Williamstown Athletics Club had the home turf advantage for round three of the Athletics Victoria Shield at Newport Park athletics facility, where there was a frenzy of activity on Saturday.
The other seven yellow-zone clubs all converged on the North Road venue.
PICTURE GALLERY: AV Shield athletics in Newport
Celeste Mucci proved she is a star on the rise in the under-18 competition, recording the best time of 12.55sec in the 100 metres to edge out Athletics Essendon’s Zara Keca by 0.30.
Mucci claimed victory in the 100m hurdles, despite clipping the last hurdle, and showed her versatility with wins on the field and in the long jump and javelin.
Jeanie King has had a strong start to the season and continued with a win in the U14 1500m.
Meanwhile, in the male line-up, Cosi Mucci was first past the line in the U18 100m with teammate Brad Ticehurst a close third.
Mucci also won the long jump.
Rhyan Thomas out-lasted the field in the U16 1500m.
Daniel Barlow has also been prominent in the opening month and added a first placing in the men’s division 2 1500m.
The stand-outs in the open age women’s events were Linda Close in the 5000m walk and Eleni Gilden, who won the 400m.
The AV Shield will move on to Aberfeldie for the fourth round on Saturday.
