Jermaina Malaga (Manurewa) won the junior boys' javelin with a throw of 51m. Tanya Murray (Sancta Maria) took the junior girls' javelin with a mark that was better than the senior competition.
Sprinter Jordan Bolland (Northcote) has sprung to prominence this season, claiming the senior boys' sprint double. The 17-year-old edged national youth sprint champion Nicolas Smith (St Pat's Silverstream) in the 100m in 10.92 and it took a personal best performance of 22.57 in the 200m to beat Kings High School's Rory O'Neill.
Jessica Hood (St Paul's Collegiate) won the senior girls' 400m in 55.57.
Oliver Miller (St Peter's), who 90 minutes earlier had won the 300m hurdles in a personal best of 37.80, was unable to hold off Alex Haye (St Pat's Kilbirnie) in the 400m final, Haye winning by a hundredth of a second in a PB of 48.02. Miller also ran a career-best of 48.03.
Guy Kilmister (Auckland Grammar), runner-up last year, collected the 1500m title in 4:05.05.
Lucy Jacobs (Takapuna Grammar) won the senior girls' 800m and later finished sixth in the 1500m.
A string of personal bests were recorded by the three placegetters in the senior boys' shot put: Ryan Ballantyne (St Paul's Collegiate) winning with 19.53m from Ben Power (Hutt International) and Scott Gregory (Whangarei BHS). Gregory also won the hammer title and was second in the discus.
James Steyn (Rangitoto) cleared 4.40m to win the open pole vault and Olivia McTaggart (Kristin) won the open girls vault.
James Guthrie-Croft (St Peter's) won the junior sprint double in 11.09 over 100m and 22.57 in the 200m and became the only athlete at the championships to make it a treble by also collecting the long jump with 6.36m.
Leah Belfield (Te Awamutu) was the best in the junior girls' sprints in 12.68 (100m) and 26.02 (200m).
Isaiah Priddey (Hamilton BHS) won the 1500/3000m double in the junior boys, recording 8:46.36 and setting a record of 3:57.19 in the 1500m.
Rugby sevens
Hamilton is the undisputed home of the Condor Sevens after victories to both Hamilton BHS and Hamilton GHS at Kelston BHS last weekend.
The boys blanked Hastings BHS 24-0 and the girls routed Southland GHS 35-0 in the 29th edition of the national secondary schools sevens championships.
Star player Terina Te Tamaki, who claimed the title for the third consecutive year, said the girls' final was tougher than it looked. Te Tamaki, the sister of All Blacks Sevens wing Isaac, scored three tries in the final, including a 60m solo effort. One of the tries was scored by speedy Isla Norman-Bell, formerly of Rangitoto, who played Roller Mills representative rugby with the boys in 2013. She also cracked the girls' tournament team.
Te Tamaki was named joint player of the tournament with teammate Tenika Willison and both were later named in the tournament selection.
It was the third Condors win in a row for Hamilton GHS.
Hamilton BHS had last won the tournament in 2008 when Tawera Kerr-Barlow and Declan O'Donnell helped the school defeat MAGS in extra time.
Captain Sevu Reece, named player of the tournament, and Sam Toa were the standouts this year as they defeated first-time finalists Hastings BHS in a comprehensive display. Toa, Charles Lawrence and Shaquille Sue Warra crossed in the final before Reece capped an outstanding tournament with a try in the corner.
Earlier, Hamilton blew away defending champions Rotorua BHS 42-12 in the semfinals after leading 28-0 at halftime. Xavier Roe scored twice with Sue Warra, Reece, Morgan Harper and Charles Lawrence also crossing the line in a controlled display. Josef Meek, who also made the tournament team, was impressive on defence.
New All Blacks sevens player Isaac Te Aute, the star for Rotorua last year and in the Top 4 tournament in September, missed day two with a hamstring strain.
Hamilton had been equally convincing against Kelston BHS in the quarter-final, winning 22-12 with Reece scoring twice.
Hastings, coached by former NZ sevens captain Tafai Ioasa, had earlier defeated three-time champions and Auckland champions MAGS 29-14, in the last eight.
St Mary's held off Kaipara to win the girls' Bowl final.
Rotorua, with three players, had the highest representation in the tournament team chosen by the New Zealand Sevens talent ID staff.
Forty teams from all over the country were represented in the open grade of the tournament, which started in 1986, and won by the Craig Innes-captained Sacred Heart. Thirty-four under-15 teams also took part in the three-day event.
Howick won the under-15 girls' title, defeating Otahuhu 19-5 in the final. Three of the Howick girls made the tournament team, including MVP Iva Livani. New Plymouth comfortably beat Wesley in the boys' final.
Tauranga GC beat Auckland champions Tangaroa 10-5 in the quarter-finals.
Counties Manukau sports awards
Two athletes featured in College Sport this year made their mark at the Counties Manukau Sport awards.
Macleans triathlete Trent Dodds, who was our November 18 profile, won the junior sportsman of the year for his triathlon and aquathon feats throughout a successful 2015.
St Kentigern cyclist Maddie Park trumped him, however, winning not just the junior sportswoman of the year, but also the supreme Counties Manukau sport award, following in the footsteps of Val Adams, who had won 13 supreme awards in a row.
Park, who raced at the junior world track championships, featured on July 1. She won gold in the women's team pursuit, being part of a world junior record, and also won a bronze in the individual pursuit.
Her efforts were marked at St Kentigern's sports awards as the Performance of the Year.
