The twenty-four years old New Zealand sprint sensation, Zoe Hobbs was completely over the moon on Sunday (19) as she ended the year in a life best and national record.
At the McKinnon Shield meet, Zoe broke her own New Zealand 100m record of 11.32s she shared with Michelle Seymour. She surged into finish line in 11.27s (1.7) to defeat Georgia Hull (11.44s).
Before her record feat in 100m, Zoe had earlier won 60m in 7.17s (2.5).
“Training has been going well, so I was hoping to come out and get a good time before the end of the year,” said Zoe.
“I’m very happy with today and nice to do it in my last race of the year,” said Zoe. “It was perfect conditions, and I was hoping to maximise on that”, she concluded.
Full Result
Shot Put- u20 (6 kg) Liam Ngchok-Wulf 16.54
Shot Put- u18 (5 kg) Blessing Sefo 16.61
Discus- u18 (1.5 kg) 1 Percy Maka 52.12; 2 Blessing Sefo 51.57
Women
60m (2.5) 1 Zoe Hobbs 7.17; 2 Livvy Wilson 7.30; 3 Briana Stephenson 7.49; 4 Symone Tafunai 7.50; 5 Portia Bong 7.52
100m (1.7) 1 Zoe Hobbs 11.27 NR; 2 Georgia Hulls 11.44; 3 Livvy Wilson 11.62; 4 Portia Bing 11.86; 5 Symone Tafunai 11.86
200m (5.9) 1 Georgia Hulls 23.05; 2 Portia Bing 23.60
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