Beamish's 7:59.05 Good for 3rd at Kiwi 3000m Championship

Former Villanova ace Hugo Beamish ran a 4.5 second PR in Wellington today, to finish third at the New Zealand 3000 meter championship. He broke the 8:00 barrier as well for the first time. The race was won by Nick Willis in 7:57.63. As the results below reveal, it was a three-man battle over the later stages of the race, with Willis -- the New Zealand national record holder over 1500 meters -- prevailing at the end.

Athletics New Zealand Senior 3000m Championships

    Name                  Time     

 1.  Nick Willis           7:57.63
 2.  Malcolm Hicks         7:58.58
 3.  Hugo Beamish          7:59.05
 4.  Aaron Pulford         8:08.37
 5.  Matthew Lambert       8:08.44
 6.  Tim Hodge             8:09.39
 7.  Matt Coloe            8:11.75
 8.  Evan Cooper           8:12.63
 9.  Callan Moody          8:12.82
10.  Alex Parlane          8:13.14
11.  Hamish Carson         8:17.75
12.  Matt Baxter           8:18.59
13.  Ben Barry             8:19.68
14.  Jesse Patel           8:21.45
15.  Jonathan Jackson      8:22.47
16.  Daniel Balchin        8:22.79
17.  Antoine Bonnet        8:23.15
18.  Peter Meffan          8:31.57
19.  Tim Stewart           8:34.00
20.  Brett Smith           8:34.04
21.  Nathan Baxter         8:67.77
22.  Caden Shields         8:40.33
23.  Ryan Smith            8:40.80
24.  Jacob Priddey         8:43.72
25.  Josh Maisey           8:45.95
26.  Ryan McAlister        8:46.91
27.  Mike Lowe             8:51.17
28.  Tony Payne            8:51.98
29.  Michael Whitehead     8:54.63
30.  Brett Clifford        8:55.30
31.  Wayne Guest           8:56.28
32.  Ben Ford              8:59.13
33.  Thomas Holmes         9:07.66
34.  Matt Kutugata         9:20.33