The women seemed intent on stealing the show on Saturday, with a number of eye-catching performances on show, despite windy conditions that threatened to play havoc with the athletes’ performances.

Chloe Gambin jumped for 1.61m in the women’s high jump, breaking the junior and open records in the process. Diane Borg made the qualifying standard for the European Indoor Championships with a wind-legal 7.71s in the 60m sprint and Rebecca Camilleri is looking more and more comfortable jumping over six metres in the long jump – she jumped for a wind-assisted 6.16m.

In the men’s 60m, a resurgent Karl Farrugia came out on top in all three meetings comprising the Pre-Season program with a 7.06s run, confirming his impressive recent form. In fact the Allcomers Aloysians athlete secured his second consecutive victory in the event’s final last Saturday, again bouncing back from second place in the heats.

After last week’s down-to-the-wire duel with Andy Grech, where both clocked identical times and had to be separated by finish-line technology, Farrugia is compiling some great early-season competition – something that should pay dividends as the season progresses.

Young Christian Luke Chetcuti outpaced the opposition over 3000m and finished in 9m34.85s. and Matthew Croker produced a strong run over 300m, finishing in 36.53s for first place. Rachid Chouhal did not need to break seven metres to come out on top in the long jump, as his main rival Andy Grech did not register a valid jump.

On the field, Kevin Galea was top dog in the javelin throw, securing a distance of 39.58m. With the much-awaited Malta Marathon on this weekend, Track and Field returns to the spotlight with the first ‘Aggregate’ meeting of the year on the 12 March 2010.