http://www.athletics.com.au/fanzone/380 ... in_oceania
(I'm Jay Stone, listed in the Open Men, in the 200m, 400m and Long Jump)
This is my 3rd selection to this team, where I competed in 2004 and then won a silver medal in the Long Jump at the 2006 games.
The championships pit the 19 Oceania nations against one another, with Australia and New Zealand sending developmental teams, while the other 17 nations (Fiji, Vanuatu, Paupua New Guniea, Samoa, Guam etc) send their Olympians, who will be using the meet as a warm up to the Beijing Olympics.
The Northern Mariana Islands, are situated in tha pacific between Japan and Papua New Guniea:
The largest island is just 20km long and 9km wide, so it should be a great place to visit while competing
Anyway, I know it wont be of interest to all of you, but I was excited to be named on the team again because they made the selection criteria tougher this time around, so I thought I'd share a bit of my excitement with you guys.
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