110 metres hurdles (wind:+1.6)	Errol Qaqa Fiji	15.54	Larry Sulunga Tonga	15.72	Ulric Buama New Caledonia	16.22
110 metres hurdles Under 18	Callum Corbett Australia	14.24	NA	NA	NA	NA
400 metres hurdles	Matt Crowe Australia	52.70	Ephraim Lerkin Papua New Guinea	53.41	Peniel Joshua Papua New Guinea	54.25
400 metres hurdles U18	Matt Walters Australia	55.87	NA	NA	NA	NA
High Jump	Malakai Kaiwalu Fiji	2.09m CR, =NR	Grant Szalek Australia	J2.09m	Peniel Richard Papua New Guinea	1.97m
High Jump Under 18	Sean Szalek Australia	2.03m	Nicholas Hooper Australia	1.96m	Harry Langley Australia	1.96m
Long Jump	Waisale Dausoko Fiji	7.40m (wind: 0.0m/s) CR	Isireli Bulivorovoro Fiji	7.35m (wind: +1.2m/s)	Sam Toleman Australia	7.22m (wind: +0.9m/s)
Long Jump U18	Jack Stolarski Australia	6.68m (wind: 0.0m/s)	Jethro Lockington Fiji	6.52m (wind: 1.1m/s)	Abraham Vueti Fiji	6.45m (wind: 0.0m/s)
Mixed Long Jump Masters	Pio Qerewaqa (M40) Fiji	5.19m	Navitalai Naivalu (M) Fiji	5.51m	Noel Singh (M42) Fiji	3.89m
Triple Jump	Peniel Richard Papua New Guinea	14.86m (wind: -1.0m/s) CR	Belasio Waqadau Fiji	14.37m (wind: 0.0m/s)	Omar Fall Fiji	13.85m (wind: -1.4m/s)
Triple Jump Under 18	Jack Stolarski Australia	14.85m	Ashley Moloney Australia	13.62m	Sailasa Beliyaro Fiji	12.69m
Shot Put	Mustafa Fall Fiji	15.08m CR	Debono Paraka Papua New Guinea	14.50m	Darrin Norwood Australia	14.46m
Shot Put Para	Marty Jackson F44 Australia	11.18m	Sam Paech F37 Australia	9.53m	Jone Bogidrau F57 Fiji	8.76m
Shot Put Under 18	Alexander Kolesnikoff Australia	16.55m	Jack Redmond Australia	16.12m	Liam Gartlan Australia	15.49m
Discus Throw	Mustafa Fall Fiji	50.28m CR	Debono Paraka Papua New Guinea	46.59m	Setareki Matau Fiji	44.58m
Mixed Discus Masters	Albert Miller Snr. (M57) Fiji	38.14m	Geoffery Gardner (M61) New Caledonia	30.15m	Jese Riacebe (M54) Fiji	20.82m
Hammer Throw	Costa Kousparis Australia	59.35m CR	Abineet Ram Fiji	50.61m	Aaron Brown Regional Australia	26.00m
Javelin Throw	Leslie Copeland Fiji	79.22 CR	John Crandell Australia	67.82	Pita Tamani Fiji	61.59
Javelin Throw U18	Nash Lowis Regional Australia	71.50m	Brandon Stanaway Australia	61.33m	Junior` Mafoa Wallis and Futuna	52.05m
4 x 100 metres relay	Australia Aaron Stubbs Michael Brusnahan Tjimarri Sanderson-Milera Nick Jannson	41.45	Fiji Aaron Powell Banuve Tabakaucoro Isireli Bulivorovoro Ilaitia WaqairaDovu	41.64	FIJ Dev Mikaele Sioweli Albert Miller Iowane Logalaca Keasi NaiDroska	42.73
4 x 100 metres relay U18	Fiji Malasebe Tuvusa Tyron Chambers Kolonio Radrudru Josefa Tabakaucoro	43.56	Australia Callum Corbett Nicholas Thomson Dusty Rankin Matt Walters	44.38	Regional Australia Matthew Cheesman Mitchell Hujanen Nash Lowis Mitchell Kelly	47.98
Distance Medley	Australia	1:30.36	Fiji	1:30.60	Fiji	1:34.01

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:+0.3)	Toea Wisil Papua New Guinea	11.44 CR	Emily Coppins Australia	12.04	Makereta Naulu Fiji	12.12
100 metres U18 (wind:+0.8)	Lateisha Willis Australia	12.03	Miriam Peni Papua New Guinea	12.54	Adubhi Plange Fiji	12.54
100 metres Para (wind:+0.7)	Paige Greco Australia	15.19	Brighde Judge-Mears Australia	21.33	Emily Preketes Australia	25.04
200 metres (wind:+0.7)	Jessica Peris Regional Australia	24.56	Emily Coppins Australia	25.06	Shirley Vunatup Papua New Guinea	25.25
200 metres Under 15			Carol Masi Fiji		Lusiana Ratulevu Fiji
400 metres	Jessica Peris Regional Australia	55.19	Donna Koniel Papua New Guinea	56.48	Rebecca Bennett Australia	56.75
400 metres U18	Imogen Russell Australia	58.33	Serenia Ragatu Fiji	58.34	N'dea Rumble Regional Australia	1:00.59
800 metres	Tia Brady Australia	2:13.90	Amy Brown Australia	2:15.69	Donna Koniel Papua New Guinea	2:16.22
800 metres U18	Kelsie Youman Regional Australia	2:20.32	India Williams Australia	2:23.55	Maia Ramsden New Zealand	2:24.10
1500 metres	Tia Brady Australia	4:38.95 CR	Natasha Favotto Regional Australia	4:50.25	Gaelleanne Rossignol New Caledonia	5:04.65
3000 metres	Ruby Smee Australia	10:12.93	Shania Murray Australia	10:30.43	Mary Kua Papua New Guinea	11:29.32
5000 metres	Sharon Firisua Solomon Islands	18:36.75 CR	Dianah Matekali Solomon Islands	19:00.94	Natasha Favotto Regional Australia	19:21.86
10000 metres	Sharon Firisua Solomon Islands	38:58.43 CR	Dianah Matekali Solomon Islands	39:28.07	NA	NA
100 metres hurdles (wind:+0.9)	Eliana Seymour Australia	14.14 CR	Afure Adah Papua New Guinea	14.86	Jane Hickie Australia	14.99
100 metres hurdles Under 18	Lateisha Willis Australia	13.64	Nicole Reynolds Australia	13.94	Leilani Jones Regional Australia	21.93
400 metres hurdles	Donna Koniel Papua New Guinea	1:03.40	Annie Topal Papua New Guinea	1:07.91	Natalie Laurie Australia	1:18.71
400 metres hurdles U18	Tessa Constantine Australia	1:02.96	NA	NA	NA	NA
High Jump	Hannah Joye Australia	1.80m CR	Rellie Kaputin Papua New Guinea	1.69m	Nanise Tavisa Fiji	1.60m
High Jump Under 18	Carley Stieler Australia	1.72m	Sophie Tiver Australia	1.63m	Amy Coulston Australia	1.60m
Long Jump	Rellie Kaputin Papua New Guinea	5.95m (wind:+0.1) CR	Sesenieli Donu Fiji	5.43m (wind:+0.3)	Annie Topal Papua New Guinea	5.32m (wind:+0.5)
Long Jump U18	Camryn Newton-Smith Australia	5.48m (wind:+0.7)	Jane Hickie Australia	5.30m (wind:+0.0)	Mereseini Waqatoki Fiji	5.23m (wind:+0.3)
Triple Jump	Rellie Kaputin Papua New Guinea	12.25m (wind:-2.6) CR	Milika Tuivanuavou Fiji	11.65m (wind:-2.3)	Annabelle Parmegiani Australia	11.63m (wind:-2.5)
Triple Jump Under 18	Kayla Cuba Australia	11.99m	Taufa Cocker Fiji	11.01m	Maca Korolevu Fiji	10.55m
Shot Put	Mia Cunningham Australia	12.43m	Linda Selui New Caledonia	12.22m	Alice Peters Fiji	11.60m
Shot Put U18	Sam Lenton Australia	14.73m	Siiva Tafiti Australia	14.67m	Kristina Moore Australia	14.58m
Shot Put Under 15	Tarairi Erasito Fiji	11.46m
Shot Put Para	Lainiana Ere F36 Fiji	6.03m	Naibili Tagicakibau Fiji	5.93m	NA	NA
Discus Throw	Karen Clarke Australia	45.68m CR	Milika Tuivanuavou Fiji	42.55m	Atanasia Takosi New Caledonia	42.19m
Hammer Throw	Brianna Stephens Norfolk Island	42.84m	Coranne Truques New Caledonia	41.31m	Jacklyn Travertz Papua New Guinea	35.31m
Javelin Throw	Tianah List Australia	47.17m CR	Linda Selui New Caledonia	46.13m	Karen Clarke Australia	42.82m
Javelin Throw U18	Ellie Bowyer Australia	49.42m	Emily Nicholas Australia	44.34m	Emma Butler Australia	43.62m
Heptathlon	Adrine Monagi Papua New Guinea	4889 pts	Natalie Laurie Australia	3982 pts	Atilaite Inoke Fiji	3054 pts
Heptathlon U18	Camryn Newton-Smith Australia	4863 pts	Marnie Clarkson Australia	4466 pts	NA	NA
5000 Metre Race Walk	Simone Mcinnes Australia	24:19.22	Natalie Laurie Australia	29:02.48	NA	NA
5000 Metre Race Walk U18	Rhiannon Lovegrove Australia	26:50.23	NA	NA	NA	NA
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	47.03 CR	FIJD	48.09	Regional Australia	49.06
Distance Medley	Australia	1:45.27	Fiji	1:46.04	Regional Australia	1:49.45

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	36	26	14	76
2	Fiji	10	15	14	39
3	Papua New Guinea	8	8	6	22
4	Regional Australia	3	0	5	8
5	Solomon Islands	1	2	0	3
6	Norfolk Island	1	1	0	2
7	Fijd	1	0	3	4
8	New Caledonia	0	2	3	5
9	Tonga	0	1	0	1
10	Wallis and Futuna	0	0	2	2
11	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
11	Palau	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		60	55	49	164