The Maltese athletics calendar year got off to a bright start with a national record being set in its very first event.

Pembroke’s Bradley Mifsud impressively established a new national record in the discus, with a 53.80m throw, more than a metre longer than his previous milestone established last summer.

This record was achieved during an athletics meeting organised by local club Rush AC which attracted over 230 athletes from different clubs around the country.

In addition to Mifsud’s extraordinary 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 at 1.24.11 on the same distance for the Under 20s and Under 18s.

Bianca Shoemake also had a superb result with the Rush AC athlete 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 impressing and establishing new milestones...

David Bezzina of St. Patrick’s claimed a new Over 40 record on the 600m with a time of 1.35.23.

Besides these records, the meeting brought about several promising timings. 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 athlethe 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 show incredible promise for the remainder of the Maltese athletics season.

Congratulations to all the new record holders!