Bradley Mifsud claims new national record in discus throw

The Maltese athletics calendar year got off to a bright start with a national record in the very first event held at the Matthew Mi‐ callef St John in Marsa. Pem‐ broke’s Bradley Mifsud established a new national record in the discus, with a 53.80m throw, more than a metre longer than his previous milestone es‐ tablished last Summer.

This result was achieved during an athletics meeting organised by local club Rush AC which at‐ tracted over 230 athletes from different clubs around the coun‐ try.

In addition to Mifsud’s extraor‐ dinary accomplishment, the Meet brought about new records in the different age categories. La Salle’s Matthew Azzopardi broke the Under 16 record in the 600m with a time of 1:28.05 while Isaac Bonnici of Rush AC set a new record on the same distance for the Under 20s and Under 18s. (1.24.11).

Bianca Shoemake also had a su‐ perb result with the Rush AC ath‐ lete setting a new Under 16 record on the 300m hurdles with a time of 49.92s.

In this first event of the year, it was not solely the youngsters to impress and establish new mile‐ stones with David Bezzina of St. Patrick’s claiming a new Over 40 record on the 600m with a time of 1.35.23.

Besides these records, the meet‐ ing brought about several prom‐ ising timings that augur well for the rest of the season. Notable performances included Luke Bezzina (Pembroke)’s win on the 60m in 7.03s and Pembroke’s Kay Testa’s 300m timing of 40.94s.

It was definitely a memorable day out for Thea Parnis Coleiro, with the promising lady going home with three victories on the 60m (7.90s), 300m (42.29s) and long jump (5.30m).

The results achieved yesterday in Marsa at the Second Edition of the Rush AC Athletics Meeting au‐ gurs well for the remainder of the Maltese athletics season with so many athletes in good form at such an early stage of the calen‐ dar year.