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Scholastica Herman and Joy Tieba both had a successful weekend at their Junior College Regional championships in Kansas this weekend. Saturday was a big day for Scholastica as she placed fourth in the 1500m with a time of 4min 46 seconds and then later ran a personal best 2min13.04 secs to place second in the 800m. She then rounded off a great day by assisting her Cloud Team to win the 4x400m relay, running a strong second leg with her unofficial split time bring 55.9 . Joy Tieba finished fourth in the 400m hurdles with a personal best 63.80 seconds to qualify for the Junior College Nationals in two weeks time

Team Papua New Guinea Ready to Fire in Darwin Oceania Athletics Association Team Papua New Guinea has arrived in Darwin ready to make an impact at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships, bringing a squad packed with national record holders and rising talent. Many of the …

Athletics PNG has named a preliminary team of 20 athletes for the 2026 Commonwealth Games with the travelling team expected to be trimmed down slightly in line with the final number of quota places allocated to athletics by the PNG Olympic Committee.
In line with policies adopted for major Games in recent years selection is based primarily on results achieved the previous year; ongoing monitoring of athlete training and commitment; and the results of local trials and overseas competitions already held in 2026. With 4x100m relays on the programme as well as a mixed 4x400m ,relay considerations were a major factor in the selection of the womens team of six athletes.
The team however does include three outstanding individuals in Isila Apkup Scholastica Herman and Adrine Monagi.

The mens squad of 14 athletes is more balanced and includes rising middle distance talent Jiuteis Robinson, three 400m hurdlers, Robert Oa for the 110m hurdles and three javelin throwers. With a number of quality athletes in the mens sprinting ranks.
Athletics PNG has high hopes for its mens 4x100m relay squad that broke the national record in the Palau Games last year. Commenting on the absence of its distance runners from the team , APNG President Tony Green said that the Commonwealth Games was not an appropriate competition for them, and that other overseas competitions are planned to assist them prepare for the Pacific Games next year.
The team for the Commonwealth Games is expected to be finalized by the end of May. Copies of the Athletics PNG selection criteria are available on request through email to [email protected].

1 Johnny Bai
2 Daniel Baul
3 Lakona Gerega
4 Leroy Kamau
5 Adolf Kauba
6 Damien Kote
7 Jack Mahuru
8 Robert Oa
9 Lucas Osida
10 Sialis Passingan
11 William Peka
12 Jiuteis Robinson
13 Timothy Tuna
14 Pais Wisil

FEMALE
1 Isila Apkup
2 Scholastica Herman
3 Denlyne Kinbangi
4 Adrine Monagi
5 Hephzibah Romalus
6 Joy Tieba

Scholastica Herman won the 800m, 1500m, and helped her team win the 4x400m at Cowley this past weekend.

Timothy Tuna’s 2026 season got off to a flying start recently with top performances in the 150m and 300m time trials held at the Sir John Guise Stadium, posting times of 15.6 and 33.6 respectively. His 150m time equals the national record for hand timing set by Leroy Kamau in 2021. The 33.6sec clocking in the 300m is considered unofficial at this stage due to timekeeping considerations.Nonetheless its an outstanding performance. Daniel Baul also ran very well in this race, clocking 34.3 secs. Robert Oa also recorded an excellent 34.7secs shortly after his first hurdles trial of the season. Robert ran 7.9secs in the 60m hurdles but was pushed all the way by youngster Gima Ila who ran 8.1 sec in his first race over the full height hurdles

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