Whanganui athletes return from the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships at Wellington's Newtown Stadium with an impressive medal tally at the weekend.
The three days were marred by gale force winds, and then persistent rain on Sunday forced the cancellation of the Road Race Championships for the first tine in history of the event.
Local athletes from Whanganui Collegiate and Whanganui High School returned with eight gold medals, nine silvers and three bronze.
Alec McNab said the top individual performances came from WHS's Maggie Jones and Collegiate's Sophie Williams.
Jones won a hurdle gold double in the junior girls grade with victory in the 80m and 300m events, and was also a member of the WHS junior relay teams which took silver in both the 4x100m and 4x400m races.