Cody Broderson (North Canterbury) powers into the home straight during the boys grade 13 400m heats.
Zaylee Davis (Waimate) powers out of the blocks in the girls grade 13 400 metres.
Spectators urge on competitors.
Flynn Stratford-Bevins (Papanui) carries his team’s mascot.
Vincent Beatson (Hill City University) gets up and over the bar during the boys grade 12 high jump.
Mitchell Melvin (Alexandra Athletic Club) looks for a landing spot during the boys grade 8 long jump.
Spectators urge on their fellow competitors.
Ava Grant (Remarkable Runners) competes in the girls grade 8 long jump.
Leila Kindiak (Hill City University) leads her team-mate, Penelope Hodgson, in a girls grade 10 800m race.
Piper Snow (Little Athletics Queensland) leads her grade 14 400m race from Alessandra Jowsey (Selwyn), and Seddah Mcgregor (Ariki).
Sadye Kawau (Hill City University) has the finish line in sight girls grade 13 400m.
Riley Heta (Hinemoa) competes in the girls grade 14 shot put.
The start of the boys grade 10 800m race.
Lewis Anglemyer (Hill City University) checks on a painful blister after his 800m grade 10 race.
From the field to the track, more than 1000 athletes aged 7 to 14 basked in the sun at the opening day of the Colgate Games in Dunedin yesterday. Gerard O’Brien captured the action.
