The 14-year-old broke Otago records in four age-grades as she won the under-16 Otago steeplechase championships at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
That win was virtually guaranteed — she was the only one in the 2000m race.
However, the Ariki athlete’s time of 7min 36.15sec broke the record in the 14, 15, 16 and 17 years age groups.
The time broke Charlotte Cahill’s mark in the latter two by a second and took 18 seconds off Kylie Lyders’ record in the 15 grade.
Caversham’s Michelle Watt was the only other woman in action, claiming the 35-49 title in 8min 57.82sec.
In the men’s race, South Canterbury’s George Guerin powered away to win the 3000m race in 9min 53.56sec.
Buddy Small (St Paul’s) followed. Caversham’s Jonah Smith was the first Otago athlete to finish, in 10min 42.82sec.
Also in record-breaking form was Taieri’s Zharna Beattie.
The 17-year-old threw 44.82m in the discus to break Otago records in the 17, 18 and 19 age groups.
It was an impressive day for Beattie, breaking 44m twice and 43m twice again.
Dyani Shepherd-Oates (Taieri) had a good day in the hammer circle, throwing 45.61m, while Hill City University’s Nirvana Hepi-Breen threw 40.05m in the under-16 grade.
Aspiring’s Laura MacCulloch ran 12.80sec to win the women’s 100m.
She was pipped in the 200m by fellow Aspiring athlete Abby Fisher, who ran 26.80sec to beat her clubmate by 0.08sec.
Schuyler Orr (North Otago) claimed a comfortable victory in the men’s 100m in 11.27sec.
However, in the 200m he came up against Taieri’s Felix McDonald, who claimed a convincing win in 23.09sec.
Quin Hartley and Sophie Napper made it a double for HCU in the 400m.
They won in 50.12sec and 57.19sec respectively.
In the 800m, Josh Hou (HCU) edged Guerin by 2sec, winning in 2min 03.34sec, while Rebekah Greene (HCU) followed in third in 2min 09.93.
In the long jump, Paralympian Anna Grimaldi continued her strong comeback with a jump of 5.55m.
That placed her first of the women and fourth overall.
Ariki’s Shay Veitch jumped 6.38m to win the men’s competition.
