East New Britain athletes, Sharon Toako and Annie Topal were in great form last weekend helping their New Mexico Highlands University Team win the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Track and Field Championships in the city of Golden, Colorado.
The Conference Championships are the highlight of the track season for most NCAA College athletes with only those who hit the qualifying marks going on to represent their schools at the National Championships.
Toako continued her recent great run of form with a Championships record throw of 48.36m to win the Javelin, giving a whopping margin of 9 metres over the second placed athlete.
This mark is a Conference record, being the best women’s Javelin throw ever at the Championships, eclipsing the previous mark of 47.10 which was set in 1999.
Annie Topal was also in great form setting personal best performances in the long jump, triple jump and 400m hurdles.
The 21-year-old, competing in only her first season in the USA placed third in the long jump with 5.99m which was a significant improvement on her previous best of 5.52m and as expected Topal went on to win the triple jump.
Meanwhile, another athlete hoping to make it to the Nationals is Poro Gahekave who will compete in the Lone Star Conference Championships this weekend representing Lubbock Christian University.