Riverside High School and Kings Meadows' grade 9 talent Abbie Butler were equally dominant at Friday's Northern High Schools Sports Association's division 1 athletics carnival.
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Perennial NHSSA winners, Riverside took a clean sweep in 7-8, 9-10 and overall points (1488) but were pushed all the way by Kings Meadows (1424).
Prospect (1207) rounded out the podium from Queechy (1124) and Exeter (1030) while Brooks (726) was relegated to division 2.
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Four records were broken on a warm day at St Leonards with newly-crowned Junior Sports Awards winner Butler accounting for three of them.
The 15-year-old ran 4:47.30 to slash more than 10 seconds off a grade 9-10 girls' 1500m record dating back to 1997, and also set new benchmarks in the grade 9 girls' 800m (2:24.53) and 400m (60.39).
Schoolmate and Launceston Tornado Makala Bingley was the other record breaker, adding 59 centimetres to the all-schools grade 10 girls' 1 kg discus with a throw of 28.92m.
TEAM SCORES
- 1. RIVERSIDE 1,488
- 2. KINGS MEADOWS 1,424
- 3. PROSPECT 1,207
- 4. QUEECHY 1,124
- 5. EXETER 1,030
- 6. BROOKS 726
GRADE 7-8 SHIELD
- 1. RIVERSIDE 721
- 2. KINGS MEADOWS 679
- 3. PROSPECT 621
- 4. QUEECHY 588
- 5. EXETER 498
- 6. BROOKS 391
GRADE 9-10 SHIELD
- 1. RIVERSIDE 767
- 2. KINGS MEADOWS 745
- 3. PROSPECT 586
- 4. QUEECHY 536
- 5. EXETER 532
- 6. BROOKS 335
Hamish Geale
Hamish Geale is a senior reporter at The Examiner. Got good news? Email: hgeale@examiner.com.au
Hamish Geale is a senior reporter at The Examiner. Got good news? Email: hgeale@examiner.com.au
