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- Published on Saturday, 19 June 2010 11:36
-Jacko Gill will star in the shot put. Gill from Devonport North Shore has set world age records during the last athletic season and as well as winning the national M19 and M16 titles set New Zealand records in the shot put for men 19, 18, 17 and 16.
-Mohamed Ali of Hamilton will compete in the 3000m. Ali won the Australian junior title in 8m 40.23s and 13 days later in March won the New Zealand title in Christchurch.
-Hazel Bowering-Scott of Nelson the national W16 200m champion and second in the Australian championship has been selected for the 200m.
-Jenna Hansen of Hamilton the national W16 2000m steeplechase champion will compete in this event. In the Australian junior championships Hansen was second.
-Joshua Hawkins of Auckland, who set a New Zealand M16 110m hurdles record in finishing second in the Australian junior championships is named for the sprint hurdles in Singapore.
-Matthew Holcroft of Hamilton, the national M16 3000m track walk champion will compete in the walk.
-Brad Mathas of Wanganui, who had an outstanding season in the 800m, winning the Australian and New Zealand junior titles, will compete in the 1000m.
-Julia Ratcliffe of Hamilton, the national W16 hammer throw record holder and New Zealand W19 and W16 champion has been selected for the hammer throw.
-National M16 100m champion Yarride Rosario of Wellington, who was also third in the Australian championships will compete in the 100m.
-Anna-Lisa Uttley, formerly Otago and now living in Tauranga will compete in the 3000m. The national W16 cross country and road champion was second in the Australian junior 3000m championship. The team will be managed by Neal Webb of Te Awamutu.
Barry Maister, secretary general of the New Zealand Olympic Committee is delighted to see elite youth athletes given the opportunity to compete in an international multi-sport environment. “Household names like Valerie Vili, Nick Willis, Peter Snell and John Walker have created history in athletics stadia around the world. The Youth Olympic Games are an ideal opportunity for the heroes of the future to take their first steps and I’ll be looking for them in the team to Rio 2016,” said Maister. Terry Lomax Rio 2016 Performance Project Manager for Athletics New Zealand is pleased to have another group of athletes with the opportunity to gain exposure in overseas international competition. “The added bonus of the exposure to the Olympic values and positive ideals with a multi-sports celebration can only add to the value of the experience for these young athletes,” he said.
The Youth Olympic Games in Singapore will bring together 3,600 athletes between 14 and 18 years of age from all 205 National Olympic Committees to compete in the 26 sports on the London 2012 Olympic Games programme.
New Zealand expects to send a team of 53 athletes contesting 16 sports.
The team is:
| Contact First Name | Contact Last Name | Location | Discipline |
| Mohamed | Ali | Hamilton | 3000m |
| Hazel | Bowering-Scott | Nelson | 200m |
| Jackson | Gill | Devonport | Shot put |
| Jenna | Hansen | Hamilton | 2000mSC |
| Joshua | Hawkins | Auckland | 110mHurdles |
| Matthew | Holcroft | Hamilton | Walk |
| Brad | Mathas | Wanganui | 1000m |
| Julia | Ratcliffe | Hamilton | Hammer Throw |
| Yarride | Rosario | Wellington | 100m |
| Anna | Uttley | Tauranga | 3000m |