4 Jun 2014

More athletes added for Glasgow

2:32 pm on 4 June 2014

Another eight athletes have been added to the New Zealand track and field team for next month's Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

1,500 metres runners Julian Matthews and Nikki Hamblin and 5,000 metre runner Lucy van Dalen have been selected along with a women's 4x 400 metre relay team of Zoe Ballantyne, Portia Bing, Katherine Camp, Brooke Cull and Louise Jones.

It takes the athletics team to 20.

Hamblin won two silver medals at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.