The inaugural StarTrack event took place at Meadowbank Sports Arena in Magherafelt.
After great performances at Fab 5, James Carson and Rónán Grant made the trip to Mid Ulster to take part in this event, which aimed to encourage multi eventing by offering an extra incentive of an overall prize if you took part in a run or walk event and a jump and/or throw event.
Athletics NI Development Manager Declan Leung, with the support of officials and volunteers, welcomed over 150 athletes between the ages of 8 and 15 to Magherafelt.
To close out his season, Rónán entered the javelin, shot and race walk to ensure he would be considered for the overall prize in his age category.
Rónán threw well to take gold in the javelin and secured another gold with a personal best of 5.72m in the shot.
His debut in the 1,000m racewalk showed the resilience this young man has and also the no fear attitude to try something new and enjoy it.
Having watched club mates take on this very new event to the club this year, he ground it out for 1,000m and declared, after taking second place, that he was retiring from race walking indefinitely and sticking with throwing.
He finished second overall in his age category and missed the prize as he was beaten by the winner of the 800m and long jump.
James continued to build on his training for combined events, tackling the shot putt, 400m and javelin.
This was the first time James had competed in a 400m race and how to manage the race strategy will improve with more practice.
After going out hard in the first 250m, he left himself without the invaluable energy for the final surge in the final straight.
However, he crossed the line in second place in a strong baseline time of 1.05.
He threw the 4kg shot 6.36m to claim third place and his javelin proved to be his best event of the day as he threw 17.14m to claim first place.
Both boys, as always, were great ambassadors for the club and offered help when the event finished to tidy up and support the organisers as this very successful event finished the track and field season for many juniors.
In the full report in today’s paper read about the junior athletes who made it onto the podium at the Fab Five event.