31 May 2009

Smith fourth in New York, Faumuina seventh

1:16 pm on 31 May 2009

New Zealand's Kimberley Smith has finished fourth in the 5,000 metres at the New York grand prix athletics meeting.

Smith ran 15 minutes and 26.00 seconds to finish well back from the winner, Linet Chepkwemoi Masai, of Kenya who came home in 14 minutes and 39 seconds.

Beatrice Faumuina finished seventh in the discus.

Her best throw of 56.7 metres was more than six metres behind the winner Stephanie Brown Trafton of the United States.