Brooke Somerfield
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| Born | 5 May 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m: 7.59 (2026) 100m: 11.49 (2025) 200m: 23.49 (2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brooke Somerfield (born 5 May 1997) is a New Zealand sprinter. She won the New Zealand national championships over 200 metres in 2026.[1]
Biography
A member of Athletics Tauranga,[2] Somerfield attended Tauranga Girls' College.[3] Competing at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships she was part of a 4 x 100 metres relay team which set a senior and U20 national record, only to be disqualified for a lane infringement.[4] The Waikato/Bay of Plenty senior 100m sprint champion in 2019,[5] Somerfield was a member of the New Zealand team which won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Napoli, Italy.[6]
In June 2022, she was a silver medalist in the 4 x 100 metres at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships.[7] Running for Waikato Bay of Plenty, she ran 11.51 seconds to place third over 100 metres at the 2023 New Zealand Athletics Championships.[8] In March 2024, Somerfield was second in 11.55 seconds in the 100 metres at the New Zealand Championships.[9] In June, she won the gold medal with the New Zealand women's 4 x 100 metres relay alongside Amelie Fairclough, Georgia Hulls and Marielle Venida at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji.[10]
In March 2025, Somerfield was second in a personal best 11.49 seconds (+1.3 m/s) in the 100 metres at the New Zealand Championships in Dunedin.[11] The following week, she also ran a personal best over 200 metres, running 23.49 seconds in Brisbane.[12]
In February 2026, Somerfield was part of a New Zealand 4 x 100 metres relay team which set a national record time of 43.24 seconds.[13] Somerfield won the New Zealand national championships over 200 metres in March 2026, also placing second over 100 metres behind Zoe Hobbs. On 4 April at the Mt Smart Stadium she was part of a mixed 4 x 100 metres relay team alongside Tiaan Whelpton, Lex Revell-Lewis and Hobbs which ran a time of 41.30 seconds to set a New Zealand national record and move to joint eleventh on the World Athletics rankings.[14][15][16] She was subsequently selected for the New Zealand team to compete at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[17][18]
References
- ↑ "Brooke Somerfield". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Lockdown Lowdown with Brooke Somerfield". Athletics.org.nz. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
- ↑ "Athletics: Coach tips big future for teenager". nzherald.co.nz. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ Reive, Christopher (24 July 2016). "Record relay run discounted as New Zealand under-20 sprinters disqualified". Stuff. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Young Guns firing under coach Hill". Sunlive. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Universiade". World Athletics. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Oceania Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Sprinter Zoe Hobbs breaks 11-second barrier in tailwind". Teaonews.co.nz. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Preston storms within sight of Snell with 800m national title". RNZ. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Oceania Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "New Zealand Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Weekly Roundup – 24 March". Athletics.org.nz. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Athletics NZ Selects Historic First Team For World Athletics Relays". athletics.org.nz. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "NZ Relay Breakthrough Highlights Strong Week Across Track and Field". Sportzhub.com. 8 April 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "New Zealand Championships". World Athletics. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "New Zealand Championships". World Athletics. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ Hinton, Marc (24 April 2026). "Tiaan Whelpton, Zoe Hobbs lead the Kiwi charge for glory at World Athletics Relays". The Post. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "WRE Gaborone 26 preview: stars ready to race for championship places in mixed 4x100m". World Athletics. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.