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Taylor Hall is a standout at last week’s meet (file photo). Easter Saturday and Sunday saw most of the country’s top 12- and 13-year-old athletes competing on the Manawatū Community Athletic Track, as the city hosted the Athletics New Zealand 12- and13 years Interprovincial Teams Event. They certainly did not disappoint with the stadium listing of the best performances on the track for 12- and 13-year-olds needing to be almost completely rewritten after the completion of the competition with 26 new records being established. All competitors were required to compete in both track and fi...

Hannah Cadzow had a successful day, winning the junior girls’ 100m, 200m, 400m and long jump. As expected, one of the country’s leading young athletes, Monique Gorrie, dominated the intermediate grade sprints, winning the 100m, 200m and 400m races, setting a new school record in her heat of the 200m. Her younger sister Brianna finished second in the 100m and 200m. Amber Trow was another to set a school record with her 1.64m clearance in the intermediate high jump. She also won the 80m hurdles. Alice Cook was another to impress, winning the long and triple jump. Janae Laing completed...

“At Colgate Games enjoy jumping the way you did at training.” Building confidence is important for these athletes so the sessions conducted will prove invaluable knowing how to get your run up right for the long jump or high jump. Knowing when to take off for a relay change and how to set up for a sprint are all things that can make a difference on the day. I loved the introduction George McConachy gave at the start of the open women’s sprint announcing each athlete from lanes one to five as being gold medallists from the New Zealand secondary school championships.

The Boys’ High senior boys’ 4x100m relay team of Aden​ Porritt, Caleb Evans, Dirki Botha and Angus Lyver won the senior title. The silver medallists were Angus Lyver in the senior boys’ long jump and Kimberley Walsh in the junior girls’ 400m. Bronze medals went to Lyver in the senior boys’ 200m, and in the senior girls’ events, Sam Mackinder in the javelin and Courtney Trow in the high jump. The junior girls’ 400m produced the perfect result for Tara Rolfe’s training squad, with Monique Gorrie of Girls’ High winning the title and Kimberley Walsh of St Peter’s finishi...