The Kelfit athlete kicked off her meet with a win in heat one of the open 800m, running a time of 1:54.288 off a mark of 132m to earn a spot in the final, where she was joined by Cooper Lubeck, who placed second in heat two off just 24m.
Wearing the orange singlet in the final, Attard lined up again off 132m and held her nerve to run home in a blistering 1:53.057, claiming her first win of the day with a margin of more than one-and-a-half seconds to second place.
Lubeck, who again ran off 24m in the red singlet, came home in sixth, running a time of 2:00.097.
Attard’s day wasn’t done, however, as she lined up in a stacked field of 19 competitors for the open 1600m where she started off a mark of 285m, blitzing the field to cross the line in 4:14.053, a full four seconds ahead of second place, to win her second sash of the meet.
In the women’s 400m event, Lucy Zotti very nearly claimed a sash of her own, having qualified for the final after finishing second in her heat.
Running off 27m in the final, Zotti crossed the line in 56.951 seconds, just 0.014 behind first place to narrowly miss out on the win.
Juniors light up regional athletics competition
Seymour juniors turned it on at the 2024-25 Coles Northern Country Region Track and Field Carnival in Albury at the weekend, coming away with a huge haul of medals.
Up against other juniors from as far and wide as Bendigo, Shepparton and Wodonga, Seymour athletes dominated their respective events to come out on top.
In the 11-year-old girls’ age group, Savannah Llorente took first in the 80m hurdles and third in the 100m, while Poppy Robinson won the 100m, 200m and 400m in the 12-year-old girls’ category.
Mia Brown placed second in the triple jump and third in the long jump for 13-year-old girls, while Kyra Pearce dominated to win the 100m, 200m and 90m hurdles in the 16-year-old girls’ age group, also placing third in the triple jump.
Rafael Llorente placed third in the nine-year-old boys’ 400m, as did Taylor Currell in the 11-year-old boys’ 100m, while Jack Currell came first in the 14-year-old boys’ 90m hurdles.
Xavier Bush had a solid day out in the boys’ 15-year-old age group, winning both the high jump and triple jump and placing second in the 100m, 200m and 400m.
