New Zealand athlete
Phil Costley
 Costley in 1990 |
| Personal information |
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54)
Wairoa, New Zealand |
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| Occupation | School teacher |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
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| Sport |
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| Country | New Zealand |
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Achievements and titles |
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| National finals | 3000 m champion (2002)
3000 m steeplechase champion (1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001)
5000 m champion (2003)
10,000 m champion (2008)
Marathon champion (1996, 1999) |
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Philip Costley (born 1970 in Wairoa, New Zealand) is a New Zealand distance runner. He represented his country at the two Commonwealth Games and four World Athletics Cross Country Championships, and has won 33 New Zealand national athletic titles on the track, road and cross country over distances from 3000 metres to 100 kilometres.[1]
Costley holds the men's record in the Auckland Marathon.[2] His record run was in the 1997 event, finishing the race in 2:14:03.[3] He has won the event on a further three occasions (1996, 1999, and 2005).[3]
Costley represented New Zealand twice in the marathon at the Commonwealth Games, placing 18th in 1998 and 17th in 2002.[4]
Costley is a former mathematics teacher at Nelson College.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Phil Costley runs himself into NZ record books". Nelson Weekly. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "30th Auckland Marathon (ASB Auckland Marathon) and Half Marathon (Barfoot & Thompson Half Marathon) 2021. Auckland, New Zealand. January 2022". Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ a b "ARRS - Runner: Philip Costley". more.arrs.run. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Phil Costley at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
New Zealand national champions in men's 3000 m
- 1989: Phil Clode
- 1990: David Rush
- 1991–1992: Phil Clode
- 1993: Robbie Johnston
- 1994: Phil Clode
- 1995: Robbie Johnston
- 1996: Richard Potts
- 1997: John Henwood
- 1998: Adrian Blincoe
- 1999: Darren Lynch (AUS)
- 2000: Simon Maunder
- 2001: Alan Bunce
- 2002: Phil Costley
- 2003–2005: Rees Buck
- 2006–2008: not held
- 2009: Kim Hogarth
- 2010: Nick Willis
- 2011: Hamish Carson
- 2012: Malcolm Hicks
- 2013: Nick Willis
- 2014: Ben St Lawrence (AUS)
- 2015: Hamish Carson
- 2016: Nick Willis
- 2017: Hamish Carson
- 2018: Peter Wheeler
- 2019: Rorey Hunter (AUS)
- 2020: Matthew Taylor
- 2021: Sam Tanner
- 2022: Chanel Muir
- 2023: Julian Oakley
- 2024: Sam Tanner
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New Zealand national champions in men's 3000 m steeplechase |
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- 1959: L. Fitzgerald
- 1960: Kerry Williams
- 1961: Alex Shaw
- 1962: Edward O'Keefe
- 1963: Norris Wyatt
- 1964: Peter Welsh
- 1965: Peter Kearney
- 1966: Peter Welsh
- 1967: Raymond Batten
- 1968: Peter Welsh
- 1969–1970: Norris Wyatt
- 1971–1972: Nathan Healey
- 1973: Raymond Batten
- 1974: Howard Healey
- 1975: Nathan Healey
- 1976: Euan Robertson
- 1977: Steve Hollings (GBR)
- 1978: Euan Robertson
- 1979: Martin Couldwell
- 1980: Euan Robertson
- 1981: Neil Lowsley
- 1982–1985: Peter Renner
- 1986: Gregor Cameron
- 1987: Peter Renner
- 1988: Gregor Cameron
- 1989–1990: Peter Renner
- 1991: Sean Wade
- 1992: Jared Letica
- 1993: Kyle Dransfield
- 1994: Phil Costley
- 1995: Mark Pulman
- 1996: Phil Costley
- 1997: Richard Bennett
- 1998: Matthew Holder
- 1999–2001: Phil Costley
- 2002: Matthew Holder
- 2003: Kim Hogarth
- 2004: Donald Naylor (GBR)
- 2005: Grant Schmidlechner (AUS)
- 2006: Shafat Salad
- 2007: Neville Smith
- 2008–2009: Kim Hogarth
- 2010: Neville Smith
- 2011–2012: Brett Tingay
- 2013–2015: Daniel Balchin
- 2016: Michael Banks
- 2017: Jack Beaumont
- 2018: Jake Jackson-Grammer
- 2019–2020: Ieuan van der Peet
- 2021: Harry Ewing
- 2022: Ieuan van der Peet
- 2023: Michael Sutton
- 2024: Toby Tasker
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New Zealand national champions in men's 5000 m |
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Note: 3 miles before 1970 |
| 3 miles | - 1890: P. Morrison
- 1891–1892: D. Wood
- 1893: William John Burk
- 1894: Charlton Morpeth
- 1895: Alfred Bell
- 1896: W.F. Bennett
- 1897: E. Reynolds
- 1898: Sam Pentecost
- 1899: Percival Malthus
- 1900: W.F. Simpson
- 1901: Sam Pentecost
- 1902–1904: W.F. Simpson
- 1905: Alfred Shrubb (ENG)
- 1906–1907: Jack Prendeville
- 1908: G. Sharpe
- 1909: Miles Dickson
- 1910: James Beatson
- 1911–1912: George Hill
- 1913: James Beatson
- 1914: A. Hudson
- 1915: James Beatson
- 1916–1919: not held
- 1920: Archie Wyeth
- 1921–1922: Reg Webber
- 1923: Randolph Rose
- 1924: Bert Dufresne
- 1925–1926: Randolph Rose
- 1927–1929: Billy Savidan
- 1930–1931: Randolph Rose
- 1932–1934: Billy Savidan
- 1935: Norman Cooper
- 1936: Cecil Matthews
- 1937: Kohei Murakoso (JPN)
- 1938: Cecil Matthews
- 1939: Bill Pullar
- 1940: Len Dickison
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945: W.J. Potter
- 1946: W.J. Wells
- 1947–1948: Harold Nelson
- 1949: Jim Daly
- 1950–1952: George Hoskins
- 1953: Kerry Williams
- 1954: Jim Daly
- 1955: Ernie Haskell
- 1956: Bill Baillie
- 1957: Neville Scott
- 1958–1962: Murray Halberg
- 1963: Geoff Pyne
- 1964–1965: Neville Scott
- 1966: Ian Studd
- 1967: Barry Jones
- 1968: Rex Maddaford
- 1969: Jim Le Grice
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New Zealand national champions in men's 10,000 m |
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Note: 6 miles before 1970 |
| 6 miles | |
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| 10,000 m | |
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New Zealand national champions in men's marathon |
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- 1939: Clarrie Gibbons
- 1940: George Austin
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945–1946: Lionel Fox
- 1947: Gordon Bromley
- 1948: Jack Clarke
- 1949–1951: Gordon Bromley
- 1952: Jack Clarke
- 1953: Arthur Lydiard
- 1954: Edwin Rye
- 1955: Arthur Lydiard
- 1956: Albert Richards
- 1957: Edwin Rye
- 1958–1960: Ray Puckett
- 1961–1962: Barry Magee
- 1963: Jeff Julian
- 1964–1965: Ray Puckett
- 1966–1967: Dave McKenzie
- 1968–1970: Jeff Julian
- 1971–1972: Dave McKenzie
- 1973: Terry Manners
- 1974: John Robinson
- 1975: Tony Reavley (GBR)
- 1976: Jack Foster
- 1977: Terry Manners
- 1978: Paul Ballinger
- 1979 Tony Good
- 1980: Don Greig
- 1981: Paul Ballinger
- 1982: Trevor Wright
- 1983: Graham Macky
- 1984: Barry Thompson
- 1985–1986: John Campbell
- 1987: Peter Renner
- 1988–1989: Paul Ballinger
- 1990: Tom Birnie
- 1991: Paul Herlihy
- 1992: Mark Hutchinson
- 1993: Paul Herlihy
- 1994: Paul Smith
- 1995: Chris Mardon
- 1996: Phil Costley
- 1997: Peter Buscke
- 1998: Mark Hutchinson
- 1999: Phil Costley
- 2000: Mark Hutchinson
- 2001: Alastair Snowdon
- 2002: Mark Bright
- 2003: Todd Stevens
- 2004: Dale Warrander
- 2005: Matt Dravitzki
- 2006: Dale Warrander
- 2007: Stafford Thompson
- 2008: Joe Piggin
- 2009: Matt Dravitzki
- 2010–2011: Dale Warrander
- 2012: Tony Payne
- 2013: Dougal Thorburn
- 2014: Masataka Uchino (JPN)
- 2015: Aaron Pulford
- 2016: Nick Horspool
- 2017: Dan Lowry (USA)
- 2018: Blair McWhirter
- 2019: Oska Inkster-Baynes
- 2020: not held
- 2021: Daniel Jones
- 2022–2023: Daniel Balchin
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