The revamped Northern Athletics Centre track has been left awash with a series of record-breaking regional high school performances.
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The track that was only laid down earlier this year bore witness to five new records.
A further five new field marks were set during the Northern High School Sports Association Division 1 meet.
Kings Meadows High had six of the record-breakers.
Makala Bingley, 14, proved on Friday to be the queen in the field, breaking three one-time grade 8 marks.
Bingley bettered the previous discus record by nearly a metre with a 29.69m throw.
She also slashed 1.67m off the javelin best for a 32.42m throw before taking an incredible 2.26m off the shot put record to land at 11.94m.
Schoolmate Abbie Butler ran the grade 7 800m in a 2:31.67, 4.55 seconds better than the standing record.
The 13-year-old backed up her first middle-distance run with a 4:55.80 in the 1500m to break the previous 5:00.70 mark.
Issac Chugg, 15, trimmed just 0.05 seconds off the grade 9 200m mark in his 23.69m sprint.
Prospect High’s Jade Longstaff was another star to claim two grade 10 girls’ records.
Longstaff narrowly run a new 26.43-second 200m mark by only 0.37 seconds.
She broke the 400m best by nearly a second in 1:01.16.
Riverside High’s Madison Brazendale jumped 10.48m in the grade 8 triple jump to set the new mark by 36cms.
Queechy’s Elijah Agaiava leaped 11.30m in the grade 7 triple jump to better the old record by 12cms.
Riverside High edged out Kings Meadows 1413 points to 1395 to win best school.
Andrew Mathieson
The day I realised I wasn't good enough to play for St Kilda or be the No.1 spinner for Australia was when I realised journalism was the closest I could come to follow my passion for sport. And it's not just about the scores for me. It's the back story behind the game.
The day I realised I wasn't good enough to play for St Kilda or be the No.1 spinner for Australia was when I realised journalism was the closest I could come to follow my passion for sport. And it's not just about the scores for me. It's the back story behind the game.
