Four records were broken on day one of the Middle School Track and Field Championships at Flora Duffy Stadium on Wednesday.

Mount Saint Agnes Academy Student Xander Romeo was responsible for breaking two of them, including smashing the over-13 record in the shot put by nearly two metres.

Romeo picked up his first record in the discus event with a throw of 36.00 metres and then threw 15.35m in the shot put, eclipsing Lateef Trott’s record of 13.79m.

The other two records tumbled in the turbo javelin event. Charlie Simons, from the Whitney Institute, won the under-12 boys event with a throw of 27.05m.

The former under-12 girls record of 17.70m was broken by two athletes, with Myla Cornish from Bermuda High School winning with an impressive throw of 26.48m. Saltus Grammar’s Charlotte Murdoch-Smith finished in second place with a throw of 20.11m.

Defending champions Saltus Grammar School hold a slight lead in the overall score after day one with 136 points.

They are followed closely by Warwick Academy with 135.33 and The Whitney Institute in third with 108. Bermuda High School comfortably lead the girls division with 84 points, followed by Saltus Grammar with 66.50 in second and Warwick Academy in third with 49 points.

Whitney Institute hold a slim lead in the boys division with 89 points. Warwick are a close second on 86.33 and Saltus Grammar a distant third with 69.50.