Athletics officials were left suitably impressed on Saturday by the nine records to fall at the Sport Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools carnival.
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The early season meet should have caught seasoned campaigners off guard at the Northern Athletics Centre.
But when a long jump mark had been broken twice just minutes apart, fears of swirly conditions affecting performances were averted.
Guilford Young’s Bec Kovacic took one centimetre off the 5.60m open record, only for top Collegiate leaper Jane Hickie to smash the new mark with a 5.82m jump.
St Virgil’s had three record breakers in a good day for the Hobart school.
Jagga Pybus won the 110m hurdles in a time of 14.91, beating the old mark of 15.05.
Jack Lewis had just shaved one-hundredth of a second off the boys under-15 200m record of 23.29.
Lincoln Arnold left little doubt in his under-15 javelin throw of 47.82m, surpassing the previous mark by 1.53m.
Marist Regional College’s Charli Kay threw 37.13m to better the under-14 javelin mark by 0.89m.
Sacred Heart College’s Ella Coad broke the 13.95 mark for the 80m hurdles to finish in a time of 13.77.
Hutchins School’s Harvey Chilcott smashed the previous 8:55.13 mark to finish the 3000m in 8:50.43.
Just one Launceston competitor broke records in front of home support.
St Patrick’s Isabella Davie took out the under-13 400m record by 0.09 seconds to finish in 1:04.04.
Davie continued her good cross-country form after the 12-year-old represented Tasmania in the winter.
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.
