Our athletes in medal blitz

READY TO UNLEASH: Tom Quinn, junior hammer throw winner.

Wairarapa athletes were on fire over the first two days of competition at the New Zealand track and field championships which got under way in Wellington on Friday.

Two gold, three silver and one bronze was the hugely impressive medal haul for Wairarapa with still one day of action to be completed.

Taking pride of place on the podium were Stevie Paine and Tom Quinn, Paine after winning the junior women's 400m and Quinn the junior men's hammer throw.

The junior section is for athletes aged under-20yrs and Paine won her 400m title in a slick 56.77secs.

She had a comfortable margin over second-placed Talia Horgan of Waikato-Bay of Plenty, who clocked 57.61secs, and Olivia Maisey (Canterbury), who was timed at 58.05secs.

Quinn threw 52.96m to win his hammer throw title. Runner-up was Richard Callister of Auckland with 51.46m and third Bradley Tarletou of Otago with 45.51m.

Picking up silver medals for Wairarapa on the track were Alison Andrews-Paul and Alex Howden along with field eventer Katie Smith.

Andrews-Paul was second in the under-18 women's 400m in 57.61secs, beaten only by her fellow New Zealand age group representative Shannon Gearey of Hawke's Bay-Gisborne, who clocked 56.41secs. Third in 58.06secs was Charlotte Small of Auckland.

The junior men's 100m saw Howden fill the runner-up spot in 10.78sec.

Winner was Peauope Suli of Auckland in 10.68secs and third was Tom Smith of Waikato-Bay of Plenty in 11.01secs.

Katie Smith showed her recent move into the junior grade would not stop her making her presence felt at the highest levels in the shot put. Her best distance was 12.21m and placed her second behind Maddison-Lee Wesche (Auckland) with 12.45m. Close up third was another Aucklander Ivanya Po'uhila with 12.16m.

Competing in the para ambulant division for Wairarapa was Keelan Ward and he won the bronze medal in 400m with a time of 64.31secs.

Wairarapa results were:

100m - Junior men: Alex Howden 10.78secs 2.Under-18 men: Jonty Morrison 11.55secs 12, Liam Montgomery 12.07secs 18. Junior women: Sian Chapman 13.18secs 13. Under-18 women: Toyah Churton 12.94secs 14 (heat) and 13.09secs 14 (semifinals). Para: Keelan Ward 13.58secs 5.

200m - U-18 men: Jonty Morison 23.75secs 11. U-18 women: Charlotte Whyte 28.64secs 17.

400m - Junior women: Stevie Paine 56.77secs 1.Under-18 women: Alison Andrews-Paul 57.61secs 2. Junior men: Dhruv Raman 50.37secs 5.Para: Keelan Ward 64.31secs 3.

800m - Senior men: Ben Winder 1min 59.44secs 12. Junior women: Stevie Paine 2min 17.48secs 6.

Long jump - Under-18 women: Toyah Churton 5.26m 6.

Hammer throw.- Junior men: Tom Quinn 52.96m 1.

Shot put - Junior women: Katie Smith 12.21m 2.Senior women: Katie Smith 11.93m 5.