Two athletes broke the previous record in the senior girls' javelin, one of the first events at the New Zealand Secondary Schools' Track and Field and Road Championship staged in Hastings yesterday.
First Caitlyn Bonne from St Margaret's College smashed the previous mark of 44.44m with a fantastic throw of 47.97m, then Tanya Murray of Santa Maria College unleashed a huge effort of 48.95m in the fifth round to take the title. Jessica Senior finished third with 41.05 on day one at the Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park. Cam Robinson from Wellington College was also in great form in the senior boys' javelin, hitting a big personal best of 69.68m on his first attempt, well ahead of Anton Schroeder on 58.23m in second and Lochlainn Marryatt on 54.48m in third.
Andres Hernandez from St Bede's in Christchurch won the first track final of the championship, taking out the junior boys' 3000m final in a time of 9 minutes 5.30 seconds from William Taylor and Josh Hou.
In a surprise result in the senior girls' 3000m, Liliana Braun (Cashmere High) was victorious in 10m 1.49s, ahead of Aimee Ferguson with 10m 3.15s and pre-race favourite Hannah O'Connor, 10m 12.80s.
Charli Miller and Jemima Antoniazzi provided a one-two finish for St Peter's School in Cambridge in the junior 3000m.
