No doubt, the girls train incredibly hard but former pupil Holly Manning, who last winter jetted off to the United States to pursue tertiary studies on a university scholarship, had set standards for NGHS.
"The girls want to follow Holly's pathway," she said.
The standout performer from the NZ champs at the weekend was Briana Stephenson who clinched golds in the senior girls' long jump and high jump events in just her first year at that level.
Stephenson, a year 11 pupil, was 13cm shy of the NZ long jump record of 6.05m and she scaled the high jump bar at 1.69m.
"She beat her personal best by almost half a metre in high jump," Smidt said of Stephenson, who has two more years left at the senior level.
"In fact, Briana's not too far off the junior worlds long jump distance of 6.28m," she said of the event to be staged next year.
Stephenson was fifth overall in the 100m senior girls' sprint on a time of 12.31 seconds.
"Briana had finished her high jump and gone straight to the 100m final so it was pretty full on for her."
The NGHS year 9 girls claimed gold in the six-person road race event at Caroline Bay.
Isobel Angland, Nina Boesch, Zarah Otto, Holly Frame, Lily Alabaster and Jess Moffett found themselves on the highest perch of the rostrum.
Angland, Boesch and Otto won bronze in the three-person year 9 team.
Boesch also was 15th overall in the junior girls' 800m race on a time of 2m 29s as a 13-year-old up against predominantly under-16s.
Shannon Gearey won silver in the senior girls' 400m event, clocking 56.04s as a year 13 pupil and is hoping to secure a US college scholarship next year.
The NGHS junior girls' three-person road race team of Emily Dunn (15:34), Bella Herbison (16:08) and Carolyn Nel came away with bronze medals.
Dunn was 10th overall and slashed her PB by more than 30s and Herbison emulated her PB standards by a similar margin.
Smidt said the girls were delighted, considering they finished fourth in two previous national meetings - last December's NZ champs at Whanganui and last June's NZ crosscountry champs in Dunedin - so this was their first medal.
Taradale High School pupil Laura Langley not only won gold in the 2000m race walk but also smashed the New Zealand record.
Woodford House pupil Eva Goodisson won the open girls' 2000m steeplechase, improving her PB by 20s and beating her nearest rival by 60m.
Havelock North High School year 11 pupil Georgia Hulls claimed silver medals in the 100m and 200m sprints with year 13 pupil Zoe Hobbs, of New Plymouth, winning the 100m gold. Hulls clocked 11.97s in her 100m effort.
