Philip Costley (born 1970 in Wairoa, New Zealand) is a New Zealand distance runner. He represented his country at the two Commonwealth Games and four World Athletics Cross Country Championships, and has won 33 New Zealand national athletic titles on the track, road and cross country over distances from 3000 metres to 100 kilometres. Costley holds the men's record in the

Auckland Marathon The Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Marathon and Half Marathon is an annual running event held in Auckland, New Zealand. The event is held in October or early November of each year, which is during the spring in New Zealand. The main feature of the ...

. His record run was in the 1997 event, finishing the race in 2:14:03. He has won the event on a further three occasions (1996, 1999, and 2005). Costley represented New Zealand twice in the marathon at the Commonwealth Games, placing 18th in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

and 17th in

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. Costley is a mathematics teacher at Nelson College.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Costley, Phil 1970 births Living people People from Wairoa Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Nelson College faculty