22 Sep 2008

Two Fiji athletes to compete at New Caledonia meet next month

10:24 am on 22 September 2008

Two Fijian athletes - Leslie Copeland and Eugene Vollmer will take part at the New Caledonia International Track and Field Meet next month.

Vollmer holds the Fiji triple jump record of 15.13 metres and Copeland holds the Australian Under-23 Championship javelin record of 72.78 metres.

Copeland threw the javelin 73.13 metres at the 2006 World Junior

Athletics Championships in Beijing where he was placed fifth.