In warm, blue-sky conditions Keith Burrows 231.107 km (Owairaka Athletic) and Siân Johnson 165.768 km (Gisborne) ran excellent races to achieve clear victories in the 28th Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour Track Races/ Athletics New Zealand Championships, at Auckland's AUT Millennium Stadium on Sat/ Sun 21-22 March 2026 ... Keith, surpassing his 2025 (men 50-54) race record by 12.195 kms, and adding a 5th NZL championship to his victories in 2020-22-23 & 2025.

Troy Field 205.222 km (Hunua) was the men's runner-up, followed by David Middlemiss 201.947 km (Hamilton City Hawkes).

Summer Yu-Fan Hsiao 159.477 km (Whangaparāoa) and promising 25-year-old Maggi Forsyth 127.200 km (Greymouth Athletic) were 2nd & 3rd women.

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

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

Dan Franklin 136.000 km (Tokoroa) ran a very fine (men 75-79) 24-hour race record ... adding 16.328 kms to the late Colin Clifton's 2003 mark (119.672 km).

Edwin Van Wijngaarden C33, Hank, The Netherlands (19:25:35) observed by race-walking judges, walked 100-miles (160.9344 km) in under 24-hours, and was awarded a New Zealand Centurion medal by Philip Sharp, President of the New Zealand Centurion Walkers Club.

Fellow walkers, Barend Arie De Vries C34, Tweelingstad, The Netherlands (20:48:45), Detlef Santy C35, Langemark, Belgium (21:33:13), Kim Janssens C27, Mol, Belgium (23:16:48), David Billett C31, Adelaide, Australia (23:33:44), Gunter Luypaerts C36, Antwerpen, Belgium (23:40:51), Johan Stesmans C37, Beringen, Belgium (23:40:51) and Remco Luhrman C38, Hellevoetsluis, The Netherlands (23:44:29) also achieved New Zealand Centurion/ repeat NZL Centurion status.

In the Sri Chinmoy 12-Hour Race, New Zealand 24-hour representative Wayne Botha 107.469 km (Takapuna Harriers) was the men's winner, from Dave Clarke 81.291 km (Hamilton City Hawkes)) and George Sanders 30.000 km (Malvern, USA).

Fellow New Zealand 24-hour representative Sue Hunter 107.006 km (Hamilton City Hawkes) won the women's 12-hour ... followed by her NZL team mates Dawn Tuffery 106.574 km (Hamilton City Hawkes) and Vivian Cheng 70.000 km (Wellington Harriers).

Karl Kalders 64.523 km (Owairaka Athletic) won the Sri Chinmoy 6-Hour Race ... followed by Kgomonare Mosiane 56.206 km (Hastings Harriers) and Simon Kozak 42.080 km (Auckland).

Qiqi Huang 55.057 km (Auckland) won the women's 6-hour ... followed by Michelle Kozak 50.069 km (Auckland) and Tracy Utting-Buchanan 48.081 km (Gisborne).

Related

• Preview of 24 hour championship at NZ Athletics