Wairarapa's Alex Fafeita was a star act at the North Island secondary schools track-and-field championships held in Tauranga over the weekend.
The national age group representative came away with gold medals in the senior boys' shot put and open boys hammer throw events and a silver medal in the senior boys' discus.
The shot put victory gave Fafeita revenge over Taranaki's Kyle van der Merwe who had beaten him for the discus crown. It was a close go though with Fafeita's having a best put of 16.37m and Van der Merwe 16.26m.
Fafeita's open boys' hammer throw title came more comfortably with his 63.27m throw giving him a handy advantage over Matthew Bloxham of North Harbour who threw 57.86m.
Fafeita was one of a trio of gold medal winners for the small but powerful Wairarapa contingent, others being Finn Yeats in the junior boys' high jump and Alison Andrews-Paul in the intermediate girls' 800m.
Yeats won his title with a leap of 1.80m while Andrews-Paul clocked a slick 2min 13.48secs in her 800m success, having over 1secs to spare from the second placegetter.
Andrews-Paul was also second in the intermediate girls' 1500m and others to earn silver medals were Connor Henare (int boys' triple jump), Toyah Churton (junior girls' triple jump), Daniel Anstis (AWD boys' 100m and 200m) and Keelan Ward (AWD boys' 400m). Bronze medals were won by Keelan Ward (AWD boys' 100m), Daniel Anstis (AWD boys' 400m), Lisa Makaohi (junior girls' discus) and Sian Chapman (int girls' 100m).
Notified Wairarapa placings in finals are.
Junior boys. High jump: Finn Yeats 1.80m 1. Shot put: Chester Rothery 10.72m 8, Jackson Hunter 9.34m 11. Discus: Chester Rothery 25.42m 13, Jackson Hunter 22.86m 14.
Intermediate boys. Long jump: Jinwoo Nam 5.14m 14, Raymond Andrews-Paul 5.00m 15. Triple jump: Connor Henare 12.66m 2, Jinwoo Nam 11.46m 17. 400m: Dhruv Raman 54.20secs 7. 3000m: Callum Hobbs-Turner 10min 12.52secs 15.
Senior boys. Discus: Alex Fafeita 51.85 2, Tim Girling-McLean 40.93m 8, Brayden Woodmass 30.71m 12. Triple jump: Xavier McCluskey 11.95m 9, Brayden Woodmass 11.04m 13. Javelin: Brayden Woodmass 38.77m 13, Tom Quinn 25.82m 14. Shot put: Alex Fafeita 16.37m 1, Tim Girling-McLean 15.20m 6. 200m: Alex Howden 23.52secs 6. 1500m: Tom Quinn 4min 24.49secs 8.
Open boys. Hammer throw: Alex Fafeita 63.27m 1.
AWD. 100m: Daniel Anstis 14.14m 2, Keelan Ward 15.10m 3. Long jump: Daniel Anstis 3.96m 4. 200m: Daniel Anstis 28.62secs 2, Keelan Ward 30.63secs 400m (separate races): Keelan Ward 1min 9.65secs 2, Daniel Anstis 1min 2.71secs 3.
Junior girls. Discus: Lisa Makaohi 27.42m 3. Javelin: Abby Wakefield 13.59m 13.Long jump: Toyah Churton 4.45m 12. Shot put: Lisa Makaohi 9.88m 4.
Triple jump: Toyah Churton 10.06m 2. 4 by 100m relay: Wairarapa (Lauren Balsillie, Sara-Jane Raleigh, Toyah Churton, Holly Travers) 53secs 4. 1500m: Ella Sims 5min 7.91secs 9.
Intermediate girls. Javelin: Latina Smythe 23.64m 17. Discus: Emma Kruszona 30.87m 4, Latina Smythe 15.09m 11. 100m: Sian Chapman 12.72secs 3.
200m: Sian Chapman 26.92secs 8. 800m: Alison Andrews-Paul 2min 13.48secs 1. 1500m: Alison Andrews-Paul 4min 41.75secs 2.
Senior girls. Discus: Caitlyn Stallard 30.66m 6. Long jump: Molly Creagh 4.51m 9. Shot put: Caitlyn Stallard 7.91m 10. 800m: Molly Creagh 2min 22.90secs 9.
Open girls. Hammer throw: Ashley Exeter 25.40m 6, Emma Kruszona 25.05m 7, Grace Quinn 18.86m 9. 4 by 100m relay: Wairarapa 4min 13.86secs 8.