By Nick Creely
Friday 14 October was a day of records for the Springvale Little Athletics Centre with the shot put records being broken twice.
It is just two weeks into the competition season and already the exciting young athletes are upping the ante and improving each week.
Earlier in the day, young athlete Damon Harbis threw a highly impressive 9.40m, breaking the previous record by 10cm.
Then, out of the blue, Declan McBean threw a brilliant 11.85m, breaking Damon’s record by 2.45m.
It is very rare in athletics that two competitors break the same record on the same day in the same event.
Just a week prior to this achievement, Declan also broke the discus record at the Athletics Centre in Springvale.
With the previous record sitting at 29.76m, Declan decided to break it in a remarkable throw of 43.87m.
This throw, which highlights the elite talent Declan is growing into, is not far off from some of the best Australian junior discus records.
With the season still young, president Cassie Jacobs was excited about what was happening and said other athletes have still got plenty of records to break.
“Both these two athletes competed at State School Athletics.
“We are looking forward to other records being broken by our athletes throughout this season,” Jacobs said.
Jacobs also said there was plenty of room left for any children who were interested in taking part.
“Athletics is for children aged five to 15 years old and registrations are still welcome.
If anyone is interested they can visit www.springvalelac.com.au for more details.
