Talented Paine shines at championships

Hugely talented Wairarapa middle distance runner Stevie Paine broke a record which had stood for a decade when she won the junior girls 800m final at the North Island secondary schools track and field championships in Wellington over the weekend.
Paine clocked 2mins 15.75secs to better the previous best time set by Monica Williams in 1999 and she picked up a second gold medal by winning the junior girls 300m title in 42.29secs.
Classy hurdler April Campbell was a convincing winner of the intermediate girls 80m hurdles in 12.12secs and a popular success came from Luke Gibbs in the wheel chair race for males over 200m which he won in 1min 2.60secs. There were numerous other notable efforts on the track by Wairarapa athletes as well.
Laura McKenna, in her first year of serious athletics, placed fourth in the junior girls 200m and fifth in the 100m, Molly Creagh was fourth in the intermediate girls 400m final and Tom Quinn was fourth in both the junior boys 800m and 1500m events, the latter in a personal best time
In the field it was Courtenay Fafeita who stole the limelight for Wairarapa with silver medals in the intermediate girls discus and hammer throw with distances of 40.41m and 38.83m respectively.
Tim Girling-McLean, new to big competition, was a very creditable third in the junior boys shot put, John Greig mixed it with some formidable opposition in finishing sixth in the seniors shot put and seventh in the discus, Alex Fafeita was fourth in the junior boys discus and hammer throw events despite being eligible for the same age group next year and another newcomer to this level, Jess Hollis, was a promising fourth in the junior girls javelin.
THE FULL LIST OF WAIRARAPA RESULTS IS:-
Junior girls 100m Heat one: Laura McKenna 12.93secs 1. Heat two: Natasha Mills 14.40secs 5. Final: Laura McKenna 13.08secs 5.
Intermediate girls 100m Heat one: April Campbell 13.11secs 4.
Junior boys 100m Heat two: Kawiti Paewhenua 12.44secs 5.
Senior boys 100m Heat one: William Simpson 11.41secs 3. Heat seven: Brad Nichols 12.24secs 7. Final: William Simpson 11.48secs 7,
Junior girls 200m Heat two: Laura McKenna 27.27secs 3. Final: Laura McKenna 27.09secs 4.
Junior boys 200m Heat three: Kawiti Paewhenua 26.55secs 6.
Intermediate boys 200m Heat two: Jack Colton 25.63secs 6
Senior boys 200m Semi-final: William Simpson 23.85secs 5.
Male wheel chair 200m Final: Luke Gibbs 1min 2.6secs 1.
Junior girls 300m Heat one: Stevie Paine 44.7secs 5. Final: Stevie Paine 42.29secs 1.
Junior boys 300m Heat one: Bevan Brown 42.32secs 5.
Intermediate girls 400m Heat two: Molly Creagh 1min 1.47secs 2. Final: Molly Creagh 1min 0.87secs 4.
Intermediate boys 400m Heat two: Joel Farley 56.83secs 7.
Junior girls 800m Heat two: Stevie Paine 2min 26.06secs 4. Final: Stevie Paine 2min 15.75secs (record) 1.
Junior boys 800m Final: Tom Quinn 2mins 9.99secs 4.
Intermediate girls 3000m Final: Alyse Jensen 11min 2.33secs 11.
Intermediate girls 4 by 100m relay Final: Wairarapa College 52.95secs 6.
Intermediate girls 80m hurdles Heat one: April Campbell 12.16secs 1. Final: April Campbell 12.12secs 1.
Intermediate boys 100m hurdles Final: Jamie Campbell 18.52secs 7.
Senior boys high jump Final: Sam Greig 1.65m 8.
Junior girls shot put Final: Maria Taylor 7.78m 10.
Intermediate girls shot put Final: Courtenay Fafeita 10.57m 9, Paige Parks 9.16m 15.
Senior girls shot put Final: Danielle Timmins 9.83m 4.
Junior boys shot put Final: Tim Girling-McLean 12.41m 3.
Intermediate boys shot put Final: Alex Fafeita 11.92m 12.
Senior boys shot put Final: Josh Greig 13.86m 6.
Junior girls discus Final: Maria Taylor 12.29m 10, Summer Pritchard 20.84m 11.
Intermediate girls discus Final: Courtenay Fafeita 40.41m 2, Paige Parks 27.35m 11.
Intermediate boys discus Final: Alex Fafeita 47.95m 4, Hans Mills 33.58m 12.
Senior boys discus Final: Josh Greig 41.06m 7
Junior girls javelin Final: Jess Hollis 22.21m 4.
Senior girls javelin Final: Caroline Cooper-Marsh 22.23m 9.
Intermediate boys javelin Final: Alex Fafeita 40.22m 9.
Open girls hammer throw Final: Courtenay Fafeita 38.83m 2.
Open boys hammer throw Final: Alex Fafeita 41.09m 4.