Aoraki athletes flocked to Aorangi Park on Wednesday last week for the annual Aoraki Secondary Schools Athletics Championships. Courier reporter Greta Yeoman headed along.
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And they're off . . . Timaru Girls' High School athletes Charlotte Watson (left) and Jorja Miller (both 14) take an early lead.

Interschool event . . . Geraldine High School's Gabriella Rusbridge (15, right) is followed by Craighead Diocesan's Amanda Shallard (15) during a track event.

On track . . . Opihi College pupil Kayla Bagrie (17, left) and St Kevin's College pupil Amy Coutts (17), of Oamaru, compete.

Leading the pack . . . Ashburton College pupil Jackson Adcock (12) is in the lead, followed by (from left) Mountainview High School's Manawa Ellerbroek (14), Camden Burge (13) of St Kevin's in Oamaru and Mt Hutt College's Mitch Veix (13), during the Aoraki Secondary Schools Athletics Championships in Timaru last Wednesday. PHOTO: GRETA YEOMAN