Records tumble at schools meet

Athletics

Wairarapa's Emma Kruszona set the benchmark for the intermediate girls hammer throw at the North Island secondary schools track and field championships.

Her winning throw of 48.30m at the event held at the Pugh Sports Bowl in Masterton last weekend has been confirmed as a "best performance in events not previously contested" and will now stand as a record for this competition.

All told 12 existing records were broken as the meeting and there were also 12 new marks set under the best performance criteria.

The full list is:

Current records: Bradley Christison (East Coast North Island) junior boys 3000m 9min 25.57s (old record 9.30.42); Amy Robinson (Waikato Bay of Plenty) open girls 300m hurdles 42.59 (42.97); Eliza McCartney (North Harbour) open girls pole vault 3.90m (3.80m); Pascal Kethers (North Harbour) open boys pole vault 4.85m (4.80m); Matthew Bloxham (North Harbour) senior boys hammer throw 69.91m (66.42m); Matthew Bloxham (North Harbour) senior boys shot put 18.41m (18.01m); Kyle van der Merwe (Taranaki) senior boys discus 57.61m (56.64m); Emma Fullbrook (Wellington) intermediate girls javelin 41.56m (39.90m); Jono Brownjohn (Taranaki) AWD AMP open long jump 4.90m (4.70m); Patosina Mau'u (Wellington) AWD ID girls shot put 6.63m (5.90m); Jack Lewer (Manawatu) AWD shot put 9.94m (9.31m); Jacob Phillips AWD CP discus 27.55m (27.32m).

Best performance: Alexander O'Neil (North Harbour) intermediate boys hammer throw 44.41m; Anthony Nolbilo (North Harbour) junior boys hammer throw 43,32m, Terrelle Onesemo (Wellington) junior girls hammer throw 30.86m; Emma Kruszona (Wairarapa) intermediate girls hammer throw 48.30m; Jono Brownjohn (Taranaki) AWD AMO 100m 13.87s, Jono Brownjohn (Taranaki) AWD AMP high jump 1.73m; Dominic Faherty (Wellington) AWD VI 100m 20.29; Dominic Faherty (Wellington) AWD VI 200m 42.80; Cameron Holland (Manawatu) AWD CP long jump 2.76m; Teweia Matita (Wellington) AWD IDF long jump 2.79m; Troy Hill (Waikato Bay of Plenty) AWD AMP open discus 17.81m; Jacob Phillips (Waikato Bay of Plenty) AWD CP javelin 18.11m.