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2014 Albertian Aaron Booth has won Bronze in the Decathlon at the 2017 World University Games in Taipei.
In doing so he set a new personal best total of 7523 points, to finish behind Kyle Cranston of Australia on 7687 and Juuso Hassi of Finland on 7566 points.
Athletics New Zealand team manager Mr Craig Motley said that the Athletics community was immensely proud of Aaron’s achievement in a truly world class field.
“Medals at this level are hard to come by, but Aaron demonstrated what perseverance, preparation and hard work can achieve.”
Aaron was MAGS’ 2014 Senior Athletics Champion. He won numerous Auckland and New Zealand medals during his time at school, including a Silver and two Bronze at his final NZSS Championships where he was named Best All-Round Athlete.
Between training, Aaron is now studying for a Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying) at Massey University in Albany.