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Robertson also won gold in the high jump and was part of the James Hargest College team which won the under-15 boys 4x100m relay. Southland Boys High School s James McLeay also impressed in the under 15 boys age-group by claiming the 3000m title and he finished third in the open steeplechase. Wakatipu High School s Eliana Collins was the star in the under-15 girls winning the high jump, finishing second in the triple jump, and third in the 80m hurdles. In the under-16 girls age group Kennedy Taylor yet again impressed finishing first in the open steeplechase, while Wakatipu High School s Samantha Fookes won the 800m title.
The New Zealand long jump record Quinn Hartley set in Invercargill on Saturday has unofficially made him No 1 in the outdoors under-18 men’s world rankings, his coach says.