Three athletes from the Cobar Little A’s Club are now holders of Western Plains Zone records after they set new times and distances at the 2016 Zone Carnival in Coonamble recently.
Chad Buckman now holds the 1500m run record of 4min 56.81sec for the Under 13 boys’ age division.
The previous record of 5min 0.40sec has stood since 1989 and was set by Dubbo City athlete P Stack.
Taylah Good, competing in the Under 17 years age division, broke her 100m hurdles record that she set last year. Her old record was 18.96 and the new record is now 18.91.
Hannah Carroll broke two Zone records in her Under 14 girls’ age group.
She now holds the Javelin record with a throw of 31.49m. (The previous record, 27.40m was held by V McKnight of Wellington.)
She broke the Zone discus record with a throw of 32.79m.
The previous record (26.81m) belonged to Alyce Russell of Dubbo City and dates back to 2003.
A total of 13 of the 15 Cobar athletes who competed at the Zone Championships in Coonamble have officially qualified for the Regional Championships to be held in Dubbo in February.
