In mild, sunny conditions Simon Cockrane 236.837 km (Hamilton) and Lara Zoeller 198.041 km (Wellington Scottish) ran superb races to achieve clear victories in the 26th Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour Track Races ... at Auckland's AUT Millennium Stadium on Sat/ Sun 11-12 May. 2024.

Simon, a talented, world record holding ultra-triathlete, added 2.764 km to Aussie Mick Twaites 2014 24-hour race record (234.073 km).

3-time defending champion, Keith Burrows 217.182 km (Owairaka Athletic, Auckland) was the men's runner-up, followed by Shaun Hall 200.575 km (Auckland).

Lydia Ouellette 184.952 km (Beijing, China) and Jade Overy 155.994 km (Whippetts, Auckland) were 2nd & 3rd women.

Athletics New Zealand 24-hour national championship Gold, Silver & Bronze medals were presented to the leading 3 men & women.

Winners, Simon and Lara will join previous 24-hour race champs and have their names engraved on the respective Richard Tout and Sandy Barwich 24-Hour Perpetual Trophies.

Shirley Rolston 75, 124.474 km (Port Hills Athletic, Christchurch) established a New Zealand women's (75-79) 24-hour best ... adding to the womens' (65-69) & (70-74) age group marks that she already holds.

Martin Vos C30,  Papendrecht, The Netherlands (23:15:28) and David Billett C31, Adelaide, Australia (23:29:10), observed by race-walking judges, walked 100-miles in 24-hours, and were awarded New Zealand Centurion medals by Philip Sharp, President of the New Zealand Centurion Walkers Club.

In the Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour Teams Relay, the 6-person 'Pace Makers & Heart Breakers' team (Andrew Smith, Patrick O’Sullivan, Wayne Bryant, Andrew Harvey, Qiqi Huang & Mira Bi) were victorious with an excellent 268.610 km.

Runner's-Up 'Grafton Hall Run Club' (Harry Agnew, Tom Little, Elske Van Wyk, Emma Bryant, Luke O'Malley & Harrison McCaughan) ran an encouraging 224.281 km .

In the Sri Chinmoy 12-Hour Race, Jamie Stevenson 101.950 km (Bays Athletics, Auckland) was the outright winner, followed by Preetidutta Thorpe 81.240 km (Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, Auckland) and Niribili File 42.000 km (Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, Auckland).

Angus Goodrick 92.811 km (Night Ninjas, Auckland) was the 12-Hour men's winner, from James Coppard 77.541 km (Auckand) and Andrew Spence 50.000 km (Auckland).

Shawn O'Leary 70.048 km (TTT Runners, Auckland) won the Sri Chinmoy 6-Hour Race, followed by Peter Marek 66.659 km (Auckland) and Aron Thompson 63.919 km (Auckland).

Yu-Fan Hsiao 59.461 km (Auckland) won the women's 6-hour ... followed by Stephanie Deacon 47.527 km (Auckland) and Zoe Barrett 41.543 km (Auckland).