Extremely hot conditions confronted students at the Timaru Boys’ High School Athletics day. This took its toll on the students but they battled through with some impressive performances.

Quinn Motley was the stand out in the Minor grade with wins in the 400m, Discus, Javelin and the Shotput. The rest of the event was spread amongst a number of students with no one taking more than one win.

In the junior grade, William Rawlins was to the fore taking out the sprint trifecta with wins in the 100, 200 and 400m races as well as the High Jump and the Javelin. His brother Peter took out the longer events with victories in the 800, 1500 and 3000ms.

Ben Sewell took out the 100ms in the Intermediate section as well as wins in the 100m hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump and the Triple Jump. George Guerin proved he is in good form with 1st places in the 800m, 1500m and the 300ms.

Bailey Gebbie was the king of the long distance events in the Seniors with wins in the 400m, 800m and the 1500m as well as taking out the Triple Jump. Hayden McNulty won the 200m and the Javelin. Tevita Eukiliti won the Senior 100m in a time of 11.9 seconds, following this up with a victory in the Champion of Champions race which pits the top sprinters of all age groups against one another. He took this out in a time of 11.4 seconds, an improvement on his Senior time. A good number of athletes have put themselves in contention for the Aoraki and South Island events later this season.