Joseph Millar breaks New Zealand 200m record, qualifies for world championshipsGETTY IMAGES Tauranga sprinter Joseph Millar has set a new national 200m record. Joseph Millar has dug deep to break a 20-year-old national record. He won the 200m in 20.37sec at the national track and field championships in Hamilton on Sunday, beating the old record of 20.42sec, which was set by Chris Donaldson in 1997, by .05sec. He also eclipsed the old resident record - the fastest time by a New Zealander in New Zealand - of 20.61sec, set by Matthew Coad in 1996. In the 100m on Friday night, he won in 10.18sec, a new personal best that was just .07sec shy of the New Zealand record, set by Augustine Nketia in 1991.

Source: Stuff March 19, 2017 01:09 UTC