Angie Petty won the feature women's 800m race for an unprecedented eighth time after strong finish at the Potts Classic in Hastings last night.
Angie petty down the homestraight. Photo: Mark Roberts
Petty tucked in behind the early pace-maker Katherine Marshall until the home straight where she used all her experience to force her way to the lead and move ahead of Marshall to win in 2:03.67.
Marshall recorded 2:05.56 and Katrina Anderson clocked in with a personal best of 2:05.91. Petty's time was just 0.24s outside her meeting record from last year.
The men's 800m was won by Australian record holder Alex Rowe in a meeting record 1:48.06 from compatriot Andre Waring and Otago's Sam Bremner in a personal best 1:52.08.
Olivia McTaggart cleared a personal best 4.40m to break Eliza McCartney's meeting record of 4.20m in the women's pole vault.
The 17-year-old North Shore athlete was also just 0.05m away from the NZ under-18 record held by McCartney who presented the prizes for the event.
Jacko Gill produced some excellent throws in the men's shot put and the Olympic finalist came away with a best of 20.30 to improve his own meeting record by 0.24.
Auckland's Zoe Hobbs ran 11.78 to take the women's 100m final, while Zac Topping took a surprise win in the men's 100m final with a personal best of 10.72.
Invercargill's Marshall Hall with a throw of 55.95m took out the men's discus from Alex Parkinson in a new meeting record, while Te Rina Keenan won the women's discus with a best of 56.52.
