Otago athletes filled the top two spots on the podium when Marshall Hall retained his New Zealand senior men's discus title on Saturday.
Hall (21), a psychology and commerce student at the University of Otago, won the title with his third round throw of 48.79m at QE2 Stadium in Christchurch.
His training partner Keiran Fowler was runner-up, with a throw of 47.83m.
It was also a triumph for their coach Raylene Bates, whose athletes won a full set of senior men's medals, when Jerram Huston won the bronze medal in the shot put.
Hall's best throw of the season is 51.39m, at Sydney early this month.
He will compete at the Australian championships next month.
His sequence of throws at the championships were 47.43m, 47.39m, 48.79m, 47.42m, 48.06m, foul.
Fowler (20) transferred to Dunedin from Waimate two years ago, to develop his sports career.
His sequence of throws at Christchurch was 46.16m, 47.83m, foul, 47.13m, 45.59m, 47.32m.
Hannah Blair, another athlete from the Bates stable, won the senior women's javelin with a throw of 47.80m.
The 22-year-old College of Education student won by 1.16m from Keshia Grant (Waikato-Bay of Plenty).
Her sequence of throws was 43.01m, 39.24m, 47.80m, 41.38m, 46m, 43.31m.
She is top ranked in the country with the 50.11m she threw at the Caledonian Ground in early February.
Bates also coaches Dunedin Paralympics athlete Rebecca Hayman (24) who beat her own New Zealand javelin record in the F55 AWD class by 9cm with a throw of 13.02m when she won the AWD silver medal.
She also won a silver medal in the shot put, with a throw of 5.74m.
Otago athletes won 41 medals: 17 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze.
It was the most gold medals won by an Otago team at a national championships for 60 years.
Daniel Balchin won two junior men's under-19 gold medals, in the 3km steeplechase (9min 28.94sec) and 5000m (15min 09.28sec).
Rory McSweeney won a gold medal in the AWD javelin with 38m.
Lauren Wilson won gold medals in the women's age 19 100m (12.13sec) and 200m (24.94sec).
It was an Otago age 17 and age 18 record in the 100m.
Daniel O'Shea won a gold medal in the men's 400m hurdles (53.43sec).
Roseanne Robinson won a gold medal in the women's 10km road walk (50min 30sec).
Rebekah Greene won the women's 16 1500m (4min 24.08sec).
Otago relay teams won four gold medals, two silver and two bronze, a tribute to the coaching of Brent Ward.
The women's 16 4x400m team of Megan McPhail, Rebekah Greene, Ella Johnston and Anna Kean won the gold medal in 4min 00.39sec.
It was an Otago age 16, 17 and 18 record.
Otago athletes also won three gold medals in the 4x100m relay: senior women (Larissa Dyke, Tessa Carnie, Nicola Hely, Anna Smyth,46.8sec); men 16 (Blair Grant, Ben Jowsey, Guy Woodhouse, Tim Lawrence 43.50sec, an Otago men's 16 record); men 19 (Blair Grant, Todd Johnston, John Gilmour, Toby Flett, 43sec).
Alistair Johnston won three silver medals in the AWD events 100m (17.81sec), 200m (30.78sec), 400m (59.37sec).
Anna Kean broke an Otago women's age 15 record when she won the silver medal in the women's 16 800m in 2min 15.11sec.
Gemma Radford won a silver medal in the women's 400m hurdles (64.43sec).
The men's 4x100m relay team of Daniel O'Shea, Chris Donaldson, Todd Mansfield and Cory Innes won a silver medal and the men's 4x400m team (O'Shea, Mansfield, Donaldson and Innes) won the silver medal, pipped on the line by Auckland.
Auckland was timed at 3min 16.88sec and Otago 3min 16.90sec.
Holly Munroe won a silver medal in the AWD women's shot put (6.20m).
William Hubber won a bronze medal in the men's 19 hammer throw (48.57m) when competing with a broken hand.
Otago athletes who won bronze medals were: Ben Jowsey, men's 16 800m (1min 55.25sec); Ilse Rietberg, women's 19 shot put (11.73m); James List, men's 800m (1min 54.22sec); Andrew Harper, men's 16 2km steeplechase (6min 44.86sec); Arthur Green, men's javelin (57.66m), women's 19 4 x 100m relay (Devon Helm, Lauren Wilson, Biddy Skerten, Laura McPhail) 49.55sec; senior women's 4 x 400m (Gemma Radford, Olivia Tuck, Biddy Skerten, Nicola Hely).
